| The Knicks went 1-2 since last weeks rankings, although losing in 4OT felt like 2 losses. The offense has been there but the defense is still a huge problem. The Knicks have held exactly 1 team below 100 in January, and that was Philly whom they held to 98 in a loss. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Anthony, Carmelo | If this is indeed Melo’s last few weeks as a Knick he’s going out with a bang. A 30 and a 45 point game this week on efficient shooting might make a couple teams seriously consider making an offer. | 1 |
| 2 | Lee, Courtney | Great week for Courtney. Almost won the game a couple times against the Hawks. For those of you who wanted him to shoot more, he’s over 13 attempts per game this week and shooting at a super efficient clip. | 5 |
| 3 | Porzingis, Kristaps | Porzingis probably had his best week of 2017. Not saying much because he’s been downright bad or injured most of the time, but had to put him up here after that dunk on Dwight. | 9 |
| 4 | O’Quinn, Kyle | We have Noah, Plumlee, and Hernangomez on the team, yet the much smaller O’Quinn defends and blocks shots better than all those guys. | 7 |
| 5 | Jennings, Brandon | We got to see all 3 Jennings this week. The one that disappears, the one that scores like crazy, and the distributer that racks up more assists in one game than Rose in a week. Continue reading | |
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2016/17 Knicks Roster Power Rankings – Week 13
| Yeah I know I know, I missed the first 12 weeks of the season. Better late than never. These rankings are based on the last week of games. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Anthony, Carmelo | Slow start to the season, but Melo has been very solid the last 2 weeks. Of course Knicks being Knicks, Melo met with Phil today to discuss Melo’s future with the team. Stay tuned. | – |
| 2 | Rose, Derrick | Derrick Rose has proved this month that he can still drive. He can drive to the basket. He can drive around in Chicago while the Knicks have a game. Unparalleled when it comes to driving. | – |
| 3 | Baker, Ron | I’m not going to be unrealistic, Baker would probably barely play on any other team, but he’s been really solid for the Knicks. He’s turned 30 point blowouts into 10 point beatings a number of times already. | – |
| 4 | Kuzminskas, Mindaugas | Another pleasant surprise, Kuz has the ability to score from inside and out. Defense isn’t great, but it’s not like pretty much anyone on this team is great at that. | – |
| 5 | Holiday, Justin | If the Knicks decide to blow this team up I hope Holiday is one of the few pieces they pick out of the rubble. | – |
| 6 | Noah, Joakim | This week Noah has been rebounding like a guy who gets paid 18M a year. Now if he can re-learn to defend, shoot free throws, and stay on the court more than 20 minutes a game we might have something here. | – |
| 7 | Lee, Courtney | The Knicks can’t defend anyone. So when it was time for a starting lineup change the only starter who is good at defense got benched because Knicks. | – |
| 8 | O’Quinn, Kyle | The Knicks have been almost not losing lately and O’Quinn is often the reason for the Knicks almost not losing. | – |
| 9 | Hernangomez, Willy | Willy looked great the first 6 weeks of the season and now he can’t get any minutes. Considering Porzingis has been out this isn’t a good sign. | – |
| 10 | Jennings, Brandon | Hey it’s that guy who looks great once every 2 weeks and completely disappears the rest of the time! | – |
| 11 | Porzingis, Kristaps | Every night I pray to the basketball gods that KP’s achilles heals 100%. | – |
| 12 | Thomas, Lance | When I was thinking of all the possible injuries the Knicks will have this season, broken face wasn’t among them. | – |
| 13 | Plumlee, Marshall | Knicks are obeying league rules that state every team has to have a Plumlee or a Zeller. | – |
| 14 | Vujacic, Sasha | Sasha is so happy Ndour is on the team because now there is someone ranked below him. | – |
| 15 | Ndour, Maurice | Trying to end on a positive note. Ndour has been looking good in the d-league! | – |
Episode 353: RIP Amundsen
Marc and Jay talk about the final cuts on the roster, positives and negatives about each player, and our predictions for the season
Episode 344: Endower or Endore
Marc and Jay talk about the latest Knicks signing of N’Dour, who they should get for the last spot, Derrick Rose calling the Knicks a super team, rotations, possible surprises in the roster, and much more
Is Basketball Back at MSG? Grading the Knicks Offseason.
Is Basketball Back at MSG? Grading the Knicks Offseason.
Written by Kevin Meng
* These grades are based on the situation at hand, including available players, the current market, the Knick’s cap space at time of signing, and whether or not the player was named Sasha Vujacic or Jose Calderon. It isn’t an evaluation of how awesome the player is*
2015-2016 was supposed to be a rebuilding year where the Knicks added assets, built a winning culture, grew together and attracted a big name to join up with them. There was reason for hope: a young rookie with boatloads of potential, another rookie who had just quarterbacked a solid NCAA squad to a good tournament showing, actual NBA-level talent in Robin Lopez and Aaron Afflalo, and a hungry Carmelo Anthony.
Hopes were relatively high for the Mecca. Could this team make the playoffs? Could they make noise if they got there? Could Kristaps GOATzingis really be this good? The season blasted off into space faster than anyone could have imagined, with the team playing .500 ball 40 games in and playing some top-level squads down to the wire (San Antonio and current ring-bearers, Cleveland come to mind).
Welp, we all know how that ended. The rocket burst in mid-air, with wicked, whipping flames that engulfed any and all things good in the souls of the Tri-State Area. Partly because of lack of talent, partly because of injuries, partly because of Sasha Vujacic, and partly because of coaching.
When the 2016 offseason started, nobody had any clue what was going to happen. PMFJ (Phil M***** F****** Jackson) had a king’s ransom in cap space but precious few assets, an aging star, and raw rookie to build around. Hardly cause for hope.
Yet here we are, not far removed from the mayhem that was 2016 free agency with a….wait….what is this?….an NBA-level basketball team? This must be some cruel joke. Is basketball back at MSG? This team may pose more questions than answers, and it may be a few twisted knees away from mediocrity, but at least the rotation has 7 guys that most people have heard of, and Jose Calderon isn’t playing the point..
* acquisitions like signing our 2nd round pick last season or acquiring some random Euro guy to warm the bench have been excluded for length’s sake. We know our reader’s have short attention spans*
Coaching change: signing Jeff Hornacek
Coaching salaries don’t really matter. Who cares about spending James Dolan’s money? What does matter is their experience, knowledge, ability to motivate, and ability to get respect from the players. When you haven’t proven yourself in the league or in the coaching ranks, then players rarely respect you(David Blatt or Kurt Rambis, anyone?). Continue reading
2016 Free Agent Targets For The New York Knicks: players who fit both timelines
Written by Kevin Meng
July, 2010
The Lakers had barely recovered from the hangover induced by winning game 7 against Pierce, Garnett & Sons, a bloodbath more reminiscent of World War One trench warfare than the finale of the National Basketball Association’s 64th season.
Kobe Bryant was still bitter that he hadn’t been able to shoot his team out of their 16th championship, try his damnedest though he did. The NBA was still abuzz about the draft that had just taken place. Was John Wall really better than Evan Turner? (yes, that was bandied about). Would Demarcus Cousins ever put it together? Who’s this skinny guy from Fresno State that Indiana just drafted? (better known as Paul George these days). And how the hell do you pronounce Hamady N’Diaye, the 56th pick from Senegal?
All the while, Knicks fans around the world glimmered with ignorant optimism about the future. THIS WAS THE SUMMER OF 2010! We had been swimming in a pool of stale water for years, polluted by the now defunct, non-eco- friendly conglomerate known as Isiah Thomas Co. We wanted the biggest names in the game: Lebron James, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh. Actually, we wanted two of the biggest names in the game. Little did we know that they had been in cahoots with Riley in South Beach the whole time, and never wanted to play under the bright lights of MSG.
We wanted James and Wade; we got Stoudemire and Felton. The Big Three won not 1, not 2, not…well, actually they only won 2 titles. Better than the Knicks, though. Amar’e is now struggling for minutes in a league not friendly to old men with knee problems, and Felton is the rare NBA breed that has more gun charges on his record than NBA accolades.
What this long-winded rant about 2010 is meant to demonstrate is that the Knicks in the offseason of 2016, armed with enough cap space to throw at big names (which there are none of, by the way. KD doesn’t count), need to remember their lessons from 2010.
The New York Knicks simply don’t land big name free agents. 6 months of MVP Amar’e followed by 4 years of knee surgeries doesn’t count. What 2010 should also teach them is that just because you have money to spend, doesn’t mean to you have to spend it. When the Knicks struck out on the marquee names, they panicked and overpaid an aging and injury-riddled star to make up for it (respect to Amar’e for how well he played, though, and for always fighting to get healthy. He gave New York his all).
So here we find ourselves:
Summer 2016 Continue reading
Episode 338: Jeff Hornacek
The Knicks have a coach and it’s not Rambis! Marc and Jay give their thoughts on the new Knicks coach, what they expect to see this season and how this effects roster decisions. Some talk about the conference finals as well.
Episode 334: Season Wrap-Up
Marc, Jay, and Stats Guy IV wrap up the season by giving final grades to each player, comparing our pre-season predictions to the actual standings, compare last years team to this year, talk about who is staying and who is going, and more
2015/16 Knicks Roster Power Rankings – Week 20
| The Knicks are back down to 14 as Jimmer ends his 10 day contract averaging 50 points per 36 minutes. It looks like the Knicks are going to use that final spot on Tony Wroten, who is coming off an injury and most likely won’t play the rest of the season, so that really helps our guard situation. Anyway, one win and two losses since last week, lets see if I can sort out this mess. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Anthony, Carmelo | This might have been Melos beat week of the season. I am a little disturbed Rambis finds it necessary to play Melo 40+ minutes on back to back nights. If he breaks Melo we might not win another game, and we’re on pace to win at least 2 more! | 2 |
| 2 | Afflalo, Arron | Afflalo had a really great week. Now that my expectations are up I’m fully expecting an absolutely terrible week coming up very soon. | 9 |
| 3 | Lopez, Robin | Lopez has been one of the only consistently positive things about this season. | 3 |
| 4 | Porzingis, Kristaps | Porzingis went from good against Portland to not so good against the Celtics, to injured for the Pistons game. Not one of his better weeks. He also ended his streak of eastern conference rookie of the month awards, losing out to Myles Turner. | 1 |
| 5 | O’Quinn, Kyle | Congrats to Kyle for being the least terrible guy on the Knicks bench! | 10 Continue reading |
Episode 327: Mid Season Grades
Marc and Jay give their mid season grades for each player, Fisher loves other players girls, trade deadline rumors, all star weekend, and more
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