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In Praise of Variance, or, A Response to Bill Reiter

April 19th, 2013 by John Kenney

When I woke up this morning, I, like almost every college student I know, immediately checked my Twitter. After a few minutes I stumbled across a retweet of Bill Reiter’s column on Fox Sports, (which you can read here) wherein it was revealed that he has a, shall we say, “less than favorable” opinion of [...]

Total Regicide, or, Amar’e's Returned, or, Knicks 120 – Kings 81.

February 3rd, 2013 by John Kenney

I was lucky enough to be at the Garden for this game, the kind of game that left me taking pictures of the scoreboard every five minutes just to send to my friends with a “Can you believe this?!?” attached underneath it, the kind of game where you stop and appreciate just how incredible this [...]

Recap: Knicks 99, Magic 89

November 14th, 2012 by John Kenney

New York Knicks 99 Final Recap | Box Score 89 Orlando Magic Carmelo Anthony, SF 43 MIN | 11-22 FG | 2-3 FT | 8 REB | 2 AST | 25 PTS | +7 Just like the Knicks on this night, Melo’s performance can best be described as “good enough.” A timely late three-pointer and [...]

2012 Report Card: Steve Novak

October 2nd, 2012 by John Kenney

Stats: Player Age G MP MPG PER TS% eFG% TRB% AST% TOV% USG% Steve Novak 28 54 1020 18.9 15.9 0.684 0.675 5.9 2 5.7 16.2 Per 36 Minutes: FGA 3PA 3P% FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS 11.9 10 0.472 0.9 0.846 0.3 3.4 3.7 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.7 [...]

Knicks 113, Hawks 112

April 22nd, 2012 by John Kenney

New York Knicks 113 Final Recap | Box Score 112 Atlanta Hawks Carmelo Anthony, SF 42 MIN | 14-32 FG | 8-9 FT | 10 REB | 2 AST | 39 PTS | +6 Melo provided yet another sterling performance, continuing a run of basketball in April that’s almost made me forget he also got [...]

Quick Reaction: Knicks 85, Heat 93

April 15th, 2012 by John Kenney

Miami Heat 93 Final Recap | Box Score 85 New York Knicks Carmelo Anthony, SF 43 MIN | 14-27 FG | 12-15 FT | 9 REB | 5 AST | 42 PTS | -13 Melo was Iso-tastic today, hitting jumpers from all over the court and driving to the rim with both intensity and intelligence. [...]

Knicks Might Be Pretty Good, Say Numbers

March 29th, 2012 by John Kenney

Last night was many things: exhilarating, exciting, transcendant, illuminating…and also, the Knicks won! The shellacking the Knicks gave the Magic can only be described as a beat down.  The fact that the Magic are a very good team, widely discussed as being one of the teams most capable of defeating the Bulls or the Heat [...]