2021-22 Game Thread: Knicks @ The Hopefully Only Unbeaten Until Tonight Chicago Bulls

The Knicks head to Chicago to take on the unbeaten (until tonight, hopefully) Chicago Bulls in an fun early-season matchup of a 3-1 team and a 4-0 team. It’s fun when the Knick are one of those teams.

Nerlens Noel is out again tonight.

The Bulls put together a fascinating team. They have one of the best starting lineups in the league, but have very, very little depth. Hopefully the Knicks’ second unit will feast on them.

Let’s hope that Thibs wins one in Chicago!

ARE THE KNICKS STILL ON PACE FOR 56 WINS? Yes, my prediction is back on target!

As part of our all-poll content (which we all know is the reason for the Knicks’ turnaround since 2020), I’ll ask about the Knicks and Bulls’ top players…

Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.

Let’s go, Knicks!

2021-22 Game Thread: Knicks vs. The Ben Simmons-Less Sixers

The Knicks host the drama-filled Philadelphia 76ers, who are playing without Ben Simmons, who is out with a broken spirit.

Back-up center Andree Drummond and back-up point guard Shake Melton are out for the Sixers and Nerlens Noel continues to sit for the Knicks.

This will be a tough game for the Knicks, as Joel Embiid is the best player involved in tonight’s game, but Embiid is playing hurt (they just said he will likely play tonight, but it’s a toss up), so I think that the Knicks could pull this one out.

I’d feel a lot better about the Knicks if they hadn’t just lost to a shitty Magic team at home, but tomorrow is another day and you know Thibs will get them to give them their all tonight!

First…

ARE THE KNICKS STILL ON PACE FOR 56 WINS? Technically yes. That Orlando game was rough, though. I’m still feeling good overall about the prediction, though!

Let’s go, Knicks!

Now here’s the all-poll content…

Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.

2021-22 Game Thread: Knicks Now Get to HOST The Magic. Hoo Boy, This is Gonna be Rough

The Knicks host the hapless Magic for the second half of a home and home after the Knicks annihilated the Magic in Orlando and now get to host them at MSG. It’s going to be rough (but good for the Knicks’ winning record).

Taj Gibson returns tonight, but Nerlens Noel is still out.

Man, what is there even to talk about before another drubbing? What can we do a poll on? Maybe something about the Knicks’ awful opponent?

First…

ARE THE KNICKS STILL ON PACE FOR 56 WINS? Yes, my prediction is looking excellent at the moment.

Let’s go, Knicks!

Now here’s the all-poll content…

Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.

2021-22 Game Thread: Knicks @ the Orlando Double Whammies (Terrible AND Injured)

The Knicks head to Orlando for the first game of a home and home against a rebuilding Orlando Magic team that is starting two rookies and has this for an injured list at the moment:

PG Markelle Fultz (left knee) out
SG Gary Harris (right hamstring) out
PF Jonathan Isaac (left knee) out
SG E’Twaun Moore (left knee) out
PF Chuma Okeke (right hip) out
PG Michael Carter-Williams (left ankle) out

That’s a whole lot of their only decent players.

So that means that the Knicks are getting them at a perfect time for a home and home! Can you say 3-0?

ARE THE KNICKS STILL ON PACE FOR 56 WINS? Yes, my prediction is looking excellent at the moment.

Now for the all-poll content…

Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.

Let’s go, Knicks!

2021-22 Game Thread: Knicks vs. The Team That Gifted Them Fournier and Kemba For…Reasons

Welcome to the start of the 2021-22 NBA season, everyone! The Knicks kick off the season with a home game against the Boston Celtics at Madison Square Garden.

The Knicks will be thin in the frontcourt as Taj Gibson will miss the game due to the birth of his child and Nerlens Noels will miss the game due to a sore knee (not foreboding at all) and Mitch obviously can’t be counted on for a full game at this point.

The Celtics are not an easy team to beat even with their odd offseason, as they still have probably the two best players on the court in Tatum and Brown (I guess Randle is close to Brown, perhaps?), but the Knicks should still take this one.

As part of our all-pol content, I’ll ask how many minutes we’ll see a Randle-Obi 5/4 tandem tonight.

Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.

Let’s go, Knicks!

The “How Many Wins Will The Knicks Have In 2021-22?” Prediction Thread

Ah, the truest sign that time is actually passing, we have another “How Many Wins Will the Knicks have?” prediction thread, a Knickerblogger tradition as valued as never being willing to kick anything to the curb or debating whether end of the Dallas Maverick bench player Frank Ntilikina is any good.

So let’s all make our bets as to how many games the Knicks will win in 2021-22!

As is my wont, I will guess high. The offense looks excellent and as we saw in the preseason, Thibs will do anything to win a preseason game, can you imagine what he’ll be like with 82 regular season Game 7s? Combine that with the Sixers looking to be worse with Ben “working out in his sweats with his phone in his pocket because he doesn’t want to lose millions by sitting at home” Simmons and the Celtics choosing to sort of kind of keep their powder dry for the 2022-23 season, I think there is room there for the Knicks to be at least as good as the Woodson Hawks, and let’s throw in a few more wins on top of that for Thibs not being the type of guy who blames a player for making a pass to a dumb player who then made a terrible play instead of blaming the dumb player who made the terrible play.

So that brings me to 56 wins as my prediction.

Let’s hope, like last year, that my optimistic prediction turns out to be still low.

As part of our all poll content (which we, of course, all know is the REAL reason why the Knicks had such a great year last year. All of those polls really inspired them), we have a poll for your predictions, as well.

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