Evan Fournier’s Knicks head to Houston tonight to try to avoid losing three straight games in Texas and, well, come on, people, yes, RJ Barrett and Jalen Brunson are going to miss another game, but it’s the Rockets! They’re actively tanking to try to get the best shot at Wemby in the lottery (and boy, would he fit their roster perfectly. I guess the same could be said for most rosters, though), so the Knicks really, really, really should stop their losing streak tonight, and hopefully enter 2023 with a winning record, at least.
Let’s go, Knicks!
74 replies on “2022-23 Game Thread: Evan Fournier and the Knicks @ the Tanking Rockets”
Unless the Pacers are sending picks, I don’t see an Obi Toppin trade with Indy that makes sense.
I don’t really necessarily mind trading Toppin (since he’s obviously never going to get to play here), but the return has to make sense. They can’t just be dumping the guy.
Nice…Jimmie hendrix star spangled banner on the league pass feed…
I’d hate to see him go, but maybe a first and Duarte would be fair. Hali and Obi running the break might make me break my TV!
Grimes! Grimes!
Something definitely wrong with Mitch… mishandled a perfect lob. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him do that.
Grimes with 2 nice drives tho
Randle beasting on the kids…
Happy New Year fellows!
Festivities and Prosecco kept me awake so I can happily watch Julius Randle iso-ing the Rockets to death…
As Bono would say “nothing changes on New Year’s day” (I know, it’s still 2022 in the US 🙂 )
What’s up with Mitch? That missed dunk was… not good.
And what’s up with Obi to Indiana trade rumors? :-O
Well when a team is hitting 3’s, even contested ones, it’s hard to keep up…
Pretty pathetic defense…but I see ISM at the scorers table ready to check in…that should help…
Just caught the end of the quarter. Kind of wish I had not. 35 points against? Something Thibs is saying is not getting through.
Not sure Sims has a ceiling…
…at least on his jumps.
Hart always a step slow..
Yeah…Hart is weak…need some different guy then him on this unit…
Btw. Boban was absolutely hilarious in that Sandler hoops movie.
Hartenstein said in november he’s suffering from an inflamed achilles tendon that limit his mobility and quickness since the summer.
Achilles isn’t a joke, I don’t get why he’s always playing…
Boban was awesome in that last John Wick movie too…
#fire thibs
If we lose to Boban going off tonight I will still be happy
God we suck.
Boo-ring…
For me Sims = methadone. Obi = heroin.
TCU/Michigan wrapping up, checking in on the knicks, despite my better judgement…
Mcbride should be the 11th man…not a starter…he can’t fucking shoot…
deuce went from point of attack defensive savior to unplayable due to offensive ineptitude…
ugh, and he looks awfully short out there…
Yeah..the deuce and Hart experiments should be put back in the test tubes
Watch your mouth, Pepper (he says as Deuce gets blocked into the second row).
Trying to figure out the rest of the Knicks. Is Randle Fentanyl?
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Randle is gonna have 20+ FTAs tonight
Grimes lack of left hand evident there
LOL. To me Randle is definitely mushrooms bc … you never know 😉
Mitch waking up a bit…
Man, Deuce is just a mess out there…
I like Alan fine, but this stretch without Clyde would have been a nice chance to try Monica with Breen. I think she’d be great.
the knicks got this…no waaaay they lose this game tonight, not with a lively Mitchell Robinson out there…nope…
Availability is the most important skill in the NBA… unless it’s for Thibodeau, then it’s an active detriment
alan sucks at adding humor to his new yorkish cynicism…
it’s what makes clyde clyde…
horns for halftime – oh heck yeah…
they could probably do without the vocals though 🙂
Georgia/Ohio State going at it now…oh yeah…
Grimes looks good going right at least
great, alan let’s the world know he believes statistical analysis is evil voodoo magic…
what a surprise…not really…
Weird how the unathletic Grimes keeps getting to the rim.
Grimes 4/6 inside the arc. Not bad for a standstill shooting, talentless, tier 5 hustle player.
that was funny, dude missed hart and threw the ball off his teammate…
OMG Eddy Curry!
Quickley is ballin…
Allez Fournier!
Back. Can’t check the box. Wow. Just caught Mitch block and E4 three. IQ has 24. Is this my dream from before the season 😉
IQ taken 24 shots & 6 FTs… sorry to rain…
Still been great everywhere else though
Yeah, 27 on 25 shots isn’t great but he’s doing lots of good stuff overall.
Meanwhile, Deuce keeps clanking away…
Did they change Deuce’s shot or something? He misses everything.
“ IQ taken 24 shots” — hahaha. Oops.
If we lost this game I’m not gonna make to 2023…
Deuce doing the reverse Wally Pipp.
That’s it. Happy New Year, gents. Read you on the other side.
Can we play these guys more?
…and I’m not gonna shit on Randle for at least a week…gonna focus my ire at thibs…
Iq is the new RJ…
Nice way to end 2022, Happy New Year to my fellow Knickerbloggers!
Nice to see the easy win
Feliz ano nuevo amigos!
IQ is playing point guard. I don’t know why, but point guards are usually less efficient shooters than other players. I’m not worried he took 25 shots to get 25 points. He had a good number of assists and not many turnovers so he did he job as point guard.
Happy New Year everyone
we are wieners once again – woo hoo…
yay, we all made it to 2023…that’s pretty cool…
Yes, the Rockets might be better than the Spurs, but come on, they’re both horrible, and there was no way the Knicks were going to lose to both of them back-to-back.
So phew, heading into 2023 with a winning record. It’s something! Happy New Year’s, everyone!
Happy New Year Everybody!
I didn’t see any of the game, but looking at the box score Houston must have been terrible for us to win by 20 shooting the way we did.
Happy New Year
Happy New Year Knickerbloggers!
Apparently Obi is going to be out a lot longer than they initially thought. Man, I sure hope that’s not the reason for them wanting to get something for him that could help them for this year (it’s totally the reason they’re wanting to get something for him to help them this year, isn’t it?).
There never was a timetable per se, just a time when he would be re-evaluated…which I guess didn’t go as well as hoped…
Happy New Year Everyone!
May 2023 be a joyful year for all KBers!
Indeed. I predict it will be joyful for Luka. 51 again and he did some cool shit at the end of a 1 point game.
Two other one pointers also. Tyrese with a ho hum 10 assists no turnover game. Guy is unreal
Lots of fun basketball to look forward to
Happy new year, fellow nerds and masochists!
This will definitely be our year.
Happy new year to those on the East coast and Europe!!
I would think being injured reduces his value. And the current Knicks seem to be value conscious. Hi injury is unlikely to be a cause to trade him
If they want to compete this year, he might not play much this year at all, so if they want someone who can help them this year, then it would make sense to trade him from that very limited perspective. I agree that I would hope that wouldn’t play into things, but trading him at this point while he is hurt is strange period, so I fear that that does play into things.
Based on Knicks medical staff’s usual evaluation skill, Obi is done for the year.