Comments on: 2025-10-16 Daily Post

By: Z-man

Z-man — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 03:16:06 +0000

I wonder if these “injuries” to starters are at least in part a way to gracefully keep them out of a game where they would be playing against kids who are desperate for a roster spot, As we know from the Jaime Jaquez Affair, eager and desperate young players can do dumb (if unintentional) “hustle” things that result in guys getting hurt. There’s nothing really to gain from playing starters against Charlotte.

Play the kids and let the regular season begin!

By: BrunsonPeroneusLongus

BrunsonPeroneusLongus — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 01:29:12 +0000

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46618905/pistons-guard-jaden-ivey-miss-four-weeks-knee-surgery

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:19:46 +0000

One thing about Thibs was that even though the starters played a lot of minutes, the practices were more like training than scrimmages and overall the Knicks did well injury wise. I suspect Brown is having more competitive scrimmages. I hope the players hold up.

By: Owen

Owen — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 23:46:31 +0000

Saw Trae and the Hawks couldn’t get a deal done. I wouldn’t want to give him a huge deal.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 23:01:19 +0000

Well this isn’t ideal:

New York is ailing going into its preseason finale against the Charlotte Hornets: already dealing with the missing Josh Hart, SNY insider Ian Begley reported that OG Anunoby “tweaked his ankle” and did not practice while Karl-Anthony Towns was “limited to individual work” due to a quad. James Edwards III of The Athletic labeled the duo day-to-day.

By: Raven is a Big Black Bird

Raven is a Big Black Bird — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 22:54:18 +0000

Actually not bad reasoning, Hubie, although I’m pretty sure it won’t happen. But I do hope that Kolek gets more than the occasional two-minute drill at the end of blowouts, for just the reasons you describe. Eight to ten minutes a game might be useful for everyone.

By: hubert

hubert — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 21:53:20 +0000

It seems wise to give Kolek an extended run as backup PG to start the year and see if he can cut it. There will be plenty of options if he can’t. What you don’t want to do is not play him for three months, then find out he can’t cut it in February when someone gets hurt and all the options have been signed.

By: Knicks 2025

Knicks 2025 — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 21:46:41 +0000

i do definitely think that mikal will have different responsibilities on defense he wont be guarding the opposing teams pg nearly as much hopefully never

By: Director NYC

Director NYC — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 21:44:58 +0000

Plus it was exhausting just to watch, and likely even more exhausting to do, for Brunson.

It’s actually a lot more exhausting to run that it is to walk. It also helps prevent player injuries and allows for starters to play more minutes.

I get what Brown wants to do, it’s both merited and needed to some extent but we also have to be very careful what we wish for. Both things can hold true.

By: Raven is a Big Black Bird

Raven is a Big Black Bird — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 21:39:55 +0000

One of the big problems last year was that everyone figured out that they should full-court-press Brunson, who then had to take 14 seconds to get up the court and into a set play, leaving little time to actually do anything. Plus it was exhausting just to watch, and likely even more exhausting to do, for Brunson.

Brown wants to speed things up. One of the easiest ways to do that is inbound the ball to guys who can get over the line quickly and without much in the way of planned impediment, even if it’s just to hand the ball back to Brunson at the top of the key.