Got two polls for today!
Kat's 3PA/36 -- Last year: 4.8 - career high 50+G: 6.7
- Greater than 5.0 and fewer than 5.5 (45%, 18 Votes)
- Greater than 5.5 (28%, 11 Votes)
- Greater than 4.5 and fewer than 5.0 (15%, 6 Votes)
- Greater than 4.0 and fewer than 4.5 (13%, 5 Votes)
- Fewer than 4.0 (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 40
Loading ...KAT 3p% -- Career 40%, last year 42%
- Greater than 40% and less than 42% (64%, 23 Votes)
- Less than 40% (19%, 7 Votes)
- Greater than 42% (17%, 6 Votes)
Total Voters: 36
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85 replies on “Knicks 2026 Preseason Poll: KAT Three Point Attempts”
In terms of KAT’s 3pt volume, one of two things is happening:
1. His coaches have rarely put him in a scheme designed to help him put up shot after shot from downtown; or
2. KAT just doesn’t want to shoot from distance that often.
Brown very clearly wants him to do it more often. So if KAT’s attempts don’t go up — or, worse, if Macri’s prediction comes true and his attempts go down — that’s either a failure of scheme or final confirmation that this is who KAT will always be on offense: brilliant, but not as brilliant as he could be, given his skillset.
Ouch! That’s a hot take here at Knickerblogger.net! KAT will attempt “greater than 5.0 and less than 5.5” three pointers per game this season.
Although shouldn’t it be “fewer?”
So according to realgm.com, Joel Embiid is “healthy” and will start the season and PG13 is “making significant progress” and should return shortly.
I get that these two guys breaking down as the season goes on is one of the surest bets in the NBA, but if the extreme outside chance that the Sixers are completely healthy going into the playoffs actually occurs, I sure as hell wouldn’t feel great about playing them.
Hmm, I like our chances against Philly. Take the 2024 series and add in a 36 year old PG and KAT?
First off, per 36, not per game.
Second off, thanks for yucking my yum. 😛
Third, you’re right about fewer. Changed.
wow his 3 attempts per 36 were up at 8.4 six seasons ago
“Hmm, I like our chances against Philly. Take the 2024 series and add in a 36 year old PG and KAT?”
The Sixers have added some intriguing pieces since then. I think Jared McCain is the real deal (if he can stay healthy!) and VJ Edgecombe is really good as well. Grimes, Bona, Drummond, and even Kennedy Chandler (who I liked at draft time) will give them a solid rotation. Lowry and Gordon are probably cooked, but they have plenty without them if they get lucky with health.
Which they almost certainly won’t, so whatever.
That 8.4 was in just 35 games. True high was 6.7 in ’21
I wonder if we’ll at least attempt to play a faster pace. We were 26th in pace last year and 28th in 3PAr. A faster pace alone would probably nudge KAT over the 5 3PA/36 mark.
even the 6.7 was only in 50 games if we use the nbas 65 game mark to constitute a season worth giving an award for it would have been 5.3 four seasons ago
Brown has been talking a lot about upping the pace, as have the players. The question is whether we’ve got the guys to do that with. It’s not even necessarily about straight line speed — where Hart and OG seem to be our only above-average guys — but about how these players like to play. Jalen’s among the most deliberate offensive players I’ve ever seen — even more than Melo with his 10,000 jab steps per possession. Even if Brown has Mikal or someone else take the ball up the court more quickly than Brunson dealing with a full-court press, will Jalen and everyone else be up for constant movement and quicker shots after the ball crosses the timeline?
The Sixers song is the same as it is every year, they’ll be very good if Embiid is healthy
It is true that new coaches often say things like “we want to play faster” or “we are going to shoot more threes”, and then their expressed wish doesn’t seem to happen. Probably the old coach also wanted those things but found the players weren’t capable enough or there were unacceptable side effects from changing (like maybe shooting more threes gave a lower percentage or fewer rebounds or both). That said, I suspect Brown’s offense is different enough from Thibs that some things will change. He also has a better, more offensively minded bench. Clarkson, Deuce and Yabusele all can and do shoot them. If OGs backup is Dadiet, he shoots threes too. I expect more threes from this and also expect more threes because if Mitch is healthy most of the season that will mean Towns is defended differently and has more freedom to roam away from the basket. So, our number of threes should go up, and KAT’s should go up, but maybe not by much.
That’s the way I felt about them last year too. I actually put a small “saver” wager on them last year just in case. This year I left them out, but they are probably still dangerous if they somehow manage to stay healthy.
I think every year in the last 5 the players talked about upping the pace. In a vacuum sounds like a good idea, particularly if you are in the bottom half of pace. But never really happened for a variety of reasons, some of which were good, or at least appropriate. New coach, new system, so I give the up tempo at least a half season to integrate without a re-set, but am skeptical whether that will be our optimal strategy. Injury-free, still predicting great things, regardless.
We’re starting at a very low baseline in both pace and 3PAr— bottom five in each. Seems like it shouldn’t be all that hard to goose those numbers a little bit. We’re not gonna SSOL the league to death, but it’d be nice to at least somewhat move away from Three Yards And A Cloud Of Dust.
sixers and clippers are basically the same team just on opposite coasts
Sixers might have the most dynamic guard rotation in the league, between Maxey, McCain, Edgecombe, and Grimes. You want to talk about pace, that group is terrifying.
Embiid will probably break in two just trying to keep up. Which is fine with me, as long as he doesn’t take Mitch down with him.
we’ll need to move jalen off the ball more to quicken our pace, jalen just likes to go slow…having a better second unit this season should also help…
Do any coaches/teams say they want to slow the pace down?
It seems every new coach wants to speed things up, which probably means something between “score more points per game” and “be more efficient/make better decisions within my offense.”
Bob Myers is thankfully leaving ESPN and joining the group that owns the sixers I wonder if Morey is on the way out
I respect our medical staff, but still don’t understand why they don’t insist on Josh getting whatever surgery he needs to fix his finger. We don’t need him in November (or even December or January if it takes that long), especially since he seems to be a bit banged up now anyway. My only guess is that since the initial surgery did not work, they are wary of another one making it even worse.
Not really. Kawhi can miss 2/3 of the season and they’ll still be a top 6 seed and a real contender if Kawhi is healthy for the playoffs (I thought they were the 4th best team in the playoffs last year after OKC, DEN, & IND). But the Sixers are in the lottery if Embiid misses that much time.
Ironically this is largely because the Clippers got the dependable Harden from Philly and Philly got the undependable George from the Clippers.
Few times agree with Knicks 2025. Clippers playing in the West with Kawhi missing a chunk of the season are not a play-off team. And I suspect he will miss a lot of games.
with brogdon retiring, wonder if we bring in Devon wright for a look…he just got stitched up (recent injury) and released…
don’t hate bringing him back to help at the point…
I didn’t like Myers that much either but I can remember thinking that I preferred him to some ex-players.
It’s amazing how hard it is to find a good person in that role
That does seem to be part of the plan. Brown wants to let other guys bring it up when they can. It’s happened pretty frequently in preseason with the outlet pass going to different people instead of waiting for Brunson to come pick it up.
is devon the brother of delon? id like to have delon wright back
I remember the good old days when the debate about the Knicks 9th thru 11th guys was between Tony Campbell, Herb Williams and rookie Hubert Davis. The following season Anthony Bonner joined the conversation.
Bonner was for a while the only Knick who dunked in games. If you want to talk about a methodical roster without a lot of classic athleticism, I point you to the 90s Knicks.
With the season about to start, I’ve been debating whether to subscribe to the Gotham Sports app again. Last year, it was really frustrating. Pretty much every time I wanted to watch a game on my big TV, I had to log back in again and enter a complicated password with my TV remote.
Anyone have a better option if my stupid cable company doesn’t carry MSG anymore?
Hey Alan, I just googled Gotham, it looks much more expensive than NBA League Pass (well, a little more expensive). With the Pass you can’t get the Knicks telecast on nationally televised games, so you need some way to watch them then (I use my Hulu subscription).
Then again I’m a philistine when it comes to this sort of thing, I find a way and then just do it until the system collapses under me…
ive got league pass but for the nationally televised games that are not on league pass (anything on nbatv is available via league pass) i simply watch them on the network on which theyre being nationally televised
He missed 45 games last year and they won 50 with the 6th highest SRS in basketball.
James Harden is still very good.
I live in the New York market, so doesn’t that mean that all Knicks games would be blacked out for me on League Pass?
Can you hook up a laptop or cast it from elsewhere?
Otherwise… Idk, how simple can you make the password?
I think Gotham would be the only legal method of watching.
Has anyone tried league pass with VPN this past season? Is it normally working (I’m in NYC, so blacked out)? I’m struggling a bit with what to do for this season (I had Fubo last season but can’t justify $100/month for basically the Knicks).
Mo Bamba released by Jazz… maybe that makes more sense than Shamet?
mo bamba definitely makes more sense than shamet especially if we keep mathews which is what i hope we do
I think if you’re released by the Jazz, it’s an automatic no.
So… Anybody have the starting lineup?
Brunson
Mikal
Dadiet
Yabu
Hukporti
Maybe?
Starting lineup: Clarkson (!), Diawara (!!), Jemison (!!!!), Bridges, Brunson.
For what it’s worth (nothing), the announcer called Clarkson a forward.
Good playing so far. Diawara trying hard, but missing shots. Clarkson trying really hard to win me over. Resisting, but eroding…
Clarkson looks controlled and very good tonight. I hope he’s not teasing.
The most encouraging thing in the preseason is how they’ve managed to increase their 3PT rate. It’s so nice to see. 9 3PAs in 6 minutes. Chefs kiss.
Team looks good on both ends. Charlotte just hitting 3s anyway
Mikal is going to have a big year and make my hate from last year look dumb.
Huk in, loses the jump ball. Bad Huk.
Huk with the running dunk. Good Huk.
Shamet still too short to defend forwards
OMG…I just found out I might be a Landry Shamet fan. I caught myself saying “Let’s Go Landry!” on back to back to back defensive possessions. Let me be clear, I typically only yell one of these during Knicks games:
Let’s go Cap!
Let’s go KAT!
Let’s go ‘Kal!
Let’s go Josh!
Let’s go Mitchy!
Let’s go Deuce!
Let’s go OG!
Now I have just added “Let’s go Landry!” to my repertoire, and I expect to add “Let’s go JC!” and “Let’s go Yabuuuu!” soon lol
18 3PAs in the quarter. They averaged 34 per game last year.
It will surely go down when defenses focus more on the opponent matchup than in pre-season, but it’s such a good sign.
MAN Diawara’s got a motor on him
Clarkson not winning me over as a three-point shooter, however.
The boys in the booth sure love them some Kolek…
Maybe Diawara will turn out to be a better prospect than Dadiet.
Love watching Diawara. He and Mikal switching on the perimeter together, offensive rebound and bucket, drive and kick to the corner.
Kolek looking solid again.
The only thing Dadiet has over him is that his jumper looks smoother and he can get it off quickly. Would help if he could hit his jumper.
Are we sure Diawara is “only” 6’8″-6’9″? He’s incredibly long limbed and the way he runs kinda hunched over makes him look taller
We drafted Dadiet to make Diawara happy
I just wanna cut that tail outta Sexton’s hair like Clarence did in Coming To America lol
I admittedly never watched Yabu last season, and so far I don’t really see it. Maybe he’ll start hitting his 3s, but he doesn’t seem particularly good on either side?
Marechal prescient on Yabu’s finally made three.
Fun end to the half.
Good first half.
Kolek looks like he’s back in form.
Diawara is raw, but I can what Z-Man likes.
Clarkson looked terrific on offense, but a saw a couple of lazy plays on defense that burned us for 3. He has to at least try on every possession on that end.
Yabu finally made a 3.
Encouraging
I’ve gotta admit that I’m liking what I see in DIawara. Length and hustle. Doesn’t seem to have a chance to make the team though.
Lots of cuts coming tomorrow. I wonder who’ll end up out there.
He’s the one player guaranteed to make the team absent a trade because he’s getting paid a rookie minimum salary.
Wow. Did not know that. Would he be the 14th or 15th player?
14th
We’ll have under $150,000 left after Diawara, so we can’t sign a vet minimum instead and can’t sign a 15th player for more than ~10 days
We might hold off on signing our final players for 2 weeks to squeeze a bit more money under the apron.
Well at least I don’t have to write how the Mariners are hot garbage. 6-2. Suarez grand slam in the bottom of the 8th.
40 threes so far. Shooting at 37.5%, which is the very definition of cromulent…
Mikal showing why he decided to never take layups last season
If Bridges can remain this active on both ends of the court for the entire season those 5 picks are going to be well worth it.
Ace McBride. A bit goofy for a girl, but a great name regardless.
Really loving our 2-way guys this year.
Deuce with another Brunson mid-post move to draw the foul.
Shamet playing and Mathews sitting likely means Shamet is the last vet in.
Maybe Diawara over Dadiet means he’s passed him on the depth chart, or it could just be a better fit at PF.
It’s sad that to keep Matthews and Shamet the Knicks need to make a trade. Assuming what you all say is right…
PG Jalen Brunson / Miles McBride / Tyler Kolek
SG Mikael Bridges / Jordan Clarkson / Landry Shamet
SF OG Ananoby / Josh Hart / Pacome Dadiet
PF Carl Anthony-Towns / Guerschon Yabusele / Mohamed Diawara
C Mitchell Robinson / Ariel Hakporti
Our top guards look great today. Brunson, Bridges and McBride are ready for the season.
The only substantial change from last year would be Yabu, who is definitely better than Achiuwa and Clarkson instead of Payne. Did we shoot ourselves in the foot with that change?
Also, lots of talk about the Knicks signing Dinwiddie who was cut by the Hornets.
You guys are watching a preseason basketball working-off day instead of watching the greatest baseball player ever on the biggest stage? That’s cool.
Mikal had 4 FTAs in over 90 min of preseason.
My God, is Ohtani actually human?
Everyone played really well, I thought. Shamet, Diawara, Clarkson, Deuce, even Jemison. Kolek looked just fine, although I’ll be happier when he starts hitting threes. And Yabu wasn’t stellar, but at least he hit those two threes. So maybe he’ll come around.
I like Jemison not just for his size and energy, but also because he looks exactly like the actor I would pick to play a center in a movie about a basketball team.
Garry Bird got waived. Guessing Shamet ends up with the spot and maybe no trade forthcoming??
In all seriousness, this is an improvement on a per 36 basis.
Miami waived Precious.
Garry Bird?
Something doesn’t feel right about Mitch not playing at all since halftime on 10/9 game vs. MIN. I’m guessing he still has soreness in that surgical foot or something else that is not being disclosed.