Comments on: 2025-26 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Cavaliers – THE CHRISTMAS GAME

By: Director NYC

Director NYC — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 04:29:26 +0000

While I think Clarkson will be getting DNPs coaches decision in the playoffs, this is exactly where he is useful. Get us a couple of wins in December, January and February by being who he is.

Kolek is closer to Josh Giddey than he is to TJ Mconnell. If the game slows down a little more for him, in two years, he’ll be a starting level PG in this league. He’s a rebel and has the GFY instict but looks like a textbook St. Theresa choirboy. Don’t be fooled by the baby face.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 04:16:13 +0000

KAT seems to be in a bit of an identity crisis right now. I don’t think he has any feel for his role, and he doesn’t seem to be able to get into a game-to-game rhythm. In one way, it’s a good thing. He has to figure out how to impact winning rather than how to just do the same thing every game. He’s being held a bit more accountable on D and on making little winning plays off the ball. That offensive putback on Kolek’s miss was a massive positive play.

Maybe he has some issues with it being Brunson’s team specifically, and the ‘Nova boys’s team more generally. Maybe the criticism in the press and the constant rumore re: Giannis bug him. But for all my misgivings about him, I respect the way that he’s handling everything and trying to just go out there and ball. The off-arm shit on drives has to stop, and the costant whining to the officials is off-putting. But I do sense a bit of maturing of his game on both ends and whatever his faults are, he’s not soft. Just too slow on the uptake for my taste.

By: marechal

marechal — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 04:12:31 +0000

Jokic is 18-5-4…

…at the end of the first quarter.

By: Clarence

Clarence — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 03:56:43 +0000

Is KAT purposefully tanking his trade value?

By: Z-man

Z-man — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 03:31:58 +0000

As promising as it looks, I don’t want to get out over my skis about Kolek yet…let’s see what happens when the word gets out and he’s on opposing teams’ scouting reports. But for now, it’s glorious and there is zero reason to not believe in the kid because he seems tough as nails and has a massive chip on his shoulder. In Brown’s postgame, he talked about how he reamed Kolek out at halftime of the TWolves game, saying that he took 10 shots and only made 3, and some of the misses were airballs, and then in the second half he went 6-12 and talked some cute smirky shit back to Brown. Not only is that ballsy, but he went out today and put the team on his back for a stretch in the 4th in a national showcase game. The kid seems to have no fear. That play on Spida was exquisite.

Honestly, he might even push Deuce to get better.

By: marechal

marechal — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 02:58:19 +0000

If this Kolek had been there last year, they would have had a much easier time handling Indiana (and the Pistons to some extent). They have desperately needed a second ball handler. Though Thibs probably would not have used them together, going by the Quickley experience.

By: DRed

DRed — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 02:47:27 +0000

Kolek is for real, he was a great college basketball player and he’s figuring out how to play in the league despite his athletic limitations. Being able to put 2 guys on the floor who can really handle the ball is a huge advantage for us against pressure teams.

By: geo

geo — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 02:42:02 +0000

ho ho ho, merry holidays…

new york knicks with a christmas day miracle…sure looked like cleveland came to win…

tylericious with some delicious point play…

wow, we may have solved a HUGE obstacle of another team constantly doubling and pressuring jalen, especially end games…

oh heck kolek may not be just a back up point guard, but another key ball handler (which neither josh or mikal are)…

ha, he may actually be like a key roster piece for us…that’s nearly unbelievable…

okay then, if not huk time, let’s hope it’s mo time…6’9″ 225 lbs, 20 years old, 4 years of good pro processing in france…

we were looking for a back up pg, found one…need a backup 4, maybe just maybe, we already have one 😊

By: hubert

hubert — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 02:38:52 +0000

Fun facts… (I put my family in a food coma hours ago, so I’ve got time):

At 21-9 this team is now tied with the 2013 Melo team for the best 30-game start since the ’96-’97 team.

Looking at the schedule… we had that disappointing early three game losing streak when the team was highly ungelled… we’ve had the two ridiculous schedule losses against Orlando and Philadelphia… we lost to Miami & Minnesota without Brunson & OG… and we lost to Orlando and Boston without OG… soooo we’re basically undefeated at full strength.

By: johnlocke

johnlocke — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 01:48:31 +0000

Interestingly, there was a point made about the importance of the mid range and how spurs have many competent mid rangers so don’t need to challenge the 7 footers at the rim and don’t have to rely on bombing away from three which okc does a good job of defending or running you off the line.

It also doesn’t hurt having a center that can shoot threes. We have two players that can consistently get to and make mid range jumpers (mikhal and brunson) and towns can stretch the floor, but hart, Robinson, even JC don’t do that. That’s where Deuce and Shamet healthy potentially becomes important, if we get to that point.