It’s the magical 20th game tonight. Undoubtedly the worst thing about Mike Brown’s Knicks so far is the three point defense. I’m optimistic this will get better but this is arguably the worst team to be playing with things the way they currently are. Hopefully it gets a little better tonight ot this could be a massacre.

Can you guys comment on the solo guitar in the middle of this clip? The guitarist is considered great, “a force of nature” in Israel, and I don’t hear it. I wonder if you do.

It sounds like Hotel California.

The singer, who is well known, is doing a cover of a different singer, and I guess the guitarist is improvising. Yes, it does sound like Hotel California.

Another Nova boy makes good, undrafted Conor Gillespie is killing it in Phoenix, 28 points vs the Lakers last night. Yes, Luka was probably guarding him but he’s still having a great season overall

@darules, i agree with you, if i had listen to the music without you telling me to notice the guitar, i probably wouldn’t even notice him. But i know nothing about how hard it is to play, so you’re probably waiting for more “valid” opinions, like JK. 🙂

Undoubtedly the worst thing about Mike Brown’s Knicks so far is the three point defense.

This is one thing we don’t talk about, when we’re talking about the Knicks 3P shooting… we don’t have the luck to play against the Knicks defense! LOL

Here’s a scary thought: Trae Young + Risacher + 2026 Pelicans pick + some of the Hawks own picks for Giannis.

I don’t know that the Bucks would say no to that if Giannis is keen on leaving.

Jalen Johnson is winning me my fantasy league but I wish he was winning the Knicks the real thing 🙁

if i had listen to the music without you telling me to notice the guitar, i probably wouldn’t even notice him. But i know nothing about how hard it is to play, so you’re probably waiting for more “valid” opinions, like JK. 🙂

Thanks, Cyber. While none of us has JK’s ear and experience, your opinion is very valid!

its still collin gillespie not conor gillespie no matter how much you and your family and friends think otherwise conor gillaspie (with an e instead of an a) used to be a major leaguer maybe youre thinking of him although he went to wichita state and not villanova

Expected Lineup
PG Jalen Brunson
SG Miles McBride
SF Josh Hart
PF Mikal Bridges
C K. Towns

MAY NOT PLAY
F OG Anunoby Out
G L. Shamet Out

Expected Lineup
PG P. Pritchard
SG D. White Prob
SF Jaylen Brown
PF Jordan Walsh
C N. Queta Prob

MAY NOT PLAY
C N. Queta Prob
G D. White Prob
F J. Tatum Out

Seemed like a pretty pedestrian guitar solo to me, like something you’d hear from the lead guitarist in your local bar band. So I flipped around some of his other work and yeah, he’s not a very remarkable player. “Competent pro” is about the highest accolade I’m willing to give.

its still collin gillespie not conor gillespie no matter how much you and your family and friends think otherwise

Thanks Doogie just wanted to make sure you’re still on your never ending and highly annoying grammar police beat

dunno about doogie but thats not grammar thats the spelling of someones name and in this case even getting his name correct it would be like calling jalen brunson julian brunson

top 10 teams thunder rockets nuggets knicks heat pistons magic spurs wolves raptors
top 10 players sga wemby cade luka giannis dmitch booker barnes joker holmgren
top 5 knicks brunson kat hart og bridges
top 5 knick killers wagner giannis giddey npowell randle

First time I have looked at the NBA standings, or any team metric standings for that matter. I did not know OKC is 20-1. I did know that Indy was terrible (because of posts here) and 4-17 doesn’t surprise. But that delta between last season’s finalists has got to be some sort of record by a mile, and is shocking even considering the Hali injury. Not a good look for the NBA, their CBA, and tanking incentives when a near-champion changes course because of one injury (admittedly to their best player, but it is the only injury, and Hali is at best a top 10, not top 5 player).

bottom 10 teams wizards kings pelicans nets pacers jazz clippers mavericks hornets bulls (they of the 5-0 start and who also beat us early in the season)

it would be like calling jalen brunson julian brunson

Funny story, my better half (Ms. Dog?) very rarely checks in on the Knicks. When we first started dating, Randle was the big dog in town, but, as you all know, Brunson came on the scene and really changed the math. But by the time the missus checked back in, she only knew one player (Julius), so she was like “who’s that guy, he’s good… he’s like a mini Julius Randle.” Cut to years later, and Brunson is still known as “Mini Julius Randle” in this household.

Indy also lost their starting C to free agency and has had some injury problems as well. It wouldn’t surprise me if they went on a run at some point. It also wouldn’t surprise me if they continued to tank.

Watched Giants highlights from last night and boy is Dart dumb. He and Skatteboo are looking like they might have a 2 year shelf life in the league. Please keep him sidelined for the rest of the year until there are real adults in the building.

Not a good look for the NBA, their CBA, and tanking incentives when a near-champion changes course because of one injury (admittedly to their best player, but it is the only injury, and Hali is at best a top 10, not top 5 player).

Remember my five-year standings for draft position idea that I stole from soccer? It would give the Pacers almost no shot at winning the lottery this year and completely disincentive them from tanking.

But the Pacers are the leaders of the small market cartel that writes the rules of this league.

If the Knicks go 20-62 they lose a fortune.

If the Pacers go 20-62 they make a profit bc they just take the Knicks’ money.

Because of parity, it seems like, even after 20 games, there are still a few pretenders out there. OKC is obviously not one of them, but as we saw, Toronto (and the Lakers to a lesser extent – is Bron finally washed?) has been buoyed by a soft schedule and probably some luck to boot.

Re: Hubert’s issue with 3pt defense, I know we’ve been not so great, but this seems (to me) like the most fungible stat out there… a lot of it is luck (hot hands, injuries, etc). As such, I’m pretty ok with the state of Brown’s Knicks thus far.

“Indy also lost their starting C to free agency and has had some injury problems as well.”

The loss of Turner is sort of my point. Whether or not he is worth what the Bucks paid him, if you get to game 7 of the Finals, you run it back even if you need to wait a year to do so. Let’s save money, increase flexibility, and hope for some ping pong luck should not make sense for a fan given what they did last year…but it does.

totally agree with huberts dart is dumb take he just doesnt get what he needs to do to survive in that league and no one seems to be helping him with that and then theres abdul carter of missing meetings fame he “got a talking to” and then proceeded to miss another meeting this past week very selfish group of players only good news is that by the time they figure it out kafka will have already been fired

to be fair obi has only played in 3 games mathurin 10 nesmith and mcconnell 11 nembhard 13 so yeah to say theyve had injury problems beyond hali is an understatement

Watched Giants highlights from last night and boy is Dart dumb. He and Skatteboo are looking like they might have a 2 year shelf life in the league. Please keep him sidelined for the rest of the year until there are real adults in the building.

Add in Abdul Carter and you have one of the most immature draft classes ever.

just said that

still think its odd that its pronounced skatteboo when in fact there is only one o on the end of his surname but that seems to be what everyone says so it might actually be correct

“to be fair obi has only played in 3 games mathurin 10 nesmith and mcconnell 11 nembhard 13 so yeah to say theyve had injury problems beyond hali is an understatement”

But this is sort of my second point. Early injuries and just a quarter of the season gone…13 games under .500, might as well go for the hard tank for the rest of the season.

Gallinari retired. A very good player, and a fun Knick, but yet another example this century of us picking one slot too late to get our hands on a future Hall of Famer. (To be fair, Brook Lopez went several spots later, and could well make it to the Hall, but he wasn’t on the level of Russ or Kevin Love.)

probably but the positive consequences of tanking aint what they used to be

and kevin love obviously never even played for memphis anyway

Giannis deleted all of his Instagram posts related to the Bucks. It feels stupid to use that as information, but also feels important at the same time.

it aint great but hasnt he done that before maybe not huge announcement for us later today perhaps?

the rams are great but i actually think that the seahawks are better the quick turnaround of the pats under maye and vrabel is almost astounding

Interesting read on the scheduling issues associated with the IST.

That latest loss to the Wizards coming pretty much on the heels of Giannnis’ exhortation was really ugly. They are now 3-10 in their last 13 games, with the 3 wins coming against the Mavs, Hornets, and Nets who are a combined 17-46. I could see Giannis reading the writing on the wall and quietly asking to be traded. Sadly, I don’t think Horst is dumb enough to trade him for anything less than a bonanza package, which we can’t offer right now, mostly due to the Mikal deal.

At least Mikal is playing like a 2-way demon right now. And who knows? Maybe something happens this offseason when we can trade more picks.

If Giannis is willing to make things just a tad ugly, though still pretty tame by the standards that exist for these situations, his contract situation sets him up well to say “take the best offer from the Knicks.”

Of course, any other team would be free to call his bluff. But that’s a hell of a risk to take given the package it’d likely require.

Cavs 2 extra games since they missed out on the Cup quarterfinals are home to Charlotte and at Brooklyn…

Thanks for the Cup link , Z-man. Can’t fault it or the logic. But I continue to believe the solution is to keep and tweak the Cup as a showpiece and strip down the All-Star and pre-season stuff. Having another competition where teams actually compete (albeit inferior but at least more than 80% of the participants give a shit) is better than propping up a meaningless pre season and a game where no one competes.

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