Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2026.01.12)

By: rama, orchestra seats baby

rama, orchestra seats baby — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 06:13:58 +0000

That Beato thing was tough. I’m not a guitarist, so despite spending a decade as a musician I wasn’t optimistic. Then I was going through it thinking I was doing well – maybe 11! Uh, no, try 6. Oh well.

It made me laugh when he kept saying “of course, that’s … ” Dude, it still wasn’t “of course.”

Fun, though. Thanks, Z-man.

By: Donnie Walsh

Donnie Walsh — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:32:47 +0000

That guitar quiz is nearly impossible. I got Gilmour immediately and guessed Knopler and Hotel California right. The rest was just too hard, even if you knew it was coming.

By: JK47

JK47 — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 04:46:01 +0000

I tried the Beato thing and I could only guess a few, and those only because I recognized the song, not the player.

One note just doesn’t give enough context, I don’t think.

By: Early Bird Writes

Early Bird Writes — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 04:35:55 +0000

Clarkson’s 2p% drop from around .650 in November to .440 in December.

However, his 3p% jumped from .313 to .414.

So Clarkson has improved his shooting % each month, but it hasn’t been a steady building of progress as he integrates into the team. He got hot from midrange one month then hot from 3 the next.

Clarkson has put up basically the same shooting splits every year since he came into the league. He’ll end up around a .540 TS%, which would have been valuable when he came into the league but isn’t so valuable now.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 04:13:41 +0000

“And the Knicks were missing 3-4 guys and still beat them. Were you being as kind to the Knicks that night”

WTF are you even talking about?

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:25:54 +0000

I couldn’t find PER by month, but his shooting percentages have increased for each month until January and the rest of his stats look similar. There’s a dip from December to January, but this month has just started, so that could be noise. I think I don’t expect as much from bench players as most of you do. My thought is that if a player has a good PER in reasonable minutes, he’s in starter range.

By: JollyRoger

JollyRoger — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:05:34 +0000

And the Knicks were missing 3-4 guys and still beat them. Were you being as kind to the Knicks that night

By: Knicks 2025

Knicks 2025 — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:05:12 +0000

that doesnt make me feel any worse about it hes pretty unlikeable

By: Early Bird Writes

Early Bird Writes — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:04:47 +0000

Clarkson is bad by every advanced stat, not just BPM.

Maybe we need him as a creator, but he’s at 94 TS+ basically where he’s been for his whole career. So he’s the bottom of the barrel even before getting to his terrible defense.

Hope he gets hot and shows what he can do, but over the last 6 games (the whole of January), he has a .503 TS%. So far it’s 38% on fgs and 30.4% from 3

By: Z-man

Z-man — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:01:12 +0000

I lovre that the Celts lost, but it was without Jaylen Brown, who sat with alleged back spasms.