For the first time in the Leon era, the Knicks are in a position where they have to dig down and find something within themselves and it’s reasonable to fear that they’re going to go through that process and realize that they don’t really want to bother.

Kinda hated the Giants draft, too.

Feels like they passed on Downs bc they predetermined offense/defense before the night, which is dumb.

If they really wanted a guard so bad, I would have rather they drafted the Penn State guy who is a guard and projects to be a great one instead of taking the tackle with a herniated disc to move to guard. They also could have traded down to Dallas to get him and add picks.

Oh well. At least I got ice cream for finishing 2nd.

Mike Brown should send a clear message to Mikal and start Deuce and not play Mikal the entire game, ending his iron man streak. Play Diawara instead.

The realization that, notwithstanding the reputation, Mikal really in fact couldn’t play ball screens came to KB within his first ten regular season games with the team. It represents one of the group’s finest hours.

I’m still team Brunson, but man is he playing bad. 🙁

I want the old Brunson back, hero ball and all, i think this “Brunson is the problem” is making him doubt himself and that has been a disaster.
And the team has to do more too, if he is supposed to play the right way, they have to move and create spaces or get open. Brunson was triple teamed and i didn’t re-watch it, but at the time it looked like all our other players were static.

Well, i hope they can overcome this, but we really need to steal a game in ATL to not go into panic mode.

Was Mitch as bad as -18 in 11 minutes would indicate? Or did he just have the misfortune of playing all his minutes with bridges? It’s unfathomable to me that he wasn’t in the game for the final defensive possession.

Disgusted with Brown. How the fuck you put that weird ass line up in on the last Atlanta possession but not put your best rim protector and rebounder in the game. If Czj misses that shot there’s a good chance Atlanta gets the rebound anyways.

And the last possession by us shows a lack of cohesion.

He is a clear downgrade from Thibs.

And don’t get me started on Mikal. We traded 5 picks for this guy and Leon chose him over Thibs bc he didn’t want to lose the guy he traded 5 picks for and he’s just ain’t it.

Trade him and develop Diawara. We won’t win a chip but we can continue to be a good playoff team.

Also fire Brown. I don’t know who to replace him with but this player’s coach style ain’t it.

The trade I keep going to is KAT (who I love) and Mikal for Giannis and Turner.

It works money wise. Milwaukee wants out from Turner and while KAT is not as good as Gianni’s, he’s been healthier and is still an All Star elite player.

Annoyingly, if Kerr leaves Golden State, while he would normally be a good option here, I doubt he’d take the job knowing he was replacing his friend, Mike Brown.

I do not get it. We have one of the best rim protectors and rebounders in the league and we’re playing a team without a single player taller than 6’ 8” and Mitch is just rotting away in the bench.

My girlfriend, who has only been watching basketball for a couple of years and only watches the Knicks, knew that the move was to put Mitch in for Hart on the final defensive possession: Mitch, KAT, OG, Brunson, and Deuce. And then assuming that we stopped them, we could take a timeout with about 10 seconds left (we had one left, right?), re-insert Hart for Mitch, and close it out. Get the ball in KAT’s hands as he is our best free throw shooter, and call it a day with a hard-fought 1-point victory (or 2 or 3, if they sent KAT to the line). Inserting a cold Shamet and a cold (and bad) Mikal was the exact thing to *not* do. She was disgusted by it.

She could also see that Jalen needed a couple of minutes rest in the fourth quarter—maybe just 2 or 3—as he looked exhausted. No wonder he kept making boneheaded plays at the end (she said). She loves Jalen more than anyone else on the team, which is to be expected.

I’m also flummoxed by Diawara being Siberia’d. His size and long-range shooting could have easily made a difference in the last two games. It can’t be that we don’t want to lose him by “showcasing” him. That would be beyond stupid. We stand more of a chance of losing him by benching him and going down in flames without him. He’s as good as gone, and maybe Mitch now, too.

The trade I keep going to is KAT (who I love) and Mikal for Giannis and Turner.

With the extension, Mikal is now a distinctly negative asset.

That’s for the offseason though; the immediate dilemma is what to do with him on the court. He should be running “show me” minutes with the second unit against ATL’s bench guys but I doubt Brown will do that in full. Best we can probably hope for is that Brown starts him on a “show me” basis, pulls him for Deuce before the 9 minute mark of the first, and then puts him in against bench players on a show me basis.

It’s just incredible how physically and mentally soft Mikal is. It must have always been there just below the surface, and factors specific to the here and now Knicks are bringing it out. And/or he realizes he’s declining athletically. Probably a combination of all of the above.

The other issue plaguing them is that they’re still short a piece and have been since the OG (*) trade. Nothing can be done about that now other than realizing it and greatly shortening the bench. That takes us back to having to go with Thibsian minutes, but in retrospect Thibs really didn’t have much of a choice. This is neither the time nor the roster to start worrying about too many minutes for the guys who can actually play basketball.

(*) Who was awesome last night.

Horrific coaching by Mike Brown

– Towns is a plus 22 and takes 12 shots. He also only plays 34 minutes and wasn’t in foul trouble . It’s the playoffs not the regular season .

– Mitch hasn’t played 20 minutes once in this series. Last night he played 11 minutes ! Why are you resting him the regular season to lower his minutes even more in the playoffs.

– plays a lineup again that never played during the season

Player note

Brunson – taking double shots attempts of Towns while racking up 4 assists .

*Mikal- minius 26 in a one point game . You know how hard that is to do .

And when you go to the podium and say dumb shxt like this it makes you look like an idiot https://x.com/NBA_NewYork/status/2047507298617110629

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