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Knicks Morning News (2026.06.07)

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  • NBA Finals Game Thread: Knicks at Spurs, Game 2, June 5, 2026 – Posting & Toasting
  • Towns, Knicks put Spurs on ropes, lead 2-0 in NBA Finals – ESPN
  • Timothee Chalamet, Ben Stiller, Knicks Fans Celebrate NBA Finals Game 2 Win in Trending Videos – BleacherReport
  • 2026 NBA Finals: Biggest takeaways from Knicks-Spurs Game 2 – ESPN
  • Updated NBA Finals Ticket Prices for Games 3, 4 at MSG After Knicks Take 2-0 Series Lead vs. Spurs – BleacherReport
  • Jalen Brunson explains why Knicks ‘can’t be comfortable’ returning to MSG with 2-0 NBA Finals lead – SNY
  • Knicks 105, Spurs 104: Scenes from the endless magic carpet ride – Posting & Toasting
  • Mikal Bridges steps up, Mitchell Robinson locks down Victor Wembanyama as NBA Finals momentum swings Knicks’ way – SNY

    • YT News

  • Knicks Beat Refs And Spurs | Knicks Chip Loading – Knick of Time
  • Knicks vs Spurs Game 2 Debrief: Key Takeaways & Soundbites w/ Justin Morrelli – Knicks Fan TV
  • Knicks at Spurs (NBA Finals, Game 2) | Opening Monologue | Knicks Film School – Knicks Film School
  • The Wemby Adjustment the Knicks Still Have to Solve – Hot Hand Theory

    • 18 replies on “Knicks Morning News (2026.06.07)”

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7337488/2026/06/07/karl-anthony-towns-giannis-antetokounmpo-jalen-brunson-knicks-65-game-rule-nba-finals/

    Much of this Sam Amick piece about KAT/Giannis is just speculation, but this passage where Brown talks about the evolution of his relationship with KAT is very good:

    To hear Brown discuss Towns after Game 2 was to realize how far their relationship has come. The creative tension between them was no secret earlier this season, but Brown offered a blow-by-blow account of a process that has clearly put the Knicks in a much healthier, and more dangerous, place. Brown has a tendency to be a little long-winded, but this is worth the “listen” for anyone who is curious how they’re managing to pull this craziness off.

    “I came in with a great plan,” Brown said when asked about Towns’ evolution. “Maybe the plan doesn’t work. Who adjusts: Him or me? Me. I adjust. (But) the adjustment’s not enough. Every once in a while, we’re not on the same page. We talk about it. We talk about it. I adjust again. A little bit better. He’s feeling good. We talk about it. We talk — maybe we take a couple of steps backwards because what I did, he doesn’t like, which is fine.

    “It’s my job as a coach to fit whatever scheme we have on both sides of the floor to all of our players. And if you’re a great player, I’ve got to make a little bit more adjustments, or I’ve got to give a little bit more than you do. We finally got to a point where he was comfortable, (where) I was comfortable, Jalen (Brunson) was comfortable, OG (Anunoby) was comfortable, Mikal (Bridges) was comfortable. And to me, that’s what the regular season is about. The regular season is about finding your way so you can prepare for this time of the year … So, when we get here, anything we run into, we’ve already conquered during the regular season, and we’ll know how to handle it.”

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    The move, 100%, has to be to play it normal. Fuck them. The Knicks don’t even care enough about them to TROLL them.

    Yes. Go full Don Draper in the elevator with Michael Ginsberg: “I don’t think about you at all.”

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    Dolan’s absolutely loving the chaos the Trump visit is causing. The facial recognition software will be even more efficient and effective with the fans’ procession through the security gates slowed down dramatically, and his creepy database of faces will be significantly enhanced. Don’t be shocked if some of these “special” security procedures become permanent.

    It’s not political to complain about this because it’s the office of the president and the Secret Service doing this — and of course the Knicks’ owner. I was thinking of actually going tomorrow, but now no way. Imagine paying those kind of prices and then wind up having to wait in an airport security line and sit around for two-plus hours. Yeah, right.

    The enshittification of everything continues apace.

    I kinda like the cartoon intro. I’ve even been whistling it in my spare time. Kinda surprised some dj hasn’t remixed into a new Knicks anthem yet.

    have to figure he’ll be sitting in a suite?
    I can’t imagine the security risk of him sitting courtside

    even trumpers have to think this is just the most selfish thing someone could possibly do — the best basketball story in decades and he has to go stick himself in the middle of it.

    the idea of the area around MSG being quiet and cordoned off is just horrible.

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    the idea of the area around MSG being quiet and cordoned off is just horrible.

    There’s a part of Dolan, maybe even a big part, that detests the crowds of regular, younger people gathering near “his building” to celebrate “his team” and we can rest assured he’s quite happy indeed with “his building” being cordoned off from the teeming masses.

    There was no chance, zero, that this awesome sporting moment was going to pass normally, unaccompanied by something or other Dolan.

    Word is that Trump’s going to Game 4, too. Shocking.

    If he gets the reception from the crowd I expect him to get, I cannot imagine him going back for Game 4. He is driven by spite, but he is also an insecure narcissist who can’t stand being around people who he thinks are being mean to him.

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    I think 10k for the worst seats in the house is obscene, let alone 100k for the better ones. Culturally this is fucked up, and having an asshole bigger even than our local one here dominate the event makes it even fuckeduper (I know, I know it’s not a word).

    Good to have this extra day off before game 3 to vent this. Hopefully tomorrow we’d be able to concentrate on the game. I sure hope the players do.

    I think 10k for the worst seats in the house is obscene, let alone 100k for the better ones.

    Wide swaths of people in the building won’t *really* be able to afford the tickets, under any serious definition of the term.

    America doesn’t run on Dunkin’, it runs on easy consumer debt.

    Culturally this is fucked up

    Massively.

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    Maybe it’s because i’m far away, well it most definitely is, but i think we should ignore him as much as we should ignore the troll song the Spurs dedicated to us (although Hubert’s idea of taking advantage of the song subtly making fun of them is a good one too). Just keep silent when the guy is on the screen and cheer loud for our team, because the team is people will be there for. I think ignoring him is a lot more powerful than cursing him, he’s used to it and he seems to me like those kind of persons that think “talk about me, good or bad, but talk about me”. How about ignoring him completely?

    “How about ignoring him completely?”

    Identifiable, individualized hecklers will be removed from the building by MSG security. Crowds of people who just boo are probably safe. If I were them, I wouldn’t risk it.

    Wouldn’t be shocked if there was actual applause from some parts of the building. Will be interesting to see if Dolan has him shown on the big-ass Garden scoreboard. Probably. He’s a Trumpist. Most likely, he actually did invite Trump, as Trump claims.

    (pulling my inner Doogie)
    …because the team is *WHY* people will be there for. 🧡💙

    Not really sure what hat the Brown quote about KAT is saying but I am really happy how he has made a quantum leap as a player, basically in the last two months.

    It’s remarkable

    At this point, we would be considered to be giving Trump exactly the attention he craves here. Although I agree with everything being posted about the situation, my vote would be to stop giving *that* troll any attention, and I’m counting on our players to do the same.

    (Also, for me personally, it’s on the verge of killing my immaculate vibes about this series.)

    I’m looking for Brunson to have a super-sized game tomorrow. The way he was beat up in game 2 reminds me of the series against Philly in 2024 when starting with Game 3 he figured them out. Just when his hero ball starts tipping into red flag territory he always reminds us that he is an actual hero.

    And Kat is playing with capital G – Grace. His composure after those 2 bullshit calls on Friday shocked me as much as his beyond stellar play has.

    These guys can smell it, feel it, taste it, and they will be in the Garden! To a man this is their entire life’s dream for the taking. To a fan, this is our singular culture’s reborn Eden, at long last, shaking and baking .

    In the words of Leonard Cohen – “We asked for signs, and signs were sent.”

    Just from a pure statistical perspective, a crowd that can afford 10-100k tickets for a game will obviously be much less unfriendly to him than a regular crowd. It doesn’t matter that it’s NYC.

    The worst part for me is that there is a high chance that arena is not full by tip off. I remember the mess when he attended the US open last year. This will be worse.

    (Also, for me personally, it’s on the verge of killing my immaculate vibes about this series.)

    Dolan was always a clear and present danger to do that. The fact that after 20+ years of incompetence and worse, he’s managed to somehow bumblefuck his way into a fantastic basketball team doesn’t change the man within.

    Have to compartmentalize.

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