I do worry about the rust factor
We were missing open 3s by feet in the first half of G1 ECF.

We sure were.

This is pretty much the inverse of 1999. The Spurs back then were coming off two consecutive sweeps and the Knicks were coming off an emotional 6 game series against Z’s Pacers.

FWIW I distinctly recall Doug Collins (who was the analyst next to Bob Costas) declaring during that game while the Spurs were pulling away that rest vs rust is not even a debate — you always want the rest.

There was, of course, a lot less shooting back then.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/opinion/new-york-knicks-nba-championship.html

I wavered a bit upon hearing the Mitch news because I think he’s essential, but I’m putting my faith in the Zapruder films emanating from practice. If he can grab a basketball, it’s fine.

There’s no such thing as matching up “well” against Wemby, but what you’d ideally want are big, physical centers, the ability to run bona fide five-out lineups, and guys who can pull up before getting all the way to the rim. We’ve got all that in spades.

Castle and Harper are a terrifying future proposition, but I think we’re very well situated to keeping the baby versions in relative check. The combination of OG, Mikal, Hart, Deuce, and maybe a little Clarkson sprinkled in there is a lot to throw at guys who played in their first NBA playoff game 6 weeks ago.

No one else really concerns me. The more shots Fox takes, the better.

The Spurs have a chance to be a, well, Spurs-like dynasty. The Wemby/Harper/Castle trio is, again, terrifying. But I think they’ll need an origin story, and we’ll deliver it.

One of them ends with “Bring it home 11” and I got kind of emotional thinking about what Jalen Brunson has done for this franchise. Every round some team has their “Brunson stopper” and every round he just goes out and eviscerates the opponent.

If we win this, he becomes a god in NY, I would almost put him ahead of Jeter because of the Knicks long title drought. And definitely ahead of Messier because, well, you know, hockey.

What a wonderful ride this has been, so thankful I have this board to turn to for celebration (and in the past commiseration)

Let’s fucking go Knicks!!!!!!!!!!!

but no idea how I’d feel if I wasn’t a fan and on this board.

Doogie, wasn’t or weren’t in this quote?