Yeah, Big Jim was cooking out there. Just couldn’t get over the hump at any point.

Thought we were fucked after that, we’ve seen it too many times before lol

Few things going on:

To start the season, Brunson couldn’t hit a shot to save his life. Likely getting used to things after his wrist surgery over the summer.

O.G. is trying to elevate his game on offense and it’s actively detrimental to the team. His drives are clunky and are more likely to result in a strip or block than a made basket, and he’s not good at driving and kicking

Mikal is doing is disappearance act early

Backup center situation is not helping. Drummond has been serviceable as advertised but we miss the way Mitch was an offensive system unto himself off the bench as well as a solid rim protector.

I think something happened mentally after that playoff run. Before, the Knicks used to play every game like their lives depended on it when we were down in the fourth, and it led to a lot of comebacks. Now when we’re down, they’re calm cool and collected. It’s like they now KNOW they can come back from any deficit but that’s ironically sapped the fire that actually drove them to do so in the past.

None of these are insurmountable problems. We will make a trade for a better backup big, Brunson is already shooting a lot better, and OG will either figure his shit out or Brown will tell him to cut it our. As for Mikal, our bench guys are really good so it weirdly doesn’t matter if he’s good or not from game to game, but we’d obviously like for him to figure his shit out

When I questioned last year why he was getting more smoke than the supermax guys, someone said “he’s a superstar. Of course he’s going to get more attention than those guys”. You can’t make it up

It’s so dumb. He has started out shooting terribly several of the last years. He’s old as shit and plays himself into form which, while annoying, doesn’t matter. He’s getting paid like half of Mobley or Mitchell and they’ve been as bad or worse in many of these games, and they’re much younger. I don’t really care about the first 10-20 games tbh, this team’s success is entirely based on what they do in the playoffs. The entire hysterical discourse around the team is absurd.

Because he’s also an absolute turnstile on defense. His field goal percentage is 36%. This is a player that deserves a heavy amount of criticism!! Do you think you can win with a guard who can’t guard anyone and shoots 36%?

i really hate to be the one to tell you and rob you of your innocence, but unfortunately you are living in the hottake era where there’s a glut of talkhead shows and podcasts, so everyone feels compelled to speak in as strong of terms as possible, no matter if praise or vitriol, out of a desperation to stay relevant and maintain attention of their ritalin born ADD ridden audience.

James James

He doesn’t really need to keep it up tbh. He’s like their 3rd or 4th best player when the team is playing well.

It is

he’s 37 bro

James Harden is Luka Doncic father

Are we good? No.

Are we bad? No.

Are we mid? Somehow, also no.

I don’t think it’s a low floor at all. This team will be firmly in the playoffs by the end of the year.

There’s too much talent.

That’s saying something for a team that has outperformed in the regular season and underperformed in the playoffs for a while now

As someone who has been begging Kenny to close games with Allen, taking him out when he did was the right call. He did it because the Knicks were gonna foul and we wanted our best FT shooters on the floor. After the first of the two FTs, Allen came back in to play D.

His defensive energy is good but he’s not enough to truly separate him from Shamet.

Who is quite frankly gapping him on offense. And maybe his energy is fine there but his process is truly awful imo. At least he takes C&S stuff but everything else is stilted and awkward. He doesn’t even decisively hunt the middy when attacking the closeout anymore and exerts the least rim pressure on the team by far. I mean our first few losses he was taking these awful 2 foot floaters rather than just laying up the ball. I really don’t know. It’s concerning, I feel like he was never THIS bad last season but maybe it’s recency bias

Sports runs on ‘what have you done for me lately’

Regular season wise he’s been a complete dud and a lot of it is because he doesn’t go all out and seems to be saving his body. That being said he’s great in the playoffs

God forbid a fan asks a 5 FRP player to put up more than 5PPG

Meleek is gonna be so nasty for this team. Crazy he fell to 34.

Eh. Depends if Tyson gets his shot back or if last year was a mirage.

I’ll send vrabel your way

lol could be. Good comparison

once he settles into his shot, he’ll be damn lethal

Or just a jaded Cleveland sports fan :(

You can’t fully count them out. They made the conference finals last year and added some nice pieces.

They literally made it to the East Finals last season, so…yes. Yes they do.

The east runs through Cleveland don’t forget

The take of a nephew.

that’s such a lazy take

Yes they do.   Clowned the Knicks.  Clowned the sixers.

I don’t bet as much as giannis, lebron, adam silver, the sixers organization, and the nba want me to

Literally what everyone said last year about the Knicks lol

lazy dumbass take

no that doesn’t count because

How about starting earlier?

Less games.

Out of starting lineup