kennymehr.bsky.social
@kennymehr.bsky.social
The Knicks 4th QTR numbers are a bit skewed imo. They have had a lot of blowout leads after 3 which made the 4th irrelevant.

First 10 games they had some issues late in games but it's Def not this bad.
Loss to the Knicks last night was the Raptors' 6th (they're 6-6) when leading after the 3rd quarter.

No other team has more than 3 losses when leading after the 3rd: www.nba.com/standings?Se...

The only team that's been worse in the 4th quarter is the Knicks: www.nba.com/stats/teams/...
December 10, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Jalen Brunson is deservedly the captain but in a lot of ways Josh Hart is the pulse of the team.

He will say things that JB prob won't but is thinking.

It's clear Josh is the Co-Captain.
November 29, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Last years Bench to start the year had Quickley (got paid 35 mill a yr), DDV (single season 3 PT record), Hart, I-Hart (29 mill a yr) with Deuce as odd man out lol.

Absurd bench.
So yeah, i think the Knicks will be fine but they just simply can’t afford slow starts because last year’s bench was full of sickos and this year’s has maybe 2 sickos lol
November 29, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Exactly this. It shouldn't be enough to say "oh well we didn't shoot well, this game is an anomaly"

At some point if they want to string games together they will need to win a game they don't shoot well in.
Monica McNutt: "Last year the offense wasn't this potent––but if this team was in a rockfight they were able to get stops…The inability to get stops was glaring tonight. The Knicks currently can't afford to not shoot well. You can't go 24% from 3…bc of what their defense is rn"
November 28, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Thibs inserted Payne into the game with Sims in the usual Deuce spot.

I assume Deuce might be on a min restriction tonight.
November 26, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Towns/Knicks ability to take advantage of smaller guys on him has improved drastically. Suns tried putting Dunn on him & he got abused.

The Knicks struggling as much as they did early against switching defenses may have been a blessing.
November 21, 2024 at 5:56 AM
Have to think the Knicks make a conscious effort tonight to get Bridges involved against his former team.

Thought the Knicks falling behind by such a deficit last game allowed him to just play in the 2nd half on instinct. Had some of his best moments of yr.

Hope he builds on that #Knicks
November 15, 2024 at 10:40 PM