Jonathan Macri

Super Sunday The Knicks rebounded from Friday's loss in a big way thanks to some big performances from the back of the rotation.

JO-SE, JO-SE JO-SE JO-SE....JO-SE...JO-SE....

Some thoughts on the debut of a Brooklyn kid born to be a Knick, a precocious 20-year-old turning heads, and the Knicks best defensive performance of the season:
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Crazy Eighth The Knicks get their best - and wildest - win of the season.

Among every player in the NBA who has never made an All-Star team, no one has been with their team longer than Mitchell Robinson.

Last night, he gave us a reminder of why he should be a Knick for life.

Not that we needed one.
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7th Heaven The Knicks keep rolling in DC as trades shake up the landscape around them.

A double dip in today's KFS Newsletter, looking at New York's 7th straight win through the lens of an active trade day at the top of the Eastern Conference.
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And The Verdict Is... After all the speculation, how will the Knicks approach this trade deadline? Jonas Plaut has the answer with the conclusion of his 4-part trade deadline deep dive.

The final segment of Jonas Plaut's 4-part Knicks Trade Deadline Deep Dive is up on the KFS Substack. Fantastic overview of the Giannis situation, plus a look at a prospective Naji Marshall trade through the lens of expending vs saving premium assets.
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What A Day It started with Giannis rumors and ended with one of their best - and most bizarre - wins of the season, but it's just another day in the life of these New York Knicks.

I wrote about the best win of the Knicks season, and the crazy day of news and rumors that preceded it.
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Setting the Trade Deadline Stage Let's set the stage for what could be a busy 11 days.

Mega Knicks Trade Deadline Preview ICYMI, zooming in on two named trade targets while also zooming out to explore how the front office is balancing the competing interests of winning now vs maintaining position for Giannis this summer.
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Escape from Philadelphia Good morning, and Happy Sunday.

The Knicks got one win and inflicted 17 heart attacks last night. I wrote about all of it.
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Knicks Trade Deadline Deep Dive: Part III Has New York's trade deadline approach changed over the last two weeks? Jonas Plaut explores.

For today's KFS Newsletter, contributor Jonas Plaut tackles the topic of the NBA's Secondary Star, and why competing factors have suddenly made their value - to their teams and around the league - extremely tricky.
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"A Win" One night isn't going to do away with all the questions, but the Knicks did about as well as they could do to reset this season in the correct direction

As far as Get Well games go, you won't find many better than what the Knicks did to the Nets last night.
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Deuce McBride Demands Your Respect In today's special guest post from former Suns and Mavs analyst Jeremias Engelmann, we learn why our instincts haven't been deceiving us when it comes to New York's most unheralded role player.

The Knicks best player is...Deuce McBride?

That's what the advanced stats say.

In today's special edition of the KFS Newsletter, former Mavs & Suns analyst Jerry Engelmann explains why our gut feeling about Deuce has been right all along.
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Egalitarian Offense? Today we take a look at how New York's shot distribution is impacting their results.

Do the Knicks have a distribution problem?

Their recent win in Portland featured the most even shot distribution of the season. Is it a hint at what they should be doing differently? I dove into the numbers to find the answer.
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Blazing a New Trail? To secure an impressive win in Portland, Mike Brown made a big decision we may wind up looking back on.

LOTS of big takeaways from last night's Knicks win, including the return of Josh Hart, a season-best performance from Mitch, some great 4th quarter defense, and of course, a certain All-Star who wasn't on the court for the close of the game.
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Knicks Trade Deadline Deep Dive, Part II: Guard Targets Jonas Plaut goes over the ins and outs of acquiring several names that have been of rumored interest to the Knicks.

Really fun deep dive into some potential Knicks guard targets ahead of the trade deadline by Jonas Plaut today, including the rumored Jose Alvarado, who checks boxes both on the court and on the balance sheet, but doesn’t come without questions.
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Knicks Trade Deadline Deep Dive, Part I Today new KFS contributor Jonas Plaut debuts the first of his four-part series ahead of the deadline, laying the groundwork for how and why the front office is likely to handle the next five weeks.

You'll read a lot of Knicks trade deadline stuff before Feb. 6, but you won't read anything as good as this.
In today's KFS Newsletter, Jonas Plaut gives an overview on how & why this deadline will be Leon Rose's most challenging & important one to date.
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Champs. The Knicks won a thing. Don't feel bad for feeling good.

I was in MSG when the Spurs held a trophy at the Knicks' expense in 1999, so last night was a long time coming.

And while it doesn't make up for '99 or 53 years of futility, don't let anyone take away your joy as a Knicks fan today.

This one was for us.
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Top 5 Most Intriguing NBA Rookies & Sophomores w/ Nathan Grubel of No Ceilings YouTube video by NBA Takedown

Excited to be joined by Nathan Grubel of noceilingsnba.bsky.social on NBA Takedown LIVE at noon. We're ranking the Top 5 Most Intriguing Rookies & Sophomores in the NBA.

Join us on the NBA Takedown YouTube channel, and we'll get to your comments during the show:
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BREAKING: "The Writing is on the Wall" with Giannis The Knicks season has just gotten a lot more complicated.

Some initial thoughts on where today's Giannis Antetokounmpo report leaves the Knicks, why it doesn't help their cause, and what (if anything) they'd need to do to get in the race for the 2-time MVP (and whether it would be worth the trouble).

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Very fair. I surely didn’t care in the moment though.

Thanks to Gallo for:

A) being a good, fun Knick that gave fans hope, albeit too briefly
B) several years later, helping me land @howardbeck.bsky.social as my first big KFS guest after Howard and I went back and forth on social media about whose contract was worse, Gallinari or Tim Hardaway Jr.

Good Morning, Knicks Fans…here are your Morning Announcements for Monday, December 1:

Good Morning Knicks Fans! Here are your Morning Announcements for Saturday, November 19:

Good Morning, Knicks fans! Here are your Morning Announcements for Tuesday, November 25.

Good Morning, Knicks Fans! Here are your Morning Announcements to start Thanksgiving week…

How have the Knicks shot relative to expectations during each of their first 14 games? Let's tak a look at the Synergy shot-making data to find out.

What conclusions should we reach?

In today's KFS Newsletter, I dug into the Knicks' thoroughly mediocre defense, what they've done well and not so well, and why there's cause for optimism even as they continue to give up 3's by the boatload.
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Good Morning, Knicks Fans!

Here are your unapologetic Morning Announcements for Thursday, November 20:

Good Morning, Knicks Fans!

Going to start posting my Morning Announcements here every morning. Here’s today’s edition:

not what I would have predicted even 3 years ago

100%

Thinking about the last 4 years' worth of Knicks drafts today after Mike Brown used a 7.5-man rotation vs MIA. What % of the blame for the lack of good young prospects lies with the necessities of building a win-now team, what % lies with difficulty of nailing late picks, and what % is valid blame?