“Everything’s pretty good with the Knicks. That’s no good!”
@matthewmiranda.bsky.social’s latest, on how the past few weeks in Knicks Land feel a little too good, the unprecedented becoming the inevitable, and some long-awaited joy in Mudville:
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Good morning, nerds. It's the spiciest time of year.
@prezidente.bsky.social’s sixth annual Disrespectful NBA Draft Comparisons are here:
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Best Knick piece of 2025
Tom Thibodeau broke Leon Rose’s rules.
@prezidente.bsky.social’s latest: a top-down breakdown of why Tom Thibodeau’s exit wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment reflex, rather a culmination of Thibs’ slow departure from Leon’s vision:
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In which we alight on an unusual sighting: the Knicks behaving completely rationally while those around them flip the **** out
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The Knicks moved on. Why won’t the haters?
@matthewmiranda.bsky.social’s latest, on why firing Tom Thibodeau wasn't a a rash decision & certainly wasn't a mistake:
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“This Knicks team started the season as a group of individuals. They walk out of it a collective, a team, a unit, and better than their 2023-24 predecessors on paper.”
@cologneloring.bsky.social gives us a retrospective of the past year in his latest recap.
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There's no greater aphrodisiac in this world than Landry Shamet minutes in an elimination game
THERE WILL BE A GAME 6
Family text thread: Dad Halliburton? I guess he went back to working the oil fields Bro Nice Me Got his ass dad
BING BONG
"Thibs wouldn't play 9 guys in a baseball game" - Kenny Smith during Game 3
-Game 3: Played 9 guys double digit minutes, Knicks W
-Game 4: Played 8 guys double digit minutes (plus Delon Wright 9 mins)
-Game 5: Played 9 guys double digit minutes, Knicks W
karl-anthony towns would average 40 points on a 50/50/90 shooting slash if he played exclusively with four randos plucked off the street
Graph showing the Knicks led wire-to-wire in Game 5 vs. Indiana
48-minute endorphin
The Pacers had a 97.9 offensive rating tonight. That was their eighth-lowest offensive rating over the last two seasons, playoffs or regular season.
They averaged 120.3 points in the games following those clunkers.
Tonight was the most complete defensive game we have seen from the Knicks in this series. Pacers were held to 40% from the field and 33% from three, and most importantly 20 turnovers.
"i would die for landry shamet"
"not to sound hyperbolic but..."
“The Knicks’ journey this season has felt more like a roller coaster than traveling from one point to another; an endless cycle of ups and downs that captured us over and over no matter the anticipation.”
@cologneloring.bsky.social recaps a tough Game 4 loss.
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ME (texting at 2am): you up?
THIBS: Could be, yeah.
ME: Netflix and chill?
THIBS: it's a possiblity
This is strangely erotic for me
Keep going
Tom Thibodeau on whether the Knicks will return to the Mitchell Robinson version of the starting lineup again tonight in Game 4: "We could, yeah."
On what he liked about that new starting group: "The final result."
My latest for @espn.com: How Mitchell Robinson’s return and playoff emergence changed everything for this Knicks’ club www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
THE KNICKS ARE 3 WINS AWAY FROM THE NBA FINALS ‼️🚨
“We’ve heard these Knicks talk the talk. Walking it has already gotten them further than four games of resting on their laurels ever dared.”
@cologneloring.bsky.social celebrates Mikal Bridges and a win over the Boston Celtics:
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The Knicks are headed to their first ECF in 25 years, part of a run @cologneloring.bsky.social calls "a testament to the agonizing and tortuous loyalty of their fans."
Game 6 recap, with notes on Jalen Brunson, David Fizdale, Frank Ntilikina, & more:
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“And so the pendulum swings back.”
@cologneloring.bsky.social recaps a historic, deflating, otherworldly Knick collapse, with notes on OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, & more:
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“What’s real today is real until the final buzzer of the next game.”
Enjoy the moment Knicks fans, says @cologneloring.bsky.social in his Game 1 recap:
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“Sometimes you gotta lose today to win tomorrow.”
@matthewmiranda.bsky.social talks Randle, Sacramento, and Zion in their latest, pre-postseason edition of Office Hours:
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Maybe the Knicks meant to lose.
@cologneloring.bsky.social recaps the Knicks' defeat in Detroit, with notes on Jalen Bruson's return, Mikal Bridges crawling back into his shell, KAT's non-shooting, and of course, PJ Tucker.
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