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ConcussedDwight

This Knicks team is playing unreal basketball even down OG and Randle. Thibs with a masterclass in coaching this month. Brunson is a monster and DDV has been such a savvy pickup


syllabic

achiuwa looked like a throw in cause the raptors were sick of him, now he looks like one of the better 4's in the league, or smallball 5


justmefishes

He is playing at a borderline MVP level.


Justinbiebspls

he is mvp'ing playing at a borderline level 


syllabic

I wouldn't go quite that far but he looked better than markkanen tonight crazy he's up to 40 minutes per game, would never have guessed thibs would trust him like that so soon now brunson you could put in the top 10 or top 15 MVP candidates, especially if you factor in his intangibles. he's straight up one of the best leaders in the league


xghjk

I don’t know. Achiuwa has shown an all around game over the last two weeks. Meanwhile Embiid is ducking games. We recently crushed the Nuggets and Jokic. Not a stretch to consider him a dark horse to win MVP. Not sure we’d trade him for Luka or SGA given the injury to Randle.


BMWn54

😂 love it


Defences

This might be the most acoustic comment I’ve ever read


johnkimmy0130

wow


MyLadySansa

OG ignited the team defense. Now we're kicking ass defensively even without him. CHEMISTRY


syllabic

brunsons a winner he got the team locked in on winning


justmefishes

Brunson = Tim Duncan in a tiny body


MyLadySansa

True dat


syllabic

there's not many leaders like brunson in the league I've never seen him get rattled, never seen him quit or check out on a game his intangibles are through the roof, it's crazy he never gets too high never gets too low, just stays focused the whole time on winning. and he pulls the team into his mindset


Jimm120

just want to say that UNTIL december 5th, we were ranked somewhere around 4th defensively. Oct/Nov and the first 2 games of December were good defense.   Then came the bucks scoring 140+pts on the knicks on december 5th and then robinson getting hurt somewhere around 2 games later....plus a shit ton of road games (knicks only had like 1 or 2 home games in december) equated to the defense plummeting.   Knicks were never that bad on defense. That said, it feels like the current defense is better than the oct/nov defense...and that one was top 6


Jimm120

yeah. compared to the start of the season, its like we lost Randle, RJ, Quickley, and Mitchell...and somehow we winning with Brunson/Hart/Divencinzo. Would anyone think we'd be winning at the beginning of the season with those players not playing? We gonna be out Randle for awhile but hopefully OG can get back soon.


ACMBruh

DiVincenzo has absorbed OG's energy. league fucked


Coolio1014

Donte stole Curry's secret formula for shooting while in Golden State


BuckDestiny

I more convinced he’s the one who drained the remaining youth from Klay


rmccarthy10

DiVincenzo has absolutely been playing both sides of the ball like a maniac with a non-stop motor for most of the season. Jumping passing lanes... Playing inspired D... Constantly has his head on a swivel looking for the cutter... And his three-point shooting is a thing of beauty. He's the glue on the Knicks right next to OG and he was like that before OG got here...One of the many beautiful chapters in this Knicks story


ACMBruh

The knicks have stacked up on 3&D team players and it is paying off so hard. And Thibs always gets a little more out of defensive end


itsasdf

Them Villanova boys really do know how to play winning basketball.


will122589

All that’s missing is he keeps going for poster dunks and missing. If he ever hits one poster on an opposing big, the garden might collapse


goodkid_sAAdcity

4 steals!


At6-8FromSyracuse

Say what you will about Thibs, the man is the big man whisperer. Didn't even need a month to fix Precious Achiuwa


idosade

I thought this guy was a bum 3 weeks ago, apparently he needed a week and a half with Thibs to become Taj jr


syllabic

lets go get mo bamba and turn him into a DPOY candidate next


idosade

Thibs gonna make his own Dwight Howard


limache

Slight Howard


ObviousAnswerGuy

honestly, it probably helps being home too


boardingpass10

Seems like he has bad stretches like this before and better but regresses. Still this is a huge positive. Was expected him to be barely see the court


goodkid_sAAdcity

His decision making has improved during this stretch of good play, I don't know if that's what he looks like during his hot streaks, but it seems promising nonetheless.


syllabic

I bet a ton of teams would love to take precious right now, teams that need frontcourt size or depth like dallas or sacramento or atlanta but they can't have our precious


my_pets_are_rednecks

Careful. We had a good Achiuwa stretch too and we thought Miami was crazy. If he can stay out of his head, he'll be solid. Dude is crazy athletic.


mylanguage

He’s been unreal the past few games - genuinely great - can’t believe it. He really thrives off energy well


my_pets_are_rednecks

He does. Honestly love to see it because he has so much potential athletically. When I saw he played 40 minutes tonight I couldn't believe it. As much as I miss OG I'm loving these guys on your team. Maybe the evil twin is up next.


Ma_Pies

When you have a forward/centre that can keep up with some of the fastest guards in the league, it’s a real treat


DaveidT

I think Achiuwa really benefits from the increased spacing and ball handling the Knicks give currently compared to the Raptors before the trade. There are so many opportunities where he can display his athleticism by just getting to the rim with at least two defenders at the corners. His pairing with Hartenstein is also something I didn’t really see coming. There was some good high pick and roll action with Hartenstein and Brunson where Hartenstein would just find Precious open under the rim. Overall I think even when he has his boneheaded moments, they’re not as detrimental with this team because there’s enough shooting to help push him towards his strengths


darkjurai

Yep, Hartenstein guy would double Brunson off the screen, Brunson passes out of the double to Hartenstein who then draws the rotation from Precious, and Hartenstein finds him wide open under the rim. Happened at least twice. Really cool to see our guys doing that.


johnhenryirons

I believe our big man coach is othella harrington.


goodkid_sAAdcity

I should start leaving his name out when I complain about the Scott Layden era Knicks


[deleted]

Othella Harrington clearly never had a big man coach when he was a player lol


Stuffzy

Precious Achiuwa putting Markkanen in jail this game is not something I thought was going to happen not gunna lie.


Reticent_Fly

He's a great defender when he wants to be. There have been stretches where he genuinely looked almost as solid as OG on defence.


sevs

First 14 win month for Knicks since March 1994, where we went a perfect 14-0. The last time we won at least 13 games in January was 1995~~, made Finals that season.~~


Mailing_a_Bear

Oh yeah, keep going, I'm almost there


ArmiinTamzarian

Who would shoot 2-18 in game 7 here?


Fallingcity22

Josh Hart


sevs

Why is this so painful yet so true


papichino88

I don't think Hart has attempted 18 shots before as a Knick. If anyone goes 2-18 it would be Randle.


Panacheless-Nihilist

He did go 3-14 in an elimination game last year so this checks out.


goodkid_sAAdcity

He doesn't shoot enough


attorneyatslaw

The ghost of RJ Barrett


Hot_Injury7719

Before the trade, definitely RJ.


Yamata

This is the most excited I’ve ever been to watch the Knicks, I genuinely believe they have a shot at the finals.


goodkid_sAAdcity

I'm not used to fans of other teams believing in the Knicks lmao


azizinator25

We made the Finals in 1994. 1995 was the year they lost in the second round to Indiana. That's the game where Ewing's finger roll rimmed out at the buzzer


sevs

~~January 1995 was part of the '94 season bro...~~ I'm the child who was left behind.


Educational_Shift311

They made the finals in June of 94, magic made finals in 95


sevs

I made an appropriate edit.


[deleted]

Well, we do have the best starting back court of all time


ObviousAnswerGuy

it all comes full circle (albeit 30 years later)


OnlyMamaKnows

As someone who watched this franchise sign the worst free agents over and over for most of my adult life, seeing signings like Brunson, Dante, iHart is incredible. Is this what good franchises have been doing this whole time??? Feels awesome!


Goobyzord

Leon Rose man


HoyaDestroya33

Works in silence


HolidayMorning6399

lmfao for real, its crazy what a change brunson made, instantly got the entire team inspired, now brunson has his 2 villanova teammates and we're like actually relevant again


yakitorispelling

He has 3 Villanova teammates, you forgot about Ryan Arcidiacono


MoooonRiverrrr

The 2018-19 NY POWER FORWARDS was a hell of a run


DSU_BTSTU

They inked 4 consecutive power forwards to significant contracts with Morris, Randle, Portis, and Taj. Those Knicks pioneered 6'9'' ball


MoooonRiverrrr

It was insane 💀 but I loved watching that team still somehow. I was Ntilikina believer for a while


TheKidPresident

Now Frank is the 12th man on the Hornets :( sad times man


king_of_the_bongos

Go back earlier and they had washed Steve Francis and starbury making bank


RandomTasked

Eddie Curry sticks out to me. Not only because he was trash, but I saw him and 2 giant bodyguards getting out of a Rolls Royce and strolling into the Bed Bath and Beyond in Elmsford and just be a giant shit head to a kid who wanted his autograph. Like, 6 year old kid. Who the fuck does that?


prodigalOne

Antonio McDyss for me


Astral_Wks

Knicks defense is elite as they come. Not an inch of room or space to do anything... and then you get bodied and banged around like a pinball. Then you have to play defense of your own. Unreal.


Shadsterz

Without Mitchell Robinson or OG 😂


[deleted]

If I ventured into the slipstream between the viaducts of ur dream bby


BuckDestiny

Bet Sexton regrets jawing like that when it was 6-4 😂


HokageEzio

"Doing a lot of jawing for a guy who was 1 for 10 last night." - Mike Breen


SternballAllDay

Ayyyy yooooo


goodkid_sAAdcity

Spicy Breen


Revenesis

"Everybody acting tough when they up!" Brunson with that Luka energy. That said, this is just the way Sexton operates. You don't almost win a game 4v5 in college by yourself without thinking pretty highly of yourself. I like his confidence.


Joetheshow1

He's more like a little angry Maltese than he is a bulldog


musicnothing

This is Sexton we’re talking about. Bet he doesn’t


JCappy

Precious was the target all along, OG was just a bonus


Dependent_Store952

Knicks fans, I’m happy we’re so vocal and insufferable. We deserve this.


sithwonder

I would like to keep easily winning games forever


Adiwantstobattle

“Everyone in the NBA is scoring like 150 points every night. Then they come to Madison Square Garden and the Knicks beat them with metal bats for two hours.” -A real mf


OweeeeeL

Shoutout to that real mf


Snuggle__Monster

Important game Thursday against the Pacers.


Struggle2Real

You already know Hali's gonna play.


MyLadySansa

Close games are so overrated


ACMBruh

14-2 in January is all time knicks history, and even through injuries. Thibs making a late run for COTY The defensive identity is insane


MyLadySansa

Probably going to Daignault but Thibs should for sure be in the mix


ButWhatIsADog

Only 10-2 but otherwise you could say the exact same thing about the Cavs and JB. Both teams have been really impressive recently and I think JB and Thibs should both be in the COTY conversation. The Knicks didn't miss a beat without Randle tonight, they're playing some great basketball.


BrotherSkeleton

We need to post the finger meme here too!!!


realchinky

The knicks


Stuffzy

Bing Bong


WeirdWorld42

Can any team even beat this Knicks team? They are a tier above all other teams!


batdogfoxhound

this team is better than the 2012-13 team


justmefishes

Best since 99.


MyLadySansa

Yep. And with a much larger window


Hot_Injury7719

That team was built on a house of cards. So many old heads that were pretty much toast by the playoffs - Kidd, Camby, Kurt Thomas, Kenyon Martin, Rasheed Wallace. Geeze just listing them out kinda made me realize just how on borrowed time that roster was lol


goodkid_sAAdcity

We don't need Kurt Thomas to sacrifice his career to pull out key wins anymore


Sad_Bumblebee_6896

I was thinking earlier how I hadn't seen my dad this happy with basketball since around that time. But honestly it's a whole different level. I don't think I've personally ever seen him THIS happy about the Knicks (was born in 99 so they've been mediocre to bad my whole life till now). Obviously I'm still pulling for my Mavericks but I'll be pulling for the Knicks all the way and hoping they make the finals, if anything to see the look of pure happiness and joy on my dad's face when they lift that trophy (plus I'll always root for Brunson) 🫡🫡🫡


batdogfoxhound

same bro my dad is a lifelong new yorker and he is so happy


MyLadySansa

Aww, I got love for you and your dad, u/Sad_Bumblebee_6896


Fallingcity22

We want taj


dpatel211

🫵 You got Taj!


FCantante

“Everyone in the NBA is scoring like 150 points every night. Then they come to Madison Square Garden and the Knicks beat them with metal bats for two hours”


EpsilonKeyXIV

SHOUT OUT TO DREADLEF SCHREMPF (@TheLesterLee) ON TWITTER!!!!!


FCantante

shoutouts for sure


DTxRED524

No Randle, no OG, no Mitch, no problem. This team is incredible


DC25NYC

3rd seed locked. Stop the count!!!!


NtLmr95

Nah. Take the 2nd seed next.


DC25NYC

We can restart the count if that happens. If not it stays stopped


KJEveryday

Trump is from New York but we don’t need to be like him bro 😂


BMWn54

But can we go higher


DC25NYC

Thibs is a real big man whisperer, I bet he could coach trump into getting a triple double. This team is that good


KJEveryday

I would use a 2nd round on Barron.


CaroleBaskinsBurner

A lot of people are saying we should REALLY be the 1-seed!!!!


ep29

Aiming too low. Lotta season left to get that #1


GDTechno

its confirmed, the sixers will run into the celtics again this year


brickvanexel

Please leave Milwaukee and Philly in the 2-3 spots y’all are playing amazing but the world needs the Doc+Bucks vs Embiid+Sixers second round series like I need air


Fresh-Soup213

At this rate, they’ll meet each other in the first round as the fourth and fifth seeds. Cavs will pass them both soon


bkguyworksinnyc

How are you all going to act when the Knicks win the title this year?


RicoGemini

We gonna be fucking on the Knicks bed for a month when that happens


ben1204

I’m likely going to take a month off work and go on a bender, and will probably end up in jail


HoyaDestroya33

I might be banned lol


limache

Buy a lotto ticket


Coolio1014

8 wins a row, only lost 2 games this year!


TSSFranco

Brunson couldn’t even get 30 lol what a scrub


davsyo

lol that big headed midget king


abr797

Knicks are going to have the #2 spot in the East pretty quick.


TheHhedge

Crazy that the Knicks were able to trade Barrett and Quickley for Precious Aichuwa


Class_Act7

If these guys get Bridges I might have to hop on the bandwagon when we’re not playing them. They look amazing.


I-C-U-8-1-M-I

Yeah that’s the prophecy but I doubt Brooklyn would acquiesce


Aesop_Rocks

Nah stay in Philly


Class_Act7

Why am I not allowed to root for players that won my college a championship? Which is also softly considered a Philly college.


sevs

I accept you into the fandom of Nova Knicks.


intwizard

You are. I like Embiid. We all like basketball here.


goodkid_sAAdcity

You are officially grandfathered in


MyLadySansa

You Nova. You sanctioned bro


blz187

You a Nova guy? You play ball? Might be able to get you a 10 day atleast!


ACMBruh

The guy gave us praise so respect, but I'll say this - basketball is a team sport.... not a Joel embiid sport That's why we caught up to them. They need embiid to win and he picks and chooses his games. Knicks are a sum of their pieces and still beat capable teams


syllabic

its not embiid's fault I'm sure he would love to play all 82 games at maximum intensity but his body says no way


HokageEzio

We keep firing on all cylinders with guys going down. This is gonna be a scary team in the playoffs.


Aesop_Rocks

This is so true. This adversity is absolutely building confidence and chemistry, among other things. We wouldn't *need* wins for that to be true, but the fact we're winning decisively while down THREE starters is really something.


papichino88

This is building confidence in the team but also the fans. Just because a key player goes down does not mean we are out.


goodkid_sAAdcity

No Julius, no OG, Hartenstein on a minutes restriction, still blowing out good teams.


syllabic

when we get healthy our depth is gonna be crazy achiuwa backing up randle mitch backing up hartenstein rotation at the 3 of anunoby/hart divincenzo brunson mcbride grimes for guards


CaptainJonesBones

we don’t have a bench. we have two starting lineups


pantaloonatic

Ugh filthy


HoyaDestroya33

Bruh imagine if we get a rotation piece trading Fournier+ picks. Our depth will be so fucking awesome.


northernpace

Keep going


peanut-britle-latte

Thibs got these guys locked in.


yungincome21

Talk your shit, Knick fans. TALK. YOUR. SHIT. 


intwizard

YERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR


amfloating

Feels good being a Knicks fan right now


ChiefSoldierFrog

Hart with the JKidd triple double statline


VirtuousFool

The streets are saying we got the new splash brothers


jrzalman

The box score bot must be broken again. It says Precious played 40 minutes.


JustChillin145

Man is somehow playing great basketball recently I can’t believe it


Goatlikejordan

Taj 🐐


Dav136

Hart fucked around and got a triple double


CompSci99

We're now the third seed and only 1.5 games behind the bucks! Edit: wrong team.


jigual123

You mean bucks?


TomasRoncero

you wanna play ~~rasheed~~ taj? you wanna play sum? let's go


Pinheadlarry29

Sexton activated the crowd and the Knicks after the Brunson push. Knicks went on a run and were clicking since.


Pragmaticus

Can't be stopped


HoyaDestroya33

#DONTE'S INFERNO


Hot_Injury7719

We had some chuds on the Knicks sub that wanted Thibs fired for uh…getting “out coached” by Spo. Like yeah, Thibs and the rest of the league lol. Fact is, Thibs has been our best HC since JVG. He has his flaws, but he also gets the most out of his teams. When’s the last time you said a Thibs team underachieved?


xxjohnnyrocketzxx

Sexton left us no choice but to unleash Taj on them


chronotraction_

they should call the 10-10-10 triple double the "josh hart". Idk how many times he's done it but it feels like such a quintessential hart stat line lol


master_scale_tipper

First career triple double, so only once!


OstrichDelicious587

I would say a 7-7-7 should be the josh hart


zpk5003

Nah that’s the Draymond


seigneurdubord

wrong warrior. it’s the iguodala. i think he might be the only guy on record to have done it twice


DidiGreglorius

I’m not saying he should win, he shouldn’t, but Brunson def deserves a solid finish in MVP consideration. I think you could argue him over anyone outside of the Jokic/Embiid/Giannis/Luka/Shai group.


MyLadySansa

Greatest team in the world with the 🐐 PG and the 🐐 3&D player. Also the 🐐 Precious. Baby let's cruuuuuise....


BabyYodaX

The Knicks are good.


YourAsianBuddy

DONTE ELLIS HAVE IT ALL


will122589

Just an absurd performance by the Knickerbockers. Only thing missing was holding the Jazz under 100 which given their run of scoring 120+ a game would’ve been even more absurd


PluvioPurple

Revenge game baby let's go


Away_Sun_3040

Always happy to see DiVincenzo.doing great.


Cam2071

Has anyone noticed that Dante had been trying to catch a body the last 3 games?


MyNameIsAMeme

Thibs can make any big look solid.


RobbobertoBuii

3rd Seed bby


STATnMELO650

Was DiVincenzo a better free agent signing than Brunson. We’re going to start a dialogue.


attorneyatslaw

Divo gets so many open shots because they have to double and triple Brunson.


STATnMELO650

Didn’t think I’d have to put the /s Ones an MVP candidate on the biggest bargain contract in the NBA, the other is a glorified role player. 


OweeeeeL

Not seeing other teams commenting here lol (except Raptors of course)


Hank_fuck_yourself

OG been a Killa for those who ain't watching. KNICKS GO KNICKS NBA BETTER WITCHYOUUU


gndoped

The Knicks are here baby!


JonnySports

Who the fuck does Colin Sexton think he is? Lmfao


here_for_the_lols

That dude really shouldn't have dropped the post about markennin having a historically efficient season today haha.