Knicks have no excuse NOT to make the finals right?
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Orlando in the conversation from picking up Desmond Bane? lol foh
No Boston and no Indiana, Cavs are the only real threat.
But like folks have said. Knicks need to stay healthy and build team chemistry with new players and a new coach.
No Boston and no Indiana, Cavs are the only real threat.
But like folks have said. Knicks need to stay healthy and build team chemistry with new players and a new coach.
In The Zone '98
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I understand Knicks optimism.
I would just ask:
Why would this season be any different?
What 2025 flaws have been addressed for 2026?
Depth
First four minutes of 2nd/4th should be in the Knicks favor most nights
storyteller
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Big improvement to the bench. They had one of the least productive benches in the league last season. Now they've add Brogdon, Clarkson, and Yabusele; plus they'll have Mitch Robinson healthy to start the year (he only played 17 games all or last regular season). So that's the biggest flaw that they addressed.I understand Knicks optimism.
I would just ask:
Why would this season be any different?
What 2025 flaws have been addressed for 2026?
With Mitch healthy, their defense also looked much improved last year. So, that's a second hole they had which should be better.
The other marker for this season being different is that the two teams that have given NY the most headaches both lost their star players for most of, if not all of this next season. Boston lost Tatum and Indy lost Haliburton. That leaves the Knicks and Cavs as the two most proven teams left, and the Knicks have outperformed the Cavs in recent postseason history.
I do think that’s a fair point.
The Knicks bench was weak. Or at the very least, it’s fair to say they were under-utilized.
Whatever people think of Mike Brown, he’s likely not going to avoid using the role players like Thibs seemingly refused to do.
