The Top 75 Knicks ever: 65-56
Over the next few months, The Strickland will be unveiling its Top 75 New York Knicks of All Time, a compilation of votes and rankings by several staff writers. We’ll unveil the list in ascending groups of 10, culminating with the top five at the end. If you learn anything or have memories to contribute, please do so in the comments! There’s far less material to draw from on some of the older all-time Knicks; anything you can do to paint them more fully is dope.
Knicks 109, Bulls 104: Hello, goodbye
The reinvented late-season Knicks notched their first four-game win streak of the season behind phenomenal play of a young upstart, and in spite of lackadaisical play from their highest paid player.
Knicks 104, Pistons 102: Jekyll and Hyde
The Knicks came out with a win vs. the Pistons on the road, but issues once again abounded in the second half when pace stagnated and the team struggled to close out against one of the worst teams in the NBA.
Knicks 111, Heat 103: 4-on-5
The Knicks staged an epic comeback against the Miami Heat on Friday night. The most impressive part? Somehow they did the whole thing without a “real” point guard on the floor.
Knicks 121, Hornets 106: Here’s to many more like it
The Knicks did what fans have been waiting for for weeks now and finally played their young players over a whole game together. The result? A whomping of the Hornets on the road.
Hawks 117, Knicks 111: Skinny mirror
Facing Trae Young for the first time since last playoffs, the Knicks ran into a familiar situation: they had enough to get a lead over the Hawks, but not enough to put them away, underscoring the needs of the Knicks vs. their southern rivals.
A 2022 Knicks offseason blueprint
The Knicks face a big offseason after a tumultuous season, but with significantly less financial flexibility than in previous years. How can the Knicks stretch their dollars and create a complementary roster?
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Jazz 108, Knicks 93: They almost had it
The Knicks, led by the efforts of their young contingent of players, staged a comeback against the Jazz on Sunday night. New York had a chance to do things like a normal team for once… instead, Tom Thibodeau once again reverted to his comfort zone, and the Knicks lost a laugher behind one of Julius Randle’s worst games of the season.
Knicks 100, Wizards 97: It’s tough to be overjoyed by this victory
The Knicks scraped out a win against the Wizards at home, but unfortunately succumbed to many of the same pitfalls that they have throughout the season in the process.
2022 Strickland Knicks-specific NBA Draft Big Board 1.0 roundtable
After much deliberation and film study, the Strickland’s first Knicks-specific big board of the 2022 NBA Draft cycle is here, right in time for the NCAA Tournament. A panel of Strickland draft writers got together to analyze the results of their first team exercise of this draft cycle.
Knicks 128, Blazers 98: The real
RJ Barrett and the Knicks put together one of their more dominant efforts of the season against an extremely vulnerable, shorthanded Blazers team.
Fun with clusters: What K-means clusters can teach us about Knick comparisons
Playing the player comparison game is always fun, but what can a method called K-means clusters do to help make comparing Knicks to other players around the league more scientific?
Nets 110, Knicks 107: A slew of familiarity
The Knicks are back, and not in a good way. Against their cross-river rivals, the Knicks and Tom Thibodeau fell prey to bad habits and ultimately lost a game they had a shot in down the stretch.
Grizzlies 118, Knicks 114: Reversible story
The Knicks found themselves up big over one of the best teams in the NBA in the Memphis Grizzlies, only to blow the lead late and ultimately fall. But are the Grizzlies perhaps a more attainable goal for the Knicks in the near future than we give them credit for?
What the 2014 Bobcats and 2015 Bucks can teach the 2022 Knicks
A year after a surprising No. 4 seed and playoff appearance, the Knicks find themselves staring down the draft lottery again. What lessons can the Knicks take from the Bucks and the Hornets, two teams that faced the same situation in the last 10 years?
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Knicks 107, Mavericks 77: “It’s my gym”
The Knicks walked into Dallas on a two-game win streak, and walked out with a three-game streak after dominating the Mavericks wire-to-wire behind another big night from Julius Randle.
Welcome to Barrettopia: The Beacons of 9-God are lit
RJ Barrett’s emergence since the calendar turned over to 2022 has been nothing short of spectacular. Has he established himself as the primary building block on the Knicks just a year after Julius Randle seemed to do the same?
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Knicks 131, Kings 115: Light
The Knicks found themselves in a familiar situation against the Kings: on the road, down big, in the midst of another nightmare. But a second-half explosion propelled them into a comeback win.
Knicks 116, Clippers 93: If not for those meddling kids
On the verge of another potential late-game collapse, the Knicks turned to their young players on the road, and a lineup featuring no players over the age of 23 guided New York to a huge road win in Los Angeles to snap a seven-game losing streak.
Suns 115, Knicks 114: For want
The Knicks lost their 17th game of their last 20 to the Suns, finding an impressive new way to lose to the top team in the West short their two best players.
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