The Strickland’s 2024-25 Knicks Roundtable
“How many games will the Knicks win? Who’ll be their MVP?” Tired of predictable predictions that insult your intelligence? This one’s insult- and intelligence-free!
Sunrise, sunset: How the Knicks can unleash OG Anunoby & Mikal Bridges on defense
OG’s arrival was the dawn of a new defensive day at MSG. Mikal’s may signal the start of a long, dark night for opponents
Predicting the 2024-25 Knicks’ Opening Night rotation
Breaking it down from the Knicks starting 5 all the way to the Westchesterites
How Mikal Bridges on the Knicks resolves the Gemini Theory
The haters sneer the newest Knick will never be who the Nets wanted him to be. They’re right — and that’s a good thing.
Maximizing Leon’s Muse: Building the best possible structure for Jalen Brunson
The Knicks have their 1A star, but with one of their top role players gone in free agency, how can Leon Rose maximize Jalen Brunson’s tenure with the Knicks?
Pacers 130, Knicks 109: There was nothing left to give
In which the end of the road is the start of the journey
Pacers 111, Knicks 106: Andrew @#$%&*! Nembhard
A chance to go up 3-0 slipped through the Knicks’ grasp, but in reaching for new answers they may have found new hope
Knicks 130, Pacers 121: Heroic
The Knicks survived the scare of all scares when Jalen Brunson went out in the first half, only for New York’s hero to return and secure a Game 2 win vs. Indiana.
Knicks 121, Pacers 117: The more things change . . .
The Knicks, in an entirely different neighborhood now versus Indiana, still found their way home to the victory
The Strickland Knicks/Pacers second-round roundtable
One down, three to go: the staff ponder the upcoming series against Indiana
Knicks 118, 76ers 115: The big fish ate the little fish in its little pond
W + W + L + W + L + W = IND. MON.
Warriors 125, Knicks 114: Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
The Knicks walked into the lion’s den and walked out with their heads held high, their centers the victims of low blows and their series lead halved
What do the 2024 Knicks have that no Knick team’s had in 40+ years?
Hint: it starts with an “s”
A marriage made in heaven: the Knicks and their McBride-to-be
Miles McBride is the greatest surviving collaboration between Leon Rose and Tom Thibodeau thus far
Knicks 120, Bulls 119: “And the award goes to . . . “
Manhattan’s men script a Hollywood ending in ending the season as the 2-seed & a team that fears no other
Knicks 128, Bulls 117: Avenge the past, prepare for the playoffs
The Knicks showed adjustments in Tuesday’s win that may point to more winning time come spring
Knicks 122, Bucks 109: The only good East teams are BOS & NY
Have the Knicks found a better answer to an age-old question?
Knicks 120, Kings 109: When less is more
Shorthanded? Many hands make light work, as the Knicks did with the Kings
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Jalen Brunson didn’t have it, but every other Knick did as New York won its second straight