Knick knacks: Early observations of this year’s New York Knicks
It’s too soon for trends, but not for things that make you go hmmm . . .
Julius Randle, OG Anunoby & Tom Thibodeau: The end of the road?
The Knicks face three crucial decisions this offseason. The answer is obvious: bring everybody back — or maybe don’t.
How a conflict from the Knicks’ past can give context to their present
Pat Riley once chose to not sub out a historically struggling John Starks for veteran Rolando Blackman, perhaps costing the Knicks a championship in the process, a conflict that has been unearthed again thanks to two recent books. Can the current day Knicks and Tom Thibodeau learn from the past?
Riley vs. Auerbach: A new excerpt from Fred From Fresh Meadows: A Knicks Memoir
Check out a second excerpt from The Strickland Press’ first book, “Fred From Fresh Meadows: A Knicks Memoir” by Fred Cantor, about the legacy of Pat Riley vs. the famed Celtics coach Red Auerbach, and how each fared in their careers minus the biggest stars they coached.
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The differences in Karl-Anthony Towns and Julius Randle’s successes last night are why the Knicks traded for KAT