It’s amazing how quickly things can change in a long season. Exactly a week ago on New Year's Eve morning, the New York Knicks woke up second in the Eastern Conference, a game and a half behind the Detroit Pistons.
Injuries have been raving the NBA for months on end, having already played pivotal roles in numerous inner-circle individual award contenders' flailing campaigns.
Will the Knicks ever win again? They’d better do, if only to please MSG overlord James Dolan. Here’s the latest from your current, former, and ancillary Knickerbockers.
After the high of ending the 52-year-old trophy drought by winning the NBA Cup, the New York Knicks are 5-6 since then. It also involves 4 back-to-back losses, including the recent drubbing at the hands of the Detroit Pistons, 121-90.
Part of what makes the NBA, or any pro sports league, so compelling to watch is the narratives, especially those centered on rivalries. Throughout the decades, the NBA has fostered a number of rivalries, some long-lasting and others short but sweet.
The New York Knicks are missing forward Josh Hart, who has been out for six straight games. Hart suffered a sprained ankle in their Christmas Day game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
New York Knicks owner Jim Dolan spent Monday afternoon giving a rare interview in which he said he expected the Knicks to win the NBA Finals. Hours later, the Knicks didn't exactly make Dolan look prescient.
The New York Knicks have been on the struggle bus of late, currently losers of four straight games after Monday night’s shellacking at the hands of the Detroit Pistons.
This last week has been pretty rough across the board for the Knicks. Blowing a 19-point lead on New Year’s Eve to the Spurs snowballed into three straight bizarrely uncompetitive defeats, with two of them only appearing close at the end due to a strong fourth quarter.
Following Monday night’s 121-90 road loss to the Detroit Pistons, Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns described the current four-game losing streak as “a bad, bad time,” adding, “You can’t have it be this bad.” Coming from KAT, whose issues are emblematic of the Knicks writ large, the quote is striking.
The New York Knicks made a major change during the NBA offseason, firing head coach Tom Thibodeau and replacing him with Mike Brown. It was a decision that shocked many people, given how much success the team had experienced under Thibodeau.
Last week, when the NBA released the results of the first fan returns in NBA All-Star voting, Knicks fans were pleased to see that their favorite players were getting a lot of love.
After Monday night’s embarrassing blowout loss to the Pistons, the Knicks are now third in the East and are in the midst of a four-game losing streak, the last three of which have come by double digits.
The New York Knicks are currently experiencing the greatest stretch of success in franchise history since the 1990s. Over the past couple of seasons, they have even been serious contenders for the Eastern Conference title.
The New York Knicks find themselves in unfamiliar territory as the calendar turns to a new year. After entering the season with championship aspirations and sitting comfortably near the top of the Eastern Conference standings, the team has hit a sudden and jarring rough patch.
The New York Knicks were this year’s Emirates NBA Cup champions, defeating the San Antonio Spurs in a riveting final game in Las Vegas. It was a nice moment for a franchise that hasn’t won a championship of any kind in over 50 years.
Winning the NBA Cup sparked an unusual debate in New York. Some within the New York Knicks, including Mike Brown and Josh Hart, openly supported hanging a banner at Madison Square Garden.
New York Knicks owner James Dolan has offered rare insight into the decision to part ways with former head coach Tom Thibodeau. Dolan’s comments made clear that respect remains, but the franchise felt it had reached its limit under his demanding style.
New York Knicks power forward Guerschon Yabusele is an afterthought buried on the team’s frontcourt depth chart. He’s a mere insurance behind the likes of Karl-Anthony Towns, Mitchell Robinson and OG Anunoby, but he’s not really after big minutes on the floor.
Giannis Antetokounmpo was the biggest name to make headlines this offseason. Shams Charania reported that the New York Knicks and the Milwaukee Bucks were engaged in intense discussions to carve out a scenario for him to land in New York.
Facing what’s probably their biggest test of the season to date, the New York Knicks sputtered in the Motor City. The Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons earned a quantum of revenge against the Knicks on Monday night, posting a 121-90 shellacking at Little Caesars Arena.
Owner James Dolan publicly discussed the Knicks for the first time in nearly three years on Monday during an interview with WFAN’s Craig Carton, writes Stefan Bondy of The New York Post.
As the NBA enters the doldrums of the 2025-26 season, the New York Knicks are in the midst of their worst stretch of the season. On the positive side of things, the Knicks do have plenty of opportunities to right themselves with a relatively innocuous slate of upcoming games.
The New York Knicks entered the season in championship-or-bust mode after reaching their first Eastern Conference Finals since 2000. But even with those lofty expectations, the franchise opened its 80th season with a handful of glaring roster concerns.