The New York Knicks have faltered after a 23-9 start to the season. They have lost nine of their last 12 games. The Knicks (26-18) have somehow managed to stay at the third spot in the Eastern Conference, but there are concerns about their roster makeup.
Wednesday night’s mollywhopping of the Nets notwithstanding, the Knicks have been in a freefall since New Year’s Eve, losing nine of 11 games before destroying their crosstown rivals.
After falling just two victories short of an NBA Finals appearance last season, the New York Knicks made some major changes this offseason, hoping to get over the hump during the 2025-26 campaign.
Most NBA players, no matter how successful, are out of the league before the end of their 30s, or even their 20s. That leaves a lot of life left to live, and a good handful of players have made the most of their professional lives after leaving the court.
The New York Knicks may be coming off of one of the loudest blowouts of the season, a 120-66 beating over the cross-town Brooklyn Nets, but they'd still be best off exploring trades that would deepen their quietly-thin bench.
The New York Knicks have been reeling the last few weeks, with all the positive momentum created earlier in the season and from winning the NBA Cup going down the drain.
The New York Knicks were the home team, having to face the Brooklyn Nets. Going into this game, the Knicks were burdened with a four-game losing streak, and there was increasing talk about the possibility of some roster moves coming before the February 5 trade deadline.
Some things just don’t work out in the NBA for whatever reason, and the New York Knicks seem to be coming to that conclusion when it comes to their offseason signing of Guerschon Yabusele.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, your New York Knicks took the right medication to get healthy. Taking belt-to-behind against the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night resulted in a mind-boggling 120-66 win against the little brothers, representing the largest margin of victory (54 points) in franchise history.
Sometimes, the right move is to let ambition meet restraint at the deadline. In New York, of course, dreams are always oversized. Every trade deadline brings whispers of superstars, seismic swings, and franchise-altering gambles.
Fresh off perhaps their most embarrassing loss of the decade, the New York Knicks turned around and delivered the most merciless beatdown in the franchise’s 80-year history.
The New York Knicks were able to quiet some of the noise around the team with a resounding effort against the Brooklyn Nets. Riding a four-game losing streak, the Knicks handled business against the Nets at Madison Square Garden.
As the league counts down the days to the NBA trade deadline, one surprising name that has made the rounds in recent weeks has been New York Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns.
The Knicks are supposed to be in the midst of an easy portion of the schedule. They had back-to-back games against the Trail Blazers and Kings, the latter of which is amongst the worst teams in the league.
The Knicks are a top offense in the league, averaging 120.5 points per 100 possessions (excluding garbage time). The problem? They also give up 116.5 points per 100 possessions, which is below the league average of 115.8.
The New York Knicks came into this season as one of the top favorites to represent the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals, but their recent play has made them look more like a lottery team than a contender.
The Knicks had been spinning their wheels. Losing. Booed. Searching. Then they absolutely took it out on the Nets. New York snapped a four-game skid with a 120-66 demolition of Brooklyn on Wednesday, the most lopsided win in franchise history.
“In Leon Rose we trust,” said diehard city hoops fans everywhere. Well, that is until New York Knicks president Leon Rose no longer has Tom Thibodeau making his players look better than they actually are.
The New York Knicks lost their fourth consecutive game on Monday and their ninth loss in the last 11, and that defeat led to a pretty damning quote from one of their core players.