As the NBA season kicks off Tuesday, The Post’s top hoops writers — Stefan Bondy, Brian Lewis and Mike Vaccaro — ask and answer the biggest questions. 1. The biggest storyline of the NBA season will be ______ BONDY: The fate of Giannis Antetokounmpo. If the Bucks struggle — I think that’s likely — the […]
Former Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau bounced around practices for several teams and on Monday he was spotted with the rival Celtics. “That was great to have Thibs. Obviously, they knocked us out last year,” Celtics star Jaylen Brown told reporters. “So for him to be able to give us some of the thoughts that he […]
The Knicks haven’t entered a season with this kind of excitement since the days of the Yankees Core Four dynasty. They enter a new year with NBA Finals expectations, anointed as one of the favorites in the Eastern Conference. A core that reached the Eastern Conference finals is back, bolstered by an improved bench of […]
Guerschon Yabusele enters this season with considerably more strength than last year. The new Knicks forward weighs 283 pounds, 18 pounds more than he did a season ago with the 76ers. “I didn’t ask him to gain weight or lose weight,” coach Mike Brown said. “That’s something our performance people talk to him about.” Yabusele […]
The Knicks could be without two key players for the regular season opener against the Cavaliers on Wednesday. Mitchell Robinson and Josh Hart did not practice Monday, and new coach Mike Brown was unsure of their status for his first game as coach of the Knicks. Hart missed the final four preseason games due to […]
Significant changes are expected in the way the Knicks play under new head coach Mike Brown. The idea is that these changes will raise their ceiling to that of a true championship contender. With preseason over, some of those changes were already evident – and others are still being worked on. Let’s see where the […]
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Mikal Bridges is the standard that Mike Brown begs the rest of his Knicks roster to emulate. The Knicks coach raved about Bridges’ next-play speed after the team’s 113-108 win over the Hornets Friday night at Madison Square Garden in the preseason finale. That “next play speed” represents his “incredible” ability to immediately switch to […]
The only thing missing is bubble wrap. The Knicks are doing everything they can to keep the oft-injured Mitchell Robinson healthy and let him play much of the preseason. It continued in the exhibition finale Friday night against the Hornets – a 113-108 Knicks victory – with Robinson healthy but inactive. Load management is nothing […]
The final dress rehearsal looked a lot like the Knicks’ final exhibition game. Three projected starters – Mitchell Robinson, Karl-Anthony Towns and OG Anunoby – were out, along with Josh Hart. So that meant the Knicks finished the preseason without being at full strength in any of their five games. According to coach Mike Brown, […]