It's Atlanta! Get ready for a rematch five years in the making. Plus, a moment to appreciate just how far the Knicks have come.

Some early thoughts on the Hawks series, plus a look at the parallels between the Knicks' current rise to prominence and their ascension to a championship team more than 50 years ago.
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Incredible work in the KFS Newsletter comments today:

The Home Stretch Today we look at what's at stake in the final week before diving deep on New York's four most likely first round opponents.

With one week left in the regular season, I did a deep dive into all of the possible seeding and matchup permutations involving the Knicks, including a look at the four 1st round opponents most in play, and how they wind up facing each one.
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"We're not trending upwards" You don't say, Josh...you don't say.

The Knicks did Knicks shit again.
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Dangerous Games The Knicks again played with their food, and it almost cost them.

Neve a good sign when I compare a Knicks game to a venereal disease.
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The OG Ascendance A deeper look into the Knick that is quietly having a career year.

Went deep on a ton of OG Anunoby stats today, including one about his combination of dunks and threes which is only matched by one other NBA player (and not an All-Defense caliber one)
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One Battle After Another "You make a guy work hard for one of these..."

Today's KFS Newsletter features 6 thoughts on another frustrating Knicks win seen through 6 quotes from the Best Picture of the Year.
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Money Mitch On a night they needed to drag themselves across the finish line, Mitchell Robinson was at his best.

Mitchell Robinson has been an incredible rebounder for almost the entirety of his 8-year Knicks career, and yet he might never have had a better rebounding game than he did last night.

Boy did the Knicks need it.
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The Secret to KAT's Resurgence All-NBA KAT? Don't rule it out with his recent stretch of strong play.

For today's Knicks Film School newsletter, I wrote about a fascinating season from Karl-Anthony Towns (is it now underrated?) and why we've seen a scoring resurgence from him over the last several weeks.
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Going to Church Do you believe?

The Knicks took us to church.
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The Knicks, Of Course Best win of the season? Sure, why not.

The Knicks gave us their best defensive performance of the season against a team that averaged 125 points in February and hadn't lost in a month.

Because of course they did.
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F--- Around and Find Out The Knicks played with their food and it cost them.

Jalen Brunson had an off night down the stretch against Indiana, but was his decision-making poor on top of his execution? I went back and examined the last 10 minutes of Knicks Pacers to show why some of the criticism has been unwarranted:
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Super Sunday The Knicks rebounded from Friday's loss in a big way thanks to some big performances from the back of the rotation.

JO-SE, JO-SE JO-SE JO-SE....JO-SE...JO-SE....

Some thoughts on the debut of a Brooklyn kid born to be a Knick, a precocious 20-year-old turning heads, and the Knicks best defensive performance of the season:
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Crazy Eighth The Knicks get their best - and wildest - win of the season.

Among every player in the NBA who has never made an All-Star team, no one has been with their team longer than Mitchell Robinson.

Last night, he gave us a reminder of why he should be a Knick for life.

Not that we needed one.
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7th Heaven The Knicks keep rolling in DC as trades shake up the landscape around them.

A double dip in today's KFS Newsletter, looking at New York's 7th straight win through the lens of an active trade day at the top of the Eastern Conference.
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And The Verdict Is... After all the speculation, how will the Knicks approach this trade deadline? Jonas Plaut has the answer with the conclusion of his 4-part trade deadline deep dive.

The final segment of Jonas Plaut's 4-part Knicks Trade Deadline Deep Dive is up on the KFS Substack. Fantastic overview of the Giannis situation, plus a look at a prospective Naji Marshall trade through the lens of expending vs saving premium assets.
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What A Day It started with Giannis rumors and ended with one of their best - and most bizarre - wins of the season, but it's just another day in the life of these New York Knicks.

I wrote about the best win of the Knicks season, and the crazy day of news and rumors that preceded it.
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Setting the Trade Deadline Stage Let's set the stage for what could be a busy 11 days.

Mega Knicks Trade Deadline Preview ICYMI, zooming in on two named trade targets while also zooming out to explore how the front office is balancing the competing interests of winning now vs maintaining position for Giannis this summer.
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Escape from Philadelphia Good morning, and Happy Sunday.

The Knicks got one win and inflicted 17 heart attacks last night. I wrote about all of it.
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Knicks Trade Deadline Deep Dive: Part III Has New York's trade deadline approach changed over the last two weeks? Jonas Plaut explores.

For today's KFS Newsletter, contributor Jonas Plaut tackles the topic of the NBA's Secondary Star, and why competing factors have suddenly made their value - to their teams and around the league - extremely tricky.
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"A Win" One night isn't going to do away with all the questions, but the Knicks did about as well as they could do to reset this season in the correct direction

As far as Get Well games go, you won't find many better than what the Knicks did to the Nets last night.
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Deuce McBride Demands Your Respect In today's special guest post from former Suns and Mavs analyst Jeremias Engelmann, we learn why our instincts haven't been deceiving us when it comes to New York's most unheralded role player.

The Knicks best player is...Deuce McBride?

That's what the advanced stats say.

In today's special edition of the KFS Newsletter, former Mavs & Suns analyst Jerry Engelmann explains why our gut feeling about Deuce has been right all along.
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Egalitarian Offense? Today we take a look at how New York's shot distribution is impacting their results.

Do the Knicks have a distribution problem?

Their recent win in Portland featured the most even shot distribution of the season. Is it a hint at what they should be doing differently? I dove into the numbers to find the answer.
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Blazing a New Trail? To secure an impressive win in Portland, Mike Brown made a big decision we may wind up looking back on.

LOTS of big takeaways from last night's Knicks win, including the return of Josh Hart, a season-best performance from Mitch, some great 4th quarter defense, and of course, a certain All-Star who wasn't on the court for the close of the game.
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Knicks Trade Deadline Deep Dive, Part II: Guard Targets Jonas Plaut goes over the ins and outs of acquiring several names that have been of rumored interest to the Knicks.

Really fun deep dive into some potential Knicks guard targets ahead of the trade deadline by Jonas Plaut today, including the rumored Jose Alvarado, who checks boxes both on the court and on the balance sheet, but doesn’t come without questions.
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Knicks Trade Deadline Deep Dive, Part I Today new KFS contributor Jonas Plaut debuts the first of his four-part series ahead of the deadline, laying the groundwork for how and why the front office is likely to handle the next five weeks.

You'll read a lot of Knicks trade deadline stuff before Feb. 6, but you won't read anything as good as this.
In today's KFS Newsletter, Jonas Plaut gives an overview on how & why this deadline will be Leon Rose's most challenging & important one to date.
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Champs. The Knicks won a thing. Don't feel bad for feeling good.

I was in MSG when the Spurs held a trophy at the Knicks' expense in 1999, so last night was a long time coming.

And while it doesn't make up for '99 or 53 years of futility, don't let anyone take away your joy as a Knicks fan today.

This one was for us.
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Top 5 Most Intriguing NBA Rookies & Sophomores w/ Nathan Grubel of No Ceilings YouTube video by NBA Takedown

Excited to be joined by Nathan Grubel of noceilingsnba.bsky.social on NBA Takedown LIVE at noon. We're ranking the Top 5 Most Intriguing Rookies & Sophomores in the NBA.

Join us on the NBA Takedown YouTube channel, and we'll get to your comments during the show:
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BREAKING: "The Writing is on the Wall" with Giannis The Knicks season has just gotten a lot more complicated.

Some initial thoughts on where today's Giannis Antetokounmpo report leaves the Knicks, why it doesn't help their cause, and what (if anything) they'd need to do to get in the race for the 2-time MVP (and whether it would be worth the trouble).

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Very fair. I surely didn’t care in the moment though.