Nice pass by Kolek

It must be my birthday! Oh wait, it is! 🥹😆🫶🥲 GO KNICKS!!!!! All I wanted for my birthday was a Knicks win, great day!

Honestly, I think Knicks fans and the media need to stop treating last season's championship like it guarantees this team a free pass. Winning it all was incredible, and nobody should forget what this group accomplished, but that doesn't mean we should ignore poor performances just because they're the defending champions.

What I respect about Brunson calling for harsher criticism is that it shows he understands the expectations that come with winning in New York. This isn't a team that's supposed to be satisfied with what it accomplished last season. The goal is to keep winning, and that means being honest when things aren't working.

At the same time, there's a difference between holding players accountable and panicking over every loss. Criticism should be about actual basketball problems, not turning every bad quarter into a reason to tear the entire roster apart.

The championship should raise the standard, not lower it.

I want the Knicks to be confident enough to know what they're capable of, but hungry enough to understand that nobody owes them another title. Last season is proof they can do it. Now they have to prove they can maintain that level.

Friend backed out last minute. Have a free seat for tonight. If you want to buy me a pretzel that would be nice. Just dm me your email if you want to go. First come, first serve

Edit: And it's gone. Lasted about 30 seconds.

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Championship hoodie came in! Definitely more minimalist style but I really like it!

No clue maker’s mark was doing this for the Knicks!! She’s staying sealed till the next championship!

We are 0-3 and I want to send some good vibes to the Garden. Free tix on the Chase Bridge barstools. DM me. Only carch is you have to post a pic tomorrow.

Why is Andre Drummond, the star of the first game of the season, all of a sudden being benched as the KAT backup? - @NBAStatCorrect

I don’t know, specifically, why Drummond was benched against Orlando on Sunday. But Mike Brown hinted at the reasons behind his decision before the game when he was asked why James Wiseman was playing in place of Drummond against Boston.

"We have our starting five. Other than that, anybody can play," Brown said before tipoff against Orlando. "When you’re a backup in this league, that doesn’t mean you’re always gonna be the seventh man or you’re always gonna be the eighth man. No, no, no, no, no, no. It’s competitive. And it’s less so with the starting group if your starting group is established, which ours is, but everybody else after that starting five, I can throw in front of the next guy in a heartbeat."

Brown then referenced the Knicks' standards, which are spelled out in a document signed by all staffers.

"We will make sure that everybody embraces (those standards), not just accepts (them)," Brown said.

Clearly, Drummond violated one of those standards at some point between the first half of the Sixers game (when he was great) and late in the first half against the Celtics.

Drummond presumably violated one of New York’s agreed-upon standards in the first half on Sunday when Brown pulled him in favor of Wiseman. The substitution happened after Drummond was beat down the floor in transition by Wendell Carter Jr.

After the game, Brown explained that he plans to use Drummond in "spurts" as opposed to long stretches.

"He played well for us in (the game against the Sixers) and I kept him out there, and it was the wrong thing to do. So for me, I'm going to play him in bursts, whether it's three minutes, four minutes, five minutes, six minutes, but he'll be in bursts," Brown said. “I felt our transition wasn't good during that time (when Drummond was subbed out for Wiseman against Orlando), not just because of him, but I wanted to go with a change. Wiseman's been playing well in practice. I wanted to give him an opportunity and I thought his first stint, he was pretty good. And so I decided to go with him a second stint (in the second half against the Magic). But Andre will go out there as a backup (Tuesday night against Detroit). But again…our starting five is what it is, but everybody else after that, you know, until we can find something where we're consistent, I'm gonna try to give guys opportunities."

Brown’s approach with Drummond is noteworthy for many reasons. One is that Drummond was brought in to replace Mitchell Robinson, who signed with the Celtics over the summer while the Knicks voluntarily capped themselves at the second apron in team salary.

Drummond is a veteran and I’d expect him to bounce back and remain in Brown’s rotation. If I’m wrong and Brown continues to take Drummond in and out of his rotation, the Knicks’ decision to let Robinson go will come under more scrutiny. Maybe even without second apron constraints, the Knicks wouldn’t have offered Robinson the deal he ended up signing with the Celtics (three years, $47 million with a player option in Year 3). But they still needed to adequately replace him once he left. That’s why Drummond’s performance – and role – will be noteworthy during this early portion of the season.

My little one (5y) has been slowly getting into watching basketball with me, this is her holding the "back up TV" as we head outside during the last game. During the game against the Pistons though, she did something I have never seen her do, when we were down, the camera highlighted Jalen Brunson, and she randomly kissed the screen to tell Jalen Brunson good luck 🤣 I died laughing, but as the game continued, and we started pulling away in the lead, I wondered if those good luck vibes actually worked. I immediately regretted not recording when she did it, still, it was random, yet funny, so I want to give her some credit for the help.

This is just a nonsense post from a Knicks fan, growing another future Knicks fan. She still has no interest in the other players yet, but is always scanning the court for Jalen Brunson.

Ok, don’t come at me with pitchforks but I’m gonna wear this to watch tonight’s game from my couch. I think some reverse juju may make us go 6-0 in our next 6 games. I mean we gotta try something to win a game and I can’t see it making things any worse. Plus it’s pumpkin season and I truly like this color-way. Fight me.