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8 things worth playing for for the 2027 Knicks
At the turn of the century in Queen City Book Store in Buffalo, amidst dozens of X-Men-tangential series and Tom Lyle’s high-key off-key emo Adam Warlock, there was a skinny self-published-looking collection of short stories and essays called The Nihilist’s Notebook. Maybe drawings, too. The last story ends as a man opens the trunk of […]
Tuesday Posted & Toasted Notes: Future decisions, Jokic’s horse, NYC’s commute king
A lot of no-story stories going on in the middle of the summer as we patiently wait for something—anything, God please help me—to happen. Here’s today’s dose of links and notes. “I don’t even know if I could look at Mitch with a Celtics jersey on after everything. He owes me a pickup truck.” “The […]
Carving the Knicks’ Point Guard Mt. Rushmore
Let’s start this off by being completely honest about New York’s point guard history. For the better part of the last three decades, the position has been a total nightmare. The Knicks spent years wandering through a wasteland, hoping for someone competent enough to run a simple pick-and-roll or bring the ball up without causing […]
Knick Knacks: Ranking the Knicks’ 5 biggest threats for the 2027 title
I keep thinking about all the teams that don’t seem to have improved much if at all from last season. Detroit. Boston. Cleveland. Denver. Minnesota. What a weird Pangea of inertia. Then again, some teams have actually made moves. Some are better for having made those moves. Here are the handful of biggest threats to […]
Knick Knacks: Why New York won’t not repeat as champs, why Reggie Miller still sucks & why it matters
Last night was a typical Saturday night for me — playing Hades 2 for the 1300th time, catching up on X-Men ‘97, perusing basketball-reference.com — when I came across a couple of facts I feel compelled to share. Why? Because Vox pays based on a monthly quota and I woke up two articles short for […]
Saturday Posted & Toasted Notes: Looming extensions, LeStory keeps growing
Finally, the sports cycle is over, and we can rest until mid-October. Thank you, LeBron Raymone. It’s about damn time. “Jalen Brunson is going to come get all of his money. Every bit that he won’t say sacrifice. Every dollar of that what $280 or $300 that he’s supposed to get next summer, he’s going […]
Who will the Knicks face on Ring Night and Christmas?
The nice thing about being the team everyone’s chasing is that the desperation you once had is no longer there, while everyone else scrambles to match you. As the defending champions, you typically get all the works. You’re the first team to tip off the following season, at home, while you raise a banner in […]
LeBron James is a 76er. What does it mean for the Knicks?
Nothing.
Ladybug Robinson
Ladybugs don’t seem particularly important. They’re tiny, harmless-looking beetles that spend their days crawling over leaves. Yet remove them from an ecosystem and things could fall apart. While a ladybug has never snagged an offensive rebound (that we know of), thinking about them made me think about someone who has. Ladybugs are valuable precisely because […]
Friday Posted & Toasted Notes: Offseason talk, wrong covers, vodka bottles
Been putting together this post for a few days because otherwise I’d be feeding you 200-word posts. Would you rather have short, daily notes, or bigger, every-few-days posts? Links below! “You got the Jalen Brunson shoes? He don’t have ’em, right? (Steph Curry) sold $50 million in jerseys the days they released it. That is […]
How does the Knicks championship still not feel real?
I woke the other day to a text from Collin Loring, a friend and one of my favorite Knicks writers, asking, “How does the championship still not feel real?” Good question. Here are three theories. IT’S SOMETHING YOU ATE In August of 1951, doctors in and around Pont-Saint-Esprit, France, were confronted with a tsunami of […]
The 2026-27 Knicks have something the franchise has never had before
Even before winning last season’s NBA title, the New York Knicks long ago established themselves as one of the Association’s flagship franchises. Knickerbockers have been All-Stars going back to 1951, when Vince Boryla, Harry Gallatin and Dick McGuire were all selected. 15 different Knicks have been named to All-NBA teams, beginning way back in 1947-48 […]
Looking for Knicks Hats in Montréal
Last week, your faithful Posting & Toasting correspondent traveled abroad. Maybe you were home eating sensibly, reading about the Eastern Conference loading up with talent, and worrying about the Knicks’ chances of a repeat. I was gorging on carbohydrates, falling for a new city, and exploring sports fandom north of the border. This was my […]
Wednesday Posted & Toasted Notes: White House trip, hot YouTube leak, big people
The Heat might have screwed LeBron’s delusions of grandeur and I cannot be happier about it. Read on for more in today’s links and notes. “I was more in pain when I wasn’t in the game versus when we were actually playing. I feel like the adrenaline took over. But yeah, it was definitely an […]
The Knicks can do something bigger & bolder than winning the 2026 NBA title
2019 is a year which will live in infamy for New York Knicks fan. That spring, despite having slogged to the league’s worst record, the Knicks were forsaken by the basketball gods, who blessed New Orleans and Memphis with lottery leaps while dropping New York to third. Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving were long rumored […]
What’s next for the Knicks after failed Moussa Cisse pursuit?
You got the feeling when news broke that the Knicks were signing Mavericks rookie center Moussa Cisse to a two-year offer sheet that it wasn’t really going to go anywhere. As much as we had 10 hours of coping and looking for a reason Masai Ujiri and company would let him go, he was basically […]
Beyond the byline: Rediscovering the magic of pure sports fandom
I am a sports fan. Over ten years ago, I decided to take my sports fandom and apply it to the keyboard, covering various professional sports for a variety of respected outlets. Throughout that time, the fan in me changed a bit. Forced to approach professional sports through a critical lens, I began to lose […]
Tuesday Posted & Toasted Notes: Human Towns and pregame meals
Don’t start reading this with high hopes. It’s July 21, so as much as I try, it’s not that I can gather a lot of links and put together tons of notes. Bad times ahead for a workaholic like myself.
Knicks given surprising offseason grade after winning championship
The New York Knicks are still riding the high of winning the NBA Finals over the San Antonio Spurs last month. The offseason has brought difficult choices for the team to make, despite ending a 53-year championship drought. The team said goodbye to Mitchell Robinson, who signed a three-year contract with the Boston Celtics. Because […]
Monday Posted & Toasted Notes: Pretenders contending, campeones, nightclub stories
Whether you care or not, we have collectively transitioned into the coldest part of the schedule for sports fans. Go watch baseball if you like it, but if you don’t, get ready for two months of absolutely nothing at all. “Have the Hawks assembled a championship roster? Atlanta acquired All-Defensive wing Lu Dort after taking […]
Karl-Anthony Towns talks Knicks, Call of Duty, and why he’s already chasing another championship
“I feel like we got something else to go win”. That was Karl-Anthony Towns’ response when Mark Grigsby, the studio head of Infinity Ward, asked him how it felt to be a champion. At a recent Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 event that took place in a private section of the Flatiron restaurant, Aqua […]
Hawks trade for Lu Dort and Ryan Nembhard, still have work to do
A month after the Knicks’ championship, it’s still ridiculous to think that it was the Hawks that challenged the Knicks the most. It wasn’t a 76ers team that had Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey, who have given the Knicks all kinds of trouble in the past. It wasn’t the Cavaliers who, at least on paper, […]
Sunday Posted & Toasted Notes: Moussabeen a dream, offseason lists, WrestleKnicks
Would you believe I went to sleep in Spain thinking the Knicks had landed the last piece of the puzzle as they submitted an offer sheet for Mavericks big man Moussa Cisse… …and I woke up to P&T’s Michael Zeno informing me the Mavs had matched the Knicks’ two-year, $4.7 million offer, updating his story […]
Mavericks match Knicks’ offer sheet to Moussa Cisse
July 19 Update: ESPN reported that Dallas has matched New York’s offer sheet for Moussa Cosse, effectively ending the Knicks’ option to land the restricted free agent. Many have wondered aloud of late what the Knicks’ plan is for the final roster spot they are legally able to fill under the second apron. After losing […]
How much will Knicks losing Mitchell Robinson hurt?
The New York Knicks are bringing back most of their championship roster to the team next season, with one glaring exception. Mitchell Robinson, the longest-tenured member of the team, left New York after eight seasons to sign with the rival Boston Celtics in free agency. Bleacher Report contributor Grant Hughes believes losing Robinson is a […]
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