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Fraternizing with the Enemy: A Game 1 Conversation with Pounding the Rock’s J.R. Wilco
This week, I became friends with J.R. Wilco of Pounding the Rock. It’s a strange relationship. We enjoy each other’s banter, and he’s a thoroughly likable dude, yet at the same time, I want the thing I love to destroy the thing he loves—and vice versa. There’s probably a Marvel movie logline in there somewhere. […]
Which Player Is Under The Most Pressure In The Finals?
We live in an era of sports fandom where championships are among the most important pieces of the puzzle that is a player’s legacy. Regardless of the sport, players have been torn down or elevated above others, sometimes unreasonably or unfairly, because of a championship. In individual sports such as tennis, track and field, gymnastics, […]
NBA Finals Predictions: Who The Experts Think Will Win The Title
For the past few days, Knicks and Spurs fans have had to dream up hypotheticals and play out the most important series of the season in their heads. But tonight, we finally get to see the teams take the court and throw all of that out the window. But before they do, with the NBA […]
NBA Finals Game Preview: Knicks at Spurs, Game 1, June 3, 2026
The day is here. Game One of the NBA Finals. Unless you came to this party reallllly late, you know the dates and lengths: 27 years since New York’s last Finals appearance, 53 years since Walt and the Gang beat the league. My inner junior sportswriter is compelled to reference those numbers at the outset […]
P&T Round(ball) Table: Predictions for the Knicks-Spurs NBA Finals
The New York Knicks are back in the NBA Finals for the first time in 27 years. As it turns out, of all possible opponents, the San Antonio Spurs will be waiting on the other end in a rematch of the 1999 Finals. San Antonio will have a slight edge over New York, holding home-court […]
I’m looking for a goldfinch
I’ve been taking walks for the express purpose of spotting a goldfinch. Of my many superstitions, one is that seeing a goldfinch is good luck. Another is that finding a wheat penny is good luck. The wheat penny thing started in college, when one of my friends noticed that a penny from his pocket had […]
Knicks Bulletin: ‘I’m always ready. Always stay ready’
The time has come for the Knicks to play an NBA Finals game. The day is today, and you, like everybody and their mother, will surely be watching. Here’s a mammoth bulletin to get you ready for what will come later. Mike Brown On Mitchell Robinson’s status heading into Game 1: “He did individual stuff […]
The Knicks-Spurs Connection: 40 players who wore both the Orange and Blue and the Silver and Black
It’s crazy to think Jeremy Sochan is about to receive an NBA championship ring regardless of how the Finals play out, despite likely never seeing the floor in the series. Waived by the Spurs midway through the season and later signed by the Knicks, Sochan has been used sparingly by New York. Yet thanks to […]
Knicks’ Mitchell Robinson Injury Updates Emerge Amid NBA Finals Game 1 Practice in San Antonio
Before Tuesday afternoon’s media day kicked off, one name was glaringly omitted from the media availability list. As some had suspected, Mitchell Robinson wasn’t going to be fielding questions from reporters. That isn’t necessarily indicative of anything, and shouldn’t be categorized as good, or bad news. But Robinson, and the Knicks, knowing just how many […]
Knicks Bulletin: ‘I have some buddies that are monks’
Just one more sleep, and the lights will shine bright. Just one more day for the Knicks to finally grace the NBA Finals stage once again. We’ve been waiting for 27 years. We can make it there. Mike Brown On the pressure of coaching in the Finals: “You have to have some sort of fight […]
Five keys for the Knicks to beat the Spurs and raise the Larry O’Brien Trophy
I still cannot believe that the following sentence is reality. We are two days away from the New York Knicks playing in the NBA Finals. Despite how dominant they’ve been in the postseason, the Knicks are considerable underdogs to Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs, but this isn’t some David vs. Goliath story despite […]
Know The Enemy: The San Antonio Spurs
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win” — Sun Tzu When the season began, I fully expected the Knicks to represent the Eastern conference in the NBA Finals. The West? Different story. If the defending champions opening their title defense with […]
The NBA Finals: What to Expect When You’re Expecting…
The wait between the Conference Finals and the NBA Finals can feel like forever. As Knicks fans count down the hours until Game One against the Spurs, here are a few practical tips for maintaining your sanity until the ball finally goes up in San Antonio. 1. Mood Swings Are Normal While waiting for the […]
Knicks Bulletin: ‘I know there’s something there, but I can’t tell you what’
Can Wednesday come soon enough? No, it seems it cannot. Here’s the latest from Sunday’s practice at Tarrytown and elsewhere. Mike Brown On Mitchell Robinson’s status during Sunday’s practice: “I know there’s something there (on his hand), but I can’t… I can’t tell you what. I don’t know (if he’d be cleared for Game 1). […]
Knicks Bulletin: ‘My dream has been always to play in The Garden in the NBA Finals’
You couldn’t have written it any better. Knicks vs. Spurs. Smells like 1999 revenge. Mike Brown On Leon Rose and James Dolan building the Knicks into a Finals team: “Leon and his staff have done a freakin’ fantastic, fantastic job. I can even take it a step further — it doesn’t happen if Mr. Dolan […]
Knicks NBA Finals Primer: San Antonio Spurs
It’s here. After sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers in an uncompetitive Eastern Conference Finals, the Knicks have reached a place they have not been in 27 years. A long journey has resulted in entire generations of Knicks fans being able to experience something new. But it certainly won’t be easy. A seven-game war out west for […]
Knicks vs. Spurs NBA Finals schedule revealed
The New York Knicks will play the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals after their opponent pulled out a gutsy Game 7 win on the road to get back to the Finals for the first time in 12 years. For the Knicks, it’s a rematch of their last Finals appearance in 1999, when they […]
Knicks to play Spurs in NBA Finals
The New York Knicks have their mark for the NBA Finals. After winning Game 7 at the Paycom Center, the San Antonio Spurs have completed their comeback and will face off against the Knicks in the NBA Finals. For the Spurs, it’s their first visit to the NBA Finals since 2014 after they beat LeBron […]
Knicks Bulletin: ‘Just let me know if he can play, and when he can play’
The New York Knicks have been so good that they decided adding a little plot twist to their Finals run was good to make the story a bit spicier. Alas, Mitch’s pinky went sideways. Good news? It was just a scare in the middle of a long tale and won’t seemingly impact the big man. […]
A father, a son & three Knicks trips to the Finals
June 5, 1994 Game 7. ECF. 34 and a half seconds left. Knicks down one. I’m 15, watching in the living room with my papi. My mother and sisters are elsewhere; they don’t want to deal with our stressing. Charles Oakley inbounds to John Starks, surprisingly wide-open for the pass given all 19,763 in attendance […]
The brilliance of Leon Rose, and how he built the best Knicks team of the millennium
To start, here’s a breakdown of the 2026 Executive of the Year voting: There are a lot of good executives here. If you look leaguewide, of the nine teams that won at least 50 games, eight of them are on this list. Who’s missing? The Knicks, of course. Only one other team won at least […]
Knicks Bulletin: ‘Oh, saying that to the wrong fanbase, my girl’
You asked for it… …and you got it. Here’s the latest from Tarrytown and elsewhere as we keep patiently/anxiously waiting. Mike Brown On preparing for either potential Finals opponent: “If we expect to be who we think we are, then at the end of the day it doesn’t matter. If we play San Antonio, it’ll […]
Knicks get bad injury news on Mitchell Robinson before NBA Finals
The New York Knicks are partying like it’s 1999 after reaching the NBA Finals for the first time in 27 years, but it is coming at a price. “New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson has suffered a broken right pinky finger and there is no timetable on his return, sources tell ESPN,” ESPN insider Shams […]
And we’re gonna party like it’s 1999
1999… Twenty-seven years ago. Nine years before the first iPhone. Social media didn’t exist yet. Netflix was still delivering DVDs via a bicycle rider. MapQuest printouts were basically the equivalent of GPS, and most people were still hearing “you’ve got mail” every time they logged onto the internet. For Knicks fans, the 1998-99 season still […]
REPORT: Mitchell Robinson and Landry Shamet likely returning for 2026-27
Most years, as June approaches, you have plenty of time to prepare for the offseason and everything that it may potential entail, in the draft, on the trade market, and in free agency. Yet, with the Knicks in the NBA Finals, it’ll be a quick turnaround, so in the lead-up to the Finals, we’re getting […]
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