Daily Knicks

3 weeks ago | dailyknicks.com | Dan Favale

This Knicks team is deeper than we thought. Cam Payne just saved the New York Knicks' season. That is not an overstatement, unless you imply that he did it alone. He didn't. OG Anunoby, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jalen Brunson, Mitchell Robinson, and even head coach Tom Thibodeau proved instrumental in steering the Knicks away from a massive Game 1 letdown on Saturday night against the Detroit Pistons. New York flailed through three quarters together. It rekindled its fire together, too.

1 month ago | dailyknicks.com | Dan Favale

Entering the season, the Knicks had a clear-cut best-player pecking order. It has since been entirely flipped on its head. Jalen Brunson long ago crystallized himself as the one player the New York Knicks cannot afford to lose. His place atop their pecking order is inarguable, in ways both comforting and unnerving. New York's dependence on him can be extreme, to the point of escalating fragility. Who are the Knicks without him? Or when he's not operating at the peak of his powers?

1 month ago | dailyknicks.com | Dan Favale

The Dallas Mavericks received a laughable return in the Luka Doncic trade. Could the New York Knicks have offered them more? The Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for a comically unimpressive return. Could the New York Knicks have offered them more? This is the question Bobby Marks of ESPN endeavors to answer for all 28 teams that were not part of the Dončić trade. It is at once a weird and valuable exercise to go through now.

Sep 3, 2024 | dailyknicks.com | Jordanna Clark

Since the New York Knicks traded Evan Fournier, he played for the Pistons and represented France at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Even though France won a silver medal, Fournier faded into the background. His shooting was inconsistent. The former Knicks guard became an unrestricted free agent after Detroit declined his $19 million option for 2024-25. He wanted to stay in the NBA, even though there was reported interest from European clubs. After weeks of waiting, Fournier changed his mind.

Sep 2, 2024 | dailyknicks.com | Jordanna Clark

It didn't take long for NYC to catch on to Jalen Brunson's iconic three-point celebration with the New York Knicks. In the 2023 playoffs, fans wondered what it meant and questioned its origin. The celebration started in the 2022 playoffs when Brunson was with the Mavericks, and it's since evolved. In March, New York Post's Stefan Bondy wrote that the point guard changed the celebration after input from his mother: “It’s constantly used on ads.