Brian Windhorst Calls Knicks PRETENDERS! Is He Right? | NY Knicks News
New York Knicks news and rumors following NBA All-Star weekend look ahead to the NBA Playoffs. Brian Windhorst of ESPN said on NBA Today that the NY Knicks are not contenders. He added, “With respect, I have to say they are pretenders. Listen, they’ve been so good offensively, Brunson and Towns are having great seasons, but they’re 0-5 against the Celtics, Cavs, and Thunder, and I have to honor that.” Can the Knicks bounce back against the top teams in the NBA and show the world they can beat the best of the best? NY Knicks Now by Chat Sports host Marshall Green shares his thoughts on the latest Knicks rumors and news in this video!
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No. With Mikal, Josh, and OG, you have strong defenders, but you are just going to keep putting Brunson & Towns in actions, and you’re going to go at them. Jalen has been better, but he’s still someone to attack. And it’s easier to hide him than Karl. They can’t guard the Celtics. That’s who they have to go through. They’re a problem for everyone, but specifically them.
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What are the Knicks? Type C for Contenders | P for Pretenders
Until they show otherwise they are pretenders.
I'd call the Knicks pretentious, and that makes us pretenders…… but we ain't that far away if we get Thibs out of there after this season.
It's so obvious that they are.
The personnel should change as far as the by-out, Mitch and any new additions. However the Knicks do need to adjust their defensive scheme to improve and not necessarily elite but just better and that comes down to strategy from the “so called defensive guru” Thibs. Time will tell but now show me that your the defensive mind that you’ve been labeled as. 🤞🏾
As much as i love the knicks, id be lying to say theyre a Contender. Boston cooked us completely and gave me a reality check.
Closer to contenders than pretenders. For sure
Marshall Marshall I love the New York Knicks but let's be real at this point they fall short. I've been a Knicks Even before you're born . Coach tibbs has to go not because he's bad coach is because he does not develop his bench he doesn't play the youngsters who need to develop. The bulls had a three-headed monster Luke longley will Purdue and Joe Klein even Bill Wellington at one point the bulls had a three-headed monster The New York Knicks can have a three-headed monster but coach tibbs. Refuses to play the talent Ariel Hockportiy and Moses Brown them and Mitchell Robinson with with Kat . The other big mistake was not signing for the spider this guy is dream was to bring New York a championship he has the heart and the talent to do it but the Knicks just disrespected him. He would have played at a discount just to bring New York that championship and to become a New York legend . Now he's going to prove a point He's going to bring Cleveland a championship and rub it New York ownerships
What most dont comprehend is it's how you finish the season, injuries playba crucial role, alot ot these top teams are 1 injury away from being in new yorks place!! If the knicks get some chemistry and a healthy boost from og and mitch and hoping ant gets back to normal. They have a shot….
I want to say contenders but they're pretenders. They have to improve defensively snd need more bench depth.
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As a knicks fan, ye we are pretenders
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Knicks are frauds they loaded their starting 5 but have zero bench and Thibs is an idiot as a HC he doesn’t play any of the younger talent that could deepen the bench he’s an ignorant coach Knicks need to move on
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Na they are Pretenders we just dont like when anybofy else says it
As a Knicks fan I find us as a weird contender we can beat good to great teams but can’t beat the elite teams despite in those games we seen some great and not so great trends but I think that we not in contender status but if we can beat Cavs and Boston this weekend them maybe that would change my view on things and we need to get healthy
That's ok, the entire ESPN crew pretending to be broadcast journalists. They all pretending.
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Until the Knicks actually get it done, we will always be “pretenders”. It’s a safe media narrative they do in all sports with all contending teams. Look at how the Celtics were treated.
Yes I think we can make some noise n the playoffs , but this team is not there yet to be the locked in finals contenders. Let’s be realistic we’re still a piece away from being a legit favorite.
as a long time knicks fan we have to beat these teams especially boston. You can't be the champs if you can't beat the champs. With that said my hope for this season was 6-7 game eastern conference finals and regroup for next year.
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If Knicks cannot get past the Cavs and Boston then yes I have to agree with Windy. Sure up our bench and we may make some noise but without a bench , then we are pretenders
Ecf conteders…with lots of luck we can make it to the finals
Coach Combover Drop Coverage Defense is garbage and he unwilling to establish the Players on the bench is capping the Knicks
Brian is a loser
Wait until Mitch and OG come back with chemistry.
They could be contenders, but they’re not usin ther bench, right
If Mitch is healthy knicks are a different team
Last 2 years teams are better than this team maybe not offensively but everything else!
We are absolutely Contenders when we blew through the schedule in February when we were facing nothing but good teams back to back to back to back to back it showed that we were good I don’t wanna hear that bullshit they’re talking or ESPN when they’re talking about fucking games from early in the season when we had no chemistry yes the loss to Oklahoma City and the second one to Boston is the ones that bother me but other than that I’m not concerned like that because the playoffs are a different animal I absolutely believe the defense will be better in the playoffs💯💯 and I feel like we have a championship caliber offense I didn’t feel like that in previous years offensively
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Josh hart adds nothing to this team besides ripping down a couple rebounds. He’s always running around looking lost. If he would assert himself offensively it would open things up so much more.
I been told yall the Knicks not ready. They can't beat anybody whose really any good. Lost to Detroit. Almost lost to Toronto. I just think we should look to next year for the chip. Lost IHart and Divencenzo, Mitch still hurt, Anunoby in and out of the lineup. I don't know. Defense looks like crap. Offense is great tho but we have to guard…✌️✌️
To Be the man you have to beat the man period
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They are pretenders if they keep playing that terrible defense
Defending the 3 points shots their main problem don't know how
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Always appreciate your optimism but if we're being realistic Brian is spot on. The criticism coming into the season was defense was going to be a liability so you would have thought Thibs would have something for that, but he doesn't. And he's also running them into the ground again, KAT OG and Duece all banged up 🙄😒
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Ok on the analysis, but is big Mitch an elite defender? We all know the answer to that.
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I dont know why that guy even has a job analyzing bball. Dude looks like he's never touched a ball in his life.