The Real Reason Why The Knicks Will Fall Short In The Playoffs
New York Knicks news: will Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns figure out how to play together after recent losses to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets and Charlotte Hornets? Jalen Brunson, 2024-2025 NBA Clutch Player of the Year, has noticeably struggled when sharing the court with former #1 overall NBA Draft pick Karl-Anthony Towns. The New York Knicks are currently 3rd in the Eastern Conference standings with five games remaining in the 2025-2026 NBA regular season, having clinched a playoff position. However, after appearing in the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals against Tyrese Halliburton and the Indiana Pacers, Knicks fans are expecting Brunson, Towns and head coach Mike Brown to bring an NBA Championship to the Big Apple.
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Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns two-man lineup (2025-2026 NBA season)
– Offensive Rating: 117.7
– Defensive Rating: 113.7
– Net Rating: +4.0
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2025-2026 NBA two-man lineups organized by net rating:
– Cade & Duren: +12.6
– Brown & White: +7.2
– Mitchell & Mobley: +5.3
– Embiid & Maxey: +7.6
– Lonzo & Knueppel: +10.2
– SGA & Chet: +17.7
– Wemby & Fox: +17.4
– Luka & Reaves: +9.9
– Jokic & Murray: +11.1
– Ant & Randle: +5.2
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Confidence level in the Knicks to make a playoff run? Scale: 1-10
So what's the answer Marsh?
The problem with Randle was Thibs, the problem with Brunson is Brown, they're not team players, look for their own shot over an open man. With Randle I used to see open players being left out the play, now same with Brunson. Why is Brunson playing the whole first quarter, and why is Hart even with the starting lineup. People will talk about Kat, OG, or Mikal, before talking about Hart… got to keep the Roommate Show rating
Our starting lineup has been absolute ass for two years now and everyone is afraid to make a change. Knicks are going nowhere with Josh Hart in the starting lineup.
You are right Marshall. The players think they can turn it on like a switch.
Ght Damn You ain't not fkn prophet nor are you smart enough to do this yourself out side of reading what others wrote. How are you employed to cover a team that gives us hope for once. Be a Yankee fan. All you hear about how they bought their way. Ok Boomer
IMO it's Mike Brown not making the right decisions at times, the fact that he doesn't run plays for JB and KAT to have a 2 man game with everyone else playing their roles is a coaching issue. KAT not taking many shots in games is the coaches fault for not running plays for KAT or through KAT, the offense is just letting JB dribble until he's trapped and passes. JB seems to be doing more then he has to at times, theirs more issues then the player's it starts from the top.
EVER SINCE THE TOWNS TRADE the team has gone down hill , that trade COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE CHEMISTRY AND COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE INCREDIBLE DEFENSIVE GRIT the Knicks had prior to that trade . Some people love Leon Rose but the fact remains it was Leon Rose that tragically altered this team for the worse with that Towns trade . Adding new players won't fix it either . Multiple announcers have previously said and continue to say something is very off with the Knicks desire and intensity , they NEVER ALL GET BACK but they did previously to the Towns trade .
This team feels like a 2nd rounder! Hopefully they can go farther! If not Kat & Bridges should be traded. It’s bad enough that Brunson is a liability on defense but Towns gets lost and Bridges is not going to give elite defense because 1) he is a better defender at the three. 2) he doesn’t want to get hurt playing lock down defense which would risk is iron man streak!
This IS NOT COMPLICATED FOLKS : Think about how amazing the Knicks offense defense and chemistry was BEFORE THE KAT TRADE . Knicks WERE EXTREMELY DOMINANT before Kat was added , despite most of the team being injured Brunson Hart Divo OG and McBride were destroying teams , it was truly amazing basketball to watch . Then , Leon Rose decided to add a piece that would completely destroy that amazing chemistry and it's never been the same since . The problem HAS ALWAYS been one guy that should have never been traded for .
Marshall you’re evaluating Towns performance without Brunson in one game!?! He had 7 TOs but thats one game!! Cmon man thats not even a logical approach. Look at his performance over several games without Brunson….miss us with that
Yeah they almost lost to a G league team. Brunson is the problem pass the dam ball ballhog
I don't have much confidence. I think it's a second round out sadly..
Theres a few things that give me hope the NBA season can be a long drawn out process there is a switch that can be flipped when the lights get brighter also maybe the fourth seed and Toronto could be what this team needs to get in a groove as bad as it looks now I really feel a little rope a dope going on with this team and really believe that this Knicks team will be in the ECF
take your pick of reasons why…there are MANY
Marshall the level of respect I had for you just went up by a lot, you are a FAN and you see the problem clearly thank you for calling it how it is because they have talent don’t mean the talent has chemistry. Maybe the coach has to play KAT more with Alvarado and Brunson more with Robinson that might work better
Not Lonzo, LaMelo, but yeah agree, Towns and Brunson don’t work together. I think a little of everyone’s fault: Brunson, Towns, the starting five as a whole and MB.
great over analysis …thanks…but its not even that complicated….
Level 4.
the second squad needs more earned minutes.If you play intense defense and bring us back in the game running ,PASSING and scoring…You deserve more minutes.Its defense that wins games!!!!!!!!When Brunson is not on the court do you see the defense ,passing and ball movement.When Brunson gets INVOLVED and HE CONTROLS THE RUNNING GAME.WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE! BRUNSON YOU CANT PLAY A HALF COURT GAME..IE DRIBBLE FOR 18 SECONDS AND THEN TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN!!!!CARMELO ALL OVER AGAIN!!!
Brunson is the problem. He is not a pure point guard!
Brunson and his pops has to go. He will only take this organization so far in the playoffs and that’s that
Going forward I would like to see a dribble drive offense
With starters being
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Karl Anthony Towns
Ogugua Anunoby 3rd option
Mikal Bridges 2 Option
Jalen Brunson 1 Option
Jose Alvarado
With KAT and Alvarado playing in there roles which suits them and the team better then with the bench we need to play matchups
I'm going
Josh Hart
Mitchell Robinson or Muhammad Diawara
Landry Shemet or Jordan Clarkson
Miles McBride
Tony Kolek
If not Diawara or Muhammad then Hukporti but I'm looking to trap opposition full court with this line up taking pressure off of Brunson as the lead ball handler but defacto scorer Towns has actually been growing into his none option status and to me that's why he had a triple double against the Grizzlies because if he's not thinking about scoring he can do so and focus more on his defensive position as well as not committing so many offensive fouls with Alvarado a tremendous player that gets his points in the offense while pressuring the defense then Brunson will allow Brunson to not take so many charges or having wear and tear going up and down the court instead rely on our Guards and Forwards to make up for the mistakes a bigger team makes by getting under them defensively and to get more transitional points and simply lay the ball up on the fast break instead of kicking it out so much will help the offense as well remember in the playoffs all hands on deck
Knicks live and die with the 3. No one can create off dribble except for Brunson. Defensively, they are soft. Leon Rose in tough situation.
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TRADE BRUNSON and his DADDY, FOR A REAL POINT GUARD 😂😂😂😂 FIRE BROWN TOO 😂
Real KNICK FANS HATE BRUNSON, FACTS, BALL HOG, POOR ASSISTANCE RATE IS GARBAGE 🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️
FIRST ROUND EXIT 😂😂😂
The hard pill to swallow is that Randle & Brunson had a better net rating than KAT/Brunson.
IT' LOOKS LIKE TWO COACHES WILL BE REPLACED IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS BROWN OF THE KNICKS MENDOZA OF THE METS BOOK IT
At this point, I firmly believe he Knicks have a coach situation. Last year, was the same for different reasons. Tibs was overplaying his starters., however Mike brown has no idea how to utilize a big man. 5 ways to improve this team to me
1-GIVE KAT THE dam BALL downlow on EVERY PLAY,
2- SPREAD the floor
3- ONLY Give BRUNSON the ball when
the clock is running down
4- Brunson needs to stop drawing 2,3,4 defenders without giving it back to Kat or a teammate.
5- HART needs to come off the bench
Start Landry at the 2.
Start Robinson instead of Kat, him and jb play together way better
6/10 they win against Atlanta in 7 then get swept by Boston
whether you are correct or not after all that mathing, no one could’ve foreseen any of this when the roster was put together. sometimes these things have to find a way to work themselves out. I still think it’s the coaches fault for not maximizing the talent in a way that makes it work. If the ego’s are so big on this team that they can’t find a way, then yes, it is destined to fail and fall apart.
So what do the Knicks do about this? Because they can't sit them. How do you get them to play better together, Marshall? Might have to switch the starting lineup
My confidence level is 5 or 50/50. I can’t give them more than that. This team is too erratic!
Players are softer than margarine.
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The REAL Reason WHY the Knicks WILL fall short in the Playoffs….The Celtics 😏😏😏
Brunson does not share the rock enough. It's a conflict with the coach. Brunson wants to play his game (Iso ball) and the system the coach wants.
The Knicks starting 5 is just not that good point guard is short and slow shooting guard can’t shoot small foward can’t dribble too many turnovers Josh hart is too small to play power foward and our center can’t dominate
Not making it past the 2nd round
Problem is the coach. Mike Brown thinks he has a GSW squad. He wants to play 3 ball thinking he has a Curry in Brunson and always play small center like he has Green from GSW. He’s living in La La land and needs to be let go at end of season. His coaching methods and moves is not what the Knicks personnel needs. He’s not the right coach to get this team to the NBA championships with his coaching philosophies. He has a top 3 center in KAT and does not know how to utilize him. Mike Brown gotta go or else Leon will be going cause Brown will bring him down. He has never won a NBA championship as a head coach only as an assistant. Go back to being a winning assistant that will get him a ring instead😂