Editor’s Note: Welcome to the third annual edition of Seth Partnow’s NBA Player Tiers project, in which he names the top 125 players in the league after each season and then separates them into five distinct categories of value, each with their own sub-categories to further delineate them. These are not meant to be read
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The Knicks played host to the Nets on Wednesday night at the Garden without RJ Barrett, but at least they expect their rising young wing to be ready to go as soon as they come back after the NBA All-Star break this weekend. “I do. He’s pretty close,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said before the
The Knicks will get another painful reminder of what could have been when Ja Morant comes to town Wednesday night. The freshly named All-Star starter, who might have been a Knick had the lottery balls bounced a little differently in 2019, will visit the Garden with a Grizzlies team he has elevated nearly to the
Cam Reddish made his first basket as a Knick, Luke Kennard sank some 3-pointers for the Clippers, and Justise Winslow was watching from the visitors’ bench, so it was a good day to recall that no ballplayer ever arrived at Duke University with a better recruiting profile than the best player on the Garden floor
The Knicks got a little of the old Julius Randle back for one afternoon and a lot of the new-and-improved RJ Barrett. The maligned Randle set the tone with a strong first quarter and RJ Barrett carried the Knicks the rest of the way in a 110-102 Sunday matinee victory over the undermanned Clippers at
Asked what qualities are needed to become the leader of an NBA team, Knicks forward RJ Barrett deferred Saturday to more established players in the league. “You might want to ask Chris Paul or Bron [LeBron James] or something like that,” Barrett replied. Still, the 21-year-old Barrett acknowledged his desire to emerge as a leader
ATLANTA — If Julius Randle and RJ Barrett had played this sharply against the Hawks last spring, the Knicks would have won that first-round playoff series. The Hawks fans were chanting “playoff chokers’’ in the first half Saturday night at State Farm Arena, but Randle and Barrett shut them up with a combined 50 points
The New York Knicks and RJ Barrett will face the Dallas Mavericks at 7:30 PM ET on Wednesday. If you’re looking to make predictions on Barrett’s performance, we take a look at all of his available prop bets, trends and stats here. Game and Prop Info Matchup: New York Knicks vs. Dallas Mavericks Time: 7:30
It reaches a different level when they start chanting your name at Madison Square Garden. It reaches a different place. Knicks fans, we know, are unfailingly loyal — to the team, yes, but especially to the homegrown kids. Hell, even Frank Ntilikina got a rousing ovation from the faithful Wednesday night when he knocked down
This was a night the Knicks didn’t need Julius Randle to shine. Thankfully. This was a night Randle couldn’t overshadow RJ Barrett like he did last Thursday when Barrett won the game on a miraculous banked buzzer-beater. Barrett exploded for 31 points as the Knicks ran away from the Spurs in the second half to
How can you top Evan Fournier’s brilliance? RJ Barrett found a way. Fournier was a hero all night, but Barrett topped it with a banked-in buzzer-beating desperation 3-pointer over Jayson Tatum from 32 feet to give the Knicks a stunning 108-105 victory over the Celtics on Thursday night at the Garden. Barrett had been quiet
Julius Randle was back from COVID-19 protocols and RJ Barrett was back to being an efficient force. That Batman and Robin tandem of a season ago exploded on the undermanned Pacers as they combined for 62 points in a 104-94 victory Tuesday at the Garden. It was the 30-30 club and felt like retro night
RJ Barrett’s offensive performances this season mirror the overall success of the New York Knicks. Barrett’s roller-coaster ride offensively had gone from highs when he scored a dominant 35 points in front of his old college teammate, Zion Williamson, on the road against New Orleans to lows like being criticized by Coach Tom Thibodeau during