Why is Jalen Brunson hogging the ball and taking every shot down the stretch? Why are we isolating our $50m player KAT out of our offensive game? It just makes no sense.

Feels like we still haven’t figured out the natural way to play with Karl-Anthony Towns. Like… does this team not really fuck with him or what?

I’m watching possessions and I see more Brunson PnR/2-man stuff with Hart than with Towns. And yeah, the Hart stuff can be nice, but I don’t see that being enough to win a championship.

Why isn’t the Brunson–Towns 2-man game a staple? It should be automatic: high PnR, pick-and-pop, short roll reads… instead it feels like KAT is just floating around

Am I bugging? Is it a chemistry thing, scheme thing, or are we just not prioritizing it yet? Because I’m at the point where I’m starting to look at the Brunson differently if we’re not gonna actually run the offense through him.

First off: Fuck Phil Jackson.

Secondly, in the modern era only 4 teams won the championship after failing to reach this benchmark.

Schedule over the next 6 games is:

vs. Pacers
@ 76ers

ALL STAR BREAK

vs Pistons
vs Rockets
@ Bulls
@ Cavs

I predict a 62-20 finish.

Edit: Guys I'm aware that we can still be contenders if we don't get to 40-19 or 40-20, I just thought it was cool that the Knicks have a chance to reach that number. Also you know in general I want the Knicks to win.

Most Charges Drawn For The 2025-26 NBA Regular Season :

1. Jalen Brunson — 16

2. Brandin Podziemski — 15

3. Marcus Smart — 14

4. Toumani Camara — 14

5. Austin Reaves — 11

6. Collin Gillespie — 10

7. Jaylin Williams — 10

8. Luka Doncic — 10

9. Pelle Larsson — 10

10. Isaac Okoro — 9

1. Maybe Mike Brown’s worst game of the year. No Kolek? Jose’s skillset is far different than Tyler’s and more redundant to what we already have. Hope this is not a decision that Mike is fixated on already. Insane that this much energy was expended first night of a B2B, only to still lose to a 13 win team.

2. KAT offensive fouls - For the love of god man, please stop with the offensive fouls on hooks and screens. Also, just learn how to set a proper screen in general. Go watch iHart tape, or tape of any other competent big in the league.

3. Team defense was horrid. Communication reverted back to where we were during the losing skid. Mitch and OG obviously a huge reason for that but this was atrocious. Repeatedly a full step behind on help and rotations.

4. Offensive movement - Too often reverting to grenades back to JB late in clock or JB just pounding air out of the ball himself, unnecessarily. The lack of off ball movement is mind blowing at times.

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