The Knicks continue to rewrite history. My two missives from an unforgettable night: knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/1-in-14000... knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/still-proc...
Jonathan Macri
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Dean of Knicks Film School. Girl Dad. Recovering lawyer. Words: knicksfilmschool.substack.com
I blogged about... well, beautiful, selfless ball; and hospitals and pain; and investing in hope rather than wallowing in doomer misery. It’s not a lesson I’m going fully embrace 24/7. That’s eminently clear. But maybe with these Knicks, I can? knickerblogger.net/2026/06/knic...
Because the Knicks are playing the best ball of our lifetimes, @jimcavan.bsky.social @knickerbacker.bsky.social & I are getting back together to pull off one last high-stakes improbable heist-type caper That's right, we're going back to blogging at Knickerblogger knickerblogger.net/2026/06/were...
In honor of their 9th straight (!!!) playoff victory, here's my top 9 takeaways from last night's Knicks win: knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/merrily-we...
Merrily We Roll Along
The Knicks just keep winning.
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"I’ll admit that I still don’t believe it. That that happened? In that way? Can’t be. Couldn’t be. Not for us. *To* us. But never *for* us. And yet it did." On the Knicks' unforgettable night, and the exorcism of 30+ years of demons: knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/exercising...
Exercising the Demons
"The Comeback" takes its rightful place in Knicks lore.
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Patrick Ewing's Knicks played 153 playoff games over 15 seasons. If you combine the margins of victory from their 7 biggest wins over those 15 years, it adds up to 171 points The current Knicks have won the last 7 games by a combined total of 185 points knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/unpreceden...
Unprecedented
The Knicks are playing the best basketball of my lifetime.
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The free throw rates in this series, per @basketball-reference.com: Sixers: .263 Knicks: .234 Raw totals: Sixers: 78 FTA Knicks: 74 FTA And that doesn't even factor in 10 FTA from Hack-a-Mitch More on a dominant night from a serious basketball team: knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/serious-pe...
Serious People
The Knicks passed another test. Did they really need to?
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Worth noting after NY forced 18 Philly turnovers last night: Knicks are now 2nd in postseason TO rate among teams still alive, behind only OKC. Their middling 14.7 regular season TO rate has jumped to 16.2. More on a big night at MSG right here 👇 knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/the-cost-o...
The Cost Of Victory
The Knicks went up 2-0 over the Embiid-less Sixers, but a late injury to OG Anunoby clouds to exuberance over the win.
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In today's KFS Newsletter: - A little history on one of the NBA's oldest rivalries - 10 questions that will define Knicks vs Sixers - Some film on why the best option to guard Tyrese Maxey may not be who you think All in the (always) free Monday edition. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/bring-on-p...
Bring On Philly
It wasn't the rival we thought we'd be getting, but it's a rival nonetheless.
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Some early thoughts on the Hawks series, plus a look at the parallels between the Knicks' current rise to prominence and their ascension to a championship team more than 50 years ago. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/its-atlanta
It's Atlanta!
Get ready for a rematch five years in the making. Plus, a moment to appreciate just how far the Knicks have come.
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Incredible work in the KFS Newsletter comments today:
With one week left in the regular season, I did a deep dive into all of the possible seeding and matchup permutations involving the Knicks, including a look at the four 1st round opponents most in play, and how they wind up facing each one. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/the-home-s...
The Home Stretch
Today we look at what's at stake in the final week before diving deep on New York's four most likely first round opponents.
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Neve a good sign when I compare a Knicks game to a venereal disease. open.substack.com/pub/knicksfi...
Dangerous Games
The Knicks again played with their food, and it almost cost them.
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Went deep on a ton of OG Anunoby stats today, including one about his combination of dunks and threes which is only matched by one other NBA player (and not an All-Defense caliber one) open.substack.com/pub/knicksfi...
The OG Ascendance
A deeper look into the Knick that is quietly having a career year.
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Today's KFS Newsletter features 6 thoughts on another frustrating Knicks win seen through 6 quotes from the Best Picture of the Year. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/one-battle...
One Battle After Another
"You make a guy work hard for one of these..."
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Mitchell Robinson has been an incredible rebounder for almost the entirety of his 8-year Knicks career, and yet he might never have had a better rebounding game than he did last night. Boy did the Knicks need it. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/money-mitc...
Money Mitch
On a night they needed to drag themselves across the finish line, Mitchell Robinson was at his best.
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For today's Knicks Film School newsletter, I wrote about a fascinating season from Karl-Anthony Towns (is it now underrated?) and why we've seen a scoring resurgence from him over the last several weeks. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/the-secret...
The Secret to KAT's Resurgence
All-NBA KAT? Don't rule it out with his recent stretch of strong play.
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The Knicks gave us their best defensive performance of the season against a team that averaged 125 points in February and hadn't lost in a month. Because of course they did. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/the-knicks...
The Knicks, Of Course
Best win of the season? Sure, why not.
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Jalen Brunson had an off night down the stretch against Indiana, but was his decision-making poor on top of his execution? I went back and examined the last 10 minutes of Knicks Pacers to show why some of the criticism has been unwarranted: knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/f-around-a...
F--- Around and Find Out
The Knicks played with their food and it cost them.
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JO-SE, JO-SE JO-SE JO-SE....JO-SE...JO-SE.... Some thoughts on the debut of a Brooklyn kid born to be a Knick, a precocious 20-year-old turning heads, and the Knicks best defensive performance of the season: knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/super-sunday
Super Sunday
The Knicks rebounded from Friday's loss in a big way thanks to some big performances from the back of the rotation.
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Among every player in the NBA who has never made an All-Star team, no one has been with their team longer than Mitchell Robinson. Last night, he gave us a reminder of why he should be a Knick for life. Not that we needed one. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/crazy-eighth
Crazy Eighth
The Knicks get their best - and wildest - win of the season.
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A double dip in today's KFS Newsletter, looking at New York's 7th straight win through the lens of an active trade day at the top of the Eastern Conference. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/7th-heaven
7th Heaven
The Knicks keep rolling in DC as trades shake up the landscape around them.
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The final segment of Jonas Plaut's 4-part Knicks Trade Deadline Deep Dive is up on the KFS Substack. Fantastic overview of the Giannis situation, plus a look at a prospective Naji Marshall trade through the lens of expending vs saving premium assets. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/and-the-ve...
And The Verdict Is...
After all the speculation, how will the Knicks approach this trade deadline? Jonas Plaut has the answer with the conclusion of his 4-part trade deadline deep dive.
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I wrote about the best win of the Knicks season, and the crazy day of news and rumors that preceded it. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/what-a-day...
What A Day
It started with Giannis rumors and ended with one of their best - and most bizarre - wins of the season, but it's just another day in the life of these New York Knicks.
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Mega Knicks Trade Deadline Preview ICYMI, zooming in on two named trade targets while also zooming out to explore how the front office is balancing the competing interests of winning now vs maintaining position for Giannis this summer. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/setting-th...
Setting the Trade Deadline Stage
Let's set the stage for what could be a busy 11 days.
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The Knicks got one win and inflicted 17 heart attacks last night. I wrote about all of it. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/escape-fro...
Escape from Philadelphia
Good morning, and Happy Sunday.
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For today's KFS Newsletter, contributor Jonas Plaut tackles the topic of the NBA's Secondary Star, and why competing factors have suddenly made their value - to their teams and around the league - extremely tricky. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/knicks-tra...
Knicks Trade Deadline Deep Dive: Part III
Has New York's trade deadline approach changed over the last two weeks? Jonas Plaut explores.
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