Game Thread: New York Knicks vs. Toronto Raptors Mon, Dec 9th, 2024/ 7:30pm

[TKKnicks1]

Lets hope no news is good news on KAT. We need him tonight.

[thebuzzardman]

This team can't beat a dick

[thebuzzardman]

I'm depressed now. Knicks please save me

That's like asking a friend for a handgun

[TKKnicks1]

This team can't beat a dick

But they beat the dick 14 times already.

[thebuzzardman]

Will always appreciate RJ and IQ as transitionary pieces that helped bring this franchise back to respectability.

With that said, let's smoke these bums Sounds like KAT is out again so we need to figure out how to play without him. That should start with defense.

Raptors 46 point 1st quarter incoming

[thebuzzardman]

This team can't beat a dick

But they beat the dick 14 times already.

Knicks beat a lot of teams with injuries.

It's a .500 team.

Team Mediocrity!

[thebuzzardman]

I'm depressed now. Knicks please save me

Ehhh this ain’t the Yankees of old bro. Hal is no George. Hal is basura.

The Yankees are basically The Jets now.

Declining nepo baby franchise.

[Jalen Bluntson]

Lets hope no news is good news on KAT. We need him tonight.

KAT/Cam are questionable for tonight's game.

[thebuzzardman]

I'm depressed now. Knicks please save me

the Yankees have 27 world championships- you should be happy...

Most of them were from the Stone Age.

Babe Ruth basically beat up drunk German plumbers and Irish saloon keepers

[thebuzzardman]

the Yankees have 27 world championships- you should be happy...

Most of them were from the Stone Age.

Babe Ruth basically beat up drunk German plumbers and Irish saloon keepers

Ok. And Italian ice block carriers

[thebuzzardman]

This is an extremely important game. We need this win...

Losing two in a row looking vulnerable and wounded going into the Hawks contest could send us into a three-game skid.

And then we have the Timberwolves with a Donte Revenge game coming up after that. We need momentum.

Trust me. They will lose this game and then lose by 20 to the Hawks.

[Iron Mantis]

This is an extremely important game. We need this win...

Losing two in a row looking vulnerable and wounded going into the Hawks contest could send us into a three-game skid.

And then we have the Timberwolves with a Donte Revenge game coming up after that. We need momentum.

Trust me. They will lose this game and then lose by 20 to the Hawks.

[thebuzzardman]

Just skip this game and move on to Trae Young dropping 50 at MSG Wednesday

[offense]

I'm depressed now. Knicks please save me

Ehhh this ain’t the Yankees of old bro. Hal is no George. Hal is basura.

The Yankees are basically The Jets now.

Declining nepo baby franchise.

yanks the goat franchise of sports.

[TKKnicks1]

This team can't beat a dick

But they beat the dick 14 times already.

Knicks beat a lot of teams with injuries.

It's a .500 team.

Team Mediocrity!

But we are the 8th best team in the league. If we are mid wouldn't that put us somewhere around 14-18?

[MrDollarBills]

I'm depressed now. Knicks please save me

That's like asking a friend for a handgun

Brandon Miller would do it if asked

[Capn'O]

I'm depressed now. Knicks please save me

That's like asking a friend for a handgun

Brandon Miller would do it if asked

Ayo!

[2010]

Read on Twitter

[MrDollarBills]

Josh guarding RJ?

I don't know, they got other guys we gotta worry about too. I did some research on statmuse and also pulling up game logs.

Gradey Dick's shot chart

Gradey Dick's game logs

Last 2 games since coming back, Gradey Dick has jacked up a total of 22 3pt attempts and has shot at a 40.9% clip

We need to force Gradey Dick to go left. If we allow Gradey Dick to shoot from the top of the key or the right elbow, he is going to punish us.

Also, Gradey Dick shoots well from everywhere in the mid range (he's kind of like Mikal Bridges in that regae). Drop coverage might not work at all against Dick. He could drop 30 on us if we let him. And MAYBE WE SHOULD LET HIM!

I say we should let him because The Raptors have lost EVERY SINGLE GAME that Gradey Dick has scored 25 points or more this season. That's 6 losses.

Ochai Agbaji's shot chart

Agbaji is deadly from both corners. However, our drop coverage defense is decide to limit corner three opportunities. Agbaji rarely shoots from the top of the key, and he is weak from the left elbow. He has shot 50% on 14 attempts from the right elbow, so hopefully we don't allow him to get hot from there.

Agbaji has no mid-range game at all. He knocks down corner threes and gets buckets around the hoop. That's it.

RJ Barrett's shot chart last 6 games

RJ is not shooting much at all from mid range. He is getting buckets in the paint. If we allow him to shoot from the top of the key or the left elbow, he'll likely miss. If we let him shoot from the right elbow, he'll knock them down.

Scottie Barnes' shot chart last 6 games

Barnes is opposite from RJ. While RJ shoots well from the right elbow, Barnes is strong from the left elbow. Barnes has some mid range game so he'll punish us from there if he takes advantage of the Knicks' drop coverage.

Also, just so everyone knows. Mikal Bridges is better from mid-range this season than both Barrett and Barnes. Come playoff time when opposing teams use drop coverage on us, Mikal will come in handy.

Agbaji has been a beast for me in fantasy. Do not leave him open

[MrDollarBills]

That's like asking a friend for a handgun

Brandon Miller would do it if asked

Ayo!

That lob pass was perfect by buzz