2017-18 New York Knicks preview: There can’t possibly be as much drama this year. Right?
Knicks fans have had it rough the last 12 months. Can they at least get through a year with minimal drama?
Knicks fans are ... well, there’s been a lot of drama, and they’re just trying to look on the bright side. Seth Rosenthal and Kristian Winfield from SBNation.com join us for this free-flowing Knicks preview. Topics include:
- The mood of the fanbase in a word, which is ... not negative, but not exactly positive either. It’s been that weird of a year.
- Carmelo Anthony’s played his last game in New York, right?
- Compared to previous sequences of Knicks’ drama, how optimistic are they that things will turn out better this time around?
- Is everything fine with Kristaps Porzingis now that Phil Jackson is gone? What do Knicks fans need to see from him in his third year? What is the ideal starting lineup for him?
- It’s too early to say that Frank Ntilikina over Dennis Smith is a mistake, right? (Right.)
- What should folks be looking for that may not be super obvious unless they watch the Knicks very closely?
- If you could add one player from Knicks’ history to add to this team, who would it be? Plus, a lot of other silly follow-up questions, mostly thanks to Mike Prada.
- Who is on your all-time Knicks banana boat, i.e. the three players in Knicks’ history you’d want to vacation with? Seth Rosenthal: “Cheikh Sahm would like me. I feel like we’d get along.”
- Best case, worst case, leading scorer, predictions, and all that jazz.
This podcast was part of the Limited Upside podcast’s 2017-18 offseason series previewing all 30 NBA teams with members of SB Nation’s team communities and other friends of the show. We’ve spent the last two-and-a-half months gauging the temperature of every fan base heading into what should be a terrific NBA season. There’s no better way to understand what makes NBA fans in each market tick.
We began these in August and counted down worst-to-first leading up to the season. Here’s how to listen to them all:
- Nets with Kristian Winfield and Nets Daily’s Anthony Puccio
- Lakers with Zito Madu and Silver Screen and Roll’s Anthony Irwin and Harrison Faigen
- Suns with Bright Side of the Sun’s Dave King and Evan Sidery
- 76ers with Tyler Tynes and Liberty Ballers’ Kyle Neubeck
- Knicks with Kristian Winfield and Posting and Toasting’s Seth Rosenthal
- Magic with Orlando Pinstriped Post’s Zach Oliver and Cory Hutson
- Kings with Kenny Carraway and Sactown Royalty’s Tony Xypteras
- Mavs with Tim Cato and Mavs Moneyball’s Kirk Henderson
- Wolves with Canis Hooups’ Eric Goldman and John Meyer
- Pelicans with The Bird Writes’ Oleh Kosel and Travis Tate
- Hornets with James Dator and At the Hive’s Nicklaus Denning
- Pistons with John Ketchum, Kofie Yeboah and Detroit Bad Boys’ Lazarus Jackson
- Nuggets with Denver Stiffs’ Adam Mares
- Heat with Kelly Cohen and Hot Hot Hoops’ Surya Fernandez
- Bulls with Ricky O’Donnell and Blog a Bull’s Jason Patt
- Pacers with Whitney Medworth and Indy Cornrows’ Caitlin Cooper
- Blazers with Blazers Edge’s Brian Freeman and Peter Sampson
- Bucks with Kevin McCauley and Brew Hoop’s Mitchell Maurer
- Hawks with Harry Lyles Jr. and Peachtree Hoops’ Brad Rowland
- Grizzlies with Grizzly Bear Blues’ Joe Mullinax
- Thunder with Eddie Maisonet and Welcome to Loud City’s Joshua Broom
- Thunder addendum! Carmelo Anthony trade emergency pod with Eddie Maisonet
- Wizards with Sports Illustrated’s Andrew Sharp and Bullets Forever’s Michael Sykes
- Jazz with SLC Dunk’s Mychal Lowman and James Hansen.
- Raptors with Raptors HQ’s Daniel Reynolds and freelance writer Seerat Sohi
- Cavaliers with Fear the Sword’s Chris Manning and MMA Fighting’s Eric Jackman
- Clippers with Clips Nation’s Lucas Hann and former L.A. video coordinator Mo Dakhil
- Celtics with Paul Flannery and Celtics Blog’s Nick Gelso
- Rockets with The Dream Shake’s Ethan Rothstein and Jeremy Brener
- Spurs with Pounding the Rock’s J.R. Wilco and Bruno Passos
- Warriors with Golden State of Mind’s Bram Kincheloe
