Before the season started, I wrote about the NBA’s new rule requiring players to be in a minimum of 65 games to be eligible for end-of-the-season awards and how unbelievably short-sided and silly it was. My original point was this rule incentivizes organizations to do shady shit and manipulate playing time to keep their guys […]
I constantly try to make Deadseriousness stand out from the crowd. Zag when they zig. Or vice versa. Whatever. I would’ve loved nothing more than to see the Milwaukee Bucks hire Doc Rivers as their new head and coach and write an interesting article on how Doc is a smart hire and defensive coverages and […]
As a Knicks fan, I am fully aware of my favorite team’s reputation. Since the 2000s, the Knicks have been run by a neanderthal who simply doesn’t understand the sport of basketball. But when he handed the keys to Phil Jackson in 2014, James Dolan essentially wiped his hands clean of all meddling and intervening […]
Since joining the Knicks on January 1st, OG Anunoby has helped New York go 8-2Â while recording a league-high +170 plus-minus in 10 games. The Knicks have the No. 1 defensive rating over this time. OG and the Knicks are putting teams in the torture chamber every night. And this is why you trade RJ […]
We’ve passed the threshold where it is officially time to take the NBA season seriously. The NFL season is over. We watched Charles Barkley say we need to give white people more credit for Civil Rights on MLK Day. So let’s get these power rankings started bay-beeeeeeeeeeee: 1. New York Knicks I couldn’t write the […]
Chain Reaction is something new I’m working on. Basically, after a big move goes down, I’m going to try and break down all of the people affected by the trade/signing/firing/cutting/resigning/re-signing. And here is our very first chain reaction: BREAKING: The Indiana Pacers are finalizing a trade to acquire All-Star F Pascal Siakam in a deal […]
Josh Giddey simply fell for the wrong girl. It’s happened to all of us. We meet a girl we like and our rose-colored glasses shield us from all the obvious red flags. For some, it’s clinginess or perhaps substance abuse. One time I fell for a girl who I’m still to this day, convinced could […]
If you’ve been reading Deadseriousness for a minute then you know I have strong feelings about Quentin Grimes. I believe he has the ideal skillset every NBA playoff team would want in their rotation but for some reason, the New York Knicks are reportedly shopping him around before the trade deadline. This story is coming […]
The NBA defines ‘Clutch Time’ as the final five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime when the score is within five points. On Thursday night, I watched my beloved New York Knicks travel to Dallas. They lost 124-128 and although the score looked close, the Mavericks were in complete control the entire game. And […]
Gilbert Arenas is one of the better NBA media personalities out there. You can tell all of his thoughts are consumed by basketball. He doesn’t sugarcoat his opinions and it genuinely seems like being a credible, respected basketball analyst is important to Gil. But lately, Gilbert Arenas has become what makes guys like Stephen A. […]
There are a handful of coaches who have tricked us into believing they are some of the best coaches in the NBA by winning championships or having deep playoff runs but this season is exposing a lot of truths. Before we point out the frauds, it’s important to talk about what separates the great coaches […]
I will never forget CBS Sports giving the New York Knicks a D+ for drafting Immanuel Quickley with the no. 25 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. Since then, he’s become a microwave scorer capable of putting up extraordinary numbers in limited minutes off the bench. He would’ve won the Sixth Man of the Year […]
The New York Knicks traded RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley to Toronto for OG Anunoby. He made his debut on New Year’s Day and was vital in New York’s victory over the no. 1 seeded Minnesota Timberwolves. Here’s what OG did in his first day wearing a Knicks jersey: 35 minutes 17 points 7-for-12 from […]
For my entire lifetime as a New York Knicks fan, James Dolan has hired the worst front-office executives in NBA history. In 2005, Isiah Thomas gave up a first-round draft pick and a pick swap to the Chicago Bulls for Eddy Curry—an obese, undersized center with a heart condition. In 2010, the Knicks attempted to […]
From the moment Anthony Edwards did his first interview, it was clear he was built different. On the court, he has the raw athleticism of Michael Jordan and off the court, he has Michael Jordan’s aura and star power. This season, especially in that overtime win against the Celtics last month, Edwards has shown he […]
This is the most competitive Western Conference race of my NBA-watching life. The best team right now is the Minnesota Timberwolves and if they went on a 10-game losing streak would you be surprised at all? The 13-10 Houston Rockets currently sit at the 11th seed ahead of the Phoenix Suns. Everyone in that building […]
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