Locked On Knicks - Daily Podcast On The New York Knicks

Gavin is joined by Locked On Nets co-host Adam Armbrecht to preview Knicks-Nets including issues in both rotations, just how confident Adam is the Nets will eventually get peak James Harden this season, the x-factors for both sides, and which team will win the game.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex goes solo to break down the news that Tom Thibodeau is removing Kemba Walker from the Knicks' rotation in favor of Alec Burks starting and Immanuel Quickley/Derrick Rose off the bench, including an inside look at some of the stats that have defined Kemba's poor start to the season, what Burks brings to the starting unit, and whether Kemba has a path to returning to the Knicks' rotation — or if he could have already played his last game in a Knicks uniform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gavin and Alex dive deep on the Knicks' win of the year including Alec Burks' heroics, RJ Barrett letting the game come to him, lots of run for the rookies and more fantastic point guard play from Immanuel Quickley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex goes solo to break down the Knicks' blowout loss to the red-hot Suns, including why Immanuel Quickley deserves more playing time, why the Knicks missed Derrick Rose, a nondescript performance from Julius Randle, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin are back to wrap up their Knicks asset ranking series by sharing their top fives including debates between Julius Randle and Obi Toppin and Immanuel Quickley vs. RJ Barrett. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gavin goes solo to break down the highs and lows of a big Knicks win over the Lakers, including the team's incendiary start, some hot shooting from Immanuel Quickley and Evan Fournier, moments of brilliance from Julius Randle and the case for keeping IQ and Obi together forever.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gavin Schall and Alex Wolfe are back to rank the Knicks' best trade assets! Do Kemba Walker and Evan Fournier even make the list? Alec Burks or Nerlens Noel? Just how high is Derrick Rose? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex is joined by Matthew Miranda (@MMiranda613 on Twitter) of The Strickland and Bleav to break down the Knicks' weekend split with the Rockets and Bulls, give takeaways from both games, discuss the inflated expectations being placed on the Knicks this year, and preview a tough stretch ahead for New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex goes solo to break down one of the most likely outcomes to attempt to solve the Knicks' starting lineup woes: swapping Alec Burks and Evan Fournier. What do the stats say about the potential fit of Burks with the starters? Could he actually be a better connector than Fournier? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gavin Schall is joined by the host of Locked On Magic Philip Rossman-Reich to break down the Knicks' brutal loss to the Magic from both teams' perspectives. Including why the Knicks starting lineup continues to fail, more brilliance from the bench duo of Obi Toppin and Immanuel Quickley, and the promise of Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin finish up your mailbag questions for the month, including whether the Knicks need to upgrade a position (Fournier? Robinson?), what's up with RJ Barrett right now, why Taj excels as a rim protector, why it's important not to panic based off the early season struggles, and the best booze spots in the Garden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin dive deep into the Knicks' come-back win over the Pacers including a brilliant performance for Immanuel Quickley, big nights for Derrick Rose and Kemba Walker, and fourth-quarter redemption for RJ Barrett and Julius Randle.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gavin Schall and Alex Wolfe are back to answer your questions! Including whether or not the New York Knicks should bench Kemba Walker, will they get out of the first round and who exactly should they be looking to trade for? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex is joined by Derek Reifer (@d_reif on Twitter) of The Strickland and RJ Barrett Stats fame on Twitter, to break down the Knicks' 104-96 road loss to the Hornets, including the starters' continued ineptitude, the bench's efficacy, how to get Obi Toppin more involved, how to fix the defense, and what other changes could potentially help fix the struggling Knicks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex goes solo to break down the Knicks' latest game against the Milwaukee Bucks, including another near-comeback from the bench, led by Immanuel Quickley, Obi Toppin, and Derrick Rose. Also, the listless play of the starters, and how to fix the Knicks going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gavin Schall is joined by The Strickland wordsmith Jack Huntley to discuss his article (https://www.thestrick.land/strick/whats-wrong-with-knicks-defense) diagnosing the Knicks defensive woes including issues with the new guards, Julius Randle and whether or not Mitchell Robinson will get back to full speed. Then they pivot into discussing Jack's latest piece on the brilliance of Obi Toppin, how he's improved this year and what his future ultimately is on the Knicks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin break down the Knicks' 103-96 win over the Sixers on the road, featuring a 31-point effort from Julius Randle, a late game surge from Kemba Walker, RJ Barrett not getting foul calls, Evan Fournier having a somewhat quiet but good game, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gavin Schall is joined by Pod Strickland co-host Prezidente to discuss the Knicks' brutal loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, but more importantly some of the big picture implications to come out of it including diagnosing what exactly is wrong with Julius Randle, Immanuel Quickley hitting his stride, how the Knicks can get Evan Fournier going, just how solvable are the Knicks issues and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gavin goes solo to break down the New York Knicks historic comeback victory over the Milwaukee Bucks led by Derrick Rose returning to MVP form, Julius Randle stepping up to the plate, Immanuel Quickley finding his swagger and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex is joined by John Schmeelk of the Bank Shot Podcast on WFAN (@Schmeelk on Twitter) to talk about the New York Knicks' loss to the Indiana Pacers, including talking about the defense, RJ Barrett's continued excellence, Myles Turner's huge night for the Pacers, and more! Check out The Bank Shot podcast for the second part of this discussion! https://www.audacy.com/wfan/podcasts/the-bank-shot-20986 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bonus episode! Alex talks with Tony East of Locked On Pacers (@TEastNBA on Twitter) about the Knicks' matchup with the Pacers in Indiana, including RJ Barrett's hot play against Indy dating back to last season, the Pacers finally getting healthy, whether this will be a bounce-back game for the Knicks, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin are joined by Benjy Ritholtz (@BenRitholtzNBA on Twitter) to break down the Knicks' first seven games, identify trends in their offense and defense, talk about Julius Randle and RJ Barrett's performance so far, try to determine the Knicks' ceiling and floor, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gavin and Alex breakdown a disappointing loss to the Raptors including Julius Randle dropping off the face of the earth after an amazing first quarter, RJ Barrett looking like he's made a jump, and Mitchell Robinson's physicality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin talk through RJ Barrett's career night, the Knicks' inability to close, and the electricity of Evan Fournier and Kemba Walker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin are joined by Mirin Fader of The Ringer (@MirinFader on Twitter) to discuss her new article on Immanuel Quickley from this past week — untold stories from the article, his journey to getting drafted by the Knicks, the joy he goes through life with, his strong bond with his mom, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gavin and Alex talk through the chaotic final minutes of Knicks-Bulls and how New York held on before getting into big nights for Kemba Walker, RJ Barrett and Julius Randle. Plus everyone else! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin preview the Knicks' showdown with the 4-0 Chicago Bulls, including whether the Bulls' cushy schedule so far has led to their fast start, fun matchups to watch in the game, and what the renewed and reinvigorated East this year means for the Knicks and others as far as inter-conference rivalries go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gavin is joined by Pod Strickland Co-Host Shwinny Pooh to break down the Knicks' easy win over the Sixers, including which team this said more about, why they're both so excited for the future of the Knicks offense, and how the team can continue to get even better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gavin and Alex dive deep into the Knicks surprising loss to the Magic including just how much of a margin for error the Knicks have against the worst teams in the league, Mitchell Robinson showing out, struggles for RJ Barrett and Julius Randle, and what exactly is going on with Kemba Walker's poor start? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gavin goes solo to break down the big win over the Magic and the Knicks' place in the Eastern Conference hierarchy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex is joined by Zach DiLuzio (@zjdiluzio on Twitter) of The Strickland to go over the Knicks' 138-134 marathon victory in double overtime over the Boston Celtics to open the 2020-21 NBA season. Included: Julius Randle's brilliance, Evan Fournier's clutch shotmaking, Mitchell Robinson's impact, and RJ Barrett's second half dominance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin get you hyped for opening night by each sharing an area they're confident about for the Knicks on opening night and each sharing an area they're concerned including RJ Barrett's potential for a big game, optimism for the Knicks defense, and can the Knicks finish inside? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin are joined by Prez of The Strickland (@_prezidente on Twitter) to talk Kemba Walker — what his return to New York means for the city, how he can best be utilized in the Big Apple, if his defense needs to be heavily hidden, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin are joined by Jonathan Macri and Jeremy Cohen of Knicks Film School to finish up their bold predictions for the 2021-22 season. Will Mitch get some hardware? Will Grimes crack the rotation? Will IQ become a point guard maestro? Make sure to check out part 1 of this episode on the Knicks Film School feed, and part 2 on the Locked On Knicks feed! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin are joined by Jonathan Macri and Jeremy Cohen of Knicks Film School to get into some of their bold predictions for this season. In this episode: Could Kevin Knox be involved in a move this year? Will the Knicks have an elite 3-point shooting team? Will Obi Toppin put up some very lofty per-36 stats? Find the first part of this discussion on the Knicks Film School podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex goes solo to break down the Knicks' 115-113 preseason-ending victory over the Wizards, including a Julius Randle game-winner, a shocking display of small ball, the surprisingly good return of Mitchell Robinson, maybe a little concern about the team mailing it in to start games against bad teams, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin preview Julius Randle's 2021-2022 season including the stats that made him great a year ago and a litany of questions that will define his year including just how much his new teammates will affect his game and where he needs to improve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin break down the Knicks' third preseason game, a 108-100 win over the Detroit Pistons, including Julius Randle's post-baby brilliance, IQ's quietly great game handling the ball, RJ Barrett's playmaking, Mitch's hopefully impending return, and the ageless wonder that is Taj Gibson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The boys are once again joined by Andrew Claudio for a mini 'sode previewing his film podcast Final Review as they each pick their favorite movie and Andrew dives deep into the methodology the pod uses to rank and analyze the greatest films of all time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The boys are joined by Knicks Film School Producer and the host of The Final Review Podcast Andrew Claudio to discuss everything Mitchell Robinson including his health concerns, a deep dive into his statistical profile that reveals what separates him from Nerlens Noel offensive potential, and future contract. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin are joined by Jeremy Cohen (@TheCohencidence on Twitter) of Knicks Film School and The Strickland to get into previewing Derrick Rose's season, including how hard it was to adjust opinions on Rose after his first stint in New York, whether he can keep up his blistering shooting, how important finishing is to his future, and how he can continue to mentor Immanuel Quickley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gavin is joined by the thread master himself Ariel Pacheco of The Strickland to breakdown the Knicks second preseason game including the massive potential of the offense, Immanuel Quickley showing off major strides as a playmaker, just how much we'll get to see the impact of RJ Barrett's improvements, why Ariel's high on Quentin Grimes and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gavin and Alex dive deep on the Knicks' first-round pick Quentin Grimes. Will he play this year? What's his most NBA-ready skill? Is his situation analogous to Obi Toppin's in that he won't get a reasonable chance to earn really playing time unless he blows away expectations? And so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin dive deep into the New York Knicks preseason-opening decimation of the Indiana Pacers including Kemba Walker's debut, the promise of the starting lineup, why life will never be easier for Julius Randle and RJ Barrett, Obi Toppin's improved handle and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

THE KNICKS ARE BACK! And so are Gavin and Alex to give you their thoughts on what they're most excited to see this preseason including what new skills RJ Barrett has in his bag, how Mitchell Robinson is moving post-injury and with added muscle, how do Kemba Walker and Julius Randle look playing off each other and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin preview the upcoming season for Immanuel Quickley, including what skills he most needs to improve on in 2021-22, just how good his outside shooting was as a rookie, how his All-Rookie First Team snub is still insulting, whether he'll get enough opportunities as a lead ball handler, and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin preview the season ahead for Deuce McBride, trying to project if he'll be able to find the floor or not, but also wondering whether that will even matter as long as he brings the same intensity that he brought to every Summer League game to the NBA. The guys also previewed Luca Vildoza, who ironically was just waived this morning (which Gavin basically predicted!). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin preview the season ahead for Obi Toppin, including speculating if his path to playing time could be playing the small forward for spurts, if he's basically on track to become what we thought Kevin Knox could be, if his best years of his career will come on another team, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin discuss Nerlens Noel and Taj Gibson, two centers who filled in wonderfully for Mitchell Robinson after he was injured last year and put up some truly great numbers at the 5. How will the two of them find minutes this year with Mitch back? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex and Gavin discuss the goings-on from Knicks Media Day, including Derrick Rose's anointing Kemba Walker the starting point guard, the Knicks all being vaccinated amongst a crazy day of anti-vax conspiracies in the NBA, Mitchell Robinson's status, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gavin and Alex are joined by The Strickland's Derek Reifer to talk about the weaknesses RJ Barrett needs to sure up to make the leap and then play a game of would rather between RJ and various young talents around the league including Tyler Herro, Darius Garland, DeAndre Hunter and Anthony Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices