New York Knicks

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#27 trending in Sports this week · most on The Bill Simmons Podcast

The New York Knicks are an American professional basketball team based in Manhattan, New York City. They compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference’s Atlantic Division and play their home games at Madison Square Garden.

Rank this week

#27▲111
#199 over 30 days

Share of the conversation

1.9‰
5.2× usual level

1.6‰ of what listeners heard

Reach this week

4 shows
6 episodes · ~351k plays

Tone this week

Neutral
  • Negative 1
  • Neutral 1
  • Positive 1

Share of the conversation

Mentions of New York Knicks per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, sports.

0.0‰1‰2‰3‰usual level · 0.38‰Jul 11Aug 2Aug 25Sep 16Oct 8
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DayShare (7-day)Mentions
Aug 41.10‰1
Aug 51.50‰1
Aug 101.14‰2
Aug 120.98‰2
Aug 170.85‰1
Aug 181.00‰1
Aug 210.88‰1
Aug 240.83‰1
Aug 250.82‰1
Sep 10.21‰1
Sep 30.74‰3
Sep 40.97‰1
Sep 81.09‰1
Sep 100.69‰1
Sep 140.53‰1
Sep 160.55‰1
Sep 180.74‰2
Sep 221.14‰4
Sep 241.18‰1
Sep 250.99‰1
Sep 281.16‰1
Sep 290.74‰1
Sep 301.01‰2
Oct 20.89‰1
Oct 61.17‰4
Oct 71.69‰5

Why is it trending?· Last 7 days

Knicks references center on roster construction, Brunson’s bet, and former-player access

Fearless with Jason Whitlock uses the Knicks to discuss building around Jalen Brunson with versatile defenders and shooters rather than another small scoring guard.[1]

Fearless with Jason Whitlock also presents Brunson’s move from the Mavericks to the Knicks as an example of betting on himself for a larger contract.[2]

Jason Whitlock connects Charles Oakley’s expectations as a former Knick to a broader argument that former players should not assume they own teams or deserve special treatment.[3]

Pardon My Take jokes about Jalen Brown beating the Knicks in preseason and separately discusses an uncertain commemorative display associated with the Knicks.[4][5]

The Bill Simmons Podcast mentions the Knicks hypothetically in a discussion of alleged accounting fraud and possible lawsuits, while Cyclone Fanatic Pregame uses them in a simulated-game anecdote.[6][7]

Sources · 7 moments

  1. 1.
    Fearless with Jason Whitlock · Ep 1252 | Heartbreak: A’ja Wilson Vanquishes Caitlin Clark & Kelsey Mitchell
    Shemeka Michelle · Oct 2 · Listen at 48:57 ↗
    “I think to, to raise you one, Scap, you kind of— in NBA terms, you look at what the New York Knicks put around Jalen Brunson. They didn't go get another— they didn't go get a 5'10 scoring guard next to Jalen Brunson. They went and got guys”
  2. 2.
    Fearless with Jason Whitlock · Ep 1255 | Shedeur Sanders Exposed Himself on Sideline and Sidelined Lamar Jackson Courts Contract Trouble
    James Dodds · Oct 7 · Listen at 26:18 ↗
    “yourself, you either go all in or you leave with nothing. Nobody, most of the time when they tend to bet on their self, when it comes to terms of sports, will say midseason, hey, all right, I'm going to, you know, take a discount here. Look”
  3. 3.
    Fearless with Jason Whitlock · Ep 1254 | NFL Penalties Explode, League Suspends Two Refs and Bears Legend Attacks Female Cop
    Jason Whitlock · Oct 6 · Listen at 23:22 ↗
    “and I connect it to Charles Oakley. Charles Oakley, for the last 15, 20 years, has run around, I'm a former Knicks player and I was an all-time great Knick, and there's a way James Dolan and the New York Knicks and Madison Square Garden sho”
  4. 4.
    Pardon My Take · Eli Manning, Ryen Russillo Talking CFB, Falcons Dominant MNF Win, Playoff Baseball And Listener Takes
    Eric Sollenberger · Oct 7 · Listen at 56:27 ↗
    “Jalen Brown cooked the Knicks last night. No, and you guys don't even want to say anything about that.”

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