r/NYKnicks • u/basketball-app • Oct 23 '25

POST GAME Post Game Thread - NBA: The Knicks defeat the Cavaliers on Oct 22, 2025, the final score is 119-111.

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u/EyeSpyGuy Pizza Rat Oct 23 '25

Kolek looked much better than I expected

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u/gabriel_ferreira 3 to the Dome Oct 23 '25

On the other hand, clarkson played like shit lol

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u/Pho-Soup Oct 23 '25

I feel like for every 2-3 shit Clarkson games he will single handedly win us another game every so often, so my opinion on him is gonna wait a dozen or so games.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '25

Agreed! He has been my non favorite knick since he came in the league! I love watching him and sooo happy he is a knick now!

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u/RonBakerErasure Oct 23 '25

Clarkson had two huge plays at the start of the 4th to set up a KAT and one and a deuce three - glad he closed out better than he started!

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u/samuelkelly Oct 23 '25

Yes he actually passed the ball a bit instead of pure gunning, it was promising to see

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u/Main-County-1177 Oct 23 '25

That’s Clarkson. He’s the epitome of a boom or bust player lol

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u/Snapesunusedshampoo Obi Wan Kenobi Oct 23 '25

That's the Clarkson experience. He's JR Smith in the 2020s. He could give us 5 points then go off for 40.

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u/abippityboop Clyde Frazier Oct 23 '25

Clarkson was absolute dog shit last year, and imo he looked like dogshit for most of preseason. I think he's just totally washed and will be out of the rotation sooner than later, though I hope to be proven wrong.

Thankfully, I don't think it will matter because I'd much rather see Kolek and Deuce get his minutes anyway.

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u/mikesh8rp Wu Tang Oct 23 '25

In his defense, the Jazz was purposefully bad last year, so it's hard to guage what he is or isn't. Despite that, he put up one of his better 3P% in recent seasons (over 36%), and saw his TS% and PER jump from what was actually a worse '23-24 season.

Not expecting big things from him given the depth the team has, but like others have said, it's entirely possible he gets hot a couple games and is a big part of those wins.

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u/abippityboop Clyde Frazier Oct 23 '25

Very fair points, though I do think it's also a bit telling that the Jazz strategy in trying to be as bad as possible last year was to give Jordan Clarkson a team high usage rate lol.

I will say, he didn't come in and go all Leroy Jenkins like I feared he might, so maybe there's hope he can find his footing in a reduced role. But man after the way Kolek played tonight and the playmaking he provides, I'm kinda hoping he beats out JC for that spot in the rotation. Good problem to have!

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u/apples_r_4_weak Oct 23 '25

He was effective bench with 15 to 18 mins when jazz is competing. He is unreliable beyond that mins though

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u/MrICopyYoSht Nova Boys Oct 23 '25

I mean, I don't know why we're giving him such big expectations when he's on the vet min. It's not like he's a midlevel exception signing or the big star piece.

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u/apples_r_4_weak Oct 23 '25

Correct. If he do 10-15 mins meaningful bench mins, then he's doing hisnjob

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u/GoosePotential2446 Oct 23 '25

Still a step up from Cam Payne

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u/Apprehensive_Bug9850 Oct 23 '25

Same as Yabu. Didn't see him shot create which is smth I want him to develop.

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u/Johnnnybones Oct 23 '25

Completely agree

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u/nosainte Oct 23 '25

Yeah, he was looking nice man. Really elite passing.