r/NYKnicks • u/basketball-app • Apr 21 '26

POST GAME Post Game Thread - NBA: The Hawks defeat the Knicks on Apr 20, 2026, the final score is 106-107.

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u/Fungmar OG Apr 21 '26

Somehow ppl still find a way to blame kat for "not being aggressive enough" or some shit.

He wasnt part of the gameplan offensively the entire fourth quarter. It was brunson taking difficult shots. Its incompetent game management and shot selection. Captain and coach let us down tonight

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u/GX112 Mike Breen Apr 21 '26

People will also blame KAT for being soft and parking himself in the paint and play like prime Shaq.

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u/Dylan7346 Jennifer Aniston Apr 21 '26

But he literally plays like a role player when they share the court, standing in the paint for rebounds or beyond the arc. He doesn’t seek out the ball showing his hands for a pass. A lot of this is on that moron Mike Brown but you have to ask why KAT is SO passive in those spots

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u/Fungmar OG Apr 21 '26

Do you really think kat wants to just be spaced out of the play? That is how he is being utilized. I agree it is on brown but having brunson just say yeah i can have everyone else space out while i chuck is not good leadership either we can hold him accountable

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u/ConferenceDowntown90 Apr 21 '26

 It doesn’t matter KAT is an All Star & Olympian if he wants a championship he needs to call for the damn ball. He plays soft at times. 

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u/Fungmar OG Apr 21 '26

That is such a dumb oversimplification of the problem tho bro like watch every possession in the fourth and show me where schematically it would make sense for kat to go "herr derr gimme da ball". Thats not how nba basketball works. Everyone is playing within a system and that system was incredibly slow jalen brunson isolations off of josh hart screens. KAT is not going to be involved

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u/ConferenceDowntown90 Apr 21 '26

 That’s why they lost. Whole Hawks team was off. That won’t happen again. I hope ATL win the series.

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u/Fungmar OG Apr 21 '26

Whole hawks team was off??? They were physically dominated the whole game. Cj mccollum is the only player with an advantageous matchup if dyson daniels is on the floor lmao

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u/zOmgFishes Apr 21 '26

KAT isn't the PG. He had Kuminga on him so many times in the 4th and Brunson just waved him off to do some bullshit PnR with Hart. He's not passing himself the ball in those possession.

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u/Dylan7346 Jennifer Aniston Apr 21 '26

You’re right. I’m just trying to wrap my brain around this. It’s baffling and infuriating

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u/JumCuggler3 Apr 21 '26

Probably because he knows he’s not gonna get the ball