{"id":242415,"date":"2025-09-20T22:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T22:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/242415\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T22:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T22:03:09","slug":"knicks-superlatives-position-battles-and-top-storylines-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/242415\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks superlatives, position battles and top storylines to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Post\u2019s Stefan Bondy looks at some of the biggest storylines to watch heading into Knicks training camp:<\/p>\n<p>Best battle\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s for a roster spot. As it stands, the Knicks have the cap space to sign just one veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/18\/sports\/how-can-knicks-add-both-malcolm-brogdon-landry-shamet-to-roster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and they\u2019re bringing five into camp on non-guaranteed deals<\/a> \u2014 Malcolm Brogdon, Landry Shamet, Garrison Mathews, Alex Len and Matt Ryan. Brogdon and Shamet are the clear front-runners, but either an injury or inspired play from the competition could change minds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Story to watch develop\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Who will be the fifth starter? We know Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges and OG Anunoby are in the lineup. We don\u2019t know yet if Josh Hart will return at forward. Hart started every opportunity in the regular season, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/26\/sports\/josh-hart-volunteered-to-come-off-bench-for-knicks-in-game-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">but then volunteered for the reserves at the end of the playoffs<\/a>. There are three possible replacement options \u2014 Mitchell Robinson, Miles McBride and Guerschon Yabusele. Much of it depends Mike Brown\u2019s decision for Towns, as either a center or power forward. This could be a situation where Brown announces his intentions on Media Day, removing the drama. Or, it could be a story to follow throughout preseason while Brown experiments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.38753388;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37168519\" width=\"819\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/nba-playoffs-eastern-conference-finals-105217612.jpg\" alt=\"Josh Hart\" class=\"wp-image-37168519\"  \/>Josh Hart volunteered to come off the bench at the end of last year\u2019s playoffs.  Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Coach\u2019s toughest challenge\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Installing his culture with an increasingly influential front office. The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/20\/sports\/the-top-priorities-mike-brown-faces-as-he-enters-knicks-camp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new directive of \u201ccollaboration\u201d <\/a>also means Brown has more cooks in the coaching room, and the tone will be established in training camp.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Post\u2019s Stefan Bondy looks at some of the biggest storylines to watch heading into Knicks training camp:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":242416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[69359,24282,1260,3122,62,2225,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-242415","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-josh-hart","9":"tag-mike-brown","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-new-york-knicks","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-sports-plus","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115238889487109111","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}