Last-Minute News, Rumors, Reports before New York Knicks Milwaukee Bucks Game

The Milwaukee Bucks are 1-9. They have lost six straight games, and on Tuesday, they walk into Madison Square Garden while the Knicks are staring at three games in four nights, and Josh Hart is dealing with an ankle injury. If you asked me to design a perfect game for the Knicks right now, I could not do better than this one. This is the spot where you take care of business. Rest guys who need it and hand out some extra minutes to younger players. So in this video, we're going to talk about the latest news and reports, exactly why the Knicks win, why they should sit some of their veterans, and why a blowout means we will see more Dalton Connect and how the NBA just absolutely blessed the Knicks with this scheduling right here. And guys, if you want more Knicks content every single day, hit subscribe. We have 28,137 subscribers and are heading... For 30k before the year ends. let's start with Josh Hart because we did just come out with an update on him yesterday because everything also flows through him in a lot of ways he's missed two games including Saturday in Cleveland with right ankle soreness he's questionable for Tuesday a game time decision and Mike Brown called the injury nothing major Hart is aiming to avoid missing a third straight game but notice the other number the Knicks play three games in four nights starting on Tuesday and the Knicks did not need him in Cleveland they won 109-97 Jalen Brunson at 31 points and nine assists Anthony Towns had 29 points and 13 rebounds, and New York closed the first half on a 20-5 run, beating up on Cleveland once again. Brunson was just named the NBA Player of the Week. Before Cleveland, it was 135-105 over Chicago, the game where Dalton Connect made his Knicks debut and put himself on every Knicks fan's radar. Jose Alvarado is healthy again, for missing four straight games with an ankle sprain, and Tyler Kolek has reportedly taken the first guard off the bench job. That's a lot of depth on Tuesday. And a lot of questions we are going to see get answered about that situation there. And look who's coming in. The Bucks lost 121-107 to Toronto on Friday. A Raptors team missing Scottie Barnes, Emmanuel Quickly, and Kawhi Leonard. Milwaukee led through two quarters and still. Lost by 14. Then on Sunday, Boston beat them 117-97. The Bucks led by 14 in the first quarter, and Boston took over from the start of the second, and now they're at six losses in a row. Giannis Antetokounmpo is in Miami now, averaging 27.5 points. Miles Turner is reportedly in trade talks. And against Boston, he had three points on one of eight shooting. That is the roster the Knicks get to face off against. And the Knicks, they're the opposite of the Milwaukee Bucks. 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It helps the channel out a bunch as well. And guys, let's get back into the video. Here's why this game is not going to be close at all. Tuesday's at the Garden, and the Knicks have been blowing teams out. 30 points over Chicago, 12 over Cleveland, and they went on a 16-4 run in the third quarter after a 20-5 run in the second quarter. Let's start at the backcourt. Tyler Kolek has 21 assists and zero turnovers through his first three games, and he leads the NBA at 9.0 assists per turnover ratio per Tommy Beer. The Knicks were plus 26 in his 87 minutes, according to reports as well. And here's a comment from ButcherBaker1001. I love saying Kolek is when you need to change the pace of the offense. Alvarado is when you need to change the pace on the defense. The game will decide who will play, not to mention injuries. And that's exactly it. Depth is the whole point. And Ojo and Obi scored 15 in Cleveland, and he just passed Latrell Sprewell for 15th all time in Knicks three-pointers made with 386. The starters are humming, and the bench has so many options that great players are getting DNPs. Toronto was without three starters on Friday and still got 27 from R.J. Barrett. 27 from Elijah Martin and a career-high 16 assists from Jamal Shedd. If the Raptors' backups and R.J. Barrett are going to carve up this defense, shout-out to R.J. He's obviously great when he has the ball in his hands. Imagine Brunson and Towns. Now there's the other side of things. The Bucks start Tyler Herro, Braden Barries, Kyle Kuzma, Hami Hakez, and Ryan Rollins per Shepard Express a whole lot. And on top of that, obviously, we do see them go to the bigger side of it too. Obviously, Myles Turner, guys like that, Kahlil Ware. and Herro had 23 points and 10 assists against Toronto. Kuzma had 27 against Boston. Kahlil Ware is at 9.6 points and 7.7 rebounds. And Turner is at 7.6 and 5.8. They shoot 39.1% from three so far. So the shots do go in. What's missing are the stops. And an answer once a game gets away. And the Knicks are the team that makes those games get away. So here's the recipe for Tuesday. Brunson doing what he did in Cleveland. 31-9, and he's not even going to have to be as active in that game. Towns on the glass, 29-13. Kolek keeping the ball safe, and a closing run like that 20-5 before halftime to really set the Knicks up so the starters don't have to play in the fourth quarter like against Chicago. Win by 20 on Tuesday, and the Knicks bank a game towards that 50-win line without anyone taking a risk that they don't even need. And speaking of risks... They got to sit Josh Hart against the Bucks. It just makes too much sense. He's missed two straight. He's a game-time decision, and Brown said it's nothing major, which is exactly the reason to sit him. If it's nothing major, a few more days costs you nothing, especially against one of the worst teams in the NBA. I'm not a doctor, but I know the math. A 1-9 team at home. The Knicks just won in Cleveland without him. They are on a few days rest, and it's the lowest-risk game on the calendar to give his ankle another day. And the other two games come right behind it inside the same four-night span. Andrew Shabbat has been stepping into Hart's spot, and he had nine points against Cleveland. Mikal Bridges shot three of 12 for seven points in that game, and the Knicks still won by 12. This team, they can survive a quiet Tuesday without any problem. And think about what a rest for Hart gives you in the second and third games of this stretch. He is the one who guards either team's best wing quite often, grabs the rebounds that no one else is trying to grab while keeping everything moving and pushing the pace. Those are games where you need all of that. Not a Tuesday against a team that cannot stop anybody right now. Ankle soreness can turn into something worse when a guy rushes back. You would rather give up one Tuesday against a 1-9 team than lose hard for a stretch later on because he's dealing with ankle soreness much longer. He's the glue guy. Let the glue settle in and harden a little bit. And guys, here's the thing. You should never rush a player back in November at all. This is not a Tom Thibodeau team. This is a championship team that understands rest. This season is long. The 3-in-4 is the start of a heavy stretch. A win over a 1-9 team does not need Josh Hart to happen. Honestly, guys, I just don't see a world where Hart's needed for this game. The Knicks are flowing with Shabbat in the starting lineup, so much so that there is conversation. Putting Shabbat in the starting lineup. And I honestly do think that one of the biggest things here for the Knicks is going to be them just finding their rhythm and flow and continuing to see what works and what doesn't. We know the starting unit works. We know the units with Josh Hart work. Let's try other young players. With Hart out, we get to see more Mohamed Diouara. We get to see more Dalton connect. We get to see the Knicks experiment with stuff. For stuff that's going to work this season. For stuff that's going to work in two months. For stuff that's going to work in two years. This stuff matters. Remember, you're coming off an NBA championship. This is the time to experiment, if we're being honest. And one of the most fun parts about that is if the Garden turns into a blowout right here, we get real Dalton connect minutes again, who's looked awesome. Konnect signed the two-way deal in late October after the Lakers waived him. And in his Knicks debut against Chicago, he played 16 minutes and scored 10 points with seven rebounds on four of six shooting in that 135 to 105 win. Then in Cleveland, he got five minutes and didn't score. Last season with the Lakers, he averaged 4.2 points in 10.2 minutes across 54 games. That's 16 minutes, and his debut was his most in a regular season game since April 7th. And here's what Mathis Bleak 2396 wrote. Another problem our depth provides is that I'd really like to see Konnect get more minutes. I couldn't wait to see him get game time after the pickup, and after that first appearance, it was validated. Coach Brown is gonna have to be a genius of a puppeteer to make sure all that talent is used wisely, And without Josh Hart, it's easier. to do that for a night in November, and the Digest desk has him shooting 56.2% from the field over his last five games, up from the 44.6% before that. It's a small sample, but for a guy who's shooting that well, which is what you really want to see out of him, it's kind of perfect, especially when the game's already won. Mike Brown says he sees Connect as more than just a shooter from deep, which is great. A blowout against the Bucks lets you find out if that's just talk or if Connect really can take it off the dribble more, compared to what the bench got in Cleveland. Jordan Clarkson, former Cav, very briefly, played 14 minutes and scored 9 points. Mohamed Diawara played 14 minutes and scored 2. Andre Drummond played 14 minutes with 8 rebounds. Konnect played 5. So, here's my rule. If the Knicks are up 20 through the fourth quarter, sit the starters for the majority of the fourth quarter. Play them 2 minutes. And as long as things are holding on, put the bench unit, put Diawara in, put Connect in. Have Tyler Kolek run the show. If you want another veteran out there, experiment with the Kolek-Alvarado duo. See if that works. Connect, Diawara, and using James Wiseman is big enough to handle a Milwaukee Bucks team that really is not the world's biggest team. And there's three key things to watch on Tuesday like every single game. One, Hart's status on the injury report because if he's out, then the plan is working. Second. Brunson's minutes, he played 34 in Cleveland and under 30 means a blowout should happen. And honestly, against Chicago, he didn't really have to play a ton in the second half. I don't want to see him play a ton. It just doesn't make sense. You know, let the guys get their rest. They've played a lot of basketball over the last couple of years. Third, the second quarter. Boston took over there on Sunday, and Toronto found its footing in the second half on Friday. If the Knicks start fast, which obviously last year, even in the playoffs, they had trouble with, Milwaukee doesn't have a plan B. The Knicks are going to be able to hold on to the lead for the whole game. So the plan is simple. Beat the 1-9 Bucks, sit Josh Hart, and if it gets ugly, play Dalton Connect, play Mohamed Diawara, screw it, play Pacôme Dadiet a little bit as well. Play all the young guys. Let those two-way guys get on deals. See if Tyler Nickel can get in the game. Use Jaden Akins. The Knicks like him. Let's see what they got there. And overall, this is perfect. The Bucks are 1-9 and cannot stop anybody. The Knicks have depth, and they have enough depth to rest their good players in bad games like Josh Hart. And a blowout is the one night that gives guys like Dalton Connect real runs. Obviously, I mean, connect the most because I think he's the closest to being ready to be an NBA role player. I mean, he already has been as a rookie, but at the same time, I'm just kind of using him as the name when the same matters for guys like Diawara and, you know, in a sense, Kolek, though, he's there. And of course, seeing what we have in Dadiet. And then, on top of that, I do want to shout out the comment of the day in El Guardia Solorio 5651, who said, Kolek's a floor general. Teams are better with a true floor general on the court. Hard to argue with that. So, guys, tell me who you want to see get in this game. Who do you want to see get used for depth purposes? Who should replace Josh Hart in the rotation? Should it be Dalton Connect? Should it be someone else? Let me know in the comments down below. Like this video. Subscribe. Turn on post notifications. Have a great day. Go Knicks.