NY Knicks: The 3 biggest strengths of the Knicks’ roster

Depth is a huge strength for the NY Knicks

As I was alluding to in the previous slide, the Knicks are one of if not THE deepest team in the league today.

Every team has to have the “Next Man Up” mentality but sometimes, it’s not by choice.

The Knicks are one of very few teams that even if they had some major pieces missing a substantial amount of time, the replacements and reserves on the roster wouldn’t miss a beat until the other guy came back healthy.

Just consider this breakdown as an example…

The Point Guards are of course Derrick Rose and Kemba Walker. If this was 5 or 6 years ago, aside from the fact that it wouldn’t make any sense to have two PGs of that caliber on the same team, the Knicks would be favorites to win it all every year.

But as we know, both Rose and Walker are shells of their former selves. Even with that said, they’re still both very dangerous and can single-handily win the Knicks games.

If either of them were to have to rest, Immanuel Quickley moonlights as a Point Guard as well, but if Thibs wanted to keep him in his off-ball role, then rookie Miles ‘Deuce’ McBride is technically the 3rd string PG.

After a strong showing during the Summer League and a flash here and there during the preseason, Deuce can hold down the fort if need be.

Then we move over to the Shooting Guard position where the Knicks have Evan Fournier who took the team on his back and won the game for the Knicks on Opening Night.

Behind him, they have of course Immanuel Quickley and yet another rookie who has had a few strong showings in Quentin Grimes.

Albeit in pretty limited minutes, Grimes is already making the case for him to get into the rotation sooner than later.

At SF the depth chart looks like RJ Barrett, Alec Burks, and a combination of either Grimes or Knox depending on the matchup.

At the PF position, the Knicks have one of the strongest one-two punches in the league at this spot between Julius Randle and Obi Toppin.

Obi has been playing like a man possessed so far this season and I know it’s gonna be difficult having to find him playing time this year but if he can keep up this level of basketball moving forward, he’ll give Thibs no choice but to find him time on the court.

And lastly, the Knicks’ Center rotation might be one of the strongest depth charts in league history.
I’m speaking here with no actual statistical proof but just from the looks of it, it’s incredible.

The Knicks have been without both Taj Gibson and Nerlens Noel so far this year and have been able to hold their own with a returning Mitchell Robinson who hasn’t played basketball in what feels like nearly a year and rookie Jericho Sims.

As long as the Knicks have any of those two guys healthy, doesn’t matter who, they should be fine throughout the regular season.