Dean of Knicks Film School. Girl Dad. Recovering lawyer. Words: knicksfilmschool.substack.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mjfhxjcfhc2bSome early thoughts on the Hawks series, plus a look at the parallels between the Knicks' current rise to prominence and their ascension to a championship team more than 50 years ago. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/its-atlanta https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/its-atlanta13 Apr 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfhxjcfhc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mj5ict6ius2bIncredible work in the KFS Newsletter comments today:10 Apr 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5ict6ius2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mitjbrrlns2bWith one week left in the regular season, I did a deep dive into all of the possible seeding and matchup permutations involving the Knicks, including a look at the four 1st round opponents most in play, and how they wind up facing each one. https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/the-home-stretch-18e06 Apr 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitjbrrlns2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mign2o53nc2bThe Knicks did Knicks shit again. https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/were-not-trending-upwards01 Apr 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mign2o53nc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mhldht76pk2bNeve a good sign when I compare a Knicks game to a venereal disease. https://open.substack.com/pub/knicksfilmschool/p/dangerous-games?r=15m8l&utm_medium=ios21 Mar 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhldht76pk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mhgtnd5tzc2hWent deep on a ton of OG Anunoby stats today, including one about his combination of dunks and threes which is only matched by one other NBA player (and not an All-Defense caliber one) https://open.substack.com/pub/knicksfilmschool/p/the-og-ascendance?r=15m8l&utm_medium=ios19 Mar 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgtnd5tzc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mh6o2ksjf22gToday's KFS Newsletter features 6 thoughts on another frustrating Knicks win seen through 6 quotes from the Best Picture of the Year. https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/one-battle-after-another16 Mar 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6o2ksjf22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mgzhvsekh22gMitchell Robinson has been an incredible rebounder for almost the entirety of his 8-year Knicks career, and yet he might never have had a better rebounding game than he did last night. Boy did the Knicks need it. https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/money-mitch-27d14 Mar 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzhvsekh22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mgx4dfvoec2gFor today's Knicks Film School newsletter, I wrote about a fascinating season from Karl-Anthony Towns (is it now underrated?) and why we've seen a scoring resurgence from him over the last several weeks. https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/the-secret-to-kats-resurgence13 Mar 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgx4dfvoec2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mgiarcxxj22eThe Knicks took us to church. https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/going-to-church07 Mar 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgiarcxxj22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mg3nq6otdc2zThe Knicks gave us their best defensive performance of the season against a team that averaged 125 points in February and hadn't lost in a month. Because of course they did. https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/the-knicks-of-course02 Mar 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3nq6otdc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3melztc4res2zJalen Brunson had an off night down the stretch against Indiana, but was his decision-making poor on top of his execution? I went back and examined the last 10 minutes of Knicks Pacers to show why some of the criticism has been unwarranted: https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/f-around-and-find-out11 Feb 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3melztc4res2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3meh34vmiic25JO-SE, JO-SE JO-SE JO-SE....JO-SE...JO-SE.... Some thoughts on the debut of a Brooklyn kid born to be a Knick, a precocious 20-year-old turning heads, and the Knicks best defensive performance of the season: knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/super-sunday https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/super-sunday09 Feb 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3meh34vmiic25https://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3me4n2jn6ws25Among every player in the NBA who has never made an All-Star team, no one has been with their team longer than Mitchell Robinson. Last night, he gave us a reminder of why he should be a Knick for life. Not that we needed one. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/crazy-eighth https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/crazy-eighth05 Feb 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4n2jn6ws25https://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mdzvgdqxt225A double dip in today's KFS Newsletter, looking at New York's 7th straight win through the lens of an active trade day at the top of the Eastern Conference. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/7th-heaven https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/7th-heaven04 Feb 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzvgdqxt225https://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mdnhvjvakk2lThe final segment of Jonas Plaut's 4-part Knicks Trade Deadline Deep Dive is up on the KFS Substack. Fantastic overview of the Giannis situation, plus a look at a prospective Naji Marshall trade through the lens of expending vs saving premium assets. https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/and-the-verdict-is30 Jan 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnhvjvakk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mdldwzttz22gI wrote about the best win of the Knicks season, and the crazy day of news and rumors that preceded it. https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/what-a-day-d5429 Jan 2026 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdldwzttz22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mdgbaegjdk2gMega Knicks Trade Deadline Preview ICYMI, zooming in on two named trade targets while also zooming out to explore how the front office is balancing the competing interests of winning now vs maintaining position for Giannis this summer. https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/setting-the-trade-deadline-stage27 Jan 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdgbaegjdk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mdb437z6yk2gThe Knicks got one win and inflicted 17 heart attacks last night. I wrote about all of it. https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/escape-from-philadelphia25 Jan 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdb437z6yk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3md3q7stamk2gFor today's KFS Newsletter, contributor Jonas Plaut tackles the topic of the NBA's Secondary Star, and why competing factors have suddenly made their value - to their teams and around the league - extremely tricky. https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/knicks-trade-deadline-deep-dive-part-5b323 Jan 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3md3q7stamk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mczigwxzws2kAs far as Get Well games go, you won't find many better than what the Knicks did to the Nets last night. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/a-win https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/a-win22 Jan 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczigwxzws2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mcfe4ihmlk27The Knicks best player is...Deuce McBride? That's what the advanced stats say. In today's special edition of the KFS Newsletter, former Mavs & Suns analyst Jerry Engelmann explains why our gut feeling about Deuce has been right all along. https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/deuce-mcbride-demands-your-respect14 Jan 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfe4ihmlk27https://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mcd4rloukc27Do the Knicks have a distribution problem? Their recent win in Portland featured the most even shot distribution of the season. Is it a hint at what they should be doing differently? I dove into the numbers to find the answer. https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/egalitarian-offense13 Jan 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcd4rloukc27https://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mcae4bkjac24LOTS of big takeaways from last night's Knicks win, including the return of Josh Hart, a season-best performance from Mitch, some great 4th quarter defense, and of course, a certain All-Star who wasn't on the court for the close of the game. https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/blazing-a-new-trail-0e112 Jan 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcae4bkjac24https://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mbykp4pe6s24Really fun deep dive into some potential Knicks guard targets ahead of the trade deadline by Jonas Plaut today, including the rumored Jose Alvarado, who checks boxes both on the court and on the balance sheet, but doesn’t come without questions. https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/knicks-trade-deadline-deep-dive-part-58909 Jan 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbykp4pe6s24https://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3mbh4oaiyyc24You'll read a lot of Knicks trade deadline stuff before Feb. 6, but you won't read anything as good as this. In today's KFS Newsletter, Jonas Plaut gives an overview on how & why this deadline will be Leon Rose's most challenging & important one to date. https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/knicks-trade-deadline-deep-dive-part02 Jan 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbh4oaiyyc24https://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3ma6rsdl7mk2kI was in MSG when the Spurs held a trophy at the Knicks' expense in 1999, so last night was a long time coming. And while it doesn't make up for '99 or 53 years of futility, don't let anyone take away your joy as a Knicks fan today. This one was for us. knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/champs https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/champs17 Dec 2025 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma6rsdl7mk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3m7awopqaik2fExcited to be joined by Nathan Grubel of noceilingsnba.bsky.social on NBA Takedown LIVE at noon. We're ranking the Top 5 Most Intriguing Rookies & Sophomores in the NBA. Join us on the NBA Takedown YouTube channel, and we'll get to your comments during the show: https://www.youtube.com/live/qd_2sHh0ZRM?si=4wedGnlcfJ2MoTvf05 Dec 2025 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7awopqaik2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3m74kzs5moc2dSome initial thoughts on where today's Giannis Antetokounmpo report leaves the Knicks, why it doesn't help their cause, and what (if anything) they'd need to do to get in the race for the 2-time MVP (and whether it would be worth the trouble). https://knicksfilmschool.substack.com/p/breaking-the-writing-is-on-the-wall03 Dec 2025 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m74kzs5moc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanmacri.bsky.social/post/3m6zdeywf5c2tThanks to Gallo for: A) being a good, fun Knick that gave fans hope, albeit too briefly B) several years later, helping me land @howardbeck.bsky.social as my first big KFS guest after Howard and I went back and forth on social media about whose contract was worse, Gallinari or Tim Hardaway Jr. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Dec 2025 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:rvffopjouo2kuacijd7qfqzu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zdeywf5c2t