Grueling opening stretch among top takeaways for Knicks’ 2024-25 schedule
NY Post
It’s Christmas for basketball fans in August.
The NBA released the full 2024-25 schedule Thursday.
Here are five takeaways on the Knicks’ slate:
The schedule makers did the Knicks no favors early on.
Seven of their first 10 games are on the road, starting with opening night against the defending champion Celtics on Oct. 22.
It includes a four-game, four-city road trip that starts in Miami against the Heat on Oct. 30 and wraps up in Atlanta against the Hawks on Nov. 6.
Every game the Rangers have played recently has come with seismic implications.
Steve Cohen is fast approaching a billion-dollar outlay this offseason, and the Mets’ work isn’t done.
Tank Dell’s knee injury is bad enough that it could put his status in doubt for the start of the 2025 season.
The Jets want to get the fourth-most-targeted receiver in the NFL more involved in their offense.
ATLANTA — The Giants are a franchise bleeding despair right now.
Folks have been clamoring for Peter Laviolette to meaningfully reduce Mika Zibanejad’s minutes and that is what the Rangers head coach has done over the last week.
The Phillies are fortifying their already strong rotation.
The Knicks are saying hello again to Landry Shamet.
Mike LaFleur wore a postgame smile Sunday that was seldom seen when he called MetLife Stadium his full-time home.
NEW ORLEANS — The Pelicans’ ballboy was caught up in an act of trickery that resulted in a technical foul.
Saturday wasn’t Tom Brady’s finest hour in the booth.