The SportsEthos New York Knicks Podcast

Seth Partnow, author of The Midrange Theory, contributor to The Athletic, former Director of Basketball Research for the Milwaukee Bucks and currently the Data Science Manager-NBA-PENN Interactive gives his valuable insights into the Knicks/Pacer series. Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe.

Steve Popper, Knicks beat writer and columnist for Newsday, joins the pod to share his insights as the Knicks look to close out the Celtics in Boston. Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe.

Dexter Henry, of the NY Post, joins the pod to discuss the Knicks' commanding 3-1 series lead over the Celtics. New York is now one win away from getting to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in 25 years. Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe.

Sure, you wanted to beat Cleveland but we're 100% in the diminishing returns portion of the season. Can't describe a team as lacking depth and then expect them to beat one of the best teams in the league on the second half of a back to back. Focusing on some takeaways... Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe.

PJ Tucker officially joins the squad. Bench presence is sorely needed but there may still be a need in the rotation, at the very least insurance- is he that too? Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe.

Down more than a few players here but it's hard to give them excuses for some of the issues that have persisted all year. Maybe some cruise control...which is mostly fine but not a lot of reason to believe that's all it is. Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe.

Process, process, process....season's winding down and even with signs of life on defense, cohesion top to bottom seems to still be lacking. Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe.

I talked about the defense starting to cook weeks ago but the offense is still lagging behind. Why the defensive turnaround? Jalen is getting too much blame and Mitch may be getting too much credit. Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe.

Signs of life if you move past simply looking at wins and losses but adjustments, adjustments, adjustments- so many needed but not huge moves at the end of the day. Will we see them? Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe.

Draymond Green running his mouth may have flipped a switch for this team because like Ashley Nicole Moss said, it's clearly- NY vs Everybody & it's time they start playing like that. Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe.

Undisciplined play and approach lost this game. Still searching for a foundation to count on every night. Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe.

Roommates pod was full of gems as far as the state of the Knicks. This Philly game showed that there may be some lingering effects of the devastating Boston loss, Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe.

Welp!! Looks like Mitch will indeed be the starting center and maybe as soon as this weekend. Let's get into what it looks like and how we got here. Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe.

Commitment to effort, focus & smart offense seems to be the missing ingredient, but why is it so elusive? Feels like simple fixes are needed before personnel changes but here they are- struggling to even keep games close against the best teams. How is this real life? Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe.

Mitch isn't the savior you all think he is...no he shouldn't start and no he shouldn't finish most games but his 20-25 mins can be the difference against a lot of opponents. However, too many folks are not valuing what Josh Hart brings to this lineup and it shows. Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe.

Starts with KAT. Getting into spacing issues as well but if the defense is there, there's always the opportunity to figure it out offensively but being food on defense will keep this team out of contention before anything else. Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe.

What if I told you the big trade deadline moves were made before the season. Lots of nonsense takes for a team that was pretty much settled on the fact that a returning Mitch was their big acquisition. Knicks can fill their biggest need in a couple weeks but here's why this was deadline was perfectly fine for the team. Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't for...

Another one bites the dust as the aggressive defense, pace and ball movement continues and the squad is looking like they're hitting their stride. Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe.

Will the positive trends continue? What's been the key to success for the Knicks looking so much better? Mikal Minutes? Thibs changing? Bench? Diving in... Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe.

May not be reflected in this tough Memphis game-Mem is essentially the Bizarro version of the Knicks with probably too many advantages for NY to overcome. Win or lose, you're seeing some things trending in the right direction and more and more evidence Thibs is starting to make some needed adjustments. Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share...

Adjustments finally made. Even in the Minn loss, there were positive changes made defensively, schematically. Why'd this take so long??? Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe

The team is deeply unserious defensively and the rest of the league knows it. Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe

Yeah....agendas maybe behind some of the poor play of the team according to Josh....issues mounting for this team that thinks they're a contender. Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe

Some clarity on the minutes police & how there's really no good excuse for the one rotation change not happening that most are overlooking & needs more explanation. Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe

Yeah listen, I've never been the minutes police but I may have submitted an application to the reserves after this Orlando game. Thibs is the midst of an epic stubborn streak that has cost the Knicks a couple games this new year and there's no excuse for it. Time to pull it together. Follow us on Twitter  @EthosKnicks  for more quality content. Don't forget to Like Share and Subscribe