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The New York Knicks are less than a week away from the trade deadline, and based on their current trajectory and past moves, they should be aggressive ahead of

New York will try to keep its four-game home win streak alive when the Knicks play Los Angeles. The teams match up Saturday for the first time this season.

Mitchell Robinson is currently in his seventh season with the New York Knicks. However, the veteran center has yet to appear in a game due to injury. He is coming off a season where he averaged 5.6 points,

New York doesn’t have to do anything between now and the trade deadline to reach its goals. The Knicks have been fine with the roster as is. With that said, the sense around the league is that the Knicks will do something minor in order to bolster their bench, whether sooner by getting a player back in a trade or later in the buyout market.

There was a point in the regular season this year when the New York Knicks had one of the worst defenses in all of basketball - a strange sight to see under a coach like Tom Thibodeau. Even now, with the group's improvements being significant,

The Denver Nuggets will face the New York Knicks in this NBA matchup at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, January 29th.WATCH: Nuggets vs Knicks Live | Stream free on FuboNikola Jokic is putting together an all-time season,

The Denver Nuggets are continuing their five-game road trip Wednesday night with a stop in New York to take on the Knicks. Wednesday's game will be the second a

but his absence shouldn't have a noticeable impact on New York's rotation Wednesday. The swingman's next chance to be available for the Knicks arrives in Saturday's showdown against the Lakers.

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"I don't want to talk about the future," Karl-Anthony Towns said. "I want to talk about the present. I want to talk about right now and be the best team we can be because I have a lot of experience. If you can take care of the present,