C.J. Holmes

senior writer, @nydailynews.
covering the Nets, coping professionally.

[C.J. Holmes @HolmesScribe]

Before the points ever came, it was the choices that separated him — discipline, ownership, and a standard that showed up every day.

My latest feature on Drake Powell.
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Josh Hart is the Knicks’ imperfect answer to a Finals question
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Rick Brunson’s Knicks Finals story lasted nine seconds.

Tonight, Jalen Brunson gets the role his father never had: the chance to lead New York to the finish.

On a father, a son and a Knicks story 27 years in the making.
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Before the Knicks reached the NBA Finals, Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Mikal Bridges learned what winning required at Villanova.

Tomorrow night, that old foundation meets the biggest stage of their NBA lives.
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“They definitely want to beat me, and I want to kick their ass."

Knicks chase first title since 1973 as Victor Wembanyama, Spurs stand in their way

Series preview:
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Just touched down in San Antonio. CJ’s got you covered on Knicks today

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Mike Brown is back in the Finals as a head coach, but not as the same coach who first got there.

Steve Kerr saw the growth. Luke Loucks called it evolution. Brown is the sum of every stop that brought him to New York.
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Josh Hart is the Knicks’ imperfect answer to a Finals question
https://t.co/lNNxJyfSYU

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The Knicks were built for this stage.

They reached it not just because the pieces fit, but because the players accepted the roles required to make them fit.

How the Knicks became the Finals team they were built to be.
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4 straight test simulations with the new lottery system applied to this year's standings:

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The New York Knicks will donate hundreds of free tickets to underprivileged youth throughout New York City for the 2026 NBA Finals.

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Mikal Bridges hasn’t missed an NBA game, but his career keeps getting rerouted by ambition.

Phoenix traded him for Kevin Durant.

Brooklyn tried to make him a franchise face.

The Knicks asked him to be exactly who he is, and that’s why he’s back in the NBA Finals.
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The New York Knicks.

Your New York Knicks.

Are going to the NBA Finals.

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Mikal Bridges is going (back) to the NBA Finals.

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Kenny Atkinson says the goal tonight is to beat the Knicks to “create doubt” within their minds going back to MSG for Game 5.

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Story for @NYDNSports on Sabrina Ionescu's expected #Liberty season debut. Plus notes on Anneli Maley and the team's improving health. https://t.co/WZ6UumthUc

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@ESPNInsights @espn core memory

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They dared Josh Hart to shoot. Then they dared him again. Then they dared him five too many times.
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They dared Josh Hart to shoot. Then they dared him again. Then they dared him five too many times.
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Both of my worlds are colliding here: Liberty head coach Chris DeMarco, who was at Knicks-Cavs Game 1, says he's closely watching the series which features two ex-Warriors staff mates — Kenny Atkinson & Mike Brown

DeMarco also added comments after Mike Brown said post-Game 1 that Golden State tracked how many dribbles James Harden had per game in a playoff series years ago.

"In that specific series with Houston it was about having James heavily handle the ball."
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