This Week in Knicks Social Media: Hoodie Melo Forever

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Hello, Fall babies! Let’s look at some fun stuff!

2017, for all its vicissitudes, did at least gave us the Summer of Hoodie Melo. From numerous black-ops pickup games,

to NBA 2K18 recognition,

to social media campaigns, to legendary endorsements,

Hoodie Melo was everywhere.

Carmelo has even publicly embraced his Hoodie persona:

and although I’m not 100% sure about this IKEA version of Hoodie Melo, it’s an interesting contrast to Burkini Melo:

Carmelo himself likes Burkini Melo enough to change his profile pic:

But lest you worry that Hoodie Melo will be a flash in the pan, a one-generation phenomenon, Kiyan Anthony is here to carry on the family tradition:

Notice however, even though it’s #hoodieszn, Melo went bareheaded to talk some real talk to the haters at ESPN:

I like the idea of Melo with a chip on his shoulder, as long as he’s a Knick. Otherwise it’s kind of scary!

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Across the pond and away from Melodrama, our young EuroKnicks are slanging their way around EuroBasket.

There are the typical posts: Our young unicorn looking a like a slightly less young unicorn:

Our dear Kuz hitting buzzer-beaters with panache:

And young Willy heading to the semi-finals:

And then there’s the good stuff. Like Willy Hernangomez’s continuing bromance with Future Knick Luka Doncic, officially sanctioned when he retweeted this:

And then went on an IG Live quest for Future Knick Luka:

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Maybe Willy can just bring Luka home with him and he can just put on a uniform and start playing and no one will notice? We’ll tell them Luke Kornet got a little smaller. What’s the worst that could happen?

Mindaugas Kuzminskas, perhaps separated from his Wife during EuroBasket, has reverted to his trolling ways.

Cheese starts off mild on Kristaps:

But must have been annoyed by Willy’s honest good wishes, and so he set his sights on Hernangomez, who was glad to blame KP:

But Kuz saved his best for former Knick and current Team USA Americup champion Marshall Plumlee, who’s always happy to snap back:

Let’s end with Luke Kornet, who is not (yet) Luka Doncic but is just waking up to EuroBasket:

Keep up, Luke!