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Folks, how can you not be excited for Kevin Knox — aka Knox-turn’al, aka Nasty Knox in your area — after this debut performance. The Knicks rookie caused mass hysteria in the area around Las Vegas and various social media circles with is 22-point performance in a victory against the Canal Street Hawks. Knox also grabbed eight rebounds, got to line eight times, and had two assists.
This was Knox’s first basket as a professional:
Ok then, @KevKnox pic.twitter.com/dZ1OKlxbOh
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) July 7, 2018
Then there was this basket:
Throw it down young fella pic.twitter.com/DjdktALHXQ
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) July 7, 2018
And he’s hitting the deck hard:
Rook ➡️ Rook pic.twitter.com/3TinDc1J9z
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) July 7, 2018
I mean, how can you not love this kid?! You can watch the full highlights here, which I strongly recommend you do.
So, how did Atlanta’s rookie do? Well, let’s just say that French Sinatra put the clamps on him a few times:
Welcome to the NBA Trae Young.
— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) July 7, 2018
Frank Ntilikina puts the clamps on him.#TheFrenchise pic.twitter.com/O6WGwXKN1k
FRANKIE SMOKES TRAE pic.twitter.com/UlbDvvcDJe
— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) July 7, 2018
To be fair to Young, he did have some pretty nifty passes this game:
Vision pic.twitter.com/sfxNqiDtdG
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) July 7, 2018
And let’s not forget about New York’s other rookie, Mitchell Robinson, who had 4 blocks in his professional debut, including this monster one:
MITCHELL R BINSON pic.twitter.com/Y7TKccisPR
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) July 7, 2018
Atlanta’s John Collins did have an impressive 30-point performance in the loss. He was testy with Robinson a number of times and wasn’t afraid to throw down the hammer:
Popcorn, movie, snap a pic pic.twitter.com/rEfB1uzkNz
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) July 7, 2018
In all, it was a rather entertaining game. I’ll be recapping the game in more detail, so stay tuned for that later. Otherwise, THE KNICKS ARE UNDEFEATED!