Knicks To Open Season Oct. 22 at Champion Boston Celtics: New York Tracker

AUG 12 BEATS The New York Knicks will open the 2024-25 season on the road against ...

The Celtics, who will host the Knicks on Oct. 22. ... on a night when we assume the Celtics will raise Banner No. 18 and receive their rings befitting their NBA Finals win.

The Celtics ruled last year from wire to wire, no doubt. Meanwhile, the Knicks finished second in the Eastern Conference last season behind the Celtics.

Jalen Brunson-led New York traded for Mikal Bridges during the offseason to muscle up in their chances of surpassing Boston this year.

AUGUST 6 DOUBLE 0 JACKSON After playing for Nikola Jokic for the last two seasons, Reggie Jackson will now suit up with his "rival" Joel Embiid. Jackson signed with the Philadelphia 76ers, after a contract buyout with the Charlotte Hornets. Jackson averaged 9.8 points in two seasons with the Nuggets, and won a championship in 2023.

Jackson selected a peculiar jersey number for his new team.

See the jersey number here .

AUG 4 HART RESPECTS LYLES Olympic track and field sprinter Noah Lyles went viral when he discredited the NBA Finals last year. But, Lyles just won a gold medal in Paris, and New York Knicks forward Josh Hart took to social media to give the Olympian his respect.

"Lol na he an Olympic gold medalist. He can talk for life," Hart said in a recent post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Not many people get to say that they are an Olympic gold medalist, but whenever anyone talks trash to Lyles ever again, he can say that and end the conversation.

AUG 4 POWER OF FRIENDSHIP The New York Knicks are going all in on winning the NBA Finals this season, and Josh Hart appeared in a recent stream on XSET and talked about how the team will get it done.

"We're gonna have a very good season just with the power of friendship," Hart said.

The team made one of the biggest moves of the offseason when they acquired Mikal Bridges from the Brooklyn Nets . This gives the Knicks four former Villanova Wildcats, and they will be looking to use that chemistry to help propel them through this season.