Justin Edwards

New York Knicks defense

Who guards him, then team ratings and what they allow to forwards.

Who guards him

Last season (2025-26): no defender on this roster has guarded him for 5+ partial possessions this season yet. Jalen Brunson has guarded him most: 20.3 partial possessions, 2 points on 1 of 4.

• Jalen BrunsonGsoft
  20.3 poss · 2 pts · 1 of 4 FG
• Mohamed DiawaraF
  14.6 poss · 6 pts · 2 of 3 FG
• Jordan ClarksonG
  7.9 poss · 2 pts · 0 of 0 FG
• Jose AlvaradoG
  6.4 poss · 0 pts · 0 of 1 FG
• Tyler KolekG
  5.4 poss · 0 pts · 0 of 0 FG

2025-26 matchups · roster as of Oct 30 · defender ratings as of Oct 30. Tough, average or soft is the defender's own FG% allowed against the league (top, middle or bottom third), shown only for defenders in the league ranking.

Team defense

New York Knicks: the 13th-best defense at a slow pace; about average against forwards on points.

Allowed-to-forwards figures use 2025-26 (last season), 253 forward-games against NY · team ratings over 5 games, snapshot 2026-10-30.

5 meetings on record: 5.6 points, 1.0 rebounds, 0.4 assists per game (last on May 10). The vs NY window above shows each game.

NY injury report · Oct 30

• Jose Alvarado · Out

Lineup context

Team ratings with him on and off the floor, then points per game with and without his top teammates by minutes.

On and off

The team is 3.1 points per 100 possessions worse with him on the floor (small sample: under 100 minutes on one side).

• Net rating
  On · 0 min0.0
  Off · 192 min3.1

Points per 100 possessions · 1 game · as of Oct 26.

With and without teammates

Fewer than 5 games with PHI this season, so last season (2025-26) is used.

• Tyrese Maxey
  With4.6 · 61 games
  Without11.4 · 12 games
• VJ Edgecombe
  With5.5 · 67 games
  Without7.8 · 6 games
• Dominick BarlowOut
  With5.7 · 62 games
  Without5.7 · 11 games

Teammate availability from the injury report as of Oct 30.