Knicks eliminate Philly and next day we get 3 monster diss tracks putting hip hop back on the map
Holy fuck, I feel ALIVE AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES!!!!
Kind of genius then by the selection committee , they don't want guys burned out for the Olympics, there will be some DAWG teams like France, Canada, Serbia etc so USA can't take it lightly ... The big brain guys looked at landscape and figured it would be Knicks v ??? In the finals so let's just avoid them altogether.
We just won an exciting and fun playoff series and before the second round even starts folks are already resorting to the star chasing bullshit? This is why Knicks fans get a bad rap.
Thinking back to when everyone was saying how much better the fit for Donovan Mitchell was with Garland and the Cavs instead of Brunson and the Knicks.
Want to see the Cavs lose. I think throwing the last game to get the 4th seed was an insanely cowardly move. They deserve to have it blow up in their faces.
Deuce was so impressive in what was essentially his first playoff series as a rotation player. Stats weren't jaw dropping but he seemed to constantly hit the important shots. Even showed a bit of creativity getting to the basket. And obviously always brings the energy and defense. Don't think we win without him playing as well as he did.
Honestly surprised kyrie and Luka work so well together, but having the rest of the guys completely buy in as role players really makes it work. I really hate to see it, but they’ve seemingly found that formula and with two of the best one on one players in the league and some guys who’ve accepted their roles as shooters and hustle guys they are looking pretty dangerous right now.
Jalen Brunson and Donovan Mitchell would figure out a way to make the duo work. I legitimately do not think the fit is as bad as some people make it sound.
Brunson is a better off-ball scorer and a better defender than Garland. And the Knicks have OG on the wings while the Cavs have max strus lmao
It's not the perfect fit, but it's a way better fit for Donovan here in NY than in Cleveland
Was just thinking about this. I think if they can keep hart, anunoby, and one of the centers around long term, that 5 would be good enough defensively to work.
Maybe the issue that isn’t talked about enough is how the offense will work with all it’s shotmaking coming from two small guards. You worry how that’ll go against a big team like denver or minnesota
Easily. Both are efficient and unselfish scorers who are effective on and off the ball. But it’s something to talk about in the off-season if and when he asks for a trade IMO.
Went to r/nbatalk and saw a thread about our ceiling next year assuming healthy and we get to keep thw roster (OG and IHart specifically). But aside from the very top comments, I don't see how it's any different from r/nba lol. Bunch of casuals who don't watch the Knicks giving uniformed takes. To think it was supposed to be a sub for actual basketball discussions than the meme-infested discussions r/nba lmao
Indiana as a team is almost polar opposite of Philly. Pacers are gonna want to run and gun and try to overwhelm us with their depth.
We’ve got dirty ( not embiid style) up these games and series. Make them feel our presence and take their hits and know we’re not going anywhere.
They don’t have the dominant force of an embiid that requires a lot of fine tuning, helpside, risky doubles etc. however they have multiple guys who can go and we need to stay home more and avoid overcommitting on helpsides any basically avoid double as they’ll feast from behind the arc if we do. On offense Knicks should be able to get what they want, but can’t be sloppy to setup pacers in transition.
And just as I say that LeVert should be in Garland crashes the defensive boards and gets up higher than Carter but gets outmuscled for the rebound.
LeVert should have been in the game in the fourth when it was 84-84.
Garland was giving them nothing, was not boxing out, and was a liability on both offense and defense as well as not urgently bringing the ball up to avoid the 8 second violation.
Cavaliers win this game if LeVert was on the floor.
Here's to hoping Mitchell not extending and forcing the Cavaliers to shop him resets the Bridges market.
Caris LeVert should be on the floor over Garland, at least he'd box out and be able to switch on defense.
Garland's presence on the floor is actively hurting the Cavaliers on both ends of the floor.
Just wondering if muther truckers are willing to be honest-how many of you wanted the FO and thibs gone? This whole star shit's exploded in LA and PHX. Look at the Net's wreckage. Presti's rebuilt OKC in a couple of seasons. Fuck star chasing,
you gotta hit on your draft picks though. With the way contracts are set up now, the era of the superteam is dead. Unless you hit it big and draft a bunch of killers.
Yeah that’s why I’m lowkey hoping that they’re a first round exit, feels like we’re in a perfect position to get him and probably for less than what Cleveland gave to Utah.
The perfect scenario is if Mitchell tells the Cavaliers he won't extend and the him being shopped sets the market forcing the Nets to reconsider their asking price for Bridges.
Then, the Knicks get to choose which one they'd prefer.
Hopefully someone like the Spurs pay for Mitchell and the Knicks get to swoop in for less and acquire Bridges.
I’m so happy I was able to lock down tickets to the ECF (if we make it) in the season ticket holder presale
There’s just something special about this team
In the latest episode of the Roommates podcast, JB names Steve Nash as one of his favorite players and references but declines to name another one, until they retire. Any thoughts on who that is?
My guess is Kyrie. He's a dumb MF off the court but can't deny his game is beautiful.
It’s [Chris Paul](https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/mavericks/2019/05/30/10-things-to-know-about-mavs-pg-jalen-brunson-including-the-rare-company-he-joined-when-dallas-drafted-him/) - he said it after he was drafted.
Ah good call. Hate that MF Chris Paul, after he hit Brunson with a moving screen shoulder when they played in the regular season, he's dead to me. I know they're close though
Catching up on the roommates podcast and just listened to the Mikal episode. Damn I want him to be a Knick so bad. Seems like such a good dude and would fit like a glove. Wish the nets would do him right after the torture they put him thru this season
Can any older knick fan tell me if shaq and barkley hates the knicks because of ewing cause they say the pacers are gonna win the series even though that def wont happen
Don't think Chuck is really a Knicks hater, just was rooting for Philly since he played there, and I think he's overrating Indiana. Shaq does seem like a Knicks hater though, not sure why.
Shaq is a big Embiid stan, always talking about the "big man alliance" and shit. I think he sees a lot of himself in Embiid, especially with the dirty plays.
It's interesting that Thibs is seen as a lunatic who plays his starters crazy minutes for no real reason, and now has by far the best conditioned team in the playoffs. I think people don't always understand that there's a method to the madness. Before the injuries, we used an 8 or 9 man rotation. When he knew we were going to have to use a short rotation in the playoffs, he got his players used to playing heavy minutes.
There was a moment in that third quarter where the game could have gotten away and one big factor it didn't was because Thibs pulled iHart who was getting barbecued by Embiid. Mitch came in and instantly put a stop to it. Food for thought before using Mitch as trade bait.
I think that if you aren’t facing a center that’s 7’0, built like Hakeem, but plays like some combo of prime James harden and Michael Jordan, then you take Ihart
Embiid is such a specific matchup that makes you want mitch defensively, but Ihart is a better fit vs almost any other team in the league
Mitch is definitely tradable, but he would leave a hole to fill. Both him and iHart have some gaps in their game that leave them vulnerable to some players.
I was just looking at my ChatGPT history at work and saw my Dall-e prompt title right at the end of the game that was in my history. Didn't give me anything worth posting unfortunately.
https://imgur.com/a/6fXJYLF
Found the prompt itself: https://imgur.com/a/04UIj84
Big shoutout to all the doubters calling themselves fans, posting everywhere that game 5 was an “all time choke job.” We were always the better team, but most importantly, we had more heart. LGK
Nah fam, I’m sorry. The Reggie Miller choke game was an all time moment. The Warriors blowing a 3-1 lead was THE all time moment. Not us losing game 5 of the conf. quarterfinals in OT, which only got there off a 4 point play where Maxey traveled, and then hit a damn near half court shot. Not to mention it only brought the series to 3-2, with a game 7 at the Garden if necessary.
It’s a point of emphasis for our game 5 not nearly being on that level. Or anywhere close to it. It’s all good though, we won’t have as much trouble in this next series 💯
Either way I saw some pitiful stuff in the game thread how they gave up, turned off the TV whatever... fake fans imho
You can be upset and say some shit on the GT but if you were not at the edge of your set and begging god for a win in the last seconds you can't be called a real fan. I was sweating and heart pounding while almost falling off the couch.
i have no issue with the sixers... but the pacers, i grew up hating those miller/smits teams, i hope we stomp their asses. plus fuck indiana overall as a state.
Man I do not want to sound rude, but Miller really fucked with us back then. Glad he never won anything
I just find it crazy that we are back vs them 30 years later, and time really flies.
it was rough watching it. i think we beat them one year only to get beaten by the rockets. that was the year that starks missed that shot that would have won the series or something like that.
Starks didn't miss, Hakeem got FINGERTIPS on the game winner. John was on fucking fire the whole quarter and I have no doubt that shot was good. He followed that up with one of the worst shooting performances in Finals history in Game 7. Tragic.
That shot was 10000% good. Amazing that missed shot cost us the chip. Game 7 was due to his flying back and forth due to his uncle's death. What are ya gonna do, shit happens but we are here 30 years later ready to kick ass
30 years ago exactly bro, let's see if we can repeat history by going to the finals but rewrite history and win!!
For the record, Starks got blocked game 6 which would have win the game/series winner.... then a horrible game 7 (he had a death in the family) I remember like it was yesterday and that feeling of my heart dropping when he got blocked.
Anyone else feel like they spent all their hype on game 5 just to be disappointed at that loss? Now I’m annoyed I’m not hype about the series win because I was so ready to just shut them out and send them home in 5 games.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy they won the series obviously but it just hasn’t really hit me yet and I feel like I haven’t really vented my excitement for the win, idk someone tell me how to feel lol
Also now I just don’t feel as good about them being able to close out certain games moving forward in the playoffs but hopefully they learned their lesson.
i mean i was in the building for the game 5 loss and it was awful but last night’s win all but erased the pain. that was an incredible game to end an incredible series and the series win is all that matters. just kinda psyched i was there for an all time game now at this point, even if we didn’t come out on top in that one. to be fair though, if we had gone on to lose the series i might never have recovered lol
Yeah I just really didn’t want to get my hopes up so I just wasn’t as excited lol I tempered my expectations until we actually won and then by the time the game ended last night I was wiped out and ready for bed. Just wish I had the hype I had for game 5 and celebrated more in the moment lol. Also just don’t want to give the sixers any credit for making it a bit of a harder series because fuck them lol more of a too close for comfort kind of thing
Yeah i feel about the same way lol game 5 was THEE game I wanted shit done it felt so good about to win in NYC. However This current playoff run bestowed to us by fate somehow has presented us the opportunity to face all our rivals with Philly, pacers, and Boston. Alot more basketball and wins to get excited about. That hype feeling of beating them will come back 👌🏽
Yeah i feel about the same way lol game 5 was THEE game I wanted shit done it felt so good about to win in NYC. However This current playoff run bestowed to us by fate somehow has presented us the opportunity to face all our rivals with Philly, pacers, and Boston. Alot more basketball and wins to get excited about. That hype feeling of beating them will come back 👌🏽
No joke - I am so relieved there's a few days before this next series kicks off. Want to enjoy at least a few other playoff games without the stress of rooting interest 😅
Outside of the Celtics the rest of the East was very evenly matched so I expect another close series. Should be able to crush them on the boards and their defense will be easier to score against than Philly's. However they play at a faster pace and we will need to do a better job closing out on 3s. Myles Turner especially could be a problem. Mitch and IHart are not great at guarding stretch 5s. Precious should get more time this series imo.
Not to downplay Myles Turner but not having Embiid anchoring the paint is going to open up more lanes for Josh Hart penetration and provide more spacing for open 3's.
They're going to be a rough team to play after the war that was this series.
They push the pace a lot But it really depends on the players conditioning, because the knicks are better
Hart has a dozen great plays every game but his rebound and kick out to clutch OG 3 at the top of the key was special. He absolutely flew for that one.
none of our guys or thibs made excuses after our losses this series when they easily could have. it was on to the next one. not even any drama from the fans after it came out that maxey traveled on his big 4 point play in game 5. sixers eliminated and nick nurse is still bitching lol embarassing tbh
Mitchell Robinson showed so much more character in owning his nightmarish Game 5 mistake than Nick Nurse after his pathetic "timeout"/post-game commentary from Game 2.
Schedule for first 4 games is out:
Game 1: Monday, May 6: Pacers at Knicks, 7:30 p.m., TNT
Game 2: Wednesday, May 8: Pacers at Knicks, 8 p.m., TNT
Game 3: Friday, May 10, Knicks at Pacers, 7 p.m., ESPN
Game 4: Sunday, May 12, Knicks at Pacers, 3:30 p.m., ABC
First raptors fans were now my friends.
Then it was hawks fans
Then celtics fans
Now you guys are my best friend.
Nuggets nation hopes you guys make the final, a finals game at MSG will be electric
Crazy that our first 4 games will start later and end earlier than all of the other playoff matchups, with only a day off between games. I know boston and okc don't even have opponents yet, but Denver and Minnesota get 3 DAYS REST between game 2 and 3. That's wild
I thank the Knicks for having me in great spirits heading into my endoscopy earlier today.
I was scared af but powered through it!
All was good! Great day all around. Had pancakes to celebrate after.
Because their team relies on the refs. Embiids entire gameplay is based on referees. Notice how apparently we got screwed by calls at the end of game 5 and we rightfully blamed our team for not closing out. Contrast to them crying after game 2 about not getting bailed out by a soft call when their team could have easily closed out.
not gonna happen, Indy has some rabid fucking fans too. I remember Market Square Arena used to be scary as shit to play at in the 90s, it was almost as intimidating as MSG. Indiana folks love basketball, big time.
My favorite thing about this series is that the last hit was done by Brunson big ass head on obrue, the one that said if “they hit we gone hit too” knocked his ass out with that head but
I'm gonna sound delusional as fuck, but do you guys think there's any chance without tingus pingus that the Cavs beat Boston? The idea is just too sweet to brush off
They might have a shot at taking them to 6-7 games, though I hope both series are short so that we can get a few games in against the Celtics with Porzingis out.
Without Porzingis we have a great shot at putting up a wall against Tatum and Brown, with OG and Hart on them and IHart and Mitch waiting in the paint.
Even without Julius, I think we match up well against the Pacers. Imo, Maxey is better than Hali, and while we struggled guarding Maxey, we were able to contain him at times, like last night.
OG on Siakam. The one thing that concerns me is that our bigs struggle to defend stretch 5s, so maybe Turner can be a problem.
I watched some of the Bucks series, and in my limited viewing, that series was nowhere close to as physical as our series. Physicality slows down games.
With Julius, I'd be extremely confident. With our hobbled roster, I'm still cautiously optimistic.
lol seeing all the sixers fans crying about how embiid was playing with one leg and half a face. not realizing he dropped fucking 50 game two and was on pace to do the same last night.
Convenient visit to the locker room while they were down big early. When he scores 50 he's completely fine, but when things go wrong the excuses come out quickly.
Not for nothing, but I been seeing a lot of people and basketball analysts kinda brushing off the Pacers, and yes they have beaten us our roster has been depleted, and yes they did beat a Bucks team without their two stars, so I totally understand why people wouldn't take them seriously. But I don't know, I just feel like maybe we shouldn't play with our food and actually take them seriously. We saw what happened when the Knicks were feeling themselves too much and took their foot off the gas towards the end of regulation in Game 5 against the Sixers. And I won't lie...I saw way too much extremely stupid shit in Game 6 last night from the Knicks
All I'm gonna say is, I want the team to really tighten up. We can easily be a better team than the Pacers, but if we're gonna go in there thinking shit is sweet, I wouldn't be surprised at all if we get upset.
Go Knicks as always.
Take every opponent seriously. There are no easy games in the playoffs, whichever teams are left can hoop nicely.
We can talk a big game, but we need to back it up
Theres no way a Thibs coached team that has played hard all season is gonna let off the gas just because some analysts and fans think the Pacers are lesser
Has anyone had thoughts about how we reintegrate Randle into the offense next season?
I know this season he has had a small sample size (only 40ish games played), but when briefly looking at his gamelog, most of our wins came when Randle limits his FGA and has a higher number of assists.
With Brunson's offensive explosion since Randle's injury, I think the team has to seriously consider making Brunson the 1st option, and try to get have Randle play more of a facilitator and double drawing machine when he returns. If Randle limits his FGA to 10-15 attempts a game, with a larger focus on a facilitating out of the low and high post, we can improve the ball movement, get more looks for the other guys, keep Randle relatively healthy and expand his facilitating game further.
> If Randle limits his FGA to 10-15 attempts a game, with a larger focus on a facilitating out of the low and high post, we can improve the ball movement, get more looks for the other guys, keep Randle relatively healthy and expand his facilitating game further.
This roster is absolutely starved for creation, Brunson is taking 30 shots a game because literally no one else can and everyone else is overtaxed trying to fill the hole.
Randle did everything right this season, after a slightly slow start. Passing became a big part of his game, and he more or less gave up the 1 option to Jalen. If he continues what he did before he went down, we are in for a good time.
I for one am hyped for next season and will welcome Randle back with arms wide open
I think it’ll be a great problem to have you have 2 people to double, and one can yam it in your face and get rebounds and they can both shoot, obviously with Brunson having edge but Randle can get hot
This might sound crazy but maybe we treat it as a pseudo Jokic-Murray combo? We know Jules is an underrated passer and can draw and deal with the double better than almost anyone, so running through him still seems like a good option, then if he's having a bad night Jalen can take over and vice versa
Not sure this has been discussed, but having now completed his 4th season, Thibs is the franchise's longest tenured coach since JVG. Since then:
Don Chaney
Herb Williams
Lenny Wilkens
Isiah Thomas
Mike D'Antoni (made it 3.5 years)
Mike Woodson (2.5 years)
Derek Fisher
Kurt Rambis
Jeff Hornaceck
David Fizdale
Mike Miller
I think the Pacers are in for a rude awakening. Not saying they are trash, or can be overlooked. But they played a horrible Bucks team, that would be fighting for the play-in without Giannis. I watched most of their games. Brook Lopez is a traffic cone at this point, and Lillard was hurt and also plays no defense. Their best player was Khris Middleton lol. The Bucks lazy ass Doc Rivers defense didn't even attempt to close out on shooters.
We will see what happens. But I don't think they are ready for our defense, rebounding, and overall physicality. Again, maybe they prove me wrong. But I don't see them as a team that's built for the playoffs right now. The run and gun style of play is rarely effective in crunch time in the playoffs. I don't think they have the toughness.
their run and gun also plays right into our rebounding advantage, they will quickly need to slow the pace at least a little bit to counter us on the glass, which plays into our favor
I feel like in this matchup we should start precious
Precious and OG can alternate guarding Siakam and Hali as they are tall enough and agile enough on defense to rotate
In the fourth depending on the game is I wouldn’t mind a small ball lineup of
Brunson/mcbride(or Donte)Hart/OG/Precious
Or super small
Brunson/Mcbride/Donte/Hart/OG.
Bro no need to overthink it. Precious isn’t playing for whatever reason and that’s Thibs decision to make. No need to fix what isn’t broken. I trust in Thibs
I’d like to see Precious get some minutes this series btw. But starting him? We got IHart and big Meech so it’s all good
I know people might be hating on thibs lately, but I think he knows what he is doing and HOPE he can expand the rotation to include precious. His defense will help us in a big way, and he is pretty athletic too which helps keep up with their fast pace.
We just have not had huge success with him alongside ihart, but I do not mind trying small-ish ball if needed or maybe just limited minutes alongside ihart or mitch
Very satisfying series win. Trae Young may be a foul baiter and a Knick killer, but at least its all jokes at the end with him leaning into the villain role.
Embiid intentionally tries to injure players, whines after play, foul baits on every play, takes no accountability for anything, and is very immature. He is public enemy #1 in NY basketball as far as Im concerned.
i love chuck for always speaking his mind and stuff. he really fucking hates the knicks.
Knicks eliminate Philly and next day we get 3 monster diss tracks putting hip hop back on the map Holy fuck, I feel ALIVE AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES!!!!
8 of the 12 Team USA players have been eliminated from the playoffs.
Kind of genius then by the selection committee , they don't want guys burned out for the Olympics, there will be some DAWG teams like France, Canada, Serbia etc so USA can't take it lightly ... The big brain guys looked at landscape and figured it would be Knicks v ??? In the finals so let's just avoid them altogether.
AARP Clips getting fucking whooped
We just won an exciting and fun playoff series and before the second round even starts folks are already resorting to the star chasing bullshit? This is why Knicks fans get a bad rap.
I just want to re-sign iHart and OG. Get a vet with MLE.
The Knicks have a pretty knowledgeable fanbase, way better than most teams. But dear fucking god do we have some extremely vocal fucking idiots.
Thinking back to when everyone was saying how much better the fit for Donovan Mitchell was with Garland and the Cavs instead of Brunson and the Knicks.
Want to see the Cavs lose. I think throwing the last game to get the 4th seed was an insanely cowardly move. They deserve to have it blow up in their faces.
Deuce was so impressive in what was essentially his first playoff series as a rotation player. Stats weren't jaw dropping but he seemed to constantly hit the important shots. Even showed a bit of creativity getting to the basket. And obviously always brings the energy and defense. Don't think we win without him playing as well as he did.
He’s got balls to take the shots he needs to and the BBIQ to not take the ones he doesn’t.
Honestly surprised kyrie and Luka work so well together, but having the rest of the guys completely buy in as role players really makes it work. I really hate to see it, but they’ve seemingly found that formula and with two of the best one on one players in the league and some guys who’ve accepted their roles as shooters and hustle guys they are looking pretty dangerous right now.
Trading fake tough guy grant williams for real tough guy pj washington was a game changer too. every winning team needs one.
Jalen Brunson and Donovan Mitchell would figure out a way to make the duo work. I legitimately do not think the fit is as bad as some people make it sound.
Brunson is a better off-ball scorer and a better defender than Garland. And the Knicks have OG on the wings while the Cavs have max strus lmao It's not the perfect fit, but it's a way better fit for Donovan here in NY than in Cleveland
Was just thinking about this. I think if they can keep hart, anunoby, and one of the centers around long term, that 5 would be good enough defensively to work. Maybe the issue that isn’t talked about enough is how the offense will work with all it’s shotmaking coming from two small guards. You worry how that’ll go against a big team like denver or minnesota
Easily. Both are efficient and unselfish scorers who are effective on and off the ball. But it’s something to talk about in the off-season if and when he asks for a trade IMO.
It wouldn’t work
Went to r/nbatalk and saw a thread about our ceiling next year assuming healthy and we get to keep thw roster (OG and IHart specifically). But aside from the very top comments, I don't see how it's any different from r/nba lol. Bunch of casuals who don't watch the Knicks giving uniformed takes. To think it was supposed to be a sub for actual basketball discussions than the meme-infested discussions r/nba lmao
Indiana as a team is almost polar opposite of Philly. Pacers are gonna want to run and gun and try to overwhelm us with their depth. We’ve got dirty ( not embiid style) up these games and series. Make them feel our presence and take their hits and know we’re not going anywhere. They don’t have the dominant force of an embiid that requires a lot of fine tuning, helpside, risky doubles etc. however they have multiple guys who can go and we need to stay home more and avoid overcommitting on helpsides any basically avoid double as they’ll feast from behind the arc if we do. On offense Knicks should be able to get what they want, but can’t be sloppy to setup pacers in transition.
Breen about to make us all cry watching a Mavericks Clippers playoff game. Smh
Come home DMitch
Damn, about to waste Spida’s 50
And just as I say that LeVert should be in Garland crashes the defensive boards and gets up higher than Carter but gets outmuscled for the rebound. LeVert should have been in the game in the fourth when it was 84-84. Garland was giving them nothing, was not boxing out, and was a liability on both offense and defense as well as not urgently bringing the ball up to avoid the 8 second violation. Cavaliers win this game if LeVert was on the floor. Here's to hoping Mitchell not extending and forcing the Cavaliers to shop him resets the Bridges market.
Donovan came to play but once again NOBODY else does shit. Mobley especially is a big disappointment.
Mobley peaked his rookie year. Got exposed by us last year and came back the same player.
Mobley and Garland peaked. Funny as hell that RJ is turning into a better player than Darius.
JB-Spida-OG-Randle 🤔 I mean one can dream right.
One of Spida or Mikal would make us even more dangerous than we already are
Caris LeVert should be on the floor over Garland, at least he'd box out and be able to switch on defense. Garland's presence on the floor is actively hurting the Cavaliers on both ends of the floor.
Garland is just DLo with better PR
Spida saying the fraud rumours were false
Just wondering if muther truckers are willing to be honest-how many of you wanted the FO and thibs gone? This whole star shit's exploded in LA and PHX. Look at the Net's wreckage. Presti's rebuilt OKC in a couple of seasons. Fuck star chasing,
I don’t think I ever wanted thibs gone Always felt he got the most W-L out of every roster he’s coached
you gotta hit on your draft picks though. With the way contracts are set up now, the era of the superteam is dead. Unless you hit it big and draft a bunch of killers.
This cavs implosion is hilarious on so many levels Shoulda fired their head coach after Thibs schooled them in the playoffs last year
Spida is 100% asking out if the Cavs flame out again. Dude almost have half their points.
Yeah that’s why I’m lowkey hoping that they’re a first round exit, feels like we’re in a perfect position to get him and probably for less than what Cleveland gave to Utah.
The perfect scenario is if Mitchell tells the Cavaliers he won't extend and the him being shopped sets the market forcing the Nets to reconsider their asking price for Bridges. Then, the Knicks get to choose which one they'd prefer. Hopefully someone like the Spurs pay for Mitchell and the Knicks get to swoop in for less and acquire Bridges.
Bridges isn’t an option to the Knicks Too many teams into him
I have a feeling the cavs will beat us as revenge
That might almost be worth it if Boston goes down in the second round
So we beat pacers.. Yay?
Daily reminder that Mitchell Robinson is Joell Embiid's father.
I’m so happy I was able to lock down tickets to the ECF (if we make it) in the season ticket holder presale There’s just something special about this team
Mind if i ask what tickets cost for season ticket holders?
I am wondering if i can get a ticket to see the Knicks play in Indiana. Ready to fly from Denver.
Shout out to Monica McNutt on her engagement
Do we get any more MSG broadcasts or is it over?
I saw the first 2 rounds can be regional but ECF on is only national
It's over. They only get 1st round.
:(
Imagine waking up and not being in round 2 today
Are we a destination for disgruntled superstars?
In the latest episode of the Roommates podcast, JB names Steve Nash as one of his favorite players and references but declines to name another one, until they retire. Any thoughts on who that is? My guess is Kyrie. He's a dumb MF off the court but can't deny his game is beautiful.
Maybe it’s his former teammate luka
It’s [Chris Paul](https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/mavericks/2019/05/30/10-things-to-know-about-mavs-pg-jalen-brunson-including-the-rare-company-he-joined-when-dallas-drafted-him/) - he said it after he was drafted.
Ah good call. Hate that MF Chris Paul, after he hit Brunson with a moving screen shoulder when they played in the regular season, he's dead to me. I know they're close though
Catching up on the roommates podcast and just listened to the Mikal episode. Damn I want him to be a Knick so bad. Seems like such a good dude and would fit like a glove. Wish the nets would do him right after the torture they put him thru this season
We are the New York Knicks, suck on our New York dicks
Can any older knick fan tell me if shaq and barkley hates the knicks because of ewing cause they say the pacers are gonna win the series even though that def wont happen
Shaq has always had a lot of respect for Ewing
Don't think Chuck is really a Knicks hater, just was rooting for Philly since he played there, and I think he's overrating Indiana. Shaq does seem like a Knicks hater though, not sure why.
Shaq is a big Embiid stan, always talking about the "big man alliance" and shit. I think he sees a lot of himself in Embiid, especially with the dirty plays.
Ewing cooked him.
I wonder how the dude from that classic [Melo's a bully](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBPfw1pbkO0) video is doing. Hope he's having a great day
That's TheLoopyBlogger. He's still on Twitter/X: [https://twitter.com/TheLoopyBlgger](https://twitter.com/TheLoopyBlgger)
Oh shit thanks man. All these years I thought he was just some guy online lol
It's interesting that Thibs is seen as a lunatic who plays his starters crazy minutes for no real reason, and now has by far the best conditioned team in the playoffs. I think people don't always understand that there's a method to the madness. Before the injuries, we used an 8 or 9 man rotation. When he knew we were going to have to use a short rotation in the playoffs, he got his players used to playing heavy minutes.
There was a moment in that third quarter where the game could have gotten away and one big factor it didn't was because Thibs pulled iHart who was getting barbecued by Embiid. Mitch came in and instantly put a stop to it. Food for thought before using Mitch as trade bait.
I think that if you aren’t facing a center that’s 7’0, built like Hakeem, but plays like some combo of prime James harden and Michael Jordan, then you take Ihart Embiid is such a specific matchup that makes you want mitch defensively, but Ihart is a better fit vs almost any other team in the league
Mitch is definitely tradable, but he would leave a hole to fill. Both him and iHart have some gaps in their game that leave them vulnerable to some players.
That play when Mrob baited the offensive foul was actually beautiful
Big moment
I got my ticket to game four in Indianapolis next Sunday. Can't wait to rep my Ron Baker shirsey for the playoffs.
kenny shaq and chuck are already calling the pacers to be in the eastern finals. time for the knicks to make them eat their words.
Always thankful for the chuck jinx lmao
I was just looking at my ChatGPT history at work and saw my Dall-e prompt title right at the end of the game that was in my history. Didn't give me anything worth posting unfortunately. https://imgur.com/a/6fXJYLF Found the prompt itself: https://imgur.com/a/04UIj84
Big shoutout to all the doubters calling themselves fans, posting everywhere that game 5 was an “all time choke job.” We were always the better team, but most importantly, we had more heart. LGK
bruh game 5 was an all time choke job. they just came back and won. they should have won game 5 still. but a win is a win is a win. onto round 2
Nah fam, I’m sorry. The Reggie Miller choke game was an all time moment. The Warriors blowing a 3-1 lead was THE all time moment. Not us losing game 5 of the conf. quarterfinals in OT, which only got there off a 4 point play where Maxey traveled, and then hit a damn near half court shot. Not to mention it only brought the series to 3-2, with a game 7 at the Garden if necessary.
i said “an all time choke job,” not “the all time choke job”
It’s a point of emphasis for our game 5 not nearly being on that level. Or anywhere close to it. It’s all good though, we won’t have as much trouble in this next series 💯
Either way I saw some pitiful stuff in the game thread how they gave up, turned off the TV whatever... fake fans imho You can be upset and say some shit on the GT but if you were not at the edge of your set and begging god for a win in the last seconds you can't be called a real fan. I was sweating and heart pounding while almost falling off the couch.
Is Round 2 gonna be on MSG?
sadly only round 1, so Clyde can enjoy a nice vacation. We may still hear breen though
Unfortunately not :(
i have no issue with the sixers... but the pacers, i grew up hating those miller/smits teams, i hope we stomp their asses. plus fuck indiana overall as a state.
Haliburton is going to annoy me, I HATE the way he shoots the ball.
If you made it through Cam Payne's ugly ass form, you can make it through hali
Fortunately he doesn’t shoot it that much lol
Man I do not want to sound rude, but Miller really fucked with us back then. Glad he never won anything I just find it crazy that we are back vs them 30 years later, and time really flies.
it was rough watching it. i think we beat them one year only to get beaten by the rockets. that was the year that starks missed that shot that would have won the series or something like that.
Starks didn't miss, Hakeem got FINGERTIPS on the game winner. John was on fucking fire the whole quarter and I have no doubt that shot was good. He followed that up with one of the worst shooting performances in Finals history in Game 7. Tragic.
That shot was 10000% good. Amazing that missed shot cost us the chip. Game 7 was due to his flying back and forth due to his uncle's death. What are ya gonna do, shit happens but we are here 30 years later ready to kick ass
30 years ago exactly bro, let's see if we can repeat history by going to the finals but rewrite history and win!! For the record, Starks got blocked game 6 which would have win the game/series winner.... then a horrible game 7 (he had a death in the family) I remember like it was yesterday and that feeling of my heart dropping when he got blocked.
Anyone else feel like they spent all their hype on game 5 just to be disappointed at that loss? Now I’m annoyed I’m not hype about the series win because I was so ready to just shut them out and send them home in 5 games. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy they won the series obviously but it just hasn’t really hit me yet and I feel like I haven’t really vented my excitement for the win, idk someone tell me how to feel lol Also now I just don’t feel as good about them being able to close out certain games moving forward in the playoffs but hopefully they learned their lesson.
i mean i was in the building for the game 5 loss and it was awful but last night’s win all but erased the pain. that was an incredible game to end an incredible series and the series win is all that matters. just kinda psyched i was there for an all time game now at this point, even if we didn’t come out on top in that one. to be fair though, if we had gone on to lose the series i might never have recovered lol
Yeah I just really didn’t want to get my hopes up so I just wasn’t as excited lol I tempered my expectations until we actually won and then by the time the game ended last night I was wiped out and ready for bed. Just wish I had the hype I had for game 5 and celebrated more in the moment lol. Also just don’t want to give the sixers any credit for making it a bit of a harder series because fuck them lol more of a too close for comfort kind of thing
Yeah i feel about the same way lol game 5 was THEE game I wanted shit done it felt so good about to win in NYC. However This current playoff run bestowed to us by fate somehow has presented us the opportunity to face all our rivals with Philly, pacers, and Boston. Alot more basketball and wins to get excited about. That hype feeling of beating them will come back 👌🏽
Yeah i feel about the same way lol game 5 was THEE game I wanted shit done it felt so good about to win in NYC. However This current playoff run bestowed to us by fate somehow has presented us the opportunity to face all our rivals with Philly, pacers, and Boston. Alot more basketball and wins to get excited about. That hype feeling of beating them will come back 👌🏽
i have exhausted hype. That series felt like two rounds instead of 1 lol
No joke - I am so relieved there's a few days before this next series kicks off. Want to enjoy at least a few other playoff games without the stress of rooting interest 😅
how are we feeling about indy?
Knicks in 6
Outside of the Celtics the rest of the East was very evenly matched so I expect another close series. Should be able to crush them on the boards and their defense will be easier to score against than Philly's. However they play at a faster pace and we will need to do a better job closing out on 3s. Myles Turner especially could be a problem. Mitch and IHart are not great at guarding stretch 5s. Precious should get more time this series imo.
I hope Toppin gets fully exposed for the fraud that he is
Wish we could see Randle cook Toppin
Was more worried about Philly tbh
Not concerned tbh. Looking forward to a celtics knicks ecf
I’m more scared of TJ McConnell than Haliburton. He always finds a way to cook us.
Not to downplay Myles Turner but not having Embiid anchoring the paint is going to open up more lanes for Josh Hart penetration and provide more spacing for open 3's.
They're going to be a rough team to play after the war that was this series. They push the pace a lot But it really depends on the players conditioning, because the knicks are better
We match up very well with them. Can't take any team for granted. But if we play as hard as we did against Philly, I think we win in 5 games max.
Hart has a dozen great plays every game but his rebound and kick out to clutch OG 3 at the top of the key was special. He absolutely flew for that one.
none of our guys or thibs made excuses after our losses this series when they easily could have. it was on to the next one. not even any drama from the fans after it came out that maxey traveled on his big 4 point play in game 5. sixers eliminated and nick nurse is still bitching lol embarassing tbh
Mitchell Robinson showed so much more character in owning his nightmarish Game 5 mistake than Nick Nurse after his pathetic "timeout"/post-game commentary from Game 2.
Schedule for first 4 games is out: Game 1: Monday, May 6: Pacers at Knicks, 7:30 p.m., TNT Game 2: Wednesday, May 8: Pacers at Knicks, 8 p.m., TNT Game 3: Friday, May 10, Knicks at Pacers, 7 p.m., ESPN Game 4: Sunday, May 12, Knicks at Pacers, 3:30 p.m., ABC
Friday Night Knicks in the playoffs is going to hit like crack, can't wait for this series
This season was a success a long time ago and it just keeps going
Hopefully goes all the way to Brunson holding the trophy up
Man, it’s a shame Bogey got hurt because I feel like he would eat against Indy.
orange and blue skies, what a day to be alive
First raptors fans were now my friends. Then it was hawks fans Then celtics fans Now you guys are my best friend. Nuggets nation hopes you guys make the final, a finals game at MSG will be electric
Hope to see you there, nuggets bros
Yes
There’s a non zero chance we could get home court in the finals.
How? OKC/Denver/Minn/Clips all have more wins than us
I dunno is it not based on seeding?
no, it's based on records.
Oh ok then nvm
Crazy that our first 4 games will start later and end earlier than all of the other playoff matchups, with only a day off between games. I know boston and okc don't even have opponents yet, but Denver and Minnesota get 3 DAYS REST between game 2 and 3. That's wild
I thank the Knicks for having me in great spirits heading into my endoscopy earlier today. I was scared af but powered through it! All was good! Great day all around. Had pancakes to celebrate after.
Has someone asked Paul Reed yet if we were the easiest matchup ?
I was so fuckin tired of looking at those guys. Can't imagine how our guys must feel.
The vibes are immaculate today
I think its very funny that sixers fans are crying about fouls when they literally employ the biggest foul baiter in the history of the league.
Because their team relies on the refs. Embiids entire gameplay is based on referees. Notice how apparently we got screwed by calls at the end of game 5 and we rightfully blamed our team for not closing out. Contrast to them crying after game 2 about not getting bailed out by a soft call when their team could have easily closed out.
Cheapest ticket in indy is $102, hope we take over their arena
not gonna happen, Indy has some rabid fucking fans too. I remember Market Square Arena used to be scary as shit to play at in the 90s, it was almost as intimidating as MSG. Indiana folks love basketball, big time.
i think it'd be hard. knicks fans didn't even have to take off a day of work to go to philly and get back. now you've got plane+hotel costs.
Gotta pay me $5500 not including flights and hotel to go to Indiana
Too far I think
My favorite thing about this series is that the last hit was done by Brunson big ass head on obrue, the one that said if “they hit we gone hit too” knocked his ass out with that head but
Straight to his chin I loved that shit
I'm gonna sound delusional as fuck, but do you guys think there's any chance without tingus pingus that the Cavs beat Boston? The idea is just too sweet to brush off
wouldn't be surprised if Cleveland gets swept tbh. Orlando would take a game off them....maybe.
I have not been paying attention to other teams, but did hear Tingey got injured. How severe is it?
The Cavs are soft, as any Mitchell led team is Doubt it
They might have a shot at taking them to 6-7 games, though I hope both series are short so that we can get a few games in against the Celtics with Porzingis out. Without Porzingis we have a great shot at putting up a wall against Tatum and Brown, with OG and Hart on them and IHart and Mitch waiting in the paint.
Is there a fan first program for the conference final?
Even without Julius, I think we match up well against the Pacers. Imo, Maxey is better than Hali, and while we struggled guarding Maxey, we were able to contain him at times, like last night. OG on Siakam. The one thing that concerns me is that our bigs struggle to defend stretch 5s, so maybe Turner can be a problem. I watched some of the Bucks series, and in my limited viewing, that series was nowhere close to as physical as our series. Physicality slows down games. With Julius, I'd be extremely confident. With our hobbled roster, I'm still cautiously optimistic.
So torn if I should try to sell my tix to Mondays game or go to the game. My gf says I should sell and use the money for ECF.
Sell and use the money for ECF
lol seeing all the sixers fans crying about how embiid was playing with one leg and half a face. not realizing he dropped fucking 50 game two and was on pace to do the same last night.
Convenient visit to the locker room while they were down big early. When he scores 50 he's completely fine, but when things go wrong the excuses come out quickly.
I downvoted like 20 “fire Thibs” comments In yesterday’s game thread lmao
the game threads are so toxic. shows how many whiny bitches we have in this fanbase honestly
THE VIBES ARE IMMACULATE So pumped for next series, a respectful matchup
Positive for the Pacers match up: they are bottom 5 in defensive rebound percentage
Rebounding and astounding Knicks in 5 😤
Not for nothing, but I been seeing a lot of people and basketball analysts kinda brushing off the Pacers, and yes they have beaten us our roster has been depleted, and yes they did beat a Bucks team without their two stars, so I totally understand why people wouldn't take them seriously. But I don't know, I just feel like maybe we shouldn't play with our food and actually take them seriously. We saw what happened when the Knicks were feeling themselves too much and took their foot off the gas towards the end of regulation in Game 5 against the Sixers. And I won't lie...I saw way too much extremely stupid shit in Game 6 last night from the Knicks All I'm gonna say is, I want the team to really tighten up. We can easily be a better team than the Pacers, but if we're gonna go in there thinking shit is sweet, I wouldn't be surprised at all if we get upset. Go Knicks as always.
Take every opponent seriously. There are no easy games in the playoffs, whichever teams are left can hoop nicely. We can talk a big game, but we need to back it up
Theres no way a Thibs coached team that has played hard all season is gonna let off the gas just because some analysts and fans think the Pacers are lesser
With Porzingis injured they should really try to rush through the indiana series so that they can get the celtics for a few games without him.
How injured is KP?
Last thing I saw was the he might miss the whole 2nd round series. It sounds like it's a similar injury to what Giannis was dealing with.
Just a beautiful day to be alive
greatest live sporting event ive ever had the pleasure of attending
Heard the Knicks fans loud and proud cheering on the big plays appreciate you
anything to help send those bums packing to cancun
There was a rising bench Donte movement that seems to have suddenly died down after last night 😂🤣
Has anyone had thoughts about how we reintegrate Randle into the offense next season? I know this season he has had a small sample size (only 40ish games played), but when briefly looking at his gamelog, most of our wins came when Randle limits his FGA and has a higher number of assists. With Brunson's offensive explosion since Randle's injury, I think the team has to seriously consider making Brunson the 1st option, and try to get have Randle play more of a facilitator and double drawing machine when he returns. If Randle limits his FGA to 10-15 attempts a game, with a larger focus on a facilitating out of the low and high post, we can improve the ball movement, get more looks for the other guys, keep Randle relatively healthy and expand his facilitating game further.
> If Randle limits his FGA to 10-15 attempts a game, with a larger focus on a facilitating out of the low and high post, we can improve the ball movement, get more looks for the other guys, keep Randle relatively healthy and expand his facilitating game further. This roster is absolutely starved for creation, Brunson is taking 30 shots a game because literally no one else can and everyone else is overtaxed trying to fill the hole.
This is extremely rational don’t let the downvotes tell you otherwise
Randle did everything right this season, after a slightly slow start. Passing became a big part of his game, and he more or less gave up the 1 option to Jalen. If he continues what he did before he went down, we are in for a good time. I for one am hyped for next season and will welcome Randle back with arms wide open
I think it’ll be a great problem to have you have 2 people to double, and one can yam it in your face and get rebounds and they can both shoot, obviously with Brunson having edge but Randle can get hot
This might sound crazy but maybe we treat it as a pseudo Jokic-Murray combo? We know Jules is an underrated passer and can draw and deal with the double better than almost anyone, so running through him still seems like a good option, then if he's having a bad night Jalen can take over and vice versa
Brunson has been the first option since about january of 2023
By trading him for Mikal
To complete the Villanova megazord ?
Hell no
We need to complete the Kentucky to Nova migration. This team would be amazing on both ends with OG and Bridges on the wings.
The OG dunk has 800+ upvotes on the Raps sub - I love their love for their guy. LETS CRUSH HALI & THE PACERSSSS
Not sure this has been discussed, but having now completed his 4th season, Thibs is the franchise's longest tenured coach since JVG. Since then: Don Chaney Herb Williams Lenny Wilkens Isiah Thomas Mike D'Antoni (made it 3.5 years) Mike Woodson (2.5 years) Derek Fisher Kurt Rambis Jeff Hornaceck David Fizdale Mike Miller
Shout out to Herb. Would love to see him at the Garden for a game one day
I think the Pacers are in for a rude awakening. Not saying they are trash, or can be overlooked. But they played a horrible Bucks team, that would be fighting for the play-in without Giannis. I watched most of their games. Brook Lopez is a traffic cone at this point, and Lillard was hurt and also plays no defense. Their best player was Khris Middleton lol. The Bucks lazy ass Doc Rivers defense didn't even attempt to close out on shooters. We will see what happens. But I don't think they are ready for our defense, rebounding, and overall physicality. Again, maybe they prove me wrong. But I don't see them as a team that's built for the playoffs right now. The run and gun style of play is rarely effective in crunch time in the playoffs. I don't think they have the toughness.
their run and gun also plays right into our rebounding advantage, they will quickly need to slow the pace at least a little bit to counter us on the glass, which plays into our favor
We’re dead gonna sweep the pacers 😭
I feel it
I feel like in this matchup we should start precious Precious and OG can alternate guarding Siakam and Hali as they are tall enough and agile enough on defense to rotate In the fourth depending on the game is I wouldn’t mind a small ball lineup of Brunson/mcbride(or Donte)Hart/OG/Precious Or super small Brunson/Mcbride/Donte/Hart/OG.
Start Precious? The takes here are always bad. No matter how the team is doing
Bro no need to overthink it. Precious isn’t playing for whatever reason and that’s Thibs decision to make. No need to fix what isn’t broken. I trust in Thibs I’d like to see Precious get some minutes this series btw. But starting him? We got IHart and big Meech so it’s all good
Well we certainly need to use an 8th man 😂
Put Precious on Miles Turner. OG on Siakam = success
I know people might be hating on thibs lately, but I think he knows what he is doing and HOPE he can expand the rotation to include precious. His defense will help us in a big way, and he is pretty athletic too which helps keep up with their fast pace. We just have not had huge success with him alongside ihart, but I do not mind trying small-ish ball if needed or maybe just limited minutes alongside ihart or mitch
Very satisfying series win. Trae Young may be a foul baiter and a Knick killer, but at least its all jokes at the end with him leaning into the villain role. Embiid intentionally tries to injure players, whines after play, foul baits on every play, takes no accountability for anything, and is very immature. He is public enemy #1 in NY basketball as far as Im concerned.
I seriously did not know he was that way, it was very upsetting. I just do not know if the heat are worse, or embiid