NBA 2024-25 Season Thread

Knicks seem like the pretty clear 2nd best team in the East when everyone is healthy. OG's on/off numbers are insane

Am REALLY happy that since being in NY, OG is getting the (US national) coverage that he deserves ; that being said, being healthy/on the floor, is part of the full OG experience, unfortunately.

I think I am going to disagree.

Bucks haven't looked great but I would still take them over the Knicks.

And if your going on the everyone is healthy assumption, then Philly is
probably better also. Embiid is #1 or #2 in the world when healthy.

Knicks smacked up a healthy Philly with OG if you remember.
128 - 92 on Jan 5th IN Philly.

Bucks are frauds who don’t play defense and their coach is the ultimate muppet Doc Rivers. Watch Giannis demand out when they get another early exit in the Playoffs.

I'll give you PHI, but I'm operating under the assumption Embiid is effectively out for the year. Even if he's cleared soon-ish, how long is his ramp up going to be?

Regarding MIL? Eh, I don't see it. Giannis is great, but I don't see Dame doing anything to Brunson and OG can claim Middleton.

OG can even stick Dame on key possessions too.

He can guard 1 through 5.

Heck he can guard 1 ON 5.

Sorry for this question but can you bet on conf. Finals winners once playoffs start like after the first round is over ? Appreciate it alot. Thanks

lol yes

I bet the Knicks to win the East back in mid December at 25-1. Let's Go!
GO NINJA GO NINJA GO!
Knicks are now 15-2 (!!!) when OG plays. Prorate that to an 82 game season and they would be 72-10 !!!!!!

The irony :p…

But hey gj on 25-1 , hope u gets it .

Thanks I also got preseason Knicks 50-1 and 55-1 to win it all.

Out of the top 6 teams in the East, only the Celtics, Pacers, and Magic have winning records against the other top 6.

Knicks are the worst at 5-13

They're practically last season's Miami Dolphins of the NBA

But now they have OG so they are the NY Giants of the NBA

what an unreal game winner from kyrie

That was wild

I'm still taking the Bucks over Knicks
Middleton came back today and they beat the Suns without Giannis.

Its Celtics vs Bucks in the East. Only Injuries and Joel Embiid can change that.
The Knicks can't.

The Bucks are better than you guys think. A championship team just not playing there best
basketball right now. There just treading water right now, but when the playoffs start
they will play better defense. Offensively they are fine.

I picked Nuggets over Bucks in the NBA finals at the start of the season, I'm sticking with it.
Boston is a huge challenge for the Bucks. Giannis will probably need to average 35+ for them
to win that series, but he's capable, and Boston doesn't have anyone to stop him.

If only the Bucks hadn’t gone to the Doc.

For those who like to tune in when a potential record is in jeopardy, Sam Hauser has 10 made 3s with 9 minutes to go in the third quarter.

It really was. On a scale of 1-10, that was an 11 for difficulty against the defending champs

Bucks are 3-1 and +41 vs Knicks in 4 games this year, have a better record, and have the best two, possibly best three players (if we’re assuming full health) in that matchup. So Knicks over Bucks is a thermonuclear level hot take.

Brunson is everything Dame wishes he was. I will not stand for the Brunson slander.

I was reading “Red and Me,” the story of Bill Russell and Red Auerbach. In the first NBA Finals game they played in, 1957 against the St. Louis Hawks, Russell recounts that Auerbach exclaimed on the bench during the first quarter, “Shyt. We keep playing like this they are going to beat us 125-122.” The Hawks won it 125-123. Auerbach missed by one point. Russell said he took note like never before regarding a coach, all of whom to that point he had considered fairly idiotic. So, the Celtics lose Game 1 of Russell’s first ever NBA Finals 125-123. Game 7, the Celtics won by the identical score, 125-123. Both games in double overtime. The dynasty, and Russell's Game 7 record of 10-0 versus teams quite evenly matched as evidenced by the series going 7 games ... both were born with this eerie numerical oddity, Game 1 and Game 7 same score in double OT. There's something sick and symbolic in the numbers there about Russell, Auebach and the coming dynasty.

Knicks are a classic hardwokr and grind team that will exit early because not actually that good.

Y’all are gonna owe Knicks fans an engraved apology when they get to the Finals and possibly win it all this year.