NBA 2025-26 Season Thread: THE NY KNICKS ARE CHAMPIONS! BING BONG!

Wow ..
Go Canada !
I mean okc 😀

How often does a team who wins game 7 win?

Magic would say 50% of the time.

down 2-1 back against the wall and the OKC D being goat level really came through in that 4th quarter, stifled indy

SGA being by far the best offensive player in the series as well

i thought there was a chance they would implode, young team in that position in the finals for the first time on the road

some would say Scott Foster strikes again

Ouch ... lose by 14 in the 4th Q at home in a monster game. Beats my series bet. I hope those Sklansky bucks are sweet.

I was all ready to post "are they still a big favorite?" when they went down 3-1. You know like they were down 1-0 and 2-1. But it went the other way. Frig. Busted.

It does seem somewhat weird to be saying "Indy lost an opportunity with a large swing late in the game" after what has happened so far in the playoffs. I think they are somewhat in front when it comes to those situations.

Game winner

Scott Foster in background = chef's kiss

Its so egregious.

Push off okay if u dont wanna call that even though u should

3 steps is clear as day

This league is such a joke now. Like I've said a billion times, I'm so glad I got to watch the NBA during the golden age (80-90s) when they actually called traveling. Back in those days Patrick Ewing was literally the only player in the NBA who was allowed to travel and I was perfectly fine with that as long as New York never won it all. Now everybody can take 3-4 steps with impunity and the sad/worst part is I'm so inured to it I sometimes forget what a bastardization of real basketball today's game actually is.

When I was a kid in the 90s I got told here (Australia) you were allowed to take 2 steps and in the NBA you were allowed to take 3 steps. It's always been more lenient in the NBA.

Selective memory if you think otherwise. So many of Tim Hardaway's crossovers included extra steps.

or those of many

It devolved into WWE with a basketball the moment Luka was traded to the Lakers (which at first notice I definitely thought it was fake news) and the final nail in that coffin was the Mavericks winning the ****ing lottery.

Give McMuffin a Mc****in break!

I remember a 1989 game at Seattle. Someone passed the ball to Michael Cage in the backcourt. No one was around. Cage took 3 steps forward. Like on purpose, unnaturally. Almost like he had a bet with someone. Cage believed this was a legal move. Basically you take two steps and the 3rd step is technically a pivot. The ref called traveling and Cage went nuts. Dude didn't understand he was playing in the wrong era.

TZ has reached all time low of posting fake edited videos to show that the league is softer on travels than in the golden 80s. good job

wtf is that Bane trade?

That is a **** ton for Bane. I want Boston to trade Brown if that’s the going rate

Great fit for the Magic, but 4 firsts?

Guess this means no Ja trade.

Dean in shambles??

the suns pick in 2026 is unprotected?

Alright looking at the actual picks that doesn’t seem toooo crazy.

That Suns pick is prob the only one that has a chance at top 10. The Magic’s own picks are gonna be during Franz/Paolo prime.

Suns pick is worse of Suns and Washington right?

any protections?

Nice to have a shooter, but seems like a lot to give up. Especially when getting a good PG should still be the priority.

I’ve read how the Magic don’t want a traditional PG since it would take the ball out of Paolo’s hands, who is a fine distributor himself.

Bane can be a secondary distributor and to great effect, he averaged 5.3 apg last season.

I like the trade for the Magic, especially with how wide open the East is now at the top.

NYK gives 5 FRP for Bridges last year

ORL gives 4 FRP and 2 servicable players for Bane this year

Can you imagine what the pricetag would be like for someone like Luka?