NBA 2025-26 Season Thread: THE NY KNICKS ARE CHAMPIONS! BING BONG!
Lettuce NBA!
and lettuce lol @ James Harden
Knicks/Hawks Round 1!
How confident are you feeling, AIM?
Hawks are hotter than fish grease.
I think the Knicks are juuuuuuust inconsistent and overhyped enough to be ripe for an upset.
Did you put enough u’s in just? Maybe you needed a few more.
Whether the consensus that the Knicks are overhyped doesn’t matter. It’s whether Towns can step up enough so they can’t hard sell out on Brunson.
Hawks are hot yes. Anything can happen.
Knicks in 7. Hawks in 6. Knicks in 5. It’s all possible.
How confident am I? I’m not interested in any wagers on them this series, so take that for what it’s worth.
Yeah. Knicks a good team, but not great. They won't win a title as designed right now. Championship will be won by Jokic, SGa, or White. Derick White is the best basketball player on the celtics. He deserves more love.
Jaylen Brown is the best player on the Celtics.
Knicks are live to win it all but it’s not likely obv.
Did you put enough u’s in just? Maybe you needed a few more. Whether the consensus that the Knicks are overhyped doesn’t matter. It’s whether Towns can step up enough so they can’t hard sell out on Brunson. Hawks are hot yes. Anything can happen. Knicks in 7. Hawks in 6. Knicks in 5. It’s all possible. How confident am I? I’m not interested i
I just think Derrick White is the Rodney Dangerfield of the nba. No repsect. Jaylon and Tatum more skills, but Derrick White is old reliable.
Towns gets no respect too. They always goof on him like he's bad at basketball. When he's pretty darn good. Just he's not an A-list big man. He's b++. He's not gonna take you to the promised land. Not an A-list closer. Coffee is for closers! They need to get Giannis. But they hampered themsleves so much with the trade for Mikal Bridges that they don't have stuff to give. No disrespect for Bridges but that was a sick bad trade. They gave everything for him like he was Anthony Davis leaving the Pelicans. Not that much but they gave away alot, he's a good player, but you don't unload all those draft picks hurting your future for a good player. C'mon bro.
I just think Derrick White is the Rodney Dangerfield of the nba. No repsect. Jaylon and Tatum more skills, but Derrick White is old reliable. Towns gets no respect too. They always goof on him like he's bad at basketball. When he's pretty darn good. Just he's not an A-list big man. He's b++. He's not gonna take you to the promised land. Not an A-list closer. Coffee is for close
Derrick White is very good yes. However, Jaylen Brown has unlocked a whole new level to his game. So it’s him imho.
Part of it was omg Nova Knicks and chemistry. Also they (likely) thought Giannis wouldn’t be readily available.
But the caveat now is that Giannis can literally force himself to the Knicks more/less. He’s on an expiring deal and any team who deals for him isn’t going to give fair value with zero assurance that he’s staying beyond one season. Maybe a team out there, ie Miami, will offer fair value to gamble and “sell him” on that franchise. But I have my doubts.
Bucks can also “do right” by Giannis and deal him to NY. Will it take more than Towns and 3 swaps? Yes imho. It will take Towns, one of OG/Mikal and McBride plus pick swaps. Knicks also have the 31st pick (top pick in 2nd round) this year, due to the Wiz having the worst record — which ***is*** valuable in this draft. And to acquire Giannis will require a 3, if not 4, or even 5 team deal.
Supposedly the Blazers really want Mikal. He can be sent to them for Bucks pick/s back to the Bucks. Some team out there *will* want Towns and whatever that is, those assets will get rerouted to the Bucks.
Unless the Knicks run the table, Giannis will be a NY Knick sometime between Mid june to Mid July. You can quote me when it happens.
Because it will.
thoughts on the above are much appreciated. I know I'm biased with my futures on the Spurs, but I think they're OKC's Kryptonite.
Denver is also 100% Live to title. They went 7 games with OKC last season. They can take them out for sure.
Saturday 6PM
Hawks @ Knicks GAME ONE
Celebrity Series of TJ Eckleburg vs McMuffin
May I present to you:
BING BONG!
thoughts on the above are much appreciated. I know I'm biased with my futures on the Spurs, but I think they're OKC's Kryptonite.
No team is close to kryptonite for a team as good as OKC. The Spurs of course could beat OKC and win the West, but there is no way that they will dominate a series against OKC if OKC is healthy.
Any time there is a claim that a team has solved a great opposing team or great opposing player, that claim inevitably ends up being wrong.
No team is close to kryptonite for a team as good as OKC. The Spurs of course could beat OKC and win the West, but there is no way that they will dominate a series against OKC if OKC is healthy.
Any time there is a claim that a team has solved a great opposing team or great opposing player, that claim inevitably ends up being wrong.
Bing Bong.
