GT: New York Knicks @ Chicago Bulls (Thu, 8PM)

[Iron Mantis]

Chuck guarantees that we lose to the Bulls:

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I love the "expert" analysis from Shaq .."they play with energy"

Is this douche betting on games and paying off the refs?

[Gorilla Monsoon]

I'm 35 years old, but didn't watch much basketball as a kid in the 90s. I became a basketball fan because of Iverson, and somehow became a diehard Knicks fan during the Isiah years. What made me hate the Bulls and their fans over on the RealGM Bulls board was the Eddy Curry trade, and the subsequent Knicks draft pick watch threads they had over there. Not to mention all of the success those teams had and the suffering the Knicks franchise endured simultaneously, largely because of that trade.

I'll always find great joy in watching the Knicks beat the Bulls, and will relish the moment when the Knicks take a higher seed this season, and possibly a playoff series win over Chicago in the spring.

That being said, Rose was always my favorite non-Knick as a Bull, always respected those gritty teams and still rooted for them over LeBron and Celtics, and the fans on that board are generally pretty smart and respectable people. So good luck, fellas (and ladies, if there are any Chi-town Greenies lurking). May the best team win tomorrow night.

Damn I didn’t even think that was possible, props to you

That’s like to deciding to become a vegetarian after eating a tofu hot dog

[stuporman]

It's a little bit of shade how the bulls are honoring a retired player and he's technically still on the Knicks books this season's cap.

[Gorilla Monsoon]

I'm 35 years old, but didn't watch much basketball as a kid in the 90s. I became a basketball fan because of Iverson, and somehow became a diehard Knicks fan during the Isiah years. What made me hate the Bulls and their fans over on the RealGM Bulls board was the Eddy Curry trade, and the subsequent Knicks draft pick watch threads they had over there. Not to mention all of the success those teams had and the suffering the Knicks franchise endured simultaneously, largely because of that trade.

I'll always find great joy in watching the Knicks beat the Bulls, and will relish the moment when the Knicks take a higher seed this season, and possibly a playoff series win over Chicago in the spring.

That being said, Rose was always my favorite non-Knick as a Bull, always respected those gritty teams and still rooted for them over LeBron and Celtics, and the fans on that board are generally pretty smart and respectable people. So good luck, fellas (and ladies, if there are any Chi-town Greenies lurking). May the best team win tomorrow night.

Is such a thing even possible?

It's a true story.

I grew up a Yankees fan. Rooted for the Knicks in the 99 finals, but didn't care much about basketball until Iverson's MVP season. All of a sudden I was hooked. I tried out for the basketball team in HS, and eventually made the JV squad and was lucky enough to get the number 3. I wore Iversons on my feet and tried to model my game after him (to no avail). All I knew was that AI was the man, and that basketball was my now my favorite game. I found myself hating the Lakers for being so predictably dominant, and was geeked when they finally lost to the Pistons.

My grandma died of colon cancer towards the end of my senior year in HS in 2004. My sister was great friends with Greg Gianotti (now co-host of Boomer and Gio on WFAN). He was a huge Knicks fan, and the Knicks had just made the playoffs for the first time since 2001. He heard the news of my grandma's passing and that I was torn up about it, and invited me to game 3 against the Nets at the Garden with him and his 2 buddies. Awesome experience. My first taste of the Garden, and despite the loss, it was a close game, the crowd was absolutely bananas (wife beater chants for Kidd) and I started to understand the magic of MSG.

Fast forward to 2006. I had just dropped out of college the year before after barely completing a semester and was home on Long Island, bored out of my mind, trying to figure out what to do with my life. All of my best friends were upstate or out of state in school, but there were 2 guys I had chilled with the summer after my senior year in HS who were still in town, and who I had a good time with whenever we got together. They were sort of inseparable. I decided I needed to make new friends, and I remember hitting one of them up on AIM to see if they wanted to let me tag along some time.

He told me to come through that night... they were watching the Knicks game. Didn't think much of it, but was down to watch the game. I had followed the Knicks loosely at that point in time. I remember wanting the Knicks to be good, being excited about Ariza, excited about the Curry trade, excited about the Larry Brown hire, hoping the Knicks could become a contender again now that I was into basketball, but didn't consider myself a fan, and didn't actually care one way or another.

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This was the game. Ridiculous play to end the 4th where Crawford coughs it up, then gets it right back and nails a 3 to seal it. Watching it with a couple of guys who were big fans and who knew a lot more about the team than I did was a blast. We were all screaming our heads off with the way that game ended. Such a great call from Gus Johnson. I was f'ng sold. I didn't care that they sucked. I knew one day they would be good again, and that nothing could top the excitement of the Knicks winning a championship in the modern era. So I stuck around and watched the team almost religiously with those guys that season.

Truth be told- those were some fun teams back then. Nate, Frye and especially Lee were something to look forward to every night. I was always convincing myself that Zeke had a master plan that would eventually pay off. The Garden was always unmatched. The Knicks colors were and still are second to none. And it was the home team after all. They quickly became the biggest underdog in sports. I had every reason to root for these guys, despite never truly experiencing the glory of 90s Knicks basketball.

And here we are... 15 god damn years later. I'm still friends with those guys, although they live in different parts of the country now. They're still Knicks fans. We're still holding out hope we'll see them win a title before the world ends. And things are finally starting to look up lol.

[HarthorneWingo]

I'm 35 years old, but didn't watch much basketball as a kid in the 90s. I became a basketball fan because of Iverson, and somehow became a diehard Knicks fan during the Isiah years. What made me hate the Bulls and their fans over on the RealGM Bulls board was the Eddy Curry trade, and the subsequent Knicks draft pick watch threads they had over there. Not to mention all of the success those teams had and the suffering the Knicks franchise endured simultaneously, largely because of that trade.

I'll always find great joy in watching the Knicks beat the Bulls, and will relish the moment when the Knicks take a higher seed this season, and possibly a playoff series win over Chicago in the spring.

That being said, Rose was always my favorite non-Knick as a Bull, always respected those gritty teams and still rooted for them over LeBron and Celtics, and the fans on that board are generally pretty smart and respectable people. So good luck, fellas (and ladies, if there are any Chi-town Greenies lurking). May the best team win tomorrow night.

Is such a thing even possible?

It's a true story.

I grew up a Yankees fan. Rooted for the Knicks in the 99 finals, but didn't care much about basketball until Iverson's MVP season. All of a sudden I was hooked. I tried out for the basketball team in HS, and eventually made the JV squad and was lucky enough to get the number 3. I wore Iversons on my feet and tried to model my game after him (to no avail). All I knew was that AI was the man, and that basketball was my now my favorite game. I found myself hating the Lakers for being so predictably dominant, and was geeked when they finally lost to the Pistons.

My grandma died of colon cancer towards the end of my senior year in HS in 2004. My sister was great friends with Greg Gianotti (now co-host of Boomer and Gio on WFAN). He was a huge Knicks fan, and the Knicks had just made the playoffs for the first time since 2001. He heard the news of my grandma's passing and that I was torn up about it, and invited me to game 3 against the Nets at the Garden with him and his 2 buddies. Awesome experience. My first taste of the Garden, and despite the loss, it was a close game, the crowd was absolutely bananas (wife beater chants for Kidd) and I started to understand the magic of MSG.

Fast forward to 2006. I had just dropped out of college the year before after barely completing a semester and was home on Long Island, bored out of my mind, trying to figure out what to do with my life. All of my best friends were upstate or out of state in school, but there were 2 guys I had chilled with the summer after my senior year in HS who were still in town, and who I had a good time with whenever we got together. They were sort of inseparable. I decided I needed to make new friends, and I remember hitting one of them up on AIM to see if they wanted to let me tag along some time.

He told me to come through that night... they were watching the Knicks game. Didn't think much of it, but was down to watch the game. I had followed the Knicks loosely at that point in time. I remember wanting the Knicks to be good, being excited about Ariza, excited about the Curry trade, excited about the Larry Brown hire, hoping the Knicks could become a contender again now that I was into basketball, but didn't consider myself a fan, and didn't actually care one way or another.

Watch on YouTube

This was the game. Ridiculous play to end the 4th where Crawford coughs it up, then gets it right back and nails a 3 to seal it. Watching it with a couple of guys who were big fans and who knew a lot more about the team than I did was a blast. We were all screaming our heads off with the way that game ended. Such a great call from Gus Johnson. I was f'ng sold. I didn't care that they sucked. I knew one day they would be good again, and that nothing could top the excitement of the Knicks winning a championship in the modern era. So I stuck around and watched the team almost religiously with those guys that season.

Truth be told- those were some fun teams back then. Nate, Frye and especially Lee were something to look forward to every night. I was always convincing myself that Zeke had a master plan that would eventually pay off. The Garden was always unmatched. The Knicks colors were and still are second to none. And it was the home team after all. They quickly became the biggest underdog in sports. I had every reason to root for these guys, despite never truly experiencing the glory of 90s Knicks basketball.

And here we are... 15 god damn years later. I'm still friends with those guys, although they live in different parts of the country now. They're still Knicks fans. We're still holding out hope we'll see them win a title before the world ends. And things are finally starting to look up lol.

Aight. You can stay.

It's weird how people develop connections to certain teams. In 1968, at the age of 9, Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers was having a historic season pitching. He ended up winning 31 games, the pitcher in MLB to do so. It's a record that will most likely never be broken. Anyhow, at that time I was fascinated with pitchers and since I wore glasses like Denny McLain, the Tigers became my favorite AL team. The Mets were/are my NL team. I used to justify it due to Detroit being my birthplace but we only lived there for about one year. I can rattle off their entire starting lineup and pitching staff. Weird, I know.

[WargamesX]

It's a little bit of shade how the bulls are honoring a retired player and he's technically still on the Knicks books this season's cap.

Or you know maybe they figured let’s time it for when Thibs, Taj, and Rose will be there to cheer on their friend being honored.

Sometimes it isn’t a lolknicks situation and people are just trying to accomplish normal things

[WargamesX]

Chuck guarantees that we lose to the Bulls:

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I love the "expert" analysis from Shaq .."they play with energy"

Is this douche betting on games and paying off the refs?

Nah they been really tough so far. So the Bulls are playing like the 2011 Heat, transition, defense, run the opposing team down, pass the ball to get open play to yam on people, open threes because teams crowd the paint to try and keep them from yamming. They having a scoring center which is a nice new wrinkle to that system and emulates when the Hear use to go small and have Bosh play center. The Bulls aren’t nearly as talented as the 2011 Heat
Lavine, Derozan, and Ball playing at being a version Lebron, Wade, and Chalmer is only going to get you so far.

The Knicks are actually trying to play like the 2014 Spurs, aka beautiful basketball, a pass heavy system that works because everyone on the court can pass and shoot. The wrinkle with them compared to that Spurs team, is the Knicks have young legs and try to push in transition. They also don’t have year’s of chemistry from playing together which makes the whole thing a a wok in progress.

With that said It should be a really good game. I think both teams come in ready to do work, and while really, really early this could be a playoff series preview. The matchups to watch is RJ vs Derozan, and Randle vs Pat William, and Ball vs Kemba/Rose. The Heat’s talent in 2011 allowed them to get around teams forcing them into the Half Court. If the refs let them play I expect it to get rough. Tyson Chandler was a nightmare for that 2011 Heat style of play the Bulls is copying and a combination of Mitch/Noel should give the Knicks the advantage over the Bulls if they don’t get into foul trouble. The Bull’s offense is based on teams not having Center like them who making driving into the lane difficult. Outside of NO all the teams they played went exclusively small ball and NO centers aren’t defensive stoppers.

[pylb]

Just dropping by to say I hate y'all, but i love hating y'all, and it feels good to have both our franchises looking good again.

I still miss thibs, Taj and rose too.

[HerSports85]

This man ... I have no idea how we fleeced this Pistons like this, but thank you Detroit.

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[Montmorencie]

Chuck guarantees that we lose to the Bulls:

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I love the "expert" analysis from Shaq .."they play with energy"

Is this douche betting on games and paying off the refs?

So the Bulls are playing like the 2011 Heat

The Knicks are actually trying to play like the 2014 Spurs

Ok, hold your horses buddy. Knicks and Bulls are both going home the first round with 90% probability.

[god shammgod]

This man ... I have no idea how we fleeced this Pistons like this, but thank you Detroit.

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kemba probably close to the other end unfortunately. let's hope his hot shooting keeps up.

[Clyde_Style]

Noah’s stint in NYC was disgraceful. I don’t care if Thibs will be there. The Bulls are ridiculous to do their tribute when we’re in town.

Technically his stint is still ongoing, we are paying him $6,431,666 this season

Compared to Kant Playzingis getting the bag that's a bargain.

Spoiler:

Rumors are you're on the block for a trade to bring NYKMentality back. Don't take it personally. Trolling is a business.

[Clyde_Style]

Damn I didn’t even think that was possible, props to you

That’s like to deciding to become a vegetarian after eating a tofu hot dog

OK I see you

Spoiler:

just no MAGA BS this time please

[3toheadmelo]

some good luck heat!!!

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[DaGawd]

Just dropping by to say I hate y'all, but i love hating y'all, and it feels good to have both our franchises looking good again.

I still miss thibs, Taj and rose too.

**** you too bro

[GONYK]

Chuck guarantees that we lose to the Bulls:

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I love the "expert" analysis from Shaq .."they play with energy"

Is this douche betting on games and paying off the refs?

He also bet the house that we would beat Philly

[evevale]

Windhorst on his show "The Hoop Collective" said that the Bulls will be tested starting SATURDAY against UTAH. Literally went out of his way to spit in the face of the Knicks for apparently no reason. I didn't mind him before but now I have nothing but abject loathing for his ugly fat face. I swear I have anger problems

[Clyde_Style]

Windhorst on his show "The Hoop Collective" said that the Bulls will be tested starting SATURDAY against UTAH. Literally went out of his way to spit in the face of the Knicks for apparently no reason. I didn't mind him before but now I have nothing but abject loathing for his ugly fat face. I swear I have anger problems

[WargamesX]

Is this douche betting on games and paying off the refs?

So the Bulls are playing like the 2011 Heat

The Knicks are actually trying to play like the 2014 Spurs

Ok, hold your horses buddy. Knicks and Bulls are both going home the first round with 90% probability.

All those caveats in there about trying and not having the same level of talent and chemistry and you erase it to whittle it down to two sentences to accuse me of saying both teams are winning in the playoffs

[cgf]

Really wanted to go to this one but totally forgot it was coming up this early in the season & I didn't like any of the seats left when I looked on ticketmaster last week. Going to have to make the November game instead.