Around the NBA - 2024-25 Season Continued Continued

[spree2kawhi]

We also have a top 5 record despite missing Brunson for a month.

And to be clear, we don’t really miss somebody’s playmaking if he’s averaging 3.3 TOs this postseason. We do not miss his playmaking, we miss adequate play-calling.

[3toheadmelo]

“Top 5”

[spree2kawhi]

We don’t miss Julius Randle man

Do you have eyes? Did you watch Karl-Anthony Towns play ball last game?

[spree2kawhi]

:lol: “Top 5”

It’s literally a top 5 record in the league despite going without a center for 60-something games and without Brunson for a month. Too bad, it’s an actual fact…

[3toheadmelo]

You hear that Boston? We got a “top 5” roster!!!

Watch on YouTube

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[spree2kawhi]

You hear that Boston? We got a “top 5” roster!!!

Watch on YouTube

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You’re right, of course. Boston is now very relieved because we foolishly dealt away Julius Randle and now they don’t need to be afraid of us. They know we miss him… “badly” even. Towns is good but he’s “not exactly” the player we need. It was always Julius

[3toheadmelo]

You hear that Boston? We got a “top 5” roster!!!

Watch on YouTube

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You’re right, of course.

Thanks!

[god shammgod]

why do you always talk like its some kind of certainty that Giannis becomes avalable?

The writing is on the wall. He was quoted recently as saying he really wants to get a 2nd championship. He has pressured them to make deals in the past by lowkey talking about leaving. There are no more deals to make. Half the bucks team are free agents, that team cost a fortune and they have no assets to make trades. They’re ****. I actually think that they might be relived if Giannis asks out. They’ll want picks though since they traded away all of theirs.

I didn't agree with the moves the front office made this off-season but why is pairing Giannis with a small, poor defensive scoring guard and a coach with questionable playoff success a clearly better choice to go all in on when we see how things have worked out in Milwaukee?

dame is not the same player he once was. it's not comparable. that being said he missed 30 games and they still almost have the same record as us. that's how good giannis is. he's the 3rd best player in the league, best in the conference, and brunson is top 10. the only other team with 2 top 10 players are the lakers and their supporting cast is mostly dogsh*t outside of reeves. having 2 top 1 players gives you a pretty good chance. it's a little work to fill out the roster but that's easier to figure out than getting 2 good enough stars to win it all. give me that every time.

[god shammgod]

the east sucks. the 3rd best team in the east is comparable to the 7th best team in the west. don't get confused by the record. those teams out west have tougher games way more often.

[spree2kawhi]

Ah, that explains everything, of course.

[spree2kawhi]

On realgm, objectivity truly reigns supreme.

[god shammgod]

the problem with this place is you have a lot of homers who don't really follow the rest of the league and really have no idea what they're talking about. find me a power ranking that has the knicks top 5 ? you won't find it.

[god shammgod]

nba.com

https://www.nba.com/news/power-rankings-2024-25-playoffs-first-round

they have the knicks 11th in their last ranking

[3toheadmelo]

the problem with this place is you have a lot of homers who don't really follow the rest of the league and really have no idea what they're talking about. find me a power ranking that has the knicks top 5 ? you won't find it.

You won’t find it any power ranking that has us in the top 5 right now. That guy is literally delusional but Thinks he’s objectively right lmfao

[3toheadmelo]

nba.com

https://www.nba.com/news/power-rankings-2024-25-playoffs-first-round

they have the knicks 11th in their last ranking

[spree2kawhi]

The writing is on the wall. He was quoted recently as saying he really wants to get a 2nd championship. He has pressured them to make deals in the past by lowkey talking about leaving. There are no more deals to make. Half the bucks team are free agents, that team cost a fortune and they have no assets to make trades. They’re ****. I actually think that they might be relived if Giannis asks out. They’ll want picks though since they traded away all of theirs.

I didn't agree with the moves the front office made this off-season but why is pairing Giannis with a small, poor defensive scoring guard and a coach with questionable playoff success a clearly better choice to go all in on when we see how things have worked out in Milwaukee?

dame is not the same player he once was. it's not comparable. that being said he missed 30 games and they still almost have the same record as us. that's how good giannis is. he's the 3rd best player in the league, best in the conference, and brunson is top 10. the only other team with 2 top 10 players are the lakers and their supporting cast is mostly dogsh*t outside of reeves. having 2 top 1 players gives you a pretty good chance. it's a little work to fill out the roster but that's easier to figure out than getting 2 good enough stars to win it all. give me that every time.

They weren’t going to give it to you though and you don’t know what will happen next. They also wouldn’t want to pair Lillard with freaking Julius Randle next, or what would the package have been if only we had waited? Giannis is a pipe-dream. I’d take him, but calling that an option, an alternative or a plan is baloney.

[JayTWill]

The writing is on the wall. He was quoted recently as saying he really wants to get a 2nd championship. He has pressured them to make deals in the past by lowkey talking about leaving. There are no more deals to make. Half the bucks team are free agents, that team cost a fortune and they have no assets to make trades. They’re ****. I actually think that they might be relived if Giannis asks out. They’ll want picks though since they traded away all of theirs.

I didn't agree with the moves the front office made this off-season but why is pairing Giannis with a small, poor defensive scoring guard and a coach with questionable playoff success a clearly better choice to go all in on when we see how things have worked out in Milwaukee?

dame is not the same player he once was. it's not comparable. that being said he missed 30 games and they still almost have the same record as us. that's how good giannis is. he's the 3rd best player in the league, best in the conference, and brunson is top 10. the only other team with 2 top 10 players are the lakers and their supporting cast is mostly dogsh*t outside of reeves. having 2 top 1 players gives you a pretty good chance. it's a little work to fill out the roster but that's easier to figure out than getting 2 good enough stars to win it all. give me that every time.

Dame played 58 games. Brunson played 65. They put up almost identical numbers across the board with Brunson scoring 1 more point on 1.5 more shots and Lillard grabbing more rebounds with better shooting efficiency. I love Brunson but I see no reason to consider him a top 10 player if Lillard isn't.

The Knicks have struggled against the top 2 teams in the east and have had some struggles against the middle of the pack teams but the one team they have dominated is Milwaukee. I don't know why becoming more like the Bucks is a better path to success and that's ignoring there is a huge difference between the spacing Lopez provides over someone like Mitch. I assume Mitch stays since no one seemed interested in trading for him including as part of the KAT deal.

[spree2kawhi]

the problem with this place is you have a lot of homers who don't really follow the rest of the league and really have no idea what they're talking about. find me a power ranking that has the knicks top 5 ? you won't find it.

You won’t find it any power ranking that has us in the top 5 right now. That guy is literally delusional but Thinks he’s objectively right lmfao

Well, I am objectively right and all you have at hand are subjective rankings. That may be painful to accept and also not reflective of how every team has been trending recently, but it is true, you know?

Objectively, we are also not missing Julius Randle - only the biggest of trolls are suggesting that nonsense. Literally delusional trolls. We don’t miss Julius Randle objectively, we also have not missed out on Giannis Antetokounmpo yet. That’s not a real thing, it’s only what you like to complain about. Do you need help with the definition?

[god shammgod]

I didn't agree with the moves the front office made this off-season but why is pairing Giannis with a small, poor defensive scoring guard and a coach with questionable playoff success a clearly better choice to go all in on when we see how things have worked out in Milwaukee?

dame is not the same player he once was. it's not comparable. that being said he missed 30 games and they still almost have the same record as us. that's how good giannis is. he's the 3rd best player in the league, best in the conference, and brunson is top 10. the only other team with 2 top 10 players are the lakers and their supporting cast is mostly dogsh*t outside of reeves. having 2 top 1 players gives you a pretty good chance. it's a little work to fill out the roster but that's easier to figure out than getting 2 good enough stars to win it all. give me that every time.

Dame played 58 games. Brunson played 65. They put up almost identical numbers across the board with Brunson scoring 1 more point on 1.5 more shots and Lillard grabbing more rebounds with better shooting efficiency. I love Brunson but I see no reason to consider him a top 10 player if Lillard isn't.

The Knicks have struggled against the top 2 teams and the east and have had some struggles against the middle of the pack teams but the one team they have dominated is Milwaukee. I don't know why becoming more like the Bucks is a better path to success and that's ignoring there is a huge difference between the spacing Lopez provides over someone like Mitch. I assume Mitch stays since no one seemed interested in trading for him including as part of the KAT deal.

well, you're entitled to your opinion but everyone who reports on the league and ranks players would disagree with you.

the wolves didn't watch mitch because they have gobert and reid. plus he was gonna be injured for the year. why would they need another guy who can only play the 5 even if he wasn't ?

[3toheadmelo]

the problem with this place is you have a lot of homers who don't really follow the rest of the league and really have no idea what they're talking about. find me a power ranking that has the knicks top 5 ? you won't find it.

You won’t find it any power ranking that has us in the top 5 right now. That guy is literally delusional but Thinks he’s objectively right lmfao

Well, I am objectively right