PG: The Rewards Go To The True Believers

[BKlutch]

who tf is tingus pingus

He's a tall, thin, weak ?former NBA player with a contract larger than his dick and Diddy Disease (or so it's been said). I think there might be something on him if you google it, but I seem to recall he was outdone by his bigger, stronger, smarter brother Janus.

[Iron Mantis]

Shoutout to all the real ones who knew we became serious contenders immediately after the KAT trade......and long before the playoffs.

Spoiler:

Special thanks to those who never wavered in their belief in this roster's talent, despite growing pains and "elite" coaching.

Thank you Leon for carefully constructing this amazing roster, giving us a real chance to compete for a championship!!








Bring on the Indiana Pacers!!!!!

I was here for the 3 days this site got hijacked by "detractors" who made it their mission to argue against the new roster.

Now, the roster that was built to beat Boston actually BEAT BOSTON!!!

Zero chance we get past Boston without the best Knicks big since Pat Ewing.

So thankful KAT is a Knick.

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Most talented Knicks team I've ever seen.

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[BKlutch]

Once we traded for OG we immediately became championship contenders. The one trade that changed everything.

Actually, you have to go back to RJ. Without him, Chanel never would have had his career as head of the TS% police. So that had to be the true beginning, but OJ was, as they say, a game changer.

[BKlutch]

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Still in complete shock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Never thought I’d ever see my Knicks be this good In my lifetime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That all changed when #11 arrived!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Gkoat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My captain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jalen Brunson Folkssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JALENNNNN BRUNSONNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And on a bum ankle.

So you mean we didn't OVERPAY as some said when we got him back in '22? So look at who Rose got us since that time:
Brunson
Hart
Divo
iHart
OG
KAT
-Divo
-Julius
We kept Mitch and Deuce

All the big guys have worked out well. The bench, not so much. We were nice enough to let Obi go so he could get some court time.
The latest drafts, still unknown but hopeful!
Dolan has kept hands off, other than to give basketballs to kids after games (great role for him).

Look at where this has gotten us in that time. This has been a very short process. What I read a while ago was Rose never thought Thibs and Ju would get us into the playoffs, and we really weren't ready to support Ju with shooters. So instead we helped baldy's Trae's career prosper. I'm not sure they ever really thought Ju was a 1st option, but we used him in that role and it wasn't good for him or us.

So only 3 years after the JB signing we are past the second round and into the ECF for the 1st time in 25 years. And we eviscerated that team, destroying Boston's dynasty.

GO KNICKS!

[BKlutch]

I think most recognize he was a very immature kid when he was drafted weighed down by the terrible guidance of a sycophant brother. KP had douche tendencies, was getting his ass kicked at Latvian nightclubs in the off-season, acted like he was some kind of B-Boy, was hitting on girls on Instagram, he was a mess. And he had to deal with Phil who was a bigger douche.

But people grow up and he seems OK now. He was one of the only bright spots in 25 years. Quite a few Knicks fans have a soft spot for him and some even wish he had remained a Knick. KP seems fond of NYC himself even if his exit was kind of rough.

Yeah, you have a point. And I don't think the Knicks wouldn't be where they're at now had they retained him.

The only good thing about Phil was he didn't throw away our picks. And it was probably for the best we didn't sign KP to a huge contract. It was not worth it to build around KP. He is already at the stage of his career where he is essentially a role player.

That draft had
KAT - was drafted #1 and remains the best from that draft
OK4 - never was what we all thought when we heard Tank 4 OK4
KP - seems to becoming an invalid
Mudiay - Fiz didn't ever fix him, did he?

Others in top 10 - D'Angelo Russell, Mario Hezonja, Willie Cauley-Stein, Frank Kaminsky, Justice Winslow

#13 Devin Booker <- great value at #13

How many of the top 10 are doing well today? We all thought that was an incredibly rich draft. Shows what we knew.

[Clyde_Style]

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So, yeah, this guy is truly FOS

What should be a simple concession speech and a plate of crow turns into a backhanded insult that this would not have happened if Tatum didn't get hurt.

Eat a BoD's you delusional loser

[Clyde_Style]

Yeah, you have a point. And I don't think the Knicks wouldn't be where they're at now had they retained him.

The only good thing about Phil was he didn't throw away our picks. And it was probably for the best we didn't sign KP to a huge contract. It was not worth it to build around KP. He is already at the stage of his career where he is essentially a role player.

That draft had
KAT - was drafted #1 and remains the best from that draft
OK4 - never was what we all thought when we heard Tank 4 OK4
KP - seems to becoming an invalid
Mudiay - Fiz didn't ever fix him, did he?

Others in top 10 - D'Angelo Russell, Mario Hezonja, Willie Cauley-Stein, Frank Kaminsky, Justice Winslow

#13 Devin Booker <- great value at #13

How many of the top 10 are doing well today? We all thought that was an incredibly rich draft. Shows what we knew.

All that matters now is we ended up with the best player from that draft after all

[Clyde_Style]

[The KnicksFix]

If Jokic is Joker
Brunson is Bane
Cause Gotham going CRAZY

Inmates running Arkham Asylum

[SelbyCobra]

Been marinating on this game for 24 hours now. It's the second time in the last two years that when there was a chance for everything to go sideways the team came out and put on a performance that was so incongruent with anything we've become accustomed to fear over the decades. The first was last year in the Philly series where they went up 3-1, had game 5 at home, and blew it at the end when Maxey went nuts, sent the game to OT, and the Knicks folded. Just like this year when they went up 3-1, and were demoralized in Game 5. It felt like all the nonsense that rooting for this team comes with was on full display - the old, "oh, here we go..."

...and in both instances the team came out in the next opportunity and made it very clear that not only do any fears, worries, and conditioned anxiety we have about rooting for this organization have nothing to do with THEM, but they actively don't give a f*ck about that noise and, in fact, their actions and expectations are at the polar opposite end of the spectrum. Last year they went on the road to Philly for Game 6th and ripped the home crowd's hearts out with Brunson putting up 41, and this year they put on a show for the home fans by smacking the ever-loving ISHT out of the Celtics for 48 straight minutes.

Being invested in this team for 40 years now, in my opinion the majority of this shift quite simply boils down to Jalen Brunson. There are lots of other factors - another All-Star starter paired with him, two of the best two-way wings in the league, The Power of Friendship™, Thibs' galvanizing motivation, etc. - but none of those things means nearly as much if you don't have one of the 4-5 guys in the league who has that unquantifiable skill of literally impacting winning beyond boxscore production. We have one of them ones. I will never be fully accepting that it's actually us with that guy.

Postseason sports is a crazy thing no matter what. But the Knicks, in New York City, legitimately fighting for a championship is at the top of any list - there might be others up there with it, but nothing's above. Enjoy these next few days before the next storm hits.

So, shout out to all the oldest heads who have a tie to the last Knicks champion. The ones who have a memory of Willis and Clyde, but those memories might be fading a little, and who have been wondering if they'd ever get to make new ones.

Shout out to my generation who grew up as everything broke the Knicks way in 1985, and then experienced the euphoric peaks of the 90s, but also the pain of the troughs, and whose fan experience has lived somewhere between skeptical and cautiously optimistic ever since as a result.

And shout out to everyone who grew up with this team after the 90s, who knows nothing other than being a laughing stock with a sprinkling of Great Value playoffs in 2012, and whose exuberance for this team has been running at levels they didn't know existed before these huge playoff wins in the biggest moments got into their bloodstream. Living on the west coast now, I'm especially enjoying the videos of your happiness in the streets after big wins these last couple of years.

[knicks1999]

My only complaint about this win is the way the Knicks fans are acting in the streets afterwards:…..I get it’s been a LONG time….but it makes us Knicks fans look bad….lets save it for the finals….

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[Clyde_Style]

Been marinating on this game for 24 hours now. It's the second time in the last two years that when there was a chance for everything to go sideways the team came out and put on a performance that was so incongruent with anything we've become accustomed to fear over the decades. The first was last year in the Philly series where they went up 3-1, had game 5 at home, and blew it at the end when Maxey went nuts, sent the game to OT, and the Knicks folded. Just like this year when they went up 3-1, and were demoralized in Game 5. It felt like all the nonsense that rooting for this team comes with was on full display - the old, "oh, here we go..."

...and in both instances the team came out in the next opportunity and made it very clear that not only do any fears, worries, and conditioned anxiety we have about rooting for this organization have nothing to do with THEM, but they actively don't give a f*ck about that noise and, in fact, their actions and expectations are at the polar opposite end of the spectrum. Last year they went on the road to Philly for Game 6th and ripped the home crowd's hearts out with Brunson putting up 41, and this year they put on a show for the home fans by smacking the ever-loving ISHT out of the Celtics for 48 straight minutes.

Being invested in this team for 40 years now, in my opinion the majority of this shift quite simply boils down to Jalen Brunson. There are lots of other factors - another All-Star starter paired with him, two of the best two-way wings in the league, The Power of Friendship™, Thibs' galvanizing motivation, etc. - but none of those things means nearly as much if you don't have one of the 4-5 guys in the league who has that unquantifiable skill of literally impacting winning beyond boxscore production. We have one of them ones. I will never be fully accepting that it's actually us with that guy.

Postseason sports is a crazy thing no matter what. But the Knicks, in New York City, legitimately fighting for a championship is at the top of any list - there might be others up there with it, but nothing's above. Enjoy these next few days before the next storm hits.

So, shout out to all the oldest heads who have a tie to the last Knicks champion. The ones who have a memory of Willis and Clyde, but those memories might be fading a little, and who have been wondering if they'd ever get to make new ones.

Shout out to my generation who grew up as everything broke the Knicks way in 1985, and then experienced the euphoric peaks of the 90s, but also the pain of the troughs, and whose fan experience has lived somewhere between skeptical and cautiously optimistic ever since as a result.

And shout out to everyone who grew up with this team after the 90s, who knows nothing other than being a laughing stock with a sprinkling of Great Value playoffs in 2012, and whose exuberance for this team has been running at levels they didn't know existed before these huge playoff wins in the biggest moments got into their bloodstream. Living on the west coast now, I'm especially enjoying the videos of your happiness in the streets after big wins these last couple of years.

Good thoughts

Any Knicks fan under 30 now gets to feel the electrical jolt true contention does to the spirit and the city (because New Yorkers feel it wherever they are now).

Any Knicks fan between 30 and 50 that got to experience the 90s and the individual greatness of players like Bernard King or Micheal Ray Richardson, but missed the championship years, this last game was the first time this squad showed the kinds of playing levels seen during the peak years of the early 70s.

This starting unit is the most talented starting 5 since the 70s. I love many of our 90s players, Patrick, Starks, Spree, Mase. We had talent like Allan Houston. We were good. But the raw talent of this starting 5 is better.

The only thing is we didn't see it all click until NOW.

And now we can all see what this level of talent is capable of if they play the game right.

That's what the 70s Knicks did, they played the game right. They played off each other's strengths. They played defense like a well oiled machine. Any one of them were capable of winning a game with the final shot.

It is unlikely we will ever see such a harmonious and well-balanced roster like the original Championship Knicks, but they set a standard we can live up to which is playing the game right.

If this Knicks squad plays the game right they will stomp everyone into the dirt. It is up to them now. They have the talent. Now they get to become a team.

[Clyde_Style]

My only complaint about this win is the way the Knicks fans are acting in the streets afterwards:…..I get it’s been a LONG time….but it makes us Knicks fans look bad….lets save it for the finals….

Celtics fans were attacking Knicks fans in Boston. That seems worse to me.

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[HopelessKnick]

After a busy week, working shift after shift I came home late saturday...fell asleep...hadn't watched a NBA game since our brutal game 3 loss but knew Sunday morning I would catch up. Got up at 3a.m. and just finished watching 4 hours non-stop knick basketball.....Was busy avoiding any spoilers so I truly had no idea what had transpired since our game 3 loss. Watched game 4 and was going bonkers after we turned the game around in the second half. Hated to see Tatum go down like that---had the feeling right away that it was his achilles.....really unusual for someone his age. Hope he makes a full recovery! But this can't take anything away from our team---we were going to win game 4 regardless so we had beat the Celtics 3 times with Tatum anyways. I think we would have pulled it out regardless, but obviously it was easier in game 6 without Tatum.

Then I thought series over and the Knicks were completely outplayed in game 5 but I still had a good feeling for game 6. And boy did the Knicks deliver.....can't imagine how happy I am right now...been waiting for this for 26!!!!years. WOW! 26years. Still shocked as ****.

Unbelievable...Celtics and Cavs are out and we get a re-match with the Pacers. Not in my wildest dreams would I have believed it possible. Just so happy and so tired right now.

[HopelessKnick]

The crazy thing is that with the Pacers, Knicks, Wolves and OKC or Nuggets remaining....nothing seems truly impossible....like we beat Boston 3 times with Tatum on the court....you can't avoid but conclude that if we play well we can possibly take down any of the remaining teams.

I mean as a self-defense mechanism to protect against and infinite amount of letdowns in the past 25 years I don't want to think ahead too much and look at it game by game.......but heck...outside OKC we would have homecourt against all the remaining teams as well.

Crazy stuff. Just crazy stuff.

[Capn'O]

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Seriously though, that's amazing.

[stuporman]

The way the Celtics treated Hart, KP giving him the pit, getting elbowed bloodied and black eye, Brown grabbin his nuts...that's Thibs' bae.

See, Thibs is not married, no kids, this team is his only family so you mess with Thibs' kids like that and he wants it to hurt, not just a loss, a humiliation. He was in those huddles telling those guys I want them to remember this whuppin for decades, you're winning it by at least 37 to get in the books.



Oh and 3 more days of this social media fun, the break is a welcome rest for the players and revelry for the fans. Well deserved and earned.

[Jeff Van Gully]

I was all-in on us last January. But all that was upset with all the injuries and the contract loomings. The Gods against the Knicks - an old story. And the Board had me convinced this wasn't our year. UNTill winning game one in Boston. And game Two. And everyone playing Post-season tough. This is a Different team than regular season. This team is tough in the clutch. We may not win it all but we won't go quietly.

sounds like a good place. praise be.