Official NBA General Discussion 2024-25 V2.0

[tdotrep2]

Turns out Siakam is pretty good when you don't ask him to be a #1 option, be the only guy who can self-create, give him no spacing/shooters, overburden him being the low man on defense spraying out to corner shooters playing him 37+ minutes a night. And then call him for being selfish when he can't make it work lmao.

it was an atrocious situation for him. I really like jak but trading for him while wemby was on the table... damn man

[Quattro]

Spicy Pee for the win

I wish we had this Spicy in our last years with him. Keep the Knicks knicking spicy

We did. We just didnt have the guys the pacers have around him

[dTox]

Happy for Pascal, he deserves his flowers. He has proven yet again that he can be one of the top two players on a contending team

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[notagenius]

**** pat Bev btw.

Siakam a dog.

[Jim Todd Jr.]

holy over reactions

brunson isnt a star
og and bridges are trash
series is over

yall emotional

[Agimat]

'The only times I got beat in my matchups were against Randle and Siakam'

-Draymond Green

[DonDoolie]

Pascal looks amazing when he isn't forced to be a #1 and his PG is actually a **** PG and not some rat that shoots everytime he has the ball.

[Westside Gunn]

holy over reactions

brunson isnt a star
og and bridges are trash
series is over

yall emotional

OG is trash/meh but damn the realgm raptors board worships this guy

its unbelievable what we got in return for him and what the knicks pay for him

[mtcan]

holy over reactions

brunson isnt a star
og and bridges are trash
series is over

yall emotional

Overrated. Neither got all-defence team? And their calling card is their defence...and one of them is making 200 million...for what?

[PushDaRock]

Siakam even over 30 now has those fresh legs not needing to play extremely heavy minutes or carry an entire offense and you see him sprinting down the floor for easy buckets again like he did earlier in his career. Even his defense looks like it's back to a better level now.

[sidsid]

holy over reactions

brunson isnt a star
og and bridges are trash
series is over

yall emotional

Not saying he isn't a star, just that he's Trae in the end. If a contending team is dedicated enough, they can get every point back that Brunson generates on offense. There are complaints about Luka, but he can hold up better than these guys on the other end.

[SFour]

holy over reactions

brunson isnt a star
og and bridges are trash
series is over

yall emotional

OG is trash/meh but damn the realgm raptors board worships this guy

its unbelievable what we got in return for him and what the knicks pay for him

he's not trash...but his contract is a big pill to swallow. Out of FVV/OG/Siakam I would've only been interested in re-signing Siakam.

[Basketball_Jones]

OG and Bridges and Kat got them past the Celtics so in a way mission accomplished there. But they completely overlooked the Pacers and how to match up with them at all.

[mtcan]

OG and Bridges and Kat got them past the Celtics so in a way mission accomplished there. But they completely overlooked the Pacers and how to match up with them at all.

Series was over the moment Tatum tore his achilles...so I wouldn't give them too much credit.

[mdenny]

OG and Bridges and Kat got them past the Celtics so in a way mission accomplished there. But they completely overlooked the Pacers and how to match up with them at all.

Series was over the moment Tatum tore his achilles...so I wouldn't give them too much credit.

Yah that isn't a real mission accomplished and I think most see it that way. They were doing well though. But without Tatum playing....it wasn't a true close out.

I think the Knicks don't have enough ball handling. They probably really miss IQ in that sense. They have one elite ball handler on the team. The rest of them are either poor ball handlers or slightly below average for their position/role.

IQ would be huge for them right now if they had figured out a way to keep him. The Pacers have tons of ball handling dispersed through their rotation.

[Tripod]

"Masai over rates his players"

[PushDaRock]

As I was saying before, the Pacers doing this well is going to have Masai feeling confident in the move he made for Ingram and what he's been building here in general. The strength in numbers approach without a real true #1 option has worked out really well for the Pacers.

[AkelaLoneWolf]

As I was saying before, the Pacers doing this well is going to have Masai feeling confident in the move he made for Ingram and what he's been building here in general. The strength in numbers approach without a real true #1 option has worked out really well for the Pacers.

We know iq bi and RJ will show up if healthy. Barnes is the big question mark right now. He really needs to take that next step

[sidsid]

You still hear it now, but Pascal is better than KAT and always has been.

If you need Gobert and 3 other defenders just to make you playable and you still disappear anyway you're not a championship caliber player like Siakam is.

[mtcan]

As I was saying before, the Pacers doing this well is going to have Masai feeling confident in the move he made for Ingram and what he's been building here in general. The strength in numbers approach without a real true #1 option has worked out really well for the Pacers.

I mean, clearly tanking to achieve the worst record possible isn't showing to be the most successful way to build a team. Ask Washington and Utah how it's working for them?