2025 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #3 New York Knicks vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-0)

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Who wins?

Poll ended at Sat May 24, 2025 3:33 pm

Knicks in 5
4
4%
Knicks in 6
7
7%
Knicks in 7
11
12%
Pacers in 4
15
16%
Pacers in 5
16
17%
Pacers in 6
36
38%
Pacers in 7
5
5%
 
Total votes: 94

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Post#681 » by Tor_Raps » Sat May 24, 2025 2:07 am

GiannisAnte34 wrote:God I would love Ben Sheppard on my team


Still gets me so sad that we gave them Siakam and didnt get a single prospect from them lol
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Post#682 » by KGDirkTD_Fan » Sat May 24, 2025 2:07 am

McConnell becomes Steve Nash these two games...lol ..NICE!!!
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Post#683 » by CelticSooner » Sat May 24, 2025 2:07 am

baldur wrote:Playing with 11 man rotation is pretty unusual.

It's crazy lol
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Post#684 » by Nuntius » Sat May 24, 2025 2:07 am

GiannisAnte34 wrote:God I would love Ben Sheppard on my team


Hitting on those early 2nd rounders is soo, soo big.
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Post#685 » by Eatgreenz » Sat May 24, 2025 2:07 am

tmorgan wrote:
LethalRangee wrote:Mathurin's Kuzma arc incoming


Pretty much. Athletes with limited feel that can’t pass and have weird attitudes or vibes…

Mathurin, Kuzma, Kuminga… I’m sure there are others.

He aint in the league yet but add ace bailey
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Post#686 » by ibraheim718 » Sat May 24, 2025 2:07 am

Karl Towns just killing the Knicks on D
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Post#687 » by jokeboy86 » Sat May 24, 2025 2:08 am

Carlisle can f**** coach man. And yet Rivers got the nod on the 15 greatest coaches over him
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Post#688 » by CS707 » Sat May 24, 2025 2:08 am

Nuntius wrote:
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jokeboy86 wrote:Why isn’t Spike Lee at these games?


Isn’t he?


I think I saw him?


I’m almost positive I saw him game 1.
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Post#689 » by LethalRangee » Sat May 24, 2025 2:08 am

xBulletproof wrote:
tmorgan wrote:
LethalRangee wrote:Mathurin's Kuzma arc incoming


Pretty much. Athletes with limited feel that can’t pass and have weird attitudes or vibes…

Mathurin, Kuzma, Kuminga… I’m sure there are others.


God I love this place.

I talk about Mathurin on Twitter and Pacers fans attack me like a swarm of mosquitos. They think dude is Dwayne Wade. Ugh, irritating.


Your first mistake was expecting a rational discussion on Twitter lol
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Post#690 » by ___Rand___ » Sat May 24, 2025 2:08 am

tmorgan wrote:
xBulletproof wrote:
tmorgan wrote:
Pretty much. Athletes with limited feel that can’t pass and have weird attitudes or vibes…

Mathurin, Kuzma, Kuminga… I’m sure there are others.


God I love this place.

I talk about Mathurin on Twitter and Pacers fans attack me like a swarm of mosquitos. They think dude is Dwayne Wade. Ugh, irritating.


Pacers will cash him out before having to give him a real contract. Book it. Smart org does smart things.


Pacers have too many young guys. Just like OKC. They can't keep them all.
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Post#691 » by Tor_Raps » Sat May 24, 2025 2:08 am

baldur wrote:Playing with 11 man rotation is pretty unusual.


They're doing it the right away at least by increasing the tempo with full court coverage, otherwise it would make 0 sense to do it. They're literally the bizzaro Knicks in that sense lol
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Post#692 » by sodmoraes » Sat May 24, 2025 2:08 am

TJ is so quick and good passer. If he had a good 3 PT shooter he would be a legit starter.


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Post#693 » by slicedbread2 » Sat May 24, 2025 2:08 am

T.J. McConnell: Ultimate floor general! Perfect name for someone you'd think that was in the military.

Ultimate underdog story from undrafted to having a 10+ year career.
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Post#694 » by xBulletproof » Sat May 24, 2025 2:08 am

LethalRangee wrote:
xBulletproof wrote:
tmorgan wrote:
Pretty much. Athletes with limited feel that can’t pass and have weird attitudes or vibes…

Mathurin, Kuzma, Kuminga… I’m sure there are others.


God I love this place.

I talk about Mathurin on Twitter and Pacers fans attack me like a swarm of mosquitos. They think dude is Dwayne Wade. Ugh, irritating.


Your first mistake was expecting a rational discussion on Twitter lol


I mean ..... yeah. That's fair. :lol:

I just expect if people care enough to talk sports, they'll know something.
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Post#695 » by ibraheim718 » Sat May 24, 2025 2:08 am

Probabaly shouldn't play Payne either.. play Wright instead
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Post#696 » by Nuntius » Sat May 24, 2025 2:08 am

baldur wrote:Playing with 11 man rotation is pretty unusual.


To be fair, Bradley got in because Bryant injured his finger. But he did a good job so we may have found something there.
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Post#697 » by Raps in 4 » Sat May 24, 2025 2:09 am

Tor_Raps wrote:
GiannisAnte34 wrote:God I would love Ben Sheppard on my team


Still gets me so sad that we gave them Siakam and didnt get a single prospect from them lol


That's what happens when you trade a player with only 3 months left on their contract.
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Post#698 » by ___Rand___ » Sat May 24, 2025 2:09 am

jokeboy86 wrote:Carlisle can f**** coach man. And yet Rivers got the nod on the 15 greatest coaches over him


Rivers got great PR man. The man's got a lot of relationships all over the place. Within the league and the media. That's why. He's a businessman.
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Post#699 » by Tor_Raps » Sat May 24, 2025 2:09 am

___Rand___ wrote:I would've been happy had Indy included Sheppard or Mathurin for Pascal. These guys aren't getting enough minutes playing in Indy.


They also got Walker and Jackson who are after thoughts. One of Masai's worst moves.
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Post#700 » by dakomish23 » Sat May 24, 2025 2:09 am

Every PnR, the roller goes one way then another cuts across that path. And it’s confusing the Knicks
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