Around the NBA - WCF and Finals Thread

HarthorneWingo · Post #1981 » by **HarthorneWingo** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 8:22 am

Meat wrote:hmm, what does wiseman look like after a year or 2 of knicks culture

We’ll never know. :lol:

Post #1982 » by **HerSports85** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 8:36 am

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HarthorneWingo · Post #1983 » by **HarthorneWingo** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 8:38 am

Synciere wrote:
HarthorneWingo wrote:
Fat Kat wrote:

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Who wanted him? Show yourselves

I want names.

They won’t show their faces now.

I’m pretty sure that Melostan was leading the charge.

Jalen Bluntson · Post #1984 » by **Jalen Bluntson** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 8:44 am

HerSports85 wrote:

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Philly going to be a good team for about 50 games a year.

Iron Mantis · Post #1985 » by **Iron Mantis** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 9:52 am

What's the Sixers roster looking like? Depth wise

The opinion is probably that move puts them ahead of us and = to the Celtics

DaGawd · Post #1986 » by **DaGawd** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 9:56 am

Iron Mantis wrote:What's the Sixers roster looking like? Depth wise

The opinion is probably that move puts them ahead of us and = to the Celtics

most are saying it puts them on par with us maybe but not many are saying ahead which i agree with that stance. paul george and embiid are injury risk and liable for poor playoff performances.. they’ll be a nice regular season team tho for sure

Post #1987 » by **HerSports85** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 10:02 am

Philly was able to get Oubre, Drummond and Gordon for cheap.

Hopefully waiting on IHart doesn’t cost us getting a replacement

NoDopeOnSundays · Post #1988 » by **NoDopeOnSundays** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 10:22 am

DaGawd wrote:
Iron Mantis wrote:What's the Sixers roster looking like? Depth wise

The opinion is probably that move puts them ahead of us and = to the Celtics

most are saying it puts us on par with us maybe by not many are saying ahead which i agree with that stance. paul george and embiid are injury risk and liable for poor playoff performances.. they’ll be a nice regular season team tho for sure

OG has missed more games the last 4 seasons than PG and Mitch has missed more than Embiid in the same time period. We are living on shaky ground as well :lol:

DaGawd · Post #1989 » by **DaGawd** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 10:24 am

NoDopeOnSundays wrote:
DaGawd wrote:
Iron Mantis wrote:What's the Sixers roster looking like? Depth wise

The opinion is probably that move puts them ahead of us and = to the Celtics

most are saying it puts us on par with us maybe by not many are saying ahead which i agree with that stance. paul george and embiid are injury risk and liable for poor playoff performances.. they’ll be a nice regular season team tho for sure

oh i agree, i’d say we still have better depth than then thought i do like the acquisitions of drummond and bringing back oubre for them, gordon is old
OG has missed more games the last 4 seasons than PG and Mitch has missed more than Embiid in the same time period. We are living on shaky ground as well

knicks94 · Post #1990 » by **knicks94** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 10:40 am

The Knicks hating media is really going to have a ball picking us to finish behind Philly, but had we been the team with Embiid, PG and Maxey we would have been labeled the underdog.

Chanel Bomber · Post #1991 » by **Chanel Bomber** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 10:51 am

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That's pretty bad news but Philly were always gonna add someone I guess. At least it wasn't one of our own. There may be a race to the #1 seed to avoid Philly, Boston or NY in the second round, though Boston will likely run away with it. Facing this Philly team in round 2 is not an exciting prospect.

Wildcat · Post #1992 » by **Wildcat** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 11:48 am

Iron Mantis wrote:What's the Sixers roster looking like? Depth wise

The opinion is probably that move puts them ahead of us and = to the Celtics

Smoke needs to clear, but their depth is going to be trash with their salary already at 161 mil. If anything, they caught up the the Knicks, but my homer-ism and some mild logic will put the Knicks ahead of them.

Wildcat · Post #1993 » by **Wildcat** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 11:54 am

Chanel Bomber wrote:
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That's pretty bad news but Philly were always gonna add someone I guess. At least it wasn't one of our own. There may be a race to the #1 seed to avoid Philly, Boston or NY in the second round, though Boston will likely run away with it. Facing this Philly team in round 2 is not an exciting prospect.

With KP not set to play until January and (a suspected) decline from Al, and of course with the obvious target on their back, Boston ain't running away with it.

Joel is an inevitable injury. And PG13 was playing for a new contract. His availability is going to be questionable again.

knicks94 · Post #1994 » by **knicks94** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 12:05 pm

Paul George couldn't win with a prime Westbrook.
Couldn't get to the finals with Kawhi and Harden.
Now he is going to win a championship with a guy whose body is made of glass?
Get the Hell out of here!!!
The superteam model doesn't work unless you have a generational talent like Lebron or Curry at the peak of their career.
Just ask the Nets and the Clippers if pairing a group of all stars is a recipe for championship success.

Fury · Post #1995 » by **Fury** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 12:13 pm

Nice signing. They still don’t have anyone to defend Brunson or Randle.

Guano · Post #1996 » by **Guano** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 12:15 pm

robillionaire wrote:
iLLmatic860 wrote:
Synciere wrote:
The only way he’s mid is if Embiid is injured and they don’t contend. He’s a second option on that team, no disrespect to Maxey. But we have to see what their depth looks like before sabotaging their potential lineup.

Idk I’m not sure. I think Maxey should be the 2nd option.

PG being the 2nd option over Maxey who appears to be emerging as a superstar and taking a lot of his shots would ruin that team even more so I’m all for it

turn that sht up!

Spree2Houston · Post #1997 » by **Spree2Houston** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 12:15 pm

Paul George is 34 and injury prone lol

spree2kawhi · Post #1998 » by **spree2kawhi** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 12:17 pm

Chanel Bomber wrote:
HerSports85 wrote:

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That's pretty bad news but Philly were always gonna add someone I guess. At least it wasn't one of our own. There may be a race to the #1 seed to avoid Philly, Boston or NY in the second round, though Boston will likely run away with it. Facing this Philly team in round 2 is not an exciting prospect.

We’ll beat anybody. Also: I think we’re better than Boston and while Philly may look better on paper and maybe even during the regular season, I don’t think they’d ultimately beat us in games played next summer.

jvsimonetti0514 · Post #1999 » by **jvsimonetti0514** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 12:24 pm

First time in a while that a star player has signed into someone cap space. Thought that was all but dead in the nba but I thought wrong. Probably helps to have Embiid in place to make things easier. They should be really good but let’s see how they can build around their big 3 cuz they’ll need some depth around Embiid and George since they’re both very injury prone.

Montmorencie · Post #2000 » by **Montmorencie** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 12:25 pm

Philly just took Embiid's last chance of getting a ring They are not winning with Embiid and Paul George. I repeat, they are not winning with Paul George and Embiid. Even if they are healthy and the entire East is injures, as it was this year, they will find a way. And the odds are they will be the injured ones :lol