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[RHODEY]

Still gonna be hearing it from Chuck and Shaq. Chuck hasn't been too hard on us yet though.

Per Marc Stein they'll be on ABC/Espn for 2025-2026

Chuck has leant more pro-Knick for awhile now. Criticism is all good so long as it's constructive.

Shaq is actually more of a Knicks hater right now.

[Jstock12]

Randle just proved why he was the best player in the trade.

[3toheadmelo]

I'm bored watching football with friends. I'll chime in on atopic we rarely talk about here.

Randle and RJ both play boring basketball. Rj was "easier" to like cause he was the kid. But it became clear he just didnt have the talent or athleticism to be a star. Tbh, he seemed like the Kirkland brand randle. Randle was the better player. I never really got why rj fans hated randle. That's rj's ceiling. A low efficient chucker who is a mediocre defender with emotional maturity. I'm just glad both are not our problem anymore. We upgrade both with og and kat.

To be fair RJs style is more inexcusable than Julius'. I mean what do you expect from a power forward? We've never seen the Jokic or LeBron of the power forwards. You are either Anthony Davis, Giannis, Dirk, early KG and Duncan type of players chucking plenty of shots either on the post or from a spot, being the stars or first choices of their teams, or you are a complimentary piece the type of Rodmans, Gordons, late KGs and Duncans that occasionally get the ball off of a greater teammate but are mostly hustling and defending.

Julius can still be this guy to Ant with rare flashes like yesterdays.

But RJ is completely gone. A failed project. He will be in China in 3 years or a journey man torturing Charles Barkley on "Who he plays for".

Agreed!

[spree2kawhi]

Tatum in that mode this year

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Would’ve been such a great call.

[Wildcat]

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Travesty if this man wins an MVP.

[3toheadmelo]

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Travesty if this man wins an MVP.

Yeah his defense is crazy bad

[Jstock12]

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Travesty if this man wins an MVP.

Yeah his defense is crazy bad

People were **** on Harden for years because of the "terrible defender" label that was put on him, but in reality Luka is so much worse. At least Harden was one of the best post defenders in the league at some point (according to actual data / defensive metrics).

[Wildcat]

Travesty if this man wins an MVP.

Yeah his defense is crazy bad

People were **** on Harden for years because of the "terrible defender" label that was put on him, but in reality Luka is so much worse. At least Harden was one of the best post defenders in the league at some point (according to actual data / defensive metrics).

Heh, that's like comparing horse turd to donkey turd.

[Montmorencie]

Yeah his defense is crazy bad

People were **** on Harden for years because of the "terrible defender" label that was put on him, but in reality Luka is so much worse. At least Harden was one of the best post defenders in the league at some point (according to actual data / defensive metrics).

Heh, that's like comparing horse turd to donkey turd.

People were saying the same stuff about Jokic and Dirk before that. Its all about the team and the system around these type of players.

The 4 DPOY is always on the bench in the clutch time because he is a defensive liability in the modern nba style of play.

[Galvationknicks]

Still gonna be hearing it from Chuck and Shaq. Chuck hasn't been too hard on us yet though.

Per Marc Stein they'll be on ABC/Espn for 2025-2026

Chuck has leant more pro-Knick for awhile now. Criticism is all good so long as it's constructive.

Shaq is actually more of a Knicks hater right now.

Except when it's against Philly. Chuck never gonna forget Ewing and the Knicks taking a broom out on the court when we swept them lol

[stuporman]

Tatum does Ballet before his shot but no call...Hart brushes against a 3 foot halo of hair flopping around and *tweet*.

The league coddles and manufactures stars but if you're not on their favorite list you get squat. They make plenty of money even when everyone hates the Knicks so having them winning isn't a benefit for them and they let the refs call a biased game.

As Thibs says, don't care whether you call it loose or tight, just call it them same for both teams and that rarely happens for the Knicks.

[DOT]

Tatum does Ballet before his shot but no call...Hart brushes against a 3 foot halo of hair flopping around and *tweet*.

The league coddles and manufactures stars but if you're not on their favorite list you get squat. They make plenty of money even when everyone hates the Knicks so having them winning isn't a benefit for them and they let the refs call a biased game.

As Thibs says, don't care whether you call it loose or tight, just call it them same for both teams and that rarely happens for the Knicks.

Coby White isn't a star

And the foul was on Hart pushing White with his left hand on his back, not on the contact with the hair

Is what I would say, but this isn't a place for actual conversation, it's just trolling. Sometimes I wonder why I even try.

[stuporman]

[quote="DOT"][quote="stuporman"]Tatum does Ballet before his shot but no call...Hart brushes against a 3 foot halo of hair flopping around and *tweet*.

The league coddles and manufactures stars but if you're not on their favorite list you get squat. They make plenty of money even when everyone hates the Knicks so having them winning isn't a benefit for them and they let the refs call a biased game.

As Thibs says, don't care whether you call it loose or tight, just call it them same for both teams and that rarely happens for the Knicks.[/quote]
Coby White isn't a star

And the foul was on Hart pushing White with his left hand on his back, not on the contact with the hair

Is what I would say, but this isn't a place for actual conversation, it's just trolling. Sometimes I wonder why I even try.[/quote]

I distinctly remember multiple times over the past few years it was said by refs and the league that contact is marginal if it doesn't affect the shot when talking about it on Knicks shooters and that explanation seems to be immediately discarded for any contact by Knicks defenders.

Slurp the league and refs if you like but I don't forget the shifting reasoning they use or the double standard calls they make. Both the refs and the league said themselves there was 'contact to the head' when talking about brushing the huge flopping hair ball on top of his head.

I like how you tried to twist my words about stars into me calling Coby a star, which I didn't, so who's being the troll now? I see what you did, you think I wouldn't notice?

A dozen times a game Brunson or KAT get a hand on them by a defender while shooting that doesn't get called. Call the game evenly, whichever way they want to call it.

Please stop trying...I welcome it.

[RHODEY]

Chuck has leant more pro-Knick for awhile now. Criticism is all good so long as it's constructive.

Shaq is actually more of a Knicks hater right now.

Except when it's against Philly. Chuck never gonna forget Ewing and the Knicks taking a broom out on the court when we swept them lol

Im not even sure about that, he's been trashing Embiid left and rigiht.

[3toheadmelo]

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[Guano]

"No gratitude to the service workers like myself."

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[stuporman]

"No gratitude to the service workers like myself."

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I ordered a title, where is my title?!?

[Chanel Bomber]

I'm bored watching football with friends. I'll chime in on atopic we rarely talk about here.

Randle and RJ both play boring basketball. Rj was "easier" to like cause he was the kid. But it became clear he just didnt have the talent or athleticism to be a star. Tbh, he seemed like the Kirkland brand randle. Randle was the better player. I never really got why rj fans hated randle. That's rj's ceiling. A low efficient chucker who is a mediocre defender with emotional maturity. I'm just glad both are not our problem anymore. We upgrade both with og and kat.

That was their biggest crime.

It's one thing that Barrett was one of the most violently awful and unashamedly selfish NBA players I've ever seen. It's one thing that Julius had the aura of a rusty bolt and that him hogging the ball made time stop like pressing pause on a movie for peepee break.

But they were so. boring. to. watch.

Spoiler:

The brick in the gif is diabolical

[Guano]

I'm bored watching football with friends. I'll chime in on atopic we rarely talk about here.

Randle and RJ both play boring basketball. Rj was "easier" to like cause he was the kid. But it became clear he just didnt have the talent or athleticism to be a star. Tbh, he seemed like the Kirkland brand randle. Randle was the better player. I never really got why rj fans hated randle. That's rj's ceiling. A low efficient chucker who is a mediocre defender with emotional maturity. I'm just glad both are not our problem anymore. We upgrade both with og and kat.

That was their biggest crime.

It's one thing that Barrett was one of the most violently awful and unashamedly selfish NBA players I've ever seen. It's one thing that Julius had the aura of a rusty bolt and that him hogging the ball made time stop like pressing pause on a movie for peepee break.

But they were so. boring. to. watch.

Spoiler:

The brick in the gif is diabolical

the vision and talent to create such a majestic piece of art reinforces that there is still good in this world. truly curious what the inspiration was behind it - the inability to stop the pain of unrequited love, the repetitive grind of school/job, endlessly discussing randle/rj on a knicks message board with people who don't care about differing opinions but the need to prove them wrong compels.

[Wildcat]

"No gratitude to the service workers like myself."

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