Around the NBA (and other Sports), 2025-26 – (Old Thread)

Smart2Nesmith43 · Post #281 » by **Smart2Nesmith43** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 1:41 am

Cavs were up 53-40 after the first half against the Pacers and collapsed in the second to lose by 15. Who do they think they are, the Celtics ?

Fierce1 · Post #282 » by **Fierce1** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 1:43 am

Smart2Nesmith43 wrote:Cavs were up 53-40 after the first half against the Pacers and collapsed in the second to lose by 15. Who do they think they are, the Celtics ?

Post #283 » by **bisme37** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 5:10 pm

JT appearance in this ad for NBA on NBC...

Read on Twitter

Post #284 » by **bisme37** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 5:12 pm

Just read that Luka has now missed too many games and isn't eligible for MVP or All NBA.

Post #285 » by **shackles10** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 8:10 pm

bisme37 wrote:JT appearance in this ad for NBA on NBC...

Read on Twitter

This is a solid commercial for Tatum's image. Makes him more likable than just "I'm the best player on a team that's good every year so drink Gatorade and bank with SoFi".

Fencer reregistered · Post #286 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Tue Jan 14, 2025 1:40 am

See the Rondo part of the OP in the thread:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2430778

doogie_hauser · Post #287 » by **doogie_hauser** » Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:23 am

Cade Cunningham has to be in the all star game. His improvement and maturity as a player this season has been great to watch (and yes I know he still has a few flaws)

Fierce1 · Post #288 » by **Fierce1** » Tue Jan 14, 2025 3:52 am

No talk about how great the Knicks are? :lol:

Fierce1 · Post #289 » by **Fierce1** » Tue Jan 14, 2025 5:54 am

Spurs burn Lakers at Crypto.

Fierce1 · Post #290 » by **Fierce1** » Tue Jan 14, 2025 8:01 am

Lakers in denial.

They're going nowhere with their current core.

AD is still great, but the rest of Lakers, including Lebron, are not good enough.

ConstableGeneva · Post #291 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Tue Jan 14, 2025 10:06 am

Only 7 teams have a win percentage of .600 and above. Half of the teams are within 5 wins/5 losses from having a .500 record. Parity!

Fierce1 · Post #292 » by **Fierce1** » Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:24 am

Knicks shot 50% and 40% from 3.

Even had 11 more FT attempts than Detroit.

But they still lost to Detroit because they couldn't make stops late in the game.

This is what some of us said when they traded for KAT and that's the Knicks sacrificed their defense for offense.

Fencer reregistered · Post #293 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:28 am

Fierce1 wrote:Knicks shot 50% and 40% from 3.

Even had 11 more FT attempts than Detroit.

But they still lost to Detroit because they couldn't make stops late in the game.

This is what some of us said when they traded for KAT and that's the Knicks sacrificed their defense for offense.

In fairness:

They traded Randle, who is utter fool's gold, for Towns, who is more of a pyrite/gold blend.

Fencer reregistered · Post #294 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:50 am

ESPN built an "all-contract" team of guys outplaying their current deals, with a pretty clean positional depth chart.

It features 4 Celtics (Pritchard/White/Hauser/Horford), 10 guys from the Knicks/Grizz/Clippers/Cavs, and 1 TWolf.

They think Herb Jones deserves to bump somebody (Josh Hart), but he's excluded due to injury.

https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/43385239/nba-all-contract-team-knicks-brunson-leads-our-15-man-roster.

ConstableGeneva · Post #295 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:06 pm

Fencer reregistered wrote:ESPN built an "all-contract" team of guys outplaying their current deals, with a pretty clean positional depth chart.

It features 4 Celtics (Pritchard/White/Hauser/Horford), 10 guys from the Knicks/Grizz/Clippers/Cavs, and 1 TWolf.

They think Herb Jones deserves to bump somebody (Josh Hart), but he's excluded due to injury.

https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/43385239/nba-all-contract-team-knicks-brunson-leads-our-15-man-roster.

And here I thought we had a lousy bench. I’d even include the combo of Kornet/Queta on that bargain list.

It’s the starters (the one w/ KP) who are not keeping the end of their bargain, guys. (The Celtics starters are 20th in defense since KP came back.)

Fierce1 · Post #296 » by **Fierce1** » Tue Jan 14, 2025 3:28 pm

Fencer reregistered wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:Knicks shot 50% and 40% from 3.

Even had 11 more FT attempts than Detroit.

But they still lost to Detroit because they couldn't make stops late in the game.

This is what some of us said when they traded for KAT and that's the Knicks sacrificed their defense for offense.

In fairness:

They traded Randle, who is utter fool's gold, for Towns, who is more of a pyrite/gold blend.

True.

Knicks better off not trading for Bridges and keeping Hartenstein and DiVincenzo.

Brunson, KAT, Anunoby, Hartenstein, and DiVincenzo would have been a better starting 5.

playa-hater · Post #297 » by **playa-hater** » Tue Jan 14, 2025 5:01 pm

The Knicks defense suffers down the stretch in Big part to their starters playing near 40 minutes per. I don't know for sure but my guess their starting 5 leads the NBA in minutes played as a whole.

Smart2Nesmith43 · Post #298 » by **Smart2Nesmith43** » Tue Jan 14, 2025 7:33 pm

playa-hater wrote:The Knicks defense suffers down the stretch in Big part to their starters playing near 40 minutes per. I don't know for sure but my guess their starting 5 leads the NBA in minutes played as a whole.

Rank Player Team Min
1 Mikal Bridges NYK 1592.4
2 Josh Hart NYK 1500
3 OG Anunoby NYK 1492
4 Anthony Edwards MIN 1422.3
5 Jalen Brunson NYK 1396.8
6 Tyrese Haliburton IND 1382.1
7 Tyler Herro MIA 1341.7
8 De'Aaron Fox SAC 1337.9
9 Pascal Siakam IND 1325.4
10 Karl-Anthony Towns NYK 1318.2
Thibs gonna Thibs and KAT is slacking :lol:

playa-hater · Post #299 » by **playa-hater** » Wed Jan 15, 2025 12:40 am

2 weeks ago, it was Ray Allen's kid tonight.It's Alonzo mourning's kid

Still young, but it looks like the only thing he has from his father is his looks and massive calves

Dang I am sitting next to Tracy Morning, i better watch what I say

Post #300 » by **djFan71** » Wed Jan 15, 2025 12:58 am

Smart2Nesmith43 wrote:
playa-hater wrote:The Knicks defense suffers down the stretch in Big part to their starters playing near 40 minutes per. I don't know for sure but my guess their starting 5 leads the NBA in minutes played as a whole.

Rank Player Team Min
1 Mikal Bridges NYK 1592.4
2 Josh Hart NYK 1500
3 OG Anunoby NYK 1492
4 Anthony Edwards MIN 1422.3
5 Jalen Brunson NYK 1396.8
6 Tyrese Haliburton IND 1382.1
7 Tyler Herro MIA 1341.7
8 De'Aaron Fox SAC 1337.9
9 Pascal Siakam IND 1325.4
10 Karl-Anthony Towns NYK 1318.2
Thibs gonna Thibs and KAT is slacking

That's Thibs doing load management for KAT