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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#221 » by robillionaire » Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:10 pm

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NoDopeOnSundays wrote:Anyone talking about the game, or just some high school he said she said ****?


I mean what is there to seriously talk about???!!!!!!!!!!!!

We beat another bad team who was severely depleted???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whopty do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This team is a pretender!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And will never beat any good teams as long as thibs is the hc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s hard to get excited and talk in-depth about a win that’s pretty much meaningless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And We don’t just lose to the good teams!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We get embarrassed by 30 and sometimes 40+points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I kinda understand why there’s a lot of “trolling” going on in this postgame thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


We’re down to our 4th and 5th string PGs and we beat a playoff team on the road!!!!!! And everyone looked good!!!!!!!
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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#222 » by spree8 » Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:12 pm

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Gravy wrote:In the last 25 years of Knicks coaching who experimented and had success from that? Is the next coach going to experiment or do more of the same? The Knicks are not going to be the team to try out ideas when usually every coach gets fired in 2 years. Maybe in OKC and Canada they can experiment where no one cares if you suck for a long time. If we got a new coach today he will immediately be on the hot seat to win now.



We’ve had a lot of coaches who’ve tried different things over the years, our teams have just always sucked with the exception of like 1-2 seasons. Trying different things doesn’t guarantee anything, but forcing things that aren’t working doesn’t get you anywhere at all.

I don’t understand why a coach couldn’t adapt and learn during the season? If your schemes aren’t working, you’re saying it’s unacceptable to try new ones? This is why we get the shyt kicked out of us by the top teams, because we keep doing the same things expecting different results. I don’t see how continuing to force a square peg into a round hole helps you keep your job.

The top teams beat us because of a huge talent gap. I dont see Kolek or a new scheme changing that. agree to disagree



Talent gap? Na, this team has top talent… Dag n Mazzulla just run circles around Thibs… playing chess while he’s playing checkers.
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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#223 » by Jalen Bluntson » Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:18 pm

TheGreenArrow wrote:
NoDopeOnSundays wrote:Anyone talking about the game, or just some high school he said she said ****?


I mean what is there to seriously talk about???!!!!!!!!!!!!

We beat another bad team who was severely depleted???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whopty do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This team is a pretender!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And will never beat any good teams as long as thibs is the hc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s hard to get excited and talk in-depth about a win that’s pretty much meaningless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And We don’t just lose to the good teams!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We get embarrassed by 30 and sometimes 40+points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I kinda understand why there’s a lot of “trolling” going on in this postgame thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


We had players step in and do their job well enough to get the win. Players we hardly seen play yet. Mitch looked good and seems to be rounding into game shape and playing better. Shamet had a "breakout game". Mikal/OG played well in the same game. Hart was in triple double from and it's a shame he didn't get another one. There's plenty to talk about.

I'm pretty sure no one is hyped about a surprise run to the finals this season but, there are things we can discuss about the actual games either way. Thibs coaching is the hottest of hot button topics around here though. Don't question him or his methods because you sit around all day smoking bong hits and he's a paid professional. Pay no attention to the players and announcers expressing the same concerns. They are all wrong too. Didn't you get the memo?
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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#224 » by HarthorneWingo » Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:26 pm

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Clyde_Style wrote:We win, 3 pages, We lose, 9 pages

We all know who and why

Those extra pages are from the trolls and our replies to them. :D


But the offense looked pretty good up until around the all star break. I mean that month where the ball moved, Brunson didn't dominate it TOO much and KAT shot the most 3s.

Then the league adjusted, put centers on Hart, and Thibs got completely lost and unable to readjust.

That hasn't changed. Brunson's 25ppg are out of the offense, so Mikal and OG are getting them.

Maybe Thibs will figure it out next year. Maybe another coach will figure it out.

The Knicks deciding to trade all their assets but only have one guy on the team that is a plus creator doesn't help.


All one has to do is set up and a screen to cause the switch to create the matchup that you want. Teams seem to do it to us all the time.
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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#225 » by FrozenEnvelope » Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:26 pm

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spree8 wrote:

Those were trash tanking teams that’s why. How do you not know the difference? This is a playoff team where the coach is running the starters into the dirt causing injuries before the playoffs… again. This is a false equivalency. Par for the course for Thibs stans




Funny that you complain about minutes yet have a Spree avatar. :lol: :lol:



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Broooo :lol: please sit down. How many times we gotta go over this? The game today is much different in terms of pace and constant motion compared to 20+ years ago. At this point, these types of takes are unacceptable. You should be ashamed of yourself


I've heard and read that and I think it's a flawed take. I've also read the counter to that faster face argument that makes more sense. Back in the 90s, yeah the pace was slower but that also means there was more physical play, more bumping in the paint and more fouls. The data backs this up. Players back then also didn't take games off. Add the facts that players today have way better training and conditioning, better diets, better machines to heal them (ie. LeBum and that chamber) and much better travel options. So the faster pace thing is weak and doesn't tell the entire story.

It also doesn't change the fact that Spree once played all 82 games and averaged 43 mpg and even averaged 38 mpg in one of his last seasons. Hate to tell you but he'd be among the leaders in minutes if he played today. And don't lie, you'd be crying about minutes back then too. It's your whole identity here and it makes you and the rest of the trolls look dumb.
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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#226 » by TheGreenArrow » Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:29 pm

robillionaire wrote:
TheGreenArrow wrote:
NoDopeOnSundays wrote:Anyone talking about the game, or just some high school he said she said ****?


I mean what is there to seriously talk about???!!!!!!!!!!!!

We beat another bad team who was severely depleted???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whopty do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This team is a pretender!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And will never beat any good teams as long as thibs is the hc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s hard to get excited and talk in-depth about a win that’s pretty much meaningless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And We don’t just lose to the good teams!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We get embarrassed by 30 and sometimes 40+points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I kinda understand why there’s a lot of “trolling” going on in this postgame thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


We’re down to our 4th and 5th string PGs and we beat a playoff team on the road!!!!!! And everyone looked good!!!!!!!


That’s nice but there’s nothing to take away from this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We beat this team handily at full strength so I’m not surprised we beat them with our 4th&5th string pg’s while they were missing their hof pg and 6th man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#227 » by Clyde_Style » Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:32 pm

robillionaire wrote:
TheGreenArrow wrote:
NoDopeOnSundays wrote:Anyone talking about the game, or just some high school he said she said ****?


I mean what is there to seriously talk about???!!!!!!!!!!!!

We beat another bad team who was severely depleted???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whopty do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This team is a pretender!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And will never beat any good teams as long as thibs is the hc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s hard to get excited and talk in-depth about a win that’s pretty much meaningless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And We don’t just lose to the good teams!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We get embarrassed by 30 and sometimes 40+points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I kinda understand why there’s a lot of “trolling” going on in this postgame thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


We’re down to our 4th and 5th string PGs and we beat a playoff team on the road!!!!!! And everyone looked good!!!!!!!


I expect our ceiling this year to be absolute max the ECF if we click in the playoffs, but I consider that an outlier event at this point. We do not play like our ceiling is higher than last year though you can say we have more starting unit talent on paper.

Our defense is not playoff-quality at this point so it would require Mitch to finally lock in and everyone to play better defensively, both man and team, to get very far this offseason.

Stranger things have happened so I'm not ruling out a hot streak and a playoff run, but I consider it pretty unlikely.

Plus, I have no faith in Thibs ability to adjust to other coach's strategies in real-time in playoff conditions so even if we are healthy and play very well I consider Thibs to be a weak link in the equation. Until he shows us otherwise, I consider Thibs to be strictly a regular season coach with limited ability to coach at a championship level. We have not beaten the better teams even one game this season, so the upcoming games against them will tell us how far we can go this year. If we get our butts kicked by CLE and BOS in those games we're not a contender.
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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#228 » by spree8 » Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:39 pm

FrozenEnvelope wrote:
spree8 wrote:
FrozenEnvelope wrote:


Funny that you complain about minutes yet have a Spree avatar. :lol: :lol:



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Broooo :lol: please sit down. How many times we gotta go over this? The game today is much different in terms of pace and constant motion compared to 20+ years ago. At this point, these types of takes are unacceptable. You should be ashamed of yourself


I've heard and read that and I think it's a flawed take. I've also read the counter to that faster face argument that makes more sense. Back in the 90s, yeah the pace was slower but that also means there was more physical play, more bumping in the paint and more fouls. The data backs this up. Players back then also didn't take games off. Add the facts that players today have way better training and conditioning, better diets, better machines to heal them (ie. LeBum and that chamber) and much better travel options. So the faster pace thing is weak and doesn't tell the entire story.

It also doesn't change the fact that Spree once played all 82 games and averaged 43 mpg and even averaged 38 mpg in one of his last seasons. Hate to tell you but he'd be among the leaders in minutes if he played today. And don't lie, you'd be crying about minutes back then too. It's your whole identity here and it makes you and the rest of the trolls look dumb.



My whole identity here is minutes? I’m a troll? :lol:

I’m gunna be as nice as I can about this… this issue isn’t up for debate. It’s a fact. But please, share this data of yours that backs up your claims. I’ll wait
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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#229 » by robillionaire » Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:39 pm

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robillionaire wrote:
TheGreenArrow wrote:
I mean what is there to seriously talk about???!!!!!!!!!!!!

We beat another bad team who was severely depleted???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whopty do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This team is a pretender!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And will never beat any good teams as long as thibs is the hc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s hard to get excited and talk in-depth about a win that’s pretty much meaningless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And We don’t just lose to the good teams!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We get embarrassed by 30 and sometimes 40+points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I kinda understand why there’s a lot of “trolling” going on in this postgame thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


We’re down to our 4th and 5th string PGs and we beat a playoff team on the road!!!!!! And everyone looked good!!!!!!!


I expect our ceiling this year to be absolute max the ECF if we click in the playoffs, but I consider that an outlier event at this point. We do not play like our ceiling is higher than last year though you can say we have more starting unit talent on paper.

Our defense is not playoff-quality at this point so it would require Mitch to finally lock in and everyone to play better defensively, both man and team, to get very far this offseason.

Stranger things have happened so I'm not ruling out a hot streak and a playoff run, but I consider it pretty unlikely.

Plus, I have no faith in Thibs ability to adjust to other coach's strategies in real-time in playoff conditions so even if we are healthy and play very well I consider Thibs to be a weak link in the equation. Until he shows us otherwise, I consider Thibs to be strictly a regular season coach with limited ability to coach at a championship level. We have not beaten the better teams even one game this season, so the upcoming games against them will tell us how far we can go this year. If we get our butts kicked by CLE and BOS in those games we're not a contender.


Sad to say but it all comes down to Brunson and not just his availability but being 100% and without that we aren’t going anywhere. I think I have seen enough without him to comfortably say we could lose in the first round if he’s not back or not himself. We do have a lot of other talent on the team but he’s truly our closer and it will be hard to win a close game down the stretch.

I think we probably top out in the 2nd round to Boston or Cleveland whether he’s healthy or not seeing as how we have zero evidence we can beat these teams. I wouldn’t say it’s entirely hopeless but surely we’d be heavily favored to lose.

If we did get the the ECF that would mean we likely beat Boston or Cleveland in the 2nd so the sky should be the limit in that scenario, given we just beat either the defending champs or the #1 seed in a 7 game series

I think our team is a lot better than last years. It’s just that there are now 2 really dangerous teams that we can’t avoid instead of just Boston
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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#230 » by NoDopeOnSundays » Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:42 pm

robillionaire wrote:
Clyde_Style wrote:
robillionaire wrote:
We’re down to our 4th and 5th string PGs and we beat a playoff team on the road!!!!!! And everyone looked good!!!!!!!


I expect our ceiling this year to be absolute max the ECF if we click in the playoffs, but I consider that an outlier event at this point. We do not play like our ceiling is higher than last year though you can say we have more starting unit talent on paper.

Our defense is not playoff-quality at this point so it would require Mitch to finally lock in and everyone to play better defensively, both man and team, to get very far this offseason.

Stranger things have happened so I'm not ruling out a hot streak and a playoff run, but I consider it pretty unlikely.

Plus, I have no faith in Thibs ability to adjust to other coach's strategies in real-time in playoff conditions so even if we are healthy and play very well I consider Thibs to be a weak link in the equation. Until he shows us otherwise, I consider Thibs to be strictly a regular season coach with limited ability to coach at a championship level. We have not beaten the better teams even one game this season, so the upcoming games against them will tell us how far we can go this year. If we get our butts kicked by CLE and BOS in those games we're not a contender.


Sad to say but it all comes down to Brunson and not just his availability but being 100% and without that we aren’t going anywhere. I think I have seen enough without him to comfortably say we could lose in the first round if he’s not back or not himself. We do have a lot of other talent on the team but he’s truly our closer and it will be hard to win a close game down the stretch.

I think we probably top out in the 2nd round to Boston or Cleveland whether he’s healthy or not seeing as how we have zero evidence we can beat these teams. I wouldn’t say it’s entirely hopeless but surely we’d be heavily favored to lose.

If we did get the the ECF that would mean we likely beat Boston or Cleveland in the 2nd so the sky should be the limit in that scenario, given we just beat either the defending champs or the #1 seed in a 7 game series



Tatum would need to be out for us to beat Boston, outside of that, we'll play them roughly the same way we did in the regular season. It's belt to ass.
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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#231 » by robillionaire » Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:46 pm

NoDopeOnSundays wrote:
robillionaire wrote:
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I expect our ceiling this year to be absolute max the ECF if we click in the playoffs, but I consider that an outlier event at this point. We do not play like our ceiling is higher than last year though you can say we have more starting unit talent on paper.

Our defense is not playoff-quality at this point so it would require Mitch to finally lock in and everyone to play better defensively, both man and team, to get very far this offseason.

Stranger things have happened so I'm not ruling out a hot streak and a playoff run, but I consider it pretty unlikely.

Plus, I have no faith in Thibs ability to adjust to other coach's strategies in real-time in playoff conditions so even if we are healthy and play very well I consider Thibs to be a weak link in the equation. Until he shows us otherwise, I consider Thibs to be strictly a regular season coach with limited ability to coach at a championship level. We have not beaten the better teams even one game this season, so the upcoming games against them will tell us how far we can go this year. If we get our butts kicked by CLE and BOS in those games we're not a contender.


Sad to say but it all comes down to Brunson and not just his availability but being 100% and without that we aren’t going anywhere. I think I have seen enough without him to comfortably say we could lose in the first round if he’s not back or not himself. We do have a lot of other talent on the team but he’s truly our closer and it will be hard to win a close game down the stretch.

I think we probably top out in the 2nd round to Boston or Cleveland whether he’s healthy or not seeing as how we have zero evidence we can beat these teams. I wouldn’t say it’s entirely hopeless but surely we’d be heavily favored to lose.

If we did get the the ECF that would mean we likely beat Boston or Cleveland in the 2nd so the sky should be the limit in that scenario, given we just beat either the defending champs or the #1 seed in a 7 game series



Tatum would need to be out for us to beat Boston, outside of that, we'll play them roughly the same way we did in the regular season. It's belt to ass.


I’d say this is a more than fair assessment of the situation

I’d probably favor them over any other team

Then again they’ve choked series in the past like when they lost to 8 seed Miami the prior year and as you say injuries can happen. Basically it would take a perfect storm of events or some unexplainable shooting slump. Perhaps rim magnets can come into play
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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#232 » by Jalen Bluntson » Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:50 pm

HarthorneWingo wrote:
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matchman wrote:Those extra pages are from the trolls and our replies to them. :D


But the offense looked pretty good up until around the all star break. I mean that month where the ball moved, Brunson didn't dominate it TOO much and KAT shot the most 3s.

Then the league adjusted, put centers on Hart, and Thibs got completely lost and unable to readjust.

That hasn't changed. Brunson's 25ppg are out of the offense, so Mikal and OG are getting them.

Maybe Thibs will figure it out next year. Maybe another coach will figure it out.

The Knicks deciding to trade all their assets but only have one guy on the team that is a plus creator doesn't help.


All one has to do is set up and a screen to cause the switch to create the matchup that you want. Teams seem to do it to us all the time.


We don't seem to do much with any purpose on offense. We don't seem to adjust much on either side of the ball really. ISO freelance is the majority of our game plan.

Kolek plays with a different gear. It's fun watching him run the offense IMO because he's not going to play ISO ball. No. He's not better than Brunson. He's not the savior. Just looks like he could develop nicely and have a role in the NBA. Whether it's with us or not remains to be seen.
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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#233 » by NoDopeOnSundays » Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:50 pm

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Sad to say but it all comes down to Brunson and not just his availability but being 100% and without that we aren’t going anywhere. I think I have seen enough without him to comfortably say we could lose in the first round if he’s not back or not himself. We do have a lot of other talent on the team but he’s truly our closer and it will be hard to win a close game down the stretch.

I think we probably top out in the 2nd round to Boston or Cleveland whether he’s healthy or not seeing as how we have zero evidence we can beat these teams. I wouldn’t say it’s entirely hopeless but surely we’d be heavily favored to lose.

If we did get the the ECF that would mean we likely beat Boston or Cleveland in the 2nd so the sky should be the limit in that scenario, given we just beat either the defending champs or the #1 seed in a 7 game series



Tatum would need to be out for us to beat Boston, outside of that, we'll play them roughly the same way we did in the regular season. It's belt to ass.


I’d say this is a more than fair assessment of the situation

I’d probably favor them over any other team

Then again they’ve choked series in the past like when they lost to 8 seed Miami the prior year and as you say injuries can happen. Basically it would take a perfect storm of events or some unexplainable shooting slump. Perhaps rim magnets can come into play




We have to wait them out, they're going to start losing players in the next 1-2 years because of the second apron. The window for us really starts next season, after we've had a chance to fill out the bench or make other moves.
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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#234 » by Clyde_Style » Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:53 pm

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robillionaire wrote:
Sad to say but it all comes down to Brunson and not just his availability but being 100% and without that we aren’t going anywhere. I think I have seen enough without him to comfortably say we could lose in the first round if he’s not back or not himself. We do have a lot of other talent on the team but he’s truly our closer and it will be hard to win a close game down the stretch.

I think we probably top out in the 2nd round to Boston or Cleveland whether he’s healthy or not seeing as how we have zero evidence we can beat these teams. I wouldn’t say it’s entirely hopeless but surely we’d be heavily favored to lose.

If we did get the the ECF that would mean we likely beat Boston or Cleveland in the 2nd so the sky should be the limit in that scenario, given we just beat either the defending champs or the #1 seed in a 7 game series



Tatum would need to be out for us to beat Boston, outside of that, we'll play them roughly the same way we did in the regular season. It's belt to ass.


I’d say this is a more than fair assessment of the situation

I’d probably favor them over any other team

Then again they’ve choked series in the past like when they lost to 8 seed Miami the prior year and as you say injuries can happen. Basically it would take a perfect storm of events or some unexplainable shooting slump. Perhaps rim magnets can come into play


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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#235 » by robillionaire » Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:58 pm

NoDopeOnSundays wrote:
robillionaire wrote:
NoDopeOnSundays wrote:

Tatum would need to be out for us to beat Boston, outside of that, we'll play them roughly the same way we did in the regular season. It's belt to ass.


I’d say this is a more than fair assessment of the situation

I’d probably favor them over any other team

Then again they’ve choked series in the past like when they lost to 8 seed Miami the prior year and as you say injuries can happen. Basically it would take a perfect storm of events or some unexplainable shooting slump. Perhaps rim magnets can come into play




We have to wait them out, they're going to start losing players in the next 1-2 years because of the second apron. The window for us really starts next season, after we've had a chance to fill out the bench or make other moves.


Boston is the only top team that’s really proven to be successful. Cleveland and OKC have both been bounced early in prior years. So I think it will be interesting to see if these teams are actually the real deal.

If we had last years 40ppg maniac version of Brunson we might be competitive against any team but it’s probably not fair to expect that from him seeing as it might be a rushed recovery
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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#236 » by robillionaire » Sat Mar 29, 2025 7:00 pm

I’d like to beat Detroit in the first round. I would like to get some measure of revenge against them for all their taunting in the earlier regular season losses. Namely Malik Beasley

If we lose to the pistons blow this whole thing up I guess because damn
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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#237 » by 3toheadmelo » Sat Mar 29, 2025 7:02 pm

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Guano wrote:Putting up Mark Price/Tyler Kolek shooting numbers.
Read on Twitter

Wonder if he should be the third option over Mikalikina


Theyre both kinda inconsistent with it so a 3a/3b works.


None of it is gonna matter if our 1st isn't back soon. I'm ready to buy into the lie and go all in for Knicks playoffs. Cause having a first option like Brunson means on any given night we can have the best player on the court and that's something I can believe in. Solid wing defenders, mitch healthy manning the paint, kat doing kat things. LFG!!!!!

It would be cool af if they flipped the switch in the playoffs but ngl im checked out right now
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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#238 » by 3toheadmelo » Sat Mar 29, 2025 7:03 pm

NoDopeOnSundays wrote:
robillionaire wrote:
Clyde_Style wrote:
I expect our ceiling this year to be absolute max the ECF if we click in the playoffs, but I consider that an outlier event at this point. We do not play like our ceiling is higher than last year though you can say we have more starting unit talent on paper.

Our defense is not playoff-quality at this point so it would require Mitch to finally lock in and everyone to play better defensively, both man and team, to get very far this offseason.

Stranger things have happened so I'm not ruling out a hot streak and a playoff run, but I consider it pretty unlikely.

Plus, I have no faith in Thibs ability to adjust to other coach's strategies in real-time in playoff conditions so even if we are healthy and play very well I consider Thibs to be a weak link in the equation. Until he shows us otherwise, I consider Thibs to be strictly a regular season coach with limited ability to coach at a championship level. We have not beaten the better teams even one game this season, so the upcoming games against them will tell us how far we can go this year. If we get our butts kicked by CLE and BOS in those games we're not a contender.


Sad to say but it all comes down to Brunson and not just his availability but being 100% and without that we aren’t going anywhere. I think I have seen enough without him to comfortably say we could lose in the first round if he’s not back or not himself. We do have a lot of other talent on the team but he’s truly our closer and it will be hard to win a close game down the stretch.

I think we probably top out in the 2nd round to Boston or Cleveland whether he’s healthy or not seeing as how we have zero evidence we can beat these teams. I wouldn’t say it’s entirely hopeless but surely we’d be heavily favored to lose.

If we did get the the ECF that would mean we likely beat Boston or Cleveland in the 2nd so the sky should be the limit in that scenario, given we just beat either the defending champs or the #1 seed in a 7 game series



Tatum would need to be out for us to beat Boston, outside of that, we'll play them roughly the same way we did in the regular season. It's belt to ass.

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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#239 » by NoDopeOnSundays » Sat Mar 29, 2025 7:05 pm

robillionaire wrote:I’d like to beat Detroit in the first round. I would like to get some measure of revenge against them for all their taunting in the earlier regular season losses. Namely Malik Beasley

If we lose to the pistons blow this whole thing up I guess because damn



They're beating the Pistons, that is the team they should play both bigs against, mainly because you can put one of them on Thompson if he's in the game.


IF they lost to the Pistons it's because someone important got hurt, outside of that, I can't see that being close. They have to play Thompson because he's their best defender, but he can't shoot so it gives you a lot of options on how to defend them.
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Re: PG: Passing The Bucks 

Post#240 » by robillionaire » Sat Mar 29, 2025 7:07 pm

3toheadmelo wrote:
Guano wrote:
3toheadmelo wrote:Wonder if he should be the third option over Mikalikina


Theyre both kinda inconsistent with it so a 3a/3b works.


None of it is gonna matter if our 1st isn't back soon. I'm ready to buy into the lie and go all in for Knicks playoffs. Cause having a first option like Brunson means on any given night we can have the best player on the court and that's something I can believe in. Solid wing defenders, mitch healthy manning the paint, kat doing kat things. LFG!!!!!

It would be cool af if they flipped the switch in the playoffs but ngl im checked out right now


That’s fine this is the doldrums of the season where it doesn’t matter that much but ima need you to go ahead and check back in by game 1

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