Pistons playoffs. (6)Pistons VS (3)Knicks

[Canadafan]

Odds: Knicks -450 (81.8%), Pistons +340 (22.7%)

Way to go. I just made a bet that we would win the series

[GreekAlex]

Odds: Knicks -450 (81.8%), Pistons +340 (22.7%)

Way to go. I just made a bet that we would win the series

Nice, we definitely don’t feel like 3:1 underdogs

[flow]

I'm thinking about how we can get better next season
1. Ausar and Holland shoot 200 jumpers a day this summer.
2. Cut Paul Reed. Find his replacement through draft. Dan Wolf
3. See if Tobias, and Duran can pry JJJ from Memphis.
4. Resign Schroder
5. Sign Walker from Minny

Why would you hijack a thread about our first round playoff matchup with this post? This thread is explicitly not about next season.

There are plenty of other threads to go post crap about getting better next season if this year's team actually playing in the playoffs after a 30-game improvement isn't enough to hold your attention.

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It's always some clown trying to impress moderators
Lil homi all you had to do was not response. Respect your elders. I've been posting here for a min. Probably longer than some these mods.

I'm not concerned with how long you've been posting here. I know you've been around. I'm an elder too, and certainly not a newbie on here. All YOU had to do was respect the topic of the thread and simply skip over it if you wanted to talk about something else.

Why did I care enough to respond to your initial post? Because we've spent umpteen years in a row looking ahead to next season in April because we had no choice. Now, we've finally made the playoffs with a team worth rooting for off a historic turn-around season. Shouldn't be trying to impose talk about changes for next year in a playoff preview thread.

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[GreekAlex]

Odds: Knicks -450 (81.8%), Pistons +340 (22.7%)

Way to go. I just made a bet that we would win the series

Nice, we definitely don’t feel like 3:1 underdogs

Just for reference, I bet the Pistons to beat the Lakers in 2004 and we were +550

Talk about disrespect

[Rip32]

Why would you hijack a thread about our first round playoff matchup with this post? This thread is explicitly not about next season.

There are plenty of other threads to go post crap about getting better next season if this year's team actually playing in the playoffs after a 30-game improvement isn't enough to hold your attention.

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It's always some clown trying to impress moderators
Lil homi all you had to do was not response. Respect your elders. I've been posting here for a min. Probably longer than some these mods.

I'm not concerned with how long you've been posting here. I know you've been around. I'm an elder too, and certainly not a newbie on here. All YOU had to do was respect the topic of the thread and simply skip over it if you wanted to talk about something else.

Why did I care enough to respond to your initial post? Because we've spent umpteen years in a row looking ahead to next season in April because we had no choice. Now, we've finally made the playoffs with a team worth rooting for off a historic turn-around season. Shouldn't be trying to impose talk about changes for next year in a playoff preview thread.

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I can respect that

[zeebneeb]

Boy, I gotta tell you, Knick fans are super arrogant about a team that has zero shot at a title, and next year will be worse then the Pistons. I don't even think the Pistons will win the series, but the lack of basketball knowledge being displayed both at their board, and the general board, is shocking.

[breezypeezy]

I do think the Pistons will win the series.

And yes the Knickerbockers need to learn they are classic New York under achievers, they about to learn.

[tmorgan]

If you made me bet my bank account on a team, I’d bet New York. But it wouldn’t be a comfortable bet, which means I do think we have a real shot.

[flow]

It's always some clown trying to impress moderators
Lil homi all you had to do was not response. Respect your elders. I've been posting here for a min. Probably longer than some these mods.

I'm not concerned with how long you've been posting here. I know you've been around. I'm an elder too, and certainly not a newbie on here. All YOU had to do was respect the topic of the thread and simply skip over it if you wanted to talk about something else.

Why did I care enough to respond to your initial post? Because we've spent umpteen years in a row looking ahead to next season in April because we had no choice. Now, we've finally made the playoffs with a team worth rooting for off a historic turn-around season. Shouldn't be trying to impose talk about changes for next year in a playoff preview thread.

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I can respect that

[bstein14]

Originally I thought that Pay would be a "salary dump" option for us at the deadline this year (instead of Schroeder) but when I looked at his stats he's shooting his worst from 3 point range in a long time at just 32 percent this year it was his worst since his rookie season.

[bstein14]

Boy, I gotta tell you, Knick fans are super arrogant about a team that has zero shot at a title, and next year will be worse then the Pistons. I don't even think the Pistons will win the series, but the lack of basketball knowledge being displayed both at their board, and the general board, is shocking.

With the moves they made over the summer, I thought they'd be the 2nd best team in the East but still a gap between them and the Celtics. They kind of just barely held onto 3rd place though and they seemingly are lacking the good chemistry you want in a championship roster. They might not have a bunch of guys wanting to make a long playoff run most of their team has already been paid.

[Laimbeer]

Boy, I gotta tell you, Knick fans are super arrogant about a team that has zero shot at a title, and next year will be worse then the Pistons. I don't even think the Pistons will win the series, but the lack of basketball knowledge being displayed both at their board, and the general board, is shocking.

With the moves they made over the summer, I thought they'd be the 2nd best team in the East but still a gap between them and the Celtics. They kind of just barely held onto 3rd place though and they seemingly are lacking the good chemistry you want in a championship roster. They might not have a bunch of guys wanting to make a long playoff run most of their team has already been paid.

They burned all their capital on two guys, OG and Bridges, who are essentially role players. Excellent role players, but not stars. Particularly Bridges - they gave up FIVE first round picks for him.

[GreekAlex]

Boy, I gotta tell you, Knick fans are super arrogant about a team that has zero shot at a title, and next year will be worse then the Pistons. I don't even think the Pistons will win the series, but the lack of basketball knowledge being displayed both at their board, and the general board, is shocking.

With the moves they made over the summer, I thought they'd be the 2nd best team in the East but still a gap between them and the Celtics. They kind of just barely held onto 3rd place though and they seemingly are lacking the good chemistry you want in a championship roster. They might not have a bunch of guys wanting to make a long playoff run most of their team has already been paid.

They burned all their capital on two guys, OG and Bridges, who are essentially role players. Excellent role players, but not stars. Particularly Bridges - they gave up FIVE first round picks for him.

And Bridges is due a big extension soon.

I’m not sure how the Knicks can keep it together as it’s constructed.

[Invictus88]

With the moves they made over the summer, I thought they'd be the 2nd best team in the East but still a gap between them and the Celtics. They kind of just barely held onto 3rd place though and they seemingly are lacking the good chemistry you want in a championship roster. They might not have a bunch of guys wanting to make a long playoff run most of their team has already been paid.

They burned all their capital on two guys, OG and Bridges, who are essentially role players. Excellent role players, but not stars. Particularly Bridges - they gave up FIVE first round picks for him.

And Bridges is due a big extension soon.

I’m not sure how the Knicks can keep it together as it’s constructed.

I don't think I would want to. The pieces don't fit right on that team. Too many different directions. The output is always way less than the sum of its parts.

[NYPiston]

Maybe I'm crazy, but I think we're going to win. They don't match up well with us, and Cade is the best player on either team.

Honestly, I put such little stock into regular season. We rarely see full rosters in regular season games anymore and established teams like the Knicks tend to coast in the regular season, I think they probably took the Pistons lightly in the early matchups.

The key in this series is getting Stew healthy. KAT is their X-Factor so if the Pistons can neutralize him they'll have a chance but if KAT goes off, this could be a sweep. I also think Tobias will be key because with OG and Hart healthy, the Knicks have the personnel to put the clamps on Cade and make somebody else beat them. Tobias can be a matchup problems for the Knicks 4's on the offensive end, the Pistons need to exploit it.

[bstein14]

The biggest thing that makes it difficult is that we've been playing with a playoff intensity and physicality for months to get to this point. Other teams that are good often coast a bit during the regular season. How much as NY coasted? What do they look like when they turn it up a notch for playoff intensity. We won a bunch of games this year by outworking slightly more talented teams.

[flow]

Game 1:

Saturday, 6:00 pm, espn.

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[zeebneeb]

The biggest thing that makes it difficult is that we've been playing with a playoff intensity and physicality for months to get to this point. Other teams that are good often coast a bit during the regular season. How much as NY coasted? What do they look like when they turn it up a notch for playoff intensity. We won a bunch of games this year by outworking slightly more talented teams.

Young teams don't know any better. Pistons did indeed play their ass off, but we'll see.

What I find funny, are the Knick fans getting all puffy. I mean, the Knicks should win this series. There is zero pressure, besides what the players decide to put on themselves, on the Pistons team. It all rests on the Knicks. Coaches, players, GM, all of them got a bullseye on them from the media, and fans.

I honestly don't know what to expect. I feel like it's 2001 all over again, when the first version of going to work, made the playoffs. I need to see them first. A huge deciding factor in this series, is gonna be Cade, and how he performs.

In any event, I don't have a care in the world going into this series. The Pistons are like a damn Mandela effect team. They shouldn't exist. Shouldn't be here. Yet, here we are. Season has already been more of a success then anyone could have imagined. Win one game, chefs kiss.

[Snakebites]

Definitely feels like we’re playing with house chips in this series.

That said I hope the players don’t feel that way.

[hoophabit]

Definitely feels like we’re playing with house chips in this series.

That said I hope the players don’t feel that way.

I doubt most see it that way. Beas has slumped a little of late, and disappearing in the playoffs was one of his criticisms. Duren wants to show he's worth that next contract, etc. Of them all it's only Cade, our hero, who I'm sure has had no thought of how a strong playoff performance could ensure he's an all pro along with its nice payday.
If they don't embarrass us, this season is a resounding success.