Around the NBA - Curse all of the other teams here

[3toheadmelo]

Golden state needs to play Curry the whole game

[GettinitDone]

Lol Draymond gonna hold KP to 0 pts when he's on him if this keeps up

[K_ick_God]

Knox for KP and a 2025 1st unprotected.

[3toheadmelo]

Steph going for 40

[3toheadmelo]

Future Knick

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[3toheadmelo]

Curry is insane

[DickGrayson]

I support Toppin, but I spent 10 minutes watching this

Watch on YouTube

now I deeply understand why the Knicks will never see any kind of championship.

It's bonehead moves passing up on a professional basketball technician who's an underrated athlete, has insane agility and balance and underrated strength. I was going to make a thread about this but, I'll save it here.

Passing up on Ty will haunt us like how we passed up on Donovan Mitchell over Frank.

I think Toppin will be a good player. But I see him having Aaron Gordon level impact. Great dunker, can play the forward position and stretch, but isn't a master of anything. I do hope Toppin can surpass Gordon who has had lackluster FG% and to me isn't physical to the expectation you have for someone who is so athletic. I want Toppin to be a guy who can get to the FT line at will, and at 220lbs, he may need to add mass to compete with the best.

Tyrese isn't brolic by any means, but at his position and his wiry strength, I've seen him absorb contact well and make contested shots. Great defensive awareness, has great feet, timing, stop and go, basically all the tricks you can think of, a lot of flash to his game....it's like Tyrese would was made to steal the show in NY, make the Nets look like has been and give us 15 years of all star basketball. I think LaMelo is rookie of the year but I would not protest at all if Ty wins it. Kings look competitive every game and Ty is emerging as a leader for that team that they needed for years. DeMarcus Cousins was not one, and Fox/Haliburton in the backcourt is one of the best young foundations in the NBA. Fox is a great defender and tbh, I was imaging what the hype would be like if we had both Haliburton and Quickley in the backcourt. The impact would mirror Fox/Haliburton which would answer the Knicks biggest problem, backcourt issues. Thank god we got Quickley and I'm sure people will say "Hey if we drafted Haliburton at 8, we wouldn't have drafted Quickley". I don't know. In this era of the NBA, you need guards. Just fantasy thinking, I'll stop.

TEAM TOPPIN ALL THE WAY.


just hate how good Tyrese is.

Tyrese is good, but lets pump the breaks a little bit. Does anyone actually see him becoming an allstar especially in the west? Tyrese will be a good role player, but he's not going to be a star by any metric. You talk about Obi not getting to the FT line, but Obi has 3 less total FTA than Tyrese on the season and Tyrese has played 400 more minutes than Obi. Tyrese is not attacking the rim like that, he's had 12 made FG at the rim all season and half of them have been dunks.

Tyrese also doesn't create his own shot 90% of his 3s are assisted, in comparison only 50% of Quickley's 3s are assisted. Tyrese can't "take over a game." He will make the open shot and make the right pass, but he isn't breaking anyone off the dribble. One of the reason's he is playing so well is cause he plays next to Fox who can break down the defense for him.

Finally even the thing he is applauded for, "defense," seems suspect. While he might pass the eye test every defensive metric has him as a negative defender. I don't know if this is because he gambles for steal or is just a bad help defender, but the team performs worse defensively with him on the court.

I don't want to sh*t on Tyrese, because he is a good and efficient player, but he isn't a can't miss guard like Ja, Shai or Mitchell.

Haliburton's 3pt shooting over the last 7 games:
0-1
3-8
2-7
1-4
1-7
2-7
1-4

Maybe its just a slump but thats with playing next to Fox. 3pt shooting is our biggest need, he would most likely look worse here with our situation which is why he didnt want to be on the Knicks.

He's shooting 42% 3pt right now.

[god shammgod]

thank god for curry

[GettinitDone]

KP was our franchise player, I remember how unstoppable he was, putting 30+ppg, scoring on any defender, before he tore his ACL.

Then he wanted to be traded because he wanted to win now?

He acted like he's already 33+yo, only had a few years left, and wanted to ring chase before his career is over, when most star players his age are more concerned about establishing themselves as superstars, being a team's alpha, and getting supermax.

Now he has to settle for Luka's crumbs.

Everytime I see KP, I can't help but think "what a stupid person." af. When you're young, you can afford to be silly. But you'll pay if you be stupid, even when you're young.

[knickstape4ever]

can the Warriors get a stop pls? Curry is balling-out. reward him w/ the W

[K_ick_God]

Could see one POSSIBLE way Luka may have thrown off scouts even though it sounds bad and petty: he runs funny. He has a weird way of running back that looks sort of uncoordinated. Can def see a scout seeing that and wondering if he’s fluid and gifted enough.

Sort of a tad like why people have been down on RJ.

[K_ick_God]

Curry is insane

So insane. I have to put him and Kobe neck and neck I think, with D-Wade slightly behind. Just my take.

[Chanel Bomber]

KP was our franchise player, I remember how unstoppable he was, putting 30+ppg, scoring on any defender, before he tore his ACL.

Then he wanted to be traded because he wanted to win now?

He acted like he's already 33+yo, only had a few years left, and wanted to ring chase before his career is over, when most star players his age are more concerned about establishing themselves as superstars, being a team's alpha, and getting supermax.

Now he has to settle for Luka's crumbs.

Everytime I see KP, I can't help but think "what a stupid person." af. When you're young, you can afford to be silly. But you'll pay if you be stupid, even when you're young.

KP wasn't that good. He was very much stoppable, as evidenced by his .539 TS% the year he got hurt. He was an inefficient chucker for the most part.

KP caught fire for 3 weeks in his 3rd year. He wasn't good the rest of the season. For every good game that he had, he had a stinker like the game in Chicago where he was thoroughly outplayed by a rookie Lauri.

[3toheadmelo]

Nets got blown out

[K_ick_God]

KP was really good for like 3 weeks. It was fake.

[Capn'O]

If you're wanting a Knick playoff experience, gotta root for the Raps to make the comeback here. They're going to make the playoffs. Hawks may falter.

Meanwhile, I'm watching Grizz/Pels. It is wanting a bit.

[K_ick_God]

Is Derrick much better than Elf? I guess.

[Chanel Bomber]

Curry is insane

So insane. I have to put him and Kobe neck and neck I think, with D-Wade slightly behind. Just my take.

If the Rockets had better mopped the floor in that first round series and Curry not played on a sprained MCL in the 2016 playoffs, I firmly believe it would have changed NBA history and transformed legacies forever, including Curry's, LeBron's and Durant's.

I think at his peak Curry was (is?) a more dominant player than Kobe by a hair.

[3toheadmelo]

Nobody is playing defense lol

[Capn'O]

Nobody is playing defense lol

Like, in any game