Around the NBA - OOPS POW SURPRISE! New Thread!!!

[DaGawd]

I didn't even watch this game and probably won't watch any of the games in that series but I heard Harden got injured, pretty awesome, hope he's done for the season

Durant next if we’re lucky

[ENYK]

Love Shaq's insight--"If you're not hitting shots, you can't just keep shooting." His entire head-scratching broadcast career conveys the importance of having an iron-clad prenup in place.

Good, maybe prime Hakeem should've checked into the game for Milwaukee and Dream Shaked them to victory like they did over the Magic in the '95 Finals.

All the Bucks have, like most wannabe contenders, is perimeter shooters (surrounding their non-shooting max guy). The Nets' two shooters are just better.

[Capn'O]

They might as well Interview a dog since anyone can coach this team

Thibs would play DeAndre Jordan at the 5, Claxton at the 4, Jeff Green at the 3, KD at the 2 and Kyrie at the 1.

And play Harden 15 minutes per game off the bench.

tbf, he would win a chip with that lineup so

As would I. The first thing I would do would be to instill the D'Antoni in-game management style.

Spoiler:

"Let's go let's go let's go let's go!!!"

[Mr Rabbit]

Shame on Hans Klopek for his last few years in Detroit. His ‘came with the frame’ ass was blatantly sandbagging. Disgraceful

[Guano]

Thibs would play DeAndre Jordan at the 5, Claxton at the 4, Jeff Green at the 3, KD at the 2 and Kyrie at the 1.

And play Harden 15 minutes per game off the bench.

tbf, he would win a chip with that lineup so

As would I. The first thing I would do would be to instill the D'Antoni in-game management style.

Spoiler:

"Let's go let's go let's go let's go!!!"

the first time you critisize Kyrie for over dribbling

[Marty McFly]

Pretty remarkable how its been less than ten years since the billy king trade. Here they are, favorites to win a title.

[Guano]

Pretty remarkable how its been less than ten years since the billy king trade. Here they are, favorites to win a title.

really wish it wasn't the nets - but it was really poetic how the team Ainge's Celtics f'ed over in the big 3 trade ended up getting him canned.

[ENYK]

Pretty remarkable how its been less than ten years since the billy king trade. Here they are, favorites to win a title.

really wish it wasn't the nets - but it was really poetic how the team Ainge's Celtics f'ed over in the big 3 trade ended up getting him canned.

Kyrie completely shattered the 48 Rules of Power, outshining the master and becoming an even better Player-GM than his estranged Stepfather LeBron.

[Oscirus]

Pretty remarkable how its been less than ten years since the billy king trade. Here they are, favorites to win a title.

Knicks have no excuse to have sucked as long as they did given how **** the nets were

[Chanel Bomber]

Pretty remarkable how its been less than ten years since the billy king trade. Here they are, favorites to win a title.

What's remarkable is that over that time period, the Knicks never were able to even put themselves in that position.

Since the Billy King trade, the Knicks:

- Traded for Bargnani
- Fired Glen Grunwald just months after the Knicks had their best season in 16 years and promoted Steve Mills
- Saw James Dolan veto a trade for Kyle Lowry
- Hired Phil Jackson
- Had Derek Fisher, Jeff Hornacek and Kurt Rambis as head coaches
- Tried to shame one of the most popular players in the NBA in Melo publicly
- Signed Joakim Noah
- Didn't let Phil trade KP when his value was at its highest
- Let Phil draft Frank Ntilikina ahead of Donovan Mitchell only to fire him a couple of weeks later
- Hired Steve Mills as POBO and Scott Perry as GM
- Overpaid for Tim Hardaway Jr
- Hired David Fizdale as head coach
- Drafted Kevin Knox
- Banned journalists of the Daily News from their preseason press conference (aka censorship)
- Saw James Dolan go on the radio and further expose himself to ridicule by promising a great summer
- Beefed with Spike Lee (who might have overreacted, but still the response by Dolan was egregious)
- Had the worst record in the NBA entering free agency (morons)

I mean that's a horror show of dysfunction and incompetence.

[K_ick_God]

Harden gets a ring barely even contributing?

The NBA should just start giving out Lifetime Achievement Awards.

[K_ick_God]

Pretty remarkable how its been less than ten years since the billy king trade. Here they are, favorites to win a title.

Picks feel like gold but they’re not. So I say let’s get more picks.

[br7knicks]

i know this makes me a bad person, but i'm thoroughly enjoying watching porzingis play so ****. serves you right for being a primadonna and a 7'3 puss

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Underwhelming is an understatement

[dc]

Pretty remarkable how its been less than ten years since the billy king trade. Here they are, favorites to win a title.

What's remarkable is that over that time period, the Knicks never were able to even put themselves in that position.

Since the Billy King trade, the Knicks:

- Traded for Bargnani
- Fired Glen Grunwald just months after the Knicks had their best season in 16 years and promoted Steve Mills
- Saw James Dolan veto a trade for Kyle Lowry
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Don't forget about Fisher's cross country booty call (in the middle of training camp) which resulted in getting beat up by Matt Barnes.

[dc]

Pretty remarkable how its been less than ten years since the billy king trade. Here they are, favorites to win a title.

Picks feel like gold but they’re not. So I say let’s get more picks.

Celts did well with those picks. They got the best players available in 2016 and 2017.

It was a matter of the Nets being located in a desirable market combined with competent management post Billy King.

If the Knicks had just shown a similar level of competence in the 2 years prior, they'd be the team with KD and Kyrie and likely also Harden.

[Marty McFly]

[code][/code]

Harden gets a ring barely even contributing?

The NBA should just start giving out Lifetime Achievement Awards.

they do. its called the hall of fame.

[TheGreenArrow]

Pretty remarkable how its been less than ten years since the billy king trade. Here they are, favorites to win a title.

What's remarkable is that over that time period, the Knicks never were able to even put themselves in that position.

Since the Billy King trade, the Knicks:

- Traded for Bargnani
- Fired Glen Grunwald just months after the Knicks had their best season in 16 years and promoted Steve Mills
- Saw James Dolan veto a trade for Kyle Lowry
- Hired Phil Jackson
- Had Derek Fisher, Jeff Hornacek and Kurt Rambis as head coaches
- Tried to shame one of the most popular players in the NBA in Melo publicly
- Signed Joakim Noah
- Didn't let Phil trade KP when his value was at its highest
- Let Phil draft Frank Ntilikina ahead of Donovan Mitchell only to fire him a couple of weeks later
- Hired Steve Mills as POBO and Scott Perry as GM
- Overpaid for Tim Hardaway Jr
- Hired David Fizdale as head coach
- Drafted Kevin Knox
- Banned journalists of the Daily News from their preseason press conference (aka censorship)
- Saw James Dolan go on the radio and further expose himself to ridicule by promising a great summer
- Beefed with Spike Lee (who might have overreacted, but still the response by Dolan was egregious)
- Had the worst record in the NBA entering free agency (morons)

I mean that's a horror show of dysfunction and incompetence.

And yet here we all are still rooting for this team with every fiber in our body!!!!!!!

Well everyone except kdot!!!!!

[K_ick_God]

[code][/code]

Harden gets a ring barely even contributing?

The NBA should just start giving out Lifetime Achievement Awards.

they do. its called the hall of fame.

Thought it after but was too screwed to delete my post.

[Capn'O]

Pretty remarkable how its been less than ten years since the billy king trade. Here they are, favorites to win a title.

Yup. Sean Marks is a good manager and three great and compatible players decided they wanted to play ball together.

The optimistic side of this is it should... I repeat should... show Dolan that all you need to do is spend a few years building competently in NYC and the stars will start to align, so to speak.

[HerSports85]

No harden or Green and the Bucks fold. SAD