Nalod wrote:

BlueKnickers wrote:Trump is considering attending a Finals game at MSG

BAD IDEA

It would result in the epic image of his own hometown booing him out of the stadium

Anyone see the original Manchurian Candidate? With frank Sinatra?

with Angela Lansbury

He is The Manchurian Candidate. Rubes failed to understand this or accept the evidence, but he was set up to destroy our nation from within. It worked and was more effective than any war ever could have been.

Anything that ends our national nightmare would be welcome, not some faux attempt either with lame fist pumps

markvmc wrote:I know we all like to hate Reggie Miller, but I think he's a fair-minded commentator (obviously I hated him and his leg-stick-out-while-shooting foul thing as a player).

Anyway, point being, I think he's been pretty great bringing Jamal Crawford along as a commentator. Tonight (and the last Western game too), he's always asking Jamal what he thinks (as opposed to addressing his comments to the main commentator). Maybe he and Jamal are buddies, IDK, but if not, that's pretty classy of Reggie to bring the new guy along.

Reggie has gotten better this season in particular. I also noticed I was no longer annoyed by him this year and realized he had matured as an announcer.

Jamal is a great choice for the frontlines, an articulate, thoughtful guy.

Former players either makes the best or the worst announcers (like the Clown Crew at half-time last night).

Aside from Breen, I prefer my announcers to be players who know the game.

Coaches can be good at times (Hubie Brown was sharp and JVG can be good), but SVG and Tommy Heinsohn were both buffoons and hard to listen to.

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BlueKnickers wrote:

Nalod wrote:

BlueKnickers wrote:Trump is considering attending a Finals game at MSG

BAD IDEA

It would result in the epic image of his own hometown booing him out of the stadium

Anyone see the original Manchurian Candidate? With frank Sinatra?

with Angela Lansbury

He is The Manchurian Candidate. Rubes failed to understand this or accept the evidence, but he was set up to destroy our nation from within. It worked and was more effective than any war ever could have been.

Anything that ends our national nightmare would be welcome, not some faux attempt either with lame fist pumps

Funny, Landsbury was 36 years old playing the mother of the films protagonist who himself was just 33 years old.

BlueKnickers wrote:

Clean wrote:Looking at the reffing lowlights we have no chance vs the Thunder if they make it to the finals. Half our team will be in foul trouble every game. Refs know they foul bait and fall for it every single time.

Conspiratorially speaking, what would the NBA gain from a repeat by OKC vs. a new championship in NYC?

I'd think the Knicks winning a chip would be in the NBA's best interests

One wouldl think this would have been the case for decades now and never understood how we thought Stern/Silver are called haters when its a good thing for ratings ($$$$$) and both those guys professed to being Knick fans! Dolan created much of his own mess and confrontation with NBA and other owners. Isiah/Anucha was not good for business! Starphuching kept the seats full but littl else.

Wemby is not ready for prime time banging in the paint. I have often compared him to Ralph Sampson who he physically resembles. HIs career was shortend by the traditional notion 7-4 foot guys shoudl be int he paint. His back could not handle it. Wemby cannot either (Yet) and its why they don't put him there all the time. I do think Fatigue is a factor and why they also limit his minutes. He does have some over exuberant attempts and like all of us makes poor decisions when tired. Wemby upside is scary but he is not a finished player yet. When that happens? When he leads his team to a chip?

Fanboy aside, I cannot decifer if knicks are that good because they are making opponents look really bad! ATL was quite respected and up 2-1 until god touched the knicks and unleashed this win streak. Philly? They took out Boston which was an achievement. We killed them. Cleveland? Post allstar game they went 18-9 to finish the season. Same record as us btw!

That both OKC and SAS won 60+ games does factor they were very good all year and now head to head does create an interesting optic. Recall last years run for OKC. Barley got by Denver and Indy took them to 7 games. If Hali not get hurt perhaps a different outcome?

The age of parity and lack of super teams does create hope amung fans and perhaps its why ratings have been improved. Causual fans don't love them. They love stars (Jordan, bird, magic, lebron, Kobe, etc etc). That ATL turned its season around and made playoffs creates interest. Orlando turned a play in and gave the pistons a hell of a time was good for the league. The play in gives its fanbase hope as its playing for something!

This year did bring more "Tank" teams which I perhaps created a more pronouced divide over previous years. The draft might not be as deep as hoped but more teams early on deemed it as such and its the way to get a franchise changing talent. Some critics and team owners are not that happy Silver and the league are making the lottery changes.

Back on point, OKC and SAS look beatable and by contrast Knicks look invincible. This either continues or changes as quickly as it came about. It all gets sorted on the court 48 minutes at a time! Go knicks!!!!

fitzfarm wrote:

BlueKnickers wrote:

Clean wrote:Looking at the reffing lowlights we have no chance vs the Thunder if they make it to the finals. Half our team will be in foul trouble every game. Refs know they foul bait and fall for it every single time.

Conspiratorially speaking, what would the NBA gain from a repeat by OKC vs. a new championship in NYC?

I'd think the Knicks winning a chip would be in the NBA's best interests

Agreed OKC winning is not in the nba’s best interest the thunder might be the most hated franchise in sports history … to be fair the end the spurs took 31 ft vs 34 for the thunder …

They really need to stop bailing out SGA he’s the fakest MVP this league has ever seen. His signature move is an offensive foul and really that’s his only move lol. And he gets bailed out so many times… every run the spurs went on were ended by SGA going to the line multiple times.

The way the spurs use wimby is gross. Put that man in the paint and let him cook … why is your 7’6” center hanging around the 3 pt line … it’s just bad coaching … both teams relying heavily on 3 point shots . And tonight the spurs couldn’t hit the broad side of the barn.

Hopefully spurs recover and extend this series to 7 .

The Knicks look better than both these teams and honestly it’s not even close .

Whoever the Knicks play KNICKS in 4 !!

Their guards aren't shooters. They haven't been providing Wemby the proper spacing when he's in the paint. They were hoping to open up the paint for their guards to be able to attack. But they will have to pivot and as Wemby is def more effective in the paint. Gonna have to trust the Gs to hit those shots.

martin wrote:

BlueKnickers wrote:

Clean wrote:Looking at the reffing lowlights we have no chance vs the Thunder if they make it to the finals. Half our team will be in foul trouble every game. Refs know they foul bait and fall for it every single time.

Conspiratorially speaking, what would the NBA gain from a repeat by OKC vs. a new championship in NYC?

I'd think the Knicks winning a chip would be in the NBA's best interests

I have it in the back of my mind that the NBA business behind the scenes - whether international expansion or whatnot - also drives these things, just not on court stuff that plays out in front of us.

For me, without anything to back it up, the SAS ownership team has done tremendous favors for the NBA as a whole and we have seen the favors returned over the years. David, Tim, Wemby is just too coincidental for me. Also, none of this type of thing is too outside norm of any large and private entities. These are all billionaires who conduct all sorts of business outside the NBA; and in fact, the NBA stuff is mostly sideshow flaunting of their money relatively speaking, it’s just the fun parts for them.

Whatever the truth is, we have to be so good even the zebras can't rain on our parade

martin wrote:

BlueKnickers wrote:

Clean wrote:Looking at the reffing lowlights we have no chance vs the Thunder if they make it to the finals. Half our team will be in foul trouble every game. Refs know they foul bait and fall for it every single time.

Conspiratorially speaking, what would the NBA gain from a repeat by OKC vs. a new championship in NYC?

I'd think the Knicks winning a chip would be in the NBA's best interests

I have it in the back of my mind that the NBA business behind the scenes - whether international expansion or whatnot - also drives these things, just not on court stuff that plays out in front of us.

For me, without anything to back it up, the SAS ownership team has done tremendous favors for the NBA as a whole and we have seen the favors returned over the years. David, Tim, Wemby is just too coincidental for me. Also, none of this type of thing is too outside norm of any large and private entities. These are all billionaires who conduct all sorts of business outside the NBA; and in fact, the NBA stuff is mostly sideshow flaunting of their money relatively speaking, it’s just the fun parts for them.

Since the inception of the NBA Draft Lottery in 1985, the New York Knicks have remarkably never moved up in the draft order to a higher position than what their regular-season record dictated

They are one of the most notoriously unlucky franchises in lottery history, frequently staying put or dropping back several spots. While they infamously won the very first lottery in 1985 to draft Patrick Ewing, their luck ran out immediately afterward. Over the last four decades of lottery appearances, they have never jumped a single spot.

The New York Knicks have participated in the NBA Draft Lottery 20 times since the lottery system was introduced in 1985.

The math aint mathing if everything was on the up & up.