gradyandrew wrote:Love is a two way street. He didn't feel it in GSW and now he does in Dallas. Klay sadly has been the scapegoat for a lot of GSWs recent problems. The "Klay has lost a step on defense " was a common theme for the past few years despite Wiggins falling off a cliff and Poole having to be traded because Draymond decided punching him was the easiest way to get a new contract. Klay is the second best player in franchise history and left at 33 because of the poor decisions the front office made. I wouldn't feel the love if I was him too.

He said he now plays with "Love" that was missing. Again my point was he got caught up in his own demise an now that he has a deal and a starting job im projecting he feels validated and thus can play for "love".
Im calling bull****.

Made "scapegoat"? No, he underperformed until he got off the bench and got his **** together. I get the ego thing. Its not easy to let some things go. He was the man for years. He was paid like it. He missed a lot of time and its quite the accomplishment to have returned to the level he did.
Playing for love is playing for the fans and the team. Loyalty was shown to him by both upholding a contract and he was given every opportunity given his stature.
Im ok with him moving on doing the fresh start and new challenges thing but don't bull**** the fans with that psychobabble word salad. GSW had salary constraints in this CBA era and could not pay him what he wanted. Maybe they simply did not want to.
Age matters.

Knicks traded Clyde because he too wanted to be paid as he should but his knees were giving out. It proved correct. Sad as it was but having him and Earl was not logical anymore and Earl was healthier. Clyde was not ready to retire.

Ewing had his issue also and wanted out. Great players have great egos. Its part of what drives them.

Lets see how Klay holds up and his minutes get sorted with Kyrie and Luka. Interesting team for sure. I hope Klay's love gets him at or near his career avg cuz if its way below and his defense lacks, or can't penetrate he gonna be the "Scapegoat" again.

If it wasn't for the IHart situation and needing to save money. Might of been our pick.

De'Aaron Fox will bypass a three-year, $165 million maximum extension with the Sacramento Kings as he could sign a larger deal during the 2025 offseason. Fox can be a free agent as early as 2026.

Fox could sign a four-year, $229 million maximum extension with the Kings during the 2025 offseason. If Fox were to make an All-NBA team this season, he could sign for as much as $345 million over five years on a supermax.

God we are so lucky to have Brunson

The team I'm looking at is Miami. They had a really quiet offseason and Riley has publicly criticized Butler and Herro at different times. Their draft pick is lottery protected. I wouldn't be surprised if they try to blow up the team and do a quick rebuild around Bam.

Also, PG is already injured and espn had this:

after playing in just 433 of a possible 637 games across the past eight seasons -- not counting the first two years of his career that were lost to foot injuries -- Embiid's days of playing back-to-backs appear to be over.

"If I had to guess," Embiid said, "I would probably never play back-to-backs the rest of my career."

"We're going to be smart about it," Morey said. "Part of being smart about it is having both Paul and Joel probably not play many back to backs, if any."

Philly has 10 back-to- back sets over the season, which seems like a significant amount. Playoff basketball is way different than regular season, but grabbing that top seed and getting easier matchups is huge in terms of advancing. With a significant number of teams in the East with lottery protected picks, Washington, Detroit, Miami, Charlotte, and Chicago. and only 4 teams with the potential to be regular season juggernauts, Boston, New York, Milwaukee, and Cleveland, the Knicks hopefully can land a top seeding.

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://www.twitter.com/WolvesClips/status/1846730079298376101

I would think between McDaniel at 6-10, Rudy, Naz Reid and Garza they don't need Randle at the 5.
Preseason is wonky.

Randle with the short hair cut and rocking the Ewing T-shirt look which might be hiding tape or topical rubs for that shoulder. Keep it warm also.

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://www.twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1846908084104413658

Blame Thibs.

SergioNYK wrote:

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://www.twitter.com/HeatvsHaters/status/1846410937659433315

cHeat fans frustrated and fighting cause Riley and Butler hate each other and getting older and their team is garbage!

Jimmy has green hair now?

martin wrote:

SergioNYK wrote:

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://www.twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1846908084104413658

Blame Thibs.

We love you Isaiah with 2 A's! Get well soon! But also, suck it OKC!

Its why you take the money. One never knows what happens.
I had read iHart and Mitch became very good buddies. That injury thing rubbing off?
"evaluated 5-6 weeks" Thats not good. We seen that movie before.
lets hope our injuries are minor this year!!!

ToddTT wrote:

martin wrote:

SergioNYK wrote:

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://www.twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1846908084104413658

Blame Thibs.

We love you Isaiah with 2 A's! Get well soon! But also, suck it OKC!

I knew we were wise to only sign him for two years! But none of you listened!!!

Grandmaster all-seeing 3D Chess guru right here amongst us all, behold the Bot!

martin wrote:I know right! Who can raise a whole family in NYC on only $17M per!!!

For what it's worth, OKC would have had me at "We'll pay more in 2 years than you can get in 3 years with the Knicks."