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Hope he comes out on top. If he could beat it with effort, he’d already be good as new.

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Works for me. I’ve watched these guys so much they might as well be family.

Great! Thought Chuck was wanting out soon, glad to see he's sticking around. Hate him when he's talking Knicks, but pretty entertaining otherwise!

Can do without Shaq...I miss Chris Webber.

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GustavBahler wrote:Watching a chippy Boston/Philly game. Harden looks like he has his mojo back.
Playing more confidently than last season. Even his body language is better.

That’s where we missed on tari Eason — he was the 6-8 225 pounder who could defend Tatum or brown.

Philc1 wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Watching a chippy Boston/Philly game. Harden looks like he has his mojo back.
Playing more confidently than last season. Even his body language is better.

The East is way tougher this year. The Knicks can be significantly improved and still win around the same # of games as last season

yes I agree, until some of these teams implode or injuries.

gradyandrew wrote:Just watching the Celtics Philly game got me thinking that the elimination of the take foul rule is going to be huge. There will be a huge uptick in fast break scoring and really make it difficult for the likes of Mitchell Robinson to stay on the court by the all star break. Things will slow down in the post season but it will become apparent in a month that until the Knicks start Obi at center they will be giving up an unsustainable amount of fast break points. It will be a month later and Zach Lowe will write a big piece discussing how that little rule change has effected the NBA.

Your suggesting that Mitch, who as a 5 plays in the paint on defense should be defending fast breaks?
His offensive rebound will alter some breaks from occurring. His length discourage as well.

Knicks were 7th if giving opponents fast break points.

https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/opponent-fastbreak-points-per-game?date=2022-06-17

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blkexec wrote:

Philc1 wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Watching a chippy Boston/Philly game. Harden looks like he has his mojo back.
Playing more confidently than last season. Even his body language is better.

The East is way tougher this year. The Knicks can be significantly improved and still win around the same # of games as last season

yes I agree, until some of these teams implode or injuries.

this "every team got better" narrative is trash
Boston didnt get better, they lost their coach and Williams is out for a long time
Cha has the most miserable offseason like ever
Chi ran it back except now it looks like Lonzo is out for who knows how long
Milw/Mia/Phili are status quo
You got some teams like the Knicks who havent proven ****.. Orl/Det/Wash, hey imagine all star seasons from Beal/KP?
Pacers are meh... the Haliburton love affair is gross with you all

Knicks def improved more than most teams in the East running back the young guys from last year and shoring up their biggest holes. I think most are underrating the roster depth and Thib's coaching (which is fine)... makes the winning even better

Its a narrative I have heard on many podcasts of late. JVG said it, and This morning on Windhorsts agreed knicks are better but so is the comp.
Boston got Brogdon which is a big piece.
Philly got PJ tucker, Harrald, and a better Beard.
Miami is not improved, but not worse.
Toronto is a year mature
Clevland got better with Mitchell.
Milwaukee? Not sure they got better or worse.
ATL got Murry. Wiz got a bit deeper, a healthy Beal and maybe KP.
Bulls? LOL Not.
Nets? They have No vax Kyrie from day one. THey have Simmons. No team has a higher ceiling and the lowest floor perhaps.
Magic got Bancharo and Issac is back.