Yikes.

Sound familiar? Dolan and Melo say hi!

ToddTT wrote:Celtics are having their way with the Sixers.

We were an ankle sprain away from the mutha****in’ NBA finals.

We were a Gabe Vincent away from the mutha****in’ NBA finals.

martin wrote:Not for nothing, and I know it is apples and oranges, but I'd rather have Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, 4 first round picks and and extra $25M to spend on other players rather than a 35yo (next month) Durant who will be making $48M, $51M, $55M over next 3 years.

Yikes.

On the other hand, if we have Durant we get past the Heat. The question at this point is( I never thought I would say this) is he enough to make us a Championship contender

Chandler wrote:

martin wrote:For me, this is people complaining that they are not good enough or creative enough to do their jobs. And you wonder why print media is failing. These guys suck at what they do if things aren't hand platter'ed to them.

Do your jobs. Do your jobs with a modicum of respect cause the below is far from it.

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/NYPost_Berman/status/1657524849760247808

Guys are clowns not professionals. Yes they’re media but that doesn’t give free license to be an idiot, agitator without consequences.

Jets had a similar issue with Manish Mehta (sp?).

Some of these guys feel media credentials entitle them to say/do anything

I see this a bit different. Journalists need access. And the FO should want fans to have that kind of access.

This is no different than any press/media dynamic out there.

martin wrote:

franco12 wrote:

Chandler wrote:

martin wrote:For me, this is people complaining that they are not good enough or creative enough to do their jobs. And you wonder why print media is failing. These guys suck at what they do if things aren't hand platter'ed to them.

Do your jobs. Do your jobs with a modicum of respect cause the below is far from it.

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/NYPost_Berman/status/1657524849760247808

Guys are clowns not professionals. Yes they’re media but that doesn’t give free license to be an idiot, agitator without consequences.

Jets had a similar issue with Manish Mehta (sp?).

Some of these guys feel media credentials entitle them to say/do anything

I see this a bit different. Journalists need access. And the FO should want fans to have that kind of access.

This is no different than any press/media dynamic out there.

They have access all year long but one more day as everyone is leaving is an affront to them?

I don't know about anyone else, but I don't post online when I'm not getting my way at work with my clients. I just, you know, schedule a meeting with them to discuss stuff and keep at it when they don't respond.

It's a disgrace to me that those guys suck at their job so much they need to leave a trail of complaints highlighting their own ineptitude at making a better relationship with players and team FO.

The issue is that this kind of behavior feeds into the crappy coverage. I don't see the big issue as fan. But these guys are paid to write. They're going to get something out there regardless. The more you bar them, the more articles you're going to get fueled by speculation and unnamed sources. You want to limit interview times and access, that's understandable. To completely bar journalists is just bad procedure.

BigDaddyG wrote:

martin wrote:

franco12 wrote:

Chandler wrote:

martin wrote:For me, this is people complaining that they are not good enough or creative enough to do their jobs. And you wonder why print media is failing. These guys suck at what they do if things aren't hand platter'ed to them.

Do your jobs. Do your jobs with a modicum of respect cause the below is far from it.

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/NYPost_Berman/status/1657524849760247808

Guys are clowns not professionals. Yes they’re media but that doesn’t give free license to be an idiot, agitator without consequences.

Jets had a similar issue with Manish Mehta (sp?).

Some of these guys feel media credentials entitle them to say/do anything

I see this a bit different. Journalists need access. And the FO should want fans to have that kind of access.

This is no different than any press/media dynamic out there.

They have access all year long but one more day as everyone is leaving is an affront to them?

I don't know about anyone else, but I don't post online when I'm not getting my way at work with my clients. I just, you know, schedule a meeting with them to discuss stuff and keep at it when they don't respond.

It's a disgrace to me that those guys suck at their job so much they need to leave a trail of complaints highlighting their own ineptitude at making a better relationship with players and team FO.

The issue is that this kind of behavior feeds into the crappy coverage. I don't see the big issue as fan. But these guys are paid to write. They're going to get something out there regardless. The more you bar them, the more articles you're going to get fueled by speculation and unnamed sources. You want to limit interview times and access, that's understandable. To completely bar journalists is just bad procedure.

And that's OK and why they sitting on the sideline.

IMHO Fred Katz is doing much better work and has the same access. Fred creates his own access IMO

technomaster wrote:Odds and ends:
* Nets got amazing value out of Kyrie & Durant. Somehow, in spite of injuries and odd meltdowns and a few years of their prime melted away, they got back practically all the value they gave up to get them. Good for them. The team is far less dislikable.
* Ja - WTF... it's hard to watch a guy literally piss away millions. The first suspension likely cost him the all-NBA team berth that would have locked in a supermax deal. And I think a long suspension is likely to start next season, likely enough to disqualify him from the games played needed for one of those awards even if he were to play lights out and be a choir boy.
* Sixers - I don't know if that team can win with Embiid - fake MVP. It's not that different from Randle, to be honest. Big numbers in the regular season... but somehow hobbled or out of sync once the playoffs roll around. Different circumstances yes, but the outcome is similar.
* Gabe Vincent would be a nice FA target for the Knicks or any number of teams, including the Cavs. Weaken the enemy and pick up a guy who plays his heart out. On the other hand - does he play like a beast because it's a contract year? Will he still play as relentlessly once he gets a big boy contract? (I don't personally think we need him - we have Quickley/Grimes in that "hungry for the big contract" category)

Ja - I've said it multiple times, we won the Zion/Ja draft with RJ. Now just to get RJ to reach that next level that he has in him. RJ could easily be Jaylen Brown-level. He needs to train with more focus.

Sixers - way to crash and burn and choke away several close out games. Makes me feel better about our losses. Wow. And Harden defines Lollygagging and Embiid is not a leader like Brunson is.

Vincent plays like a beast because Spo demands it of his players. Play hard or don't play and get lost. Iron Will that Spo often talks about.

Our motto should be "come out as champions or don't come out at all" - it's a different philosophy - Thibs runs guys into the ground and doesn't allow the next men in to play at their best either. Spo - his approach is everyone is going to give their best in their minutes played and play at 100, or do not play. Our guys are all very likable - but not Iron Willed to that Heat level.