Panos wrote:Best anti-jinx thread ever. Lit a fire under their asses. You welcome!

Nobody said they predicted Mikal turning into just in time "Igudala".
Or this historical run.

Pano's never admits he is wrong. This is his best attempt.
We'll take it.
Duct tape his ass to an all you can eat buffet of Crow.
Plenty of room on the bandwagon for all other party and enjoy this.

Knicks in 4 !!

Knixkik wrote:This thread is littered with Brunson hate. He is 100% the player to lead this team to the finals.

If Brunson were as fragile as you are about people critiquing his game he would have been out of the league by now.

We were never going to the Finals if his usage remained at earlier rates and his over-dependence on ISO ball had continued. The shift was necessary and the result has been marvelous.

Now Brunson is indeed leading us to the Finals, exactly because he made the changes he was being criticized for.

Stop being so soft and calling people haters for making valid observations that have been proven to be exactly right in their assessments.

I'm tired of pansy comments about people making analytical statements that are based in reality. It is not "hate" because you say it is. It came from people who follow the team just as rigorously as anyone else here observing the flaws in strategy and stating what needs to change for that to improve. Toughen up.

Brunson would be the first person to admit the adjustments he made have contributed to better team play and the current 10 game winning streak.

ToddTT wrote:

Philc1 wrote:We really miss Randle and Divo

The way we’ve been playing the last month, we can finally compare this edition of the Knicks to the January ‘24 edition. Both great teams.

That's like comparing a new Mercedes to a rusted out 1967 VW Bug

BlueKnickers wrote:

Knixkik wrote:This thread is littered with Brunson hate. He is 100% the player to lead this team to the finals.

If Brunson were as fragile as you are about people critiquing his game he would have been out of the league by now.

We were never going to the Finals if his usage remained at earlier rates and his over-dependence on ISO ball had continued. The shift was necessary and the result has been marvelous.

Now Brunson is indeed leading us to the Finals, exactly because he made the changes he was being criticized for.

Stop being so soft and calling people haters for making valid observations that have been proven to be exactly right in their assessments.

I'm tired of pansy comments about people making analytical statements that are based in reality. It is not "hate" because you say it is. It came from people who follow the team just as rigorously as anyone else here observing the flaws in strategy and stating what needs to change for that to improve. Toughen up.

Brunson would be the first person to admit the adjustments he made have contributed to better team play and the current 10 game winning streak.

Rather than get all defensive calling people “soft, pansy” etc, it would be much easier to just admit you were wrong instead of try to defend your reasoning. Spewing all that nonsense about Brunson’s dad and lack of culture and all of that wasn’t some deep analytical thought, it was an incorrect assessment of the team. Brunson needing adjustments to his game was never the argument. It was all the other nonsense you tried to convince us about this team. Trade Brunson, he’s not a superstar, fire the dad, bad culture, everything else. My comment was never personal towards anyone here. But since you’re trying to make it that way, rather than coming at me, just be happy you were wrong about everything and let’s move on. This is the first time in 25 years on this forum we are this close to the finals. I’ve been here in all the bad times and this is great. Let’s enjoy it.

Knixkik wrote:

BlueKnickers wrote:

Knixkik wrote:This thread is littered with Brunson hate. He is 100% the player to lead this team to the finals.

If Brunson were as fragile as you are about people critiquing his game he would have been out of the league by now.

We were never going to the Finals if his usage remained at earlier rates and his over-dependence on ISO ball had continued. The shift was necessary and the result has been marvelous.

Now Brunson is indeed leading us to the Finals, exactly because he made the changes he was being criticized for.

Stop being so soft and calling people haters for making valid observations that have been proven to be exactly right in their assessments.

I'm tired of pansy comments about people making analytical statements that are based in reality. It is not "hate" because you say it is. It came from people who follow the team just as rigorously as anyone else here observing the flaws in strategy and stating what needs to change for that to improve. Toughen up.

Brunson would be the first person to admit the adjustments he made have contributed to better team play and the current 10 game winning streak.

Rather than get all defensive calling people “soft, pansy” etc, it would be much easier to just admit you were wrong instead of try to defend your reasoning. Spewing all that nonsense about Brunson’s dad and lack of culture and all of that wasn’t some deep analytical thought, it was an incorrect assessment of the team. Brunson needing adjustments to his game was never the argument. It was all the other nonsense you tried to convince us about this team. Trade Brunson, he’s not a superstar, fire the dad, bad culture, everything else. My comment was never personal towards anyone here. But since you’re trying to make it that way, rather than coming at me, just be happy you were wrong about everything and let’s move on. This is the first time in 25 years on this forum we are this close to the finals. I’ve been here in all the bad times and this is great. Let’s enjoy it.

I don't call you a hater when you say something I disagree with. I dispute the statement. Your comment was intended as an insult.

And now you're spewing BS saying I didn't have any vision for success WITH Brunson. I clearly said he is one of my favorite players to watch individually, but that he had to adjust his game to be a championship caliber PG. And I stand by my statement that the Knicks would not be a true contender unless those adjustments were made. If Brunson couldn't make those adjustments, then I definitely could see a future without Brunson, because you are either going to playing a winning style of ball or you are not. Brunson's ability to win games by his own heroics are well known, but by itself that will not get you a championship. And I was correct. You can disagree, but you're the one who left an insult on the forum against another poster when it was obviously me.

ToddTT wrote:I'm looking forward to next year. This team is boring. I bet we win by 30 tonight.

Knixkik wrote:

BlueKnickers wrote:

Knixkik wrote:

BlueKnickers wrote:

Knixkik wrote:This thread is littered with Brunson hate. He is 100% the player to lead this team to the finals.

If Brunson were as fragile as you are about people critiquing his game he would have been out of the league by now.

We were never going to the Finals if his usage remained at earlier rates and his over-dependence on ISO ball had continued. The shift was necessary and the result has been marvelous.

Now Brunson is indeed leading us to the Finals, exactly because he made the changes he was being criticized for.

Stop being so soft and calling people haters for making valid observations that have been proven to be exactly right in their assessments.

I'm tired of pansy comments about people making analytical statements that are based in reality. It is not "hate" because you say it is. It came from people who follow the team just as rigorously as anyone else here observing the flaws in strategy and stating what needs to change for that to improve. Toughen up.

Brunson would be the first person to admit the adjustments he made have contributed to better team play and the current 10 game winning streak.

Rather than get all defensive calling people “soft, pansy” etc, it would be much easier to just admit you were wrong instead of try to defend your reasoning. Spewing all that nonsense about Brunson’s dad and lack of culture and all of that wasn’t some deep analytical thought, it was an incorrect assessment of the team. Brunson needing adjustments to his game was never the argument. It was all the other nonsense you tried to convince us about this team. Trade Brunson, he’s not a superstar, fire the dad, bad culture, everything else. My comment was never personal towards anyone here. But since you’re trying to make it that way, rather than coming at me, just be happy you were wrong about everything and let’s move on. This is the first time in 25 years on this forum we are this close to the finals. I’ve been here in all the bad times and this is great. Let’s enjoy it.

I don't call you a hater when you say something I disagree with. I dispute the statement. Your comment was intended as an insult.

And now you're spewing BS saying I didn't have any vision for success WITH Brunson. I clearly said he is one of my favorite players to watch individually, but that he had to adjust his game to be a championship caliber PG. And I stand by my statement that the Knicks would not be a true contender unless those adjustments were made. If Brunson couldn't make those adjustments, then I definitely could see a future without Brunson, because you are either going to playing a winning style of ball or you are not. Brunson's ability to win games by his own heroics are well known, but by itself that will not get you a championship. And I was correct. You can disagree, but you're the one who left an insult on the forum against another poster when it was obviously me.

This wasn’t targeted at you. It was a general statement. If you weren’t wrong about all of this, you wouldn’t feel like you were a target. You can go back and look at your own statements on this very thread about Brunson not being a 2-way player so you can’t build a contender around him , and all of that. He didn’t dramatically change his game. He’s the same player torching guys 1 on 1 like he’s done each playoff season. He’s not even making a lot of catch and shoot threes. This is the same player he has always been. Same culture. Same dad. Whatever else. It’s a contender and always has been.

OK man, let's put this to rest and just enjoy the game tonight, because debating this will be fruitless.

Just disagree and move on next time instead of using labels for people you disagree with.

BlueKnickers wrote:

Knixkik wrote:This thread is littered with Brunson hate. He is 100% the player to lead this team to the finals.

If Brunson were as fragile as you are about people critiquing his game he would have been out of the league by now.

We were never going to the Finals if his usage remained at earlier rates and his over-dependence on ISO ball had continued. The shift was necessary and the result has been marvelous.

Now Brunson is indeed leading us to the Finals, exactly because he made the changes he was being criticized for.

Stop being so soft and calling people haters for making valid observations that have been proven to be exactly right in their assessments.

I'm tired of pansy comments about people making analytical statements that are based in reality. It is not "hate" because you say it is. It came from people who follow the team just as rigorously as anyone else here observing the flaws in strategy and stating what needs to change for that to improve. Toughen up.

Brunson would be the first person to admit the adjustments he made have contributed to better team play and the current 10 game winning streak.

LoL. The OP, you and others were essentially calling it quits on the season. You were calling for Giannis. Not sure how any of that is "analytical" observations. What it is is cushy soft...I and some others hung in there at all times. You quit and now are riding the wave of winning as if you were with the team all along and weren't a quitter.

IMO you should turn in your fan card.