2024-25 NBA Season

[Day2]

 

[MikeSU02]

My pre-season predictions.

All NBA 1st Team: Luka, SGA, Giannis, Wemby, Jokic
DPOY: Wemby
MVP: Luka
ROY: Castle (Reed wouldn't surprise me here)
COY: Pop (SAS surprise, Wemby is all world, Castle lands, CP3 has one more great run)
Comeback POY: CP3

WCF: OKC vs Dallas
ECF: Celtics vs NYK

Finals: OKC vs NYK

NYK win and Brunson gets the Messer in '94 treatment.

Yes, I'm a homer for the Knicks. Don't care.

 

[Knicks411]

My pre-season predictions.

All NBA 1st Team: Luka, SGA, Giannis, Wemby, Jokic
DPOY: Wemby
MVP: Luka
ROY: Castle (Reed wouldn't surprise me here)
COY: Pop (SAS surprise, Wemby is all world, Castle lands, CP3 has one more great run)
Comeback POY: CP3

WCF: OKC vs Dallas
ECF: Celtics vs NYK

Finals: OKC vs NYK

NYK win and Brunson gets the Messer in '94 treatment.

Yes, I'm a homer for the Knicks. Don't care.

What's wild is this would be a first team all league with 0 US born players. And it's totally plausible since 4 of the 5 made it last year and the Wemby is ready to go nuclear at any moment.

I think I did this right, the 1986 season was the first time a foreign born player was first team all league; but that was Dominique Wilkins who was born in Paris but his dad was in the US army, so, you know. Hakeem made it the next season. We didn't have fewer than 4 US born first team all league guys until 2005, when we went down to just 2. However one of the 3 foreign born was Tim Duncan, which like Nique, is not really what I was looking for. But Dirk and Steve Nash definitely were. If you throw Duncan out, from 2009-2018 the only foreign born player to make first team was Marc Gasol in 2015.

In 2018 and 19 we hit the more modern era, Giannis and Jokic made first team. If you count Tim Duncan as american (and I do), 2021 was the first time first team all NBA had more foreign players than american (Giannis, Jokic, and Luka). That has been the case for each of the last 5 years. I wonder the next time we'll have 3 or more american born players on first team.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

So Anthony Edwards says some crazy ignorant stuff about NOBODY but Jordan having any skill back in the day. And so we have the predictable response from the likes of KG that nobody now could have played in the league 20 years ago.

Old and young united in ignorance. You hate to see it.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Good man for starting a new thread! Onto banner 19 and first back to back in awhile.

 

[Fireball Jr.]

Not sure I’ll be around till the end of the 2024-25 playoffs (who does, but Samuel L Jackson & I hit the big 7-6 on Dec. 21, & I’ve had some health problems, but mark this down: the Lakers will bring the world championship to LA. Not the Clippers.

Nuff said.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Not sure I’ll be around till the end of the 2024-25 playoffs (who does, but Samuel L Jackson & I hit the big 7-6 on Dec. 21, & I’ve had some health problems, but mark this down: the Lakers will bring the world championship to LA. Not the Clippers.

Nuff said.

Sincerely hope you’re here to see banner 19 lifted in TD Garden after next year is complete.

 

[MSOrange]

Former first-round pick A.J. Griffin considering stepping away from basketball, per report

Griffin was traded from the Hawks to the Rockets this summer

www.cbssports.com

 

[MikeSU02]

With KOC leaving The Ringer for Yahoo and the rumors that new Ringer hires were coming... wondering if Zach Lowe ends up there.

 

[Knicks411]

ESPN just totally lost

 

[shandeezy7]

Wow, breaking up the Nova 4 before they ever play a game together

 

[Knicks411]

Trying to decide how I feel about this one

 

[Zelda Zonk]

Bold move. I like it.
I’ve never been a fan of Randle, and his statistics always look better than his actual ‘eye test efficiency.’ Divincenzo is a loss, but the Knicks kinda had to do this.

 

[Newhouser]

Should have dealt Mitch and kept Hartenstein. Divincenzo had no role left so he had to go.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

KAT is a loser weak sauce,

 

[Knicks411]

Should have dealt Mitch and kept Hartenstein. Divincenzo had no role left so he had to go.

They couldnt have matched the contratc Hartenstein back; he was always going to leave

 

[Red Holzman]

They couldnt have matched the contratc Hartenstein back; he was always going to leave

IHart's contract is about half of KAT salary(?) -and he was solid for the Knicks.
Wish Knicks could have kept IHart, but here we are.
If KAT brings it and stays healthy, maybe this last piece of the puzzle can get the Knicks a title.

 

[NineOneSeven]

RIP Dikembe Mutombo

 

[Day2]

RIP Dikembe Mutombo

One of my all-time favorite NBA players…and people. He transcended Georgetown.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

'Larger than life' Mutombo, 58, dies of brain cancer

Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, the "larger than life" center who played 18 NBA seasons, has died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the league announced Monday.

www.espn.com

Brain cancer sucks.

9 languages-unreal

 

[Melancer46]

The KAT trade feels like a home run for the Knicks to me with the potential to be a grand slam. Felt all offseason that the Knicks should try to sell high on Donte and being able to turn him and Randle's contract into KAT is just a huge talent upgrade. The spacing they'll be able to put around Brunson is going to be absolutely insane.

 

[jordville]

AJ Griffin retiring from hoops at the age of 21…

 

[Day2]

The Association should retire his number.

 

[jncuse]

Watching the first few minutes of this Raps-Wiz game - won't hang on much longer.

There is no worse 1/2 punch in the NBA than Kyle Kuzma and Jordan Poole when their full game is considered. It's not even debatable.

 

[Red Holzman]

Watched the Knicks -want to see how fast the new mix shows chemistry.
Wish they didn't sign Cam Payne -jump shot hurts my eyes...
With Kolek showing potential and Deuce able to play some PG, hope Cam sits.