***Official 2024-2025 NBA Thread***

[KC_Connection]

Season starts tonight with Knicks and Celtics followed by Lakers and TWolves.

Will history be made early in the 2nd game?

[Gary Cooper]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Knicks aren’t any good. Boston could come back down 3-1 over that roster with Tatum.

And OKC should beat every team but that doesn’t mean they would or will. Experience matters.

Boston is terrible in close games. The Knicks have been great at them in these playoffs. Boston's roster isn't as good as last season with Holiday, Porzingis, and Horford all being broke dick and washed up. They showed in this series that they're not a contender with this group. They need a roster shakeup and ideally a coaching change.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by BWillie

I don't celebrate harm to others, well, most of the time.

But yes I am pleased with the 3-1. Feel awful for Tatum though.

OKC fans are clearly built differently then. You’d surely never do what those thousands of Raptors fans did when they realized their path to a title just opened up.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

OKC fans are clearly built differently then. You’d surely never do what those thousands of Raptors fans did when they realized their path to a title just opened up.

Honor is important.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Gary Cooper

Boston is terrible in close games. The Knicks have been great at them in these playoffs. Boston's roster isn't as good as last season with Holiday, Porzingis, and Horford all being broke dick and washed up. They showed in this series that they're not a contender with this group. They need a roster shakeup and ideally a coaching change.

Knicks rely basically on one player to score in the half court. Boston may not have been the same team as before but they had enough firepower to run off 3 straight against that team.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Honor is important.

A fanbase of Ned Starks.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

A fanbase of Ned Starks.

Red blooded Americans believe honor and integrity is important.

It is why we generally do not like flopping....which I know you love.

[Gary Cooper]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Knicks rely basically on one player to score in the half court. Boston may not have been the same team as before but they had enough firepower to run off 3 straight against that team.

The Knicks clearly figured Boston out and are not intimidated. They were able to toast Boston's defense the entire second half tonight. Boston was cooked. And even if they won, they're likely not winning another round. The playoffs only get tougher the deeper you go.

Either OKC or Denver would beat Boston.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Red blooded Americans believe honor and integrity is important.

It is why we generally do not like flopping....which I know you love.

Well then you should really hate SGA and Dort then.

In any case, winning is winning. Nobody cares or remembers that the Warriors won their first title because Kyrie and Kevin Love got hurt or their 2nd title because Kawhi did. The last team standing often is because of injuries just as much as anything else; does that take away from the outcome?

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Gary Cooper

The Knicks clearly figured Boston out and are not intimidated. They were able to toast Boston's defense the entire second half tonight. Boston was cooked. And even if they won, they're likely not winning another round. The playoffs only get tougher the deeper you go.

Either OKC or Denver would beat Boston.

Never underestimate the heart of a champion.

[tk13]

Weird thing is with all the talk about Giannis, the eastern conference is probably going to wide, wide open next year. Especially now. If Giannis went west for some reason the imbalance will be off the charts.

[Gary Cooper]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Never underestimate the heart of a champion.

They're only a champion because who else was going to win in 2024? They had a cakewalk run to the title.

They do play well with their back against the wall, but they're the type of team that could win games 5 and 6, and then blow game 7 on their home floor after shooting step back threes and turning the ball over the entire 4th quarter.

[UChieffyBugger]

Mavs getting the number one pick is a fecking joke but oh well. Stoked that my Sixers got the 3rd pick after such a disastrous season. We already had a good core of young players and now adding another top draft pick is really exciting to see. Hoping for Ace Bailey tbh. As for Boston!!..lol nice to see that scum organisation struggling. Missed another thirty 3s tonight smh they just don't learn.

[Pepe Silvia]

Originally Posted by BWillie

I sure don't like seeing Tatum blow his achilles

That's what it took for the Celtics to lose this series.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Honor is important.

Knicks fans seeing Jayson Tatum get hurt

pic.twitter.com/FrkMSDOHr0

— boxingfan333 (@boxingfan3333) May 13, 2025

And OKC fans?

[KC_Connection]

So much for the Warriors being good defensively narrative. Turns out that the TWolves played a horrible G1 after all.

Time for this disgraceful franchise to finally be finished for good on Wednesday. Hopefully the Celtics will join them that night as well.