Nico Harrison got good results because his process was sound.
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Windy said Nico wanted Giannis for years so Cooper to Milwaukee if that were to happen?
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Just my prediction but itās funny how the reaction is going to turn into: why are the Knicks guarding like this?
The answer is theyāre overmatched defensively and their best shot is to get 4 games of shooting variance tipping in their direction.
Theyāve sunk guys into the lane all series knowing their two best offensive players would get put on an island and overmatched without help.
These three point attempts are wide open and have been all series. Theyāre packing the paint.
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The Pacers are a good villain team this year. OKC beating them would be fine.
The median Knicks fan in this buildingās happiest memory of being a Knicks fan is losing to Jordan. Completely cursed franchise.
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The ā94 NBA Finals L was the peak (of course during MJās brief hiatus from the NBA).
Of course the run to the finals as an 8-seed in the ā99 shortened lockout season was something too, but they never really had a chance after they reached the finals
yeah FTR i donāt think you have to win a title to have a good time as a fan but theyāve just been gut punched or trying to free climb Everest sooooo many times.
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Elite, elite shot making in this quarter.
this game rules. i dk what else youād want from an NBA game. refs that know what a double dribble is i guess
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Yea this is just unreal shotmaking from the Knicks right now. Theyāre at 7 mid range jump shots in the fourth, all off balance. Tip your cap
The Knicks definitely have more tough shot makers than the Celtics and it favors them late in games.
Oh man, that looks like a pretty serious injury for Tatum.
Itās all over for the Celtics now.
jeez just a ridic jinx. every NBA fan said āthis game rulesā at the same time so ofc Tatum gets hurt bad
oh no that looks like an Achilles
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We all somewhat in agreement that Achilles tears are more prevalent than they once were? Particularly on the star players who have the most stress on their bodies.
Thereās data that supports it as well. Itās been an 82 game season for a long time so itās hard to make too many bold claims. I will just say this and I think Iāll always stand on it- I donāt think any actual NBA fans were ever that upset about load management.
To love the NBA is to know all 82 games canāt be perfect theatre. Any of us would trade throwaway games in January to not see 3-4 marquee guys tear an Achilles every year.
Iām coping but I also stand by this. Such a fabricated, BS issue that the league capitulated on.
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I donāt have any opinion really, more curious what the data is. It does seem more common in the last 10 years but I wonder if thatās just bc I pay very different attention to this stuff.
I do wonder if the playoffs are especially likely to cause injury now bc the difference in regular season vs playoff intensity seems much higher and the minutes per game also go way up?
I only really have baseball for reference but everybody knows that thereās a relationship between pitches thrown and injury likelihood. I think itās less appreciated that injury likelihood goes up especially when youāre both fatigued and have to expend max effort.
Like, you only have so many 100% effort pitches, a few more 95%, a lot more 90%, etc and if you get caught having spent your 100% effort pitches and you find yourself reaching back anyway, risk goes way up.
Old LeBron I think has a really strong sense for this and you can see him kind of dosing out his effort over the course of a game and a series. But I wonder how good most NBA players are at this, especially in the playoffs. Seems plausible they donāt really rep this skill in the regular season at anywhere near the same intensities.
I wonder if this is one of the few upsides of the I Literally Never Come Out era. Think you might just get way more stress testing.
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I mean I think Iām pretty clearly said āgetting the highest lottery odds and then winning isnāt lucky like what the spurs did in 1997ā
Thisnis basically what the Spurs did so yeah total luck
But man great game tonight with an awful ending
Iām not a Tatum guy and definitely not a Boston guy but that sucks
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The Spurs also had the 4th worst record in '87 and got David Robinson. 3 generational bigs isnāt too shabby a return for a team thatās hardly ever in the lottery.
I do wonder whether they try to deal the #2 pick since they just traded for Fox.
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Yeah, Fox + Castle may make Harper not as appealing to them as he will be to other teams. Maybe theyāll put together a trade package to get one more guy to make a Big 3 with Wemby and Fox.