2024/25 nba season

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Couldn't agree more!

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[Jeffx]

R.I.P. to Bucks great and one of the country's top businessmen Junior Bridgeman;

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/n ... 285532007/

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Isn't this the guy who owned all the Wendy's restaurants

Rest in Peace JB

[Andrew]

That's him. A fine player in his day, but definitely someone that NBA players and other pro athletes should be looking to emulate in retirement, rather than tossing those savings away. A huge success story, and honestly, 71 still feels too young. RIP.

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Not a good week for former players.

Rest in peace Oliver Miller

Passed at age 54 years old.

[Andrew]

Certainly too young. RIP.

[Andrew]

What a wild finish the Bulls/Lakers game!

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[Andrew]

Just saw a still of Kevin Durant's ankle injury. Sickening.

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Give the Bulls there flowers they are really playing good team basketball, I know they picked up the L last night against the Thunder but they have been a joy to watch

[Jeffx]

......but definitely someone that NBA players and other pro athletes should be looking to emulate in retirement, rather than tossing those savings away.

Yeah, especially a clown like Anthony Edwards.....you guys see that story? The NBA & NFL have classes for these young cats to avoid situations like his. And even with all the bad stories from retired pros, they still do this dumb sh*t. Brittany Renner was .

https://www.nba.com/news/basketball-hal ... nouncement

I have mixed feelings about Carmelo Anthony. I know I'm in the minority, but I'll never regard Carmelo Anthony as an all-time great Knick (to me, he's more of an all-time Nugget anyway). Aside from that 2012-13 season, his time here wasn't all that. Donnie Walsh had the right long-term plan, but Dolan, ticked off that LeBron didn't come here, blew up Walsh's plan and gave up the farm to get Carmelo, and the rest is history. I'll really go off if Rose & Co. retire his number....over Bernard King????.....oh hell naw!!! That short time BK was here, he did more with less talent....took NY to SEVEN games against the eventual champion Celtics in 1984!

[Andrew]

There have definitely been more impactful Knicks, that's for sure. Also, his jealousy over Linsanity doesn't paint him in a flattering light! Retiring his jersey number would be controversial. Still a Hall of Fame career, though. His talent along with that many All-Star appearances and Olympic medals, plus his ranking on the all-time scoring leaders, definitely deserves a place in Springfield in my opinion.

[Jeffx]

How the hell do you fire coaches that win, especially Malone, who won a title not long ago. Denver hasn't been this relevant since Carmelo's best years.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nugg ... nba-title/

[Andrew]

That was shocking. Might as well make Jokic player-coach now.

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Yeah it looks messed up that the Nuggets fired Mike Malone after winning a ring there but the Bucks did the same also with Coach Bud the other year, I guess this comes down to the locker room and how players respond to there coaches, I think in this instance Malone had lost the locker room but more importantly lost Jokic so they want to keep there star happy, one thing I that makes me think the owner has the teams interests at heart is that he got rid of Calvin Booth who imo was a horrible player and a worst GM too, two years in a row you let the better defensive players walk in free agency and that really hurt the team.

I think the next big fired coach could be Thibs too, it's no secret he over plays players and doesn't play younger players but the man refuses to change his views on this and sometimes it's just hard to watch them play, especially now with the knicks possibly having 4 starters missing he will play the rest if the guys 48 mins and the young guys will still hardly see the court.

[Andrew]

Yeah, baffling decisions do happen, but there's obviously more going on behind the scenes than what we hear. As it is from what we have heard here, if Malone and Booth were at odds to the point where it was becoming a distraction and they'd both lost face with the players and brass, it makes sense that they'd both be ousted, even at this late stage of the season.

I could see Thibs being fired too; kind of a "you're a great coach, but it's been years and it's just not working and you're not a good fit" type of situation.

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The lost last night to the Cavs I my mind summed it up for me, Cleveland without Mitchell & Hunter playing and our guys are just burnt out but yer coach still doesn't look at his bench for spot minutes to our younger guys and even when he does play the kids there just bot used to playing and there rookies that they do struggle at times but coach never let's them ride through it and learn, not when he can play his starters 40+ mins

I think Bridges, the nba's IRONMAN sums it up by asking coach if he can play LESS minutes a few weeks back, the wheels are truly broken now and the knicks will play the Pistons in the 1st round of the playoffs, they have won 3 out of the 4 matchups with NY so if the knicks crash out the playoffs iam ok with the knicks looking at a Thibs replacement honestly

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Also on a side note has anyone caught a glimpse of the LeBron barbie doll.... smh and at $75 USD too what has happened to our sporting stars!?!?

[Jeffx]

The lost last night to the Cavs I my mind summed it up for me, Cleveland without Mitchell & Hunter playing and our guys are just burnt out but yer coach still doesn't look at his bench for spot minutes to our younger guys and even when he does play the kids there just bot used to playing and there rookies that they do struggle at times but coach never let's them ride through it and learn, not when he can play his starters 40+ mins

I think Bridges, the nba's IRONMAN sums it up by asking coach if he can play LESS minutes a few weeks back, the wheels are truly broken now and the knicks will play the Pistons in the 1st round of the playoffs, they have won 3 out of the 4 matchups with NY so if the knicks crash out the playoffs iam ok with the knicks looking at a Thibs replacement honestly

Very concerned about the opening round series against Detroit. Knicks just don't have the same grit and defense from last season. Thibs is definitely gone if the team crashes out.

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Agreed

Losing I-Hart has hurt our toughness sure we don't have the same energy as last year and our players have been ran into the ground, that being said just look at the difference in coaching between us and Pistons, they use there bench, there not afraid to use 12 men and go to whoever has the hot hand and that could be Cade or it could be there 10th man Sasser or rookie Ron Holland while we just over play our guys and rely on a couple of guys down the stretch and it reminds me of Derrick Rose with the Bulls comparing him to Jalen Brunson and Thibs is doing exactly the same thing with him.

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The Suns firing coach Bud after one year is crazy, I read that they owe him 10 million for 4 more years too.

[Andrew]

Not altogether surprising after a disaster of a season, though certainly costly! Yet another team that looked better on paper/in video games than in reality, basically being a bunch of names thrown together while hoping for the best.

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I think people are over the whole "big 3" manufactured super teams now, look at Detriot and how they have turned it around via the draft and smart role plater signings.

Iam haply for guys like Harris and Malik Beasley for taking on a role with the Pistons and how the organisation has rebuild.

The Bulls are in a good situation going forward too now if the front office plays it smart and doesn't mess up the draft and free agency, it took the knicks years to find the right way to rebuild and we ain't there yet but heading in the right direction.

I think the need to offload KD and Beal if possible because there not a good fit together, maybe iam to old school but paying 3 quarters of the salary cap for 3 players and having penny's on the dollar left to sign rookies and bottom tier free agents will never get you anywhere.

[Andrew]

As much as I liked LaVine and believe he's talented, the assessment that he's not a winner/leader/a player with a style and skillset conducive to winning, was sadly accurate. It's turned out to be the right move, short term and most likely long term as well.

[Jeffx]

I'm waiting for the real playoffs to start tomorrow. This play-in mess doesn't interest me at all, lol. Nothing but a silly gimmick.

[Jeffx]

....it took the knicks years to find the right way to rebuild and we ain't there yet but heading in the right direction.

That's because Dolan kept hiring the wrong people (although Donnie Walsh had the right idea, but Dolan blew up Walsh's long-term plans with the Carmelo trade).

After 20 years, Leon Rose & Co. seem to have the Knicks headed in the right direction.