NBA 2025-26 Season Thread: THE NY KNICKS ARE CHAMPIONS! BING BONG!

2005 pistons best player was probably ben wallace? billups had the best series because he was going against tony parker and rip was going against bruce bowen though

thats gotta be the answer

I mean on one hand yes that’s the obvious choice, on the other hand they did win a title so it seems like a tougher sell to say they suck more than losers who didn’t

Also Mikal Bridges sucks, I'm SOOOOOOOO glad we traded infinity+1 picks for him. And that was the reason why we couldn't keep Hartenstein who is basically just winning basketball personified.

Giannis is GONE.

I said it before and I'm saying it again: If OKC wins the title they still (!!!!!) should trade Chet or JDub + Salary + Picks Galore for him. I doubt Presti has the huevos to do it though.

If I'm the Spurs I'm looking for any way possible to add him to Wemby/Fox.

Knicks: I'll trade KAT and Mikal Bridges....... would I trade OG in place of Mikal? Probably not or maybe I would. Giannis and Brunson would be, to quote a famous Persian: just unreal.

Wasn't the reason they couldn't keep Hartenstein because they only had his early bird rights and not full bird so could only pay him like 18 when OKC went to 26 per?

Per CBS sports bucks think it’s a torn achilles

The New York Knicks offered Isaiah Hartenstein a four-year, $72.5 million contract, but he ultimately chose a three-year, $87 million deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Knicks' offer was limited by salary cap restrictions and their Early Bird Rights for Hartenstein. While the Knicks offered their maximum, it was not enough to compete with the Thunder's offer.

Here's a more detailed breakdown:

• Knicks' Offer:
  The Knicks' maximum offer to Hartenstein was a four-year, $72.5 million deal, which they were limited to due to salary cap constraints and Hartenstein's Early Bird Rights
  
  
  
  

Pacers are really good. Haliburton is a legit Point GOD.
imho they are LIVE to beat the Cavs, and im not just saying that cuz i got them 80-1 to title.

All qualifying players as the PnR ball handler this year

PPP:

Haliburton 1.11
SGA 1.10
Dame 1.07

TO%:

Haliburton 7.9%
Brunson 9.7%
Spida 9.8

Crazy effective as a PG

Non-insignificant chance we just saw Giannis check out for the final time in a Bucks uniform at home. Barely got any attention

Giannis is GONE!!!

I imagine it'll be a 3 team deal with either Pelicans or Blazers so the Bucks will:
1. get a player they can "sell to the fans".
2. get some of their own picks back.

Contract-year Myles Turner is a madman

Butler was my first thought but I dq’d him because he got there twice.

Reggie is an interesting thought. Westphal was First Team All-NBA 3x and I don’t know of any HOF chatter for Booker so he’s the clubhouse leader unless you think Old Man CP3 was their best player.

The whole point is Luka could choke to death on his fifth potica tonight and still be a first ballot HOFer; he’s in no way a great stats/bad team guy.

It'll be heaven.
It'll happen after PM eleven.
Lakers in 7.

While true, he was also the worst best player on a team that DID win a championship, so I’m also dq’ing him.

Zion would be a tough sell to Bucks fans imo.

If OKC wins out on top of a Mount Rushmore regular season I’d be very hesitant to fiddle with it.

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This is where reality hits the Bucks in the face. When you trade someone like Giannis, you naturally want to players back who are committed to making it work in Milwaukee.

But the number of great players who want to be in Milwaukee without Giannis is probably zero.

Those toes are ROUGH as ****.

Perhaps with his winnings he can visit a Podiatrist.

I’m interested about the furniture situation that would make putting the slip on the floor the best solution for taking that picture.

Milwaukee is probably the stone cold dead last place NBA players would wanna go?

Perhaps, although Utah, Charlotte, and Toronto are probably in the running.

It looks like it’s on a table