OG Anunoby hits the corner 3 and Mike Breen gives us the first “Bang!” of the 2025 season!
This has to be the most expectations a Knicks team has had in a LONG time lol
Pretty much a consensus top 2 favorite in an open conference
Oh yes it is
If we don’t win it this year than it’s never gonna happen.
At least in my lifetime
Its not gonna be an easy path anyway. I really think people are over exaggerating just how “open” the East is
I think open just means there’s no front runner/incumbent. With the talent in the NBA it’s never easy.
I get what you mean, but people have basically been saying its our conference to lose since Hali went down in the finals. Some people have been acting like everyone else is a sub .500 team lol
You guys only have Cavs to worry about.
Rest are genuinely bum teams who’d struggle to make the playin out West.
Magic seems like it can stack up RS wins with their defense. Rest are hopeless.
If Knicks don’t make the conference finals, this will be a colossal failure
It’s y’all conference to lose because the other 2 teams people had beating y’all or at least have a good chance to are injured so this is y’all’s best chance
100% agreed. I think Knicks are favored, but I feel like anyone saying the Pacers are frauds w/o Haliburton just never watched them last season. He’s got to be the most inconsistent star in the league, he was invisible for like a quarter to a third of all of last season and the rest of the team still showed up and were a playoff caliber team regardless. Not to mention the Hawks looking good this season and Cleveland will be top of the east again once they’re healthy. The Magic’s core are awesome and have a solid chance too imo. Plus I’m curious how Boston’s gonna play - I don’t think they’ll be as ass as some here would say. 76’s are a problem if Embiid + PG are healthy enough to play, though maybe that’s where I’m reaching lol. Hopefully it’ll all make for some good fucking basketball however it plays out
Agreed. People are only saying the east is open for the Knicks to take not because they’re that much better. You kind of just go down the list, cross out potential contenders, and it falls on the Knicks and Cavs.
Just gotta hope that the west beats themselves up enough that the Knicks are up against a bunch of POWs in the finals
Knicks are setup if they can keep their wings healthy and develop guys like Dadiet, Diawara, Hukporti, and Kolek.
I feel like Robinson was the last of the old guard that the Knicks developed in house and McBride was the start of the next wave.
Unless everyone’s bodies break down after this year, I wouldn’t be that pessimistic. We have decent contract value and flexibility.
Highest preseason odds in the last 35 years:
1992-93 - tied for 3rd with Cleveland (Chicago, Portland)
1993-94 - number 1 favorites (Jordan retired)
1994-95 - 4 way tie for 2nd with Houston, Orlando and Seattle (Phoenix was 1st)
1996-97 - tied for 4th with Houston (Chicago, Lakers, Sonics)
1998-99 - tied for 5th with Miami (Lakers, Jazz, Spurs/Indy tied)
1999-00 - tied 4th with Utah (Blazers, Lakers, Spurs)
2000-01 - 4th place (Lakers, Spurs/Blazers tied)
2024-25 - 3rd place (Boston, OKC)
2025-26 - 4th place (OKC, Denver, Cleveland)
Realistically speaking, it’s the most pressure they’ve been under since 93-94 where they lost Game 7 of the Finals the first year Jordan was gone. Technically speaking they had better preseason odds last year because nobody expected Cleveland’s record, but the comparison for the Knicks is 94.
Thanks I hate it
Nba is back lfg
Can’t believe people constantly complain about the talent level of the league
I’m looking at you Angry old hoops fan/skap attack/untitled hoops
Those are rage bait filled losers looking for engagement on the right wing shitshow that’s YouTube
There are plenty of complaints to be made about the NBA and just the general state of sports in America in 2025
But the level of play right now is absolutely insane and anyone saying otherwise is just malding about 3 points being worth approximately 1 more point than 2 points, with a 1 point margin of error.
We’re back, baby.
you betta stop OG!
Having Mike and Clyde on separate broadcasts is criminal
Having breen with garbage espn instead of with Clyde is terrible
OG i wish you as much success outside of beating the Raptors as possible
Same for RJ and Quick 🫡
I like the trio of Breen, RJ, and Legs.
“Honestly legs, I dont care that you disagree” was legendary
RJ has been tolerable since the Knicks have been good. He’s stopped hating so much and so I can get on board.
Also thought it was hilarious when legs was commenting on the foul called in favor of KAT where the defender got all ball but was holding his shoulder and legs goes “well it’s all ball but theres also the grabbing they could call” and RJ goes “yeah legs that thing you said they could call is exactly what they called”
bang inflation
CLEARLY doesnt watch basketball get this CLOWN outta here
Now if we get the last “Bang!” of the year on a Knicks 3 too…
Og oh my
I’ve missed basketball so much
The timing of the bang as it goes in is chefs kiss
Cleveland in shambles
Doubling 35 feet from the basket. Down bad