[Highlight] The New York Knicks beat the Orlando Magic and qualify to the NBA Cup finals! The Knicks players on the bench are celebrating
I’d be celebrating too for bagging another $120k
This is for their regular salary, right? or does the NBA pay out for cup wins
Cup wins are an extra pay day
Only for players riding on the bench. Imagine what 120k does for LeBron or curry probably noting much
Good thing we aren’t talking about them
KAT’s donating it, as are many stars. A few years ago Dame spread his winnings around the Bucks cleaning and court staff.
At the end of the day, it’s still $125k and that can make a big impact in the real world, even if it’s “chump change” relative to their salary.
The starters/guys making multimillions per year very often just put their portion of the winnings back into the pool for the other guys.
LeBron makes about $130M a year.
This would be like getting about a \(100 reward on a \)100k salary.
As a Knicks fan, I’m just excited to see how they match up against the Thunder (assuming OKC gets past San Antonio)
And just for that wemby took it personally & will beat the thunder
As a Knicks fan, from your mouth to God’s ears.
The game doesn’t count in the standings. Wouldn’t you want to see how they stack up against OKC? The best in the league?
Yeah, no disrespect to the Spurs, but I’d like our chances against them in a series as at least a 50-50 shot.
Meanwhile Mike Brown is basically gonna have to consult an eldtritch deity in order to put a dent in OKC if we get them in a series
Mike Brown’s eldritch deity (aka the only reason he was remotely successful coaching in sacramento) is currently coaching Brooklyn
Y’all doing tricks on it for OKC. Let’s not forget they struggled to put away Indiana. We’re also a different team with Hart starting
They’re 24-1, of course everyone is doing tricks on it. Do you only put out for 25-0 you fuckin prude?
That was last season lol. This season they’ve clearly leveled up a notch, and are on track to be a 70+ win team.
The last time an underdog team from the east matched up against a 70+ win team in the west, it took Lebron and Kyrie sacrificing Draymond’s nuts to Cthulhu for them to win, so yeah, Mike Brown probably needs to do somethinf similar
I mean, obviously it’s a bit more nuanced. It’s all about matchups really.
I don’t trust our guys like OG and KAT handling the ball and making decisions once that OKC defense forces it out of Brunson’s hands.
Meanwhile I actually think Denver has a really good shot of knocking them out this year.
All the while I think we are one of the best equipped teams in the league to handle Jokic.
The league is kind of in a rock, paper, scissors spot (more so than usual). Like how the Wolves were just a nightmare for Denver with that KAT-Gobert setup, but got easily handled by Dallas immediately afterwards like 2 years ago.
LOL bro stop with the cope, we are not on their level and it’s fine to acknowledge that
I wanna win, playing the spurs gives us a better chance to do that
I see this as an absolute win!
Congrats, you’re a profit
This didn’t age well
I picked the Knicks to be my eastern conference team I follow because we kind of have the same colors and I’ve been watching a lot of their games this year. I think it’ll be a really fun matchup
Either the Spurs or Thunder will be the best team the Knicks have faced so far, so it’s guaranteed to be a great watch
as a cup believer, it’s good to see players excited for mid season hoops
now go rep the east well in the final 🫡
The idea to pay players a bonus based on performance really was smart. For the stars it’s not much but for the bench players that money can be a big deal
I mean it’s a lot for the stars. Just because they make more doesn’t mean it’s pocket change or something.
I mean more like KAT would add another 500k to his 200 million earnings, Mohamed Diawara on the other hand would gain almost 50% on his current contract
FWIW, KAT said he’s donating the money from this tourney to a cause he cares about in the Dominican Republic.
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not with that attitude!!
Spurs can win bro
I wish the NBA gave the payment to charity of the winners choosing. These guys don’t need anymore money tbh
This creates far less incentive, resulting in less competitive games
Knicks are dangerous
WE ARE THE GREATEST TEAM OF ALL TIME
Well at least no one’s overreacting
He’s drunk. Please excuse him
The Knicks fanbase is basically that one drunk uncle x10 million
They’ve been hurt a lot. We all have trauma
I’ve heard several analysts talk about how we could be watching the greatest team ever play this season.
you should see our game threads. up 2 pts, we are winning every single game and the next 5 championships from here on.
Down 2 pts, sell the fcking team, bench is trash, starters are bums.
Are dangerous.
Usually happens when you’ve got a favorable whistle
Been crying about the refs for 3 hours straight my man. Go ahead and get some rest little man. It will be ok
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They always do, it’s a given in the Adam Silver nba
Knicks are mediocre
Wild saying that with a Hornets flair
I have a lot of experience with teams that aren’t that good. I know one when I see one
No you don’t lmao
Huh
You’re claiming you know a “not good team when you see one”.
That Knicks are a top 4 team in the NBA.
18-7 4th in net ratings. Any given night they can beat all 29 teams
Your franchise is mediocre and has a tik tok star who cares more about reels lol.
We’re both right
Ahhh yes, a “mediocre” team with the third highest net rating in the NBA
This tracks
Lmao yall spent 5 seasons investing in Lamelo Ball
Yall spent the last… since ‘Nam!?
Jalen Brunson is bigger than the hornets
KNICKSTAPE
why i see Ronnie2k hoe ass at the 9 second mark of this clip 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m glad players care about the NBA Cup. I can’t survive another all stat type situation.
The Emirates Cup😅
I hate sponsor-based names. They sound so soulless
*emirates cup finals
Don’t forget to include the money buying US sports
Knicks Spurs 99 vibes
Are they going to bust out champagne this year?
I been watching NBA for 20 years and i somehow have no clue what the NBA Cup is
It’s 3 years old
I dont watch regular season as much now, prob why. It just seems dumb to me but maybe i gotta look into it more.
Why does it seem dumb to you?
Cuz he’s dumb.
“I know nothing about this, it must be dumb”
Then you obviously haven’t been watching the NBA for 20 years because if you had been you would have had the NBA cup explained to you quite a few times. Not that it’s even a hard concept to grasp
I took off the last 3-4 years, well the regular season
Ok, so then you WATCHED the NBA for 20 years. Got it.
It’s an in season tournament. Definitely jacking the idea from Football. But it’s just a secondary cup. A 2nd shot at some silverware. Players get a bonus. League makes money, yada yada.
I imagine it will have more perks as it advances. I feel like a play-in spot if one is not otherwise achieved would be a good start.
So there’s this cup..
Arguably the biggest moment in the last 50 years of Knicks history. Definitely top 3
Come back to us when your franchise actually wins anything lmao
All you got is ABA championships my dude
The Knicks were never in the ABA. They were in the BAA and are one of the original NBA teams. Those 2 chips are NBA chips.
Pacers taking Thunder to game 7 was more of an accomplishment than anything the Knicks have done in 20 years bozo 😂😂 you really talking to him about winning
When you result to name calling you’ve lost it
😂😂😂😂 are you 5 lol? Bozo is name calling now?
You don’t have anything of substance to actually say. Thanks for proving my point lol
I’ll prove a point. Since 2000, the Pacers have missed the playoffs 8 times. The Knicks have missed the playoffs 16 times. Pacers also made the finals once while the Knicks never made it that far. But keep yapping about winning with a worse record
And? The Pacers have never even won a championship. What does this have to do with anything.
Not sure if you know this but the Pacers franchise existed before the year 2000!
You’re just starting from that date because the knicks went to the finals in 1999 lmao
I’ll be honest, I had zero idea that the Knicks went to the finals in 99, I just opened up the first site that had year-by-year results & scrolled down until the divider for the century 🤷♂️
Annoying ass causals smh, go to sleep.
They (famously) beat the Pacers in the Conference Finals too… what are we doing here my guy?
Yes because we talk regardless whether we win or lose
Yea taking them to game 7, got you the same as the knicks. Nothing
Too busy having spanked that ass two years running 😘
Hang the banner 💀
An you won’t even be in the playoffs this year
Where yall at now? Oh yea, getting that ass spanked
lol are you really trying to talk shit as a Pacers fan right now?
Uh, yeah? Back to back ECFs, we beat this Thunder team more in 2 weeks than anyone has this year? Unfortunate injury luck.
Lol 🤡
The 90’s were infinitely more memorable than this game you frickin dunce.
And we do have 2 rings (in the NBA too, but I know you don’t know those)
Pacers fan saying this is crazy