Some of us have even cum

Every time the Lakers lose a game, it’s like they just lost a game 7 in here lmao

Yeah we’ve been pretty shit after winning the tournament and y’all have just taken the heat away from us lmao

Is it too early to say the KAT move was a bad one for the knicks?

Would you be interested in trading Kat?

People need to slow down lol. Clippers going on a run rn and look great after looking sad, lazy and indifferent for 20+ games. Teams and players have ups and downs- almost every year KG used to have a stretch where he sucked in winter lol… just got to be patient sometimes and work through the bad stretch.

Mikal didn’t like running suicides after playing 44 minutes

Because the Knicks bench was trash. It’s still trash now, which is why they are struggling.

At the very least Thibs only played Hart, Bridges and OG big minutes. He protected Brunson and KAT. Brunson is playing the same exact 35 mpg that he played under Thibs. So they basically fired Thibs because three role players played 37 mpg.

That’s literally all sports fans because we’re all stupid.

I don’t know if it’s common on other teams subs but the Timberwolves sub can get like that.

Schizophrenic surfers, nice one. As a surfer you kinda gotta be this way, always another swell to chase

That’s most team subs tbh, especially when it comes to coaches

Schizophrenic surfers new band name i call it

When has Mike brown ever been successful as head coach at a championship level? Never close

I’m still not sure why the dropped Thibs but replaced him with Brown. Buuut, here they are.

Goes to show you boys and girls, pre season and early season vibes don’t matter much. Perhaps Browns trust in the bench will propel them the next half of th season

That’s every sub😂

Don’t kings fans say that Jordi (current Nets coach then Kings assistant) was a bigger reason for their success than Mike Brown

i said at the time i hope we get Taylor Jenkins. and while the kings FO is one of the most incompetent organizations in sports, i would still say Mike Brown was a problem when coaching clearly got significantly worse after Jordi left. Mike Brown is not an X’s and O’s guy, which means you need a fantastic X’s and O’s assistant to not be awful with him as your head coach.

Idk if this is true or not but I heard Jenkins took himself out of the running for some reason, dunno if I believe it but yeah

The motion offense was just a bunch of hype. Brown runs a hybrid Princeton offense. Thibs’ offense in NY included the Princeton Chin set.

Brown and KAT, with a side of Brunson at times. Their defense is horrible and realistically you’re not building a top defense with Brunson and KAT on the court together.

The biggest issue on the floor is KAT, whether that’s more on him or Mike Brown ultimately is tough to say.

At this point last year Hart and Bridges were easily 1 and 2 in minutes plus Towns hasn’t been as good and Brunson has essentially missed 3 in a row. The bench has been quite bad too with Shamet being hurt and Yabu being useless

It’s a combination of of things. KAT is having his worst shooting season in his career, OG is shooting like 27% from 3s once the cup, Yabusele is unplayable,and we had various injuries. The team overall seems disengaged and doesn’t really play with a sense of urgency

Leon Rose. But I’m glad to see he might escape blame for one more season.

It’s a combination of a million things. And at the same time I’m convinced they will be an elite team again when guys start knocking down shots.. sometimes it’s that simple

i think it got dismissed a while ago, nothing really came of it

the other part of this i forgot to mention is that the KAT move wouldnt be as much of an issue if KATs contract wasnt so inflexible. a long contract, expensive on a player that is difficult to move

Also Randle is better on defense. Still prone to many lapses, but if he locks in he’s better. KAT physically is not a good defender whether he’s locked in or not. His best defense comes against stationary guys like Jokic

The bigger reason for the trade is that Randle wasn’t willing to extend with us and would walk for nothing at the end of the season.

and theres a reason he was available straight up with no picks

To be fair we didn’t have a center outside of Mitch (who’s always injured) and Hukporti (who isn’t starter level at this point in his career)

I think his regression is due to not meshing with Mike brown.

The sneaky bad move they made was 5 FRPs for bridges. Because we lost assets to attach to other moves. I know why they did it, and I know the nets wouldn’t have given him up for less. But you give up 5 FRPs for a super star. Not mikail bridges

The first thing I said when one of my friends texted me about it was “stupid fouls”. I can’t say if Randle would have been our answer but I was hopeful to run it one more time in 24-25. That being said—KAT was def fine last year. Even had good moments on the playoffs. But the lack of salary flexibility we have now along with limited assets is a mess

I was happy because I thought Minnesota came away much better.

I actually think Randle is the better player than KAT with the more consistent shot. KAT upside is higher but Randles floor is much higher

too bad that coach couldn’t win enough basketball games when they actually started to matter

Damn you guys are calling him Pockets already that’s what we were calling him towards the end of his time lol.

Crazy that playing KAT at the 5 results in a bad defense.

Who could have known

I don’t see that happening. The Knicks have no picks and few assets they can add to KAT. There just has to be multiple better deals out there

Tbf a lot of teams in the east are “title contenders” lol. I mean, if you make the finals aren’t you by definition a title contender?

I don’t think it’s some crazy statement to say that the knicks could navigate their way through the eastern conference playoffs this season. And to me they’re still the favorites to come out of the east. The playoffs are just a different game and the knicks made the conference finals last season. I think you’re overreacting a bit to a slump in the middle of a long season

Depends. Like I said in my previous comment are you not a contender to win the finals when you’re literally in the finals? I’m not saying they’re guaranteed to make the finals but they have just as good a chance as any team in the east to make it there, so in my definition I’ll put them in the contenders category.

I wouldn’t favor them over whoever comes out of the west though that’s true

I mean nobody thought the Pacers were either at this point last year

I feel he came out and said he wasn’t comfortable with the role - mike brown isn’t considering where he needs to be within the offence to get his buckets.

If you’re not getting the ball where you’re used to. It can seriously affect your contributions and efficiency

Just my take tho from what I’ve seen