Corgi - Spurs in 7

I looked on ESPN earlier and their expert panel of 13 went:

Spurs - 10

Knicks - 3

I thought this would be about David Byrne making a finals prediction

Not keeping track but I have noticed more than half picking the knicks which is interesting considering the odds.

I do think the Knicks have a good shot but surprised to see them being picked so much more

Nico Harrison - Lakers

I’m so fucking nervous man I just want game 1 to start already lol

Either team can win this series, but hot take in terms of the rest advantage stuff, I’d rather be the Spurs and have a good long 3 days of rest before returning to play with HCA in the Finals, then be the Knicks and be off for a week, before returning to play on the road in the Finals to start the series.

Like yeah longer rest is overall better, but the Spurs aren’t in a terrible position either.

Shit. Perk? We’re doomed.

It’s like ⁵⁵⁄₄₅ Spurs to me, purely due to the Spurs having homecourt. Could easily see it going either way though, pretty stoked for this series as a neutral. Just praying for no series-altering injuries

Wow. Way more Knicks picks than I would have thought.

FWIW Nate Duncan and his cohost Danny Leroux had Spurs in 7 and Spurs in 6.

Side note I’ve always really liked Jason Timpf and he had Vecenie on today who I also really liked and they did a really cool segment on how versatile the Knicks offense had been.

Oh, Michelle Beadle picked the Spurs?

Everyone’s a wimp, pick a series in 4 or 5 sometimes. Most of these series don’t go 6 or 7 games.

danny green picked the knicks?

Knicks can absolutely win, but it’s funny almost everyone picked the Knicks here, but Vegas has the spurs as almost 2 to 1 favorites

I get part of that is to balance the huge amount of Knicks fans and bets, but still, for stuff like this I trust Vegas

what does ja rule have to say about this?

Spurs in 5

Cam’ron pickin the Knicks in 6? Book it.

The thing is, this match is a toss-up, I can see anyone of these scenarios going down if one team gets hot, and adjusts better after each game. I’m sort of rooting for the Knicks, cause I don’t think they’ll make the finals again, and I love parity, but the Spurs are a really compelling team, their success is quite unprecedented. 

Every Knicks pick thinks they’re being contrarian

I think the power of rhyme is having an impact. It’s just too fun for talking heads to say Knicks in Six.

If the number for five was actually furs, then we’d all be picking Spurs in furs.

This is science.

If spurs rhymed with a number more talking heads would have picked them

I’m fine with most of the people on that list picking the Knicks. Cowherd liking the team is the ultimate kiss of death. Skip kinda knows what he’s talking about but I still don’t like him.

You forgot Air Corgi: Spurs in 7.

Surprised to see Shaq’s, Bontempts, and Danny Green’s picks.

Nate & Danny convinced me.

Corgi’s the only one that matters. Congrats Spurs

Just want to throw out there that Greg Oden came into see a movie at the theater I work at and said he has the Spurs.

Spurs in 5. Why is everyone overrating the Knicks and underrating the “historic” SA-OKC matchup that just happened?

I just can’t see myself betting against the Spurs. Their defense at times is completely suffocating. There were a couple of games where they could’ve held OKC to 70 points pretty easily. Then on offense, Wemby, Castle, Vassell, Harper, Fox, and Johnson can all beat you. If the last couple games was an indication of Keldon Johnson starting to round into form again, then that could be a big difference.

I know that in previous matchups, the Knicks have done well against them, but I’ve been pretty impressed with Mitch Johnson. I think he’s showing to be a really good counter puncher. I actually think at times the game plan is a little silly and they don’t have good foresight into how the opponent is going to adjust, but damn if they don’t adjust well to adversity.

I’m just gonna have to give it to the team who has home court and has an alien.

I’m sure they get given an envelope telling them who they think is going to create the most engagement win

Spurs in 5. Knicks are a good team but haven’t played anyone near as together as San Antonio.

if you read this subreddit without context, you would think its a circlejerk subreddit with how offended and mad people are getting that other people genuinely believe the knicks can win

extremely weird behavior. Talking heads obviously arent always to be trusted (especially stephen a smith) but i think whats even more sad js the arm chair experts in the subreddit thinking they have more credibility than people who analyze basketball for a living (ps you dont)

The only one that matters is AirCorgie.

Spurs in 5. I don’t think it’s particularly close.

It seems to be the case as well amongst NBA podcasters/youtubers, so that tracks. It’s interesting to see the discrepancy between the general public (through betting odds), leaning more towards Spurs and NBA specialists, leaning more towards the Knicks.

Looking like what I remember of the Celtics Mavs Finals, lots of Mavs picks from the talking heads when it really felt like the Celtics’ series to lose. This one feels like the Spurs’ to lose and yet the Knicks are getting a lot of love

Nate Duncan hasn’t said something positive about the Knicks in like 9 years. It’s why I unsubscribed. Dude is the biggest hater of all time. He thinks he know hoops and just asks the dumbest questions to Kerr anyone’s ever heard.

“Steve, draymond want doing XYZ, is I because you decided that it was better to do ABC?”, “yes” did you know Nate used to play pickup?

Noo air corgi how could you, i think its time to bring out the voodoo dolls

Gonna come back to this after series ends.

Bodega Cat has Knicks in 4

where’s danhausen?

Can we add asterisks for the people that are sponsored by gambling sites

Talking heads are there to drive engagement, not tell you the truth. Here’s the shorter list of opinions I think are better than a coin flip.

Zach Lowe - Knicks in 7

Brian Windhorst -Spurs
Nate Silver - Spurs

Bontemps picking the Spurs makes me feel much better

How many of these guys have prediction market sponsorships? It’s ruined the incentives of the talking heads because now they gotta sell you on taking a bet.

No one picked below 6 games…. So even if they’re wrong they can say “At least I knew it would be close.”

No way Knicks win a game 7 at San Antonio

The one thing ive noticed with the people who are picking the Knicks is a lot of them expected the Spurs to lose to OKC. A lot of them still keep going back to the “inexperience” argument. Not saying they are going to be right or wrong but in terms of experience at this point the Spurs have gone through and experienced more than the Knicks have. The Knicks have yet to play a game 7 on the road in a high stakes game. Both these teams are taking their first trip to the finals. I dont think either has much more experience than the other and in terms of high pressure games the Spurs have the edge on that slightly.

Air Corgi’s opinion is the only one that matters

Did Legler really make a pick for the series? He was on either BS or Lowe podcast for a conference finals discussion and he mentioned that since he’s commentating, he doesn’t like to make predictions like that. I guess it’s for the sake of not appearing biased at all. Maybe he changed his mind, but I’m surprised he’s on this list.