NY Knicks 2024-25 season

[Jolly Blue Giant]

Well...the season opened for the Knicks about as well as how it opened for the Giants. Knicks took a beating. However, when the Celtics started out heaving up treys, and they were falling like rain drops in a barrel, I knew it was going to be a long game. I've seen plenty of games in my lifetime where a good, or even a far better, team got their asses kicked because the other team's threes were falling like "manna from heaven". Heck, Boston could've taken hook shots from half court, and it would've been "nuthin but net". Sucks!

However, we have an unsung hero that deserves a full page dedicated to how lucky we are. And he's the least paid player on the Knicks' roster. That would be Miles McBride - the "Deuce". Hidden amongst a whole lot of big names with big salaries. Last night, all he did was come off the bench and drop 22 pts on the Green Machine up north...while playing an incredible defense to go along with his offense. He's actually better (IMHO) than IQ, and could win the 6th man of the year by the end of the season, if not a starter.

Last year, his stats were as follows:

FG: 57% (up 12% from the previous year)
3pt: 41% (up 12% from the previous year)
Freethrows: 86% (up 20% from the previous year)

With Divi no longer here, I think Deuce should be the 6th man and or might be in consideration for the starting 2 Guard spot, not to mention, Deuce has ALL NBA defensive ability. He's a workout warrior - a gym rat - who never stops training, day in and day out. His passion is to be the greatest NBA player in the league...and he just turned 24 a few weeks ago

And he's on a three year, $13,000,000 contract with an average annual salary of $4,333,333. That's chump change in the NBA, and he's locked in for the next three years. Talk about a bargain. Credit should go to Thibs for believing the kid is special and give him a chance...and he was right.

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[Jolly Blue Giant]

Just a heads-up, Knicks play the Pacers tonight at the Garden

[DaveBrown74]

I only watched some of the Knicks game, but it was obviously a rough start. I'm not going to get worried about it though. I think it will take a month or two for them to be playing at their peak level. That doesn't mean I'm saying they'll be bad for a month or two. I just mean to really get everyone on the same page and things really clicking, it's going to take a little bit of time. Injecting two major new players into the starting lineup is a big deal. That's not just all going to click right on day one.

Let's see how they look tonight. Again though, I may miss a fair bit of this game as it's hard for me to favor October NBA games over the World Series.

[todge]

I'm a longtime Knick fan. But I'm just getting so down  on the NBA. This league is a 3 point shooting contest. It's so bad that a team makes three or four passes ... the big man drives to the hoop .. and he passes up a layup to throw the ball into the corner for a 3.

The major focus of the Knicks- Celtics was Boston breaking a record for making the most 3s. I long for the days without the 3 point shot. It's ruined the game.


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[DaveBrown74]

I'm a longtime Knick fan. But I'm just getting so down  on the NBA. This league is a 3 point shooting contest. It's so bad that a team makes three or four passes ... the big man drives to the hoop .. and he passes up a layup to throw the ball into the corner for a 3.

The major focus of the Knicks- Celtics was Boston breaking a record for making the most 3s. I long for the days without the 3 point shot. It's ruined the game.


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I have a lot of sympathy for this point of view Todge. I don't like all the threes either. I wouldn't mind it if they somehow moved the line back a foot or two.

I don't mind the existence of the three point shot. I thought it was fine 20-30 years ago. I just don't love the way it has completely taken over in the last decade or so.

I'm still an active Knicks fan though. The run they went on last year was very exciting. You'll never find me watching a random non-Knicks NBA game though, the way I might do in the NFL.

[Philosophers]

I'm a longtime Knick fan. But I'm just getting so down  on the NBA. This league is a 3 point shooting contest. It's so bad that a team makes three or four passes ... the big man drives to the hoop .. and he passes up a layup to throw the ball into the corner for a 3.

The major focus of the Knicks- Celtics was Boston breaking a record for making the most 3s. I long for the days without the 3 point shot. It's ruined the game.


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Really?  I think a 3 is a gorgeous shot especially when a very pass oriented team makes 3-4 passes and someone hits a shot.

What I hate is the clear out to one sode so someone can go one on one with no defense played.  Carmel Anthony anyone?

[DaveBrown74]

Rock solid blowout win last night. Great way to bounce back from the rough game one, and a nice way to greet your home fans for the season against the team that knocked you out last year. Bridges shot looked more than fine to me, Kat had a big game, and Brunson was Brunson. Just an all around very good night.

[Philosophers]

Rock solid blowout win last night. Great way to bounce back from the rough game one, and a nice way to greet your home fans for the season against the team that knocked you out last year. Bridges shot looked more than fine to me, Kat had a big game, and Brunson was Brunson. Just an all around very good night.

That's the kind of resilience you want to see.  Great balanced effort.

[Jolly Blue Giant]

I'm a longtime Knick fan. But I'm just getting so down  on the NBA. This league is a 3 point shooting contest. It's so bad that a team makes three or four passes ... the big man drives to the hoop .. and he passes up a layup to throw the ball into the corner for a 3.

The major focus of the Knicks- Celtics was Boston breaking a record for making the most 3s. I long for the days without the 3 point shot. It's ruined the game.


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I sorta agree, and disagree. I certainly see your point in which too many teams rely on the three...and as the old saying goes, "live by the three, die by the three"

Where I disagree, is that it offers an opportunity for a team that has fallen behind, to still be in the game if they can just hit a few threes. That would explain why a big guy under the basket for an easy bucket, kicks it out to the open guy for an open three - they need the points to still have a chance to get in the game. A good coach needs both, and when his team is comfortably ahead, he wants those easy 2 pt buckets to keep it going and let the other team scramble to get back in it

I did hate the first game where Boston couldn't miss a three even when they were covered like the dew on morning grass. Why do anything else when they can rain threes like manna from heaven? They were shooting like 90% from behind the arc. Hand in face, no problem. There was no catching up for the Knicks at some point. Then at the end of the game (with an enormous lead) Boston couldn't hit a three to save their ass, and were throwing them up anyway like popcorn because they wanted to set a new NBA record...boring and no longer baskeball IMO - TV off!

If that game was close, they wouldn't have played those last minutes just heaving the ball and laughing like school girls. They knew they were too far ahead for the Knicks to do anything about it...game was already over, for all intents and purposes. That's also the reason Boston will have problems this year at times, because other teams scheme around that strategy and the "trey won't fall". And then it's, "die by the three"