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Total Members Voted: 3

Voting closed: June 13, 2022, 11:38:11 PM

[kidcarter8]

Haven't gotten much from ObiT.

Havent asked much

  Knox and Franc are largely afterthoughts.


Some of us had them as such all summer.

[Kam]

Negatives? 
Haven't gotten much from ObiT.

He needs more run.

[chipstern]

BoD: I enjoyed your reflections on Knicks signings and progress and the joy of the home team inexplicably [well, not inexplicably, THIBS] becoming a defensive standard bearer, and being the only team to exceed the Vegas over/under.

Query?

I chickened out on 38-34 or even 36-36 and finally settled on a more conservative projection of 33-39 for our pre-season predictions of our final standing.  As I recall, Dawg and I were out there alone on that liferaft of positivity. 

Can anyone post the preseason predictions?  They might prove interesting, such as projecting Obi as a conclusive bust. 

I seem to recall that BoD's call was something like 22-50. 

Anyone???

[kidcarter8]

Who gives a shit?

[carlos123]

Who gives a shit?

We all do, including you, Crypto Fascist White Trash.

I know I was very low, maybe 20 wins? mea culpa.

I think Kamster the Hamster has the numbers 🐹

Chamaco Cartero was also low.

[facilitatorn]

The Celts held of Los’ Knicks west by 1.

It’s looking like it’s getting easier to climb up into 6 than to fall back to 9.

[bodiddley]

I should be able to find the forum Win Projections.  Will look later.
Finally a year the optimists among us were right!

I really think the Knick transformation on D has been spectacular. From bad to a Top 5 team defense in one season with largely the same players.  Yes the continuity and RJB's development have helped.  But still an almost unfathomable reversal.
I know some aren't fond of Elf or Bullox starting, but they've been key guys in making the defense work.  Knix really a superior rebounding team, which is how you finish off defensive possessions.  LAL and TOR had considerable trouble getting 2nd chance opps.

I agree that ObiT gets mostly an incomplete.  I'd like to see him get more run too.  While cutting Julius' minutes down to perhaps the 32-34 range.  But some of that is on ObiT.  With better defense, he'd likely be out there more.   (same true for Knox).

[bodiddley]

You think the Celts might want to reconsider that Hayward to IND for Myles Turner and McDoug trade?

It is believed that ... a sign-and-trade with Indiana was on the table before Hayward ultimately signed with the Hornets for $120 million over four years. Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe reported that Hayward was hellbent on returning home to Indiana to play for the Pacers, who offered Turner and Doug McDermott to the Celtics, who would then sign-and-trade Hayward back to Indiana.

Boston, again according to Washburn, countered by asking for either Victor Oladipo or T.J. Warren to pair with Turner instead of McDermott, which is classic Ainge greed. Oladipo might have low trade value right now, but Ainge was basically trying to get a guy who was, not that long ago, an All-NBA player, along with a very good big man in Turner, for a player in Hayward that he had already decided to divorce.

From the sounds of it, Ainge wanted the second player in the deal to be someone he deemed more valuable than McDermott because the first player in the deal, Turner, was not a player, or contract, that interested him.

I didn't get why Ainge didn't want Turner.  Terrific backline defender, low volume offender, can stretch the floor some.  And McD is a lights out shooter.  I was surprised they could get that much for a sign-n-trade Hayward.   Then Ainge said no thanks.

Instead BOS ends up with a mucky year.  The Foul Lord Robert Williams at C, and paying Tristan 2/$19M.   Instead of MyTurn turning back rim drives.  Somewhere between weird and inexplicable.

[bodiddley]

Here's what I found stashed in the NBA forum from a day or two after the season commenced:

2021 Knick Win Total Projections

FWK     34
Chip     33
Les      33
Facil     32

Luee     26
BoDid   24
kiid       24
Jack Straw 23
Kam     22

Czarlos  20
BankC's 19

Well, my 24 W prediction was actually dead middle of the pack, though on the decidedly low end, where most expectations resided.  Even the four Knick optimists among us were only anticipating around a 33-39 W-L record..

[lesterluv]

Who gives a shit?

We all do, including you, Crypto Fascist White Trash.

lol, that lil bitch gives a shit more than anyone else.

He must spend hours combing through old posts hoping to dig up some morsel that proves him right about something, anything.

There ain't much to find tho

[kidcarter8]

Well, it would appear as if the Elfrid Payon Experiment [ZERO in 18 minutes on 0-6, 0-3, 0-0, with 3 boards and one assist] IS OVER.   ZERO TEMPO, Leadership And Defense for a desultory -15--but even THAT doesn't begin to tell the whole story.


Chipstern, after GAME 2

heh

[kidcarter8]

and more, including his plea for Jared Harper - heh

Yeah Yeah, I know, I know, but why the hell not while we are waiting on Immanuel and Austin ANYWAY.  Not like we stand much of a chance against the Bucks.  Otherwise, we should be starting Burks in the back court with RJ...I mean, Elfrid is a farce.

Why not throw Jared Harper into the deep end of the pool and see if he can compete against men?   

[kidcarter8]

and more, including his plea for Jared Harper - heh

Yeah Yeah, I know, I know, but why the hell not while we are waiting on Immanuel and Austin ANYWAY.  Not like we stand much of a chance against the Bucks.  Otherwise, we should be starting Burks in the back court with RJ...I mean, Elfrid is a farce.

Elfrid went 12-16 for 27-7-3 line as we beat Bucks by 20

heh

[lesterluv]

Chipstern, after GAME 2

heh

See what i'm saying....there ain't nothing else in his life, ...least since his jizm facial supplier got sent back to Mar A Lago

[chipstern]

Thanks for the win total predictions. 

Didn't we beat Milwaukee rather decisvely early on [they got revenge]?  That was a clue that something might be up. 

THIBS is one stubborn MF, and while one might not agree with everything he does, he is consistent, and has everyone buying in. 

The overriding principle being, DEFENSE.  That is what gets you minutes on the floor and keeps you there. 

I mean, my God, while we are still vulnerable to the three, nothing like the After Prom Party that teams used to enjoy coming into the Garden going back like twenty years, if memory serves.