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All I'm saying is that if the NBA has the means and motives to help the Knicks, they've done a pretty lousy job the past 50 years.

While these last four teams may not be as sexy for the networks, they're really good match-ups. The Knicks feel like this year's Cinderella story but I think the Pacers are gonna bushwack them. I don't hate any of the teams left, so I'm stuck rooting for good games. 

 
Yeah the Pacers/Knicks game was wild.  I enjoyed it, but I also like these East teams compared to Boston and Miami for example.  I'll pay attention to the series.

The only teams I really dislike in the West are OKC, Minn, Spurs and Phoenix.  For a long time.  So I won't be watching the Western Conference games.

 
Really? Some players and teams bug me, but OKC strikes me as great young players playing very good basketball. 

SGA sounds smart and likable in every interview I've heard. Just gave all his teammates $10,000 gift bags. 

 
Guy Chamberlin said:
Really? Some players and teams bug me, but OKC strikes me as great young players playing very good basketball. 

SGA sounds smart and likable in every interview I've heard. Just gave all his teammates $10,000 gift bags. 
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Dallas and OKC are rivals.  Been that way and disliked them since they had Durant, Westbrook and Harden.  But the tip of the iceberg was when the fat dirty racist Kendrick Perkins played for OKC in 2011 (for like 3 more years).  He played Dirk with hatred and gave cheap shots and talked trash about him.  Will never forget when Dirk got fed-up with Perkins and towered over him and got in his face.  Dirk scored 35-45 on Perk so many times they matched up.  Could not believe how a player (Kendrick Perkins) could completely hate a player (Dirk Nowitzki) ever since he was at Boston (then OKC).  Which you can see and hear as an ESPN analyst.  He still calls Dirk "No-WIN-skee".  What an a$$h@!e.

So yeah, not an OKC fan.  But it's also Texas/Oklahoma thing and 3 hour drive (Dal/OKC). It's like Golden State and LA Lakers.  Or Huskers vs Iowa.  So you get the point lol

 
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Dallas and OKC are rivals.  Been that way and disliked them since they had Durant, Westbrook and Harden.  But the tip of the iceberg was when the fat dirty racist Kendrick Perkins played for OKC in 2011 (for like 3 more years).  He played Dirk with hatred and gave cheap shots and talked trash about him.  Will never forget when Dirk got fed-up with Perkins and towered over him and got in his face.  Dirk scored 35-45 on Perk so many times they matched up.  Could not believe how a player (Kendrick Perkins) could completely hate a player (Dirk Nowitzki) ever since he was at Boston (then OKC).  Which you can see and hear as an ESPN analyst.  He still calls Dirk "No-WIN-skee".  What an a$$h@!e.

So yeah, not an OKC fan.  But it's also Texas/Oklahoma thing and 3 hour drive (Dal/OKC). It's like Golden State and LA Lakers.  Or Huskers vs Iowa.  So you get the point lol
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Oh yeah. If we're dipping back I never like Kendrick Perkins as a player and he's a total d!(k as an analyst. I liked Durant, didn't like Westbrook, and learned to hate Harden but only after he left OKC.  The OKC of SGA is a clean-slate to me. 

Even as the Warriors started upping their game 15 years ago, they never could get past San Antonio. Popavich and the Spurs totally owned them. I guess I coulda hated the Spurs for that, but ended up admiring them. Kinda loved how stupid sideline reporters were afraid to ask Pop stupid questions. 

As for the Lakers. Well yeah. I do enjoy watching them lose. 

 
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Oh yeah. If we're dipping back I never like Kendrick Perkins as a player and he's a total d!(k as an analyst. I liked Durant, didn't like Westbrook, and learned to hate Harden but only after he left OKC.  The OKC of SGA is a clean-slate to me. 

Even as the Warriors started upping their game 15 years ago, they never could get past San Antonio. Popavich and the Spurs totally owned them. I guess I coulda hated the Spurs for that, but ended up admiring them. Kinda loved how stupid sideline reporters were afraid to ask Pop stupid questions. 

As for the Lakers. Well yeah. I do enjoy watching them lose. 
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We blame the Spurs fans for tearing us apart in Texas.  Dallas and Houston fans got fed up with Spurs fans hating us both.  Up until 2003-ish - it was Texas family.  Meaning, if Dallas (or Houston) lost - you happily rooted for the Spurs.  But San Antonio people got so stuck-up in their Spurs success "Kiss the ring - How many Championships do you have?" - both Dallas and Houston fans stopped pulling for them.  Because San Antonio fans will never pull for Dallas, or Houston - ever - and they say it with a hateful attitude.  Similar to Nebraska fans towards other teams (Iowa, Missouri, Texas teams, etc). They refuse to watch Houston and Dallas games - and laugh when they hear when we lose games.  So they fostered the devilish hate towards you and you stopped liking them in return.  

 
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Not to kick a Mavs fan when he's down, but how do you guys feel watching Jalen Brunson play like a superstar?  People knew Brunson was good when Dallas let him go, and it seems they were set to have the best backcourt in basketball - but didn't pony up a fairly modest salary demand. I don't know the behind the scenes stuff -- just that NBA observers thought Dallas made a mistake. 

If you could pick between Brunson and Doncic at this point, what would you do?  I'd have gone Luka a few months ago. Not so sure right now.  

 
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Not to kick a Mavs fan when he's down, but how do you guys feel watching Jalen Brunson play like a superstar?  People knew Brunson was good when Dallas let him go, and it seems they were set to have the best backcourt in basketball - but didn't pony up a fairly modest salary demand. I don't know the behind the scenes stuff -- just that NBA observers thought Dallas made a mistake. 

If you could pick between Brunson and Doncic at this point, what would you do?  I'd have gone Luka a few months ago. Not so sure right now.  
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I absolutely love watching Jalen Brunson.  Ever since Dallas drafted him (pre-Nico) day 1.  Loved him in Dallas, Love him in NY.  When Nico got hired as GM & President of BBall Operations - Brunson was available for a max contract extension - 4 years 50 million.  Brunson wanted to sign the extension but Nico and the Mavs held out.

Personally, I think Nico wanted to trade for Kyrie.  Which he did the year Brunson went to the Knicks.

And Brunson got a 4 year 104 million contract with Knicks instead - which is even more awesome.  

If you have 10 minutes, Brunson talks about it here - at the 38 minute mark.

As for who I would have?  Luka - he turned 26 a few months ago.  Next season Brunson will be 29 (before the year starts) and Giannis will turn 31 by December.  

Luka has 5 1st team all-NBA and just turned 26.  I hope he leaves LA and signs somewhere else eventually.  I don't want him to sign the max contract with the Lakers.  And it would be even nicer if LeBron could just retire.  

38 minute mark (he speaks politely about it)



 
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The Owners always say s#!t like "we believe that we owe our fans a championship. We wish (unjustly fired coach) nothing but the best and he will always be a member of the (Franchise) family as we move forward."

But do the fans agree?  I saw a lot of joy in Madison Square Garden that had been missing for years. No fun losing to the Pacers yet again, but come on. 

Closest to a legit complaint is that Thibs became too reliant on his starters and rode them to death. But that's playoff ball for a lot of coaches. 

Pacers came into the playoffs super hot and unusually deep in role players. It wouldn't be that much of an upset if they took out OKC. Given what's happened this year, it seems 29 out of 30 head coaches can expect to be in the hot seat. 

 
I didn't used to watch much NBA that didn't involve my own team, but I've watched a lot of these playoffs and they've really delivered.

I get that folks may not be interested in small market teams without much legacy, but last night's Game 1 was a great watch with an incredible ending. I'm not even convinced OKC choked. The Pacers just have this last-minute juju they've been able to summon in every series against supposedly better teams. Haliburton is getting legendary with these shots. Smart money should stay on the Thunder, but a Pacer championship shouldn't be a major upset either. They've been super hot for months now. 

 
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