. But when you say “More of the same stupid BS…it’s an ominous sign for the Leon Rose regime. Quality FO’s don’t make these kinds of moves. There is no upside to bringing him here….,” it’s hard to not have some fun with the same poster when he responds to my post by saying “Starting Elfrid Payton is fucking stupid….”

The hyperbole about the Leon regime was an emotional reaction to bringing back an accused rapist who played hooky from the team in his 1st stint. I don’t feel the same way now because the move ended up helping the team a great deal. Human beings are complex and shit.

Finally got around to seeing the Bad Batch (at least the first 2 episodes, I think there’s 4 coming out today?) really enjoyed it so far.

The animation quality is excellent. They add lighting and background details & movement that wasn’t there in the clone wars/rebels.

Looking forward to seeing where they go with it. Kinda seems like they’re setting up the premise a bit still and it’ll be more of a continuous story than the old shows too.

A new thread to tide us over until Sunday.

A playoff preview (we haven’t had one of those in way too long).

http://knickerblogger.net/knicks-vs-hawks-playoffs-preview/

There are some tremendous first round series. Milwaukee vs Miami is a doozy. And Phoenix vs LA has me drooling. This is the first head-to-head matchup of LeBron and Chris Paul, and it’s happening when they’re 36 & 35, respectively.

Denver vs Portland also promises to be extremely entertaining and competitive. (I like the Blazers in that one, with a nod to ptmilo).

And who among us won’t love watching Porzingis get played off the court by Kawhi and PG???

Bob, if you’re lurking, I hope you didn’t catch covid and die.

I think Thibs’ abacus has the following logic….oh wait…before I even remotely question all knowing Thibs (Pepper bends the knee):

1. I can’t play rose 48 but at what point does he hit diminshing marginal returns….likley in the 30-35 zone…lets go with 35

2. I gotta fill 13 minutes of time with someone not named Harper, Quickely or Nickleeena

3. I can likely use Burks for 6 minutes when I don’t need to guard some quick small guy

4. (Thibs looks down the bench) …hmm…guess its Elf for that other 6-7 minutes…may as well take my medicine early as the first 2 minutes are generally feeling out/getting in rhythm, etc, …hence my exposure is like 4-5 minutes of suboptimal PG play…if it goes south fast…push the Rose emergency button…if not so bad…stay the course and thank the basketball gods for the manna…

I’m surprised you even had the hubris to return after your long hiatus from gracing us with your brilliant commentary.

I have a theory that no one ever goes on hiatus, including E.

Didn’t NetsTown (now DudesTown) suspiciously join our community around the same time E disappeared?

Can you imagine if the Nets and Knicks were to ever play each other (now only possible in the ECFs) — I mean, they would kill us in a probable sweep, but both MSG and Barclays would be like 95% Knicks fans.