Comments on: 2025-26 Game Thread: Knicks @ Pelicans

By: TheRant

TheRant — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 05:46:48 +0000

Love the beads tie by Alan Hanh.

That s&it was scaring me.

By: danvt

danvt — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 05:18:08 +0000

Let’s not give McCullar a nickname. Like Drew Bledsoe.

Defense is fine. Nobody is overmatched. Except against Zion who is slim and a beast. Angry attitude btw. Steroids? Other teams are gonna make shots. Trey Murphy is good.

By: Stratomatic

Stratomatic — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 05:13:04 +0000

I remember when no matter how big our lead was I was waiting for the other team to go on a run and beat us down the stretch. Now, as long as we are close I expect us to win down the stretch. It’s going to be different against the best teams, but this team has “winning” figured out. Brown keeps them fresh, they tighten up the D late and they make shots.

By: geo

geo — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:50:08 +0000

Those crazy 12-deep substitutions in the first half generated tons of confusion and made things seem worse than they actually were.

great point rough…

just looked over the boxscore – big smile seeing all those names listed as having played…gotta imagine that’s gonna be a pretty raucous flight in to san antonio…lots of extra energy in their next practice…

MB ain’t just serving up wins, he’s also passing out hope…

felt like impending doom was always right around the corner last season with how hard thibs squeezed the starters and main bench contributors…

genuinely excited now to see what more tyler the creator, kool mo d, and mccullar junior (keeps playing well and he’ll get a nickname too) can do…

By: BrunsonPeroneusLongus

BrunsonPeroneusLongus — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:43:17 +0000

Interesting piece on what makes Jokic tick: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6892285/2025/12/23/nikola-jokic-nuggets-horses/?source=athletic_user_shared_article_email&smid=em-share-ta&fbclid=IwY2xjawPABQBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF6elIzOGIyT1dFRHJkamdqc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsqyGjnIxhHR5jtPOnM-f06vilYUYmpQ3BonA90XMLLmiOu9ySy4uqbPU_LH_aem_FOsT5zt_-d1jtZpUF7JefQ

By: BrunsonPeroneusLongus

BrunsonPeroneusLongus — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:29:06 +0000

MVP voters famously use BPM and VORP when choosing who wins.

Interestingly enough when discussing year end awards on the Hoop Collective podcast, Mac Mahon and Bontemps often bring them up. Windhorst, not so much.

By: Rough

Rough — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:14:40 +0000

Those crazy 12-deep substitutions in the first half generated tons of confusion and made things seem worse than they actually were. We have a much-much deeper roster this season compared to last year, and the coach obviously feels confident enough that we could get the W anyway or we could even afford an L for the sake of learning more about our depth in real game situations. I trust the coaching staff know what they are doing. The team settled down the last quarter and a half or so as we went back to more ‘conservative’ or ‘traditional’ lineups.

Our schedule has been very helpful so far as it allowed us to adapt to the new system without having to face top teams. This is about to change in the next several weeks. Then we will really know where we are.

By: marechal

marechal — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:13:53 +0000

MVP voters famously use BPM and VORP when choosing who wins.

By: BrunsonPeroneusLongus

BrunsonPeroneusLongus — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:12:33 +0000

If Jokic is out for an extended period there may only be one guy between him and the MVP…

I seriously doubt the guy 25th in the NBA in BPM and 20th in VORP is finishing 2nd in MVP voting.

By: marechal

marechal — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:07:01 +0000

I want to see a Deuce-Mikal-McCullar-OG-Mitch defensive lineup at some point.