92 replies on “Poll: How Far Will the Knicks Go in the 2027 Playoffs?”
Screw it. I went conservative on my regular season wins total, I’m going Finals for this. Everyone’s better than Jalen Brunson until it’s time to be better than Jalen Brunson.
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Akins made the final cut. I wasn’t aware. He doesn’t seem to fill a need
With Wiseman in the fold, we could maybe use another PF. But guys available on a two-way aren’t likely to be better than Diawara or Nickel.
If we need to, Akins can be cut without cap repurcussions.
As a player who was more 3&D in college, he did a pretty good job in his first year transitioning to PG. He’s perhaps a better case for untapped potential than other candidates.
I picked NBA Finals but as runner up to OKC.
I predict they will lose the NBA championship while getting dominated in the backup center minutes.
I also predict an epic 7 game series against the Raptors that might go down as one of the best series in Knicks history. And honestly that could happen in any round, even the first.
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Akins looked pretty good. I wonder whether he 3rd PG is insurance in case Kolek is dealt.
First off, I don’t like this two-threads-on-the-same-morning thing. Can we stop that pls?
Second, we are def going to the Finals and Cup Finals, baby!
Third, I am happy for Akins. Whether he’s good enough to hack it or not, it sends a good message to the league that we give any player a chance if he can bring the intensity and FIRE.
Lastly, the story about how Embiid will have to stay in the locker room during our banner ceremony because he’s mentally weak warms the cockles of my heart.
That is all.
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Caveat Alert
I predict they will lose the NBA championship while getting dominated in the backup center minutes.
Unless we manage to pry Old (but still not as old as LeBron) Man Horford from Golden State. In which case we will repeat.
But I suspect with Porzingis out they may run him into the ground early and he won’t be standing by the spring.
I don’t think two way guys are picked for how they fill in roster weak spots. I think they are just guys with potential who the Knicks want contractual control over. Our current three are Nickel, Akins and McCullar Jr. That selection really doesn’t seem to relate to our weaknesses or be backups.
I picked a return to the finals as well. Part of the reason is that, assuming good health luck, I think that any holes in our roster that become evident in the regular season will be patched before the playoffs start. I also think that Drummond is going to be an excellent backup C, both in regular season in the playoffs.
More than anything, it’s a vote of confidence in Leon and his team. Brunson and Brown as well, although they are givens at this point.
Alan, saw that you posted essentially the same message re: Akins on the earlier thread.
Also wishing you well in hopes that you can be home in front of your own big screen by game time!
We’re repeating. Knicks in 6 (against The Spurs again).
We will dominate the eastern conference playoffs again.
Back to the NBA Finals, I won’t believe a team in the East can eliminate this Knicks team until I see it.
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After last year you almost have to pick the NBA finals.
fresh threads abound…Knickerblogger looking super fly…
finals again baby…
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get home safe today al…then soak in every precious moment of it…
hopefully you have a reprieve from house chores for a while so you can focus more intently on our season starting…
I would like to point out that the “no one repeats” narrative is bubkus.
First, it’s a 9 year sample, which is small enough to be random. Second, it uses an arbitrary endpoint — if you extended one more year you’d have a repeat champion.
Also worth mentioning absolutely no one said last year’s Thunder or the previous year’s Celtics couldn’t repeat because “no one repeats”. Both of these teams were widely expected to repeat right up until they blew it.
And I guarantee you if the Spurs had won nobody would be suggesting it’s impossible for Wemby to win again this year.
There’s nothing impossible about repeating in this era. It’s a BS narrative the media made up specifically to discredit the Knicks’ title and their chances to win again.
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To add, there will be some great pre-playoff tests of our C rotation coming up, starting with the C’s on Friday, or even tonight if KAT gets into foul trouble. Cleveland and Detroit will provide early tests. The Spurs will be out for revenge, similar to the way that the Piston were last year (hi JB missd u in da plyoffs, sorry ur boyz couln’t shw up so dat you cud neva looz 2 us agn!). The 2 OKC games in February.
In that sense, I don’t think we will have to wait until the playoffs to gauge the dropoff from Mitch to Andre.
Yeah, I never heard this no one repeats in this new era thread until WE won a title.
If we repeat, it will probably be that we’re the weakest team to repeat ever, lol.
Who the fuck cares, though, honestly. Sports media thrives on Knicks for clicks and some people can’t give up the knicks bashing.
We’re raising a fucking banner tonight bitches!!!
While I essentially agree with the take on repeating, I think that there is a larger sense that the Knicks simply aren’t good enough to repeat because unlike the Celts and OKC, both of whom were heavily favored to win and had by far the best records in the regular season in the year they won and were 60+ win teams in the following year, the Knicks are widely viewed to be a flawed team that had a fortunate path in a 1-year championship window.
There is also the perception that we got worse while all the teams around us got better.
We can argue about the gap between perception and reality, but there’s certainly an element of “if the Celts and Thunder couldn’t do it, how the hell are the inferior Knicks gonna do it?”
I won’t even make a prediction about how far we’ll go because injury luck is just such a monstrous part of a team’s playoff ceiling these days. There’s more parity in the league than there used to be, and not a lot of margin of error for teams to withstand injuries to key pieces.
The sky’s the limit for a healthy Knicks team.
the Knicks are widely viewed to be a flawed team that had a fortunate path in a 1-year championship window.
Ironically it was Celtics that only won because of a fortunate path.
I like us in the East. We faced a fairly representative sample of the conference in the playoffs last year and went through it like a hot knife through butter.
If I’m wrong, I actually think it’ll be because Kawhi Leonard had his healthiest season in a while. On paper the Raptors are an absolute wagon on both ends. But I mean, it’s Kawhi, so you can’t safely assume, well, anything.
To beat OKC or the Spurs with another year of seasoning in the finals, though, we’d need something of a miracle. We haven’t had one of those in all of 4 months!
Raptors are far from a wagon offensively even with Kawhi.
NBA Finals again. Let’s do this.
I’ll be flying during the banner ceremony. Assuming I can get through LGA quickly I might be able to see the second half. Raise a glass on my behalf.
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The reason these Knicks can repeat while OKC and especially Boston couldn’t is because the Knicks have Jalen Brunson and those teams don’t!
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“First off, I don’t like this two-threads-on-the-same-morning thing. Can we stop that pls?”
This. So much this. Especially without any indication on the old thread that there is a new thread. Many of us just read the bottom of the thread that we haven’t already seen before, the new stuff, so we wouldn’t see the new thread listed at the top.
“Akins looked pretty good. I wonder whether he 3rd PG is insurance in case Kolek is dealt.”
Not sure I can agree with this for a guy who shot 30.8 FG% and 33.3 3FG% in the preseason. He may be pretty good, but he certainly didn’t look like he was.
Poll has “NBA Finals,” but does *not* have “NBA Championship.”
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Raptors are far from a wagon offensively even with Kawhi.
Fair rejoinder, but I think going from Brandon Ingram to Kawhi Leonard as your highest usage player is seismic. Even if you assume zero interaction effects based on the upgrade, the benefits of the swap alone are huge.
Simply applying Kawhi’s TS% from last year to all of Ingram’s true shot attempts from last year already brings their ORTG to 117.9, and that doesn’t account for Kawhi’s substantially higher usage soaking ability.
In any event, I look forward to having looked foreseeably stupid in a few months after relying on Kawhi Leonard to make a prediction.
Finals ( barring injury misfortune). I am internalizing not getting stressed over anything that happens during regular season ( except for serious injuries) as I regard it as an extended pre-seasson for the playoffs.
“Ironically it was Celtics that only won because of a fortunate path.”
I don’t think the Celtics were particularly lucky in winning, even if their path turned out to be easy.
If anything, it was OKC who lucked out in game 7 of the finals with the Hali injury.
“I like us in the East. We faced a fairly representative sample of the conference in the playoffs last year and went through it like a hot knife through butter.“
The 2025-26 East is hardly a representative sample of the 2026-27 East. I guess you can say that ATL and CLE are largely the same, although they probably are marginally improved, and same with ORL, but PHI is much improved on paper, and BOS, IND, MIA, and TOR are all likely to be much tougher outs in the playoffs.
I picked NBA Finals but as runner up to OKC.
I predict they will lose the NBA championship while getting dominated in the backup center minutes.
I also predict an epic 7 game series against the Raptors that might go down as one of the best series in Knicks history. And honestly that could happen in any round, even the first.
Sounds like an exciting season!
I neglected to mention DET, who is hard to figure. They definitely lost some toughness (Beef Stew) and vet leadership (Tobias) but who knows?
Took a break from KnickerComplainer over the summer. Just logged in to remind everyone that I went to Game Five in San Antonio on a whim. Flew from the east coast and met up with my lifelong best friend and fellow NYK die hard who lives on the west coast. Best sports day ever. Will need to tell you all more. Predicting a repeat!
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I’m with TNFH on Toronto and have had them on the shortlist of teams I’m most worried about for a while.
Ingram has an OEPM of -0.6.
Kawhi has an OEPM of +6.5. He’s behind only SGA and Jokic.
I think people have forgotten just how good Kawhi is.
I love the optimism and enthusiasm here and certainly wish I was sharing it.
While I know that due to this teams character they will excel in the playoffs, – the NBA cup and regular season path will likely be trecherous.
Curious to see how we all react during multiple 2:9 type stretches.
I’ll be at Section 213 tonight. LET’S GO!!!
My predictions for this year:
NYK 53-29
CLE 49-32
TOR 49-33
BOS 49-33
DET 48-34
PHI 47-35
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CHO 45-37
IND 44-38
WAS 40-42
ORL 40-42
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MIA 39-43
MIL 34-48
ATL 33-49
CHI 26-56
BRK 25-57
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OKC 62-20
SAS 62-20
HOU 54-28
LAL 54-28
DEN 51-31
MIN 47-35
POR 44-38
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PHO 38-44
NOP 34-48
DAL 34-48
GSW 33-49
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UTA 31-51
MEM 25-57
LAC 23-59
SAC 17-65
The east is going to be tough, and I believe we rise above the rest. Miami is gonna be very unbalanced and slips outside the play-in, Washington gets a play-in appearance for his veterans+Dybantsa. The west is gonna be weaker and stay more or less like last year. We go to the finals against OKC and repeat!
Most satisfying path to repeating (not the easiest, but most satisfying)
We beat Detroit, Miami, and the Pacers in the eastern conference. Detroit because we lost to them in the regular season last year so it would prove we’re tougher than them. Miami and the Pacers bc fuck Miami and the Pacers. I would also accept beating Boston again (instead of Detroit).
Then we beat OKC to repeat. That way we can say we beat all of the top teams in the east the last 2 years to get to the finals and the 2 best teams in the west to win it all.
Barring injury this team is going to finals. I saw on IG they had a New York City welcome dinner for Drummond the other night. Bunch of his new teammates showed up. I think he fits this team like a glove. Mitch was becoming less and less of a lob threat due to age and injury. So the Knicks lose some of that but gain offensive versatility. And the rebounding will be just fine. Let’s keep the offense clicking and put pressure on the opponents.
Tonight is going to be so special I’ll be watching at home on TV with my kids. I’m saving money this season. Probably only going to a couple of regular season games. My daughter will be in college soon. Budgets getting tight.
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Does anyone know what time the banner raising ceremony starts? I know that the game is on NBC/Peacock. Will the ceremony also be exclusively on those stations?
Most satisfying path to repeating (not the easiest, but most satisfying)
We beat Detroit, Miami, and the Pacers in the eastern conference.
If we’re talking most satisfying, I want Trae in round 1.
Hubs, yeah that would be a good one. But we can’t beat all of our rivals and villians in one playoff series.
Washington, Miami, and then Pacers. We’ll just have to settle for sweeping Boston and Detroit in the regular season. 🙂
I honestly have very little animosity left in the tank for Miami. I’d rather beat LeBron (and Embiid again).
HAPPY RING DAY, EVERYBODY!!!
Here we go. I say Repeat. My son is practicing Debussy downstairs. Knicks at 1am. Life is good. Hugs to all.
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Bo yes NBC is showing the entire pre-game ceremonies at 630pm.
I honestly have very little animosity left in the tank for Miami. I’d rather beat LeBron (and Embiid again).
That’s fair but I’m gonna predict if Miami is good, you won’t feel so nonchalant about them come playoff time. You only feel this way because they haven’t been good for a few seasons, so the rivalry hasn’t meant much.
But some of it, too, is the Brunson revenge tour. Would like to see him revenge that 2023 playoff loss.
Thanks BBA!
Mitch started but only played 4 minutes before sitting.
misread the first game’s start time – thought it was 3pm pst…not…it’s lunchtime and they’re playing…
The more I think about it, beating LeBron might be side by side with the Pacers. And I’m not a hater — LeBron might be my favorite non Knick of all time. I just want that scalp.
Plus fuck Embiid forever.
Good opening quarter.
For me it’s Boston, Indy, and then everyone else.
no gimme games today…
four of the top six in the east going at it in the first 2 games…
two of the top two in the west meeting up later…
I can’t believe I just had to watch Derrick fucking White throw a lob to Mitchell Robinson
and less than a minute later, Mitch rolls his ankle. level of severity TBD…
edit- back on court
Mitch hurt already.
Mitch is already hurt….
With the gargantuan caveat re health, Knicks make another nice run, lose in Finals.
Seconding that Kawhi is a massive upgrade over Ingram, who was awful in the playoffs.
appreciate the way mitch sets and holds a screen…
still hope to see duren continuously dunk, all game long…
jalen duren is such a throwback center…i’ll just hang out by the basket all game…both ends…
Mitch 2/1/1 with 2 blocks and 2 turnovers.
Opening game doesn’t mean all that much, just fun to watch NBA action again!
Back 2 Back!
Repeat is coming
really like having the bonus afternoon opening day game
wait we hung the nba cup banner?
Yeah Bondy just posted a pic of the 2025 NBA Cup Champions banner!
Cade in midseason form – 14 points on 13 shots, 4 turnovers
I was actually pro-banner right after we won it. If this tournament is here to stay, we ought to try to make it meaningful. So I support Dolan’s backtrack on this. Hope there’s another one in his future.
Is it the size of a handkerchief?
Mitch’s line in a close-ish game: 4/2/2 with 2 turnovers (two field goal attempts). 14 minutes so far. Basically same numbers from Queta and Garza. I guess that makes one center among the three of them?
Its same size as all the other banners in the rafters, right next to the 2012-13 Atlantic Division Champions banner.
I love Mitch but smiled when he missed both FTs
Mitch vs Drum is already On
They’re going to have to take Mitch out, as it’s a 2-point game and they can’t risk him getting fouled.
I am enjoying this very much, and I despise the Pistons.
Detroit’s on fire while Boston’s choking
Tatum looks like trash.
I think not hanging the cup banner made sense if we didn’t win the championship. Hanging a cup banner when you haven’t won a title in 53 years would be kind of sad.
But now that we’re champs fuck it! Hang both! First team to win cup and chip in one season!
The double!
38 pts and 5 stls for PG-13. Who knew he still had that in him?
Yeah Bondy just posted a pic of the 2025 NBA Cup Champions banner!
I’m impressed.
One more flip flop to go, James.
Celts’ 3-headed monster of Mitch/Queta/Garza:
9 points, 9 rebounds (4 offensive), 3 assists, 4 blocks, 2 steals, 10 personal fouls, 2 turnovers, 4-of-8 FG, 1-of-4 FT, 0-of-2 from 3
You hang the Cup Banner underneath the Champ Banner.
Good to see everyone is still vigorous and active. I’ve been working a lot so I haven’t had much time for recreational Knickerblogger season. 😂
“38 pts and 5 stls for PG-13. Who knew he still had that in him?”
George is still very good when healthy and imo is a perfect fit, but how long will he last physically?
My feeling on that move was is that if you need a #1 scorer, Brown is certainly better than George, but if you already have your #1 scorer (Tatum), George is not much if any downgrade and may even fit better as a complimentary piece.
How many games will they get out of him?
Are we gonna get a game thread?
I’m not so sure Mitch is going to be the starter for Boston all year. I think Queta could give him a run for his money, though Boston may be reluctant to make that change given they paid Mitch more.
The Celts are gonna take some time to gel, as are most of the teams in the East. Including us.
Huerter being uninjured and Isaiah Joe being acquired are lowkey big helps for the Pistons.
Huerter being uninjured and Isaiah Joe being acquired are lowkey big helps for the Pistons.
Everyone has been sleeping on them because they flamed out in the playoffs last year, but they are young, hungry, have developmental upside, excellent defense and added some shooters that can help spacing. They could be the #1 seed again and a very tough out.
92 replies on “Poll: How Far Will the Knicks Go in the 2027 Playoffs?”
Screw it. I went conservative on my regular season wins total, I’m going Finals for this. Everyone’s better than Jalen Brunson until it’s time to be better than Jalen Brunson.
With Wiseman in the fold, we could maybe use another PF. But guys available on a two-way aren’t likely to be better than Diawara or Nickel.
If we need to, Akins can be cut without cap repurcussions.
As a player who was more 3&D in college, he did a pretty good job in his first year transitioning to PG. He’s perhaps a better case for untapped potential than other candidates.
I picked NBA Finals but as runner up to OKC.
I predict they will lose the NBA championship while getting dominated in the backup center minutes.
I also predict an epic 7 game series against the Raptors that might go down as one of the best series in Knicks history. And honestly that could happen in any round, even the first.
Akins looked pretty good. I wonder whether he 3rd PG is insurance in case Kolek is dealt.
First off, I don’t like this two-threads-on-the-same-morning thing. Can we stop that pls?
Second, we are def going to the Finals and Cup Finals, baby!
Third, I am happy for Akins. Whether he’s good enough to hack it or not, it sends a good message to the league that we give any player a chance if he can bring the intensity and FIRE.
Lastly, the story about how Embiid will have to stay in the locker room during our banner ceremony because he’s mentally weak warms the cockles of my heart.
That is all.
Caveat Alert
Unless we manage to pry Old (but still not as old as LeBron) Man Horford from Golden State. In which case we will repeat.
But I suspect with Porzingis out they may run him into the ground early and he won’t be standing by the spring.
I don’t think two way guys are picked for how they fill in roster weak spots. I think they are just guys with potential who the Knicks want contractual control over. Our current three are Nickel, Akins and McCullar Jr. That selection really doesn’t seem to relate to our weaknesses or be backups.
I picked a return to the finals as well. Part of the reason is that, assuming good health luck, I think that any holes in our roster that become evident in the regular season will be patched before the playoffs start. I also think that Drummond is going to be an excellent backup C, both in regular season in the playoffs.
More than anything, it’s a vote of confidence in Leon and his team. Brunson and Brown as well, although they are givens at this point.
Alan, saw that you posted essentially the same message re: Akins on the earlier thread.
Also wishing you well in hopes that you can be home in front of your own big screen by game time!
We’re repeating. Knicks in 6 (against The Spurs again).
We will dominate the eastern conference playoffs again.
Back to the NBA Finals, I won’t believe a team in the East can eliminate this Knicks team until I see it.
After last year you almost have to pick the NBA finals.
fresh threads abound…Knickerblogger looking super fly…
finals again baby…
get home safe today al…then soak in every precious moment of it…
hopefully you have a reprieve from house chores for a while so you can focus more intently on our season starting…
I would like to point out that the “no one repeats” narrative is bubkus.
First, it’s a 9 year sample, which is small enough to be random. Second, it uses an arbitrary endpoint — if you extended one more year you’d have a repeat champion.
Also worth mentioning absolutely no one said last year’s Thunder or the previous year’s Celtics couldn’t repeat because “no one repeats”. Both of these teams were widely expected to repeat right up until they blew it.
And I guarantee you if the Spurs had won nobody would be suggesting it’s impossible for Wemby to win again this year.
There’s nothing impossible about repeating in this era. It’s a BS narrative the media made up specifically to discredit the Knicks’ title and their chances to win again.
To add, there will be some great pre-playoff tests of our C rotation coming up, starting with the C’s on Friday, or even tonight if KAT gets into foul trouble. Cleveland and Detroit will provide early tests. The Spurs will be out for revenge, similar to the way that the Piston were last year (hi JB missd u in da plyoffs, sorry ur boyz couln’t shw up so dat you cud neva looz 2 us agn!). The 2 OKC games in February.
In that sense, I don’t think we will have to wait until the playoffs to gauge the dropoff from Mitch to Andre.
Yeah, I never heard this no one repeats in this new era thread until WE won a title.
If we repeat, it will probably be that we’re the weakest team to repeat ever, lol.
Who the fuck cares, though, honestly. Sports media thrives on Knicks for clicks and some people can’t give up the knicks bashing.
We’re raising a fucking banner tonight bitches!!!
While I essentially agree with the take on repeating, I think that there is a larger sense that the Knicks simply aren’t good enough to repeat because unlike the Celts and OKC, both of whom were heavily favored to win and had by far the best records in the regular season in the year they won and were 60+ win teams in the following year, the Knicks are widely viewed to be a flawed team that had a fortunate path in a 1-year championship window.
There is also the perception that we got worse while all the teams around us got better.
We can argue about the gap between perception and reality, but there’s certainly an element of “if the Celts and Thunder couldn’t do it, how the hell are the inferior Knicks gonna do it?”
I won’t even make a prediction about how far we’ll go because injury luck is just such a monstrous part of a team’s playoff ceiling these days. There’s more parity in the league than there used to be, and not a lot of margin of error for teams to withstand injuries to key pieces.
The sky’s the limit for a healthy Knicks team.
Ironically it was Celtics that only won because of a fortunate path.
I like us in the East. We faced a fairly representative sample of the conference in the playoffs last year and went through it like a hot knife through butter.
If I’m wrong, I actually think it’ll be because Kawhi Leonard had his healthiest season in a while. On paper the Raptors are an absolute wagon on both ends. But I mean, it’s Kawhi, so you can’t safely assume, well, anything.
To beat OKC or the Spurs with another year of seasoning in the finals, though, we’d need something of a miracle. We haven’t had one of those in all of 4 months!
Raptors are far from a wagon offensively even with Kawhi.
NBA Finals again. Let’s do this.
I’ll be flying during the banner ceremony. Assuming I can get through LGA quickly I might be able to see the second half. Raise a glass on my behalf.
The reason these Knicks can repeat while OKC and especially Boston couldn’t is because the Knicks have Jalen Brunson and those teams don’t!
“First off, I don’t like this two-threads-on-the-same-morning thing. Can we stop that pls?”
This. So much this. Especially without any indication on the old thread that there is a new thread. Many of us just read the bottom of the thread that we haven’t already seen before, the new stuff, so we wouldn’t see the new thread listed at the top.
“Akins looked pretty good. I wonder whether he 3rd PG is insurance in case Kolek is dealt.”
Not sure I can agree with this for a guy who shot 30.8 FG% and 33.3 3FG% in the preseason. He may be pretty good, but he certainly didn’t look like he was.
Poll has “NBA Finals,” but does *not* have “NBA Championship.”
Fair rejoinder, but I think going from Brandon Ingram to Kawhi Leonard as your highest usage player is seismic. Even if you assume zero interaction effects based on the upgrade, the benefits of the swap alone are huge.
Simply applying Kawhi’s TS% from last year to all of Ingram’s true shot attempts from last year already brings their ORTG to 117.9, and that doesn’t account for Kawhi’s substantially higher usage soaking ability.
In any event, I look forward to having looked foreseeably stupid in a few months after relying on Kawhi Leonard to make a prediction.
Finals ( barring injury misfortune). I am internalizing not getting stressed over anything that happens during regular season ( except for serious injuries) as I regard it as an extended pre-seasson for the playoffs.
“Ironically it was Celtics that only won because of a fortunate path.”
I don’t think the Celtics were particularly lucky in winning, even if their path turned out to be easy.
If anything, it was OKC who lucked out in game 7 of the finals with the Hali injury.
“I like us in the East. We faced a fairly representative sample of the conference in the playoffs last year and went through it like a hot knife through butter.“
The 2025-26 East is hardly a representative sample of the 2026-27 East. I guess you can say that ATL and CLE are largely the same, although they probably are marginally improved, and same with ORL, but PHI is much improved on paper, and BOS, IND, MIA, and TOR are all likely to be much tougher outs in the playoffs.
Sounds like an exciting season!
I neglected to mention DET, who is hard to figure. They definitely lost some toughness (Beef Stew) and vet leadership (Tobias) but who knows?
Took a break from KnickerComplainer over the summer. Just logged in to remind everyone that I went to Game Five in San Antonio on a whim. Flew from the east coast and met up with my lifelong best friend and fellow NYK die hard who lives on the west coast. Best sports day ever. Will need to tell you all more. Predicting a repeat!
I’m with TNFH on Toronto and have had them on the shortlist of teams I’m most worried about for a while.
Ingram has an OEPM of -0.6.
Kawhi has an OEPM of +6.5. He’s behind only SGA and Jokic.
I think people have forgotten just how good Kawhi is.
I love the optimism and enthusiasm here and certainly wish I was sharing it.
While I know that due to this teams character they will excel in the playoffs, – the NBA cup and regular season path will likely be trecherous.
Curious to see how we all react during multiple 2:9 type stretches.
I’ll be at Section 213 tonight. LET’S GO!!!
My predictions for this year:
NYK 53-29
CLE 49-32
TOR 49-33
BOS 49-33
DET 48-34
PHI 47-35
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CHO 45-37
IND 44-38
WAS 40-42
ORL 40-42
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MIA 39-43
MIL 34-48
ATL 33-49
CHI 26-56
BRK 25-57
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OKC 62-20
SAS 62-20
HOU 54-28
LAL 54-28
DEN 51-31
MIN 47-35
POR 44-38
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PHO 38-44
NOP 34-48
DAL 34-48
GSW 33-49
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UTA 31-51
MEM 25-57
LAC 23-59
SAC 17-65
The east is going to be tough, and I believe we rise above the rest. Miami is gonna be very unbalanced and slips outside the play-in, Washington gets a play-in appearance for his veterans+Dybantsa. The west is gonna be weaker and stay more or less like last year. We go to the finals against OKC and repeat!
Most satisfying path to repeating (not the easiest, but most satisfying)
We beat Detroit, Miami, and the Pacers in the eastern conference. Detroit because we lost to them in the regular season last year so it would prove we’re tougher than them. Miami and the Pacers bc fuck Miami and the Pacers. I would also accept beating Boston again (instead of Detroit).
Then we beat OKC to repeat. That way we can say we beat all of the top teams in the east the last 2 years to get to the finals and the 2 best teams in the west to win it all.
Barring injury this team is going to finals. I saw on IG they had a New York City welcome dinner for Drummond the other night. Bunch of his new teammates showed up. I think he fits this team like a glove. Mitch was becoming less and less of a lob threat due to age and injury. So the Knicks lose some of that but gain offensive versatility. And the rebounding will be just fine. Let’s keep the offense clicking and put pressure on the opponents.
Tonight is going to be so special I’ll be watching at home on TV with my kids. I’m saving money this season. Probably only going to a couple of regular season games. My daughter will be in college soon. Budgets getting tight.
Does anyone know what time the banner raising ceremony starts? I know that the game is on NBC/Peacock. Will the ceremony also be exclusively on those stations?
If we’re talking most satisfying, I want Trae in round 1.
Hubs, yeah that would be a good one. But we can’t beat all of our rivals and villians in one playoff series.
Washington, Miami, and then Pacers. We’ll just have to settle for sweeping Boston and Detroit in the regular season. 🙂
I honestly have very little animosity left in the tank for Miami. I’d rather beat LeBron (and Embiid again).
HAPPY RING DAY, EVERYBODY!!!
Here we go. I say Repeat. My son is practicing Debussy downstairs. Knicks at 1am. Life is good. Hugs to all.
Bo yes NBC is showing the entire pre-game ceremonies at 630pm.
That’s fair but I’m gonna predict if Miami is good, you won’t feel so nonchalant about them come playoff time. You only feel this way because they haven’t been good for a few seasons, so the rivalry hasn’t meant much.
But some of it, too, is the Brunson revenge tour. Would like to see him revenge that 2023 playoff loss.
Thanks BBA!
Mitch started but only played 4 minutes before sitting.
misread the first game’s start time – thought it was 3pm pst…not…it’s lunchtime and they’re playing…
The more I think about it, beating LeBron might be side by side with the Pacers. And I’m not a hater — LeBron might be my favorite non Knick of all time. I just want that scalp.
Plus fuck Embiid forever.
Good opening quarter.
For me it’s Boston, Indy, and then everyone else.
no gimme games today…
four of the top six in the east going at it in the first 2 games…
two of the top two in the west meeting up later…
I can’t believe I just had to watch Derrick fucking White throw a lob to Mitchell Robinson
and less than a minute later, Mitch rolls his ankle. level of severity TBD…
edit- back on court
Mitch hurt already.
Mitch is already hurt….
With the gargantuan caveat re health, Knicks make another nice run, lose in Finals.
Seconding that Kawhi is a massive upgrade over Ingram, who was awful in the playoffs.
appreciate the way mitch sets and holds a screen…
still hope to see duren continuously dunk, all game long…
jalen duren is such a throwback center…i’ll just hang out by the basket all game…both ends…
Mitch 2/1/1 with 2 blocks and 2 turnovers.
Opening game doesn’t mean all that much, just fun to watch NBA action again!
Back 2 Back!
Repeat is coming
really like having the bonus afternoon opening day game
wait we hung the nba cup banner?
Yeah Bondy just posted a pic of the 2025 NBA Cup Champions banner!
Cade in midseason form – 14 points on 13 shots, 4 turnovers
I was actually pro-banner right after we won it. If this tournament is here to stay, we ought to try to make it meaningful. So I support Dolan’s backtrack on this. Hope there’s another one in his future.
Is it the size of a handkerchief?
Mitch’s line in a close-ish game: 4/2/2 with 2 turnovers (two field goal attempts). 14 minutes so far. Basically same numbers from Queta and Garza. I guess that makes one center among the three of them?
Its same size as all the other banners in the rafters, right next to the 2012-13 Atlantic Division Champions banner.
I love Mitch but smiled when he missed both FTs
Mitch vs Drum is already On
They’re going to have to take Mitch out, as it’s a 2-point game and they can’t risk him getting fouled.
I am enjoying this very much, and I despise the Pistons.
Detroit’s on fire while Boston’s choking
Tatum looks like trash.
I think not hanging the cup banner made sense if we didn’t win the championship. Hanging a cup banner when you haven’t won a title in 53 years would be kind of sad.
But now that we’re champs fuck it! Hang both! First team to win cup and chip in one season!
The double!
38 pts and 5 stls for PG-13. Who knew he still had that in him?
I’m impressed.
One more flip flop to go, James.
Celts’ 3-headed monster of Mitch/Queta/Garza:
9 points, 9 rebounds (4 offensive), 3 assists, 4 blocks, 2 steals, 10 personal fouls, 2 turnovers, 4-of-8 FG, 1-of-4 FT, 0-of-2 from 3
You hang the Cup Banner underneath the Champ Banner.
Good to see everyone is still vigorous and active. I’ve been working a lot so I haven’t had much time for recreational Knickerblogger season. 😂
“38 pts and 5 stls for PG-13. Who knew he still had that in him?”
George is still very good when healthy and imo is a perfect fit, but how long will he last physically?
My feeling on that move was is that if you need a #1 scorer, Brown is certainly better than George, but if you already have your #1 scorer (Tatum), George is not much if any downgrade and may even fit better as a complimentary piece.
How many games will they get out of him?
Are we gonna get a game thread?
I’m not so sure Mitch is going to be the starter for Boston all year. I think Queta could give him a run for his money, though Boston may be reluctant to make that change given they paid Mitch more.
The Celts are gonna take some time to gel, as are most of the teams in the East. Including us.
Huerter being uninjured and Isaiah Joe being acquired are lowkey big helps for the Pistons.
Everyone has been sleeping on them because they flamed out in the playoffs last year, but they are young, hungry, have developmental upside, excellent defense and added some shooters that can help spacing. They could be the #1 seed again and a very tough out.
Reggie still suckx 🤣
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