NBA Season 2025-26

[Phantom255x]

I see a lot of NY sports fans and even in the media celebrating the Cup win and acting like the 1973 demons are gone and a banner is coming to MSG

Meanwhile I literally had no clue the Cup Finals was happening last night 

[Donoghus]

Something I actually respect the Knicks for doing.

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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The New York Knicks will not raise an NBA Cup championship banner at Madison Square Garden, sources tell ESPN. The Lakers and Bucks raised banners for NBA Cup titles over the last two years. Knicks will celebrate with home fans Friday.

[jambr380]

I see a lot of NY sports fans and even in the media celebrating the Cup win and acting like the 1973 demons are gone and a banner is coming to MSG

Meanwhile I literally had no clue the Cup Finals was happening last night 

Yeah, I totally missed the game. Had no idea it was happening.

People on Reddit downvoting like crazy when you indicate that you don't think the NBA Cup means anything. The pool play games being interspersed with regular season games is stupid. If they want a tournament, then have a tournament. You shouldn't only be finding out about a 'big pool play game' when you turn on the tv and see that the court is green or whatever.

[Who]

As a long and position-defying big, Kevin Garnett is an interesting Giannis comparison. (He?s also a generous one, in that he had one of the longest careers in history, playing an incredible 20 seasons.)

That?s good news for anyone interested in employing Giannis in the future: Garnett was only 60 percent of the way through his career at Giannis? age. However, by 31 Garnett had already delivered 79 percent of the Win Shares he?d ever muster.

Quote from a TrueHoop article wondering how much does Giannis have left in the tank.

Mentioned Giannis avoiding major injuries. Mentioned his training regime and diet which are excellent. Mentioned his passing. All traits that suggest longevity. Then compared him to KG as a fellow unicorn type big man.

So the 31yo marker they are using is KG's 2007-08 season. His first season in Boston. The title year. Saying he had 79% of his win shares in the bag by the end of that season (first 13 seasons). Only 21% left over his final 8 years.

KG was a 15-20mpg for his final 3 seasons. Also, KG only played half a season each of those years. So most of that 21% win shares were in the other 5 seasons. That 21% over 5 years looks a lot better than over 8 years. According to B-ref.com, KG got 4.2 win shares in those final 3 years compared to 191.4 for his career. Roughly 2% of career total. So 19% over previous 5 years is almost 4% per season. 79% over 13 years is around 6% per season.

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Pretty cool graph on the article with some other legends and their year-by-year win shares by age. Plotted on a graph.

https://www.truehoop.com/p/how-many-wins-does-giannis-have-left

I don't know why the put Lillard on it. KG, MJ, LeBron. I would have liked a Shaq comp as well. Shaq and Giannis as two paint scorers with extraordinary size / athleticism.

It is one of those interactive graphs. I think it would have been easier to read if it wasn't interactive.

[Vermont Green]

The graphs are hard to read but most of these players show a steep drop at about age 34 or so.  That means Giannis could have 3 or 4 more years at a very high level.  Then it could be a slow fade (like LeBron) or a steep drop off, like most everyone else.  Probably more likely the latter.

[Vermont Green]

I see a lot of NY sports fans and even in the media celebrating the Cup win and acting like the 1973 demons are gone and a banner is coming to MSG

Meanwhile I literally had no clue the Cup Finals was happening last night 

This has not caught on for me either.  I have no more interest in this game than any other Tuesday night game, not involving the Celtics.  I knew it was on but couldn't be bothered to log in to Prime to try and watch it.

Were the ratings any good?  Did anyone outside of NY and SA watch this?

[Phantom255x]

Something I actually respect the Knicks for doing.

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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4m
The New York Knicks will not raise an NBA Cup championship banner at Madison Square Garden, sources tell ESPN. The Lakers and Bucks raised banners for NBA Cup titles over the last two years. Knicks will celebrate with home fans Friday.

Kinda surprised, I would have just hung it up anyways lol especially since LAL and MIL did

[slamtheking]

Something I actually respect the Knicks for doing.

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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4m
The New York Knicks will not raise an NBA Cup championship banner at Madison Square Garden, sources tell ESPN. The Lakers and Bucks raised banners for NBA Cup titles over the last two years. Knicks will celebrate with home fans Friday.

Kinda surprised, I would have just hung it up anyways lol especially since LAL and MIL did

winning this is so worthless it'd be of more value if it was just printed on rolls of toilet paper so fans could show what they think of this idea and also provide at least some functional purpose to winning this tournament.