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1 minute ago, Fastbreak said:

The Pacers are not pushovers. Let's see what the injury situation is. I could see it either way in 6 or 7.

That lineup the Pacers run with Pascal at the 5.....

Kenrich Williams guards him.  The rest of the OKC lineup are wings.

Good luck.

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SGA may average 37 in the series but I agree the Pacers are a live dog. They can score, have a great coach, and can throw a lot of weird lineups at you. 

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Unless something strange happens, the Knicks will have no choice but to run it back next season.

Salary  
Player Age 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 Guaranteed
Team Totals   $188,862,651 $199,779,184 $167,478,483 $177,217,150 $91,692,629   $633,678,376
Karl-Anthony Towns 29 $49,205,800 $53,142,264 $57,078,728 $61,015,192     $159,426,792
OG Anunoby 27 $36,637,932 $39,568,966 $42,500,000 $45,431,034 $48,362,068   $164,137,932
Jalen Brunson 28 $24,960,001 $34,944,001 $37,739,521 $40,535,041 $43,330,561   $138,178,564
Mikal Bridges 28 $23,300,000 $24,900,000         $48,200,000
Josh Hart 30 $18,144,000 $19,472,240 $20,923,760 $22,375,280     $58,540,000
Mitchell Robinson 27 $14,318,182 $12,954,546         $27,272,728
Precious Achiuwa 25 $6,000,000           $6,000,000
Miles McBride 24 $4,710,144 $4,333,333 $3,956,523       $13,000,000
Delon Wright 33 $2,087,519           $2,087,519
Cameron Payne 30 $2,087,519           $2,087,519
Tyler Kolek 24 $2,087,519 $2,191,897 $2,296,271 $2,486,995     $6,575,687
Pacome Dadiet 19 $1,808,080 $2,847,600 $2,983,680 $5,373,608     $4,655,680
Landry Shamet 28 $1,343,690           $1,343,690
Ariel Hukporti 23 $1,064,049 $1,955,377         $1,064,049
P.J. Tucker 40 $486,777 $3,468,960         $486,777
Kevin McCullar Jr. 24              
Anton Watson 24              
MarJon Beauchamp 24              
 
Matt Ryan 28 $621,439           $621,439
Jacob Toppin 25              
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7 minutes ago, MrX said:

SGA may average 37 in the series but I agree the Pacers are a live dog. They can score, have a great coach, and can throw a lot of weird lineups at you. 

Literally whatever lineup they can throw out, OKC can counter.  Big, small, whatever.

There will be a game they will get light up from 3 and over the course of the series, OKC will just wear them down.  Literally Caruso can guard Pascal.

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4 hours ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

 

 


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Glad that ain’t our problem for the next 3 years at 60,000,000 per

 

Check back with how they feel when he starts missing a third of the season.  He played 72 games this year and that's the most since 2019.

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Meh, the Knicks are obviously better with KAT this year than they were with Randle last year, and the East is going to be wide open next year with Giannis likely heading west, Tatum out, and Cleveland still needing to prove that they can take the step from fun young team to playoff performers. 

Also, it wouldn't be a complete NBA season without a teammate publicly or privately bitching about KAT's softness, laziness, or god awful basketball IQ.

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Meh, the Knicks are obviously better with KAT this year than they were with Randle last year, and the East is going to be wide open next year with Giannis likely heading west, Tatum out, and Cleveland still needing to prove that they can take the step from fun young team to playoff performers. 
Also, it wouldn't be a complete NBA season without a teammate publicly or privately bitching about KAT's softness, laziness, or god awful basketball IQ.

We’ll never know. Knicks were decimated with injuries last year. Having your two stars be liabilities on the defensive end is a problem. That they’re so good at scoring makes it difficult to fix.
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9 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Check back with how they feel when he starts missing a third of the season.  He played 72 games this year and that's the most since 2019.

Says the guy with Chet on his team.

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Pretending that Inside the NBA is a shell of its former self is delusional. People only tune in these days to see if Chuck makes fun of any San Antonio cholas.

Saying that, ESPN is 100% going to finally make it completely unwatchable.

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the difference for me re: Pacers is coaching and offensive philosophy. Not only do they push the ball, but they push in transition and even if numbers are equal they start the "halfcourt offense" immediately. Like 5 secs in the possession. I love watching them play honestly, much more than any other team in the entire playoffs (that doesn't have a Joker)

good summary

 

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I think it's a really interesting finals from a strategy/tactical standpoint. I give the Pacers a puncher's change against OKC. I felt the same way about them last year against Boston, at least until Haliburton got hurt. They also have this team of destiny thing going for them that you can't overlook.

OKC hasn't really shot it consistently well from three and they aren't a particularly great rebounding team either. I can see Indiana making them uncomfortable if they get it going from outside and OKC has to play from behind. The thing that makes it tough on the Pacers is how many great perimeter defenders OKC can throw at Haliburton - SGA, Caruso, Wallace, Dort, even Williams if they want to throw a bigger guy at him. Haliburton is going to have to work for everything he gets and they aren't going to be able to exploit the Thunder like they could the Knicks with Brunson and KAT. Then again, OKC is a little bit easier to defend because just about everything is SGA or Williams going one on one. Really looking forward to the Siakim / Williams matchup as well.

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48 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

I think it's a really interesting finals from a strategy/tactical standpoint. I give the Pacers a puncher's change against OKC. I felt the same way about them last year against Boston, at least until Haliburton got hurt. They also have this team of destiny thing going for them that you can't overlook.

OKC hasn't really shot it consistently well from three and they aren't a particularly great rebounding team either. I can see Indiana making them uncomfortable if they get it going from outside and OKC has to play from behind. The thing that makes it tough on the Pacers is how many great perimeter defenders OKC can throw at Haliburton - SGA, Caruso, Wallace, Dort, even Williams if they want to throw a bigger guy at him. Haliburton is going to have to work for everything he gets and they aren't going to be able to exploit the Thunder like they could the Knicks with Brunson and KAT. Then again, OKC is a little bit easier to defend because just about everything is SGA or Williams going one on one. Really looking forward to the Siakim / Williams matchup as well.

This series is up for grabs. Records don't mean shit here, it's all about who shows up and sets the tone. But if it's OKC who takes control early, I think it'll be two blowouts, one close road win, and a series-ending, sweep-clinching blowout in Indy.

If Indy steals Game 1, I think it will go to Game 7.

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2 hours ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

I think it's a really interesting finals from a strategy/tactical standpoint. I give the Pacers a puncher's change against OKC. I felt the same way about them last year against Boston, at least until Haliburton got hurt. They also have this team of destiny thing going for them that you can't overlook.

OKC hasn't really shot it consistently well from three and they aren't a particularly great rebounding team either. I can see Indiana making them uncomfortable if they get it going from outside and OKC has to play from behind. The thing that makes it tough on the Pacers is how many great perimeter defenders OKC can throw at Haliburton - SGA, Caruso, Wallace, Dort, even Williams if they want to throw a bigger guy at him. Haliburton is going to have to work for everything he gets and they aren't going to be able to exploit the Thunder like they could the Knicks with Brunson and KAT. Then again, OKC is a little bit easier to defend because just about everything is SGA or Williams going one on one. Really looking forward to the Siakim / Williams matchup as well.

That's accurate.  OKC is a good (not great) shooting team and they can go cold for long stretches and when they go cold, they all go cold for some reason.

The problem for Indiana is the "other guys."  Not sure on their depth but at some point, Cason, Caruso, and Jalen Williams will be out there against their second unit and defensively, they can eat them alive.  That's all while keeping Dort on Halliburton and no one playing heavy minutes.  They also have multiple guys to throw at Siakam.  Not sure how the Pacers match up against OKC's bigs, though.  

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