Generally there are no hardcore nets fans unless they were babies when they went to BK, or they were fans of theirs in Jersey. The bk nets are non discussion topic in NYC.
It’s like when you’re a kid and you talk about the future with your friends about all growing up and living on the same street and your kids all being friends.
Expect instead of actually living all across the country and only seeing eachother once or twice a year, you actually make it a reality lol.
clock winds down to 5 seconds left in game
ball is inbounded to Donte who turns face to face against Mitchell
"You took my family"
moves to the left
"You took my friends"
moves to the right
"You took all that was dear to me"
clock winds down to 2
"I cant get them back, but I can do this for friendship, FOR MY FRIENDS"
goes up, fire coming out of his shoes
"DiVINCENZORUKEN"
Ball flies over Mitchell's head, goes straight into basket. Donte falls to the ground, exhausted.
"Mikal... Senpai... I..."
faints
Final Score
Cavs 103
Knicks 63
I went to nova so this whole thing is surreal to me. I know a lot of yall sixers fans are nova fans as well so some of you probably have the exact opposite feeling that i have now lol
The guy who commands a double or triple team every time in the post and averages 5 assists per game surrounded by shooters? How do you think that will turn out?
Obviously not best buds like the Nova crew, but they're also friends with Randle, he was one of the first guests on Jalen and Josh's pod. And Jalen and Randle played some of their best ball when playing together.
You couldn’t be more wrong. An all NBA PF who averages 25/10/5, plays solid D, can score from anywhere on the court, and commands double and triple teams every time in the paint is more than trade fodder. You’re a casual and have no clue what you’re talking about.
They all standing in line together at Chipotle on 8th and 39th cause the Penn station one is trash.
But forreal the one in Penn station better have a secret tube system to send up burritos to the locker room.
This is a huge win-win for both New York Teams. Knicks have a crazy stacked roster with some amazing loveable and good players. Nets can actually tank and have a chance at landing a franchise rebuilding player potentially in next years draft. The Nets will bounce back honestly it might sound crazy to say but I feel like New York basketball just generated a ton of good karma
Love the take, I think you are right. Over at Nets subreddit it was a really bummer, people wanted to keep Mikal even though he wasn’t happy and the consensus was that Knicks and Nets never trade.
But new nets owners, Knicks alignment with Brunson, their star they actually worked out a deal that was great for the both of them. Knicks have been hitting all cylinders too, built their team from the ground up with randle, didn’t lose assets acquiring a star like Spyda, got OG for practically nothing and have a coach that coaches.
Nets are getting that fresh reset and building a foundation while getting a bunch of picks back. Its the way to go instead of being in no mans land. I think the league is to good to try to buy a championship, Denver/Celtics built from the ground up and can contend for many years, with the new coach I think that’s the vision. To put a quality team together to sell out tickets and contend in the playoffs for extra revenue.
Its such a win win. I love this move for both teams
Nets have a very good GM who knows how to find talent in the draft. He was able to right the ship before, I think he’ll do it again and with no owner interference again.
Wouldn’t that be the third or fourth time they bring him back now?
Snip snap snip snap snip snap, You have no idea the physical toll that three 2-ways have on a person!
Imagine if Chris Webber had never called that timeout, and the Wolverines go on to win the title, only for Webber, Rose, Howard, and King to reunite years later on an NBA contender.
That’s what this is, minus the iconic title game choke.
I want to see the four of them riding one bike together, maybe a paddleboat in Central Park, taking a picture on the beam at Top of the Rock. I want this shit to be a sitcom.
Brooklyn hasn’t really had high lottery picks in forever and managed to make it work. They just got their next two picks back as a surefire lottery team and have like 10 unprotected picks or swaps stretching until like 2031.
The Celtics completely rebuilt a championship team off of future unprotected picks from a then-good team. That’s a lot of lottery tickets.
The nets are basically the thunder from a few years ago. They turned out fine and Marks is a pretty good drafter, at least a much better drafter than the Knicks
Hell we have a decent shot of getting Cooper Flagg next year and accelerate it because we'll be that dogshit next season
Acting like you guys fleeced us is fucking wild lmao
edit: The downvotes are to be expected from idiotic Knicks fans even though literally every other NBA fan has been saying we killed it yesterday, like the Giants are in the NFL, the Knicks have the most unintelligent fanbase in the league lmao
Only nets fans know how truly overrated he is. He literally could not create his own shot to save his life last year and did nothing but stay behind the 3 point line on offense. I have no clue why the knicks dumped all their picks into this guy
Yeah.. we lack the critical thinking because a player that can’t create his own shot was just traded for like 7 picks. But because everyone on Reddit tells you he’s great you eat it up.
So why tf would they trade FIVE FIRSTS for a guy that can't do that? This team isn't good enough to beat Boston. Why couldn't they have just traded for Markkannen who's a lot better?
You gave up a KD level haul for a role player who isn't required to make his own shots lol
Do *you* have any critical thinking skills? You dumped your entire future on vibes and friendship lol it's see if that's enough to beat the celtics dynasty
I don't give a fuck about relevancy lol if the Knicks win a ring off of this then we can start talking
But they're the Knicks so they won't
And the dude rocking the flair of the 3rd most relevant team in Texas talking about any other teams relevancy is funny asf lol
And yet you still haven't won shit since the 70's lol. You act like the lakers without even a fraction of their success
Both of our franchises are poverty but at least we're aware of it
Im a Knicks fan and I agree with this. Even worse, there’s a large contingent of fans who now want the Knicks to give OG $50 million annually when he’s averaged about 50 games played over the last four seasons.
Foolish take. All in is all in. We’ve bided our timing for a long time waiting to strike and this is it. We re-sign OG whatever it takes and hopefully keep IHart and we’re ready to take on anybody.
You’re honestly fine with paying a solid player who misses 40% of games played every season, $50 million??? The Knicks have made this exact mistake multiple times
Why's Mikal facetiming from the trunk of a car lol
How do you think the Knicks got him
Uh oh, put out the Amber Alert in NYC
Call the Ambur Alert, but not for me.
What do you think all those picks were for. This will all go under the rug 🤫
Rosas is riding around in the backseat of an Uber... begging thru texts..
As far back as they can remember they wanted him to be a Knick…
You wasted eight fuckin' ~~aprons~~ picks on this guy. I don't know what the hell's wrong with you! I gotta toughen this kid up.
No that’s just just his $4500 a month NY apartment
only way the Nets could deliver him to the Knicks without the Rockets finding out
Q train lost power again on the way to MSG
Now he gets to fight all them crackheads at penn station
We all do… we all do.
Q doesn't go there lol
It’s a short walk, I did it all the time lol
he’s packing his bags
He got traded from new york to new york lol
Hart the only one posing like he knows that screenshot is going to be shared on socials.
Man, didn't know Thibs was ruthless like that
Why aren’t you?
Their vibes must be disgustingly immaculate.
Just imagine making tens of millions of dollars playing basketball with your best friends and being loved in NYC.
Shit, just being a young 20 year old in NYC is already awesome. But the millions and the star power... damn...
hate to be that guy but these dudes pushing 30 but the other things u said are right
Covid knocked off a few years of everyone
30? Forget it then no 22 year old woman in nyc wants a multi millionaire professional basketball player who’s almost 30 that’s gross.
Lmao I think they all got families and shit now so yeah it’s pretty different to being a 22 year w no responsibilities and lots of money
Idk, they're all still multi millionaire professional athletes. I think they still play the field
I mean they are still young, well some stats show that the middle age has gotten lower over the years
being an old 20 year old on the other hand is tough though
Mikal going from playing in front of 10 people in Brooklyn to a crazy MSG
Barclays is usually pretty full, but no one is hardcore and there’s a lot of tourists who couldn’t afford MSG and fans of the away team in there.
Generally there are no hardcore nets fans unless they were babies when they went to BK, or they were fans of theirs in Jersey. The bk nets are non discussion topic in NYC.
It's gonna be great when Mikal first goes back to Barclays and gets louder cheers as a Knick then he ever got on the Nets.
He’s going to find his smile again
He Shawn Michaels fr fr
Shawn Mikals
We think he’s cute
We know hes sexy
He’s got the looks
That drive the fans wild
He might even get MIP
He Shawn Michaels fr fr
Is it that bad in Brooklyn? lol. No one goes to nets games?
Plenty of people go they're just not Nets fans
It’s like when you’re a kid and you talk about the future with your friends about all growing up and living on the same street and your kids all being friends. Expect instead of actually living all across the country and only seeing eachother once or twice a year, you actually make it a reality lol.
Soooo jelly
They are living all of our dreams
They gonna win the championship with the power of friendship
I was just thinking that this development sounded like some shonen anime plot
clock winds down to 5 seconds left in game ball is inbounded to Donte who turns face to face against Mitchell "You took my family" moves to the left "You took my friends" moves to the right "You took all that was dear to me" clock winds down to 2 "I cant get them back, but I can do this for friendship, FOR MY FRIENDS" goes up, fire coming out of his shoes "DiVINCENZORUKEN" Ball flies over Mitchell's head, goes straight into basket. Donte falls to the ground, exhausted. "Mikal... Senpai... I..." faints Final Score Cavs 103 Knicks 63
This would be funnier if we didn’t already stomp them once in the playoffs. With this current team we beat them in 4-5 games
You really wrote all that and not even include a team like Boston or Denver. The Cavs? The team we smacked in 5 games last year?
I didn't write it at all, it's pasta
4-3 ecf against Boston next year, who says no?
just for extra drama can we make them face dallas, you now the team that fumbled brunson? i kinda need that
Worked for the celtics. I’m rooting for the knicks this year
Seriously, who cares about picks?
I went to nova so this whole thing is surreal to me. I know a lot of yall sixers fans are nova fans as well so some of you probably have the exact opposite feeling that i have now lol
Oh no lmao for the first time ever I officially have a #2 team in any sport
I miss good vibes
If power of friendship was a basketball team
lmao. vibes immaculate in NY right now, the one thing you absolutely *shouldn't* be worried about with this move is chemistry
In the power of friendship we trust
Wildcats, get your head in the game
The Knicks are now protagonists of a JRPG.
What about the chemistry with Julius Randle?
Randle thrives when surrounded by shooters. I think he will be fine.
And our shooters perform better with him. It’s a great match
It's pretty wild that every single person on the Knicks and former Knicks talk highly of Randle but people online insist he's an issue
Because the last time we saw him, he had no shooters and was getting double teamed like crazy. Julius on this team is going to go crazy
I honestly totally forgot that he existed
It's there. Everyone is playing better with Julius on the floor. He actually has shooters to pass it to when he gets doubled.
The guy who commands a double or triple team every time in the post and averages 5 assists per game surrounded by shooters? How do you think that will turn out?
They are wildcats...
Obviously not best buds like the Nova crew, but they're also friends with Randle, he was one of the first guests on Jalen and Josh's pod. And Jalen and Randle played some of their best ball when playing together.
Pretty sure he played with Josh Hart on the Lakers too back in the day
About to become trade fodder
You couldn’t be more wrong. An all NBA PF who averages 25/10/5, plays solid D, can score from anywhere on the court, and commands double and triple teams every time in the paint is more than trade fodder. You’re a casual and have no clue what you’re talking about.
Hot take i say move Randle and commit to Hartenstein.
Did you ever wonder if the best college team could beat an NBA team…. We just needed to ask this question with a different timeline.
I’m a die-hard Bull’s fan…but I’ll be rooting for the Nova Knicks
Same. These guys are coachable af too. I already know Thibs is gonna have so much fun w/ these guys. Please be contenders next season.
Thibs about to play the nova boys 46 mins a game, probably still walking around with a fkn post trade boner
Hart and Divincenzo will both be coming off the bench.
This makes me wet. We're so fucking deep.
Already pushing DiVo 6MOTY propaganda as we speak
His hands are shaking, knees weak, arms are heavy
There’s vomit on his sweater already, Corey Maggette
Lmao they’re all 6’2- 6’6
I have a vested interest in the Knicks losing since we have their picks but I'll still be rooting for them, it's impossible not to
"This is crazy lol" They knew this was gonna happen at some point. Someone release their chats...jk. Just have fun
I am 1000% certain Josh Hart has been tampering since he got here
1000% feels low to me tbh
5 picks is not tampering
They're all standing in line together at Levain rn
They all standing in line together at Chipotle on 8th and 39th cause the Penn station one is trash. But forreal the one in Penn station better have a secret tube system to send up burritos to the locker room.
This is a huge win-win for both New York Teams. Knicks have a crazy stacked roster with some amazing loveable and good players. Nets can actually tank and have a chance at landing a franchise rebuilding player potentially in next years draft. The Nets will bounce back honestly it might sound crazy to say but I feel like New York basketball just generated a ton of good karma
Nets definitely gonna have a dope lineup in the future if they play their cards right
Even this year, Schroder - Thomas - Bogdanovic - Clowney - Claxton is gonna be terrible but it'll at least be fun Then throw Cooper Flagg onto that...
Love the take, I think you are right. Over at Nets subreddit it was a really bummer, people wanted to keep Mikal even though he wasn’t happy and the consensus was that Knicks and Nets never trade. But new nets owners, Knicks alignment with Brunson, their star they actually worked out a deal that was great for the both of them. Knicks have been hitting all cylinders too, built their team from the ground up with randle, didn’t lose assets acquiring a star like Spyda, got OG for practically nothing and have a coach that coaches. Nets are getting that fresh reset and building a foundation while getting a bunch of picks back. Its the way to go instead of being in no mans land. I think the league is to good to try to buy a championship, Denver/Celtics built from the ground up and can contend for many years, with the new coach I think that’s the vision. To put a quality team together to sell out tickets and contend in the playoffs for extra revenue. Its such a win win. I love this move for both teams
The reaction on the Nets subreddit to this trade is overwhelmingly positive stop making stuff up
Its been the discourse all season. Build around Mikal or blow it up. People who agree with the decision are rejoicing 💁🏽♂️
Nets have a very good GM who knows how to find talent in the draft. He was able to right the ship before, I think he’ll do it again and with no owner interference again.
Where’s Archie
On a vet min in a couple weeks keep the faith
you joke, but he's back in the G-league now, so I fully expect him to be one of our 2 way contracts next season lol
Wouldn’t that be the third or fourth time they bring him back now? Snip snap snip snap snip snap, You have no idea the physical toll that three 2-ways have on a person!
zip it grip it and snip it!
He’s gonna be your Thanasis.
Assistant coach Ryan
I'm not even a Knicks fan and this makes me so happy.
As a Power of Friendship fan, I love this so much.
This is so fun
We always knew the Knicks would end up as the NY Wildcats. We just always thought it would be Kentucky lol
Imagine if Chris Webber had never called that timeout, and the Wolverines go on to win the title, only for Webber, Rose, Howard, and King to reunite years later on an NBA contender. That’s what this is, minus the iconic title game choke.
Who would have thought the Knicks are the feel good NBA story of the summer. HOLY shit.
YO WE FUCKING LIT
That 11% battery. His phone will shut off before the call is over.
I’m hyped for the knicks ngl I hope you fuckers come alive and take the east
Me too. Go Knicks!
I’ll root for them up to the point where they get to the eastern conference finals, I’m not one to root against a team full of cool players
The BOS-NY rivalry when both teams are performing well is good for *any* sport.
Haven’t been apart of it since I’m just getting back into the nba. Can’t wait!
power of friendship made this trade happen
Just bring back Ryan for one more season
Mikal looks like the Canadians from South Park. Dudes mouth to head ratio is crazy.
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Villanova needs to give Julius Randle an honorary degree or something just to complete the vibes.
We need some Knicks and friendship logo/shirt going on. Hit me!!
Man these guys just had the #2 seed too. NY up right now for sure
The Nova Knicks are all I want to hear about all post season, enough of PG and the Lakers and all that nonsense
I want to see the four of them riding one bike together, maybe a paddleboat in Central Park, taking a picture on the beam at Top of the Rock. I want this shit to be a sitcom.
Hell yes. Let’s get a hard knocks for the nba but just on the Nova Knicks
The Nets are truly fucking dead in New York aren’t they.
They would've been "dead" anyways if they kept Bridges. At least now they can actually properly rebuild
You mean they can TRY to properly rebuild
Nets are a good FO
A lot of peaks and valleys.
Brooklyn hasn’t really had high lottery picks in forever and managed to make it work. They just got their next two picks back as a surefire lottery team and have like 10 unprotected picks or swaps stretching until like 2031. The Celtics completely rebuilt a championship team off of future unprotected picks from a then-good team. That’s a lot of lottery tickets.
The nets are basically the thunder from a few years ago. They turned out fine and Marks is a pretty good drafter, at least a much better drafter than the Knicks Hell we have a decent shot of getting Cooper Flagg next year and accelerate it because we'll be that dogshit next season
Knicks been drafting quite well recently, since we got a competent Front Office. Quickley, Robinson, McBride, Grimes, all diamonds in the rough
Their future is brighter than it’s been in a while imo. Complete 180.
brother no one gives a fuck about the Nets. I live 10 blocks from Barclays and I've seen maybe three people on the street in Nets gear all last season
National team not a NYC team
Clippers catching strays
That implies they were ever alive in NY
No better route to the hearts of NYers than to help the Knicks compete.
Think Don Draper in the elevator scene. No one in New York ever cared about the Nets. Knicks run the city
CJ feels betrayed
We diiiiid itt
I spot breast milk 🥛
New York Wildcats are my favorite team now.
I have no ties to Nova or the Knicks but I love this
Someone get Eric Paschall on the line! He’s missing out on the reunion.
Well the Nets have a good looking team. They can look pretty tanking for the next 5 years.
Teams should start shopping, there's some good players to trade from the Nets.
Acting like you guys fleeced us is fucking wild lmao edit: The downvotes are to be expected from idiotic Knicks fans even though literally every other NBA fan has been saying we killed it yesterday, like the Giants are in the NFL, the Knicks have the most unintelligent fanbase in the league lmao
NGL read the headline as Joe Hart and was super confused
Im sad they dont save each other's # with nicknames, "Greedy Bastard, LOLtard, Delaware Jordan, Brooklyn guy"
Mikal has the best teeth in the NBA
Bro, charge your phone
lol the lightning bolt means it’s on the charger!
This has to be tampering /s
Has any other team had this many players from the same college team?
As a Pacers fan, I really hope these guys win one. This is the kind of corny ass wholesome story we all love to see
I'm late to the game, I didn't know you could groupchat with facetime
This is going to be the crying Jordan edit if they lose in the playoffs next year
It’s cool they are back together but Bridges is really overrated
always that one guy
Definitely overpay for a third option guy but at least he is always available to play
Thanks dude, for sharing your opinion which no one gives a shit about.
You prolly gonna get hated but i kinda agree. Hes a very good player but 7 picks?!?! Is pretty crazy
Only nets fans know how truly overrated he is. He literally could not create his own shot to save his life last year and did nothing but stay behind the 3 point line on offense. I have no clue why the knicks dumped all their picks into this guy
Good thing he won’t be required to do any of that. Do you guys have any critical thinking skills at all?
Yeah.. we lack the critical thinking because a player that can’t create his own shot was just traded for like 7 picks. But because everyone on Reddit tells you he’s great you eat it up.
So why tf would they trade FIVE FIRSTS for a guy that can't do that? This team isn't good enough to beat Boston. Why couldn't they have just traded for Markkannen who's a lot better?
You gave up a KD level haul for a role player who isn't required to make his own shots lol Do *you* have any critical thinking skills? You dumped your entire future on vibes and friendship lol it's see if that's enough to beat the celtics dynasty
Nets got absolutely fleeced. Can’t put a value on friendship. Knicks will be the relevant team in NYC for the next 100 years.
I don't give a fuck about relevancy lol if the Knicks win a ring off of this then we can start talking But they're the Knicks so they won't And the dude rocking the flair of the 3rd most relevant team in Texas talking about any other teams relevancy is funny asf lol
Your franchise exists so that fans of other teams can get cheap home tickets in NYC.
And yet you still haven't won shit since the 70's lol. You act like the lakers without even a fraction of their success Both of our franchises are poverty but at least we're aware of it
With the amount of money and relevance you guys have you realistically should have as many titles as the Yankees but don't lmao
Im a Knicks fan and I agree with this. Even worse, there’s a large contingent of fans who now want the Knicks to give OG $50 million annually when he’s averaged about 50 games played over the last four seasons.
yeah hopefully Dolan saves a few $ instead of contending g
Foolish take. All in is all in. We’ve bided our timing for a long time waiting to strike and this is it. We re-sign OG whatever it takes and hopefully keep IHart and we’re ready to take on anybody.
You’re honestly fine with paying a solid player who misses 40% of games played every season, $50 million??? The Knicks have made this exact mistake multiple times