2026 NBA Season

[arwin100]

There's no way a team with enough rest will get rusty.
If they're gonna lose the finals, most likely it's not because they got rusty from the rest, but it could be that the Spurs outplay and out-talented them.

They will only be rusty if they are not training hard while waiting for the result. I don’t think the Knicks will really be rusty because before they faced the Cavaliers, they also swept the Sixers while the Cavaliers came from a Game 7.

But even with that rest difference, it still ended up as another sweep by the Knicks.

I think the hype is just on the Spurs right now, but I still believe the Knicks are the better team, although the betting odds say otherwise.

But for sure that's not the case happening, since they are bound for finals. So aside for waiting on their opponents for sure that they do daily practice and try to find good strategy to defeat their opponent.

Relaxing to much is bad for either each team. Because it can lead to losses especially if their opponents is not only well prepared, but also motivated to win. Game 1 is exciting and we could see that this is really a fair match, since both teams have strong rosters.

[tech30338]

There's no way a team with enough rest will get rusty.
If they're gonna lose the finals, most likely it's not because they got rusty from the rest, but it could be that the Spurs outplay and out-talented them.

They will only be rusty if they are not training hard while waiting for the result. I don’t think the Knicks will really be rusty because before they faced the Cavaliers, they also swept the Sixers while the Cavaliers came from a Game 7.

But even with that rest difference, it still ended up as another sweep by the Knicks.

I think the hype is just on the Spurs right now, but I still believe the Knicks are the better team, although the betting odds say otherwise.

If they can stop wemby and can make the young spurs team back down then the knicks can win, but i don't think it will be the same like the two series that the knicks did, they can't sweep the spurs, maybe they can win in six games, but it will be very hard, the spurs, beat the top team in seven games, that's not an easy task to do.
This teams can't be rustly sometimes players can meet their match and unable to produce no matter what they do, or having an off night can make a team loss, lets just see what will happen in game one of the series its going to be exciting.

[Ziskinberg]

Game 1-2 are going to be at home for Spurs. It is a perfect opportunity to make a good start.

I would be happy to take the series line for the Knicks if they go down 0-2 early, because that would probably give around x4 or x5 value in the series, and knowing how good the Knicks are at home, I believe they can still even the series.

I know it is unlikely, but I am still hoping for that kind of spot. It is also hard to ignore what the Knicks have done in their last 2 series, they swept both the Sixers and the Cavaliers, so the Spurs are also facing a team that is very confident right now.

[ultrloa]

Game 1-2 are going to be at home for Spurs. It is a perfect opportunity to make a good start.

I would be happy to take the series line for the Knicks if they go down 0-2 early, because that would probably give around x4 or x5 value in the series, and knowing how good the Knicks are at home, I believe they can still even the series.

I know it is unlikely, but I am still hoping for that kind of spot. It is also hard to ignore what the Knicks have done in their last 2 series, they swept both the Sixers and the Cavaliers, so the Spurs are also facing a team that is very confident right now.

People must remember that Knicks didn't lose any single game on Playoffs, so they provably in high spirit now. Also they defeat Spurs twice, so they provably know how to counter the plays made by Spurs.

But Spurs is different team now compare on regular season. Their Trio Wemby,Castle and Harper matured so fast, also their second unit is doing great that's why this finals series will became more exciting. Also Harper encourage Wemby to have a revenge on Knicks after they lose on last NBA cup. So this is great story line to look forward in this series and let's see if Wemby can do those revenge or Knicks will take the championship from them.

[Japinat]

But Spurs is different team now compare on regular season. Their Trio Wemby,Castle and Harper matured so fast, also their second unit is doing great that's why this finals series will became more exciting. Also Harper encourage Wemby to have a revenge on Knicks after they lose on last NBA cup. So this is great story line to look forward in this series and let's see if Wemby can do those revenge or Knicks will take the championship from them.

They have proven that by beating the defending champion, they really are the better team now, and that is also how the bookies see it since they gave the favorite odds to the Spurs. I think the Spurs can really win, but the Knicks have been undervalued many times and they keep proving people wrong, especially Brunson, who was not seen as a superstar by the Mavs, but when he went to the Knicks, he slowly became the best player of the team and turned them into a championship team.

For me, I don’t know, I think this is 50-50, although the odds do not say it.

[Questat]

If they can stop wemby and can make the young spurs team back down then the knicks can win, but i don't think it will be the same like the two series that the knicks did, they can't sweep the spurs, maybe they can win in six games, but it will be very hard, the spurs, beat the top team in seven games, that's not an easy task to do.
This teams can't be rustly sometimes players can meet their match and unable to produce no matter what they do, or having an off night can make a team loss, lets just see what will happen in game one of the series its going to be exciting.

It is hard to stop Wemby now because if they double him, he can just pass the ball and we know his teammates are great 3-point shooters, we already saw that in the WCF.

I think the best strategy for the Knicks is to give Wemby some space and let him attempt jump shots, but they should not let him drive near the rim because that is almost automatic points. It is better that way because Wemby might get tired faster, and his teammates may not get the same rhythm if they are not getting enough touches.

This is just my speculation too, hard to tell for now but we will see what happens in Game 1.

Who here has the confidence to bet on the Knicks to win Game 1?

[tech30338]

If they can stop wemby and can make the young spurs team back down then the knicks can win, but i don't think it will be the same like the two series that the knicks did, they can't sweep the spurs, maybe they can win in six games, but it will be very hard, the spurs, beat the top team in seven games, that's not an easy task to do.
This teams can't be rustly sometimes players can meet their match and unable to produce no matter what they do, or having an off night can make a team loss, lets just see what will happen in game one of the series its going to be exciting.

It is hard to stop Wemby now because if they double him, he can just pass the ball and we know his teammates are great 3-point shooters, we already saw that in the WCF.

I think the best strategy for the Knicks is to give Wemby some space and let him attempt jump shots, but they should not let him drive near the rim because that is almost automatic points. It is better that way because Wemby might get tired faster, and his teammates may not get the same rhythm if they are not getting enough touches.

This is just my speculation too, hard to tell for now but we will see what happens in Game 1.

Who here has the confidence to bet on the Knicks to win Game 1?

I think everyone will be adjusting in the first game they will try to measure everyone how can they defend, meaning they will all try to test if the strategy works then start from there, this will be a chess game from the start, although it will be on the spurs advantage because they are at home and the knicks will try to quite the fans, if brunson can score a lot of points and the defense can hold Wemby then there is a chance for them, but what about the x-factor of this team, they have a lot of gunners.

[Stavri]

Wemby is expanding the point forward concept brought by Lebron into a new point center concept.
back in the NBA Live series, when creating a player if you made them as tall as possible and maxed out all their stats, the character you took to the court would be bizarre and hilariously fun to play with. just like Wemby

[wiss19]

I was really afraid when I saw the block, because referees literally called everything for OKC in the first 3 games of the series, so I was fearing that they would have called a foul on this as well.

To be fair it was not a foul, I can see it was not a foul, but at the same time, I have seen many situations where it was not a foul and yet the referees still called it a foul, the game became a flopfest for a lot of these games, so of course even though Kornetss block was clean, I was still scared. Very happy that it was not called.

[OgNasty]

Wemby is expanding the point forward concept brought by Lebron into a new point center concept.
back in the NBA Live series, when creating a player if you made them as tall as possible and maxed out all their stats, the character you took to the court would be bizarre and hilariously fun to play with. just like Wemby

Wemby is definitely the closest thing to a created 2K character that we’ve seen in the NBA. I think he has the potential to be a more dominant player than Shaquille O’Neal if he can stay healthy and continues getting stronger. That isn’t something I say lightly either, but Wemby has had some big moments.

[Fredomago]

But Spurs is different team now compare on regular season. Their Trio Wemby,Castle and Harper matured so fast, also their second unit is doing great that's why this finals series will became more exciting. Also Harper encourage Wemby to have a revenge on Knicks after they lose on last NBA cup. So this is great story line to look forward in this series and let's see if Wemby can do those revenge or Knicks will take the championship from them.

They have proven that by beating the defending champion, they really are the better team now, and that is also how the bookies see it since they gave the favorite odds to the Spurs. I think the Spurs can really win, but the Knicks have been undervalued many times and they keep proving people wrong, especially Brunson, who was not seen as a superstar by the Mavs, but when he went to the Knicks, he slowly became the best player of the team and turned them into a championship team.

For me, I don’t know, I think this is 50-50, although the odds do not say it.

Both teams deserve to be in the finals though only one will win the title but same with what you've said, Spurs improves a lot and we've seen that after that series against the defending Champs, they gave everything as a team and we seen the outcome, on the other side, NYK also improves a lot I I think for sure they will bring everything and try not to waste the opportunity that they've long time waited, let see who's going to take the first blood.

[Distraction]

Wemby is definitely the closest thing to a created 2K character that we’ve seen in the NBA. I think he has the potential to be a more dominant player than Shaquille O’Neal if he can stay healthy and continues getting stronger. That isn’t something I say lightly either, but Wemby has had some big moments.

It is really difficult find a this tall all-around player in NBA. So yeah, Wemby can really have a bigger career than Shaq if he doesn't have unfortunate injuries too often.

Right now he is so close to becoming the Finals MVP. He is already the most favoured player for it by far. Brunson follows him behind.

I think Spurs will start the series with a win and won't lose the series to Knicks also. 

[el kaka22]

Alright, we are getting close to finals now. Anyone thinks that Spurs will just simply dominate and destroy the Knicks? To me the real finals were the games between Spurs and OKC, and for some reason I think it is clear to me that Spurs will just destroy the Knicks, I do not think that there is any chance Knicks could win.

But it is a sport, so just like any sport, you never know what is going to happen and we may end up seeing Knicks suddenly play great. Brunson is not nothing, KAT neither, so it is not impossible for them to have something like this, they could potentially get it. I think it is clear that we are going to see Spurs win, but Knicks will have to shock us and have harder work to do that since they are going to face a better team.

[Crytohillss]

But Spurs is different team now compare on regular season. Their Trio Wemby,Castle and Harper matured so fast, also their second unit is doing great that's why this finals series will became more exciting. Also Harper encourage Wemby to have a revenge on Knicks after they lose on last NBA cup. So this is great story line to look forward in this series and let's see if Wemby can do those revenge or Knicks will take the championship from them.

Absolutely, both club have earned their spot in the final and it's hard to mention who has the edge right now the Spurs showed a lot of behaviour coming back and taking down the defending Champions towards this moment for so many years both have something to prove. Game 1 should set the tone for the series can't wait to see who plays first.

[CLS63]

Spurs have their best chance ahead after eliminating the top favourite for the championship. Wemby's playing for many more games this season is helping the team a lot about it also.

But even in his absence this team have learned how to play though. However they definitely need Wemby in this series. Because Knicks are having their best season too. After more than 50 years they have a huge chance to put an end to their title thirst.

[OgNasty]

Spurs have their best chance ahead after eliminating the top favourite for the championship. Wemby's playing for many more games this season is helping the team a lot about it also.

But even in his absence this team have learned how to play though. However they definitely need Wemby in this series. Because Knicks are having their best season too. After more than 50 years they have a huge chance to put an end to their title thirst.

The West as a whole was just a much stronger division. I think several teams on that side could’ve beaten the Knicks. You never know what will happen though. If the Knicks have some sort of answer for Wemby, they could make it happen. I’m curious to see how game 1 goes and what their strategy is.

[passwordnow]

Spurs have their best chance ahead after eliminating the top favourite for the championship. Wemby's playing for many more games this season is helping the team a lot about it also.

But even in his absence this team have learned how to play though. However they definitely need Wemby in this series. Because Knicks are having their best season too.

They've got young and energetic players and that's why even Wemby's in the bench, Kornet is there to replace his role temporarily and he's not disappointing the team with that. I guess that he's also the lucky charm of the team, he's been in the finals for quite times as well with the Boston Celtics twice. But no doubt, it's showtime for Wemby.

After more than 50 years they have a huge chance to put an end to their title thirst.

That's a lot of decades in there while for Spurs it was 2014.

[livingfree]

Just some breaking deal of shoe signing contract for Curry. He's no longer with Under Armour. He's signed with a 10-year contract on a Chinese shoe company named, Li-ning.

Stephen Curry signs with Chinese sportswear company Li-Ning

Jimmy Butler is also an endorser of the shoe brand.

That is a huge and massive achievement for him, I’m quite impressed with his achievements, but what I really don’t understand is that is he just signed to the Company or he is a shareholder in the Company, because most of this athletes you will never understand them sometimes.

But there is a huge difference between a sportsmanship and a business man, this players knows they will be retiring sooner or later so they will not know what will be happening with them or what they can do in some situations that they have to invest in business.

He's got probably a special deal but I don't think he's a share holder. So, he's got a guaranteed amount of money for 10 years but it won't stop him from maximizing his potential profit in it.

Curry is near to his retirement and that's why all of his ventures are going to be his next priority on this one.

There's a special condition on this deal with Li-Ning and I think his next mission is to promote his own signature shoe through Li-Ning which made him take the deal because of flexibility.

[Joca97]

Spurs have their best chance ahead after eliminating the top favourite for the championship. Wemby's playing for many more games this season is helping the team a lot about it also.

But even in his absence this team have learned how to play though. However they definitely need Wemby in this series. Because Knicks are having their best season too. After more than 50 years they have a huge chance to put an end to their title thirst.

With Wemby i cannot see anyone beating him at the center position and i think that this is a huge plus for the spurs and i predict it will be 4-2 for spurs for sure. Even tho Knicks are really good i dont see them beating even with spurs only depending on wemby. Knicks have a good chance to win the title but they will need to do some crazy things to overcome spurs and they will need to take every advantage when wemby is off the court or hit a lot of threes.

I think still that this is the Knicks best achievement in a long time and they are just one step away from winning it all and i agree this is their far best season

[OgNasty]

It is being reported that Giannis said he will only resign with the Miami Heat.  That basically tanks his value for anyone else, as he would be considered a 1-year rental.  It remains to be seen if someone is willing to take that risk, but I'm not sure what Miami really has to offer without including Bam.  If I'm the Bucks, I might consider actually letting Giannis finish out his contract if they can't get a decent deal.  This is why they should have traded him last year when his contract still had some value...