Tetsujin
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[NBA Cup] San Antonio Spurs vs New York Knicks, 2025 Cup Final
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ockingsfan
Starter
At least Fox and the smug Spurs didn't get the Cup! 
coolhandluke
Starter
Happy for Mike Brown. Always a classy guy!
NewArena
All-Star
Soooo many familiar comments in this Spurs game thread I'm reading lol over at the new "Spurstalk" (fans have migrated elsewhere)
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Game Thread - Spurs (18-7) vs Knicks (18-7) (Tue 12/16/25) [7:30PM CDT]
This is true. We are not ready to be undefeated. Team beats a 24-1 team in a game that actually matters: "Hell yeah, this is awesome." Team loses the very next game that doesn't even count in the standings: "This team sucks, they're not winning crap.' Not what I’m saying whatsoever
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NewArena
All-Star
Spurs were never going to do that. It would have been crazy back then and even more so now, looking at the difference between Fox and Castle at this point. For, Fox isn't tons better though I'm pretty sure he's more efficient.
I think Vivek had been looking for any opportunity to install Christie. Once the factions started was all the "reasoning" he needed
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
Well gee golly wiz, wittle chucky thinks NBA
bad
This guy keeps a loaded catheter just in case he sees any one eating cereal.
bad
This guy keeps a loaded catheter just in case he sees any one eating cereal.
Joshyjosh31
Starter
Well gee golly wiz, wittle chucky thinks NBA
bad
This guy keeps a loaded catheter just in case he sees any one eating cereal.
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Did you read his reasoning which he’s 100% correct on there’s a reason nba players are entitled like no other athletes
His reasoning is not correct: he's just an old man yelling at clouds.
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
No, I don’t care what Chuck said. Chuck is more entitled than any of the players. Gets paid 100 mil to sit in a desk 3 days a week, doesn’t know the player’s names, doesn’t watch the games and spends half the broadcast hating on the league that gave him his fortune. His “back in my day” bit is old just like him. It’s not a coincidence that the NBA ratings have been up since the switch to more professional and positive coverage on Prime and NBC.
More like once every other month: have you peeped their schedule? Next week will be the first time they've been on in six weeks, and then they get another month off.
Padrino
All-Star
Lukewarm take: a diversity of opinions is healthy and beneficial to the league. It's good to have the Old Men Yelling at Clouds set; they remind us of where we came from, and help us determine what we may want to keep and what we may want to jettison. And it's good to have younger progressive voices pushing the game forward; they grant us insight into what is possible as the league evolves. The tension between the two has kept the NBA on its toes as it tries new things and wades into the future.
I'm of the opinion that, despite the record scratch that NBA officiating often represents, the league is in a really strong place. The three point barrage continues, but there is less homogenization across the Association. Some teams are managing to win without relying on outside shooting (and in some cases, without true starting caliber point guards). Parity has been a boon for small market success. The level of competition is obscene. There are more greats on the court at one time than there have ever been, and a great many of them hail from international markets. Try putting together the three All-NBA teams on paper and see how many names you're forced to leave off.
Personally, I find the fracturing of the media landscape to be a general annoyance (and that's my own inner Old Man Yelling at Clouds), but I think it's great that Amazon, NBC, and ESPN all have different approaches to covering the league at the heights the modern game has managed to scale. Gimme Chuck in all of his cranky, ostentatious blabbering, and also give me Steve Nash soberly and smartly breaking down the game for the average viewer.
I'm of the opinion that, despite the record scratch that NBA officiating often represents, the league is in a really strong place. The three point barrage continues, but there is less homogenization across the Association. Some teams are managing to win without relying on outside shooting (and in some cases, without true starting caliber point guards). Parity has been a boon for small market success. The level of competition is obscene. There are more greats on the court at one time than there have ever been, and a great many of them hail from international markets. Try putting together the three All-NBA teams on paper and see how many names you're forced to leave off.
Personally, I find the fracturing of the media landscape to be a general annoyance (and that's my own inner Old Man Yelling at Clouds), but I think it's great that Amazon, NBC, and ESPN all have different approaches to covering the league at the heights the modern game has managed to scale. Gimme Chuck in all of his cranky, ostentatious blabbering, and also give me Steve Nash soberly and smartly breaking down the game for the average viewer.
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
I welcome diversity of opinions but THEE most prominent NBA media members with THEE biggest platform have been telling us the league sucks for nearly 10 years. That would be like me telling my customers my food sucks now and it was better back when I started and then my employees disagreeing and saying it’s still pretty good. I don’t see the same dynamic in any of the other major sports. That said, I probably shouldn’t be bothered by it given I haven’t watched one minute of Chuck and crew this season.
Padrino
All-Star
The Inside the NBA crew developed their schtick over time, but they've always been big on personality, shallow on analysis. People expect Chuck, Kenny, and Shaq to rib each other, goof off relentlessly, say "the game was better in my day", then eventually get reeled back in by Ernie. And there's an audience for that, though I'm not in it; I typically mute those guys when halftime rolls around.
That said, I absolutely love Amazon's NBA crew. Their coverage and analysis is absolutely top-notch, as far as television programming goes. Maybe it's not as entertaining or as "fun" as Inside the NBA, but it turns out there's an audience for what Amazon's doing, too, and I happen to be in it. Again, I think it's great that the NBA has this diversity of viewpoints, and while I've been bored by Inside the NBA for years now, I'm thrilled that some competitors have come along to serve different parts of the NBA's core audience.
KainLear
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I was thinking the same last night watching it. Watching him missing all of his 3s last night created some PTSD of his whole tenure with the Kings. If he was making those wide-open 3s, the Spurs would've had a chance late-game.Soooo many familiar comments in this Spurs game thread I'm reading lol over at the new "Spurstalk" (fans have migrated elsewhere)
Game Thread - Spurs (18-7) vs Knicks (18-7) (Tue 12/16/25) [7:30PM CDT]
This is true. We are not ready to be undefeated. Team beats a 24-1 team in a game that actually matters: "Hell yeah, this is awesome." Team loses the very next game that doesn't even count in the standings: "This team sucks, they're not winning crap.' Not what I’m saying whatsoever
For such a consummate professional, it's kind of strange that it might just be a psychological thing...
I'm in it.
I love their shenanigans; I don't have a whole lot of use for hardcore analysis... My favorite sports podcast has the motto "**** athletics," and my second-favorite sports podcast is targeted towards casual fans (like, it's literally in the name). As a brand, as a staff, record label and crew, I love Inside the NBA. I'm just sick of Charles' "these kids are entitled" BS, like he would be any different if he had been born thirty years later.
Padrino
All-Star
I'm in it.
I love their shenanigans; I don't have a whole lot of use for hardcore analysis... My favorite sports podcast has the motto "**** athletics," and my second-favorite sports podcast is targeted towards casual fans (like, it's literally in the name). As a brand, as a staff, record label and crew, I love Inside the NBA. I'm just sick of Charles' "these kids are entitled" BS, like he would be any different if he had been born thirty years later.
To be clear, I'm not even saying Inside the NBA is bad, or that those in their audience are somehow less than. I was a big fan of Inside for a lot of years. But after a certain point, the dynamic never meaningfully evolved and I got bored of their particular schtick. I'm not even after hardcore analysis, necessarily, but I like listening to smart basketball minds talk about the game. It's a good way to keep me from hitting mute. I don't really need to hear Shaq mumble nonsense for the umpteenth time, or listen to Kenny pretend like he's the analytical member of the bunch.
I can appreciate that those shows are available for the people who want that, as long as there's still shows for the people who don't (read: me). I typically prefer to talk about the stuff I like, and I try to avoid giving takes on the stuff I don't like (I tend to fail at the latter entirely too much to suit me, but I'm still working on it).
Padrino
All-Star
Well it would seem we're at least somewhat in agreement then! My original post on the matter was extolling the virtues of a diversity of presentation and viewpoints within NBA coverage. I have my preferences, but I love that ESPN, NBC, and Amazon are all kind of carving out their own distinctive lanes. It makes for a more interesting league when the coverage is dynamic and varied.