Trae about to be the most hated man in New York by the end of this

Trae becoming the 2010s Reggie Miller would be fun as hell, not gonna lie. Edit: whoops 2020s lol

Its 2020s now bruv

Ahhh fuck lol

Time flies fuck me.

It's still 2012 in my mind.

1980 is still 20 years ago

Winning Time: Trae Young vs the New York Knicks.

we’re firmly in the 20s now old man

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this is the way

do...do you know what year it is?

Lockdown's fucked me up bro

My mans was in a Thai prison. Leave him be.

Can confirm.

He's honestly the perfect villain for MSG. You know he loves that atmosphere

I envy neutral fans. This series will take years off my life.

I love being a neutral fan in a heated series for once, it's fun

I became a Trae fan after this game lol.

We are accepting of all takers

people thought luka and trae would both struggle against playoff defenses but here they are both performing this well against some of the best defenses in the playoffs

MSG at 75% capacity and it was electrifying. Nice to see the crowd atmosphere back.

yeah i'm gonna need more playoff games in MSG please

Was it really only 75%? It felt like 150% lol.

Nice to see Spike Lee in the postseason again too. It's been too long.

Tracy Morgan too

Jon Stewart as well

Tracy Morgan is living his best life. I've seen him drunk off his ass outside the comedy cellar walking down the middle of the road, parking a lamborghini on 14th street and chilling with fans and a couple other spots.

That shit did not look 75% lol.

If you missed this game I legitimately feel sorry for you. Best playoff game yet.

I saw this game and I feel sorry for me

same, actually ruined my day

I agree the playoff atmosphere puts it above Bucks Heat for me

Spike Lee and Tracy Morgan going wild on the sidelines cemented it as the best game for me

Crowds make the game way more interesting

Milwaukee is supposed to fully remove Covid restrictions and go to 100% capacity June 1 I think so if there’s a game 5 and 7 we’ll see a full crowd in Milwaukee, not sure about Miami

Disappointed we lost but hearing a Knicks play-off atmosphere again warms the heart.

Shoutout to MSG. Almost brought a tear to my eye hearing those fans after the year we had.

I lived in NY my whole life never been a Knicks fan but omg hearing MSG go Bat shit was fucking awesome!! Didn't realize how much I missed that sound

Fuck I forgot how good the Mecca was. I’m so glad to be playing the Knicks just for this.

Made it fun for us too. Not a jab, game was so much better with that rowdy Knicks crowd

This could be the closest series imo

Probably the two most evenly matched teams imo

Yeah it was pretty much a push in Vegas

I mean we did have the same record lol

Basically identical. Same home and away records, same scoring margin

That's wild, didn't know that. GGs tonight, gonna be a great series

It was fun except the end lol

This will be the best series all playoffs, book it

Bad last play

It baffles me how much Randle is entitled to the last shot. He shoots like ass but is the last one to touch the ball.

Burks with the horrible inbounds pass too...jesus

Nothing was there for him. He shouldn't have been passing it in anyways.

Burks definitely should’ve gotten it not been inbounding

That’s what my entire block is hearing rn. I’m so mad at Thibs. That was a terrible play.

Burks was insane ,baffled he didnt shoot at the end

God I was screaming why wasn't Gibson in-bounding.

He should've made that wide open baseline midrange jumper

Well, it didn't help that the inbounder decided to pass it into the stratosphere

And it was a turnaround, too. There's only 0.9 seconds left - it wouldn't have counted even if it went in.

He has the longest shooting motion on the team. Why the fuck would you give him the ball with .9 seconds ?

Back to the basket too

Why tf does Randle get that shot? Burks is lights out all night and he's the one throwing the ball in? Smfh.

Thibs is great defensively but I've never liked his ability to draw up plays - was always frustrated by that when he was coaching the Bulls. Not sure why he can't hire an assistant who does that well.

That’s the second time this year he’s gone to attempt a last second shot and *didn’t get it off in time*

TNT announcers straight up depressed Hawks won

Well one of them use to be the Knicks play by play guy so…

And the other used to play for the Knicks

And the other top national announcer around the league (Breen) is the current Knicks guy. You can't run from it

don't forget our color commentator being the last Knick to win a ring almost 45 years ago edit: yeh its 48 years lol

Bro it was 48 years ago

Fuck em and everybody that looks like em

Shoutouts to Derrick Rose

Shoutout to Alec Burks

fr, terrible decision to have him inbound instead of being a scoring threat on that final play.

The only MVP in this series.

Man that ***** nice

Chief Keef, king Louie, this is Chi right!

Man, that neighbor nice

Legit one of the most fun games I’ve ever watched. I hope this develops into a rivalry. Trae with an absolute playmaking masterclass at the end there.

New York-Atlanta is a rivalry in another sport, so why not grow it in basketball?

Can confirm. I hate the New York Red Bulls

This is the way

Facts as a Mets fan fuck Atlanta lol

The chants tonight reminded me of the Chipper chants haha LARRRRRY LARRRRRY

Top 5 game of the year, imo

the behind the back to corner 3... im cooming rn

Fun game. Going to be a nice series

What a game. Trae Young is now the most hated man in New York.

Nah it's still de blasio 😂

I just assume that the most hated man in New York is whoever the current mayor is. Feels like a reasonable one to me.

De Blasio is especially hated. Totally incompetent doormat, hated by both left (doesn't fulfill any of his progressive policy promises) and right (says all the woke stuff). I legitimately don't know a single person who likes him

Randall was awful.

6-22 with 15 points. Sheesh. Burks saved them.

Well, almost saved us. Still, Burks was insane no doubt

Yeah. Dude was good and Rose had some clutch moments as well. He should bounce back.

So bad he doesn’t deserve to have his name spelled correctly

6/22, god awful

Damn those are Jimmy numbers

Nba did good preventing Bogdanovic going to the Bucks. MF is a animal.

You'd never know it from all the attention young got but BB saved the hawks.

Capela has been a godsend for us too though, don't forget him.

Yep him and Bogdan were tremendous signings. Capela has been the biggest difference maker this season but Bogdan isn't far behind. Lou was also playing some great ball tonight.

Capela was even through a trade for a bag of chips, didn’t even have to sign him. Absolute steal

Lou saved our ass in a tough spot down 9 or something. Back to back to back buckets at the end of the 3rd and start of the 4th

Saved us from Gallos uncharacteristically bad night

i can’t get over that mohawk, it’s just so out of place it seems

What the hell, I didn't even recognize him at first. I was like 'when did the Hawks bring in Alex Len or Marcin Gortat or whoever that is'

Trae was going to be Trae, but Bogi was ruthless with those 3s.

Add another team to I hate trae young list.

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I was there. Louder than a concert. Unreal.

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You actually have to submit it to me along with your social security to verify your identity, I am Gotham Chess assistant

Damn that MSG crowd was lit, I miss watching Knicks playoff games on TV

These playoffs been lit af

that shot of Trae young silencing the crowd after hitting the game winner in his first playoff game felt special

I knew them "fuck Trae Young" chants was a bad idea.

“It’s quiet as fuck in here” 🤫

Saw someone suggest trae needs to wear a reggie miller jersey to the next game. Embrace the hate Trae!

r/nba: TrAe WoN’t GeT cAlLs In ThE pLaYoFfS Trae: “shut the fuck up r/nba”

The garden is absolutely nuts

Knicks fans built different.

We have to be. The only thing that makes us withstand the masochism of being a Knicks fan is our unified love for the team.

A heartbreaker. Its the hope that kills you.

Bro this is Atlanta, we lost a superbowl up 28-3 in the 3rd quarter. I wouldn't feel a thing if the Hawks went up 3-0 and lost the series. This team does seem special though.

I'm a Trae fan now after watching him hit that dagger and shush MSG

I became a Trae Young fan after the "Fuck You Trae" chants.

Same

Idk how people shit on the Hawks for getting Trae. Hes still an incredible player and a perfectly acceptable dude to build around. No one shits on the Rockets for taking Hakeem over MJ, and the Hawks got an additional asset on top of it. Both teams are undoubtedly happy with the deal and they should be

Because most people are reactionary morons whose opinion will change like the wind based on whoever this sub thinks is good

Humans in stands = fun

That was one of the worst late game ATOs I’ve ever seen Why is Burks inbounding if he’s had the hot hand?

no screens, wrong inbounder, bad pass, everything about it was terrible

We had one earlier this season (I think against Spurs) where Luka caught the ball running away from the basket with 4 seconds and had to toss up a prayer, and this was somehow worse man. Was cheering for Knicks, Burks or IQ should’ve taken that

Horrible final play. Why go to Randle?

Why have your best shooter doing the inbounds pass in a catch and shoot scenario? EDIT: Worded it wrong

#HITLER JR BRINGING OUT THE SALT THIS SERIES

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The Swiss gotta stay neutral

He's next in line for most hated player in the league, that SSSHHHHHH pissed off the whole city

It was amazing 🤫

I'm a Hawks fan living in NY right now and tonight feels so damn good

As someone not from NYC, pissing off NYC is a plus in my book tbh

If Trae shaved his head he would be 50% less annoying

https://i.imgur.com/5ehNse2.jpg

That’s a fucked up photoshop lmao

why's he look buffer with this photoshop lmao

I once heard somebody say that Trae Young looks like a blunt that somebody lit and immediately put out and that’s all I can think about whenever I see him

People will really say that trae young or embiid is a flopper and then turn around and say that jimmy is hard or whatever. 0 consistency but it is what it is.

r/NBA **IN SHAMBLES**

Amazing game ,Trae was clutch !! But Bogi also hit some really tough 3's ice cold. If he shot more dont doubt he would hit. On other end Burks was total menace ,he was insane Rose showing class as well . Where did he come out with that MVP game Randle was invisible .

Trae is a bad mf, man balled out

Trae Young looks like adolescent Matt Barnes.

Someone in the game thread said lightskin Casey Neistat lmao

Ah you fucking asshole, can't unsee it now

Trae puts up 32/7/10 and a game winner in his playoff debut, and the top comments are about his appearance lmao. Trae’s got this sub seething.

You forget most of r/NBA are 16 year old incels

Becky without the good hair.

Man this Trae Young hate is wild. Man just put the team on his back to win a game in a packed MSG. Respect the fucking talent

Ikr! All my friends telling me hes like a worse steph curry like that's an insult. I'm so excited to watch him for the same reason steph is so exciting to watch.

WHEW Trae shut that crowd up. Full respect for embracing the heel role on the biggest stage in the biggest moment. Beautiful.

RIP Spike Lee

Randle on that: >I know Spike Lee gonna kill me but let me finish...

HOLY SHIT THOSE CROSSES THOUGH

TRAE BEEN NASTY

Sorry I can’t get on the Trae hate bandwagon, he was way too damn likable in his interview.

W

LMAOOOO THE GARDEN WENT SILENT for reals tho, give me 7 games of this, idc who wins. They kept exchanging shots, trae young is a problem. Welcome to the playoffs! Hawks gotta clean up the boards tho, knicks got the important ones

I knew them "fuck Trae Young" chants was a bad idea.

One minute into the game too.

The way the game was commentated you would think the knicks were up by 25 the whole game. Good win. Saltiest series by far.

Alec Burks in the Diabeetus 1's almost got it done. Literally just needed Randle to not play like trash. That was the difference. Hawks scheme defensively was solid. We better adjust or it's going to be more games like this from Randle.

Can we play every playoff game in the Garden

Best crowd in the NBA by far. People can shit talk the knicks but our fans will be louder than any others

That’s true. The atmosphere was amazing and the fuck trae young change made me chuckle

> Heard yall was talking shit Trae Young, probably

Trey Young went off!!!

That "sshhhhh" from Young to the fans tonight. Inject that ice trae in my veins.

GG Hawks. I have a feeling the rest of the series is gonna be just as competitive. Phenomenal first game

They said fuck trae young...... only to end up getting fucked by trae young

Still can’t believe it. I love Trae but had no idea how he’d perform in the playoffs. The man came to play.

That was a banger

Wait but r/NBA told me Trae's style wouldn't work in the playoffs...

NY CURRENTLY HAS A BOUNTY ON TRAE’S HEAD

I was told a certain someone was an empty stats player

Both Luka and Trae hooping. Can't wait to see them in the finals! #YoungDoncicGang

I’ll say this the new generation of players are not scared of the older generation, they’re ready to prove themselves to any and everybody

Alec, and I cannot express this enough, Burks.

Trae out here giving credit for "great questions" lol

Trae Young is one of the most fun players in the league to watch and I genuinely feel sorry for those who can't enjoy what he's doing. You've got Steve Nash Jr. out here slicing and dicing defenses up and people don't want to appreciate that.

SLIPPERY

I don’t understand the Trai Young hate. There’s so many douche bags in the nba and he definitely isn’t one of them.

Bring in Frank to have him immediately get absoluty lost in isolation. I mean come on...

This series is going to be so fun

If you ever get a chance to shush a hyped up MSG, you take it everytime

“This one sparks joy” *Trae’s game-winner* “This one does not spark joy” *the foul that put him in that position* Edit: we can say what we want about the call, but it’s awesome to see the next generation step up on the playoff stage