Anybody else tired of seeing pics of celebs courtside at Knicks playoff games ?

D1JA

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That’s got nothing to do with it. The NBA in the 80’s and 90’s was the penultimate product to watch. The garbage out there today makes it easy to not watch. You have a nice day.
You're just making things up, the 80's 90's NBA was never "the penultimate product to watch".
 

UKCatAttack

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Those complaining about the NBA product are mistaken. The NBA product is far superior to college basketball. College basketball is the equivalent of minor league baseball at this point. The NBA is a man’s game. During the regular season sometimes the defense lacks a little but the playoffs are what basketball should be. The best players in world competing for a trophy! 🏆
 
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huntermj11

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Question is how many of them are actually paying for those choice seats. Probably not very many.
Tickets are given to celebrities for free but there are certain expectations. Read below:

The theory is that celebrities are part of the entertainment. Fans get a kick out of seeing them. Their presence makes Madison Square Garden feel more exclusive, and it adds some excitement to the background. That's why the tickets are free, but the expectation is apparently that you're paying attention and into the game, that you'll appear on camera and that, in some cases, you're willing to film quick little shoutouts or segments to play on the jumbotron.

Spike Lee doesn't buy into this so he purchases his own tickets. These tickets, during the playoffs, are running several hundreds of thousands of dollars for front row seats.

Must be nice to be so rich!
 

rivercatinfl

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I want all Cats to do well, but between the the celebrity’s, hot dogs and crybabies I don’t watch the NBA anymore and haven’t for 30 years. Despite growing up watching and loving it. There is to much greed and no discipline and the bad thing about it is the college game is getting to be just like it.
I feel the same way. I used to love the NBA back in the 70’s and 80’s. In my opinion, those guys played as teams and focused way more on winning than some of the players today. Just my feelin after watching them then and now.
 
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katwest

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Who tf is Weingaten. Are you having delusions again?
Biting Richard Kiel GIF by James Bond 007
I take it that your Bond villain part played out?
 

Beatle Bum

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In year’s past, I attended quite a few NFL road game sitting in the visitors’ section and at almost every game there was a home fan who was often drunk who watched a big chunk of the game with his back to the field looking up at our section and just yelling idiotic comments at the visiting fans. That dude was in Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Nashville, etc. Crazy how some fans perceive their fandom.

A&M fans were the most inviting friendly of those I have seen on the road. They said Clemson fans were that way to them. Of course they expected us to take the L and I don’t know how they would have been had we pulled off the upset. When I had season tickets I hated seeing our fans yell crap at visiting fans. I remember once this old couple from MSU walking back to their car. They told me they went to almost every road game. Damn! Love that kind of fan. And, we had drunk idiots taunting them. They were in their early 80s. I walked them to their car and apologized for the truly brain dead perspective they had to endure.
 

Beatle Bum

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I saw Cal with that dumb open mouth look he gives during games. I suspect he could not cheer when he was rooting for his players on each team. So, the fake open mouth shock look. lol
 

CameronCat22

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I saw Cal with that dumb open mouth look he gives during games. I suspect he could not cheer when he was rooting for his players on each team. So, the fake open mouth shock look. lol
Yeah, nothing noteworthy or shocking happened that game. It was definitely fake. The Cal haters will make themselves look like complete morons just to hate.
 

CameronCat22

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That’s got nothing to do with it. The NBA in the 80’s and 90’s was the penultimate product to watch. The garbage out there today makes it easy to not watch. You have a nice day.
The fraud who hasn’t watched the NBA in 30 years is telling us how the garbage out there today is not easy to watch. Everything about these frauds is fake virtue signaling BS. That’s why it’s so important for so many of them to say they don’t watch the NBA.

Now excuse me while I go jump into the wrestling thread and tell them how I don’t watch wrestling.
 

Goingfor9

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Why doesn’t pope go to these games and bring some of these elite guys with him. Develop relationships with these guys work towards recruiting these guy to help with recruiting. An IG post with pope and Shai or Kat especially those two would be very helpful. And keeping up with these guys on a regular basis. Pope needs to connect with more than the 1996 team
 

Beatle Bum

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I far prefer the college game in both basketball and football to the NBA and NFL. The NBA bores me until the last 4-5 minutes of the game.
 

Beatle Bum

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Yeah, nothing noteworthy or shocking happened that game. It was definitely fake. The Cal haters will make themselves look like complete morons just to hate.

I did not know Cal’s daughter posted here!! Nice!

I love how the Cal sycophants think any comment that does not kiss his butt is made by a hater. ROFL!! Seriously funny stuff.
 

CameronCat22

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I did not know Cal’s daughter posted here!! Nice!

I love how the Cal sycophants think any comment that does not kiss his butt is made by a hater. ROFL!! Seriously funny stuff.
I love when Cal haters who have done nothing for UK run their mouths about a man who has hung banners in Rupp. Seriously funny that some pathetic hate filled loser has the nerve to run his mouth.

BTW, everyone was shocked at the end of the game. All that hate has warped your brain.
 

Kantucke_rivals

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Calipari has had more TV time than any of them 😆 but personally I don't have a problem with celebs that are actually Knicks fans. For example, Ben Stiller eats, sleeps, and breathes Knicks, and it has been 53 years.
 
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yoshukai

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Never really understood the infatuation some people have with “celebrities “. I don’t know them , they haven’t done anything to help mankind . I don’t believe they are more intelligent than the average person.

They are for my entertainment. Like a juggler in a parade or a court jester in mid evil times .

I’ve never asked for an autograph in my life and that really doesn’t make sense to me. Unless your going to sell it,why would a signature from a person who you don’t know or doesn’t know you mean anything?

Just bizarre how some put these athletes or actors up on a pedistool .
 

Beatle Bum

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I love when Cal haters who have done nothing for UK run their mouths about a man who has hung banners in Rupp. Seriously funny that some pathetic hate filled loser has the nerve to run his mouth.

BTW, everyone was shocked at the end of the game. All that hate has warped your brain.
Oh, I feel bad now. I did not know that you were a Cal sycophant and blind. Anyone who has watched Cal for a less than a few minutes has seen that exaggerated fake open mouth look of shock. Tossed at refs, at players, at reporters, it’s well known to everyone but the visually impaired. My condolences. Here I thought you were just his daughter. I did not know you were Coke bottle blind. You kiss Cal’s anus all you need, you poor bugger.
 
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New York Knicks are one of the crown jewel iconic sports franchises/brands in the world.

MSG is a sports Mecca.

NYC is NYC!

It’s always been a place celebs go to. Sports are entertainment and have always had an element of celebrity fanfare.

People need to chill out.
 

LineSkiCat14

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New York Knicks are one of the crown jewel iconic sports franchises/brands in the world.

MSG is a sports Mecca.

NYC is NYC!

It’s always been a place celebs go to. Sports are entertainment and have always had an element of celebrity fanfare.

People need to chill out.

Its pretty wild to see all the history at MSG. Knicks, Rangers, Big East Tournaments, UFC fights, Ali vs Fraiser, Tyson. Musicians like Elvis, the stones, Billy Joel. It really is America's version of the Coliseum, so much history in that building.
 

Kingslayer07

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Not any worse than Lakers games! Knicks havent won in 50 years(not sure the # but it's a lot) I think it's pretty cool these guys are going crazy and celebrating.
 

Wayne Dougan

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poor people complain about rich people.....news at 11.
We're $38T in debt and the combined net worth of 70+ year old rich guys sitting around the court was probably $3T. Much of it "earned" through the government spending. I don't hate rich people - nor am I poor. But there is a limit where wealth inequality is a problem. I feel like we're way past that now.
 

Nightwish

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We're $38T in debt and the combined net worth of 70+ year old rich guys sitting around the court was probably $3T. Much of it "earned" through the government spending. I don't hate rich people - nor am I poor. But there is a limit where wealth inequality is a problem. I feel like we're way past that now.
Apply the above to what's happening in DC and that's far more important than Swift pretending to be a Knicks fanatic on the floor of the Finals.

Where was this attitude a couple January's ago when billionaires surrounded another billionaire to celebrate? Now a certain important house, one might call it the people's house, is under constant construction to make it look like an Italian palace from 1982 and we're expected to celebrate a ballroom for billionaires being constructed which I have no doubt we're somehow paying for, in this economy no less. Your post is a tad late to the party lol.
 
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Beatle Bum

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Apply the above to what's happening in DC and that's far more important than Swift pretending to be a Knicks fanatic on the floor of the Finals.

Where was this attitude a couple January's ago when billionaires surrounded another billionaire to celebrate? Now a certain important house, one might call it the people's house, is under constant construction to make it look like an Italian palace from 1982 and we're expected to celebrate a ballroom for billionaires being constructed which I have no doubt we're somehow paying for, in this economy no less. Your post is a tad late to the party lol.
Quit complaining and get out and take a walk and get to know your neighbor. Dude, your hypocrisy about complaint threads is off the charts.
 

Johnnie Africa

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I personally think seeing the celebs is cool and entertaining. Having a hard time grasping why it would be an issue but everyone complains about everything on the internet.
 

CameronCat22

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Oh, I feel bad now. I did not know that you were a Cal sycophant and blind. Anyone who has watched Cal for a less than a few minutes has seen that exaggerated fake open mouth look of shock. Tossed at refs, at players, at reporters, it’s well known to everyone but the visually impaired. My condolences. Here I thought you were just his daughter. I did not know you were Coke bottle blind. You kiss Cal’s anus all you need, you poor bugger.
I’m a fan of all the greats who did awesome things a UK. Anyone who saw the biggest comeback in Finals history with multiple game changing plays in the final minute was shocked and amazed. You like to call people snowflakes but were triggered by another man’s reaction to that game, that’s how unhinged you haters are. It’s almost sad how dumb you losers continue to be.