“The NBA isn’t concerned about big market teams. The NBA is a business.” You’re talking out of both sides of your mouth, Dan. Do you understand?

The NBA changed officiating at the All Star Break allowing much more physicality. It’s pretty evident. I love it.

As a Knicks fan the pacers don’t play defense as well as the 76ers that’s the reason

League does not help itself by not suspending someone who would clearly be suspended in different circumstances.

Toronto is small market? The biggest city and only Canada team

Small market teams need a shot? When will small market teams like Minny and OKC get a break?

Don't blame Knicks front office for not getting enough good players for the playoff. Months ago we thought once OG and Robinson comeback Knicks would be one of the deepest team in the league.

You mean biased against small market team

Thibs wants to be in the Conference finals and see where the chips fall; this is not the time to leave chips on the table.

I think you mean JB is more valuable to his team than the other players you mentioned.

Pacers in 6. You heard it here first

Well take away Josh hart they not winning .take away Donte they not winning.take away ihart they not winning .its not only Brunson carrying g this team but the whole cast .Brunson got more points because he shoot all the time he’s got the ball.I believe he needs to pass more

Idk about the Pacers vs Knicks series, but it was evident in that Nuggets Vs Lakers series. Egregious.

That’s the one fatal flaw in Tom Thibodaux’s coaching approach. He tends to run his players into the ground.

Small market teams overcoming potential biases towards large markets isn't proof that they don't exist.

Youre wrong Dan. Small market is coming out the west, if Boston or New York dont make the finals, the Finals ratings are screwed for the National Business Association Finals.

When you are inconsistent in how you call things then you open yourself up to this criticism.

David Stern mouth only moved when sponsor money pulled his string.

George Karl after his Nugget team was hosed by Laker referees " The NBA will never allow 2 small market teams to play in the finals" Complain to the League the officials are doing what the league wants. How about the Sacramento Laker game even LA papers called it a disgrace.

lmaooo @ "small market teams" except for OKC and Minnesota i guess

Brosephs, let’s get a good take. They over turned a double dribble. And all the context surrounding having to do that, in game. Pacers may have lost the prior game because of a non-reviewable kicked all. A kick ball that occurred after the most illegal screen you can possibly set, but not called. Which conveniently happened to take place just before a questionable end of game illegal screen is called. TH is shoved, hard, twice in the back, directly in front of the referees. List goes on from there. Bless your hearts. Has Carlisle ever acted this way? He is an nba champ? Think he has been around the block? Stop it

Well if you take Edward’s away from Minny they are a lottery team 🤷‍♂️

Pacers fans said this vs. Miami

Oh please. Like saying there's holding on every play in the NFL. Bad calls go against every team, including the Knicks. Get defensive rebounds. Make your free throws. Rick needs to start taking responsibility for his poor substitutions and his teams lack of defense

The whistle has gone in favor of star players for decades. The whistle has gone against small market teams for decades. When you deniy these plain realities, it makes it harder to listen to the lame logic you give about LA & Chicago not winning championships. Your logic is incongruous; you're not addressing the issue, just changing the topic to something tagential.

Every home team gets the whistle , keep hating

This is all on Thibs first, Rose second and Dolan who hired these guys third. The list of Thibs players who have had their careers shorten is endless. Rose knows that OG is injury prone he also knows Thibs will overplay him. This will be the second time OG has been played into an injury just this year by Thibs. If the bench is so bad that nobody can be found to play 5 minutes a game then why are they on the team. Either they are bums or Thibs cannot coach them into being able to contribute 5 minutes a game. Rose is sitting on 9 number 1 and 8 number picks. And all he was able to do is to bring Bog who is injury prone and Burks is a over the hill bum. OG is a great player but not for Thibs. OG is a 30 minute a night player at best. We needed a backup PG and the best player Rose got Flynn who He proceeded to throw away for B & B bums. It is obvious that Rose decided to write the season off waiting for that great deal. The problem is that he has a win now coach who will proceed to break his existing team, way before that great deal comes. If that great deal ever comes it will have to replace the players has broken in the mean time. Mitch is finished. Randle is fragile cannot be counted upon to finish a NBA year any more, 3 out of the last 4 years he has broken down. He can not handle Thibs 40 plus minutes any more. Bogs is done. OG is about to get the bag. He will miss half his time on the court of his 40 mill per year contract. This will be the early 2000 version of Knicks giving big contracts to fragile players who can't play, Stoudamire, Mcdyess, etc.... Randle will also expect a raise on a contract he cannot play full time. The saddest thing of all is Thibs turning JB in to another Derrick Rose. A great player who is only able to be a HOF player for 2 or 3 years, limping the rest of his life. I hope JB gets the bag before Thibs breaks him too. Why does Thibs break his players, because restricting time on the court is how he disciplines modern NBA players. He produces disciplined NBA teams who play hard and make the playoffs, BUT they never get to the Finals because he wears out his team. He breaks so many expensive and talented players that management get tired of handing out expensive contracts to broken players and he is fired. While we on the bench, why was Obi thrown away for nothing i.e. 2 number 2 picks. For talking back to Thibs about playing time? Grimes for nothing. Grimes was playing on a bad knee this year and injured in the playoffs last year. Neither Thibs nor Rose and especially Dolan GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THEIR EMPLOYEES. What makes me mad is that the Nova boys are a class act that the Knicks management don't deserve and are wasting. Of course there are defenders of Thibs, Rose and Dolan, but they are either ignorant of the respective fiends history or they to don't give a damm about the players

Why don’t we have ten refs then! Dan you have no answer so don’t give us crap. Carlisle showing he was blatantly wrong on the double dribble! Replays and the two referees in position called it correctly? So how can we take Carlisle’s complaints seriously if the one play he brought was blatantly corrected? Shows his bias to just complain because the smaller team is running his team over cause his team is soft! He should be fined $250k for the small market comments! And suspended, but it is Silver so nothing will happen.

I would like to see calls for 48 minutes to see the wrong calls against the Knicks. I have lost all respect for this coach. This is just weak!!

Rick Carlisle " I'm going by what I saw." He didn't see a double dribble because there wasn't one. Stop crying and get your team to play some defense.

Carlisle spending his entire press conference complaining about the officiating is just embarrassing 👀?? On top of all the Knicks injured players out for the playoffs, Brunson was out for a quarter, and OG missed the 2nd half. If I was on the Pacers I would be embarrassed this was the takeaway from the game. Carlisle is Pathetic!!

The bias is measurable. This is an ultra weak argument. Look how much the Lakers and the Knicks have benefited from foul calls. Look how much the Pacers and the Pistons have benefited. Look at the numbers.

Pacers just hosted the All Star game. First time in 40 years. Silver didn't have to bring it to Indy. Wrong time for the coach of the Pacers to play the small market conspiracy theorist card. Carlisle should be be upset that his team blew two golden opportunities. But don't question the integrity of the game. Leave that to the fans.

Everyone saw that and knows the refs were trash in both games

Easy Dan…Celtics got crushed tonight

This didn't age well. 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 GO PACERS!!!

Rick C…embarrassing

Big L for Carlisle and for DP show

They're biased to stars

Officiating is an issue and denial from this megaphone is abhorrent.

The second game wasn't nearly as bad as the first game, but it wasn't good. The first game the refs literally took away the Pacers chance to win

Adam Silver and his refs rig all the games due to popular ratings. It also wont stop him from rigging it for his own home team the new york knix. He and his refs have been doing it for years. Just like Stern has done in the past. Silver is just like Stern in that regard. Both Adam Silver and his refs all need to be replaced with people that call all of the games in between as it should be. Cheating has no place in sports like everything else.

100% these refs are incompetent trash officials doing everything they possibly can to help knicks both games tight and close yet refs giving all the calls to NY and doing everything possible to stop indy its always been this way. shaq kobe lebron LA miami NY some things never change

Lots of bad calls in G3 against the Knicks you just live with it. Pacers coach is soft AF.