2015 NBA 'OFFS

damn goon is bitter about this loss huh

― balls, Sunday, May 17, 2015 6:28 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wow u mad

Wow I thought goon was the mad one but he says other guy is

this is def a collective late series collapse not any failure you could pin on one specific player

he look mad to you?

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/cae365bb4f5a18d25570a9451017b3c85b8f9c36/c=223-0-1659-1079&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/WKYC/WKYC/2014/03/19//1395264254000-Billy-Crystal.jpg

im checking my internet manual for which sick own to employ in the case of a u mad standoff

trying to google for trademark hawks superfan

hopefully i can find one of those good pictures with the block lettering on it

no games til Wednesday so at least we've got something contentious to bicker about for a couple days thank god

clips got tight and bench was what we knew it was, rockets got some unlikely hotness. there can be that weird hangover when you blow a series ender, not to buy into momentum or whatever too much but it does seem like there can be this weird shift in pressure and if you're a team that's already buying into certain narratives (and chris paul after game 7 against the spurs would seem to indicate as much) then it could affect you i guess. gonna be so weird if the rockets do make the finals, i have a hard time thinking of another recent #2 seed that was given so little chance to make the finals w/o a huge injury or late season swoon.

http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/teamsites/images/legacy/hawks/tucker_011505_460.jpg

i enjoy the work of chris tucker but idk

no games til Wednesday so at least we've got something contentious to bicker about for a couple days thank god
--Clay

WCF begin Tuesday I thought?

(1) warriors vs (2) rockets

(1) hawks vs (2) cavs

dubs in 4
hawks in 7

same

WCF begin Tuesday I thought?

oh that's def possible and my bad sports app just hasn't updated yet.

chris tucker married (i think) one of the hot atlanta news anchors, he's practically retired as far as i can tell but he pops up on v103 alot. crowd went way crazier for him the other night than for jon hamm or some dudes from captain america 3.

only giving the rockets one day off after a seven game series is pretty rough, especially when they cldve just started the east series then

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlanta Hawks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

Game 1 — Wednesday at Atlanta (8:30, TNT)
Game 2 — Friday at Atlanta (8:30, TNT)
Game 3 — May 24 at Cleveland (8:30, TNT)
Game 4 — May 26 at Cleveland (8:30, TNT)
Game 5 — May 28 at Atlanta* (8:30, TNT)
Game 6 — May 30 at Cleveland* (8:30, TNT)
Game 7 — June 1 at Atlanta* (8:30, TNT)
WESTERN CONFERENCE

Golden State Warriors vs. Houston Rockets

Game 1 — Tuesday at Golden State (9, ESPN)
Game 2 — Thursday at Golden State (9, ESPN)
Game 3 — Saturday at Houston (9, ESPN)
Game 4 — May 25 at Houston (9, ESPN)
Game 5 — May 27 at Golden State* (9, ESPN)
Game 6 — May 29 at Houston* (9, ESPN)
Game 7 — May 31 at Golden State* (9, ESPN)

Kevin Pelton ‏@kpelton 52s53 seconds ago
Update on Josh Smith's playoff 3-point shooting.

Atlanta: 15-87 (17.2%)
Houston: 17-46 (37.0%)

brutal

remember when not having josh smith was the key to success

oh right my yearly reminder that ESPN gets the entirety of the wcf :(

dubs in 4
hawks in 7

really hard to argue w this

dubs in 5
hawks in 7

wonder if it wld be sadder for bron to go down fighting in a close eastern conference finals or get run off the court by younger legs / a far superior team

prob the latter

definitely the latter

what if he got swept in the finals just like his first trip there then never made it that far again, reasonably likely

the clippers are kind of a perfect matchup for Smith and Ariza, I imagine Josh will be a liability in the next series.

yeah having to chase dray around the perimeter/deal w all sorts of weird switches will prob not be the best thing for him

dubs 5, hawks 7 seems about right at this stage

i can definitely see them getting swept but i don't know about never making it that far again. this cavs team is pretty hobbled and you'd think would be better next year and the rest of the east is in flux - hawks could lose milsap and carroll, pacers definitely seem to be revamping in some fashion though george should be back, the bulls who knows what's going on, the bucks aren't there yet, the wizards might keep wittman and pierce could retire and beal and porter could regress to what they looked like in the regular season, the heat should be better and could somehow luck into someone great in the lottery but they're not gonna leap from out of the playoffs in the east to heavy favorite short of an amazing offseason.

dubs 5 hawks 6

i can definitely see them getting swept but i don't know about never making it that far again. this cavs team is pretty hobbled and you'd think would be better next year and the rest of the east is in flux

― balls, Sunday, May 17, 2015 7:04 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

east is def staying weak but the ongoing precipitous decline of bron, loves uncertain future, their lack of any depth at all, the fact that the cavs organization has never made a good descision in its history makes their position pretty precarious

other than winning it all is there a scenario where lebron doesn't fire blatt

I really don't think Blatt is a problem at all, antics and embarrassments aside.

pretty sure bron thinks he is tho

tho i guess having a guy he can run roughshod over is fine too

LeBron has in general become a bizarre person and I have no idea what he really wants from the Cavs organization really

hawks aren't beating the cavs, come on.

they're the better team, cavs have no love and irving is hobbled. if the hawks start clicking at all it'll take some super lebron shit to take the series. can you expect 4 batshit lebron performances in 7 games at this point? while he's also effectively being the only guy that can guard the hawks incredible perimeter game?

Lebron also literally cannot hit a 3 right now

feel like the series is m/l a toss up, which everyone seems to agree by picking it to go 7 no?

if the hawks can at all regain their form they will win tho

yeah they looked to be almost there at the end of the Wizards series, though there are stretches where they don't look like they should be out there

GSW in 3, hawks in 7 for sure

Who cares anymore.

i love hoops message board regulars and the bandwagon fans of remaining teams

Since the Bulls are out, my last ditch care was the clippers. Oh well. Go Cubs.

im checking my internet manual for which sick own to employ in the case of a u mad standoff
― lag∞n, Sunday, May 17, 2015 5:35 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

trying to google for trademark hawks superfan
― lag∞n, Sunday, May 17, 2015 5:37 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hopefully i can find one of those good pictures with the block lettering on it
― lag∞n, Sunday, May 17, 2015 5:38 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

💀💀💀💀💀

Warriors in 4; Hawks in 4.

Future BuzzFeed article:

LeBron on Cavs: Diddy Kong
LeBron on Heat: Donkey Kong
LeBron on Cavs (redux): Kranky Kong