i have something to say about the offs THE 2016 NBA PLAYOFFS

hawks do love a good choke

as do boston fwiw

neither of them wld be choking its a close matchup they even have the same record

afaict the entire eastern conference has the same record

they all feasted in the knicks, nets and sixers

I was hoping this thread would be titled "73 is never the answer...but sometimes it is"

hold onto that shit & use it for the finals thread

good countertroll stuff from alex siquig https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/the-haters-guide-to-the-haters-guide-to-the-nba-playoffs

dubs > rockets 4 good riddance
spurs > griz 4
thunder > mavs 5 dirk prob good for one good dirking session
clips > blazers 6
cavs > pistons 6 this series will lead the round in eyerolls and cryptic post game shots at teammates
raps > pacers 7 prove it raps
hornets > heat 7
celtics > Hawks 6 Isaiah 4 presidetn

I could 100% see a Blazers upset tho, not likely but wouldn't be the craziest thing in the world, cp3 prob just not going out like that in the first round though (he prefers round 2)

decent reading material while you're waiting for the offs
http://www.sbnation.com/2016/4/15/11349662/nba-playoffs-2016-best-plays-players

xp i guess you're hoping for one good dirk-off

decent reading material while you're waiting for the offs
http://www.sbnation.com/2016/4/15/11349662/nba-playoffs-2016-best-plays-players

24 is kind of obvious but still tickles my brain.

the math def does not agree with that strategy

Also I haven't seen IT2 in action before and just wow.

oh man he is so awesome

OK I'm officially a fan of his now if the Warriors can't I wouldn't mind the Celtics.

its crazy how a tiny insanely quick player can play so under control

where do u find the stats re wide open/guarded/etc shooting %s

i think nba.com has those?

eye test is all u need goon

lol tru

xp ya i thought so too but i cldnt find them

oh idk then. bkref doesn't have anything requiring player tracking data

they're def on nba.com/stats though their website is a nightmare. i think you have to go to the "shooting" tab or something iirc

i went to the shooting tab!

i mean http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/201939/stats/shooting/

ah its under the tracking tab ffs

http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/201939/tracking/shots/

its a shame that nba site isnt a better experience. the info is there! just so hard to get around

anyway i was right defend the layup not steph the best he shot from three in any sort of guarding situation was 49% aka 1.5 pps which is less than 2, which is not even mentioning the fact that in the video they use to illustrate this point the defenders dont even have to make that choice cause they have a 4-3 advantage, im extremely upset

http://i.imgur.com/DyDmVIS.jpg

also imo seeing as every team is an underdog to gs even if steph and the layup were roughly equal u wld want to roll w the variance of the three

yeah that was just really poor defense/communication nothing more

shdve found a 2-1 gs break for the video at least but still wldve been VERY WRONG

nice statistical analysis, lag••n :)

thank u i do it all 4 u the posters of il hoops

dubs > rockets 4 boring
spurs > griz 4 boring
thunder > mavs 4 boring
clips > blazers 7 un boring
pistons > cavs 8 dude bro
raps > pacers 4 boring
hornets > heat 5 boring
hawks > celtics 5 lol mad danny ainge

when the celtics win furious locals will force u to worship larry bird and robert parish at the the bunker hill monument

My wife is from Boston and I'm from Atlanta. If she gave a shit about basketball this could really tear us apart

http://i.imgur.com/NtgyaEn.png

mod predix

bestern cashference
dubs 4
spurs 4
okc 6
lac 6

leastern trashference
cavs 5
tor 6
heats 7
hawks 6

1.5 hours

28 minutes!

i have something to say about the offs

it's good

hmm gonna have to agree

your opinions are challenging but correct

It has been suggested on this thread that the first round will be preponderantly boring. I disagree. If you are bored it is because you do not care, not because the playoffs are boring. If you are not yelling about the lousy officiating, then you should not be watching, imo.

this game is a mess lmao

demarre carroll's hair is crazy

jonas v amped to clean the glass

the fundamental thing about steven is that he is a star

http://i.imgur.com/ysZSQCf.png

there's no denying

fact

At this point in his career, he's probably New Zealand's most successful NBA player ever already.