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

imo just ignore the other thread and use this one for all ball discussion until the offs are over

thibs is a great defensive coach and the timber puppies have some incredible defensive pieces that either already are (rubio) or should within a year or two be the best or among the best defenders at their positions (towns and wiggins). feel good about this hire

it's crazy that that team wasn't better defensively given all that talent but that just goes to show you 1) how important scheme is and 2) how useless young dudes usually are on D

wolves could have done much worse than thibs. they were bound to rise anyway with KAT and the maturation of Rubio. but hard not to agree that thibs needs a damn good offensive assistant and better management of player minutes.

every year when people were like "the bulls are east sleepers!" i never thought they had enough offense to ever get past a good team but in the one year but in the rose mvp year they were a ~top 10 offense. i think thibs can get out of his own way on that end.

i think he's smart enough to realize this won't be bulls 2.0, personnel-wise they're about as different as two teams can be.

im not convinced the young wolves should pay 50 mil for fat frank vogel

Hornets looking way more comfortable tonight. heat offense still seems like its overachieving

big al roasting whiteside right now

6-7 fg in 10 minutes

this owns

whiteside is so bad at actually defending people he's only good at defending the basket

idk how he can still look so apathetic when hes in the playoffs

its just his face

spoelstra is coaxing whiteside into playing d by running a post up play for him

it worked!

heat offense still seems like its overachieving

― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Wednesday, April 20, 2016 4:40 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

heat shooting 72% atm

not a half that will end up on the whiteside highlight reel lol

He's 7/7 fg on the other end tho

Nice to see some scoring in the playoffs again!

the big al stuff was whatever to me. he's prolific in the post and was on fire. kemba putting up 20-plus is far more concerning to me. the heat guards can't stay in front of him and hassan is providing no rim protection. it would be interesting to juxtapose that defense with, like, al horford. hassan is clearly far more physically dominant but he has no idea how to position himself or use his body to keep guys in front of him. he's letting kemba go by him so he can block him from behind and that works on a ton of guys but kemba is too quick.

heat could just all shoot with their eyes closed right now and it'd go in, this is unreal

cody zeller is transforming into psycho t

Love the thibsberwolves move, personnel control a lil suspect but I imagine thibs just pointed at Stan van and was like that's the price for a fat hoarse white guy with playoff experience bro

this game rules

lol posted just in time for hackage

kemba keeping the hornets alive

:D :D :D :D :D

im not convinced the young wolves should pay 50 mil for fat frank vogel

― micah, Wednesday, April 20, 2016 7:09 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

coaches don't count against the cap btw

haha yeah, i just think thibs is a tad overrated

he's very much demonstrably not

Missed a good chunk of the 2nd half of Det/Clev, why did Stan put/leave in tolliver + Blake + beardedSidesShaved dude as the game slipped away? Foul trouble?

blazers :(

yeah rough game. if LAC keeps shutting down the backcourt it's a sweep and i don't see why they won't.

blazers getting blazed on 4/20

rough toke dude

blazers missed a ton of 'mostly open' shots. they were never quite in rhythm. clips got away with plenty of grabbing and banging whenever any blazer with the ball got within 14 feet of the basket, but that's how playoff hoops get called 90% of the time (a fact I've always hated).

Yah lillard wasn't getting any calls at all. But thought the refs let it go on both sides for the most part. The let aminu shoot open corner threes is working perfectly. Might need to start crabbe? Aminu lillard cj combined 3/20 from three isn't going to cut it.

What's happened to the clippers bench!? Fools gold or actually good now?

Clips bench showing up for round 1 is an annual tradition, just in time to trick doc into relying on them too much against a better team in the next round

cavs-pistons game was interesting, i was at a bar w/ my family so wasn't watching too closely but seemed similar to game 1, pretty close during the first half w/ detroit getting frequent leads, i kept thinking "cavs are gonna lose this game wow" and then with about 8 or 9 mins left in 3rd quarter the whole picture just changes and cavs take over

hes-in-lebrons-head-okay-stan-1772250893

http://deadspin.com/stanley-johnson-thinks-hes-in-lebrons-head-okay-stan-1772250893

thats weird i think im in brons head too

tbf the only thing in his head is hair plugs

o fuc

and juice memories

so weird how people (players and coaches) go after lebron and say stuff to fire him up. Everyone knows his biggest weakness is complacency and riling him up guarantees he is going to care. seems like the best way to go about it is just leave him alone and praise him for being the greatest idk stroke the ego

Ppl just can't let go of The Decision, subconsciously or no

when do we get steph's heel turn

ankle turn more like haha