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

Ty ty

k so the celtics have to (somehow, beyond all possible reason/likelihood) reach the finals to face golden state so that riley and isaiah's kids can hang out http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2016/4/24/11499602/celtics-isaiah-thomas-son-cutest-ever-vine

― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Monday, April 25, 2016 9:46 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

addendum https://vine.co/v/iUwvFeaKvdO

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cg5jufkU8AAWyro.jpg

so uh when do we find out about steph. why hasn't the MRI happened yet is it not yet monday in oakland yet

I look forward to seeing the new Assertive Blazers whip cp3 into a froth of frustration again tonight. I hope.

xp. "The Golden State Warriors are expected to receive the results of an MRI on Stephen Curry’s right knee in the early afternoon or evening Pacific Time, according to ESPN's Chris Broussard."

on a lighter note kid #4 is due in less than two weeks. praying to the bball gods tonight and letting them know i will name him steph if they clear stephs knee of tears

― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Monday, April 25, 2016 12:52 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Gratz in advance dude! We have 2 extremely high energy boys and I feel like another would turn everything into utter chaos

Jake Clark ‏@mrclarkinc 16h16 hours ago

Wife: How's Steph?

Me: Not good. Hurt his knee, could be out a while

Wife: Blank stare

Me: What?

Wife: I was talking about our daughter

http://i.imgur.com/DU30SuL.png

"All things considered"

rip

feel like this is maybe fate opening the doors for a clippers championship

not cool, fate

WHY SO CRYPTIC AHHH

also thx AH

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojVerticalNBA 1m1 minute ago
Vertical Sources: Steph Curry's MRI on knee has returned negative, no damage, a Grade 1 sprain. Could miss two weeks.

or not!

two weeks tho, thats cuttin it close

prob rip dubs but... maybe not??

woooow that great!

i think they can hang w the clips w out curry but every game will be close imho

comes back a lil early not at full strength but enough to pull the clips series out then finds health in time to beat spurs, possible if prob not the most likely scenario

srsly srsly doubt dubs cld beat the clips sans steph

homer

re eval in two weeks so could be more

whewwwwwwww

feel like he has to be back by... game 4? of the next round to make this work

basically if everything goes perfect then he's back for game five of 2nd round

would be cool if they are just playing w us tho and he comes back earlier to give boost.

we need the clips/blazer to go 7 games, triple OTs in all the rest too

dubs cld easily extend the length of their current series if they felt like it

guys i looked up an MCL sprain on the web and unfortunately the prognosis is pretty grim

http://i.imgur.com/YXLZQx2.png

not sure how the scheduling works do all the 1st round series need to finish early to move up the start of the 2nd round or what

not sure either but i don't think so

also he's not going to be coming back at 100%. he can prob be effective enough at like 80% but that will be interesting to see.

yeah i mean really I'm just more happy its not torn cos that could really alter his career

truuu

would still consider the dubs to be pretty decent favorites in every home game even without steph

i think the model for the dubs is to at least split the first four games with the clips and then get steph back for game 5, which should be like 2.5 weeks away

their defense might get better but the O will depend a lot more on contributions from guys that are capable but ultimately much less consistent

and #playoffbarnes is gonna have to show n prove

there will def be games where klay's offense can carry them and there will def be games where it can't. margins will be thin.

dubs are preeety bereft of playmakers w/o steph, its not showing against the rockets cause theyre garbage but i suspect theyre stiflable v a good prepared defense w/o him, like theyve got dray whos a great passer but cant really break anyone down off the dribble and livingston who can do some work out of the high post but is fairly useless in their typical high pnr set cause he cant shoot then theres like iggy? whos days of being a threat off the bounce are p far behind him

theyre gonna have to be able to run but running in the playoffs is... hard

some cosmic weirdness in a knee injury for a teammate leads to a ton of pressure on the nearly-amputated sean livingston

klay can fake it as a playmaker in one night

er on some nights

naww

will be curious to see what kerr comes up w thinking we might see a lot of the inside out game funneled through livingston and bogut

his shooting/pump & driving can be enough to power their offense. on some nights! on other nights it's not. but it's not nothing.

Chad Finn ‏@GlobeChadFinn 5m5 minutes ago
To buy Curry time, the Warriors will now deliberately stretch their series with the Rockets to seven games -- against the Rockets' will.

idk feel like that works more when he already has an advantage but someone needs to create that advantage xp