THE 2017 NBA 'OFFS™

so the issue is with his style of play rather than him as a person. at least he has the lack of physicality excuse compared to like, dwyane wade

in sports i just tend to gravitate towards savants like cp3, joey votto, who understand the game better than anyone else and play a strategically interesting game. there are definitely some drawbacks to this that i try to be upfront about

xp that gif nomar posted is an example, he's fouling a poor free throw shooter away from the ball without getting an intentional foul called (which would be foul shots + the opponent would retain possession). you can see how that kind of stuff can be tiring. but he's just trying to make the rules work for him and his team

he's prone to tantrums. also he's the OG nut puncher. hes such and ass on the court but it's good for the league to balance that with the Conley's and what not.

Off the court he seems like a good enough guy/dad but you never know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3a-uuxbgGg

There's never been a player as dirty and cheap as he is who was also such a fucking baby about it

hehe i love when matt is mad

The things he does also used to be things which superstars would not stoop to, but lebron and Kobe turned into floppers so that era is over

i dont know how east coast folk watch sports.

― Spottie, Wednesday, April 26, 2017 1:35 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

9pm tip-offs can be a pain but i need the kids in bed before i can sit down and watch hoops. day games and 7pm tip-offs mean i miss a lot of games

The things he does also used to be things which superstars would not stoop to, but lebron and Kobe turned into floppers so that era is over

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, April 26, 2017 5:30 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wade is/was just as bad! also, the rule changes incentivized this kind of stuff. jordan didn't need to do it because they wouldn't call hand checks at the top of the key if he flopped anyway

it should be emphasized imo that unlike uber-athletes like wade and lebron, paul at least has the excuse that he needs every advantage he can get

its been really fun to watch he and Ingles interact this series cos apparently they have a friendship and whenever CP tries some BS Ingles just shakes his heed at him and CP kinda wink winks back and breaks character for a millisecond.

i dont know how east coast folk watch sports.

― Spottie, Wednesday, April 26, 2017 1:35 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

9pm tip-offs can be a pain but i need the kids in bed before i can sit down and watch hoops. day games and 7pm tip-offs mean i miss a lot of games

― marcos, Wednesday, April 26, 2017 2:30 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah who am i kidding i just DVR everything and watch it all after like 830pm anyway.

The things he does also used to be things which superstars would not stoop to, but lebron and Kobe turned into floppers so that era is over

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, April 26, 2017 5:30 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wade is/was just as bad! also, the rule changes incentivized this kind of stuff. jordan didn't need to do it because they wouldn't call hand checks at the top of the key if he flopped anyway

it should be emphasized imo that unlike uber-athletes like wade and lebron, paul at least has the excuse that he needs every advantage he can get

There's lots of ways to flop and be cheap that have nothing to do with the handcheck rules. Kobe didn't start flailing and wade didn't start falling down on jump shots because of hand check rules.

Lebron backpedaled 30 feet in the playoffs to try to get a technical foul ffs

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba-rules-lebron-james-series-clinching-3-pointer-shouldnt-counted-155024511.html

lol

i kinda love pauls cheap ass dirty play he is a basketball bastard and true legend (the nut punching and anything else thats unsafe is obvs uncsosinable)

all nba players haated stockton lol

pray 4 boston celtics tonight very important thank u

Prayers up

rondo is wearing a good miami vice suit

i pray for kelly o every night bless him

truly he is anointed

That's the kind of carry that should be legal and kind of has been for 35 years

Something I kind of hadn't thought about until I read an argument in favor of it a couple years ago is that the reason we think a lot of old school players look like dinosaurs is that they couldn't carry. Of course ballhandling will look stiff in comparison.

tru

It's also something Maravich could really have used. He basically pushed the crossover as far as you possibly could without it.

that kelly o sequence was beaut

good game for jelly so far

my prayers have been answered 🙏

celtics playing 3 pgs

refs rewarding some bs from the bulls

refs are always on the bulls side i swear

they woudlnt even be a playoff team if we had robot refs

bradley doin stuff

lol how can the celtics have missed 100 3s and still be ahead

halftime teen dance squad doin their thing to ante up, respect

man fuck the bulls

lopez shooting over the basket from 5ft lmfao

f wade making 3s smh

feels like the celtics are not shooting well all series

There's so many games where Rolo looks like an offensive force

the celtics are not shooting very well in this series

we need IT TIME

omg atrocious goaltending call

wtf

criminal

refs are always on the bulls side i swear

― ciderpress, Wednesday, April 26, 2017 9:38 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nice brad stevens special out of the timeout there

what a screen by kelly

it's generally working to the celtics advantage but the officiating in this game has not been ideal

if the celtics were shooting 3s at their normal clip and/or if crowder were alive this would have been a complete massacre