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seems clear that they need to do *something* with the playoff bubble teams though not sure it's this exactly. simmons was going through his play-in tournament idea on a pod recently and was proposing some outside compensation for the winner--like a guaranteed high second-round pick and a trade exception for the next season. they would never do it but i think ideas like that would motivate some teams more than a chance to just be the 8 seed.

the winner of the nba finals will receive an exclusive invitation to post on this board

suddenly tons of new posters praising kevin durant

i, for one, would welcome kd posting to ilh. but would also settle for more dayo posts.

the "16-teams-with-no-regard-for-conference" thing sounds great, but a better solution to this problem would be for the Eastern Conference to just get its shit together

this year, anyway, it doesn't feel like there is such a gap in power between the two conferences. the two best teams are in the West, yes, but besides maybe the Thunder, I think the East's 3-8 is very comparable to the West's lower tier of playoff contenders.

thing is even if both conferences were similarly competent just on a random distribution 50% of the season the two best teams will be in the same conference, which to me is the biggest issue, i want the best teams to have a shot to play against each other in the finals

right

this year, anyway, it doesn't feel like there is such a gap in power between the two conferences. the two best teams are in the West, yes, but besides maybe the Thunder, I think the East's 3-8 is very comparable to the West's lower tier of playoff contenders.

― piper at the gates of d'awwww (voodoo chili), Thursday, February 22, 2018 2:25 PM (fifteen minutes ago)

there is definitely a solid gap, but the size of the gap is always obscured by the fact that the west teams have to play against each other more often and vice versa

fair point

Aaaahahhaa Lakers pr gotta be loving this

i.........am speechless pic.twitter.com/bsdKHzp7hm

— paul (@paulxt) February 22, 2018

hoop is on

cavs are bad again

+ steph is back to splashing 40 footers all is right in the world

Steph Curry is too much, man pic.twitter.com/BGVATXxTCd

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) February 23, 2018

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the wizards being better w out wall is an interesting plot twist

wardell balled out

and gallo hurt his hand.

anyone wanna guess which guys are top 3 biggest hands in the association?

giannis, boban, d west

Boban is one of them. #1 in fact.

The other 2: well-known starter; deep bench player who was recently traded

kawhi

nope. both are in eastern conf.

Embiid?

man idk, surprised giannis isnt one

has to be bigs if Giannis doesn't make the cut

not Embiid but yeah both are bigs

tho I just checked and the bench guy is just 6'9". Listed as a PF.

some random guesses:

Henson
Vonleh
Okafur
Drummond
Whiteside

Drummond #2, Vonleh #3. Well done, sir.

Noah Vonleh's hands pic.twitter.com/AHmxNct9r3

— Full Court Prez (@fullcourtprez) June 27, 2014

wow jeez

thibs getting the band back together

Report: Warriors, Timberwolves, Thunder interested in Joakim Noah if he is bought out by Knicks https://t.co/pDestpMp5F

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) February 23, 2018

pleeeeease go to the wolves. do not want another washed big for kerr to force into the lineup

can joakim move or do anything anymore? who has seen him play this season

Butler :(((

what happened??

helped off court w/ non-contact leg injury according to my phone notifcation

man, better be nothing major or we need to end this season now

I've seen Joakim play a few garbahge minutes this season. Not enough to judge him honestly. But last 2 years he was with Bulls he was absolutely atrocious.

he is shooting approx 2%

nikola jokic dunks in 17-18: 7
nikola jokic triple doubles in 17-18: 6

as a knicks fan who unfortunately has seen a bit of Noah in the past couple years, let me tell you now that the word "washed" is entirely inadequate to describe what he has become

u could say that...based on how washed he is...to manage the steadily rising waters, noah might need to construct and a very large seaworthy vessel, like...an ark

"and God said to noah, 'u will be washed for 40 days and 40 nights and then every day and night after that too just get a boat'"

-- genesis 69:2

otm

just saw a report saying butlers camp fears ACL :(

the Timberwolves curse continues

dang that sucks

Horrible