hello friends it's the 2018 NBA Playoffs, a place where dreams GO 2 DIE

this has really been a great first round, feels more like a Round 2

yeah mostly competitive, couple teams dug out the 0-2 hole

mostly competitive, yes, but one dream has already died a brutal death

browbeaten to death as it were

pdx were getting championship mumblings for a minute there.

west was so tight outside the top two, prob the least weird year to have a 6 beat 3

the sweeping is still pretty weird tho

blazers can be amazing when they hit on all cylinders, including the role players and the bench. they're damn good when aminu is hitting his outside shots and harkless is grabbing the offensive boards. btw I count nurkic as a role player.

talking about seeds is kind of disingenuous when a 48 win team beats a 49 win team

harkless knee injury/surgery really seemed to bring them down. dame also played bad and cj minus the last game and a couple ok quarters.

pelicans has a few otherwise ordinary players transform into monstars, hope they can keep it rolling for another round

no they need to chill imo

hmm idk

personal pref that's all

blazers have lost like 10 consecutive postseason games over three years is prob the concern and impetus to chop ‘em up imo

yeah time to make some moves, try something else with dame, move on from CJ.

cj takes such difficult shots all the time i wonder if the increased intensity/preparation of playoff defense might be harder on him than other players

lol KD back at it again...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbfbXqdVQAAX6Td.jpg
when will this child learn

but im here for the drama of course.

he loves to cause problems online, who amongst us cannot relate

according to an interview with Olshey in today's Oregonian, he's planning on making a few moves in the off-season, depending on what's happening in the FA market, but he's determined not to sound panicked and said he was not planning on doing anything big like trade Dame or CJ. Stotts seems to be secure for now, too, unless Paul Allen is unhappy with him and hasn't said so, yet.

sometimes i think about how the Blazers would do with LMA still around, then i also remember the Bulls traded him to PDX for Tyrus Thomas. And that the Bulls traded Nurkic to PDX for Anthony Randolph and Doug McDermott.

my guess is the Bulls will be doing business with them this offseason.

steven adams is 24 years old

seems impossible somehow

jesus

kind of surprised rondo's doing so well for the pelis, thought his game might be kind of outdated in "today's nba"

playoff rondo

guys

this seems bad

i'm surprised they even took a game tbh

most lopsided matchup in this years offs

I told y’all about wiggins

whattup matt

wait what did matt tell us about wiggins

has anyone on this board thought he was good

I am v much on the record re: wiggins being trash

Lagoon was all in on Wiggins brah

classic matt, comes back guns-a-blazing trudging up old beefs. welcome back buddy!

Matt A. returns for an I-told-you-so! Welcome back, good sir.

What’s going on in these games anyway I’m watching psych and drinking red wine

the west games are bad

matt I need your thoughts on the nuggets

thunder psychodrama is fun imo xp

for as much of an offensive wizard he is, we really don't talk about cp3's defense enough

yeah for sure, tho he's only re-separated himself pretty recently. at the all-star break, giannis was a legit MVP candidate and embiid was starting to really dominate, while davis was kind of being overshadowed by boogie. I bet a poll from then would be closer

lol wrong thread

rubio trying to iso russ was hilarious

50p 3rd q hasnt happened since the 60s or something (playoffs)

Hmmm
I'm beginning to think the Wolves are not going to be NBA champs

accurate. making the playoffs was an ok first step but they need to can thibs.

i'm enjoying ricky rubio as westbrook troll idk why