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

You've never seen a #SCtop10 like this. pic.twitter.com/ymd6rna07X

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 6, 2018

dante exum has really weird body language

philly -6.5 for game 4, theyve been favored every game this series lol

the extent to which the celtics have exposed philly shd maybe be considered a crime https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/5/7/17326080/brad-stevens-celtics-sixers

i mean doing this

The Sixers are allowing a dismal 110.1 points per 100 possessions against the Celtics, a far cry from the 102.0 (third best in the NBA) their defense allowed during the regular season.

with the minimal offensive talent the celtics are currently running out is just rude

does anyone subscribe tot his website plz give me the article https://cleaningtheglass.com/cracking-the-shell

A thread of Chinese internet nicknames for NBA players.

China is crazy for the NBA, but official sources use boring phonetic transcriptions, failing to take advantage of Chinese characters having both sound and meaning. Chinese netizens have "improved" on these official names.

— Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur) May 7, 2018

the steph nicknames are incredible

sprout god

The Elementary School Student

stan van done got canned

hahahah "Letters Bro"

rip to a real 1

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lol at O'Fat

those nicknames need to be polled. whenever he finiishes

Might need a bracket

robert covington is melting; it's beautiful

More McConnell plz.

My kingdom for a better haircut for Saric.

his hair to facial combo is easily the worst in the league.

speaking of, i hope taytum goes full-on boots riley with his sideburns.

the raptors essentially traded demarre carroll, cory joseph and a first round pick to get CJ miles. miles is pretty good on offense but he’s getting roasted on defense all series and hasn’t seemed to make the raptors any better in this specific match up

lebron james

raps gonna have to face the music and start over, this series has been an unbelievable embarrassment

some good raptors future discussion at the end of the new lowe/arnovitz podcast. i think if lebron goes to the west they could reasonably bring this team more or less back but if lebron stays in the east there's no way you could really justify bringing it all back

i wonder what you could really get for lowry and derozan on longterm maxes tho

miles is hella streaky but he also hasnt got any looks which should fall on casey imo

i think they're stuck with derozan lowry until the contracts are up

cavs starters currently shooting 70% from the field tonight

lowry doesn't look like a basketball player, he looks so doughy and soft

lebron james!!

lowry’s pretty great and has been good in this series

lowry has 2/64 left on his deal... it could really blow up in a team’s face but could also work out

philly finally figured out the formula to win a game in this series: play hard, tj mconnell is better than ben simmons, and have the refs foul out every celtics player

oh my god toronto's so stuck with this team

https://hoopshype.com/salaries/toronto_raptors/

they have $120m/year the next 2 seasons on the books.

yeah this is The Raptors until 2021 or so, there's no way out

rough

could maybe trade their surfeit of guards for a competent big idk

wow that derozan contract is b-a-d

Melo for derozan and a first

trading away your draft picks in order to trade away your stars is that great place that you want to be as a basketball club

derozan getting benched in game 3 and being generally unplayable on defense all series was a very bad look

gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi) wrote this on thread THE 2017 NBA 'OFFS™ on board I Love Hoops on May 6, 2017

raps > pacers 7 prove it raps

― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Friday, April 15, 2016 1:45 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hm still not sure they proved much there

― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Sunday, May 1, 2016 10:36 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

As always I'm still in prove it mode with the raps

― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Tuesday, February 14, 2017 2:46 PM (two months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'm continuing my prove it raptors campaign

― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Friday, April 28, 2017 10:38 AM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi) wrote this on thread 2018_nba_reg_szn_thread_v2.svg on board I Love Hoops on Mar 13, 2018

Not sure if prove it raps had a 2015 edition but it’s def continuing this year

what do the kings give them for derozan, it seems inevitable

Oops almost forgot

lebron james

the bron james

i think the raptors are actually going to win this series

― marcos, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 7:24 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i was wrong

i was watching the end of game 3 with my w1fe and she simply said after that last shot, "Ah very good, LeBron James" while i sat there speechless.

heh