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

i think nba commentary also needs to catch up to what they're doing with this roster--most athletic, physical, and defensively versatile team in the nba by a mile

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, May 15, 2018 11:01 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah their combination of playmaking and not mistake making on defense is off the damn charts

It's like basketball IQ is important or something.

they don't have a korver or a reddick or a harden that just gets abused on defense--i think these playoffs are really going to show how teams exploit those guys to ruin team defense concepts and win significant minutes

crazy theyre going to add another tatum-brown style player in hayward next season, danny-brad was right abt size athleticism and switchablity on the wings

they don't have a korver or a reddick or a harden that just gets abused on defense--i think these playoffs are really going to show how teams exploit those guys to ruin team defense concepts and win significant minutes

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, May 15, 2018 11:07 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah JR, korver, rodney hood etc could barely dribble. also these playoffs are showing that guys who can only shoot can also be driven off the floor. celtics proving it in the other direction.

insanely fun team

xp otm spot shooters are getting smoked out there

yeah u really need to be able to attack the close out and then make a play

so what you're telling me is you need some good players, probably 5 at a time, to play basketball at all times if possible

Every day I forget and then remember that they’re doing this without Kyrie and Hayward. It is insane.

really does not make much sense

it's going to be weird. basically a whole new team next year.

opinion: brown and tatum are both better than hayward right now

addedndum: even if hayward is healthy

well tbf hayward cant play basketball rn

haha xp

i wonder if they roll into next year with rozier as the best 6th man in basketball or if they try and trade him

brown has answered the questions i've had about him in these playoffs. he's awesome.

i wonder if they roll into next year with rozier as the best 6th man in basketball or if they try and trade him

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, May 15, 2018 10:20 PM (fifty-six seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

every title team needs a lights out shooter coming off the bench, preferably a PG, its the law

jaylen has looked amazing & he's a super smart guy, i bet stevens/the celtics love him

his development as a shooter is unreal i dont think ive ever seen anything like it

What is next year's starting lineup, assuming everyone is healthy? Irving/Brown/Tatum/Hayward/Horford?

yeah same one they rolled out this year i reckon

my god that lineup is a murderers row

terry, morris, baynes, et al off the bench, favorites in the east again for like 5 years at least

yeah i think theyve got a real shot at a ring next year

i mean theyve got a real shot at a ring this year (if steph curry falls down a well)

yeesh

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdSZ-TmXcAAjvnj.jpg

That's all about hustle.

i mean theyve got a real shot at a ring this year (if steph curry falls down a well)

― sprout god (lag∞n), Tuesday, May 15, 2018 8:33 PM (twenty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

uh hello golden state police yes this is clay uh i think my friend lagoon is going to push steph curry down a well yes i will hold

wow plz stop snitching immediately

reporter asked bron sitting there with a cap pulled low over his eyes blocking the tv lights if he was checked for a concussion "i was checked for multiple things"

"I was checked for a concussion and things of that nature."

Lineup of Hill/Korver/Bron/Love/Thompson played 0 seconds last night. If you are going to play big with Love and TT, you have to find a way to get to to that group.

— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) May 16, 2018

pumped 4 the adjustments tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_egw67uwGI

Marcus smart was so good last night, he’s dialed back his wild mistakes but knows when to cut loose and dive for rebounds in traffic, steals, etc. him and Rozier playing with fire is just doubly effective against a team prone to self-doubt and funks like these cavs

They both increase my blood pressure when it doesn’t work out but also cause me more jumping fist pumps than anyone I can think of

Btw I think tatum and brown are both untouchable inside the cs org, Tatum is going to be a pierce level star and brown just knows what he’s doing already as a soph

yeah theyd only move those guys for mvp level players prob and only one of them

simmons keeps saying he wouldn't trade tatum for kawhi which to me is insane

I wouldn't do it. Kawhi's injury is too weird.

Like if he's 100% healthy and I get to see him practice then maybe

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pumped 4 the adjustments tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_egw67uwGI

― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, May 16, 2018 2:05 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark

good stuff in here showing steph orchestrating the D on the fly so he can avoid the switch onto harden

I wouldn't do it. Kawhi's injury is too weird.

― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, May 16, 2018 3:30 PM (thirty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i mean id def look into it but there are some serious red flags, plus the salary situation always has to be considered

man gotta say george hill is fn cooked he used to be a top perimeter defender and the celtics were seeking him out for attack last night god

feel like the idea of George Hill has always been better than the actual player. similar to another Cav, ya boy the assertive.

hill was a really good defender i believe that, tho his lack of attacking on the offensive end was def a liability, u need yr point guard in the paint getting rowdy

he was fine. pop swindled the pacers.

i was listening to something where some writer was expressing utter disbelief that rozier was outplaying george hill and i was like it’s not really crazy that someone with a pulse is outplaying 2018 george hill.

i'm willing to give hill a bit of a pass since he had to get an epidural just to make it through the pacers series, but yeah he would have been a nice pick up as like the 8th man in your playoff rotation. don't think you can be relying on him for game changing minutes...

kinda wild to me that they are getting zero from hood/clarkson/nance. you would think one of those guys would step up and at least be a rotation worthy player.

the cavs might not be the best environment for players to flourish

were like a week til the anonymous post season recriminations drop