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

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

i think they might want to try and give nance some burn. hood looks spooked & clarkson is bad.

unfortunately nance's post up looked hilarious

celtics also went right at him and he looked dumb

Nance has looked so shook and I’m generally a believer that he can at least be a good energy rotation big

I would be absolutely terrified that I’d be swapping a possible superstar in tatum for a broken former superstar in kawhi

Not to mention the weird vibes and expense

same

kawhi being so weird w/Pop is a red flag, especially considering Pop's LMA-whispering skills last offseason.

celtics also went right at him and he looked dumb

― sprout god (lag∞n), Wednesday, May 16, 2018 6:07 PM (twenty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I’ve noticed brad is particularly savage in getting his guys after dudes who have just checked in and/or are shook in any way

yeah hes popovichian in relentlessly targeting any weakness

i'm skeptical kawhi's injury is really that serious. i think he knew the spurs couldn't win the title this year and didn't wanna risk making his injury worse.

an injury that persists all season and cld get worse is prob pretty bad

tatum's great but the celtics have a shit ton of money invested in three guys in their late 20s/early 30s. kyrie-jaylen-hayward-kawhi-horford would be monster favorites in the east and could win the title.

they wld have to trade one of hayward-horford-kyrie to match salaries unfortunately

tho if were still operating on the kawhi for tatum straight up premise yeah im sure the celtics wld be very open to talking about it but i dont think theyd do it without getting to the bottom of the ongoing kawhi drama first

if they had to make the decision based on what the public knows now they prob wldnt do it

Rockets by 15 tonight is my prediction.

i'm skeptical kawhi's injury is really that serious. i think he knew the spurs couldn't win the title this year and didn't wanna risk making his injury worse.

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, May 16, 2018 6:50 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark

these two sentences contradict each other

that many turnovers and that many missed 3s in the 1st is huge

i'm skeptical kawhi's injury is really that serious. i think he knew the spurs couldn't win the title this year and didn't wanna risk making his injury worse.

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, May 16, 2018 6:50 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark

these two sentences contradict each other

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

― sprout god (lag∞n), Wednesday, May 16, 2018 4:25 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

good rule of thumb ime is when a guys ceiling is borderline allstar in the eastern conference and much of his value comes from subjective evaluation of defense...we should be careful feeling confident that he was that good

hard to overstate how dreadful LRMAM was in the first quarter

most nba players are crazy about minutes and just want to play all the time, even if holding yourself out makes sense from a laymans perspective its still an unusual choice

better ball movement tonite

cp3 has been really good. always making the right pass, playing great D

running more too which facilitates more movement in general

lo and behold, moving and passing are good ideas