It is the years 2018-19 in the National Basketball Association (NBA) - The Regular Season

Harden and Paul were both mostly bad in that series but their defensive game plan (and the roster they built) was a master stroke. Stymied the dubs a bit got in KDs head made it about ISOing vs ball movement etc

players whose game plan relies on drawing fouls are boring. like a baseball player whose goal is to walk as many times as possible. this isn't to take anything away from Harden, who's probably one of the best offensive players ever, it's just obnoxious.

― frogbs, Tuesday, March 26, 2019 10:29 PM (fifty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I guess this makes sense because joey votto is my favorite baseball player. I guess some just aren’t able to appreciate the intellectual side of sport... 😐

the nuggets scored 29 points in the second half tonight and barely held off the pistons, sheesh

are we going to do this again? he wasn't efficient in that series.

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, March 26, 2019 10:58 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think that series is basically the 2016 election and I am a beardiebro, but come on. they had that series in the bag and then paul went down. and even so, they go 2-27 and they’re in the finals

just as a counterpoint b/c there's too much hate here, he's arguably the most skilled offensive player of his generation and could get to 45 wins with lagoon and m bison playing the wings

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, March 26, 2019 9:54 PM (forty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no he wouldnt because i would intentionally injure him the locker room and then lagoon would say some nice things about me on twitter like "thats just bison being bison!!!!"

mmm, bison

please, mmm, bison is my father

call me m

You love to see it

This is the start. pic.twitter.com/k1251e8jtx

— x - LA Clippers (@LAClippers) March 27, 2019

lol gallinari

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2o1kWeU8AECGH7.jpg:large

aww <3

I think that series is basically the 2016 election and I am a beardiebro, but come on. they had that series in the bag and then paul went down. and even so, they go 2-27 and they’re in the finals

― k3vin k., Tuesday, March 26, 2019 11:28 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

more than with you on this, they should have won the series. but harden still wasn't very good.

contrast that wonderful clippers video with the lakers signature moment of the season being lance stephenson faking out jeff green after being eliminated from the playoffs.

its not just that series tho harden has been bad in the playoffs for his career, and it makes sense that hes been bad because of his style of play

he relies on the refs reffing the playoffs the same way as the regular season and they don't

he still gets to the line a lot i think the bigger issue may be that playing so much iso is just easy for good defenses to prepare for, ball movement is a hallmark of winning playoff teams

particularly his 3pt% has suffered, the stepback 3 is a bad unnecessary shot http://www.espn.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/3992/type/nba/seasontype/3

he’s added to his arsenal again this year tho. I am still a believer

cp3 will just get injured again leaving hardens game in the realm of theory where it belongs

tho i do think it wld be kinda funny if the rockets won it all considering everyone hates them so much

was watching the ncaa tourney with a couple friends and they unprompted started talking about how much they hate harden/cp3/diantoni lol

his free throw attempt rate did crater in the playoffs last year (from .5 in the regular season to .35) but that hasn't been a trend over his career.

his ftr is down to .44 this season though it's actually the same number of free throws with more field goal attempts. tough to say how that will translate.

i always find it bizarre that we talk about harden's fatigue level 10x more than any other player. there are some good reasons for it but it's still overemphasized imo. that said, if he's tired, getting to the line on drives to the hoop and having the legs to make the stepback are the first two things that are going to go.

hes 2nd in the league in total minutes this year fwiw

i wasn't expecting the guy who is first!

brad beal doin work

that's an amazing picture of doc

That Tobias Harris trade is looking better and better for the Clippers.

Clippers trading their best player mid season two years in a row for assets and still staying competitive is awesome.

Getting off the Blake contract and actually getting stuff in return was crazy.

east playoff race for the last three spots is pretty open between the current 6-10 seeds with less than ten games to go:
https://i.imgur.com/xg5iBj0.png
that magic win over the heat was huge last night, 6 in a row for them. I hope they get in would be good to get some new blood.

rooting for Nets, Magic, Hornets

celtics-pacers friday in the exciting race for who will get to have one more 1st round home game

the best crossover last night was CP shaking DJ wilson from the 3 point line to completely off the screen and out of bounds

Chris Paul just caught a body 😬🚀 pic.twitter.com/r5w8y2xmnM

— Dj Candlest🕯ck (@candlestickem) March 27, 2019

the lance xover was a sham.

ya cp3 good one

Getting off the Blake contract and actually getting stuff in return was crazy.

― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Wednesday, March 27, 2019 12:31 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark

blake is kind of amazing now & a complete offensive player, part of me has wondered where the clippers would be if he was still on their team. but obviously turning him into a first and tobias and tobias into two first round picks is incredible.

yeah he is really good (slumping post asb tho) and its unfortunate he's stuck on that roster with reggie jax as the third best player

don't think any of those 5 teams can steal a playoff series so hard to get too invested in that race

i guess maybe philly could melt down to someone with good interior defense?

could see the magic or nets giving philly a good run

just think it would be cool to get the nets and magic in there. not that that have a chance but just for something different and you like to see young teams building towards something and find out what their players are made of when it matters

yeah

love this story
https://theathletic.com/871883/2019/03/25/the-nbas-cookie-mom-delivering-40-years-of-deliciousness-and-smiles-to-players/

wild

The man of the night @Goran_Dragic having some postgame fun with his native Slovenians 🇸🇮 who came out strong for tonight's game! pic.twitter.com/QWZG0xEeR7

— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) March 29, 2019

While a trade for Davis seems like a pipe dream for the Knicks unless they win the NBA Draft Lottery and trade the No. 1 overall pick, the possibility of Durant and Irving joining forces certainly is in the realm of possibility, as the two stars talk almost every day, Windhorst reported on "The Hoop Collective" podcast.

"Let's say the Knicks don't get No. 1. Let's say the Knicks get No. 2 or No. 3," Windhorst said. "Think about a scenario where, in the same offseason, the Knicks could get Anthony Davis, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving because I think it's in play. I think it's hard to trade Zion Williamson even for Anthony Davis because Anthony Davis only has a one-year commitment.

"But let's say they do get KD. Let's say that KD and Irving, and by the way, I’ve had someone reputable this week tell me their relationship is as strong as ever, that Durant and Kyrie talk every day and, if not, text every day.”

plug this messy drama directly into my vein

im fine with kyrie and kd taking over a team that's not got anything interesting going

Crazy that KD seems so desperate to leave one of the top 5 teams of all time.

I get it. what left is there to accomplish? and he's never going to shake the stigma of joining a 73 win team until he can win a title without them.

I think the big plus for kd of going to nyc is how much he loves the media spotlight