part two of the nba 2020-21 anything but regular season

yeah, that looked really bad. non contact seemingly

it was a fun curry game until that moment

yikes that one seems like bad news... planting like that and immediately grabbing the knee, looks like a lot of ACL type injuries of the past

just caught this and oof my condolences to our nuggets friends here at ilh

Horrible

fuck

injuries suck, should be illegal

Jamal’s game puts so much stress on his knees and this was probably inevitable

murray acl confirmed. that really really sucks.

Mad scientists have come up with some thing where ACL injuries barely matter but this sucks for the entirely plausible 2021 playoff run the nuggets could have had

devastating news

oy, so close

this really felt like it could have been the year huh?

they had as good a shot as anybody

i'm not sure that's entirely true...........

the only way to win is not to play (the regular season games, which will tear your ACL)

they had as good a shot as anybody

― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:00 PM (thirty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i'm not sure that's entirely true...........

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:13 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

besides the lakers

i believed in the nuggets this year, they were just starting to come together. the lakers have two stars who are injured so we cant say they look dominant like they did last year (they may be fine once the offs come)

i think 8 teams have (had) a fair shot this year. especially with lal possibly vulnerable

LAL
Bklyn
LAC
Phi
Mil
Utah
Den
Phx

all those teams aren't equal, imo

imo its pretty wide open this year but i do like the lakers the best, their supporting cast is better than last year, obvs there are injury concerns but they seem pretty committed to getting those guys healthy which could turn out to be a net benefit to them

Jord thinks you can’t do well in the playoffs building around a big man, unless he plays for the Heat

i think "believing in" or not is really the point, the nuggets were set to play 2-3 massively entertaining and competitive playoff series and now that will be significantly diminished. murray is someone who you want to see in the playoffs and now we don't get that.

*is not really the point

true

Jord thinks you can’t do well in the playoffs building around a big man, unless he plays for the Heat

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:52 PM (two minutes ago)

anthony davis...

all those teams aren't equal, imo

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 13, 2021 10:47 AM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

obv. but i wouldn't be truly surprised by any of those (outside of phx maybe)

i think "believing in" or not is really the point, the nuggets were set to play 2-3 massively entertaining and competitive playoff series and now that will be significantly diminished. murray is someone who you want to see in the playoffs and now we don't get that.

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, April 13, 2021 10:53 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

clearly the biggest loss here yah

i would be quite surprised if phx or utah made it out of the west

utah shouldve tried to get aaron gordon

every team in the west is pretty flawed. if the lakers are healthy i think they might cruise again. i just don't think the clippers have it.

would be quite surprised if phx or utah made it out of the west

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, April 13, 2021 10:58 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

utah has the best record in the league and best point differential by a pretty good margin. i dont think theyll do it but those are usually good indicators

clippers relying on some historic 3 point shooting this season.

the clippers went all in to create a super team that would sweep their way to a championship. and failed.

utah has the best record in the league and best point differential by a pretty good margin. i dont think theyll do it but those are usually good indicators

― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:05 PM (five seconds ago)

this was true for the bucks and it turned out their roster didn't work in the playoffs. this is prob what will end up happening w/ utah. that being said if you told me i had to bet my life on either the jazz or clips coming out of the west i might actually go w/ the jazz at this point

the clippers are suspect on things like "fit" "being a team" "having a point guard" "paul george not shitting the bed in the playoffs" but theyve got so much talent have had another year together and are having a pretty great season tbh 1st in offense and 10th in D, they a serious threat IMHO

clippers relying on some historic 3 point shooting this season.

― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:06 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

tbf they have really good shooters + the whole league is nuts from 3 this year

to me they're basically a two man team and i'm not sure their two men are good enough

utah is putting up regular season stats in the most meaningless regular season ever. they don't have top-end talent, they don't have depth, and they rely on multiple guys who can get exposed in a competitive series

agree that this regular season means even less than usual. but i don't think utah has less depth than the other contenders save the lakers - if clarkson can keep it going and they can survive favors' minutes spelling gobert, they have a pretty solid playoffs-shortened rotation. their issue is how heavily they rely on gobert getting exploited and blown up, as has happened in playoffs past

the clippers have the illusion of depth with lots of familiar names, but i agree with J0rdan that in actual fact they're more of a 2 man team. otoh all those dudes in their 30s with lots of playoff experience, prob makes a difference if you run into someone like the suns or whatever who havent all been there before. it's actually an insane amount of postseason experience btwn kawhi, rondo, ibaka, etc

if royce o neal can’t hit open three pointers the jazz are gonna have a big problem bcuz then they don’t have a single two way wing player and that seems prohibitive to me currently if you’re trying to win a title

royce, bogdan, favors, crawford are all a little scary to be relying on for much.

xp yes. he really is the wildcard. it's kind of inexplicable they didn't upgrade at the deadline, but idk maybe they tried.

looking forward to the think pieces about how Royce O'Neale is the secret most important player in the playoffs. they won't be entirely wrong

i trust bogdan and favors in their respective roles. in true bench scorer fashion clarkson will probably both win and lose them a game here or there

i think the suns are really close to the ideal playoff rotation. they have 2 guards who can get a shot off on anyone, three legit 3 and D players and a center who is pretty mobile and doesn’t need to score. i think they’re just missing one more big man and some experience. but on paper that rotation fits together perfectly

a suns-clippers 2/3 match up would be really interesting. the suns have bodies to throw at the clippers wings and have a huge match up advantage vs the clippers guards.

suns taking the clippers out would be very funny i support it

big revenge series for cp3 which means his quad will rip clean off the bone in game 6

lol

lmao