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

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

Athletic ran a lengthy "nba elite 8" piece today that addresses just this. it's that time of the season.

I consider a healed Lakers vs Philly the likely final outcome but obviously basically everyone is one serious injury away from not making it past the first round.

well there it is
https://theathletic.com/2514337/2021/04/12/nba-standings-have-a-clear-elite-eight-and-intriguing-scenarios-for-stretch-run-hollingers-week-that-was/

i dont think the issue with the jazz is so much the tail end of their roster as that they won't have the best player on the floor when playing any of those top 8

Anthony Edwards on his feelings about Alex Rodriguez being the Timberwolves new owner:

"I don't know who that is. I know he's going to be the owner. But I don't know anything about baseball."

— Dane Moore (@DaneMooreNBA) April 13, 2021

thinking about the suns matching up with the clippers made me realize how much i hate this clippers team bc i would be all-in on cp3 vengeance if it happened

tho tbh i could just love vengeance and hate who knows

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

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:56 PM (seven hours ago)

;_;

marcus wilding

Marcus Smart all hustle and heart pic.twitter.com/mc3foAhosx

— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) April 14, 2021

wow

So glad the Cs didn’t trade Smart

romeo langford is back out there after a million missed games and he's still playing great defense.

yeah its kind of odd what a solid defender he is all things considered

his whole career so far is really weird which makes roster planning tough.

lou scort

lou dort dece pickup at *checks notes* undrafted

scoring 42 pts and being -1 is a rough scene

cj is dennis rodman hmm

jayson tatum good shot

very dumb celtics announcer "scal" did not consider the possibility of missing the second free throw down 1 with 3 seconds left until marcus smart went and did it and won the game.

guess he missed the shot of brad stevens pulling down his mask and yelling miss it

big win for a team i had never heard of before tonight the boston celtic

i was silently shouting at my tv that this would be a great time to intentionally miss a second free throw and no one pays me to watch the games

i think this was the first game this season ive seen the celtics play with what is sometimes called "energy"

yes, their execution tonight was about the best i’ve seen this year

more marcus

Marcus Smart had some outrageous sequences tonight. pic.twitter.com/YK4YlvdZYu

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) April 14, 2021

Clint Capela is having such a good year

Jayson Tatum says he takes an inhaler now before games after COVID. He never did before.

— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) April 14, 2021

yeah he got a bad case, based on his level of play seems to be shaking it off tho

scoring 42 pts and being -1 is a rough scene

When I watched the highlights I was like wow well Jazz surely lost this one,

-1 in a 10 point loss is doing fine

wasn’t really a critique, more just an unfortunate outcome.

I can’t believe I have to root for Austin Rivers now

Did you put him on your fantasy team or something?

Early returns on Lavine/vooch are not good.

Luka with the game winner

Crazy shot!

punchable grayson allen misses two free throws that could have iced the game

prior to luca’s shot

ridiculous

LUKA!!! MAGIC!! GAME OVER!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/l8jSn6TVPP

— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) April 15, 2021