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

I don’t see how the lakers stay in the top 6

is ad even playing tonight? tweaked his ankle and left the game last night with back spasms

listed as probable

spurs lost 5 in a row are they trying to get out of the play in? no offense to m bison but id rather see the pels in there anyway.

welp

Zion Williamson has a broken finger and is now "out indefinitely." pic.twitter.com/1R0CbcWoiK

— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) May 7, 2021

id rather see the pels in there anyway.

― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Friday, May 7, 2021 12:43 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

please retract

41 minutes apart. 🤔🧐🤨 pic.twitter.com/6AMNrYCRkB

— NoTechBen (@NoTechBen) May 7, 2021

welp

Zion Williamson has a broken finger and is now "out indefinitely." pic.twitter.com/1R0CbcWoiK
— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) May 7, 2021
― lag∞n, Friday, May 7, 2021 2:07 PM (forty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

nooooo

glad he cleared that up xp

so many bad vibes, they should cancel the offs

what teams even have good vibes right now? Sixers? Suns? It’s not many!

my bad, i guess we do need to have the playoffs as a vibe check

oh my fucking god the replies to that "kobe played with a broken finger" "tape it up"

nice piece: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31399985/why-carmelo-anthony-resurgence-means-much-young-nba-superstars

I remember jordan LOLing at me when I called the nuggets core a “big three”...

spurs lost 5 in a row are they trying to get out of the play in? no offense to m bison but id rather see the pels in there anyway.

― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Friday, May 7, 2021 2:43 PM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

spurs need lotto balls, but the pels injuries p much mean the spurs are going to back their way into the play-in. which they could theoretically win if they get lucky. but i really just want them to fall some more to get the better pick, this team is v medicore.

ESPN switching to this lakers-blazers game from the jazz-nuggets game is basically a war crime

I remember jordan LOLing at me when I called the nuggets core a “big three”...

the lakers are running every single offensive possession through AD and folks, it’s not great!

Bojan with one of the greatest shooting performances ever. Good for him I guess

losses to the less-than full strength lakers and jazz are not great omens for the playoffs but I’m still pretty happy with how they’re playing. would be really cool for gordon to step up offensively tho

There’s no reason he shouldn’t be getting15-18 ppg

His offense was so much better with Murray, without him there’s lots of ponderous iso’s

I remember jordan LOLing at me when I called the nuggets core a “big three”...

Awards and honors

NBA All-Rookie Second Team: 2017
Rising Stars Challenge MVP: 2017
Western Conference Rookie of the Month: October/November 2016 [63]

ok in your defense he did win the MVP of the rising stars challenge 4 years ago

i get that the lakers basically have to run their entire offense through davis rn but he just doesn't look great to my eyes, like he's at about 75% or something

also it is nice to see folks in moda! but you won't catch me there for a longassed time! (because of the healthcare crisis due to the novel coronavirus)

that's a shame

Always lovely to beat L.A. More so when the playoff standings tie breaker is on the line. I wish AD a full recovery later this summer.

What's up with Montrezl being a DNP tonight?

i get that the lakers basically have to run their entire offense through davis rn but he just doesn't look great to my eyes, like he's at about 75% or something

― "MVP Love" (Clay), Saturday, May 8, 2021 12:37 AM (eleven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

the box score ended up looking decent but yeah it felt labored to say the least

Jamal Murray still has a way to go to get to the level of future Hall of famed Tyler Herro

uh huh. let it out.

now what does that have to do w/ calling jamal murray and michael porter jr. part of a "big 3"

Idk man must be just homer brain like someone saying Dion Waiters is the future

Like is it a bit when you dig in your heels like this?

big 3 now means 3 guys who got/will get big contracts

still waiting for matt to tell me how many games the pacers could win

Like the Grayson Allen thing is one where you should just admit you’re wrong but it’s gonna be like a 5 year thing where he keeps being a good backup and you maintain he’s secretly the worst player in the nba

you maintain he’s secretly the worst player in the nba

no one is maintaining that. he's a bench player who is good enough to be a regular season rotation player on some teams, but not on others. he's not a player you'd play more than a few spot minutes in the playoffs. He also has a highly unlikable personality and is known for dirty play. Repping for him as a 'good player' just reflects bad judgment.

Idk man must be just homer brain like someone saying Dion Waiters is the future

― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, May 8, 2021 2:19 PM (thirteen minutes ago)

lol what...

look no one is saying that the nuggets don't have two nice young players to go w/ jokic. but the term "big 3" doesn't mean "three good players" or "one great player and two young players who may one day make an all star game." no one says the jazz have a big 3, or that the suns do, or that the hawks do, or even that the bucks do. the nuggets have the undisputed MVP of the league, if they had a big 3 they would be considered heavy favorites to walk into the conference finals even w/ one of the "3" injured. maybe one day! for now there is not even a debate to be had here

I said Grayson Allen was a solid backup and you freaked out about it and you were wrong. He’s not a terrible nba player. I was right and you were wrong and it’s almost pathological how you do this.

Other people in ILH laughed at the idea of him being a solid backup too I guess, but they didn’t double and triple down on it like you do.

what jordan said is there for anyone who wants to read it, without filtering it through Matt's brain:

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

imagine huffing and puffing abt being right about the zodiac killer in hoops form

whats the lower bound for a big three? three all stars (celtics)? an mvp candidate and two all stars (bucks)? two alltimers and a perennial allstar (bron heat)? three first ballot hall of famers (garnett celtics)?

i think at min its 3 perennial all stars imo

perennial all stars in their prime...

i think any teams best three players is their big three, and in fact the top three of anything constitutes a big three

like rn the nets are probably the only team with a big 3. those are just 3s of various sizes (not big).

but i think even if your guys are former all-stars they remain a big 3 in perpetuity as long as they stay together. so when klay returns, the dubs have him, dray, and steph and thats still a big 3 of sorts. tim, tony, and manu were a big 3 even after they were old and decrepit.