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

wow i dont know, but maybe!

it’s so crazy it just might happen

It would be funny if Milwaukee won the title when no one was talking about them

i support it

i think there’s starting to be a groundswell of “nobody is talking about the bucks!” talk as everyone kinda looks around and realizes they might be the least flawed team out there on paper

jazz bucks would be the no one believed in us even tho we were a top team all year finals

eastern conf finals rematch baby (6 vs 7 teams lol)

let’s go! (multiple starters on both teams not playing)

tbf the celtics are only missing one starter (their second best player)

yeah i meant multiple starters in total across both teams sorry

ah

without kemba on the floor the heat are basically quadruple teaming tatum and giving any player on the celtics 10 feet of open space to shoot

off**

think i might go on a bike ride

lol miami calling a timeout up 15 because smart scored too many points

rob clearly not moving right out there

To add injury to insult, Rob Williams will miss the rest of the game due to his exacerbated turf toe injury, per Celtics.

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) May 9, 2021

no point in throwing him out there in a 24 point game

It won't happen, but I'm amused by the thought that the Lakers could theoretically fall into ninth place in the West, whereupon LeBron's much-despised play-in mini-tourney would give them a last-gasp chance to advance, instead of their being wholly eliminated from the get-go.

(I wedged five hyphenated words into one sentence; I claim the ilx record)

nets dont seem like theyre in a good place

they need a Grayson Allen type.

grayson kyrie bro sesh

my big gray son

Hornets suck lmao, what a miserable ass team (and commentating crew). On the other hand the Pelicans have an actual chance of still falling ass backwards into the play-ins despite missing Zion and Ingram if the Spurs lose out the rest of the season... which is 100% possible looking at their upcoming schedule.

hornets are better than the pels and spurs tho

hornets are awesome they have lamelo

the hornets are fun

yeah hornets bandwagon is where to be imo

their play by play announcer is really one of the most insufferable TV personalities i can remember

cant believe yall dont watch hoops on mute

Uh oh luka is a nut puncher

Luka was ejected after being assessed a Flagrant 2 foul for an "aggressive strike into the groin area.” pic.twitter.com/jH2eA8P1pK

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 10, 2021

an ANGRY, EYE-CONTACT-MAKING nutpuncher no less

he's officially a heal to me now, v easy to h8 on

so does Sexton have no balls or what

damn hate it had to be him

guess I mentally buried the Lakers a bit too early

doesnt look like he was aiming for or hit him in the sweet spot TBH

Wow lagoons a nut puncher apologist

people will hate you if you speak the truth and im willing to accept that

Basketball needs an unofficial enforcer role where it's all about punching nuts so your best player doesn't have to do it.

can even call them 'lagoons'

ok im the bad now

we al knew this day was coming

So my gf and I have grown to be big fans of Juan Toscano-Anderson, the Warriors' Oakland-born backup PF who has been playing with them on a two way contract since last season. He plays with a lot of hustle and has started to develop good chemistry with Dray and Curry and just has really cute puppy-dog eyes. We just ran across this amazing piece on his backstory, dude is impossible not to root for.

Love jta. One of the best things to come of this weird dubs season.

can even call them 'lagoons'

Let’s check in on the tankers

This final week is going to be amazing, @tankathon pic.twitter.com/YriM0Anm6g

— Zach Harper (@talkhoops) May 10, 2021

I don't get why Minny has suddenly started winning games lately. Don't they know their pick is only top 3 protected?

This is probably the craziest lotto ever. The possibilities for teams to get two top 5 picks and whatnot.

My understanding is that even with the worst record the Rockets only have like a 50/50 chance of keeping the pick

1-5th worst records the odds aren't all that different

Minnesota Timberwolves | Expected position: 3.8

Top pick: 13.9%

Top three: 40.0%

Top five: 90.5%

Make play-in: <0.1%

Houston Rockets | Expected position: 4.3

Top pick: 12.6%

Top three: 36.9%

Top five: 66.0%

Make play-in: <0.1%

Detroit Pistons | Expected position: 4.4

Top pick: 12.8%

Top three: 36.1%

Top five: 62.6%

Make play-in: 0.3%

Cleveland Cavaliers | Expected position: 4.4

Top pick: 12.5%

Top three: 36.5%

Top five: 63.2%

Make play-in: 0.4%

Orlando Magic | Expected position: 4.9

Top pick: 11.1%

Top three: 33.3%

Top five: 52.9%

Make play-in: 2.0%

(those standings are old obv)