nba playoffs aka the 'offs (which includes the 'ins) 2021

but dumping olshey and stotts is in the range of probable

― Clay, Thursday, June 3, 2021 10:38 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

probably time for this, the moves and ensuing coaching this year really let them down

maybe nurk? (who is probably gone anyways, he has a tiny contract compared to what he could get on the market)

might be at a point where nobody's untouchable but dame, which would force dame to find a way out pretty quick. also no first rounder pick this year. xps

I love monte

anthony davis hasn’t touched the ball inside 30 feet in 4 mins, not the best sign

Jokic finishes the series averaging 33-10.5-4.5 on 53/43/92 shooting and completely broke whatever Portland's idea of pick-and-roll defense was supposed to be.

— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) June 4, 2021

big fan of the phoenix suns and chris paul* over here btw

* (historically my favorite player of his era)

counterpoint: portland never had any ideas related to pick-and-roll defense to begin with

I actually watched 10 minutes of Dwyane Wade's "The Cube". it's kind of hilarious, these 10-second mini games extended to a full minute via intense Indian Soap Opera editing. Wade talks about how he used to play basketball a lot

jesus AD

bye bye AD

why the fuck did he try to play

funny how the announcers went on and on about how tough the Lakers were gonna play and they come out picking right up where they left off in the game they lost by 30 except with one player replaced with a cardboard cutout

rip

awww jeez shades of KD a couple years ago, hope he's alright

it's just dumb. nobody comes back from a serious groin strain in like 4 days. it doesn't happen.

apparently he warmed up for game 5 and couldn't even do like a basic lateral slide. and he's playing 2 days later?

lebron body language watch

speaking of which he had a one on two break that in his usual explosive state he wouldve attacked every time and he just pulled it back

lebron’s thinking from the bench “I am definitely not losing a first round series to the suns”

book man

well booker just tied MPJ’s playoff record for 3s in a quarter lol

2021 nba baby

yikes

Jusuf Nurkic seemed very uncertain about his future with the Blazers going forward. Asked if he wants to be back he said, "In the right situation, yes." What is the right situation? "We'll see. I don't know yet. Because this is not it."

— Royce Young (@royceyoung) June 4, 2021

uhhh ok buddy

whoa all gas huh nurk

really feel like chris paul should not be playing the rest of this game

Yes
Feel bad for Davis here but it was just a bad idea to play at all

kinda want the lakers to lose by 70

sorry

pour it on

70 if it's 139-69 works for me

Lakers finally realized it's just the 2nd quarter?

Booker with SIX threes in the first quarter

schroeder is shooting 4/27 going back to game 4, yikes

he has to be costing himself some money these playoffs

he said, "In the right situation, yes." What is the right situation? "We'll see. I don't know yet. Because this is not it."

nurk's spent so much time injured and in rehab since he joined the blazers, it would be understandable if he just feels depressed at the sight of their practice facility and wants a new start.

he spent a lot of time on the bench too because he fouled out of every game he has ever been in!!!!!

he was also routinely humiliated by the guy he forced a trade to get away from and with whom he also has a sacred blood feud so he might be a lil emotional about the series

he's prob out there googling the cap space for all the teams in the eastern conference

sabonis for nurk

yeah nurk is for sure emotional after a really tough series

lebron already hanging out in the backcourt while the suns run 5 on 4, you love to see it

sabonis for nurk

― micah, Thursday, June 3, 2021 11:46 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this would be a sick and twisted thing to do to the blazers defensive rating

haha

lotta credit to monty for a great defensive scheme in this series

kuzma, schroeder, harrell, wes matthews, marc gasol have all basically been zeroes in this series, not a great look for rob pelinka. then again lebron’s teams typically tend to collapse when he isn’t playing like himself, it’s like the sun going out in the center of the solar system

lol I legit thought he meant arvydas for nurk

bahah

same effect tbh

p. damning indictment of harrell that he cant make hay even with kaminsky out there

xp yeah their peripheral moves last year were weird and worked, this year they were weird and didn't work. it will be hard to parse it out from the major injuries but they never demonstrated that they actually wanted harrell on the team and kuzma has been like actively regressing.