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

random guy playoff games are pretty funny, kelly o crushing the wizards in game 7, the other team just has to be like "ok"

He was playing a lot (and great) early in the season, but seemed to lose his confidence after the ASB and wasn't getting many minutes lately.

Basically Maxey and Hill had taken his minutes.

dwayne wade making people play ridiculous games inside a large cube is not a thing i believe to be real

It’s real and it’s extremely fucking weird

hmm idk

i think it's normal

i would never make a plan to watch dwyane and his cube but i would be willing to stumble upon it. our schedules haven't lined up so far.

big game for big joel

I know stars up their minutes in the playoffs, but Joel doing that immediately after the torn meniscus feels like living on borrowed time.

jazz arena is lit

clips starting the small lineup

let's just hope everyone is on good behavior because it's great to hear the fans supporting their team

lol morris getting a tech two minutes into game 1

jazz rolling with a 1 guard 4 wing line up vs the team with gobert is pretty interesting. if he can’t punish them for having marcus morris as the biggest guy on the floor it’s not a great look for the concept of the traditional center

rudys gotta have to try to kill them on the glass cause he doesnt have the offensive skills to make them pay for putting morris on him

jazz have gone small now

my recommendation to the jazz would be making a shot

it’s not a great look for the concept of the traditional center

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, June 8, 2021 10:29 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i'd say more it's not a great look for people who claim rudy gobert should be second for mvp. gobert isn't really an archetype, he's a pretty unique player.

yeah you could not play marcus morris on joel embiid for instance

boogie!

I can't quite get a handle on Ingles' personal vibe

simmons had FOUR points, zero in the second half and the sixers won by double digits? doesn't seem likely.

a gregarious australian, everyone likes him apparently xp

ingles seems like a good dude. he very nearly did not have a career in the nba and it seems like he has stayed humble.

also it's wild that he can get to the rim at all, he uses what physical gifts he has but is such a skilled and crafty player

okay he sounds really cool, good news

i have never heard of him dabbling in the alt-right bogut style if we're parsing aussie ballers

the fact that he's Australian makes everything make sense

Joel doing that immediately after the torn meniscus feels like living on borrowed time.

yeah this cannot be medically sound especially for the guy who with the famously iffy knees i have no idea what they are thinking but it is not about the future

this will sound....harsh but i don't think you plan for much of a future with a guy like embiid. if the window to make a run is open even a little bit you need to take it.

agreed, that basic thought sorta drifted around my head after i posted and i was like "cruel but the game is the game"

seems like needing multiple surgical procedures is now an accepted part of having an nba career

this will sound....harsh but i don't think you plan for much of a future with a guy like embiid. if the window to make a run is open even a little bit you need to take it.

mitchell going off, pandemic p in full effect, jazz really need to win this one

and the jazz are in the bonus with 8 and a half minutes left

one team looks like they played a 7 game series that ended 2 days ago and the other does not

great defense at the end by the jazz bu that game was way closer than it should've been

had no idea curt schilling played shooting guard for the jazz

Pg shot poorly but he was aggressive. 10 fta.

Really entertaining game to watch overall.

clippers conceded switches again tonight and mitchell absolutely roasted whoever the jazz wanted, kennard in particular. with booker on the horizon and then possibly the nets it seems like the clippers are going to need quasi super human two way performances from kawhi to win the title bcuz no one else on that team can guard for shit, apparently

this will sound....harsh but i don't think you plan for much of a future with a guy like embiid. if the window to make a run is open even a little bit you need to take it.

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, June 8, 2021 11:33 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

This is kind of where I am at. Joel's 27 now. Given his body/style of play/luck you have maybe 3 more seasons of him at his theoretical peak and if you keep waiting for him to be healthy and for all the stars to align you may just miss his prime entirely. I'm not sure there is a right answer (as long as it's not just totally ignoring the medicals), but I don't blame them for taking a shot this year.

This is why they need Dame immediately. Can they get him before Gm 3?

Well that is an adjustment pic.twitter.com/OnbutXCyut

— Anchorage Man (@SethPartnow) June 9, 2021

this move was such a d wade move

Mitchell doing *this* in front of D-Wade, man. That dribble to split the defense gave me flashbacks to vintage Wade pic.twitter.com/ZSfcaxqlu8

— Kaelen Jones (@kaelenjones) June 9, 2021

I really like Thybulle. This series is the first I've watched much of him and I don't really see why he doesn't get more of Danny Green's minutes

Danny in theory is a better player, also just 'experience' but yah he's slipped quite a bit. chance for him to three-peat tho

Kawhi never fighting over picks makes me wonder about that season where the Spurs had a worse defense with him

love the playoff adjustment baby xp guarding trae young graph

Thybulle is a defensive monster, but he only shot 30% from 3 this year (after shooting nearly 36% last year). Danny Greene shot 40% and the Sixers are always starved for shooting.

A lot (I mean a lot) of games this year Thybulle's steals + blocks > his points. If he could shoot 36% from 3 he would be an instant starter.

I really like Thybulle. This series is the first I've watched much of him and I don't really see why he doesn't get more of Danny Green's minutes