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

i’m unable to discern what paul george’s defensive impact is supposed to be at this point. mitchell is treating him like he doesn’t exist

his defensive prowess has been dramatically overstated for many years now.

Yeah if Giannis could hit FTs I think they’d have a title by now

donovan mitchell is 2" shorter than steph curry

There was a period of time a couple years ago where he was making 3s in big spots and I remember a lot of NBA writers saying that was the missing piece that was gonna make him the best player in the league. I’m guessing he may have read some of these articles

― frogbs, Thursday, June 10, 2021 10:36 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this started innocently and was based on his unexpected success as a lead ballhandler; everyone then made a kind of bad assumption that if he could dribble and pass he could learn to shoot. it's certainly gotten in his head for a variety of understandable reasons but his next coach needs to be someone who can convince him to make another major change to the way he plays.

i’m starting to wonder if the bucks were too emotionally invested in beating the heat. like it was a huge psychic hurdle which everyone treated as a major development for the franchise but in reality all they did was win a first round series.

― J0rdan S., Thursday, June 10, 2021 10:38 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i think it's simpler than this, they lack composure when it gets hard because their coach has a lengthy record of not meeting the moment

yah their is no gameplan at all when things get tight. clear out for giannis is not the move. clear out for khris is a little better but still not what they should be doing every possession with 3 minutes left in the game.

Right I mean I’ve watched a lot of Bucks basketball since Bud came on and this is just….not how they play when they’re winning

Ty lue is not scared to shake things up huh

Combined 3 points in 68 minutes bropez and tucker.

yeah PJ is just kinda…. out there

realize this might be kinda obv but that game
made me severely doubt that the bucks can win a title this year even if they somehow won this series you can’t win 4 playoff series playing that way

Clippers switched to a zone and it seems like a way better idea

bad call, bad challenge

been a lot of really bad challenges in the offs

given the way the jazz are shooting it seems like this one is gonna come back to utah 2-2

bud challenging when middleton got three shots because he was hunting for a flagrant was particularly doofusy

We don’t need to see Ballmer celebrating as often as we are forced to see it

tuned out when jazz were up like 18 and tuned back in for that reggie jackson sequence, hmmmm

Owner reaction shots are over used.

Reggie Jackson has been really good!

jazz come right back and make 2 insane shots haha

That Kawhi coast to coast dunk will be slept on but it was truly bananas

it was nasty

jazz just making every shot basically

its a good strategy, more teams should try it

jingles jingling

bojan has been impressive tonight

this feels like it’s gonna be a repeat of the clippers-mavs series with the twist that the clippers have to go on the road for game 7

The Jazz didn’t have to do much to get Clarkson, Ingles and Bogdanovic and it’s worked out as spectacularly as you could imagine. I just believe in the whole thing now. Clarkson in particular I was just totally wrong about.

tbf he was down and out then went to the jazz and boom an incredible year cant do anything except tip your cap

san antonio’s own jordan clarkson

crazy that him, taurean prince, and andre roberson were on the same HS team

the great thing about clarkson on the jazz is that they only need the perfect amount of him, they can ride his hot streaks but have enough ball handling and scoring without him and don’t need to play him at the ends of games. they found the equilibrium

lol that security guard last night was kds bodyguard

Report: Kevin Durant’s ‘personal bodyguard’ pushed P.J. Tucker during on-court dispute https://t.co/zLeTmnr3yA

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) June 11, 2021

further nets fan research

Nets stans are the worst. I’ve started meeting some online and in person and they’re usually type of person who unironically stans Roc Nation brunch and woke billionaires

— T. (@RickyRawls) June 11, 2021

“i’ve started meeting some online and in person” is killing me for some reason

lol at both of those

The Milwaukee Bucks were led by their two stars last night, Khris Middleton and Giannis Antetokounmpo, in their win over the Brooklyn Nets 86-83.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) June 11, 2021

please no more Earvin, i beg you

here’s some players to watch tonight: Joel Embiid, Trae young, Chris Paul, and finally don’t count out the big man mvp nikola jokic

love him or hate him youve got to admit that "magic" knows basketball

thybulle causing havoc out there

The Milwaukee Bucks were led by their two stars last night, Khris Middleton and Giannis Antetokounmpo, in their win over the Brooklyn Nets 86-83.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) June 11, 2021

― lag∞n, Friday, June 11, 2021 7:33 PM (forty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

lmao this is the most alien one to date

captures the spirit of that game pretty well

dwights hair is insane and awful

yeah he looks like a doll with stylable hair that someone gave to a very creative child

Capela has been really quiet this series

embiid is pretty much worst case for him on both ends of the court

embiid when hes drawing tons of fouls is just very tough to deal with

Embiid just hits the floor so much, in situations where he really doesn’t need to