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

i mean if it feels ok he might as well try i guess but itll just pop again

I think the idea is that there’s low risk of long term complications and you’re two games from elimination

yep

it feels a little... coincidental that harden is suddenly better the game after kyrie gets hurt but even if he can just stand out there and shoot threes and not get totally flamed on defense they could use him

he'll just be joe harris 2.0 out there.

well the actual joe harris has been in beta version the last two games so that might be helpful

yah hes been bad. a little harder when the other team can actually dedicate someone to guard you a bit.

Sometimes guys just have a bad week

yeah he's just missed a bunch of open shots

jokic bros are scarier than nurkics dad

The Jokic brothers wanted every piece of available smoke 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/pmUUb4gELw

— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) June 15, 2021

jersey over the camo shirt with the neck tattoo peeking out underneath the gold chain is a great look

smh they didnt even jump in

just two hippie bros singing the chorus of You Enjoy Myself. it's embarrassing.

Doc Rivers, on Ben Simmons saying he needed to be more aggressive last night: "I couldn't disagree with that more. More aggressive if he's talking about facilitating, yeah. Moving the ball up the floor with better pace. But not as far as shooting, or anything like that."

— Derek Bodner (@DerekBodnerNBA) June 15, 2021

haha. sick. i mean, he's right, honestly, but sort of an issue in its own right

All-NBA First Team (again):
Stephen Curry
Luka Doncic
Kawhi Leonard
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Nikola Jokic

Second Team:
Joel Embiid
LeBron James
Damian Lillard
Chris Paul
Julius Randle

Third Team:
Rudy Gobert
Jimmy Butler
Paul George
Bradley Beal
Kyrie Irving

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 16, 2021

lol celtics just saved so much money via tatum missing it

Russell Westbrook received more All-NBA votes than both Devin Booker and Donovan Mitchell?

lol I just looked up Nurkic's father, looks like he just sent two guys to go kill Liam Neeson (those two guys being Jokic's brothers)

Interesting twist in the All-NBA voting. Tatum was eligible as a guard and forward and had more votes than Kyrie, who made the third team as a guard. But Tatum was slotted as a forward because that was the position where he received the most votes.

— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) June 16, 2021

get rid of the positions for the love of god

lol thats is ridiculous

For real

randle making second team is ridiculous. probably wouldn't quibble with much else... maybe switching embiid in for kawhi on the first team

Yah was gonna say Embiid should be first team

weird to finish in second place mvp and not make the first team guess thats the position issue again

it appears both harden and jeff green are playing tonight

Harden not exactly kickstarting this offense

lol kd directing harden to the wing then bouncing it off his back

Harden coming back and the Nets getting smoked is truly the best of both worlds.

Earlier Giannis had a wide open 3, went into his motion, thought about it for a second and decided to pass, I like what I’m seeing

if it’s true that “health is a skill” then the bucks greatest skill might be that their 2 best players basically never get hurt and in particular seem impervious to playoff wear and tear at the same time as their competition in the east has their best players breaking down

Giannis was hurt in the playoffs last year

harden just cant do anything out there not sure what the point is

i remember giannis injury last year being pretty mild

Let’s be honest. Pat Connaughton is dominating this game.

pat vs jeff

Playoff Pat baby

yeah it’s pretty clear harden isn’t really healthy enough to play he’s just trying to go cuz kyrie got hurt

giannis is passing too much now

have the bucks tried to go at harden and make him play defense at all? if so i haven't noticed.

giannis just blew by him with zero effort

relying heavily on jeff green and blake griffin… not a recipe for success

hate to see my beloved nets struggle

Hey Green is doing pretty well

Am I correct in thinking this game might be tied if Harden wasn’t out there

no you are not correct

Well I rarely am

this game reminds me of games 3 and 4 of the bucks-heat series where any time the nets get it to 11 points and you’re like “ok might get it under 10 here!” the bucks immediately score 4-5 points

KD/J.Green: 10/16 FG, 33 points
Other Nets: 4/24 FG, 8 points pic.twitter.com/AwI8LHKHeC

— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) June 16, 2021