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

yeah that’s the key element i think, it has to be as black and white as possible

let’s check the replay just to be sure that foul was within 4 seconds tho, the clock is reading 19 but we’re not sure

well this is getting a little interesting

well in a round full of horrific losses this one would take the cake

man that Bucks-Nets G5 really gonna play out 3 times in less than a week huh

holy shit

just learned that terance mann lived in lowell, mass for much of his formative years so i guess i am a fan!

I actually need the clips to win so the suns have a better shot of advancing

the clippers shot 15-21 in that quarter

clippers just spreading the jazz out, putting gobert in no man’s land and feasting on wide open corner threes

i have to say ty lue seems like one of the best playoff coaches to me

ja i would agree with that

mann shot 42% this season on 91 3pa so maybe he shouldnt be wide open

he wasn’t just open, they were giving him practice three pointers

rudy gobert’s 5 year $205m contract kicks in next year!

the clippers are basically like, we’re gonna put 4 guys on the arc and get an open three every possession down bcuz your center is still hanging by the rim. and the jazz are like, ok

i’m assuming quinn snyder must have died 20 minutes ago

Terrence "The Boat Rocker" Mann

haha this is bad

though otoh

actually need the clips to win so the suns have a better shot of advancing

― k3vin k., Saturday, 19 June 2021 2:01 PM (thirty-two minutes ago)

granted this might be the most insane display of shotmaking i’ve seen in any game ever but quinn snyder is watching his team give up an 80 point half and is just like…. not changing his line up whatsoever?

one of the most crushing losses i can remember jesus

clippers vs nets finals would have me so vexed dudes

They can’t beat the suns right?

81-47 in the second half

it's pretty funny that quinn never gets the heat that coach bud does

but if the entire team is based around rudy gobert playing all the time it's possible you're a little bit fucked out of the gate in the playoffs

rudy gobert’s 5 year $205m contract kicks in next year!

― J0rdan S., Friday, June 18, 2021 9:15 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

shoulda put the jazz on my depression teams list yesterday

absolutely insane that batum, jackson, and mann were the clippers #2-4 guys in minutes in a clinching playoff game

Jazz in a very weird spot where they absolutely have to run it back but they’re gonna feel really depressed about it

Conley and Ingles are gonna be 34, Bojan 33... You’re kind of stuck here.

I mean what do you do when the other team shoots 80% in a half

you learn to guard the corner 3?

i basically agree that they have to run it back but if they don't have a better answer for "how do we defend smallball" heads will be rollingt

This is extremely Ewing theory btw. No one likes Kawhi, he bums everyone out and takes vacations during the season.

Yeah he'll never win a title

Ewing theory applies to guys who win titles too

no

Eventually, we decided that two crucial elements needed to be in place for any situation to qualify for “Ewing” status:

• A star athlete receives an inordinate amount of media attention and fan interest, and yet his teams never win anything substantial with him (other than maybe some early-round playoff series).

• That same athlete leaves his team (either by injury, trade, graduation, free agency or retirement) — and both the media and fans immediately write off the team for the following season.

Yeah that’s dumb.

For one thing it’s not what happened with Ewing!

that is just from the original ewing theory column so if it's dumb you should probably just not talk about it!

Nah Ewing theory is real... a real thing to think about. Stars getting injured and then people step into expanded roles and the team gains new energy and dj redd

*success

gonna be ewing theory until they don’t win a title and have traded every asset humanly possible for one western conference finals appearance

My theory is that guys in the NBA can fucking ball. Every last one of them. And that the talent gap from stars to role players isn't as large as it appears. But I do think NBA coaches rely too much on stars (cause it's the safe play), and once you eliminate that crutch from them the team game can flourish.

i basically agree that they have to run it back but if they don't have a better answer for "how do we defend smallball" heads will be rollingt

― call all destroyer, Saturday, June 19, 2021 1:05 AM (forty-six minutes ago)

i mean, this is what made that game so maddening. they left gobert out there the entire fourth quarter despite having ingles -- who btw was great as a perimeter defender the entire playoffs -- clarkson and even niang just rotting on the bench. it's crazy! it feels bad to pick on gobert but he wasn't giving them anything out there... they were conceding pre game warm up level three pointers every possession, and when they weren't he was not even really providing rim protection -- jackson and mann both scored on him multiple times in the fourth. and then on offense the only thing he could do basically was offensive rebound and get fouled and make 1 out of 2 free throws.

it was 1 of a million shot making from the clippers that can't be denied but snyder just sat on his hands the entire time despite having a roster that allowed him to match the clippers small ball line up. he didn't even try some combo of conley, mitchell, ingles, clarkson, bogdanovic and o neal for a second. literally not even one second, as their season just got flushed down the toilet. who knows if it turns the game around but you at least have to try. the more i think about it, it feels like fireable offense level coaching malpractice

like, we're in the midst of a week long hysterical news cycle/franchise meltdown over the mavs losing to a fully healthy clippers team in 7 games. so what should the jazz response to this game be? bcuz....

Damn what a game. Exhilarating stuff from Reggie and Mann, not even just the threes they were slashing right at Rudy too. Snyder no adjusting is up there in the top 3 worst coaching decisions this week lol.

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— Jacob (AKA Rusty Buckets) (@RustyBUCKETS321) June 19, 2021

maybe its bad to give $40m to a guy who cant play offense idk

Holy shit @ Gobert's contract.

He did bring attention to the coronavirus, so he's not all bad.