The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

agreed. it’s a long time since the regular season has meant much anyways

Pretty close to waving the white flag and accepting shorter seasons. You could change the rules to cause less wear and tear on players but we can’t trust refs to stick to it

― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, April 21, 2022 10:43 AM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

what ideas are you thinking for rule changes?

My theory is that the ultra-competitive nature of sports keeps driving all the participants closer and closer to the limits of what a human body can do and when you spend so much time at the very edge of performance the margin of safety disappears. The other big factor is sitting players with injuries that they used to play through because the capital investment they represent is vastly larger than it was back when a $1 million contract was superstar pay.

Middleton out 3-4 weeks, not sure they can beat Boston without him

regular season being 82 games in a fairly low variance sport has always been crazy

i know its something thats hard to go in reverse on but it has to happen eventually. teams currently get what, 15 back to backs? just cutting enough to get rid of those would go a long way

you’d have to demonstrate that there are more injuries in the playoffs now than there’s ever been and that those injuries were related to wear and tear as opposed to bad luck and/or the physical more demanding nature of the playoffs in general. my guess is that there is minimal correlation. if anything we’re in the period of least intensive regular season play in history

there probably aren't because teams are resting their players in the regular season more to compensate

if anything we’re in the period of least intensive regular season play in history

― J0rdan S., Thursday, April 21, 2022 2:24 PM (thirteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i actually wonder if guys trying to ramp up and play really hard after coasting is part of the issue

maybe? feel like the real “issue” is that guys play harder and for longer in the playoffs and they don’t take any games off, not sure how you can legislate that out of the game, nor would you want to. it is what it is

im interested in ways to make regular season a bit more meaningful too even just small things like reseeding the 2nd round of the offs would make it a little more favorable for the higher seeds on average

My theory is that the ultra-competitive nature of sports keeps driving all the participants closer and closer to the limits of what a human body can do and when you spend so much time at the very edge of performance the margin of safety disappears. The other big factor is sitting players with injuries that they used to play through because the capital investment they represent is vastly larger than it was back when a $1 million contract was superstar pay.

This is my basic theory, plus muscles get stronger, players get bigger, so the force involved is greater than ever, but bones and ligaments don’t necessarily get stronger.

way more player movement/motion too

yeah the current style of play is extremely taxing

a lot of the smart heads think the current style of play is actually tougher on bodies than before on a per-minute basis, bigs having to run players of the 3 point line, all the movement etc, on the other hand players play way fewer minutes than in older days

baby men zion and simmons should only be allowed to return if they promise to box each other after the season ends

wolves are out atheliticising the grizzlies

big early leads like this are really hard to sustain tho, cant let off the gas

47-21 !

pat bev is stuntin on the grizz just punking them on both ends

Patrick Beverley slips, throws it off the glass, and scores 🔥pic.twitter.com/HgHilUXWwn

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) April 22, 2022

This is basically a Globetrotters game

i think we can safely say the grizz have their hands full in this series

tho i do think the t wolves might wanna hold onto this lead…

if josh green finds a consistent shot he’s gonna be a good player for the mavs. he is feisty on defense

21-0 run my god

yeah that’s a rough one lol. memphis’ depth showing up

wait… KAT has only take three shots?????

the wolves are the weirdest team

The Grizzlies erased a 21-point lead in less than 6 minutes

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) April 22, 2022

they didnt call a timeout

Grizzlies 24-2 run.

Not a single timeout by the Wolves during that run. pic.twitter.com/65cfYbaSTT

— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 22, 2022

Idk is it just me or was that a mistake?

i dont have any coaching experience but it seems like maybe take one why not

the wolves fan cam is goading people into chugging their drinks i feel this is a very minnesota behavior

watching towns try to defend is just sad. bent 90 degrees at the waist like an elderly person.

wolves scoring by quarter: 39-12-32-12

i can't remember seeing anything like that

ha was just about to post that

quarters 1 and 3 140 point pace
quarters 2 and 4 48 point pace

jazz still going with the giving up corner 3s defense

the mavs have scored 68 points in the first half

if i was KAT i wouldn’t check twitter tonight

mavs bench players were 10/14 from 3 in that half

i can’t believe i posted that we could “safely” say the grizzlies had their hands full in this series immediately before the wolves allowed a 21-0 run to leading to one of the worst losses imaginable

lol

this stung me a little bit and i have no connection to or stake in minnesota sports

“Well done, we taught you well.”
—The Vikings

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) April 22, 2022

The Grizzlies were down 25+ points TWICE and still found a way to cover (-2.5) 😳 pic.twitter.com/aVslI1UYkQ

— ClutchPoints Betting (@CPBetting) April 22, 2022

pat bev really hacked up some bricks from three during that comeback

big early leads like this are really hard to sustain tho, cant let off the gas

pat bev really hacked up some bricks from three during that comeback

shouldve stuck to just running around

rudy not doing much for his DPOY argument