The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

he might get a few votes cause the suns are so good

Being the best player on the best team means something

Hardens gonna make $47.3 million next year lmao

You could argue book would be putting up similar numbers to luka if you put the ball in his hands for 80% of the game.
― he was eating Vaseline like it was bunch of cheeseburgers (Spottie), Thursday, May 5, 2022 11:14 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

naw he doesnt have the playmaking chops or physicality to do what luka does, luka is basically unstoppable

Being the best player on the best team means something

― he was eating Vaseline like it was bunch of cheeseburgers (Spottie), Thursday, May 5, 2022 11:18 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

i dont think so

was kyrie the only one to win best player in a losing game?

Suns were repeatedly hunting Luka on D last game

yes, because he has a uniquely high offensive load and it benefits the suns to wear him down. it doesnt really say much about how he compares to booker.

It’s unclear to me that Booker is more valuable to the Suns than Ayton

haha

we are so close to having the "does MVP mean the most important player to their team or the best player overall?" debate I can feel it

naw

word on the street is embiid won tho, which is fine

he is certainly one of the best players, its just unfortunate he will not get a chance to be sonned by al horford again this year

^ this

cleared protocols

The 76ers say Joel Embiid has cleared concussion protocol, and participated in shootaround. He remains out for the game, but his status could change between now and tonight’s game.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) May 6, 2022

he's going to play

he was always going to play

embiid beat the joker? I was not expecting that at all

??? Where are you seeing that

there was a tweet by a sportswriter saying that a bunch of nba bigwigs were gonna be at game 3 in philly, speculating that the award will be given then, obvs not definitive, just "the word on the street" (guy on twitter)

He deleted the tweet

It’s unclear to me that Booker is more valuable to the Suns than Ayton

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, May 6, 2022 2:35 AM (twelve hours ago)

coming back to this for a second. i think ayton has a very obvious value in the playoffs as a center who can neutralize small line ups. i thought in the finals last year going up against a team that had guys w/ size and skill to match him he wasn't great, especially when he was on defense giannis pretty much dominated him. booker put up two hyper efficient 40 point games and another 30 pointer, he was clearly the better and more important player in that series. i think in a first or second round series they can find enough scoring where booker's value seems more ambiguous and ayton can rack up double doubles, but in finals level series i don't think there's much question who they need more. certainly, based on how they've treated ayton's contract situation, the suns don't think it's even a debate

matt wasnt joking?

matt wasnt joking?

i'm cutting matt some slack it's been a rough week for deandre jordan stans across america

so we got some games tonight or what some of the ol round ball the basketball

time for some guys to see who can put the round ball into the hoop ring the most times in 48 minutes.

thats the stuff

the dunkies, the triple-doos, the buzzer buggers, that’s why we love basketballs baby

when thunder rocks the famous basketball ring thats what we live for and were crazy about it

shazaam baby, if you dont like that, you don’t like NBA basketball

hes back baby the very big man with many wounds

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid will warm up momentarily with the intention of returning tonight in Game 3 against the Miami Heat, league sources tell @NBAonTNT, @YahooSports.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) May 6, 2022

would be sweet if they evened this series up

I would die, lol.

does anyone (including them) have any idea how good the heat even are? feels like they havent had their full roster yet + havent played anyone good (hawks were bad, 76ers minus embiid so far). and now they have oladipo in the mix?

lowry's back tonight too

wounds are good

heat are the best team in the east its right there in the seed

will they win the nba playoffs is the question you must answer

strus doing a little too much strusing here early

lol strus on the mic is good

sweat absolutely pouring out of embiids mask

He hated it when he had one in the playoffs before. In case you forget, previous orbital injury necessitating a mask was caused by Markel Fultz diving for a ball.

cant imagine how distracting wearing one of those things must be

think philly has five straight turnovers

ah it was just four of five

philly looking a little better with embidd than without embiid

whodathunk

cant imagine how distracting wearing one of those things must be

― lag∞n, Friday, May 6, 2022 4:50 PM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

never understood how/why rip hamilton decided to wear one for most of his career