The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs Thread

there’s some guys i feel like they could target this offseason. i wonder if they could take olynyk off detroit’s hands. myles turner is also a guy who i think would be great for them. i could see them as a spot for any of the hawks cast offs (huerter etc). bogdanovic from the jazz if utah’s starts selling stuff off. the front office will have to get creative of course but i think they have a template now.

the stuff about them targeting gobert scares me
tho

Luka's usage rate against the Jazz definitely looked lower, they really benefitted from him being able to pick his spots and other guys stepping up. But the suns have much better perimeter defenders. I guess the current Mavs system is well-designed to pick apart the Jazz's specific defensive deficiencies and won't match up as well with a lot of other good teams.

bucks ditching the huge portis lineup

The Bucks are going with a new starting lineup today:
Jrue Holiday
Grayson Allen
Wesley Matthews
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Brook Lopez

— Eric Nehm (@eric_nehm) May 7, 2022

the stuff about them targeting gobert scares me
tho

his contract is brutal tho 4 years of $40m+

it’ll be interesting to see how brunson’s off-season goes. dallas would have to pay him something in the 20M/year range for an extension, and while he’s a solid young player who could continue to improve as a secondary playmaker, that’s a lot of money to commit to a guy with the intention of having him as a core piece for a potential championship window

bucks and celtics both look asleep

there are rumours that carlisle loves brunson so a move to the pacers could be on the cards. im not sure if there would be any room for myles turner to go to the mavs in sign and trade or what

He’s a great fit!

If the Mavs don't mind blowing through the cap and paying beaucoup luxury tax.

lol k-mid has the best style

celtics need to keep this close

tatum needs to find a way to make an impact offensively

man tough defense on both sides so far

dont really understand this challenge

second game in a row with a bad one from bud

yeah keeping this up for 4 quarters is going to be something

this presumptive play review is quashed by….. chipotle

_the stuff about them targeting gobert scares me
tho_


He’s a great fit!

certainly seen flagrants for less than what giannis did to tatum

oh come on that was a completely normal foul

he trucked him bro, elbow to the face to boot

on a vulnerable player

jrue isn’t the prettiest player but he’s a fucking magician if you ask me

jrues a great defender but pretty limited offensively hes struggling pretty hard trying to step up into middletons #2 scorer spot

refs babysitting giannis

league really wants to make sure there's a giannis game, makes sense

smh no one cares about giannis

never mind i guess the refs changed their minds and decided fouls exist now

they got the word that giannis is not famous

that was a fuckin grind

great way to end it for the celtics, giannis with 3 fouls, going up 4

as good as the d has been both teams left a lot of points on the table, just terrible shooting

i mean you all saw it, not sure why i’m doing a recap lol

unless the bucks start hitting threes — and they haven’t had many wide open looks, to my eyes — it feels like giannis is gonna have to put up a 45-15 kinda game to carry them here, not sure where the answers are coming from otherwise.

The Celtics are shooting 6/16 in the paint and are somehow leading 50-46 at halftime. If Grant missed that last shot, both teams would be 3/18 from deep, which is wht Bucks shot in Game 2. Absolute blood bath of a game so far. Celtics 16/17 from the line, 3 fouls on Giannis.

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) May 7, 2022

oh my god you guys watching on yet NBA app this middle aged lady on the unicycle is incredible - she did this in boston

what she does shoud not be possible

tracer you can blog here! i can’t really abandon baby to watch this so it helps.

yeah thats red panda one of the true stalwarts of nba halftime

i mean you all saw it, not sure why i’m doing a recap lol

fuckin FIVE
haha okay cad thank you

i will try to upload a video of red panda

tracer red panda is a legend

do you guys think they’ll score some points in this half

nah

lol why is giannis taking 3s

I just watched a video of her. She's the Steph Curry of flipping bowls onto one's head with one's foot, while perched on top of a 7 ft. tall unicycle.

surprised either team got to 50 at all

giannis did a wrastlin move there

feels like giannis is gonna have to put up a 45-15 kinda game to carry them here

might happen

that clearly should be some sort of extra foul flagrant technical thing of that nature on giannis

celtics cannot buy a basket for love or money

tatum and brown running out of time to have a big game