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is he just getting to the rim at will? what's going on?

he has no weaknesses in his game

he can play pick n roll, lobs, midrange, cutter, 3 pt, drive and kick, whatever

how many points does he have 500

v nearly

man one jamal murray eruption aside spurs have handled the nuggs so far this series

andrew bogut looks awful

500 points is a new record congrats

i think the nuggets problem has been that one jamal murray eruption aside their second, third and fourth best players have been mostly terrible

andrew bogut looks awful

― J0rdan S., Thursday, April 18, 2019 11:26 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

shocking news lol

Bogut looks good to me every lumbering center gets smoked by trez this season

And by good I mean he’s doing what they need him to do. Looney is the better option but they’re saving him for Houston

I think he looks better than he did near the end of his run in 2016

No talk of the nasty fart on the Sixers bench?

KD is fully engaged I haven’t seen a running chest bump in a long time

These refs gotta go

Legitimately the worst reffed game I’ve ever seen

Alrighty dubs up 31 w 7 min left in the 3rd

it’s gonna be groundhog’s day for the dubs: steph with 4 fouls and up 31 midway thru the 3rd

they shd lose again just as a goof

true. need to bring uncertainty to the ‘offs

D'Angelo Russell has 68 points on 67 shots so far in the playoffs. Team has been 7.3 points per-100 better on offense with Dinwiddie on the floor.

— Paul Headley NBA (@PaulHeadleyNBA) April 19, 2019

I have had my username like this for at least three weeks so I'm getting my rations from the hipster gravy train

Lol

they need to slot levert into the starting lineup

i think the problem isn't so much d-lo as it is cold shooting in general from the nets. d-lo shares the floor a lot with joe harris, who has been abysmal on both ends this series.

Caris LeVert with 14 straight for the Nets

(via @NBA)pic.twitter.com/QRoc6PTTJc

— The Crossover (@TheCrossover) April 19, 2019

harris has been dire

less harris, more caris

otm

ok so out of

blazers
thunder
spurs
nuggets

who do we think is facing the warriors or rockets in the WCF

spurs

I think Blazers

kinda feels like dame time

yeah you're right

derrick
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idk how much i’m inclined to trust the blazers... both jokic and LMA seem like bad match ups for them depending on what happens in that series. steven adams is good but he’s obv not a low post threat on the level of those 2 guys so the blazers haven’t really been punished for not having nurkic. but if they plan on playing kanter on either of those 2 i do not like their chances.

i think i’m leaning the spurs right now... i think they’d lose in 5 to either the dubs or rockets but of these four teams it looks right now like they have the best rotation top to bottom and the best coach as well

I know I'd like to see the Blazers in the WCF, but my confidence in that outcome is only about 60% rn. Many a slip twixt cup and lip, as no one ever says any more. And Pops is such a masterly coach.

yeah, crazy to say it but i like the spurs chances. they have a better matchup for dame along with the advantages in the frontcourt.

i have no clue other than that i have 0 faith in a westbrook team to win a close/contested series

the teams talent levels are pretty evenly matched. so i would lean towards coaching and/or best player. PG isnt healthy so i think OKC is done. if Dame plays up to his regular standards and not playoff standards then they can do it. Pop is the best coach of the group so they have a great shot. Jokic has to take over and he hasnt shown he can do that consistently so i dont really believe in them rn (and their guard play is way to inconsistent).

I think I lean towards Spurs, dont quite trust Dame enough.

weird side of the draw def, hard to say

i recommend watching the games to find out who will win

don't see the point in that when you can just view the game results afterwards

its much more efficient to just view the box scores

pfft u cant trap kyrie hes too wily

Nate McMillan said the Pacers will make some adjustments on Kyrie after he went off in Game 3. Said, among other things, they’ll look at opportunities to trap.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) April 19, 2019

hell slither right by you

this is what will happen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unR148tPi2g

vooch appears to be a really bad playoff performer...

/immediately hits a couple shots

q1 has been fun, I still don't understand this magic team tho