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i'm not sure he has a take over the game kind of attitude but he's blocked bam like 10 times in this series and also can do some things on offense. he's a nice player, could maybe be better on a diff team, but idk how much skill there is left untapped on offense personally

i want him to just let it fly from three like 6 times a game and block a bunch of shots.

yes

yeah... somewhere between porzingis and aron baynes

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my pet hate is players neglecting to shoot, even when wide open, because theyre "running a play".. pisses me off no end

i have a few pet hates tbh

tj warren spotted leaving the floor before the handshakes

man east 1st round went one game past the minimum

the next round should be pretty good tho

i didn't do predix but would have had the 1-8, 2-7, and 4-5 going five games each and then the sixers decided to not even pretend to show up. nothing against the pacers but miami was an awful matchup for them.

if pacers were healthy it prob wouldve been a cool series

east 2nd round will be tite

miami already had so many more ways to play and then you consider the coaching disparity. was just going to be tough for indy to keep up or do anything proactive to change the series.

incredible that melo, whiteside and nurkic are all starting in 2020

i don't get why gary trent is coming off the bench

Pacers gave a pretty good account of themselves all things considered. Sabonis is their most important player.

jeremy lamb isnt nothing either. pacers have their entire core under contract next season so they could take the 3 seed if health is on their side. there may be potential for trades also if other teams panic under the cap crunch

not a great start from the blaze

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That lineup was all wrong for them

i think we're also going to find out at the end of all this that having the playoffs in home arenas makes series go 1-2 games longer than they would if played on neutral courts

Another thing about these series is that an every other day schedule leaves less time for adjustments, less time for players who are banged up to get right etc

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― Matt Armstrong, Monday, August 24, 2020 9:32 PM (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

lol

i think we're also going to find out at the end of all this that having the playoffs in home arenas makes series go 1-2 games longer than they would if played on neutral courts

― J0rdan S., Monday, August 24, 2020 9:39 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Another thing about these series is that an every other day schedule leaves less time for adjustments, less time for players who are banged up to get right etc

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, August 24, 2020 9:40 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah stands to reason

lovin the quick sched from a view perspective tho

blazers getting reffed tf out

sadly inevitable i'm afraid; there's no way the nba is going to allow lebron to get knocked out in the first round... or perhaps at all!

blazers have been complaining about the refs since game 3 ended, not surprising it would blow up in their face

That 13 - 0 run to start had nothing to do with the refs

i think it's ok to say it's been a good run for the blazers but they're not a competitive team right now

i'd love to say the blazers have a bunch of interesting decisions to make in the offseason but i'm pretty sure owing dame and cj 85 million in 2024 means this is prob the peak of this roster for the next half decade

yeah, unless they trade cj and/or strike luck through the draft, this is as good as it gets for a bit

they found a good player in trent. zach collins will get healthy. maybe simons figures something out? there are small rays of light but this is the point where roster building gets hard.

They absolutely need to trade cj

wait they essentially made this an extra lakers "home game" in honor of national kobe day? my apologies but that is shenanigans

i'm far from the biggest cj fan but it will be tough to find a trade for him that's worth making

cj is giving all he's ever gonna give ya and he and dame just never made sense whatsoever, even moving cj for spare parts and expirings and punting a year would be better than being a 7th seed until dame is well on the backend of the talent parabola

It’s hard for me to imagine the lakers winning the title with 2 players but I guess it’s possible

They play some intense defense when they want to

AD learning to do the floppy midair leg kick thing to draw a foul is gonna get someone badly hurt

(possibly him)

I constantly feel like he about to break

The thing with dame... he’s still barely a 40% shooter for his playoff career and if it wasn’t for a couple of series winning shots people would probably bring that up a bit more.

Brow does look fragile yah

Leborn Jeams

he's a good player!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y_cl3WIO6A

Dwight's getting some nice effort put backs

AD +37 last night