i guess elfrid payton technically is a starter
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Monday, 17 May 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
it's funny to talk about the knicks second unit when their first unit is julius randle, reggie bullock, nerlens noel, and elfrid payton. i feel like they have the worst roster of any playoff team potentially including the play ins, but they drew the best possible first round match up
― J0rdan S., Monday, 17 May 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
yeah tough to win with 4 guys
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Monday, 17 May 2021 20:09 (two years ago) link
this is why thibs isn't gonna win coach of the year
if you want to get your mediocre team to the first round of the playoffs, nobody does it better
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 May 2021 20:16 (two years ago) link
i bit on the sixers to win it all because I am concussed
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Monday, 17 May 2021 20:19 (two years ago) link
Noooooooo! The only way to win is not to believe.
― Deicide at Chuck E. Cheese (PBKR), Monday, 17 May 2021 20:24 (two years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Monday, 17 May 2021 20:24 (two years ago) link
embiids gonna have to go wild which is possible, its always the question of whether he can manage playing physically for a whole game, cause where he really kills you is when hes fouling your whole team out, hes got to not turn the ball over when double teamed and not settle for too many threes, in short hes gotta be better than he has been in past playoffs, but if he is then we can tip our caps and call him mr champion, one thing he has going for him is al horford is not in the playoffs this year
― lag∞n, Monday, 17 May 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
i put them on my list of three teams i think can actually win it but i would be concerned w/ how the heat guarded them the other night, squeezing down hard on embiid and daring anyone else on the sixers to score a bunch of points. i think at home there will be games where seth curry hits threes, and tobias had a pretty good night vs the heat, and the sixers packed it in after the first quarter so whatever. but still if you can make embiid pass and seth curry isn't hurting you, it might start to get pretty tight against good teams. i wouldn't trust danny green after last playoffs
the great news for the sixers is that they'll only need to try in two series to win the title
― J0rdan S., Monday, 17 May 2021 20:48 (two years ago) link
yeah philly has to be creative with how they get him the ball not just dump it in the post which is easy to double and also exhausting
― lag∞n, Monday, 17 May 2021 21:17 (two years ago) link
teams that wouldn't surprise me: suns, sixers
teams that might surprise me a little but i would get it: jazz, nets, bucks
teams that would fill me with glee: blazers, nuggets, heat
teams that would fill me with glee, but not happening: knicks
teams that i can't see doing it but i haven't really watched them that closely this season: mavs, clippers
no fuckin' way: dubs, grizz, spurs, hawks, celtics, bullets, pacers, hornets
mr silver i am writing you today to discuss the terms of our divorce: lakers
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Monday, 17 May 2021 21:20 (two years ago) link
but still if you can make embiid pass and seth curry isn't hurting you, it might start to get pretty tight against good teams. i wouldn't trust danny green after last playoffs
They're not a terrible 3pt shooting team (37.4%, 10th). The problem is they are 26th in 3pt attempts/game. Probably a function of having Embiid and Simmons on the floor at the same time.
― Deicide at Chuck E. Cheese (PBKR), Monday, 17 May 2021 22:53 (two years ago) link
there are definite limitations to playing any two non-shooters in the playoffs, but particularly if they are your ball handler and your screen setter. this goes for the heat as well as the sixers.
― micah, Monday, 17 May 2021 23:27 (two years ago) link
yeah and the heat got around it by going small and putting great to elite shooters around those two at basically every other position. when they were getting nothing from dragic and herro this season their offense was like bottom 5 in the league. obv darryl understands this
the other issue w/ simmons compared to butler as an example is that jimmy gets to the line at an elite rate and is very good when he gets there. simmons has always been efficient bcuz he's so selective but he's not going to push the envelope and get to the line at the ends of games which jimmy did routinely in the bubble last year. embiid obv can get to the line and is great for a big guy when he's there, but i think it's easier in the playoffs to be doing that off the dribble than as a post player
― J0rdan S., Monday, 17 May 2021 23:44 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
can't wait to find out who will win the nba playoffs
― Clay, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 00:06 (two years ago) link
this
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 00:30 (two years ago) link
thats what its all about baby
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 00:33 (two years ago) link
we love the game for one reason
to find out who wins the nba playoffs
― Clay, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 00:35 (two years ago) link
Can't wait for the next episode of the reality show, "The 2021 NBA Playoffs".
― Deicide at Chuck E. Cheese (PBKR), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 00:37 (two years ago) link
bcz we are all messy b*tches who love drama
― sharpening the contraindications (Aimless), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 01:31 (two years ago) link
that’s right
― class project pat (m bison), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 01:43 (two years ago) link
voted nets btw
― micah, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 02:46 (two years ago) link
i can't figure out who to vote for. what a tough year to figure out the champ.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 02:51 (two years ago) link
i can't decide between the bucks and sixers, i'm very concerned about anthony davis making it through 4 playoff rounds healthy, and i think the top 3 teams in the east would be beat any remaining team in the west. i might lean the sixers bcuz they have the easiest path to the finals of any team in either conference... think the bucks might be the better team tho
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 18 May 2021 03:03 (two years ago) link
can we all agree that it would be "fun" to see portland, denver or miami win?
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 03:09 (two years ago) link
jordan that's very much where i'm at. i don't think this is the lakers year and with that in mind the east seems stronger. i would love to pick the bucks but i was just looking at their top 8 guys and man you have to hope jrue holiday has the playoffs of his life if you want to make that pick.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 03:30 (two years ago) link
they've also given themselves such a bad path compared to philly.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 03:33 (two years ago) link
I also voted nets but this whole post season screams chaos to me
― Clay, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 04:19 (two years ago) link
i would love to pick the bucks but i was just looking at their top 8 guys and man you have to hope jrue holiday has the playoffs of his life if you want to make that pick.
― call all destroyer, Monday, May 17, 2021 11:30 PM (yesterday)
i think there's a two fold issue w/ the bucks. one is giannis and middleton related, having those guys not freeze up and take a bunch of jumpers in crunch time after the offense does nothing for 21 seconds. the second is that they were a pretty deadly shooting team, but you kinda need to believe that guys like bryn forbes, dante d, connaughton, even jrue are going to be 40% three point shooters in the playoffs and weren't just shooting the lights out in the most shooting friendly season in NBA history. if the bucks can figure out how to run an offense at the end of games and have role players who make threes they might be the best team in the league and will prob come out of the east. if neither of those two things get solved they could potentially lose to the heat again
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 18 May 2021 05:22 (two years ago) link
Lakers/Nets
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 05:59 (two years ago) link
Simmons has been very bad down the stretch. Not healthy and/or distracted by family drama. I think the Sixers could beat the Nets because the Nets are thin and don't play defense, but I think they would lose to the Bucks.
― Deicide at Chuck E. Cheese (PBKR), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 14:12 (two years ago) link
i like how everyone’s just ignoring polyphonic’s nightmare scenario, or haven’t even read it properly because it just cancels out somehow, like staring at the sun
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
Not healthy and/or distracted by family drama.
hmmmm?
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 14:15 (two years ago) link
nets officially cursed
THIS JUST IN: guess who’s joining us to set up a #COVID vaccine site outside @barclayscenter?Thank you to the @BrooklynNets for getting in the game to get New Yorkers vaccinated. Tune in for more. https://t.co/vL7jQKHX9N pic.twitter.com/7vC29uu8bs— City of New York (@nycgov) May 18, 2021
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 14:44 (two years ago) link
this would be an amazing time for kyrie to come out with a weird anti-vax statement
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 15:10 (two years ago) link
Is simmons still dating a Jenner
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 15:11 (two years ago) link
can only assume someone mustve warned him off of it in advance xp
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, May 18, 2021 8:11 AM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
no, d booker took over that one for now.
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 15:38 (two years ago) link
haven't watched a game in a few weeks but i'm excited for some 'ins
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 16:22 (two years ago) link
off to a good start
Just in: Indiana Pacers guard Caris LeVert is expected to miss tonight’s Play-In Tournament game vs. the Charlotte Hornets due to health and safety protocols, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 18, 2021
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 17:02 (two years ago) link
ah well
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 17:03 (two years ago) link
ffs!
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 17:04 (two years ago) link
Would be pretty wild if some star who didn’t get vaccinated manages to get COVID and swings the whole offs (not caris levert, obviously)
― circles, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
re: Simmons (feel bad even posting it, shits fucked up regardless), this came out in March?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9457973/Basketballer-Ben-Simmons-sister-Olivia-claims-half-brother-molested-years-age-three.html
― Deicide at Chuck E. Cheese (PBKR), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 17:12 (two years ago) link
...lebron xp
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 17:12 (two years ago) link
xp ugh, did not hear about that
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 17:13 (two years ago) link
ugh is right.
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link
He missed 4 games in a row due to an unknown, non-covid illness right around the same time and hasn't seemed himself since.
― Deicide at Chuck E. Cheese (PBKR), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 17:25 (two years ago) link
don't play not to lose bucks
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:32 (two years ago) link
Sheesh
― frogbs, Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:33 (two years ago) link
Hawks cannot miss right now
― frogbs, Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:35 (two years ago) link
it's not fun without a sweat
― Clay, Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:36 (two years ago) link
Cam Reddish thinks he's Khris Middleton or something, the gall
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:39 (two years ago) link
The hawks have so many good players
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:39 (two years ago) link
Fuuuuck this
― frogbs, Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:40 (two years ago) link
Bucks at sea
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:44 (two years ago) link
This is so frustrating all we had to do was keep playing our game
yeah it seemed like a bad sign when coach bud stuck with his rotation at the end of the 3rd q and took out the lineup that was annihilating them
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:45 (two years ago) link
that turnover by middleton was an extremely unforced error, he dribbled into falling out of bounds. pressure getting to em
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:46 (two years ago) link
Hawks just need to miss a few shots
― frogbs, Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:47 (two years ago) link
thank the goddamn lord for brook lopez
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:50 (two years ago) link
THERE HE IS
― frogbs, Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:51 (two years ago) link
bucks should be thanking the lord that trae young isn't right, hawks made that comeback with him missing a million shots
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:51 (two years ago) link
PJ!!!!!!!
― frogbs, Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:53 (two years ago) link
PJ's three can only be described as merciless
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:54 (two years ago) link
Yeah if Trae sat this would’ve been a different game
― frogbs, Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:54 (two years ago) link
this series is a good example of the difference between the eastern and western conferences and chris paul never having reached the conference finals until a few years ago
― k3vin k., Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:54 (two years ago) link
take a breath folks, you're going to the NBA Finals
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:55 (two years ago) link
Bucks host SunsWon't you come
― butyrate humbucker bobbins (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:55 (two years ago) link
I am so excited
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:56 (two years ago) link
now we can all move on to the evening's main event, Animal Kingdom, only on TNT!
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:57 (two years ago) link
I know this is a series we were massively favored to win but fuuuuck this is awesome , did it without Giannis too
― frogbs, Sunday, 4 July 2021 03:06 (two years ago) link
congrats to the wisonsin deer
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 4 July 2021 03:15 (two years ago) link
The heart of this team in getting their heads straight and arresting what looked like an epic collapse
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 4 July 2021 03:16 (two years ago) link
Flirting with an "epic collapse" is hardly the most reassuring evidence of massive "heart".
― it is to laugh, like so, ha! (Aimless), Sunday, 4 July 2021 03:19 (two years ago) link
― Heez, Sunday, 4 July 2021 03:45 (two years ago) link
rip marv don’t let the door hit ya etc
― Clay, Sunday, 4 July 2021 04:26 (two years ago) link
Welp, at least by now we've discovered all but one of the teams who are full of losers. Should we have a new Finals thread or just ride with this one?
― it is to laugh, like so, ha! (Aimless), Sunday, 4 July 2021 16:39 (two years ago) link
2021 NBA Finals: Phoenix Suns vs Milwaukee Bucks
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 July 2021 17:59 (two years ago) link
also it's that time It's the 4th Annual I Love Hoops NBA Role Player Hollafame - VOTING & CAMPAIGNING THREAD (voting closes FRIDAY, JULY 23, 2021, 11:59 PM CST)
― class project pat (m bison), Monday, 5 July 2021 18:21 (two years ago) link