2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

would assume the bulls celtics and heat would all feel pretty great about their chances of making the ECF if the bucks sixers and nets were all on the other side of the bracket

the funny thing is the heat and celtics might actually be better than those other teams, but just the star power scares you, and of course you dont want to throw the nets into the mix

celtics consistently play the bucks well but yeah i would basically agree with that assessment

nets and sixers could both easily implode in the offs, doubt the bucks will, but they just havent been that good this year, at some point if youre going to believe in them youd like them to play good, guess theres still time tho

They also haven’t had Brook

i feel like they should be able to figure it out without him idk but you know who has just not quite played up to his usual standard is middleton

well they’re on a 6 game win streak with wins over the heat, bulls, suns, and hawks so it might be happening. if they beat the warriors tonight they may rip off a big run

i do think their team is worse than last year in terms
of the talent around their big 3 esp with their bigs i don’t trust a big man coming off a broken back and portis/ibaka is not a championship level center rotation by traditional standards. but they have a lot of ways to beat you at the ends of games which is the benefit of having 3 guys that good. middleton hitting a 3 vs the heat and then jrue making the game winner, middleton killing the suns at the end etc

yeah their supporting cast is a little shaky like i was thinking they should just go small why not but even their small lineup isnt that satisfying

Middleton is weird, he's disappointing/invisible for long stretches of the game but will go supernova for like half a quarter

would be cool to see giannis just go full sicko mode both sides of the ball and drag them through the offs (unless they play the celtics)

honestly that feels like what is going to happen.

Bucks definitely have that "not really trying yet" energy

could be but theres always that thing where he doesnt really want to play his most effective style xp

if he can shoot in the low 70s from the line — where he’s at this season — instead of below 60% — where he’s been the last two playoffs — it opens up a world where he can just physically dominate every playoff game

pretty funny how fans counting down his ft clock last playoff helped him improve is routine

Markieff Morris is back and available for the Heat tonight after missing the last four months of games.

— Anthony Chiang (@Anthony_Chiang) March 12, 2022

Because of Morris previous neck/spinal injury combined with whiplash, Heat - after not clearing him - then left decision on clearing Morris to NBA's Fitness to Play panel, a mechanism to resolve such issues. NBA ruling that he can play eliminates Heat liability, health concerns

— Barry Jackson (@flasportsbuzz) March 12, 2022

pretty funny how fans counting down his ft clock last playoff helped him improve is routine

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love this take, it's so true

glad it happened bcz otherwise we'd have to listen to that shit for the next 10-15 years

we still might

i think it’s forgotten now that the whole thing started because the heat actually got the refs to whistle him for it in game 1 of that series on what was an extremely pivotal free throw. still one of the most confusing moments i can remember watching NBA basketball

i couldnt believe that

what is with this guy

Ben Simmons "Not Ready For Even One-On-One" https://t.co/GPibhhgJ32 pic.twitter.com/hK2l7O92QN

— Hoops Rumors (@HoopsRumors) March 13, 2022

if he doesnt play for the nets this year........ lmfao

tbf it’s hard to play one on one without shooting

its true

Just imagining a lonely Ben standing under the basket looking to pass and no one is there.

klay 3 3s in a row klay back

4

missed the first 2 mins of the 3rd and the dubs are up by 20 now

oof lil montage of our boy grayson getting torched by jordan poole

no lies

The Bucks can’t stop the Ws from getting anything they want offensively, and their 13th ranked DefRtg is the lowest it’s been since the Jason Kidd era.

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) March 13, 2022

kanye is at the heat game

heat have a guy named max strus out here trying to take charges in crunch time

doin strus stuff

hilarious that simmons “isn’t ready” for 1 on 1 when he’s been caught on camera playing 5 on 5 with his buddies in empty gyms months ago

the league should just suspend him

yeah its very odd, maybe he got injured since then idk

lol aron gordon on the nuggs sideline in a tie dye fleece hoodie fully colorado

bucks trapped steph all game and he finished with 8 points but there are other guys on the team kind of a weird choice

the bucks really need connaughton back which isn’t a great place to be in but in terms of a role player who can reasonably play offense and defense their roster provides very few options. they’re way overloaded on wes matthews, jordan nwora, jevon carter minutes & if grayson isn’t hitting threes he kinda isn’t playable in the offs bcuz any skilled guard can roast him every defensive possession

yeah their roster is kind of lacking the solid role players youd like to have on a contender

yeah the worry about the bucks is that they're one or two guys short and giannis can't compensate

thats been their problem for a while now

Very cool klay and Poole game that 3 man lineup w them and curry is cooking

bucks trapped steph all game and he finished with 8 points but there are other guys on the team kind of a weird choice

idk seemed like they were doing it earlier more and without any sort of reason really

Yah another thing is the bucks didn’t guard anyone else lol

Face guard Steph and uh let’s let klay Poole and wiggs walk into wide open shots all night. Or like dying on one screen.

After road wins over Phoenix and Denver on a back to back (without Fred VanVleet and OG Anunoby), Toronto is now just a game behind Cleveland for sixth in the East. Brooklyn is just four back of the Cavs, too. It’s going to be a wild ride to see who is in and out of the play-in.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) March 13, 2022