NBA Playoffs Thread (non-Magic games discussion)

RookieStar · Post #1361 » by **RookieStar** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:12 am

DiplomaticMagic wrote:Anthony Edwards is good.

Bradley Beal is not.

Which thread was it when we were talking about havibg Beal here? Lol

DiplomaticMagic · Post #1362 » by **DiplomaticMagic** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:15 am

RookieStar wrote:
DiplomaticMagic wrote:Anthony Edwards is good.

Bradley Beal is not.

Which thread was it when we were talking about havibg Beal here? Lol

If by "we" you mean "me?", than that definitely wasnt me. I would never advocate for that contract.

pepe1991 · Post #1363 » by **pepe1991** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:25 am

Edwards is top 10 in making.
Beal is so damn painfully mediocre at everything

richi_v25 · Post #1364 » by **richi_v25** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:30 am

Wow Suns got swept, imagine having a hall of famer plus 2 all stars and getting swept into next year.

richi_v25 · Post #1365 » by **richi_v25** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:31 am

RookieStar wrote:
DiplomaticMagic wrote:Anthony Edwards is good.

Bradley Beal is not.

Which thread was it when we were talking about havibg Beal here? Lol

A few years ago when he was in DC i wanted us to trade for him bc we needed any offense but now I'm glad no one listened.

RichCollab · Post #1366 » by **RichCollab** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:31 am

richi_v25 wrote:Wow Suns got swept, imagine having a hall of famer plus 2 all stars and getting swept into next year.

Who are the two all-stars? Beal ain’t one.

Ducklett · Post #1367 » by **Ducklett** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:37 am

RichCollab wrote:
richi_v25 wrote:Wow Suns got swept, imagine having a hall of famer plus 2 all stars and getting swept into next year.

Who are the two all-stars? Beal ain’t one.

He is a three-time allstar...

The Suns are a cautionary tale of going all in for bad fitting pieces that are "super stars".

Post #1368 » by **Knightro** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:43 am

Ducklett wrote:
RichCollab wrote:
richi_v25 wrote:Wow Suns got swept, imagine having a hall of famer plus 2 all stars and getting swept into next year.

Who are the two all-stars? Beal ain’t one.

He is a three-time allstar...

The Suns are a cautionary tale of going all in for bad fitting pieces that are "super stars".

The Suns are much more of a cautionary tale than the Cavs are.

The Cavs took a swing on a 25-year-old without touching their young core and can turn around and flip him as a 27-year-old for significant assets if he won't sign an extension.

The Suns traded all their assets for a 35-year-old that they couldn't trade for more value than they gave up even if they wanted to (they don't want to) and a 30-year-old that can't stay healthy and no one would possibly want.

thelead · Post #1369 » by **thelead** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:44 am

I've always been high on Ant and remember people questioning him along the way due to his lower efficiency numbers. Paolo actually compares well to him (stats-wise not play-type obviously) so I hope that we see similar growth over the next few years.

RookieStar · Post #1370 » by **RookieStar** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:51 am

DiplomaticMagic wrote:
RookieStar wrote:
DiplomaticMagic wrote:Anthony Edwards is good.

Bradley Beal is not.

Which thread was it when we were talking about havibg Beal here? Lol

If by "we" you mean "me?", than that definitely wasnt me. I would never advocate for that contract.

Naaaah not you i think.... someone who was saying something about bringing him home cuz he played in orlando/florida school or something. Lol

penny_nz · Post #1371 » by **penny_nz** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:52 am

If you'd had said at the start of the season the Suns would be eliminated from the playoffs before the Magic you'd be laughed off the planet, yet here we are!

Post #1372 » by **Knightro** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:53 am

thelead wrote:I've always been high on Ant and remember people questioning him along the way due to his lower efficiency numbers. Paolo actually compares well to him (stats-wise not play-type obviously) so I hope that we see similar growth over the next few years.

The scoring and killer instinct offensively is one thing. But the dude gets after it defensively too.

He's a legit superstar with the chance to be a a megastar. First team all-NBA sooner than later.

RichCollab · Post #1373 » by **RichCollab** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:53 am

thelead wrote:I've always been high on Ant and remember people questioning him along the way due to his lower efficiency numbers. Paolo actually compares well to him (stats-wise not play-type obviously) so I hope that we see similar growth over the next few years.

The age difference is what 1 year?

RookieStar · Post #1374 » by **RookieStar** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:55 am

Alright, in the offseason PHO comea hat in hand wanting to trade us KD. They probably ask for Franz plus 3 FRP.

1. Do we negotiate?
2. Do we cry from laughing?
3. Do we plan the championship parade?

Just kidding.

thelead · Post #1375 » by **thelead** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:56 am

RichCollab wrote:
thelead wrote:I've always been high on Ant and remember people questioning him along the way due to his lower efficiency numbers. Paolo actually compares well to him (stats-wise not play-type obviously) so I hope that we see similar growth over the next few years.

The age difference is what 1 year?

Yep but Ant has 2 more years of NBA experience. That does matter.

Post #1376 » by **Knightro** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:59 am

RichCollab wrote:
thelead wrote:I've always been high on Ant and remember people questioning him along the way due to his lower efficiency numbers. Paolo actually compares well to him (stats-wise not play-type obviously) so I hope that we see similar growth over the next few years.

The age difference is what 1 year?

Yeah a little over a year. 15 months.

Ant played his entire rookie season at age 19 and didn’t actually turn 20 until the summer between his 1st and 2nd year.

Paolo turned 20 about a month into his rookie season.

ibraheim718 · Post #1377 » by **ibraheim718** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:07 am

thelead wrote:I've always been high on Ant and remember people questioning him along the way due to his lower efficiency numbers. Paolo actually compares well to him (stats-wise not play-type obviously) so I hope that we see similar growth over the next few years.

I loved him coming out of college when a lot of people were wavering. He's just so strong and plays with great balance.

pepe1991 · Post #1378 » by **pepe1991** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:16 am

Can Clippers- Mavs last for 15 games ? Crazy entertaining series.

cedric76 · Post #1379 » by **cedric76** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:35 am

magik9113 wrote:
cedric76 wrote:
tooler wrote:I don't want to ever see anyone crying about a little crowd noise in Orlando anymore.

Read on Twitter

Teams could easily fix this and prevent the resell to away team, but they don't

Philly is driveable for a lot of nyk fans

Still, home teams can easily fix the issue of ticket resell

cedric76 · Post #1380 » by **cedric76** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:39 am

Knightro wrote:
thelead wrote:
cedric76 wrote:
Teams could easily fix this and prevent the resell to away team, but they don't

how exactly would do you think this would work?

There are no real ways to outright stop it, but there are ways the team could attempt to limit it.

Teams could restricting mobile ticket transfer until 24 hours before game, or even sooner. 8 hours? 3 hours?

Teams could rescind a person's season tickets or not allow them to purchase tickets in the future if they're caught selling their season tickets on the secondary market.

At the end of the day if somebody wants to pay 4 or 5x face value to attend a game, there's not really anything that's going to stop them.

There are many easy way, ticketing using Blockchain technology is one of them, where you can prevent season tickets holders to resell tickets to away team.

Tech is available, just need to use it