2024 Playoffs Discussion Thread

[mdenny]

OG registered the lowest plus/minus of all 10 starters lol.

[Ari_Emanuel]

Just to think a year ago, certain fellas were saying he was a glorified 6th man and would never be better than Siakam or FVV.

46/5/9 in an elimination game at MSG.

Raps fans just get too caught up on versatility and length.

They dislike offensive minded players.

It was so obvious that Maxey was going to be better than anyone on our roster 2 years ago, let alone a year ago. Happy for him, if the Sixers are smart, they make him the leader of the franchise, not Embiid.

I'm sure the sixers have been planning for a transition since at least a year ago. I mean, Embiid himself publicly called Maxey the Franchise at the beginning of this season.

[HumbleRen]

Kris Middleton being the best player in this series on one leg is pretty pathetic on Tyrese and Siakam.

[Chandan]

has banchero passed barnes?

[sidsid]

Feels like it's been eons since we've seen a team like the Pacers in the playoffs. Even the Suns managed to play some semblance of passable defense this year. The Pacers are playing like it's the 70s out there. Just no defense.

[Syd-TK3]

Pacers are pathetic and all that Siakam hype from the 1st 2 games has completely dissapeared

[sidsid]

Haliburton letting Pat Bev get another Minny performance play-in win type cry victory is something I will never forgive him for.

[HumbleRen]

has banchero passed barnes?

I thought he was better than Scottie this year overall.

I think Scottie's baseline is more consistent but Paolo is able to reach his ceiling more than Scottie. I don't think it's a skill thing though, more so a mindset thing.

Paolo is very aggressive, most times to a fault with his shot selection but I'd rather have my franchise guy learn how to scale it down versus someone who is more inclined to be passive with his aggression.

[sidsid]

When one team puts in effort to play defense.

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[Scase]

Now that is the Siakam I am used to, 12/4/2 on 41% shooting in a closeout game. Getting blown out with Dame and Giannis on the bench lmao.

[Basketball_Jones]

Portis cooking Siakam is hilarious lol. Man where did your defence go?

[HumbleRen]

Portis cooking Siakam is hilarious lol. Man where did your defence go?

2 hamstring injuries and the green light to do whatever you want on offence the last 3 years will do that to you.

[sofargone]

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[mdenny]

Now that is the Siakam I am used to, 12/4/2 on 41% shooting in a closeout game. Getting blown out with Dame and Giannis on the bench lmao.

Better numbers than OG lol....yet who floats thru life and who gets the hate. They finna make pretty much the same money.

Casual fans LOVE role players who don't touch the ball because hey, they never make big mistakes!

I've said this multiple times.....there is no such thing as a bad OG game. Must be nice.

[UnderdogRaptors]

Knicks are so terrible

[UnderdogRaptors]

Brunson is averaging 30 FG attempts per game in this series lol. That's not a contender.

Everyone knew the Knicks were trash except there fans lol

[Los_29]

Now that is the Siakam I am used to, 12/4/2 on 41% shooting in a closeout game. Getting blown out with Dame and Giannis on the bench lmao.

Better numbers than OG lol....yet who floats thru life and who gets the hate. They finna make pretty much the same money.

Casual fans LOVE role players who don't touch the ball because hey, they never make big mistakes!

I've said this multiple times.....there is no such thing as a bad OG game. Must be nice.

Haliburton was billed as a 1st option guy but he most certainly hasn’t looked like one. I can see why the Pacers went out and got Pascal because they would be very easy to game plan against with just Haliburton out there.

Bucks have hung in tough and if they can get past the Pacers and get healthy then I think they can get past either the Knicks/Sixers. Both teams have not looked good and the Sixers won’t have a healthy Embiid.

It is interesting about OG. It seems like he’s been a negative in nearly game of the series. During the regular season he was a +/- stud. Excellent 3+D player but it would scare me giving him the type of contract that he is rumoured to be after. Pacers can afford to pay Pascal a max contract given the amount of young players on rookie contracts.

[mdenny]

Now that is the Siakam I am used to, 12/4/2 on 41% shooting in a closeout game. Getting blown out with Dame and Giannis on the bench lmao.

Better numbers than OG lol....yet who floats thru life and who gets the hate. They finna make pretty much the same money.

Casual fans LOVE role players who don't touch the ball because hey, they never make big mistakes!

I've said this multiple times.....there is no such thing as a bad OG game. Must be nice.

Haliburton was billed as a 1st option guy but he most certainly hasn’t looked like one. I can see why the Pacers went out and got Pascal because they would be very easy to game plan against with just Haliburton out there.

Bucks have hung in tough and if they can get past the Pacers and get healthy then I think they can get past either the Knicks/Sixers. Both teams have not looked good and the Sixers won’t have a healthy Embiid.

It is interesting about OG. It seems like he’s been a negative in nearly game of the series. During the regular season he was a +/- stud. Excellent 3+D player but it would scare me giving him the type of contract that he is rumoured to be after. Pacers can afford to pay Pascal a max contract given the amount of young players on rookie contracts.

OG has regressed as a player. Remember when his whining about not getting the ball more was a common talking point on this board? I swear....evrrytime time he dribbles the ball it's a turnover in the playoffs.

It was probably a blessing in disguise that he was out for our chip run. He might have messed that whole thing up and got in the way of Fred, norm and serge.

Crazy how his air of invincibility has traveled to NY. Dude is gonna end up being top 5 in most overrated players in the nba.

[Fairview4Life]

has banchero passed barnes?

No

[WuTang_OG]

Pacers were never good
Portis went to workk