Around the NBA (and other Sports), 2023-24, Part 2

Fierce1 · Post #1661 » by **Fierce1** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 1:27 am

Homerclease wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:What the hell is going on with the Bucks?

Cs not facing the Bucks in the playoffs if they're really in shambles right now.

Dame and Beasley can’t defend anyone, and Brook Lopez has aged 10 years in the last two seasons.

So true.

I kept saying please don't trade JB for Dame, before JB signed that extension.

No doubt Dame is a great offensive player, but he's just a total liability on defense.

JaMarco · Post #1662 » by **JaMarco** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 1:28 am

I'm surprised how good Brunson has become. Legit top 10 player in the NBA now.

zoyathedestroya · Post #1663 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 1:29 am

Giannis gonna politely ask to be traded to the Spurs as soon as their season ends. Dame to Orlando (gets him closer to Miami lol).

titlebound1 · Post #1664 » by **titlebound1** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 1:38 am

We're going to absolutely destroy the bucks backcourt if we match up with them. I'd love to see it. Really hoping we get Miami in the first round too

King Of The 4th · Post #1665 » by **King Of The 4th** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 1:47 am

Starting to feel bad for Doc, hope they find the mole inside the Bucks organization costing him all these wins.

exculpatory · Post #1666 » by **exculpatory** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 1:51 am

Maxey must be the fastest dude with the ball in the NBA!

Gant · Post #1667 » by **Gant** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 1:52 am

The Bucks last four games are Boston, Orlando, OKC, Orlando. They could end up anywhere from the 2 to 5 seed.

Scoonie · Post #1668 » by **Scoonie** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 2:03 am

exculpatory wrote:Maxey must be the fastest dude with the ball in the NBA!

Definitely. That guy is incredibly hard to stay in front of.

BRUNiNHO91 · Post #1669 » by **BRUNiNHO91** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 2:13 am

Miami or Philly in round 1 might be the toughest matchup we face until the finals. One because of Embiid and the other because of Spo and his diabolical zones.

Shoot everybody on the team into the **** sun if they don’t make the finals this year. It will never be this easy again.

exculpatory · Post #1670 » by **exculpatory** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 2:17 am

BRUNiNHO91 wrote:Miami or Philly in round 1 might be the toughest matchup we face until the finals. One because of Embiid and the other because of Spo and his diabolical zones.

Shoot everybody on the team into the **** sun if they don’t make the finals this year. It will never be this easy again.

I see Philly beating the Heat in the PI as the 7.
Do we want the Heat to lose to the Hawks or Bulls, or do we want the opportunity to crush them?

BRUNiNHO91 · Post #1671 » by **BRUNiNHO91** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 2:24 am

exculpatory wrote:
BRUNiNHO91 wrote:Miami or Philly in round 1 might be the toughest matchup we face until the finals. One because of Embiid and the other because of Spo and his diabolical zones.

Shoot everybody on the team into the **** sun if they don’t make the finals this year. It will never be this easy again.

I see Philly beating the Heat in the PI as the 7.
Do we want the Heat to lose to the Hawks or Bulls, or do we want the opportunity to crush them?

I would love the opportunity to beat them into the **** ground. But low key scared our guys will crumble when they see Himmy again. I don’t trust these guys at all. Even though we lost two to them recently, I think we would beat the Hawks pretty easily.

Fierce1 · Post #1672 » by **Fierce1** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 2:35 am

Doesn't matter who the Cs face in the 1st rnd.

Philly would be tough, but it's looking like they're 7th or 6th with Embiid back.

JaMarco · Post #1673 » by **JaMarco** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 2:44 am

exculpatory wrote:Maxey must be the fastest dude with the ball in the NBA!

He is. I really love his game.

Fierce1 · Post #1674 » by **Fierce1** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 2:46 am

Trapping Maxey is the way to go.

It either slows him down or their offense will be disrupted.

Fierce1 · Post #1675 » by **Fierce1** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 3:13 am

Lakers give up 79 pts in the 1st half?

It's not like the Wolves are an offensive juggernaut.

Green89 · Post #1676 » by **Green89** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 9:14 am

Ainge has his team tanking hard right now. 12 losses in a row and counting.

zoyathedestroya · Post #1677 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 9:17 am

Read on Twitter

Celtics have four game-winners that have come under 10 seconds of play since last season, incl. playoffs. One was called by Joe.

Spoiler:

zoyathedestroya · Post #1678 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 9:38 am

Is it possible Kawhi is relatively okay, is just managing his knee thing, and decided to shut down his regular season in favor of rest now that he's reached the 65-game threshold and Clips have nothing to play for (just need to hold off Mavs for 1st round HCA). They're really mum about it.

BK_2020 · Post #1679 » by **BK_2020** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 12:14 pm

Green89 wrote:Ainge has his team tanking hard right now. 12 losses in a row and counting.

At best they catch Memphis for the 7th spot and 31.9% odds at top 4. It has to be demoralizing to be a Utah fan, watching Ainge put together try-hard 1st half teams then dismantle them for a mid-lotto pick year in year out.

Fencer reregistered · Post #1680 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 12:52 pm

This bullish article about the Suns isn't crazy, especially since it doesn't overstate its case.

https://basketball.realgm.com/analysis/275195/The-Malaise-And-Potency-Of-The-Phoenix-Suns

Key claims:

-- Beal has been playing his proper humble role on offense recently.
-- Durant and Booker each have a track record of greatly improving their defensive efforts in the playoffs.
-- Nurkic and Allen are each pretty good role players.