NBA Basketball
Playoffs are almost here... What do you all think? Finals rematch? Can Spurs beat GS?
|
Re: NBA
It's too hard for me to tell. Cleveland was the best team and Golden State was horrible the other week. Now the Dubs are dominant without Durant and the Land can't play defense. NBA regular season is worse than baseball to me.
|
Re: NBA
My Pistons are killing me. I really hope they make the playoffs. I'm hoping the first rounds aren't boring.
|
Re: NBA
I really hope the Hornets don't make the playoffs. There is actually more than 1 quality player and a high pick could go a long way for a small market team that has never landed a marquee free agent. :)
|
Re: NBA
I'm not in favor of tanking... Minnesota and other teams have done the same, got lottery pick after lottery pick and went nowhere. Also, instead of making the playoffs, attracting players, but most importantly, learning to win, having that mentality is more valuable (to me) than picking #15 instead of #16.
Charlotte has a good team, but I agree that having a small market, sometimes you have to rely on the draft, or trade for a guy with a few years on his contract. |
Re: NBA
I haven't really seen a lot of games this season, as that spineless coward KD killed all the fun for me.
Since second round is a reach for Thunder, I'm rooting for Kawhi and Spurs to win it all. Wouldn't mind Cavs repeating, but they haven't looked that convincing as of late. |
Originally Posted by matt72582 (Post 1679446)
I'm not in favor of tanking... Minnesota and other teams have done the same, got lottery pick after lottery pick and went nowhere. Also, instead of making the playoffs, attracting players, but most importantly, learning to win, having that mentality is more valuable (to me) than picking #15 instead of #16.
Charlotte has a good team, but I agree that having a small market, sometimes you have to rely on the draft, or trade for a guy with a few years on his contract. The team I pity the most are 76ers. Hinkie is one of the few GM's who tanked correctly. He drafted some great assets like: Embiid (future superstar), Simmons, Saric, Noel... But the luck their franchise has had with injuries is just unfortunate. They should be a good team when fully healthy. |
Re: NBA
Minnesota does have a good team, and I like their coach. But they haven't made the playoffs since Garnett, right? 2003?
Hinkie went too far, drafting only guys who were injured. Embiid is a great player, but can he play a full season. I saw Ben Simmons, great passer. They should have got rid of Okafor instead of Noel, but they had a logjam, fire sale. Any surprises in the playoffs? |
I haven't followed the NBA closely for the last several years but I've been keeping my eye on the Celtics recently. They have a good chance at the #1 seed in the conference and would get that seed if the season ended today. They seem to be a team that plays to the level of their competition so I think they could surprise in a good or bad way. Are Cleveland's struggles for real or will they turn it on in the playoffs? We'll see.
|
Originally Posted by cricket (Post 1680419)
I haven't followed the NBA closely for the last several years but I've been keeping my eye on the Celtics recently. They have a good chance at the #1 seed in the conference and would get that seed if the season ended today. They seem to be a team that plays to the level of their competition so I think they could surprise in a good or bad way. Are Cleveland's struggles for real or will they turn it on in the playoffs? We'll see.
As for Cavs, I wouldn't put too much stock into their struggles. Lebron and Kyrie are a different animals in the playoffs, which should be enough for them to coast through eastern conference. The key for them will be Kevin Love. If he could return to his pre-injury form, from the beggining of the season, that would be huge for Cavs. |
Originally Posted by matt72582 (Post 1680412)
Any surprises in the playoffs? |
Originally Posted by Jeff Costello (Post 1680432)
Celtics are a well structured team, with good managment and Isaiah Thomas has emerged into a true superstar this season. The future is definitely bright for them, as they even have a top 3 pick in this year's draft. Still they had very little success in the playoffs, since their big 4 departure. It'll be interesting to see how they do this year.
|
Originally Posted by cricket (Post 1680438)
They also have the Net's first round pick next year and a couple of potential studs stashed in Europe.
|
Re: NBA
Is anyone interested in doing playoff brackets? If at least 8-10 people sign up, we could have a little MoFo tournament.
https://www.nbabracketology.com/ - This site is the best for it. |
Re: NBA
Utah has a great team, and a great coach. Boston just needs a Gobert kind of center, put Horford back at the 4.
I don't mind doing brackets :) |
Re: NBA
|
I don't see why not. Do I have to go to the other site or will it be here?
|
Originally Posted by cricket (Post 1680567)
I don't see why not. Do I have to go to the other site or will it be here?
|
Ok I'll sign up in a bit.
|
Re: NBA
Originally Posted by Jeff Costello (Post 1680564)
|
All times are GMT -3. The time now is 08:28 AM. |
Powered by: vBulletin, Copyright, ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
User Alert System provided by
Advanced User Tagging v3.3.0 (Lite) -
vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
Copyright © Movie Forums