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04-17-2024, 09:29 PM #81
Remember when the Pelicans could have been the #4 seed? Yeah they tanked pretty quickly.
The Warriors bombed so hard this year it is mind blowing that they actually won a championship not that long ago. Seems crazy that it even happened.
And the Nuggets can't be too happy about having to play the Lakers. The Lakers aren't going to be an easy out.Selling All My Cards Here------>Hidden Content
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04-22-2024, 12:56 PM #82
All the game ones have been played, and for the first time since 2013, all the higher seed home teams won the first game. The Thunder not surprisingly had the hardest time winning, as they're the youngest #1 seed in history, but their defense was good enough to get the slim W.
I do think much of the criticism of OKC has gone overboard. Are they truly the worst #1 seed ever? In terms of age and experience, yes, but I hardly doubt they're the worst on talent. It's silly for fans to talk about how deep the Western Conference is (which it is) only to follow that by saying the Thunder are the worst top seed ever. Logically, those things can't actually be true at the same time.
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04-25-2024, 12:22 PM #83
I don't know who is saying that but even without looking up past years you can easily tell it is wrong. The Thunder are the #1 seed in the West which has destroyed the East all year long so I don't know how the #1 seed in the stronger conference can somehow be the worst #1 all time. That would essentially make the rest of the league the worst of all time for finishing behind them / not be able to beat them.
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04-26-2024, 05:03 PM #84
I think Shannon Sharpe started the discussion about it, although he didn't specifically say they were the worst 1 seed ever, just the worst he's seen in a long while. The worst ever discourse is something I've seen from some online fans and online streamers on chats.
OKC did look much better in game 2, and I credit Coach Daigneault for not playing 6-6 Kenrich Williams at the 5 that game -- he did that in game one and throughout the regular season, and it's just a bad matchup. OKC was able to cut down the rebounding differential by not having an undersized guy play minutes at center.
Speaking of, Cavs sure were embarrassed by Orlando last night, and they got outrebounded heavily. I saw a lot of smaller guys on Banchero, who lit them up after having a turnover-heavy first two games where he was guarded more by Evan Mobley. Mobley rather disappeared on the road last night, grabbing only two boards and looking lost at times. The Cavs continue to struggle offensively, and I blame much of that on Coach Bickerstaff and his unimaginative schemes. I also put a lot of blame on Darius Garland, who has looked like crap ever since he got his big contract. I want Garland to succeed (his dad played college ball where I live, and Darius played college ball near where I grew up), but until he becomes better against traps, reduces the TOs, and makes better decisions on the floor, he's gonna look almost as overpaid as Jordan Poole, and that's sad.
Oh yeah the Nuggets still dominate the Lakers.Last edited by WilyWestbrook0; 04-26-2024 at 05:04 PM.
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04-27-2024, 03:17 PM #85
What a shameful collapse by the Cavaliers.
Up 9 at the half and completely lose it.
Bickerstaff is fired immediately if they drop this series. Honestly they should have fired him last year after the Knicks beatdown.
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04-27-2024, 09:03 PM #86
There are so many teams that are under performing and so many teams that still have bad coaches. I don't know if a new coach would solve the problems with a lot of these teams but why are they so hesitant to fire trash while the Bucks actually fired a guy doing well at his job.
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04-27-2024, 09:49 PM #87
Yep. JBB is a horribly unimaginative coach on offense. They have Darius Garland and Donovan Mitchell in the backcourt and can't even crack 100 points in a game this series.
Besides getting rid of Bickerstaff, I think Mitchell leaves for greener pastures. They will have a hard time finding a taker for Garland's max contract. They may move on from Jarrett Allen and give more space for Evan Mobley to develop. They should find a 6-7 wing if they can. I just don't see the undersized backcourt and twin tower bigs staying together.
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04-29-2024, 09:27 AM #88
The Minnesota Timberwolves are the first team to advance to the second round, sweeping the aging Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns. This is also the first time in 20 years that Minnesota has advanced to the second round. They finally have another dynamic player in Anthony Edwards, whose extroverted exuberance is similar in personality to old Wolves star Kevin Garnett. It's unfortunate for Edwards that the media keeps comparing him to Michael Jordan, whom he doesn't remind me much of at all personality-wise. Today's young stars are all Generation Z anyway and aren't even old enough to remember Jordan with the Wizards, let alone the Bulls. Still, Ant is an exciting player, and I'm very happy for Minnesota.
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04-30-2024, 02:16 PM #89
The Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets have now advanced as well.
The NBA is definitely in a new era, as this is the first playoffs in a long while where Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, and LeBron James are all out in the first round or earlier.
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05-04-2024, 11:28 AM #90
Better yet now Curry, Lebron, Durant, Embiid, Leonard, Harden, Butler, and Giannis are bumped out of the playoffs in the first round or they didn't even make it the playoffs this year. Definitely a transition in the NBA from the old guard to the new guard.Last edited by pwaldo; 05-04-2024 at 09:26 PM.
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