2021 NBA Playoffs

[ztejas 43466]

3 minutes ago, threesheets said:

You didn't tune in 'til the fourth huh.

Just speaking on his shooting line. Doesn't matter because they won and they kind of need him to shoot that much but 17/37 isn't the prettiest way to get 42. 

[threesheets 1673]

Yeah but to be fair he was 16/29 going into the 4th.  On some of the nastiest shots you'll ever see.

 

[threesheets 1673]

DP

 

Edited June 3, 2021 by threesheets

[Mitch Cumsteen 18550]

7 minutes ago, Catdaddyhorn said:

You don't have to look back much further than just last year. His last full game in the bubble against the Clippers Porzingis dropped 35pts and like 10+ rebounds. Until his recent bout of injuries KP was easily the most agile 7'2"+ player the league had ever seen . He's clearly either still suffering the affects of his knee surgery or is overly cautious because of it. He had a similar meniscus injury to the one Jaren Jackson of the Grizzlies suffered yet not only did KP suffer the injury more recently than Jackson, but he came back like 3 or 4 months earlier than him as well. I'm hoping against all hope that Porzingis will regain his fluidity and confidence because if he ever does the Mavs are gonna be a serious problem. At the very least I want him to regain his level play sufficiently enough to become a tradeable commodity so that the Mavs can receive something close to equal value in return.  

I just don't know if he's ever going to be consistently healthy. My completely unqualified medical opinion is that I don't think the human body was ever meant to be that big and things get out of proportion and once they start to go everything gets out of whack and there ain't no coming back from it. He's still only 25 but he lost an entire season to an ACL and it seems like it's one thing after another. I just feel like it's always going to be there with him. I don't think there is any way they will get equal value for him. He's under contract for $36 million in 2023-24. I don't know if that's a team option but yikes. They are going to have to give up assets to move that contract.

[Machinator 32099]

1 minute ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

I just don't know if he's ever going to be consistently healthy. My completely unqualified medical opinion is that I don't think the human body was ever meant to be that big and things get out of proportion and once they start to go everything gets out of whack and there ain't no coming back from it.

I have a similar concern about Zion, paired with his explosiveness.

[closetohumping 17443]

Lebron is 20th in playoff scoring.

[ztejas 43466]

12 minutes ago, Machinator said:

I have a similar concern about Zion, paired with his explosiveness.

I think we all do but he actually got through this season pretty well. He was a great fantasy player. He might be okay as long as he watches his weight and is careful about how he moves on the court. 

[Jive Turkey 12614]

this pic from last night is so bad ass.

[Brothahorn 10087]

Kind of shocked that Simmons showed up last night with a triple double.

[Hate 20108]

It was an unnecessarily bad shot. Still had time to work and just tossed up a contested 3 without any sort of rhythm. They were only in it b/c Luka went ice cold in the 4th though.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Rather disappointing end to the season for the Knicks.  They may have overachieved but GD they got stomped on like Sherman through Atlanta. 

It should’ve been a sweep. They gave up some ridiculous lead in game 2 or else Atlanta wins all 4 by double digits

[shadow_operative 15932]

6 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

For me what is irksome is he paints himself as thoughtful and a social conscience but he isn’t thoughtful- 

i can't remember where i saw this- it may have been posted here- but LeBron was overtly holding some book about Malcolm X, obviously trying to show everyone what he was reading. when a reporter asked him for his thoughts on the book/Malcom X, LeBron stuttered his way through some, "well, i uh, i just started reading the book, and uh, you know Malcolm X was uh, was a great man, and uh...." type response. it was honestly hard to watch. but that's LeBron. that's LeBron James all day. he wants to make sure you see how woke and in tune and well read and educated he is, he just doesn't want to actually have to *prove* any of it. and if he does get called on that kind of thing he doesn't own it. carrying that book around in front of reporters without actually having read it is classic LeBron James. 

[Wulaw Horn 19077]

4 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

i can't remember where i saw this- it may have been posted here- but LeBron was overtly holding some book about Malcolm X, obviously trying to show everyone what he was reading. when a reporter asked him for his thoughts on the book/Malcom X, LeBron stuttered his way through some, "well, i uh, i just started reading the book, and uh, you know Malcolm X was uh, was a great man, and uh...." type response. it was honestly hard to watch. but that's LeBron. that's LeBron James all day. he wants to make sure you see how woke and in tune and well read and educated he is, he just doesn't want to actually have to *prove* any of it. and if he does get called on that kind of thing he doesn't own it. carrying that book around in front of reporters without actually having read it is classic LeBron James. 

I mean- you’d probably have some insecurity too if your penis was that small (shout out to finals game where we saw “little Lebron” on camera). 

[LTtxfan 49218]

3 hours ago, closetohumping said:

Lebron is 20th in playoff scoring.

LeBron is overrated...

 

 (ducks for cover)

[d2o 1602]

2 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

LeBron is overrated...

 

 (ducks for cover)

Rudeness

[Patrick Bateman 3916]

3 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

LeBron is overrated...

 

 (ducks for cover)

In comparison to?  Overrated in what context?

 

[mr. sunshine 2827]

1 hour ago, d2o said:

Rudeness

Most would have their eyes on the airplane with the machine guns but you have your priorities right my man. Bravo 

[d2o 1602]

18 minutes ago, mr. sunshine said:

Most would have their eyes on the airplane with the machine guns but you have your priorities right my man. Bravo 

First things first brah.   Always!

[Underdog 28709]

5 hours ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

It should’ve been a sweep. They gave up some ridiculous lead in game 2 or else Atlanta wins all 4 by double digits

Are you trying to cheer me up? 

[Underdog 28709]

7 hours ago, Jive Turkey said:

this pic from last night is so bad ass.

 

[ztejas 43466]

How on earth are the Lakers favored tonight? Is the LeBron mythos that strong?

[Chewbacca 7780]

18 hours ago, aggie08 said:

And he was widely and justifiably mocked and derided for his hypocrisy...in 2019. Since then (well, actually starting in 2017 with his bum comment), he's definitely had a brand new, angry, non-basketball fan contingent waiting around for he and the NBA to fail.

I prefer when the mocking comes from his flopping or his hairline, not misplaced real anger.

Sorry for the derail. Carry on.

Oh, I hate the way he and AD flop, too.  That shit AD pulled on Facu towards the end of the regular season was just ridiculous.  But again, they do it because the refs call it.  And the refs call it because LeBron wants them to call it.

I'm a Nuggets fan so I loathe the Lakers.

[d2o 1602]

11 minutes ago, ztejas said:

How on earth are the Lakers favored tonight? Is the LeBron mythos that strong?

They are at home.  

[ztejas 43466]

2 minutes ago, d2o said:

They are at home.  

Nah it's just the LeBron factor. I'm not actually wondering why they're -2 it just seems crazy to me. They just got absolutely waxed. 

[LTtxfan 49218]

16 minutes ago, ztejas said:

How on earth are the Lakers favored tonight? Is the LeBron mythos that strong?

Refs

[ztejas 43466]

Just now, LTtxfan said:

Refs

This is also a good point. 

[aggie08 21504]

Dennis Schroeder already changed the occupation on his Twitter profile from 'Laker' to 'Athlete'. Good sign.

[d2o 1602]

3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Nah it's just the LeBron factor. I'm not actually wondering why they're -2 it just seems crazy to me. They just got absolutely waxed. 

That was one game.   Teams get waxed all the time and win again.    And again, they are at home.   More importantly, its just two pts.

[Sbbruin 21858]

17 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Nah it's just the LeBron factor. I'm not actually wondering why they're -2 it just seems crazy to me. They just got absolutely waxed. 

His career stats in elimination games (14-10 record):  33.7 points, 7.5 assists, 10.8 rebounds, 49.1 FG%, 34.2 3P%

[LTtxfan 49218]

10 minutes ago, d2o said:

That was one game.   Teams get waxed all the time and win again.    And again, they are at home.   More importantly, its just two pts.

Interesting... this year regular season:

Lakers 

• Home -  21-15
• Away -   21-15

Suns 

• Home -    27-9
• Away -     24-12

 

[aggie08 21504]

Michael Porter is having himself a Klay-esque quarter.

[ztejas 43466]

35 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

His career stats in elimination games (14-10 record):  33.7 points, 7.5 assists, 10.8 rebounds, 49.1 FG%, 34.2 3P%

Good for him. You're in trouble. 

[ztejas 43466]

I'm not putting it past Portland to fuck around and lose this game. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

Jokic starting to take over.

[shadow_operative 15932]

Nuggets ball movement (and off-ball movement) are both awesome.

[shadow_operative 15932]

Portland cannot keep trying to guard Jokic 1 v 1 with Covington. He's getting killed. 

[ztejas 43466]

27 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I'm not putting it past Portland to fuck around and lose this game. 

Put me on color, TNT. 

[ztejas 43466]

Maybe Portland will finally blow up this shitty experiment and fire Stotts. 

Oh, who am I kidding.... 

[Sbbruin 21858]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

Good for him. You're in trouble. 

Oh undoubtedly we are.  But it ain’t over yet.

[ztejas 43466]

Just now, Sbbruin said:

Oh undoubtedly we are.  But it ain’t over yet.

AD and KCP are both playing. But I (we?) have no idea how healthy AD actually is. So you may have just barely saved your season. Game 7 in Phoenix is going to be tough either way. 

[aggie08 21504]

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Maybe Portland will finally blow up this shitty experiment and fire Stotts. 

Oh, who am I kidding.... 

I said it at the time, but that WCF run a couple years back against the weird, shitty bottom half of the bracket (Playoff Russ and P followed by a super young Denver) was a terrible thing for their franchise. It made them think that they were close, when they're not at all.

[ztejas 43466]

The two best players in the West in the first round have been two doughy white guys from Eastern Europe. 

What's going on, America? 

[aggie08 21504]

Royally sucks that Murray is out. They'd have a real chance to win this whole thing with him. 

[ztejas 43466]

1 minute ago, aggie08 said:

It made them think that they were close, when they're not at all.

So getting ass raped by the Ws without KD didn't make them think "maybe we aren't that close"?

(Not disagreeing with your assessment, just saying) 

[Machinator 32099]

Curtain call for the Blazers, huh?

[aggie08 21504]

Just now, ztejas said:

So getting ass raped by the Ws without KD didn't make them think "maybe we aren't that close"?

(Not disagreeing with your assessment, just saying) 

It should have, for sure. But it's a lot easier to convince yourself to run it back when you make it to the conference finals, no matter how it unfolds, than a 2nd round gentleman's sweep.

[ztejas 43466]

1 minute ago, aggie08 said:

Royally sucks that Murray is out. They'd have a real chance to win this whole thing with him. 

I don't think they're that much better with Murray if I'm being honest. And I don't think they have a chance to win it all either way. The Blazers aren't a good barometer when you have the top 3 East teams and the Lakers still lurking. 

[Machinator 32099]

 

[aggie08 21504]

Just now, ztejas said:

I don't think they're that much better with Murray if I'm being honest. And I don't think they have a chance to win it all either way. The Blazers aren't a good barometer when you have the top 3 East teams and the Lakers still lurking. 

Not saying I'd favor them to win it all, but I'd at least pick them to get out of the West right now with Murray. From there, they would only need to beat one of those 3 East teams after they all trade haymakers with each other.

[Sbbruin 21858]

7 minutes ago, ztejas said:

AD and KCP are both playing. But I (we?) have no idea how healthy AD actually is. So you may have just barely saved your season. Game 7 in Phoenix is going to be tough either way. 

There’s really no way AD should be able to come back from a groin injury this quick.  I doubt he’s very effective and may not finish the game.  The role players have to start playing with a fucking pulse.