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Mitch Cumsteen
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I bet Chris Paul's mom could use a hug right about now. 

Braff Zacklin
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I don't get why the Warriors were average without Curry and Draymond. Wish someone would take a moment to explain it to me.

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15 minutes ago, UTDD said:

Surely this has entered the mind of someone else?

If any team were to blow a 3-0 lead, it would be one led by Doc Rivers, right?

 

 

 

Yeah I commented after they went up 3-0 that maybe Harden and Rivers together is the perfect storm needed to blow a 3-0 lead. 

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"Hack-A-Clax" -- good one Stan Van Gundy.   If he went 8-11 as a normal player does, Nets win.  This series could easily be 2-2, Game 1 lost on the last play, despite how poorly KD and Kyrie played in the middle 2 games. Nets will be blown up this summer and Nash is gone. 

Will Sixers lose 4 in a row and make NBA history?  Not impossible with Harden on the team. 

Could we have a Mavs-Warriors WCF?

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22 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

OKC lost Durant and got nothing in return and still won 45 games.  The narrative that Durant couldn't win because of the roster was always complete nonsense.

This has been rehashed so many times. Once more-

1. OKC, in 2016, was not KD’s team. It was Russ’. Russ took over in Durant’s injury year in 2015, and was too strong a personality to give it up. 
2. Presti was very late to realize the NBA was going to positionless ball. He gave up Harden and kept Perkins. 
3. Presti decided Westbrook was his PG and Harden a SG based on their heights, I guess. Couldn’t be their skills. 
4. The Thunder had no depth. They blew the lead against GS because their key players were gassed. They had Kanter to back up Adam’s and one other guy to back up Russ, KD, Ibaka and the other guy. 
5. winning 45 games doesn’t mean a team is any kind of playoff contender. Hell, the Nets won 45 games. The playoffs are a whole nuther thing, dawg. 

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5 minutes ago, statsman said:

This has been rehashed so many times. Once more-

1. OKC, in 2016, was not KD’s team. It was Russ’. Russ took over in Durant’s injury year in 2015, and was too strong a personality to give it up. 
2. Presti was very late to realize the NBA was going to positionless ball. He gave up Harden and kept Perkins. 
3. Presti decided Westbrook was his PG and Harden a SG based on their heights, I guess. Couldn’t be their skills. 
4. The Thunder had no depth. They blew the lead against GS because their key players were gassed. They had Kanter to back up Adam’s and one other guy to back up Russ, KD, Ibaka and the other guy. 
5. winning 45 games doesn’t mean a team is any kind of playoff contender. Hell, the Nets won 45 games. The playoffs are a whole nuther thing, dawg. 

1.  Why does that matter?

2.  True but it was Ibaka he chose over Harden but in all fairness, no one knew Harden would be as good as he was.

3.  True.

4.  They had enough depth to be up 3-1.

5.  Winning 45 games puts your in the playoffs.  Had Durant been added to that Thunder team, they would have been the odds on favorite to win it all and they should have.  

Durant could have won there.  He just didn't and it's the same reasons he's not winning now.

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6 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

He just didn't and it's the same reasons he's not winning now.

You're right. He's playing on a poorly constructed roster with headcases as his best teammates and having seasons derailed by injuries. 

Some of that is of course his fault this time around. 

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56 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I'd do some research before you post brain-fucking-dead tweets like that. 

The game in question:

- OKC won by 24 points

- Durant had 26/11/4 (on 33% from the field but not surprised that ignoramus can't do simple math) plus 4 steals and 3 blocks

- Andre Roberson had 17/12/3 plus 5 steals and 2 blocks 

- Westbrook had 6 turnovers to Durant's 3

So congrats to Westbrook for having a better shooting night than Durant in a blowout win where he was maybe the 3rd best defender on the floor. Real Herculean stuff there. 

That tweet is a joke right? I mean, a ONE game sample size? In a tweet shaming people for rewriting history?

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HaHa HaHa        "What's Up Doc ??"    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Toronto Raptors beat Philadelphia 76ers 103-88, force Game 6

Updated: Apr. 25, 2022

By Dan Gelston | The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pascal Siakam gave a pregame pep talk to keep the Raptors calm in a hostile Philly environment where they already lost twice and fell into a playoff hole.

The message was simple: “Listen to our voices.”

How do they like the sound of this? The resilient Raptors are headed home, still with a chance to pull off a series comeback that’s never happened in the NBA.

Siakam had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Precious Achiuwa scored 17 and the Toronto Raptors forced a return home for Game 6 in their Eastern Conference first-round series against Philadelphia, beating the 76ers 103-88 on Monday night.

“We always kind of figure it out,” Siakam said.

Yo, Canada! Once holding a 3-0 series lead, the 76ers are headed back north.

No team has ever blown a 3-0 advantage and lost a playoff series.

The Raptors have won two straight in the series and jumped all over injured Sixers center Joel Embiid and ineffective James Harden to make Thursday night’s game a necessity.

FanDuel Sportsbook has the Sixers favored by 1 1/2 points for Game 6.

Embiid had 20 points and 11 rebounds playing with a thumb injury. Harden scored 15 points on 4-of-11 shooting.

Rapper and famous 76ers fan Meek Mill pulled his hood over his head and walked off from his courtside seat late in the game and the home team down 14.

Sixers coach Doc Rivers is dragging the weight of ignominious NBA history with him through customs. Rivers, who led Boston to the 2008 championship, is the only coach in NBA history to blow three 3-1 series leads. The Magic lost to Detroit in the 2003 Eastern Conference first round; the 2015 Clippers blew the series to Houston in the Western Conference semifinals; and in 2020, the Clippers lost to Denver in the West semifinals.

The next season, Rivers was in Philly -- and the Sixers lost three games at home as the No. 1 seed and were eliminated in the second round.

The nerves in Philly are suddenly as tight as the rims.

“We never brought the fight to them at the beginning of the game, really,” 76ers forward Tobias Harris said.

The Sixers had a miserable first half. They finished with 10 turnovers and shot 35% from the floor. Philly’s last bucket in the first quarter was one for the blooper reel: Matisse Thybulle’s missed shot bounced off the rim and was accidentally tipped in by Achiuwa.

Whoops.

Maybe it sparked something for the Raptors. They opened the second quarter on a 12-0 run to take control all while the Sixers missed their first nine shots. The Sixers didn’t score until 6:51 was left in the half. Scottie Barnes scored eight points in the quarter and the Raptors took a 54-41 lead at the break.

“They were the tougher team all night, they were more physical all night,” Rivers said. “I don’t think it was the second quarter. I thought it was throughout the game.”

The 76ers were booed off the court, their play a bleak reminder of recent postseason flameouts.

“We’ve generated really good shots most of the series,” Raptors coach Nick Nurse said before the game. “We haven’t shot very well yet. I told the guys today, today would be a good day to go ahead and start making some of those open shots.”

The Raptors listened, hovering around 50% for most of the game. They also controlled the boards and scored 20 points off 16 turnovers.

Harden could have used the shooting tip.

Harden played the same night the All-Star he was traded for, Ben Simmons, was inactive for Brooklyn. Harden was barely more visible and missed 6 of 8 shots through three quarters, scoring nine points.

Embiid continued to play with a ligament tear in his right thumb. He looked gassed at times in the third quarter as the Raptors kept attacking the MVP finalist for tough buckets, notably Achiuwa’s driving layup that made it 73-60.

OG Anunoby and Gary Trent Jr. each scored 16 points for the Raptors.

“Not exactly the way we would draw it up, but we’re happy to still be playing,” Nurse said.

TIP-INS

Raptors: All-Star point guard Fred VanVleet sat out with a left hip flexor strain. VanVleet said he was hurt in Game 4 and was unsure if he could play in Game 6.

76ers: Embiid was fined $15,000 for criticizing the officiating in Game 4. ... John Calipari, who coached 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey at Kentucky, was at the game.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Embiid will have to wait until after the season for thumb surgery.

“There’s no treatment. There really isn’t,” Rivers said. “If there’s one thing I know, it’s not going to get any worse. There’s really no ice, there’s no treatment for that until after the season.”

CAN’T CLOSE

Rivers has lost seven of his last eight opportunities to close out a series. His 31 losses in those games are already the most by a coach in NBA history.

UP NEXT

The Sixers will play Game 6 without Thybulle. Thybulle, who sat out Games 3 and 4, is barred from entering Canada because he is not fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

-- Dan Gelston, Associated Press Sports Writer

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This is amazing. 

Nash has 4 seasons with fewer FT misses than Claxton tonight.

96-97, 65 games played, 9 missed FTs.

98-99, 40 games played, 8 missed FTs.

2012-13, 50 games played, 9 missed FTs

2013-2014, 15 games played, 2 missed FTs

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Maybe the Nets should have just kept Allen instead of experimenting with Harden. They definitely could have used him.

Probably the trade that did them in and fucked the entire plan with KI and KD ever succeeding.

Prince, Allen and Levert would’ve been much needed depth instead of trotting out fossils Blake griffin and goran dragic. Along with the other fossil vet minimums.

They would’ve been set for a serious title run beginning last year for the next 3 or 4.

KI
Harris
Levert
KD
Allen

Mills
Prince
Enter whoever you want

Plus you’d actually own first round draft picks


But talking heads on tv talked about how dangerous you were going to be and yaddy yada
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1 hour ago, PittsburghTiger said:

Ben Simmons was paid $33,000,000 this year.

$177,000,000, guaranteed, wow.

 

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/brooklyn-nets/ben-simmons-20206/

 

1 hour ago, Aqua Buddha said:

When you factor in the Simmons contract, the Nets got completely taken in the deal and I'm not a fan of Harden.  Simmons is basically refusing to play at this point and I don't see him playing over half the games of that contract.

I know we all hate him, but Stephen A Smith made some great points about Ben Simmons-- mostly about how we can all foresee a "Ben Simmons Rule" for pay-for-play in the next collective bargaining agreement because of this clear abuse and how he is screwing his peers.

And it's funny how many times he says the word pathetic:

 

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39 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

 

I know we all hate him, but Stephen A Smith made some great points about Ben Simmons-- mostly about how we can all foresee a "Ben Simmons Rule" for pay-for-play in the next collective bargaining agreement because of this clear abuse and how he is screwing his peers.

And it's funny how many times he says the word pathetic:

 

Stephen A. is generally a goof but, he's not wrong here.

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1 hour ago, Vegas64 said:

 

I know we all hate him, but Stephen A Smith made some great points about Ben Simmons-- mostly about how we can all foresee a "Ben Simmons Rule" for pay-for-play in the next collective bargaining agreement because of this clear abuse and how he is screwing his peers.

And it's funny how many times he says the word pathetic:

 

Between Zion, Kawhi, and Simmons, you’ve got three stars basically refusing to play.  I think that and “load management” will be addressed in the new CBA.

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8 minutes ago, CurlyDumps said:

I would love to be a fly on the wall around Simmons and his fluffers and sycophants. Those conversations must be laugh-a-minute unintentionally hilarious.

I’d have liked to be a fly on the wall between the Nets and Simmons’ people the other day.

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2 hours ago, Llogg said:

Nets were 100% a better team before the Harden trade. Both immediately and positioning for the future.

 

Although it must be said that Seth Curry was s good pickup for them.

Meh, I thought they were before they traded for Harden in the first place.   The lack of any interior defense killed them throughout the yr.   Trading away Allen was fucking stupid then and it looks infinitely worse now.

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1 hour ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Between Zion, Kawhi, and Simmons, you’ve got three stars basically refusing to play.  I think that and “load management” will be addressed in the new CBA.

I doubt much will happen with load management. That’s not the players choosing to sit that’s the teams managing their mins

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3 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

When you factor in the Simmons contract, the Nets got completely taken in the deal and I'm not a fan of Harden.  Simmons is basically refusing to play at this point and I don't see him playing over half the games of that contract.

I think Ben Simmons is a clown, but so is James Harden. There is still a chance that BOTH of these teams are hanging out on a beach in Cancun within the week.  I'm not at all ready to declare the Sixers as the winner of that trade.  

 Nets Got:

  • Ben Simmons (25) - 3-year contract (~$38M per year).  Still young and capable of playing at DPoY level
  • Seth Curry (31) - 14.9 pts, 2.6 ast, 2.6 reb, 46.8% 3P% - 1-year $8.5M contract.  This is a great deal for a key role player
  • Andre Drummond (28) - 11.8 pts, 10.3 reb, 61% FG.  Free agent next year, likely to stay with Nets. Good depth piece at decent price
  • 2022 (or) 2023 1st Round Pick - Brooklyn decision.  Will likely be in the 20-30 range
  • 2027 (or) 2028 1st Round Pick - Top-8 protected both years.  A top-10-15 pick seems likely given that Embiid will be 33 by then.

Sixers Got:

  • James Harden (32) - 1-year $47M contract. 21.0 pts, 10.5 ast, 7.1 reb, 40.2% FG% - Will he ever get in shape again?
  • Paul Millsap - 1-year contract. Likely cut after this year

People are ready to write off the Nets, but they could come back much stronger next year.  The Kyrie vaccine situation will be resolved and Ben Simmons should be playing by then.  Once on the court Simmons isn't a bum and should fit the needs of the team perfectly. They will also get back Joe Harris, which will give them another excellent shooter to pair with Seth Curry.  Nic Claxton is still very young and has improved every year. He and Day'Ron Sharpe should both come back better. 

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Back issues caused by stress from mental block resulting from prior season's playoff meltdown. Sounds perfectly medically reasonable.

I have generally been on his side of the Philly deal because I thought Doc Rivers unnecessarily threw him under the bus last season and I abhor the entire process tanking bit that they did for half a decade, but good lord this guy is a piece of work. I'm sure the players union is going to stand by him, but they have to know that this is a bad deal for them and their long term interests. 

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1 hour ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

And to think the Nets probably have no way out from his contract:

 

 

 

Reminds me of the time I sprained my ankle pretty badly during a summer league tournament.  Got back to the hotel and made an ice bath in the plastic trashcan.  5 minutes later there’s a knock on the door.  Teammate’s dad was a chiropractor and he spent the next 15 minutes trying to convince me that my problem was my sciatic nerve and the ankle was merely a symptom of the underlying problem.  He was 15 feet away from me when I went up for a rebound and landed on someone’s foot causing my ankle to bend 90 degrees in the wrong direction.

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