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Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations
The Curry Warriors are the luckiest team when it comes to running into playoff teams with awful injury problems.

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EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd
Yeah. Woulda loved to see Nurkic and Green try to bully each other.

Declan MacManus
Sep 1, 2011

damn i'm really in this bitch

The Warriors probably weren't going to go out in the first round anyways but they're definitely not going to get out-small balled by someone

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016
I hope IT drops 60 tonight

And I hope he dunks on somebody

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

Fun Shoe

kiss the ringhs

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!

Tae posted:

If the Warriors don't' have Durant until round 2, I'd rather have the Thunder or Grizzlies than Blazers/Nuggets because variable 3-point shooting offense scares me more than paint-the-pack match-ups

I said this a month ago, but it still applies. 3-point shooting is much scarier and variable than post-ups.

BetterLekNextTime
Jul 22, 2008

It's all a matter of perspective...
Grimey Drawer

Spacebump posted:

The Curry Warriors are the luckiest team when it comes to running into playoff teams with awful injury problems.

Unlike Portland? Last year was their chance.

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd
Sometimes I'm not sure if Skip Bayless is dumb but then I remember his brother is maybe the best Mexican chef on the planet and I figure huh maybe it's a talented family and he's also really good at his job of making a sports-entertainment-spectacle and getting people to call in with their reaction

I'm not sure how trolling benefits Phil Jackson in his job but it's worked out for him so far I guess? Maybe?

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Derrick Rose was once really good.

https://twitter.com/NBAHistory/status/853736458582183937

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

Plz don't

Art Core...velay
Jun 16, 2013
oy. IT looks absolutely gutted.

/revelation

AggressivelyStupid
Jan 9, 2012

Spacebump posted:

The Curry Warriors are the luckiest team when it comes to running into playoff teams with awful injury problems.

It's been 3 years in a row when do we start calling it what it is :tinfoil:

TildeATH
Oct 21, 2010

by Lowtax

AggressivelyStupid posted:

It's been 3 years in a row when do we start calling it what it is :tinfoil:

The whole team is made up of playoff posters, no wonder their fans are that way.

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

EvanTH posted:

Pop also poo poo-talks the three, which is so weird. Knicks were 21st in the league in 3PAs this year and Spurs were 26th.

Plus, the Knicks took 300 more threes this year as compared to last. They're changing along with the league and it looks like the Knicks will be back up to their D'antoni-era levels of 3PAs in a few seasons. So it's not like these old men complaining are even following through on their complaints? I have no idea what to think of it all.

Best/worst 3P shooting this season:

code:
3NP	Team
422	Cleveland Cavaliers
383	Golden State Warriors
332	San Antonio Spurs
283	Portland Trail Blazers
279	Los Angeles Clippers
250	Sacramento Kings
246	Denver Nuggets
246	Utah Jazz
242	Indiana Pacers
238	Washington Wizards
237	Houston Rockets
214	Boston Celtics
212	Milwaukee Bucks
211	Miami Heat
179	Toronto Raptors
161	Dallas Mavericks
132	Memphis Grizzlies
126	Charlotte Hornets
108	New Orleans Pelicans
91	New York Knicks
82	Los Angeles Lakers
79	Minnesota Timberwolves
50	Philadelphia 76ers
50	Atlanta Hawks
40	Brooklyn Nets
39	Chicago Bulls
-10	Phoenix Suns
-21	Detroit Pistons
-36	Orlando Magic
-40	Oklahoma City Thunder

Henchman of Santa posted:

Pop's irritation with the three is that it was a weird gimmick to draw more viewers that somehow stuck around. There's not other sport to my knowledge that earns you more points because you scored from further away.

Baseball, javelin throw, shot put, discus throw, hammer throw are some.


Phil Jackson has thirteen rings and is the undisputed ZEN MASTER. One wonders how many more rings he needs before he can insult Carmelo Anthony on Twitter with impunity.

Henchman of Santa
Aug 21, 2010

Zogo posted:

Baseball, javelin throw, shot put, discus throw, hammer throw are some.

Baseball?

Femur
Jan 10, 2004
I REALLY NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP
Phils always been like this that I can remember, using the media to talk down to others.

Him and Lebron would have been amazing​ together. He definitely woulda banged Lebrons mom.

Noone thought Melo was a problem, and would ever leave NY, but look at it now, its openly discussed.

Dolan is barely mentioned unless he acts directly. You all got played, and thats propaganda is awesome.

Femur fucked around with this message at 00:12 on Apr 17, 2017

Panzeh
Nov 27, 2006

"..The high ground"
Phil's zen master thing has always been a bit overwrought. He even said himself he's not really all that countercultural in his writing, though I think he plays it up sometimes, but Phil does like the media.

I tend to think Jackson has gotten less and less flexible as he's aged and just isn't what he used to be.

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
Fradulent "MVP" Westbrook is about to be destroyed, but I have to admit this is some pretty baller poo poo he just said:

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19171911/russell-westbrook-oklahoma-city-thunder-james-harden-houston-rockets-ball-only-friend-court

quote:

"When I get on the floor, I got one friend, and that's the basketball," Westbrook said. "I've been like that since I was a little kid. My dad told me that when I was younger, 'You got one friend and your friend is Spalding. At the time maybe it was Wilson or some other s---.'

DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

¡Hola SEA!


chunkles posted:

Fradulent "MVP" Westbrook is about to be destroyed, but I have to admit this is some pretty baller poo poo he just said:

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19171911/russell-westbrook-oklahoma-city-thunder-james-harden-houston-rockets-ball-only-friend-court

That's killer

Rabid Snake
Aug 6, 2004



SamuraiFoochs posted:

Counterpoint: IF the Clippers win, their next opponents are the goddamn Warriors.

Don't sleep on Portland

Punkin Spunkin
Jan 1, 2010

chunkles posted:

Fradulent "MVP" Westbrook is about to be destroyed, but I have to admit this is some pretty baller poo poo he just said:

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19171911/russell-westbrook-oklahoma-city-thunder-james-harden-houston-rockets-ball-only-friend-court
Dude can't even remember his only friend's name

Disillusionist
Sep 19, 2007

Home runs are automatic points awarded for hitting the ball a certain distance.

Sharparoni
Jan 11, 2004

THE MOST EXCITING MASCOT IN THE LAST 4000 YEARS OF COLLEGE SPORTS


Zogo posted:

IBM rating for this year:

Once again Earl Watson had the highest IBM rating among coaches.

Ammanas
Jul 17, 2005

Voltes V: "Laser swooooooooord!"

Rabid Snake posted:

Don't sleep on Portland

Portland's two good players balled out of their minds and the warriors barely broke a sweat

Pachulia should be out if the starting lineup, McGee should be starting

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!

Ammanas posted:

Portland's two good players balled out of their minds and the warriors barely broke a sweat

Pachulia should be out if the starting lineup, McGee should be starting

McGee is awful defensively unless your plan is to have CJ/Liliard score 50 in the 1st half.

Traxis
Jul 2, 2006

Barkley is a piece of poo poo.

quote:

"I’m not sure what to say — I’m not feeling comfortable with him sitting on the sideline crying like that,” Barkley said on the pregame show. “That makes me uncomfortable. So that tells me he’s not in shape to play. I mean, I don’t know how this night is going to turn out, but to be sitting on the sideline a few minutes before the game, crying, that just makes me uncomfortable for him.

“That’s just not a good look for him, in my personal opinion. I mean, he is clearly devastated, like we all would be if we lost a sibling, but sitting on the sideline right before the game, that makes me uncomfortable."

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

https://twitter.com/BullsBlogger/status/853779462223253505

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

that barkley quote is real, read bad

Count Mippipopolous
Apr 10, 2008

Quotes can seem much worse when out of context.

I watched him say that and I think it was just poor wording. It seemed like he was trying to say that Isaiah wasn't in the right state to play. They had been talking extensively and empathetically about the tragedy before that, and on how sometimes basketball can be a useful distraction.

Ammanas
Jul 17, 2005

Voltes V: "Laser swooooooooord!"

Tae posted:

McGee is awful defensively unless your plan is to have CJ/Liliard score 50 in the 1st half.

Pretty sure they had like 52 in the first half as it is.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
https://twitter.com/tomecurran/status/853779359374737408

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
I loving hate Barkley, and will do anything to slander him when he deserves it. But I don't think he was saying anything bad about Thomas, it was just worded very poorly.

Like I've had a boss tell me to go home when I was clearly unable to focus and be productive after my grandmother died.


The NBA playoffs is a bit different than maybe missing a deadline on an application milestone. But I totally get why someone would say hey maybe basketball's not as important right now.


Less Seriously....


PLAYOFF BOBBY PORTIS HAS ARRIVED. BOW BEFORE HIM. SUCK IT DOKMO

Vanilla Mint Ice
Jul 17, 2007

A raccoon is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.
It's nice seeing mike d antoni smiling on the sidelines as a head coach in the playoffs again

Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations
Remember in the playoffs whoever has won most recently is never going to lose again.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.

Count Mippipopolous posted:

It seemed like he was trying to say that Isaiah wasn't in the right state to play. They had been talking extensively and empathetically about the tragedy before that, and on how sometimes basketball can be a useful distraction.

That's exactly what he was trying to say, just worded awkwardly. It was pretty evident when actually watching.

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
Not new news but I didn't see it posted: Dekker had surgery on Monday, is out for 3 to 4 weeks :(

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
Okc will win the war

Away all Goats
Jul 5, 2005

Goose's rebellion

For those who missed it, here is Beverly getting absolutely demolished by an Adams screen
https://streamable.com/qrbt7

The fact that he just gets up after is pretty amazing, but he also hit back to back 3s after this.

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Punkin Spunkin
Jan 1, 2010
It just made Beverly stronger though
Adams seemed drained

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