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chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
Wow that one hurts. Harden got two pretty good looks (for him) towards the end.

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Lessail
Apr 1, 2011

:cry::cry:
tell me how vgk aren't playing like shit again
:cry::cry:
p.s. help my grapes are so sour!

Paul Zuvella posted:

This is going to be so loving funny when Westbrook is swept out of the playoffs.

You were saying

Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations
Maybe the best bucket of the first round
https://twitter.com/world_wide_wob/status/855634550357098496

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
In before a bunch of people talk about how okc almost choked it but disregard hou was only in it because of bogus touch fouls, OKC BITCH

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

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

Spacebump posted:

Maybe the best bucket of the first round

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpIp4WAkNN0

Papes
Apr 13, 2010

There's always something at the bottom of the bag.
James harden was like 20/20 from the line, Lou Williams was automatic, Ryan Anderson was actually useful, and dipo still hasn't had a good game. Houston should have closed out the series there and may regret not doing so.

Panzeh
Nov 27, 2006

"..The high ground"

Metapod posted:

In before a bunch of people talk about how okc almost choked it but disregard hou was only in it because of bogus touch fouls, OKC BITCH

"bogus touch fouls" like when Pat Beverly got called for a travel after getting hit in the face on a shot attempt.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038



:sbahj:

Ghost Dog
Aug 17, 2016

Panzeh posted:

"bogus touch fouls" like when Pat Beverly got called for a travel after getting hit in the face on a shot attempt.

dont backdown, stick with the punch you were claiming earlier, maybe up the stakes to haymaker or chaos punch

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
The Celtics won tonight because of a Kevin Garnett hype video: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19214536/kevin-garnett-video-gives-boston-celtics-needed-lift-chicago-bulls

DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

¡Hola SEA!



Yeah, is Hayward the first time the best white guy in the league was American since...Bird??

Femur
Jan 10, 2004
I REALLY NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP
Love, korver 2015

but none are better than gasol brothers during their runs so moot point.

Rick
Feb 23, 2004
When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.
E: wrong thread.

Juaguocio
Jun 5, 2005

Oh, David...

Papes posted:

James harden was like 20/20 from the line, Lou Williams was automatic, Ryan Anderson was actually useful, and dipo still hasn't had a good game. Houston should have closed out the series there and may regret not doing so.

Houston's bad start turned out to be just bad enough to lose them the game. I think RBB + their depth will ultimately win them the series, but I could see OKC pushing it to 6 games.

It sure looked like Russ was going to blow it again at the end, though.

SamuraiFoochs
Jan 16, 2007




Grimey Drawer
So assuming CP3 never wins a title where would he rank in terms of "loving great player who never won a title"? Barkley/Stockton/Malone-tier? That game was loving incredible.

BWV
Feb 24, 2005


he's probably placed lesser than Malone/Stockton because he never had the sustained late playoff success they had. And he's probably less than a few other guys too because he never had that one season where he dragged a poo poo team to the finals/conference finals. All the data (I bet?) says he's better that Iverson but Iverson has that one playoff run which lasts. Same with other guys who regardless of conference strength and whatnot dragged a poo poo as team to the finals.
There have been a lot of superb players to drag their team deep. Unfortunately for CP3 he played during the Spurs/GSW/etc era and so history wont be kind
(imo he's better than everyone mentioned)

DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

¡Hola SEA!


Femur posted:

Love, korver 2015

but none are better than gasol brothers during their runs so moot point.

Yeah it's actually Stockton in the mid 90s, with Schrempf giving him some pressure

Papercut
Aug 24, 2005

Are we sure he's not pointing at his ears, like telling his teammates to communicate?

BWV posted:

he's probably placed lesser than Malone/Stockton because he never had the sustained late playoff success they had. And he's probably less than a few other guys too because he never had that one season where he dragged a poo poo team to the finals/conference finals. All the data (I bet?) says he's better that Iverson but Iverson has that one playoff run which lasts. Same with other guys who regardless of conference strength and whatnot dragged a poo poo as team to the finals.
There have been a lot of superb players to drag their team deep. Unfortunately for CP3 he played during the Spurs/GSW/etc era and so history wont be kind
(imo he's better than everyone mentioned)

There is no way CP3 will be remembered as worse than Iverson.

Jota
May 6, 2003

uga-booga uga-booga

Papercut posted:

There is no way CP3 will be remembered as worse than Iverson.

That's true. Because he won't be remembered at all :mrapig:

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs
drat Jota you ain't have to do him like that

SamuraiFoochs
Jan 16, 2007




Grimey Drawer

Jota posted:

That's true. Because he won't be remembered at all :mrapig:

I'm good to you Jota, and you do me like that. SMH.

Fair point on the playoffs success argument though. :shobon:

Jack's Flow
Jun 6, 2003

Life, friends, is boring

This was great last night, and it's still great today. Hayward is really good.

AggressivelyStupid
Jan 9, 2012


White LeBron

Dante80
Mar 23, 2015

Libertine posted:

Can Giannis defend Lebron? I mean in the normal sense no one can defend him obviously, but like in the relative sense. I didn't see any of their head-to-head games this year.

I would be real interested in seeing them go head to head in a series especially since we can finally resolve the Delly storyline everyone is enamored with.

You cannot properly defend playoff Lebron. Not by yourself, no matter who you are. In the relative sense, Kidd would have to change the way Bucks go defensively to win this.

He wouldn't.

Dante80 fucked around with this message at 13:00 on Apr 22, 2017

Libertine
Jun 21, 2004

When I die, I hope they say I made the eSports industry a better place than I made millions of dollars.

Jota posted:

That's true. Because he won't be remembered at all :mrapig:

Every time I watch Chris Paul I think that he's a dude that would be on like my all-time best team in one of the PG slots, but when I try to think of what his legacy will be it's gonna be like missing the MVP he should have had that one year, and a lot of early playoff exits. I can't think of many memorable Paul playoff performances and watching him dominate last night was good.

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop

BWV posted:

he's probably placed lesser than Malone/Stockton because he never had the sustained late playoff success they had. And he's probably less than a few other guys too because he never had that one season where he dragged a poo poo team to the finals/conference finals. All the data (I bet?) says he's better that Iverson but Iverson has that one playoff run which lasts. Same with other guys who regardless of conference strength and whatnot dragged a poo poo as team to the finals.
There have been a lot of superb players to drag their team deep. Unfortunately for CP3 he played during the Spurs/GSW/etc era and so history wont be kind
(imo he's better than everyone mentioned)



Iverson was a style icon and heavily marketed brand that marked a generational shift, Chris Paul is just an ornery fantastic point guard, he's on the list and ahead of Iverson

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop
Why the gently caress did Hoiberg play Michael Carter Williams so many minutes last night. I'd rather them just put any other random player on the court. He's such a loving hot dog armed waste of space

Papercut
Aug 24, 2005
Iverson was one of my favorite players of all time and gently caress Chris Paul, but Paul is in the discussion for best PG of all time. The fact that he played in a wood chipper of a conference for his whole career doesn't change that.

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
Even Melo made a conference final

Bismack Billabongo
Oct 9, 2012

New Love Glow
Blake out for the rest of the playoffs. Wow

xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova

Dejan Bimble posted:

Why the gently caress did Hoiberg play Michael Carter Williams so many minutes last night. I'd rather them just put any other random player on the court. He's such a loving hot dog armed waste of space

MCW sucks, but Grant was also playing pretty terribly. They should either take the ball out of Grant's hands more when he's in the game and use him more as an off-ball shooter, or just start Zipser and try to go as long as you can with no PG

thrilla in vanilla posted:

Blake out for the rest of the playoffs. Wow

This is God telling the Clippers to just disband already, right? At minimum it's a sign to change the jerseys back

E2M2
Mar 2, 2007

Ain't No Thang.
That team is cursed

axeil
Feb 14, 2006
I really enjoyed watching the Jazz piss away their lead last night. It was Real Fun.

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

Papercut posted:

Are we sure he's not pointing at his ears, like telling his teammates to communicate?

I do believe he's asking his teammates to talk; tell him if a pick is coming

Brolander
Oct 20, 2008

i am but a vessel
You know those top down animations of basketball plays, with the players as dots? I want that, but showing flopping plays and little dots just caroming off other dots when players dive

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k

EvanTH posted:

I do believe he's asking his teammates to talk; tell him if a pick is coming

I don't.

Brolander
Oct 20, 2008

i am but a vessel
Who's got two ears and is about to get dunked on?

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
I'm curious what was the line-up, because the middle was incredibly wide open for what I assume was Favors at center. Joe Johnson at PF?

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop
The Griffin injury lets the jazz use Diaw at pf without getting murdered, which is nice, because Joe can't play every minute.

xbilkis posted:

MCW sucks, but Grant was also playing pretty terribly. They should either take the ball out of Grant's hands more when he's in the game and use him more as an off-ball shooter, or just start Zipser and try to go as long as you can with no PG


This is God telling the Clippers to just disband already, right? At minimum it's a sign to change the jerseys back

Grant isn't good but there's something about MCW that makes the team droop, he's like an old time casino cooler.

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Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
The Bulls would look pretty good if they had Taj Gibson at back-up and Tony Snell starting so Wade can be the PG

Oh wait, all these 2nd rounders and point guards from 1980 though

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