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aBagorn posted:There's really no one they can acquire this offseason that is going to give them help them where they need it to get out of the East (i.e. someone who can slow down LeBron even a little bit). The Cavs are far enough ahead that there's room for the Celtics to get significantly better this offseason and still not catch up. That doesn't mean they should just throw up their hands and not try since it's pointless. You never know what could happen. LeBron could finally start slowing down next year or him or Kyrie could get injured. One of the young players the Celtics are stock piling could have a break out year. Even if none of those things happen, the Celtics should still try to improve simply for the sake of improving.
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I think the Celtics should keep both Brooklyn picks and see if they develop a superstar from that. They can still sign that white guy forward . It won't hurt anything.
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May 18, 2017 14:03
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May 18, 2017 14:12
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Lebron clowning Kelly Olynyk was maybe the greatest moment in this entire season so far.
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Paul Zuvella posted:Lebron clowning Kelly Olynyk was maybe the greatest moment in this entire season so far. Sooo disrespectful
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Kelly Ulillillynk playing well enough in the playoffs to make himself relevant is something I thought I'd never see and I'm pretty sure we'll never see it again
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Charlz Guybon posted:So, the Celtics game wasn't that surprising. Fultz won't help them much his first year. He may be somewhat useful off the bench, and definitely exciting, but I don't think he's moving the needle in any significant way. Hayward would be a huge help, but getting him would mean not resigining Amir Johnson or Olynyk. I would make that swap nine times out of nine, but it will tamper Hayward a bit and definitely give Boston a problem with big depth. I don't think it gets them to Cleveland's level, but you never know what would happen.
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May 18, 2017 15:40
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Hayward would make them better but I don't know that I'd want to tie up all my cap space for the next five years until I had a vague idea of what they've got in Fultz
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Can anyone tell me why Channing Frye only played 3 (garbage time) minutes last night? What's the matchup advantage they found leaving him out?
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May 18, 2017 15:45
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My guess is becuae love and tt had 5 on lock down.
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euphronius posted:My guess is becuae love and tt had 5 on lock down. https://twitter.com/talkhoops/status/865216963777224704 
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May 18, 2017 15:48
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EvanTH posted:Can anyone tell me why Channing Frye only played 3 (garbage time) minutes last night? What's the matchup advantage they found leaving him out? They didn't use Love much against Toronto because Ibaka eats his lunch, so they wanted to give him more burn. TT was sorta beasting in that game, so I think they let him play a bit more too. Jefferson matches up a bit better against Boston's small-ball lineups they like to run when their starters rest. Basically, they didn't really need to spread the floor and the rest of the bigs were balling out. I don't think there is much to it.
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May 18, 2017 15:58
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euphronius posted:My guess is becuae love and tt had 5 on lock down. Now keep your love lockdown. You lose.
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May 18, 2017 16:03
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Love destroys smalls in the post after swirches and no one in the east is good enough to punish him playing at center.
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May 18, 2017 16:30
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euphronius posted:Is that a real quote i think it's real, it's got the little " " marks and everything
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Tae posted:Love destroys smalls in the post after swirches and no one in the east is good enough to punish him playing at center. He is really good in the post, even against bigger guys, but usually has big trouble with help defense on guards. The Cleveland defense is already taking care of IT, and I think they are going to let Avery Bradley try to beat them, and while Bradley was able to score with Love at the 5 the Boston Offense won't be able to run through him enough.
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May 18, 2017 16:36
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do you think its part of the cavs plan to clown on the celtics because they know the celtics are a volatile, poo poo talking team? is it to establish that no one can challenge lebron for the east? is that just how the cavs play?
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May 18, 2017 17:44
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They're much better than Boston and clowning dudes is basketball tradition
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May 18, 2017 17:53
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It's just payback for Scot Pollard not getting a ring with the Cavs, but with the Celtics.
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May 18, 2017 18:01
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has there ever been a Finals where both teams were coming off a 12-0 start to the playoffs? because that seems like what's going to happen
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So we're just assuming Kawhi is done for the season and the dubs are going to go into SA on Saturday and roll them up?
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May 18, 2017 18:24
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A lot of people assume Kawhi will play on Saturday, there was no point risking his health on a short delay between games. Same reason why he didn't play game 6 against Houston.
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Carlosologist posted:has there ever been a Finals where both teams were coming off a 12-0 start to the playoffs? because that seems like what's going to happen Nah quote:While the playoffs have lacked intrigue, they've hosted plenty of dominance. Historic dominance, in fact. Since the NBA moved to a best-of-seven first round in 2003, we've never seen two teams reach the conference finals without a loss in the same season.
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May 18, 2017 18:27
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https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/865266096894554112 1st Team: LeBron Harden Russ Kawhi ADay
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https://twitter.com/Rachel__Nichols/status/865266828913786880 Say goodbye to all that money, PG and Hayward
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May 18, 2017 19:06
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the voting gap between davis and gobert is so tiny, god drat
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May 18, 2017 19:06
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Lol demar derozan is gonna be why pg leaves the pacers
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May 18, 2017 19:07
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Rudy was almost first team. That owns.
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May 18, 2017 19:08
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morestuff posted:https://twitter.com/Rachel__Nichols/status/865266828913786880 so its exactly the same as that list that leaked and then the NBA said NOOOO ITS FAAAAAKE really loudly.
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May 18, 2017 19:09
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Paul Zuvella posted:Lebron clowning Kelly Olynyk was maybe the greatest moment in this entire season so far. The best stories about basketball legends are the ones where they just murder an opponent's soul.
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May 18, 2017 19:09
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I'm glad basketball as a sport encourages players humiliating each other, while baseball is on like year three of the bat flip thing
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I'd have KAT over Jordan and CP3 over DeRozan on the third team but otherwise looks good to me. Gobert v Davis is real close for first team center, basically a toss up. Gobert has probably been DPOY but it's easy to forget just how insanely amazing offensively Davis was this season on an absolute shithow of a team that would've won 17 games without him.
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Paul Zuvella posted:so its exactly the same as that list that leaked and then the NBA said NOOOO ITS FAAAAAKE really loudly. I thought KAT was on that list instead of DJ? Tae posted:Lol demar derozan is gonna be why pg leaves the pacers Well, PG is a forward and Derozan is a Guard so I am not sure it matters? More like Butler and Draymond knocked PG off the list, which is pretty reasonable, I think.
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May 18, 2017 19:12
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morestuff posted:I'm glad basketball as a sport encourages players humiliating each other, while baseball is on like year three of the bat flip thing it's the inverse of the NFL where physical assault is encouraged* but celebrating is against the rules *the exception in the NBA provided by the dirty cheating Warriors basketball club who attack limbs and testicles when they find themselves behind
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May 18, 2017 19:19
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PG is gone, so now it's just a matter on if the Pacers can get the 1st or 2nd pick for him. Though the idea of Lonzo Ball in Indiana is loving hilarious.
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May 18, 2017 19:20
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I keep forgetting how loving disgusting unfair Davis + Cousins is going to be next season wow
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EvanTH posted:I keep forgetting how loving disgusting unfair Davis + Cousins is going to be next season wow That team needs filling out badly. They might still be rough next year.
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May 18, 2017 19:23
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It's silly that media voting is costing PG a ton of money. Signing him to the supermax or whatever would be a poison pill for the cheapskate Pacers, but it would have been nice to have the option.
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May 18, 2017 19:23
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lol at the hot take geniuses that left Russ and LeBron off first team.
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