AROUND THE 2024 NBA PLAYOFFS: Eastern & Western Conference Finals

[Whyachi]

SlowMo T'd up for arguing

these refs are PATHETIC

 

[Whyachi]

Towns illegal knee strike on downed opponent. I hope Lively can shake that off.

 

[Whyachi]

interesting stat, Lively has the best playoff plus/minus for a rookie since Manu Ginobli

 

[Whyachi]

Minny has seen enough crappy calls, they throw their challenge flag

 

[Whyachi]

8 point Mavs lead at halftime is not good enough for Barkley. He's not impressed, accuses Dallas of playing lazy ball.

 

[kjironman1]

Who is this Derrick Jones Jr guy that is all the sudden a reliable three point shooter?

 

[KingSpeed]

I don’t ever remember both CFs being sweeps. Crazy maybe 2002 or 3? I looked it up, not those years.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Obviously Derrick Jones isn’t a very good actor.

 

[Whyachi]

barn burner 4th qtr, Sota up by 1

 

[Whyachi]

Edwards getting his beast mode on, 24pts. Luka up to 31, he's scored 30+ (& goodies) 7 times this playoffs.

 

[Whyachi]

SlowMo 5-5, 8pts in 4th

 

[Whyachi]

Tough hit by Doncic, Mavs up 4

 

[Whyachi]

Gafford block & oop daggers

 

[Cugel]

I am fine with sweeps, just want the season to be over already.

 

[Whyachi]

Everyone on floor level stay in your seats. DO NOT leave open chairs near Anthony Edwards

 

[Whyachi]

Luka career high 5 steals

 

[TYDame]

Kyrie is a cancer to any teams lol

 

[TYDame]

Who is this Derrick Jones Jr guy that is all the sudden a reliable three point shooter?

Another former Blazer

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Doubtful. Clyde, Walton, Dame, CJ, Aldridge, Roy, Kersey, Porter... The hits are far more frequent and far more successful on that side of the ledger.

The post was about drafts after the 80s. Also, all the Blazers euros were taken outside the lottery so that comparison removes Dame CJ Roy Aldridge. Literally every example on your list doesn't apply.

So out of non lottery picks how does Euro vs US compare this century for the Blazers?

We had US guys like Nolan Smith and Caleb Swanigan. I'm not certain the Euros are better - but there's certainly a lot of euro success stories and a lot of US players that were bust so it's pretty ridiculous to claim Blazers have had some clear much worse track record in drafting euros.

 

[kjironman1]

Not really sure TNT is doing themselves any favors having Draymond Green on the show. I wonder what the regulars think about that really?

 

[TYDame]

Would Gafford, Lively get lob passes and dunk if Dame was their PG?

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Would Gafford, Lively get lob passes and dunk if Dame was their PG?

Obviously not as they'd be way outside setting screens for Dame to jack up 30 footers and get trapped.

 

[Chris Craig]

Looking like two sweeps in the conference finals. Boring.

 

[beast blazer]

Nash fucked up so much. I remember I used to chat with him on email from time to time.

That tells you everything you need to know about his priorities.

Ah yes, I remember that, he would reply to your emails and trade ideas.

 

[beast blazer]

Blazer fans, wondering why we could never do what the Mavs are doing with Dame and CJ.

 

[TYDame]

Blazer fans, wondering why we could never do what the Mavs are doing with Dame and CJ.

Because both guards don’t know how to pass lobs for easy baskets

 

[Pinwheel1]

This Minny-Dallas series is really fun to watch. Despite the 3-0 lead

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[Whyachi]

You can weed out closet Minnesota fans by reposting the final 5 minutes ...

 

[wizenheimer]

a fairly unspectacular trade deadline that has helped propel the Mavs to a finals appearance. Taking Lively at #12 nad signing Derrick Jones for a vet minimum are looking like masterclass moves too