NBA Playoffs Thread - Play-in and 1st round edition

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DDolla said:
Would you trade Simons for Maxey?
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I would definitely trade Simons but there is no way in hell that I would be looking to trade him for another small score first guard to pair with Dame... yet again!
 
I really wanted the Sixers to implode this post season but it doesn't look like they will. It's not that I necessarily thought that Embiid should be a target, I just want the trade market to have as many all stars/superstars as possible so the prices will be more reasonable and so we have more shots at landing one or more.

I do not think that the Nets will move any of their young talent because this team is supposed to be a transition type of team anyway, they just overachieved. I guess we will see about all of it soon enough though.
 
Embiid’s going to get to the 2nd round of the playoffs. Harden doesn’t look that important if he leaves.
Embiid’s got 3 more years on his contract and isn’t leaving Philadelphia.
Scratch him off the list.
 
That Chuck face was too much for me not to change my pic.

My avatar curse is bust anyway. We're stuck with Bert.
 
Battle for Nor Cal supremacy and the Warriors are somehow getting shit done without Dray... oh yeah it's because Dray has dropped off and never was really that great.
 
DDolla said:
Looney > Nurk by a mile
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For sure in today's NBA a mobile C is better than an old school C but that is definitely compounded by Chauncey's system. Chauncey has actually only been good for Nurk's offensive game but Nurk has never been that great on O because he won't finish around the hoop. Where Nurk has been dominant in the past has been on defense but that was only in drop coverage and that's not how Chauncey will play him. So you have the guy who is the slowest starter in the league playing defense on the perimeter and in space, trying to recover to protect the paint and it just doesn't work.
 
Keegan Murray looks so mediocre. And he was supposed to be ready to play by being so much older than his counterparts. Glad we slid back in the draft and avoided him.
 
Kings just haven't showed up tonight.
 
AmirIcon said:
Keegan Murray looks so mediocre. And he was supposed to be ready to play by being so much older than his counterparts. Glad we slid back in the draft and avoided him.
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The stage is too big for the Rook. I think he’ll be an amazing role player but I don’t see any kind of star upside. More of a Desmond Bane impact.
 
blazerkor said:
For sure in today's NBA a mobile C is better than an old school C but that is definitely compounded by Chauncey's system. Chauncey has actually only been good for Nurk's offensive game but Nurk has never been that great on O because he won't finish around the hoop. Where Nurk has been dominant in the past has been on defense but that was only in drop coverage and that's not how Chauncey will play him. So you have the guy who is the slowest starter in the league playing defense on the perimeter and in space, trying to recover to protect the paint and it just doesn't work.
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Agree. I actually think Nurk would be a great gadget player for 24 mpg sharing the court with Matisse. He could beat the shit out of second units in the post, run a ton of pick n roll, and we could play drop coverage with the best Matisse, who is the best at guarding the ball handler in that system in the whole NBA. Chauncey could still play a switching style the other 24 MPG (including the starters and the closers.
 
MickZagger said:
Divencenzo a little too ‘swaggy’ for my liking.
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not sure what that means, but he's yet another effective villanova guard in the league solely for his ability to make winning plays.

i know jay wright is gone, but i'm still intrigued by cam whitmore and a lot of it has to do with where he went to school.
 
Kawhi just can't stay healthy for long and the Clippers have no chance without him, especially with PG13 out
 
illmatic99 said:
not sure what that means, but he's yet another effective villanova guard in the league solely for his ability to make winning plays.

i know jay wright is gone, but i'm still intrigued by cam whitmore and a lot of it has to do with where he went to school.
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I generally like all Villanova guys. I generally dislike many players who are all about the theatrics.

Probably why I can’t stand hot dogs like Curry but love guys like Tatum
 
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TBpup said:
I don't see anything in my post that was incorrect or even a stretch. Completely factual. Sure, the Warriors were always the higher seed, but we've seen what #6 seeds can do to #3 seeds before. (Pelicans/Blazers)
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It was factual, but severely lacking in substance.

No offense intended, but the details matter.
 
AmirIcon said:
Keegan Murray looks so mediocre. And he was supposed to be ready to play by being so much older than his counterparts. Glad we slid back in the draft and avoided him.
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He did set the NBA record for 3's in a season by a rookie, but I agree his upside isn't as high as someone like Sharpe.
 
DDolla said:
Dame to the Sixers?
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the Twitter comments on this one are a rorshach test.

blazers fans see dame on the recruiting trail. Sixers fans see their harden replacement. BKN fans see dame trying to team up with Bridges next season.
 
Samuel said:
the Twitter comments on this one are a rorshach test.

blazers fans see dame on the recruiting trail. Sixers fans see their harden replacement. BKN fans see dame trying to team up with Bridges next season.
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we will land mikal bridges. dame wants bridges. he wanted jerami. cronin got jerami. he will get mikal. when that happens, cronin can say to dame, i got players you wanted.

it would be a good start. wont be enough
 
inconceivable said:
we will land mikal bridges. dame wants bridges. he wanted jerami. cronin got jerami. he will get mikal. when that happens, cronin can say to dame, i got players you wanted.

it would be a good start. wont be enough
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Again I will ask, why would Brooklyn trade Bridges, and what does Portland have that they might want?

Bridges was the centerpiece in the Durant deal. They aren’t gonna flip him for Ant
 
inconceivable said:
we will land mikal bridges. dame wants bridges. he wanted jerami. cronin got jerami. he will get mikal. when that happens, cronin can say to dame, i got players you wanted.

it would be a good start. wont be enough
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We're well more than one star player away from being enough, for sure.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Again I will ask, why would Brooklyn trade Bridges, and what does Portland have that they might want?

Bridges was the centerpiece in the Durant deal. They aren’t gonna flip him for Ant
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We do...have something they don't, draft picks. :dunno:
 
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