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

[KingSpeed]

1st ROUND


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Anyone watching? Hawks are so deep. Boston should be concerned.

 

[theprunetang]

I started watching this game, but it was honestly boring as shit. Trying to be productive now. Haha

 

[Pinwheel1]

Hawks are up 20 and quite frankly are not playing that well. Miami looks horrible on both ends of the court

 

[KingSpeed]

I started watching this game, but it was honestly boring as shit. Trying to be productive now. Haha

I’m loving it. Everyone at realGM was SURE Miami had this in the bag. I predicted Hawks in a rout so this is fun.

 

[inconceivable]

If hawks beat the heat today, bulls beat the raptors tomorrow, bulls beat the heat for the 8th, that should make the following a little more available:

Siakam, anunoby, adebayo, butler

 

[Mediocre Man]

I meant to post this here

Watching this Hawks/ Heat game between periods of the Lightning/Leafs game is painful. Trae Young reminds me of Dame. When he gives the ball up early the Hawks are successful, but when he holds on to it or jacks up a 30 footer with 16+ seconds on the shot clock they struggle

 

[KingSpeed]

I wonder if Miami will trade us Butler

 

[KingSpeed]

If hawks beat the heat today, bulls beat the raptors tomorrow, bulls beat the heat for the 8th, that should make the following a little more available:

Siakam, anunoby, adebayo, butler

We should def root for Heat and Raps to lose. Then root for Hawks to beat Celtics. Next year’s Blazers:

Dame/Brown/Butler/Siakam/Nurkic

 

[Pinwheel1]

I wonder if Miami will trade us Butler

My guess is they will trade him somewhere. Not sure I want him anymore. He is way too inconsistent for his salary. You never know which Jimmy will show up.

 

[BigGameDamian]

I wonder if Miami will trade us Butler

For players we don’t want to trade?

 

[PCmor7]

For players we don’t want to trade?

So Butler can wear out his welcome in 16 months.

 

[KingSpeed]

My guess is they will trade him somewhere. Not sure I want him anymore. He is way too inconsistent for his salary. You never know which Jimmy will show up.

He’d be great as a #2 or #3 which is what he’d be here.

 

[blazerkor]

We should def root for Heat and Raps to lose. Then root for Hawks to beat Celtics. Next year’s Blazers:

Dame/Brown/Butler/Siakam/Nurkic

Yeah, we totally have the salaries and assets to bring in all three of those guys.

 

[KingSpeed]

If you guys really don’t want Butler on our team, I don’t know what to say. PER Ranking this season:

1. Jokic
2. Embiid
3. Giannis
4. Luka
5. AD
6. Jimmy Butler
7. SGA
8. Dame
9. KD
10. Zion

Why would anyone not want Jimmy on our team lol? He’s a Top 10 player! We’d be the only team with two of them.

 

[KingSpeed]

Yeah, we totally have the salaries and assets to bring in all three of those guys.

Celtics brought in KG and Ray Allen for Al Jefferson and Jeff Green.

 

[blazerkor]

If you guys really don’t want Butler on our team, I don’t know what to say. PER Ranking this season:

1. Jokic
2. Embiid
3. Giannis
4. Luka
5. AD
6. Jimmy Butler
7. SGA
8. Dame
9. KD
10. Zion

Why would anyone not want Jimmy on our team lol? He’s a Top 10 player! We’d be the only team with two of them.

For a reasonable price I'd take Jimmy... I would rather pay more for Bam.

 

[KingSpeed]

For a reasonable price I'd take Jimmy... I would rather pay more for Bam.

Jimmy > Bam

 

[Pinwheel1]

He’d be great as a #2 or #3 which is what he’d be here.

I agree if you could talk him into that. But IMO Butler plays best when he runs the offense. When he does not get his touches his offense is not as good. Not sure he would be a good fit with Dame and Sharpe. He is a good defender but he is not that tall. under 6'6" with a 6'8" wing. We have one shot at getting a difference-maker. He would be on the list, but not near the top, not for his salary. He never plays a full season.

 

[KingSpeed]

I agree if you could talk him into that. But IMO Butler plays best when he runs the offense. When he does not get his touches his offense is not as good. Not sure he would be a good fit with Dame and Sharpe. He is a good defender but he is not that tall. under 6'6" with a 6'8" wing. We have one shot at getting a difference-maker. He would be on the list, but not near the top, not for his salary. He never plays a full season.

No one plays a full season. We wouldn’t need 20 ppg from Jimmy so who cares if he gets “his touches.” He can defend and has led a team to the NBA Finals less than 3 years ago, a series they could’ve win if Bam and Dragic (who was their leading scorer in the playoffs) didn’t get hurt. Butler can defend, he can play make, he can get to the line. How would he not be a good fit???? Do you want us to win or not? Or do you want to roll with Reddish? I don’t get some of you.

 

[Ed O]

I wonder if Miami would trade Lowry for Travis Outlaw.

(Anyone remember THAT ancient nugget from this site? )

 

[KingSpeed]

Hawks got Bey for nothing

 

[Ed O]

I wonder if Miami will trade us Butler

I wish we'd traded for him years ago (some time between 2016 and 2019) ... he would have been a fantastic match with Dame both on the floor and in terms of age.

Getting him at this point would be spitting into the wind.

 

[KingSpeed]

I wonder if Miami would trade Lowry for Travis Outlaw.

(Anyone remember THAT ancient nugget from this site? )

I don’t remember that. Lowry was on Rockets then.

 

[KingSpeed]

I wish we'd traded for him years ago (some time between 2016 and 2019) ... he would have been a fantastic match with Dame both on the floor and in terms of age.

Getting him at this point would be spitting into the wind.

Dude he was 6th in PER this season. Higher than Dame. How would they not still be a good match?? I don’t get it. Dame wants vet All Star teammates. That’s what Jimmy Butler is.

 

[Ed O]

Dude he was 6th in PER this season. Higher than Dame. How would they not still be a good match?? I don’t get it. Dame wants vet All Star teammates. That’s what Jimmy Butler is.

We trade for him and finish 8th in the conference, assuming he and Dame play as well as they did this year. Since they'll be 33 and 34 next year, they clearly aren't going to be getting healthier and better.

Why bother?

 

[KingSpeed]

Wouldn’t mind Capela on our team.

 

[illmatic99]

rooting for miami to crash and burn.

gimme bam.

gimme jimmy.

 

[Hoopguru]

Anyone watching? Hawks are so deep. Boston should be concerned.

And they have a terrific coach.

 

[KingSpeed]

We trade for him and finish 8th in the conference, assuming he and Dame play as well as they did this year. Since they'll be 33 and 34 next year, they clearly aren't going to be getting healthier and better.

Why bother?

So can’t win, don’t try? You say 8 seed like it’s fact. What about 1 seed? And they both just had one of the best seasons of their career. You need them to be better than 6th & 8th in PER?? If we brought Butler here, the goal would be title.

 

[KingSpeed]

And they have a terrific coach.

Hawks will win games in the Boston series. Should be fun.