OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD - July 2021

[SlyPokerDog]

Suns in the finals.

 

[illmatic99]

come on man, i want to do this at PDX. wtf, when is it going to be our turn

 

[royo]

Pat "Karma" Beverley not in the finals

 

[B-Roy]

come on man, i want to do this at PDX. wtf, when is it going to be our turn

Retweeted by Dame

 

[illmatic99]

Retweeted by Dame

this is depressing. we got lapped by the freaking suns

 

[LenPa]

Good to see some new teams in the finals (even if I would appreciate to other teams in the finals) but crazy playoffs. So many injuries.

 

[Natebishop3]

this is depressing. we got lapped by the freaking suns

They drafted better than us. They made better trades. They made better free aren’t signings. Their coach was better.

In short…. Their front office is much better than ours. They have done a great job of building around Booker.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Steve Nash must be bummed.

 

[Mediocre Man]

They drafted better than us. They made better trades. They made better free aren’t signings. Their coach was better.

In short…. Their front office is much better than ours. They have done a great job of building around Booker.

It’s really not hard at all to understand.

 

[Idog1976]

They drafted better than us. They made better trades. They made better free aren’t signings. Their coach was better.

In short…. Their front office is much better than ours. They have done a great job of building around Booker.

Booker allowed them to tank, Dame never did, nor did Paul Allen or Olshey. I've said for years that it's incredibly hard to build an elite team without multiple stars and the easiest (but hardest to hit on consistently) method is through the draft. The Sixers being the ultimate example of this. Now when you get the incredibly rare chance to trade for a star such as Paul George, or Ben Simmons...you take it. Just as the Suns pulled the trigger on the Paul deal after tanking and getting Ayton and Bridges.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

My bet is the Suns will win it all.
The sweep of Denver did them a bunch of good. Gave them time to heal and got Paul through the Covid issue only losing him for a couple games. Remember he also had a shoulder injury that he was working through from the Lakers series.
Booker breaks his nose and played through it but you can tell it had it's effect. Now they get to heal again while the Hawks and Bucks tear each other apart. Very least they play 2 more games. If that series goes 7 the Suns get a full week off.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Booker allowed them to tank, Dame never did, nor did Paul Allen or Olshey.

Yeah there were a couple years where the Blazers had no business making the playoffs in the last 5-6 years. They could have used a couple lotto picks.

 

[PDXFonz]

Patrick Beverly showed what everyone else always knew. He’s a fucking scrub

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Patrick Beverly showed what everyone else always knew. He’s a fucking scrub

Crazy part is I have watched that video no less than 20 times and I still can’t see what Paul did to elicit that response? At most he said one word while passing him? Did he say “Punk”? Not sure? I also don’t understand why the 3rd string center (Don’t know his name) didn’t just freaking level Beverly when it happened? He just looked at him? If I was end of bench in that situation I would have absolutely been thrown out with Beverly.

 

[Jayblaze]

Suns lucky run continues playing all injured teams in every series

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Suns lucky run continues playing all injured teams in every series

Bad take.
Suns have played through Injuries as well.
Chris Paul shoulder and COVID
Booker broken nose
Nope! Not buying that.

 

[Jayblaze]

Bad take.
Suns have played through Injuries as well.
Chris Paul shoulder and COVID
Booker broken nose
Nope! Not buying that.

Not bad take just a honest take
Lakers: no AD
Denver: no jamal murray
Clippers:no kawhi and ibaka

 

[Jayblaze]

U telling me a healthy lakers, nuggets and or clippers team wouldn't take out the suns

 

[Hoopguru]

come on man, i want to do this at PDX. wtf, when is it going to be our turn

amazing, after 10 years of not even being in the playoffs they jump to the finals!

 

[tlongII]

U telling me a healthy lakers, nuggets and or clippers team wouldn't take out the suns

Who knows? They aren't healthy.

I will say that Phoenix had the best road record in the league this year so that should count for something.

 

[Haakzilla]

Forget Playoff P, how about Salty P?!

Paul George says team would 'be going on' if Kawhi Leonard was healthy for Western Conference finals

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[TBpup]

Congrats to the Suns!!

Tremendous Drafting, smart trades, good development of the young players, to put them in a place to take advantage of Home Court and any obstacles other teams might have. It's part of the game.

Well done!

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[Mediocre Man]

Here’s how much defense matters

Suns defensive rank

17’ 28th
18’ 30th
19’ 29th
20’ 17th
21’ 6th

 

[illmatic99]

Congrats to the Suns!!

Tremendous Drafting, smart trades, good development of the young players, to put them in a place to take advantage of Home Court and any obstacles other teams might have. It's part of the game.

Well done!

i mean... they had 9 lottery picks in the last 8 yrs including four top 5 picks. their drafts were a disaster actually.

#5 Alex Len
#4 Josh Jackson
#4 Dragan Bender

 

[TBpup]

i mean... they had 9 lottery picks in the last 8 yrs including four top 5 picks.

And? They have gone a lot further than we have.

 

[illmatic99]

And? They have gone a lot further than we have.

they got lucky. they did NOT have "tremendous" drafts.

 

[TBpup]

they got lucky. they did NOT have "tremendous" drafts.

You can guarantee that no matter what success someone or a team has, someone will throw the 'they got lucky' card at them. There is a degree of luck in almost everything. They are in the Finals. Our team, with a player that is better than anyone they have and with more players that the GM and many fans don't want to give up.....can't get by a decimated team (Denver) that the Suns swept in the next round.

I'm not going to take anything away from what they have accomplished from being last in the West just a couple of years ago to where they are now. Congrats to them and their 'lucky' fans.

 

[illmatic99]

You can guarantee that no matter what success someone or a team has, someone will throw the 'they got lucky' card at them. There is a degree of luck in almost everything. They are in the Finals. Our team, with a player that is better than anyone they have and with more players that the GM and many fans don't want to give up.....can't get by a decimated team (Denver) that the Suns swept in the next round.

I'm not going to take anything away from what they have accomplished from being last in the West just a couple of years ago to where they are now. Congrats to them and their 'lucky' fans.

did i say anything about our shit team?

you said they had "tremendous drafts." They absolutely did NOT. In fact, their GM got fired over it.