OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD - June 2021

[illmatic99]

MDA will start Ben Simmons at center for the Blazers - the Draymond Green role.

Just ye watch

I would love that

 

[wizenheimer]

well, I guess that torpedoes the idea of trading CJ for Paul George

has there been any announcement on what Kawhi's injury is?

 

[Pinwheel1]

I hate to use the word "Choke" in sports, but damn that was brutal.
A lot of talk on this board about how smart the Jazz were in constructing their roster. Two years in a row now. I love it, and I hate the Clips

 

[DDolla]

That’s the real scary Clippers without Kawhi.

 

[illmatic99]

i think this is the curse of john stockton after his appearance in that antivax vid

 

[JoshuaHall]

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well, I guess that torpedoes the idea of trading CJ for Paul George

has there been any announcement on what Kawhi's injury is?

all I saw was an acl injury of some sort

 

[riverman]

I think there are players who just aren't as hungry for a long post season run if it means they are cutting into their partying on a beach in Tahiti with a supermodel time....burnout.

 

[JoshuaHall]

I think there are players who just aren't as hungry for a long post season run if it means they are cutting into their partying on a beach in Tahiti with a supermodel time....burnout.

People were saying before the playoffs that the jazz are a regular season team
I don’t think this is a fair criticism if it is pointed at them
Remember the jazz kept talking about being disrespected blah blah blah

 

[JoshuaHall]

PS if you have Twitter and wanna see a legit meltdown, look at Jazz Twitter. It’s hilarious.

Also people saying they should take back Gobert’s DPOY hahahaha

 

[DDolla]

This is the reason why no one respects the Jazz even they have the number one seed

 

[blazerkor]

MDA will start Ben Simmons at center for the Blazers - the Draymond Green role.

Just ye watch

If we could get Simmons for CJ and change and then turnaround and get some value for Nurk... we'd be really good with a guy who can move like Simmons at 6'11".

 

[DDolla]

LOL Snyder, why is Rudy playing on that 3rd qtr? Lue out coach him

Gobert the DPOY and a 205M man… did nothing. Smh

 

[B-Roy]

Jackson and Batum have to be full MLE candidates in the off-season right? Crazy how many minimum or near minimum players are contributing for the Clippers.

 

[Dom McBlazer]

PS if you have Twitter and wanna see a legit meltdown, look at Jazz Twitter. It’s hilarious.

Also people saying they should take back Gobert’s DPOY hahahaha

This is where I'm at.

https://jazzfanz.com/threads/jun-18-2021-08-00pm-mt-jazz-at-clippers-game-6.148597/page-56

 

[DDolla]

The Utah Jazz played like the Blazers and keep giving wide open 3s

 

[Dom McBlazer]

This is where I'm at.

https://jazzfanz.com/threads/jun-18-2021-08-00pm-mt-jazz-at-clippers-game-6.148597/page-56

LOL

 

[wizenheimer]

 

[illmatic99]

Jackson and Batum have to be full MLE candidates in the off-season right? Crazy how many minimum or near minimum players are contributing for the Clippers.

while the two guys they gave 4 yr, 64 mil deals to barely make an impact in Kennard and Morris

 

[wizenheimer]

 

[Mediocre Man]

I can't resist

That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia....

had to be done

 

[Natebishop3]

I swear to god if it's Clippers vs Nets in the finals, I don't know who to root for.

I hate both those teams....

 

[AldoTrapani]

He was one of the main reasons why the Blazers went to the WCF two seasons ago. He gave the Blazers a punch of scoring off the bench (and surprisingly adequate defense) that they just haven’t been able to replace. Simons’ ceiling is lower than Curry’s floor.

Tell me about it. Simons needs to really impress me next year..

 

[BlazerBeav]

Jackson and Batum have to be full MLE candidates in the off-season right? Crazy how many minimum or near minimum players are contributing for the Clippers.

Meh, we see veteran ring chasers sign on with the super teams every year.

 

[Labinot41]

Wow Jazz what a Choke. So many teams in the NBA who could look for some changes. Offseason better be wild

 

[crandc]

Damn. I went to bed with Jazz up big.

 

[Hoopguru]

If Gobert is worth 205 for 5 what is Nurk is worth.
His, Wall, Love & Westbrook hands down are the worst contracts in the NBA. Now thats just my opinion.

 

[Pinwheel1]

The Jazz defense gave up back to back 40 pt quarters. (81 points in the 2nd half)
Maybe they should hire Stotts.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Damn. I went to bed with Jazz up big.

I feel sad for Jeremy Clarkson. Twitter was all abuzz about his massive second quarter, now nobody will care.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

CONGRATULATIONS TO NICOLAS BATUM! Got PAID by Charlotte, bided his time, and is now in the WCF! And he's actually leading the Clippers in +/- with +127 (!) over the playoffs.

I KNEW HE WASN'T WASHED UP!!!
Okay, I didn't know, but I'm still happy for him.

ALSO: Check it out!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

The Jazz defense gave up back to back 40 pt quarters. (81 points in the 2nd half)
Maybe they should hire Stotts.

Not sure what you're saying, but isn't the lesson here that maybe Stotts ain't that bad?
Let's see if the Jazz panic and fire Quin Snyder.

THAT SAID: Mad props to Ty Lue. I never rated him as a coach, probably because I never rated him as a player. But he's looking like a lot more than just LeBron's yes man.

Another side note: how long has it been since BOTH coaches in the WCF were black? (And 2 out of 4 remaining in the East. There's just going to be 1 out of 4 coaches in the Conference Finals who is NOT black.)