OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD - June 2021

[Pinwheel1]

Since game 1 Booker has gone from all-world to just a plain all-star. Is it his broken nose or the Clipper D?

 

[trailblazer18]

I don't care for PG much, but tonight is definitely not the night to dog his play. He has been phenomenal tonight!

 

[JoshuaHall]

I’m not wrong

If you honestly would take Reggie Jackson over PG, you’re more than wrong.

 

[illmatic99]

Is Jae Crowder dirty?
He seems to make a lot of borderline plays.

That whole Phoenix team is annoying. Booker picking up all of Paul's flopping tendencies makes me hate them

 

[PHXBlazer1]

If you honestly would take Reggie Jackson over PG, you’re more than wrong.

More than wrong? Damn. That’s harsh bro

 

[JoshuaHall]

More than wrong? Damn. That’s harsh bro

You gonna take Steve Kerr over Scottie Pippen too?
It’s kinda comical to be honest.

 

[wizenheimer]

He’s missing wide open shots..again..and again

are you doing performance art?

PG was 15-20 in the game. 41 points on 20 shots is excellent. 13 rebounds too

 

[JoshuaHall]

That whole Phoenix team is annoying. Booker picking up all of Paul's flopping tendencies makes me hate them

Yeah, CP3 has a weird reputation and for some reason gets looked over as not being the whiniest star in the league.

He flops and whines more than Harden, which is impressive. (Don’t see Harden whine nearly as much as CP3).
Crowder is kinda like the suns P-Bev. But the things he does aren’t exactly in the run of play in my opinion

 

[JoshuaHall]

are you doing performance art?

PG was 15-20 in the game. 41 points on 20 shots is excellent. 13 rebounds too

*has 40 point double double while shooting 75*
“This dude can’t make a shot to save his life! Give me Reggie Jackson!”

 

[DDolla]

Facts: Ty Lue is better than Doc Rivers

 

[KSF-ERIC]

He’s missing wide open shots..again..and again

2 missed shots in second half. That's it. One of the best performances of the playoffs thus far.

 

[Pinwheel1]

This series would be over if it weren’t for Reggie Jackson. Shit they probably don’t get past the Jazz without his clutch shooting

You are not completely wrong. Against Phoenix, PG has been more dominant, but before this series, your opinion was more common amongst Clippers fans.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Facts: Ty Lue is better than Doc Rivers

Better than Monty too.

 

[DDolla]

Jusuf Nurkic On Next Season: 'If [Lillard] Goes, Then I Leave Portland As Well'

This is why you can’t trade Dame’s friends. He will get mad and if Dame leaves all of them leaves lol.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Jusuf Nurkic On Next Season: 'If [Lillard] Goes, Then I Leave Portland As Well'

This is why you can’t trade Dame’s friends. He will get mad and if Dame leaves all of them leaves lol.

Dame is not going anywhere. But if he did...... does anyone care what other vets leave? They would be trading them all for young players. No room for a high-maintenance center. Dame seems like the only one who can keep Nurk in check.

 

[Haakzilla]

1st 40 point playoff game of his career..how many playoff games has he played?

 

[Fairly-Hard]

So again like most every year we are seeing what it takes to win deep in the playoffs.

Gritty hard nosed defensive work for 48 minutes and players that have great games throughout the series.
Coaching adjustments and health of players
Luck! Lots and lots of Luck. When shots from beyond the arc bounce three times off the rim and still find their way in while the other team seemingly misses gimme layups the ball in bouncing your way.

Last but not least in any way. Officiating.

The regular season pales in comparison.

Blazers blew this post season in game 3. The one thing that will come from all this will be a few much better teams. Unfortunately one of those teams will not be the Blazers.

 

[Mr. Robot]

tyronn lue is so good at making adjustments

if only terry stotts knew how to make them and not run the same thing over and over

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Is Jae Crowder dirty?
He seems to make a lot of borderline plays.

I would have thought that deserved a flagrant 2. That move is taught to Army basic trainees to try to disable an enemy combatant. It looked like 100% intentional to hurt.

 

[JoshuaHall]

Facts: Ty Lue is better than Doc Rivers

Ty Lue is the best coach in the NBA.

 

[Labinot41]

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Facts: Ty Lue is better than Doc Rivers

They're like bizarro counterparts. Doc Rivers: most likely to go 2-0 up and lose. Tye Lue: most likely to go 0-2 down and win.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Maybe Chris Paul should get Covid again...

 

[blazerkor]

Don’t know how cap space or luxury tax works but my question is… are all those super teams like the Warriors, Nets, Clippers with 2-3 superstars are all under the cap or are they paying taxes just to win a ring now?

Most float in the around 30M between the cap and the luxury tax.

 

[AldoTrapani]

I see @BonesJones taking all @calvin natt credit on Twitter. He got people crediting him for the Becky tidbit and even liking it lol

 

[wizenheimer]

Most float in the around 30M between the cap and the luxury tax.

Warriors were about 37M over the tax line. That would be a tax bill of about 117M. If they were in the repeater tax, the penalty would have been 157M

Nets were about 34M above the threshold. So, about 103M in tax

Clippers were only 5M over so about 7.5M in tax

 

[wizenheimer]

 

[Shaboid]

Trae out. Don't see much of a chance for the Hawks to get a W here. They will need the game to get ugly for them to scrap it out if they want a shot.

 

[DDolla]

Suns and the Bucks are the only team without injuries

 

[B-Roy]

OH Fuck, Giannis looks like he just broke or tore something in his knee.