OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD -May 2021

[Chris Craig]

This is like a toss up matchup and can go 7th game

Yeah if one series is going to 7 games it's the NYK-ATL series

 

[julius]

Question: if you were Quinn Snyder, how many horse heads would you leave in others’ beds?

If I was Quinn Snyder I'd do something about that horse tail he calls a hairdo.

 

[DDolla]

Give me Dillon Brooks any day! Dude is a competitor

 

[crandc]

I was going to turn off Jazz/Grizzlies, looked boring. As soon as dishes were done. Did a lot of cooking today including cookies for @PHXBlazer1 and by the time dishes washed Memphis had the lead. Damn!

 

[Strenuus]

I was going to turn off Jazz/Grizzlies, looked boring. As soon as dishes were done. Did a lot of cooking today including cookies for @PHXBlazer1 and by the time dishes washed Memphis had the lead. Damn!

It's a series I'm really interested in following. Gonna be a real grind.... sorry, I had to.

 

[wizenheimer]

Give me Dillon Brooks any day! Dude is a competitor

he was available when Olshey selected Caleb Swanigan

 

[Natebishop3]

he was available when Olshey selected Caleb Swanigan

Future hall of famer Caleb Swanigan?

 

[wizenheimer]

it's kind of funny how many are writing off the Lakers after 1 game. I remember the same stuff happening when Portland beat the Lakers in game 1 last season. Charles Barkley was leading the band

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Oh so now it was "4 years ago" instead of "2007".




Kevin Love wasn't going towards the altercation and was already on the court before it happened.



You know what the two you listed had in common?

I'll help. In the Blazer one, the bench players from each team were ALREADY ON THE COURT because it was a timeout/dead play.

In the Cavs version, Kevin was ALREADY ON THE COURT DURING A DEAD PLAY BEFORE THE SCRUM STARTED.

It's as if you saw headlines that backed you up and didn't actually watch the video to see whether or not the situations were similar.

So learn the context, realize that you tried to compare completely different scenarios and then post.

Ayton won't be suspended.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

I was going to turn off Jazz/Grizzlies, looked boring. As soon as dishes were done. Did a lot of cooking today including cookies for @PHXBlazer1 and by the time dishes washed Memphis had the lead. Damn!

It IS boring. Grizzlies sweeping Jazz yawn.

 

[DDolla]

Grizzlies blowing out the Jazz

 

[EGame]

Not to jynx it but if the Grizzlies hold on all the lower seeds in the west will have won game 1 EXCEPT the Fakers. Thats a great day of results to see.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

he was available when Olshey selected Caleb Swanigan

Before we praise Memphis' drafting skills, let's remember Steph Curry & James Harden were available when they selected Hasheem Thabeet.

Also- Memphis could've taken Trae Young with their pick and traded it with another pick for Luka Doncic. Before Dallas did.

 

[Strenuus]

it's kind of funny how many are writing off the Lakers after 1 game. I remember the same stuff happening when Portland beat the Lakers in game 1 last season. Charles Barkley was leading the band

It's a different feel than last year. Our team aside from Dame was not gonna compete in a series with the Lakers.

Phoenix can. They controlled that game.

 

[wizenheimer]

Before we praise Memphis' drafting skills, let's remember Steph Curry & James Harden were available when they selected Hasheem Thabeet.

Also- Memphis could've taken Trae Young with their pick and traded it with another pick for Luka Doncic. Before Dallas did.

I wasn't praising Memphis

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Give me Dillon Brooks any day! Dude is a competitor

He’s going to be a force for a long time in this league. Never ending energy.

 

[wizenheimer]

It's a different feel than last year. Our team aside from Dame was not gonna compete in a series with the Lakers.

Phoenix can. They controlled that game.

that all may be true. I'm just saying it's premature to write off Lebron and the Lakers

 

[Fairly-Hard]

And with that foul it gets tough for the Jazz

 

[crandc]

Only a six point lead.

 

[DDolla]

Morant and Brooks are young studs

 

[THE HCP]

Give me Dillon Brooks any day! Dude is a competitor

You’d start bitching about him a month in.

 

[Strenuus]

that all may be true. I'm just saying it's premature to write off Lebron and the Lakers

Understood. Just a different feeling.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Is Memphis for real?

 

[DDolla]

Is Memphis for real?

Nothing to lose and they only get better with experience

 

[Natebishop3]

It's a different feel than last year. Our team aside from Dame was not gonna compete in a series with the Lakers.

Phoenix can. They controlled that game.

We had fucking Wenyen Gabriel trying to guard AD. That's how great our chances were.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

I watched a lot of basketball in the last two days. Didn't get much else done but i did have fun.

 

[LayneStaley]

If Dallas, Phoenix, and Memphis win their series I think we are going to the finals boys.

 

[PCmor7]

The largest point differential in the series openers are belong to us.

 

[Natebishop3]

If Dallas, Phoenix, and Memphis win their series I think we are going to the finals boys.

I actually like our chances if we can somehow get to the Finals and play someone like Brooklyn. They play zero defense and we have the horses to keep up with them offensively. But that requires getting past some really good teams in the west that DO play defense.

 

[LayneStaley]

I actually like our chances if we can somehow get to the Finals and play someone like Brooklyn. They play zero defense and we have the horses to keep up with them offensively. But that requires getting past some really good teams in the west that DO play defense.

I think our best path to a chip is...

Beat Den
Beat Pho
Beat Dal
Beat Philly

That would be my preference considering we wouldn’t have to be playing against the refs too in those series. I do not wanna play either LA team or Brooklyn and watch them go to the line 30+ times a game.