NBA Thread

[RobinThicc]

Nba playoffs have been much better than nhl.

[connorp]

Nba playoffs have been much better than nhl.

 

Maybe but Finals opener ratings were down 45% from last year (with the Raps as one of the teams). Lowest ever

[Brownie19]

Maybe but Finals opener ratings were down 45% from last year (with the Raps as one of the teams). Lowest ever

 

Competing v. the MLB playoffs can't be helping...

[BlueRocky]

Miami has no chance right?

[Krylian]

Miami has no chance right?

 

Right

[Abomination]

What a game for Butler! He's gonna have to do it a few more times too if Miami has any hope in hell.

[connorp]

I definitely stuck a fork in them before the first game.

I wonder what the odds of them winning the series were prior to tonight. Probably really high obviously

Still a long shot I guess

[connorp]

What a game for Butler! He's gonna have to do it a few more times too if Miami has any hope in hell.

 

I didn’t watch. Happy with that as JB can blow a donkey. Can’t stand him.

Looking at the box score and surprised AD only took 9 shots. Was talking about how aggressive his mentality was going to be. Give credit to the Heat coaches I guess for their scheme (I’m guessing)

[Boxcar]

I didn’t watch. Happy with that as JB can blow a donkey. Can’t stand him.

Looking at the box score and surprised AD only took 9 shots. Was talking about how aggressive his mentality was going to be. Give credit to the Heat coaches I guess for their scheme (I’m guessing)

 

Gentleman's Sweep

[Boxcar]

LOL I just saw the highlight of LeBron getting actually called for a travel and him whining like a little bitch about it. What a baby.

[Krylian]

LOL I just saw the highlight of LeBron getting actually called for a travel and him whining like a little bitch about it. What a baby.

 

Really? That doesn't sound like him. He never travels and whines even less.

 

Fake News.

[Boxcar]

Really? That doesn't sound like him. He never travels and whines even less.

 

Fake News.

 

The story here is him actually getting called for travelling

[Dick_Pole]

As much as I don't care for Butler or the Heat franchise in general, it would be hilarious to watch James pout in an upset loss and probably cause some Trust the Process 76ers moron fans' heads to explode. It would be second only to Hillary in the level of gifted victory and feeling on entitlement and blowing it in the end.

[glory]

I'd root for any team that faces LeBron in the finals, but I agree this is going to be a gentleman's sweep. Heat have some key injuries and the Lakers have two of the top 5 players in the league. Chances of the Heat winning 4 out of 5 (now 3 out of 4) is very unlikely.

[connorp]

3 days between games seems a bit excessive for a bubble you’d think

[Abomination]

3 days between games seems a bit excessive for a bubble you’d think

 

Definitely.

[RobinThicc]

LeGOAT getting another ring, U love to see it

[Krylian]

LeGOAT getting another ring, U love to see it

 

You do?

[Abomination]

This is a bloodbath by the Lakers.

[connorp]

This is a bloodbath by the Lakers.

 

No surprise they came to play. If LeBron blew 3-1 lead when his team was clear favorite, his legacy would’ve been in ruins for the foreseeable future

[Laika]

I wonder if Danny Green will even enjoy this. Back to back rings but he choked on the way...

[connorp]

So they’ll prob make Bron and AD Co-MVP just because they will.

Edit- I was wrong:)

Edited October 12, 2020 by connorp

[Beans]

Two less expensive players who by advanced metrics played as well as George this season and a net of 6 first round draft picks is what the Clippers paid to get Kawhi and meet his demand of trading for George. When are GMs in the NBA going to get control of their own teams?

 

This is exactly right. The NBA is too much of a players' league.

[connorp]

This is exactly right. The NBA is too much of a players' league.

 

Idk. I guess LeBron is the extreme example but look at his history. Cleveland doesn’t have to run their whole team around Lebrons wants anymore but look where it got them. Lakers were turning into Western version of Knicks and now they’re talking potential dynasty 2 years in

 

You can drown Mike Trout on a bad team but in basketball, one mega star can make a huge difference, not only on the court but in getting other guys to come. LAC’s season was also hardly a failure. It was a big success in a lot of ways

 

That was just playing devils advocate but I generally agree with you

[Beans]

Idk. I guess LeBron is the extreme example but look at his history. Cleveland doesn’t have to run their whole team around Lebrons wants anymore but look where it got them. Lakers were turning into Western version of Knicks and now they’re talking potential dynasty 2 years in

 

You can drown Mike Trout on a bad team but in basketball, one mega star can make a huge difference, not only on the court but in getting other guys to come. LAC’s season was also hardly a failure. It was a big success in a lot of ways

 

That was just playing devils advocate but I generally agree with you

 

Oh, no doubt the game itself plays a role in making it a players' league—one superstar can make a huge difference—but I don't think I've ever seen so many GMs undermined for so long as I have in the NBA.

 

I mean, you could argue a superstar in the NFL is huge, and can turn around a s***** team, and probably in the NHL (perhaps more so in the 90s than now...?), but for all the weight NFL and NHL superstars throw, it's not on the level of what goes on in the NBA.

 

I think it's gotten to the point where GMs have very little control of their own teams.

[connorp]

I don’t know hockey but I don’t think it’s true of the NFL except maybe a QB? ...but you draft those and they never make it to FA, unless you count Cousins lol.. which I don’t

 

Star RBs, WRs, DBs, etc switch teams all the time and I don’t think it moves the needle really. Not one guy

[Beans]

I don’t know hockey but I don’t think it’s true of the NFL except maybe a QB? ...but you draft those and they never make it to FA, unless you count Cousins lol.. which I don’t

 

Star RBs, WRs, DBs, etc switch teams all the time and I don’t think it moves the needle really. Not one guy

 

Yah, that's a good point. Football teams also have way more players than basketball teams, too, so that helps dilute some of the star power one player could have. In football I meant more the star QBs.

 

Still, for all the franchise QBs I don't think they're on the level of string-pulling the GM like the way superstars in the NBA do and get away with.

 

And I wouldn't like following a team that can have its multi-year plan abandoned by the whims of its star player.

[connorp]

Yah, that's a good point. Football teams also have way more players than basketball teams, too, so that helps dilute some of the star power one player could have. In football I meant more the star QBs.

 

Still, for all the franchise QBs I don't think they're on the level of string-pulling the GM like the way superstars in the NBA do and get away with.

 

And I wouldn't like following a team that can have its multi-year plan abandoned by the whims of its star player.

 

Well, Spanky clearly doesn’t mind I guess

[dineke]

Yah, that's a good point. Football teams also have way more players than basketball teams, too, so that helps dilute some of the star power one player could have. In football I meant more the star QBs.

 

Still, for all the franchise QBs I don't think they're on the level of string-pulling the GM like the way superstars in the NBA do and get away with.

 

And I wouldn't like following a team that can have its multi-year plan abandoned by the whims of its star player.

 

NFL players have to deal with the franchise tag so franchise QBs can't do any string pulling even if they wanted to. NBA players are drafted to a team not of their choosing and if they're good they are contractually stuck on that team for 8 years so I can't blame them at all for trying to have some control over their futures.

[Beans]

NFL players have to deal with the franchise tag so franchise QBs can't do any string pulling even if they wanted to. NBA players are drafted to a team not of their choosing and if they're good they are contractually stuck on that team for 8 years so I can't blame them at all for trying to have some control over their futures.

 

Except that some are drafted to teams of their choosing, going back 25 years ago to when Kobe was drafted by the Lakers.

 

I see your point, but I still think it's gotten out of hand with the way they demand to be teamed up with fellow superstars and how they undermine the GMs so publicly as well.