2024 Playoffs Discussion Thread

[WaltFrazier]

Precious doing work here

[WaltFrazier]

Silver: we're going to get rid of foul baiting. Oh except for Embiid and LBJ

[WaltFrazier]

Terrible charge call

[HumbleRen]

I think you get diminishing returns with a player like OG in the playoffs.

Still a very valuable player but he certainly won’t be worth the contract he gets next. Glad that isn’t our concern anymore.

[mdenny]

The knicks have a legitimate beef with the refs in this game.

Also...they should bench OG for the final minutes and put in Bogs. They need offense.

[HumbleRen]

I really dislike Embiid but man, the fact that he’s so clearly the best player in this series despite being like 70% of himself is insane.

[WaltFrazier]

How does the ref get fooled by Kyle there. Pulls OG down and flops and gets the call. Refs have been very one sided this half

[WaltFrazier]

I think you get diminishing returns with a player like OG in the playoffs.

Still a very valuable player but he certainly won’t be worth the contract he gets next. Glad that isn’t our concern anymore.

Gee I thought his 2 consecutive 3s were a pretty good thing.

[WaltFrazier]

Nick whines to the refs every single play

[MiamiSPX]

I really dislike Embiid but man, the fact that he’s so clearly the best player in this series despite being like 70% of himself is insane.

I can't stand him but he balled out tonight.

[HumbleRen]

I think you get diminishing returns with a player like OG in the playoffs.

Still a very valuable player but he certainly won’t be worth the contract he gets next. Glad that isn’t our concern anymore.

Gee I thought his 2 consecutive 3s were a pretty good thing.

Kinda useless since Sixers are so firmly in control of the game.

Knicks dominated the regular season with hard effort but in the playoffs, it just really doesn’t matter as much since everyone is equally trying.

The separator is creation talent, Knicks only have Brunson for that. Everyone else is essentially play finishers, not advantage creators. Hart has done an admirable job but can the Knicks rely on that over a 7 game series ? We shall see.

[Tripod]

I think you get diminishing returns with a player like OG in the playoffs.

Still a very valuable player but he certainly won’t be worth the contract he gets next. Glad that isn’t our concern anymore.

Philly has no elite forwards. Teams tgat do, that's where OG shines.

Maxey too fast
Embiid too big

Just a bad matchup.

Also, man Embiid gets away with moving screens. Tgat hip check on OG was an obvious foul call

[WaltFrazier]

I think you get diminishing returns with a player like OG in the playoffs.

Still a very valuable player but he certainly won’t be worth the contract he gets next. Glad that isn’t our concern anymore.

Gee I thought his 2 consecutive 3s were a pretty good thing.

Kinda useless since Sixers are so firmly in control of the game.

Knicks dominated the regular season with hard effort but in the playoffs, it just really doesn’t matter as much since everyone is equally trying.

The separator is creation talent, Knicks only have Brunson for that. Everyone else is essentially play finishers, not advantage creators. Hart has done an admirable job but can the Knicks rely on that over a 7 game series ? We shall see.

For sure they miss Randle as their clear #2 scorer. Erratic as he sometimes is he'd be helping avoid droughts. Next year they get him back and add a scorer or maybe replace him with another scorer.

[720]

Been rooting for the sixers, felt like they got robbed at the end of Game 2.

[HumbleRen]

Gee I thought his 2 consecutive 3s were a pretty good thing.

Kinda useless since Sixers are so firmly in control of the game.

Knicks dominated the regular season with hard effort but in the playoffs, it just really doesn’t matter as much since everyone is equally trying.

The separator is creation talent, Knicks only have Brunson for that. Everyone else is essentially play finishers, not advantage creators. Hart has done an admirable job but can the Knicks rely on that over a 7 game series ? We shall see.

For sure they miss Randle as their clear #2 scorer. Erratic as he sometimes is he'd be helping avoid droughts. Next year they get him back and add a scorer or maybe replace him with another scorer.

They should go for PG.

Brunson/PG/OG. Good trio that covers each other flaws and enhances each other strengths.

[720]

I think you get diminishing returns with a player like OG in the playoffs.

Still a very valuable player but he certainly won’t be worth the contract he gets next. Glad that isn’t our concern anymore.

I feel the same way about Siakam, he’s not gonna be worth the 45-50 million a year he’s gonna get in his next contract. Not for a team like us anyways.

[SFour]

I think you get diminishing returns with a player like OG in the playoffs.

Still a very valuable player but he certainly won’t be worth the contract he gets next. Glad that isn’t our concern anymore.

that was a big part of why they moved away from OG and Siakam...both great players but not necessarily worth the large contracts they're expecting.

[mdenny]

It's alot easier to be unbiased in calling a win 'ref-manufactured' when you are an impartial viewer.

The refs made sure Philly won that game.

[JB7]

It's alot easier to be unbiased in calling a win 'ref-manufactured' when you are an impartial viewer.

The refs made sure Philly won that game.

Hopefully the Sixers don’t get the favourable treatment from the refs in game 4.

[WaltFrazier]

I saw Lakers jump out 8-0, watched the Shogun finale, come back and it's only 5 at halftime and now Nuggets ahead. Go Denver