Around the NBA: Playoff Edition #2

Polynice4Pippen · Post #1661 » by **Polynice4Pippen** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:31 am

McBuckets3 wrote:i wished Niko was half as good as Olynik...

Olynyk embraces the big moment, Niko seems scared of it.

Post #1662 » by **Payt10** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:37 am

**** the Celtics. Go Cavs.

Proven_Winner · Post #1663 » by **Proven_Winner** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:38 am

FecesOfDeath wrote:Olynyk may be a dirty player, but he's one smart and skilled dirty player.

Not sure how smart or skilled he is but Washington has him looking like dirk. He's really just taking advantage of gortat and Morris being idiots.

dice · Post #1664 » by **dice** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:41 am

Payt10 wrote:**** the Celtics. Go Cavs.

what the...what is your problem with the celtics? and who that is not a cavs fan roots for lebron? c'mon

Post #1665 » by **RedBulls23** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:44 am

Congratulations to the Boston Celtics...they now get the pleasure of being swept by Lebron

erlim · Post #1666 » by **erlim** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:46 am

RedBulls83 wrote:Congratulations to the Boston Celtics...they now get the pleasure of being swept by Lebron

Or Boston/Golden State in the finals...

JordansBulls · Post #1667 » by **JordansBulls** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:46 am

Boston not that good. I told people we would have met the Cavs. Washington wasn't going to beat us healthy.

Post #1668 » by **RedBulls23** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:46 am

Is it fair to say that Kelly O'lynyk figuratively dislocated the Wizards shoulder tonight?

JordansBulls · Post #1669 » by **JordansBulls** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:46 am

erlim wrote:
RedBulls83 wrote:Congratulations to the Boston Celtics...they now get the pleasure of being swept by Lebron

Or Boston/Golden State in the finals...

Let's hope vs seeing the same 2 teams again.

Polynice4Pippen · Post #1670 » by **Polynice4Pippen** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:47 am

That was a fun little series. Boston will compete and play with heart against Cleveland, but I can't see them winning more than 1 game, if that. We'll see though.

HoopsterJones · Post #1671 » by **HoopsterJones** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:51 am

I dislike both teams in the ECF a lot. So it's a lose lose poop show for me. As long as the West champ wins the Title I'm good.

FecesOfDeath · Post #1672 » by **FecesOfDeath** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:54 am

If Olynyk and Pachulia were to make a dirty play on each other at the same time, would they have never happened?

yifsuibfe1 · Post #1673 » by **yifsuibfe1** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:55 am

Win a game 7 in the playoffs the night before maybe winning the draft lottery #insanelyjealous

Post #1674 » by **HomoSapien** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:56 am

Mark K wrote:
RedBulls83 wrote:I certainly think people would in an argument of if he's as good or better than MJ.

I'm sorry, but I call bull here.

In comparing the two, it would be mentioned that LeBron never did as much as Jordan, already losing in 2007 and possibly a few more times had he joined the Bulls, not Heat.

I don't think the members of this board would be tarnishing LeBron's legacy by saying his titles in Chicago, their team, are cheapened because he left Cleveland to come to Chicago.

No chance at all that happens.

Not surprising, but I'm with RedBulls here. We're talking about LeBron and Bosh/Wade joining Rose and possibly Noah right? I mean, if that were the case I'm sure Bulls fans would have more of an affinity for James, but the same critique would be valid.

dice · Post #1675 » by **dice** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:56 am

othawhitemeat wrote:Lebron is an all-time great, but he has lost to teams in the Finals less talented to be considered the #2. He also outside of last year's finals, has shrunk consistently to hit a big shot. I can't name many big-time shots he has hit at http://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers-kobe-bryant-clutch-shooting-awful-airball-5-for-47-022916.

by not performing to league average in the last 5 seconds of the game, lebron cost his teams 0.42 wins per season over the ten year period prior to this season. there's also a significant amount of random variation, so it's very likely that if we went back in time and re-ran each of those moments, his % would be higher. so we're talking about a very small number of REGULAR SEASON losses that should have been wins. i'm not sure why this wasn't done for the playoffs, nor why it wasn't expanded beyond 5 seconds to give a bigger sample size. there's a lot of easy info out there that we're not getting

JordansBulls · Post #1676 » by **JordansBulls** » Tue May 16, 2017 3:16 am

So Boston has gotten to the Conference Finals more times than us since 2011 now. :lol:

JordansBulls · Post #1677 » by **JordansBulls** » Tue May 16, 2017 3:16 am

Polynice4Pippen wrote:That was a fun little series. Boston will compete and play with heart against Cleveland, but I can't see them winning more than 1 game, if that. We'll see though.

If Boston wins all of it's home games they will win the series.

Post #1678 » by **kulaz3000** » Tue May 16, 2017 3:21 am

It goes to show how much luck is involved with the NBA or any sports for that matter.

We may not have swept the Celtics even with a healthy Rondo, but I think even a significant amount of Celtics fans would admit that we would have eventually won that series if we had a healthy team. And yet here we are, well into our fishing break, while the Celtics go to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Sometimes it's tough being a sports fan.

kyrv · Post #1679 » by **kyrv** » Tue May 16, 2017 3:31 am

RedBulls83 wrote:
Mark K wrote:
RedBulls83 wrote:I certainly think people would in an argument of if he's as good or better than MJ.

I'm sorry, but I call bull here.

In comparing the two, it would be mentioned that LeBron never did as much as Jordan, already losing in 2007 and possibly a few more times had he joined the Bulls, not Heat.

I don't think the members of this board would be tarnishing LeBron's legacy by saying his titles in Chicago, their team, are cheapened because he left Cleveland to come to Chicago.

No chance at all that happens.

And I think they would in direct comparison to MJ. Considering this IS the Bulls board.

You are correct. I think he does not understand the attachment fans of that era have to Jordan. There are many people who will likely never jump ship, even if/when the next big thing is a Bull.

dice · Post #1680 » by **dice** » Tue May 16, 2017 3:32 am

JordansBulls wrote:So Boston has gotten to the Conference Finals more times than us since 2011 now.

why is that funny?

and why do pundits keep picking the team with more "talent" to win the series even though that team was worse in the regular season? and the wizards overachieved this year!