The Around The NBA Thread

Post #1661 » by **DASMACKDOWN** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 3:32 am

Joe Harris sucks. Everytime I watch that guy shoot in this series wide open, he bricks it. :lol:

I had the Bucks winning even tho Durant nearly pulled it off.

MrFortune3 · Post #1662 » by **MrFortune3** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 3:35 am

Bucks showed a lot of grit. Even with Kyrie out, previous iterations of that team don’t win that series.

Post #1663 » by **DASMACKDOWN** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 3:35 am

dice wrote:
Chicago-Bull-E wrote:All time blunder by Brook Lopez. How do you not know the shot clock with 6 seconds left?

has an opportunity at a shot to send his team to the ECF and basically declines. likely almost cost his coach his job

how about durant not once but twice taking what he thinks is the game winning 3 attempt with his toe on the line? if i didn't dislike the nets it would've been cool to see his reaction if the 2nd one went in

It is kind of crazy that both attempts could have been game winners but he stood on the line both times. That is either bad luck or completely careless.

That's like Zach shooting the ball too early at the end of games.

Post #1664 » by **DuckIII** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 3:35 am

Bye, Nets.

Wingy · Post #1665 » by **Wingy** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 3:37 am

Invincible, eh?

jump · Post #1666 » by **jump** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:02 am

So happy I don’t have to watch Harden manufacture fake fouls anymore this season.

Red8911 · Post #1667 » by **Red8911** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:07 am

Nets have some players off the bench that could of helped them. Mike James,Deandre Jordan, Claxton. Not sure what Nash is doing over playing all their starters, wouldn’t hurt to give them breaks through the game to not get as gassed as they were.

Even though the Nets had their injuries I still had them winning the championship mostly because of Durant. This was surprising that they lost to the Bucks, disappointing season for them.

Dresden · Post #1668 » by **Dresden** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:19 am

What a shocker. It looked like the Nets would win this game. I feel bad for them, only having 1.5 of their 3 stars available. And Harden might have hurt more than helped the past two games.

Wingy · Post #1669 » by **Wingy** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:54 am

Dresden wrote:What a shocker. It looked like the Nets would win this game. I feel bad for them, only having 1.5 of their 3 stars available. And Harden might have hurt more than helped the past two games.

Why feel bad? These guys took the biggest shortcut to success possible, and fell well short. I’m not going to eviscerate them for it...but feeling bad for that group? No way.

PaKii94 · Post #1670 » by **PaKii94** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 5:11 am

Bye bye nets. F**k super teams

jc23 · Post #1671 » by **jc23** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 7:44 am

Nets are going to be a beast next year. They will be deeper and now have the motivation of this loss.

If you were a team looking to win it all next season you probably hoped they would win this year and become satisfied to a degree.

MrFortune3 · Post #1672 » by **MrFortune3** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 9:07 am

jc23 wrote:Nets are going to be a beast next year. They will be deeper and now have the motivation of this loss.

If you were a team looking to win it all next season you probably hoped they would win this year and become satisfied to a degree.

The Nets will in theory be healthier next season but it doesn't mean they will win it all.
Boston, Philly, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Miami will all likely improve over the off-season.

Jazz are not going away, Denver is going to be improved, Suns will be improved, Clippers will be improved.

There are quite a few contenders they will have to get through to win that title. Not including GS depending upon how their health goes, the Lakers as well.

jc23 · Post #1673 » by **jc23** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 9:14 am

MrFortune3 wrote:
jc23 wrote:Nets are going to be a beast next year. They will be deeper and now have the motivation of this loss.

If you were a team looking to win it all next season you probably hoped they would win this year and become satisfied to a degree.

The Nets will in theory be healthier next season but it doesn't mean they will win it all.
Boston, Philly, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Miami will all likely improve over the off-season.

Jazz are not going away, Denver is going to be improved, Suns will be improved, Clippers will be improved.

There are quite a few contenders they will have to get through to win that title. Not including GS depending upon how their health goes, the Lakers as well.

all those teams already had chemistry, nets will have that as well now. I dont know all those teams cap issues or the nets, im just saying if you thought they looked good when healthy this year they will be even better next.

Repeat 3-peat · Post #1674 » by **Repeat 3-peat** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 9:38 am

If the Nets are healthy, nobody will beat them, it's almost that simple. They'll add more ring chasing vets and that will just get them deeper. That beast has yet to be woken.

but for this year...I'm kind of hoping the Bucks win. Giannis getting over that hump and winning the championship after many thought he'd leave could set a good precedent. Hopefully it would make the star ring chasers look worse.

jc23 · Post #1675 » by **jc23** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 9:42 am

Be nice if cp3 and kahwai are good to go for game 2

Dominator83 · Post #1676 » by **Dominator83** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 9:51 am

Red8911 wrote:Nets have some players off the bench that could of helped them. Mike James,Deandre Jordan, Claxton. Not sure what Nash is doing over playing all their starters, wouldn’t hurt to give them breaks through the game to not get as gassed as they were.

Even though the Nets had their injuries I still had them winning the championship mostly because of Durant. This was surprising that they lost to the Bucks, disappointing season for them.

Nash makes Thibs look like Steve Kerr. Atleast Thibs actually did play competent bench players when he had them. Not sure about Deandre, but Mike James and Claxton are absolutely good enough to log 20 minutes

Chicago-Bull-E · Post #1677 » by **Chicago-Bull-E** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 11:33 am

It was ugly, but good to see the naturally grown team advance. Props to Giannis for continuing to grind when he got embarrassed early in the series.

Bud needs work on his inbound plays, and Brook Lopez..Jesus he’s lucky they won. All time gaffe.

ECF should be fun no matter who wins today.

Now we just have to have the Clippers lose and the super friends are all out.

LateNight · Post #1678 » by **LateNight** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 11:36 am

PaKii94 wrote:Bye bye nets. F**k super teams

The fact that the Nets and Lakers are out and the Suns are in makes me way more excited about the playoffs this year

Post #1679 » by **Ice Man** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:15 pm

Wingy wrote:Invincible, eh?

Barring injuries. I wasn't sure before but after this series it's clear that the Nets with Kyrie and Harden would have been miles better than the Bucks, and therefore probably miles better than any other remaining team. I mean, the series would have been a blowout.

But believe me, I am happy to see the Bucks advance. Fear the Deer!

Am2626 · Post #1680 » by **Am2626** » Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:24 pm

PaKii94 wrote:Bye bye nets. F**k super teams

I’m with you on this but the Bucks left a bad taste in my mouth not being competitive in that last regular season game. If it costs the Bulls a top 4 pick that will be hard to get over. Would be rooting for the Bucks but can’t after that BS.