The Around The NBA Thread

Am2626 · Post #401 » by **Am2626** » Tue May 18, 2021 3:18 am

Dresden wrote:I'd like to see Philly come out of the East. They have the size to compete with Lebron/AD, etc.

Would love for the Lakers to lose 2 consecutive games and be out of the playoffs. I hate that team and love to see LeBron go down in an embarrassing way.

Southpaw · Post #402 » by **Southpaw** » Tue May 18, 2021 3:42 am

I'm rooting for the Bucks and Rose/Thibs/Taj to come out of the East and POR/DEN to come out of the West. I feel like the Bucks/Giannis is getting underrated this season, tho it's understandable with how they collapse the past off-seasons. Dame and Joker are just dudes I love to watch play while the former Bulls i'm rooting for just because haha. It's Rose's 1st playoff game in a while.

Wingy · Post #403 » by **Wingy** » Tue May 18, 2021 7:01 pm

Wow. Congrats to CP3 for his 2nd Coach of the Year award!!

Should've been Thibs...what a laugher.

Post #404 » by **Michael Jackson** » Tue May 18, 2021 7:20 pm

Am2626 wrote:
Dresden wrote:I'd like to see Philly come out of the East. They have the size to compete with Lebron/AD, etc.

Would love for the Lakers to lose 2 consecutive games and be out of the playoffs. I hate that team and love to see LeBron go down in an embarrassing way.

That would be great but I would never bet on it. They are purposely healthy for this playoff run.

drosestruts · Post #405 » by **drosestruts** » Tue May 18, 2021 7:21 pm

Read on Twitter

So Hornets are winning tonight

Post #406 » by **Michael Jackson** » Tue May 18, 2021 7:27 pm

I can’t root for the Nets but I love the visuals of their court. I know a lot hate it but I love the grayscale look and how the jerseys pop on it.

kodo · Post #407 » by **kodo** » Tue May 18, 2021 7:32 pm

drosestruts wrote:

Read on Twitter

So Hornets are winning tonight

Do any of the 9th/10th seeds actually want to win? When the "prize" is being taken out of the lottery?

Andi Obst · Post #408 » by **Andi Obst** » Tue May 18, 2021 7:52 pm

Wingy wrote:Wow. Congrats to CP3 for his 2nd Coach of the Year award!!

Should've been Thibs...what a laugher.

That’s not the official COY award btw, that one will be announced after the season when nobody cares anymore like all the other awards. Monty only won the coaches association award so far.

With that being said, I think he takes COY too.

Wingy · Post #409 » by **Wingy** » Tue May 18, 2021 7:58 pm

Little Nathan wrote:
Wingy wrote:Wow. Congrats to CP3 for his 2nd Coach of the Year award!!

Should've been Thibs...what a laugher.

That’s not the official COY award btw, that one will be announced after the season when nobody cares anymore like all the other awards. Monty only won the coaches association award so far.

With that being said, I think he takes COY too.

Didn't notice, and wasn't thinking about it, but yeah - you're right....and so am I. :lol:

Dan Z · Post #410 » by **Dan Z** » Tue May 18, 2021 8:35 pm

If I read it correctly on the General Board, Dennis Schroder didn't get vaccinated and doesn't believe in it. I wonder if that will effect his upcoming free agency?

I did a quick search and here's an article explaining what I'm talking about:
https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2021/5/15/22438022/dennis-schroder-covid-19-protocols-nba-playoffs-vaccine-comments-lakers

Post #411 » by **Michael Jackson** » Tue May 18, 2021 9:02 pm

Just watched an episode of NBA Hightops. Never seen this show but my kid gave me a stomach bug that he had a couple days ago so I am laid up in bed. Year end and they had the too 20 dunks of the year... Sato’s dunk against Charlotte ranked higher than Zach’s dunks. Anthony Edward dunk was #1 and I can’t argue that but that one Westbrook dunk was insane too.

Post #412 » by **Michael Jackson** » Tue May 18, 2021 9:12 pm

Dan Z wrote:If I read it correctly on the General Board, Dennis Schroder didn't get vaccinated and doesn't believe in it. I wonder if that will effect his upcoming free agency?

I did a quick search and here's an article explaining what I'm talking about:
https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2021/5/15/22438022/dennis-schroder-covid-19-protocols-nba-playoffs-vaccine-comments-lakers

I doubt it a big issue honestly. Next year most of the league will be vaccinated so the few hold outs won’t be a big issue. Restrictions will be eased going into next season I think too since there will be more herd immunity by the time tip off starts.

I kinda see his point, my son had to get clearance this week from school because he had a stomach virus. It’s a testing week and he had no Covid symptoms. The doctor was frustrated, because they get a lot of these cases from the district. I get the precaution and liability for sure, but I held him out a month ago for allergies which were more Covid like symptoms and they let him return the next day. It’s all confusing or rather inconsistent I should say. Maybe the nurse got her wings clipped and is just going hard and fast on testing though.

Pretty sure Schroder is just signing back with LA anyway, he just is milking them for more cash because they can’t sign anyone else. Over the cap already and he can milk them for some more money.

Post #413 » by **Michael Jackson** » Tue May 18, 2021 9:34 pm

kodo wrote:
drosestruts wrote:

Read on Twitter

So Hornets are winning tonight

Do any of the 9th/10th seeds actually want to win? When the "prize" is being taken out of the lottery?

I think the Hornets would. MJ the competitor coupled with a good amount of young talent and the odds of moving up being against them, I think they would take appearance. Indy needs the pick more. I don’t think the Hornets can beat the loser of celts or Washington although Brown is out.

drosestruts · Post #414 » by **drosestruts** » Tue May 18, 2021 10:46 pm

Michael Jackson wrote:
kodo wrote:
drosestruts wrote:

Read on Twitter

So Hornets are winning tonight

Do any of the 9th/10th seeds actually want to win? When the "prize" is being taken out of the lottery?

I think the Hornets would. MJ the competitor coupled with a good amount of young talent and the odds of moving up being against them, I think they would take appearance. Indy needs the pick more. I don’t think the Hornets can beat the loser of celts or Washington although Brown is out.

Well some of these guys suited up and so far Doug McDermott is absolutely on fire. Might be more of a game than I anticipated. I also think either of these teams could beat Boston. I feel like Boston is checked out.

Post #415 » by **Michael Jackson** » Tue May 18, 2021 10:48 pm

McBuckets going hard in this first quarter against Charlotte. If we could only draft a player like that one day.

cool007 · Post #416 » by **cool007** » Tue May 18, 2021 11:00 pm

Charlotte just doesn't have any all-star - go-to guy that they can just rely on to get buckets when needed.

Really wish Bulls had made it. Lavine would be looking so good.

Dan Z · Post #417 » by **Dan Z** » Tue May 18, 2021 11:12 pm

Michael Jackson wrote:McBuckets going hard in this first quarter against Charlotte. If we could only draft a player like that one day.

The only way we could ever get a player that good is if we traded up in the draft for him.

Dan Z · Post #418 » by **Dan Z** » Tue May 18, 2021 11:33 pm

cool007 wrote:Charlotte just doesn't have any all-star - go-to guy that they can just rely on to get buckets when needed.

Really wish Bulls had made it. Lavine would be looking so good.

I didn't realize that Hayward is out. That's a big loss for Charlotte.

Post #419 » by **Michael Jackson** » Tue May 18, 2021 11:56 pm

Dan Z wrote:
cool007 wrote:Charlotte just doesn't have any all-star - go-to guy that they can just rely on to get buckets when needed.

Really wish Bulls had made it. Lavine would be looking so good.

I didn't realize that Hayward is out. That's a big loss for Charlotte.

So is this game. That’s why the Bulls need to make the playoffs. Charlotte looks like a team who doesn’t know what the playoffs are, next year they will be better prepared for it. TheBulls need that punch in the mouth

Dresden · Post #420 » by **Dresden** » Wed May 19, 2021 12:39 am

drosestruts wrote:

Read on Twitter

So Hornets are winning tonight

Hornets are getting plastered tonight. Sabonis having a hell of a game. He's almost like Jokic lite: for the season 20/12/6. Those are impressive numbers. I rememeber when he was drafted, a lot of people wondering if his game would translate to the nba, since he doesn't play on the perimeter, and is more of the old school, David Cowens type big man.