GAME FO'!!!! NBA FINALS, HEATS. V. JESTERS, FRIDAY. JUNE 9TH. 8:30PM!!!!!

[gom]

How about Trading Lowry's and Dipo's expiring contracts and Jovic for Lauri Markkanen. Send Herro to OKC for Giddey, Dirt, and a draft pick

Need to get Ainge completely trashed to do that first deal. I think OKC like Giddey too.

[3ballbomber]

Spoiler:

The phrase that we said all season long and last offseason still rings very true. We need a 2nd star desperately and always have with this group

We might need a 1 tbh. It was always going to be an uphill battle in the playoffs with the way the 1 and "2" option on this team score (or don't score for that matter lol), we talked about this in the regular season with them being non-shooters. We needed super saiyan Jimmy and/or role players playing above their averages to win. For much of the postseason we were able to bank on at least one of those, but now we're getting average Jimmy and role players below their averages.

Jimmy’s been frustrating as heck but he’s certainly not right. You don’t just go from playing at ‘MJ’ level as some people were saying to this without something major going on. All I’m saying is if we had a guy who can consistently put up 25-30 points a night to relieve pressure off Jimmy, this would be an entirely different series.

Spoiler:

We might need a 1 tbh. It was always going to be an uphill battle in the playoffs with the way the 1 and "2" option on this team score (or don't score for that matter lol), we talked about this in the regular season with them being non-shooters. We needed super saiyan Jimmy and/or role players playing above their averages to win. For much of the postseason we were able to bank on at least one of those, but now we're getting average Jimmy and role players below their averages.

Jimmy’s been frustrating as heck but he’s certainly not right. You don’t just go from playing at ‘MJ’ level as some people were saying to this without something major going on. All I’m saying is if we had a guy who can consistently put up 25-30 points a night to relieve pressure off Jimmy, this would be an entirely different series.

Anytime you see Jimmy jacking up 3's, there's something wrong with him. I think it's his ankle.

Yep, i said in the 2nd Q w/ Jimmy taking a lot of 3s in a vital gm you know something's up. That clearly indicates he's not right as that's not the brand of gm he plays. The fire left Jimmy & the energy has been particularly low in contrast to the boisterous, confident, high spirited cat we know & love.

Absolutely we had another 20+ scorer we're prob winning this. Hell we just needed a healthy Butler & we'd prob win it. Again, i feel for Jimmy. Extremely inquisitive to hear at the end of this what was wrong.

[KingDavid]

It's hardly a surprise that we lose when the opposing team does what they do better than we do what we do. Our advantage was spreading the floor, but our shooters ran dry. That's just how it goes.

I understand but that's my point. I don't like being that team that has to rely on making historic 3 point percentages to win games. This season is completely wild and it worked this time but I could easily see these same players looking like this in the 1st round and it getting bounced quickly. We had to comeback against the Bucks and shot crazy against them. They could have easily got bounced early. We need to be able to score more consistently in the half court in other ways and do the smaller things like rebounding easier. We need more scoring options that aren't just guys who stand and shoot. That's why this team is so streaky.

I guess being a Warriors fan must suck.

Um, the warriors had one of the greatest shooters we have ever seen. No one on this roster comes close to that man.

And I'm just talking about Klay Thompson.

[contract]

Proud of the team. The Nuggets are much better though. Good job, OP.

Spoiler:

In the end ... we didn't have enough without Iggie.

[greg4012]

This team isn't that good. They sort of fluked there way to this point. No true good playoff team would ever have a 2 - 6 record in a 8 game span in the playoffs.

F*ck off

[KingDavid]

Spoiler:

We might need a 1 tbh. It was always going to be an uphill battle in the playoffs with the way the 1 and "2" option on this team score (or don't score for that matter lol), we talked about this in the regular season with them being non-shooters. We needed super saiyan Jimmy and/or role players playing above their averages to win. For much of the postseason we were able to bank on at least one of those, but now we're getting average Jimmy and role players below their averages.

Jimmy’s been frustrating as heck but he’s certainly not right. You don’t just go from playing at ‘MJ’ level as some people were saying to this without something major going on. All I’m saying is if we had a guy who can consistently put up 25-30 points a night to relieve pressure off Jimmy, this would be an entirely different series.

Spoiler:

Jimmy’s been frustrating as heck but he’s certainly not right. You don’t just go from playing at ‘MJ’ level as some people were saying to this without something major going on. All I’m saying is if we had a guy who can consistently put up 25-30 points a night to relieve pressure off Jimmy, this would be an entirely different series.

Anytime you see Jimmy jacking up 3's, there's something wrong with him. I think it's his ankle.

Yep, i said in the 2nd Q w/ Jimmy taking a lot of 3s in a vital gm you know something's up. That clearly indicates he's not right as that's not the brand of gm he plays. The fire left Jimmy & the energy has been particularly low in contrast to the boisterous, confident, high spirited cat we know & love.

Absolutely we had another 20+ scorer we're prob winning this. Hell we just needed a healthy Butler & we'd prob win it. Again, i feel for Jimmy. Extremely inquisitive to hear at the end of this what was wrong.

Welp, if a 20ppg scorer is worth 30 million, then Lowry is an absolute failure of a signing.

[gom]

Proud of the team. The Nuggets are much better though. Good job, OP.

Spoiler:

In the end ... we didn't have enough without Iggie.

That's the real truth!

[Lilseb93]

I guess being a Warriors fan must suck.

Curry and Klay can do more than just be spot up 3 point shooters. Klay is an elite defender and he can create his own shots. Curry can create his own shots and is the GOAT shooter. All of our guys are just spot up role players who rely on Jimmy and Bam. They can't create their own shots. Denver is defending the 3 point line and we can't make them pay for it in the half court.

I'm old enough to remember our shooters getting wide open looks earlier in the series. We're doing a poor job of moving the ball, and we don't even seem to be trying to much anymore.

Yes but Denver has adjusted and would rather we attack than shoot 3s. They have defended the 3 point line beautiful. You'd think that would benefit us but our guys suck at making close shots for some reason, especially Bam for whatever reason. A lot our guys really struggle to do anything else on offense besides shoot 3s. It's also the fact that our shooters are streaky and we've ran out of luck which goes back to my point, I don't like being a live by the 3, die by the 3 team. It feels like those teams never win. GS is the one exception but they are historic.

[powerball1373]

Pharenheit, what you just wrote is what upsets me. Because needing a #1 scoring option is the SAME PROBLEM WE HAD AFTER LAST 2022 ECF LOSS TO BOSTON!! We did nothing in the offseason and ran it back and now we are in the same spot only 1 year older

its maddening

Jimmy Butler was the #9 scorer in the NBA this season. The problem with all the 'we need big guys that can shoot and defend' or 'we need a #1 scorer' is that these guys simply aren't available at reasonable costs.

your problem is worrying about the costs

once upon a time, Pat Riley knew that the secret was to just get the superstar... fill in roster later

you can find replacements for your valuable role players

but you cannot find superstars like that. you have to trade for them.


back in 2004, riley sent half our starting lineup to the lakers and only kept wade... a promising young roster. he sent them all packing and kept only wade to pair with shaq. he rebuilt the roster afterwards.


same with 2010.


you find your untradeable guy, and trade everyone else if you have to. get the superstar in your jersey.

I'm not worried about costs - idgaf how much of Micky Arison's money it takes lol. Salary cap is the problem.

[Grumpy Heat Fan]

Spoiler:

We might need a 1 tbh. It was always going to be an uphill battle in the playoffs with the way the 1 and "2" option on this team score (or don't score for that matter lol), we talked about this in the regular season with them being non-shooters. We needed super saiyan Jimmy and/or role players playing above their averages to win. For much of the postseason we were able to bank on at least one of those, but now we're getting average Jimmy and role players below their averages.

Jimmy’s been frustrating as heck but he’s certainly not right. You don’t just go from playing at ‘MJ’ level as some people were saying to this without something major going on. All I’m saying is if we had a guy who can consistently put up 25-30 points a night to relieve pressure off Jimmy, this would be an entirely different series.

Spoiler:

Jimmy’s been frustrating as heck but he’s certainly not right. You don’t just go from playing at ‘MJ’ level as some people were saying to this without something major going on. All I’m saying is if we had a guy who can consistently put up 25-30 points a night to relieve pressure off Jimmy, this would be an entirely different series.

Anytime you see Jimmy jacking up 3's, there's something wrong with him. I think it's his ankle.

Yep, i said in the 2nd Q w/ Jimmy taking a lot of 3s in a vital gm you know something's up. That clearly indicates he's not right as that's not the brand of gm he plays. The fire left Jimmy & the energy has been particularly low in contrast to the boisterous, confident, high spirited cat we know & love.

Absolutely we had another 20+ scorer we're prob winning this. Hell we just needed a healthy Butler & we'd prob win it. Again, i feel for Jimmy. Extremely inquisitive to hear at the end of this what was wrong.

its been 5 weeks since that injury. hes running up and down and jumping just fine

hes playing like ass. did you see all the times he just wasted our shot clock, tried some ineffective drive, and then passed it back out to a completely covered role player with 5 seconds left on the clock>??

like what do you expect guys to do at this point.

id rather give the ball to Caleb and tell jimmy to come off the bench if hes gonna play like this.

[greg4012]

its not the team really, its how great Jokic is playing. he is feeding everyone with incredible passing and answering our runs with big shots. they feed off of him. his passing skills is like, miles ahead of bam

dude there's no comparison. i tell you what. trade bam to another team and see if he can succeed there. right now i view him just a tad better than bustice winslow. the guy cant even dunk right most of the times. i would trade his azz for this alone

I just think the way the roster is constructed, Bam is too high on the totem pole. He needs to be our 3rd best player.

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3rd best scorer****

[gom]

This team isn't that good. They sort of fluked there way to this point. No true good playoff team would ever have a 2 - 6 record in a 8 game span in the playoffs.

F*ck off

Is this really a season where Kings fans get to criticize us for our postseason play?

[TroubleS0me]

Nuggets had 6 TOs TOTAL
HEAT : 14 TOs ( Bam had half of the team's turnover with 7!! )

[GopherIt!]

Proud of the team. The Nuggets are much better though. Good job, OP.

Spoiler:

In the end ... we didn't have enough without Iggie.

If that means we can blame iggie,..

Spoiler:

I 100% agree

[powerball1373]

Read on Twitter

Its the playoffs. Everyone is injured. If jokic tore his ankle tonight and we then won the series, i would still be celebrating the championship..

And like butler said himself, no one gives a ****.. the strongest survive and the weak goes home.

I don’t think it’s his ankle, it’s something mental. He looks defeated , disengaged, and I haven’t seen a smile or passion that he usually has.

Maybe bc he's getting cucked by Lewis Hamilton.

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a44152309/shakira-lewis-hamilton-dating/

[Rapaz]

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[Spacely]

Herro, Lowry (expiring) Jovic 3 FRP for Lillard

[contract]

I understand but that's my point. I don't like being that team that has to rely on making historic 3 point percentages to win games. This season is completely wild and it worked this time but I could easily see these same players looking like this in the 1st round and it getting bounced quickly. We had to comeback against the Bucks and shot crazy against them. They could have easily got bounced early. We need to be able to score more consistently in the half court in other ways and do the smaller things like rebounding easier. We need more scoring options that aren't just guys who stand and shoot. That's why this team is so streaky.

I guess being a Warriors fan must suck.

Um, the warriors had one of the greatest shooters we have ever seen. No one on this roster comes close to that man.

And I'm just talking about Klay Thompson.

Yes, but relying on 3 point shooting isn't the problem. The problem is who we're relying on to take those shots, and that our shooters have the maddening habit of all or almost all going cold at once. It isn't unreasonable to expect guys who get paid for their supposed shooting ability to be able to hit at an above average rate when they get clean looks. That was enough until this round. But Jimmy is diminished and the shooters went cold. The strategy didn't fail, the players did. If the shooters hit their open shots it creates more room for Jimmy and Bam. If Jimmy and Bam apply more pressure on the defense, the shooters get more open looks. But if both things fail at once, you've got a problem. There is no size of team that wouldn't struggle when everything they want to do fails all at once.

[DayofMourning]

Lets get the next 3. We can win 3 in a row. I seent it already.

[El Alonzo scowl]

The guy calling everyone pussies and bitches after losses turned the game off early and gave up

The irony…..