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SupremeHustle · Post #921 » by **SupremeHustle** » Thu May 22, 2025 8:07 pm

This is on Threads but I had to share it.

https://www.threads.com/@stemack/post/DJ8HNjNJM4y?xmt=AQF0AFS0IXX5FN58KvRJheL-gzYgvhXnnlrMV6Eb7iKTDA

chonestown · Post #922 » by **chonestown** » Thu May 22, 2025 8:12 pm

mcfromage wrote:These Pacers are the least likable team in a long while.

I do like Nesquik and Turner.

Odie is fine by me.

Dislike Siakim.

Have McConnell PTSD.

Everyone else can go to hell.

Shep looks like a railroad villain. It's unsettling.

Post #923 » by **humanrefutation** » Thu May 22, 2025 8:29 pm

SupremeHustle wrote:This is on Threads but I had to share it.

https://www.threads.com/@stemack/post/DJ8HNjNJM4y?xmt=AQF0AFS0IXX5FN58KvRJheL-gzYgvhXnnlrMV6Eb7iKTDA

Harden does **** like this all the time. It's hilarious how often it works.

SupremeHustle · Post #924 » by **SupremeHustle** » Thu May 22, 2025 9:12 pm

chonestown wrote:
mcfromage wrote:These Pacers are the least likable team in a long while.

I do like Nesquik and Turner.

Odie is fine by me.

Dislike Siakim.

Have McConnell PTSD.

Everyone else can go to hell.

Shep looks like a railroad villain. It's unsettling.

Someone said McConnell looks like a cop and they are absolutely right. I think he was hired by the league to go undercover but accidentally got good at basketball from practicing.

BUCKnation · Post #925 » by **BUCKnation** » Thu May 22, 2025 9:29 pm

SupremeHustle wrote:
chonestown wrote:
mcfromage wrote:These Pacers are the least likable team in a long while.

I do like Nesquik and Turner.

Odie is fine by me.

Dislike Siakim.

Have McConnell PTSD.

Everyone else can go to hell.

Shep looks like a railroad villain. It's unsettling.

Someone said McConnell looks like a cop and they are absolutely right. I think he was hired by the league to go undercover but accidentally got good at basketball from practicing.

Watch on YouTube

j_hilge444 · Post #926 » by **j_hilge444** » Thu May 22, 2025 9:33 pm

I continue to watch the Pacers seeking the pleasure of watching them lose, particularly in heartbreaking fashion. Instead, it is I whose heart continues to break.

blazza18 · Post #927 » by **blazza18** » Thu May 22, 2025 9:33 pm

Matches Malone wrote:

Read on Twitter

I don’t think the Bucks are a great job but we really could’ve had our choice of future head coaches this offseason and we seem to be sticking with Doc

Bernman · Post #928 » by **Bernman** » Thu May 22, 2025 9:45 pm

Profound23 wrote:Haliburton was 11/12 on game winning or game tying shots (after the shot last night) in the final two minutes of the 2025 post season. That's insane!

Yet there's a sub-sect of nerds in every sport who try to argue clutch ability is not real.

Ron Swanson · Post #929 » by **Ron Swanson** » Thu May 22, 2025 9:51 pm

I don't even particularly like that they just hired the interim/place-holder guy without doing a proper coaching search, but at least Denver also fired their GM and look poised to make some sort of shakeup move despite having limiting avenues and assets. Us on the other hand....

th87 · Post #930 » by **th87** » Thu May 22, 2025 10:15 pm

emunney wrote:
jakecronus8 wrote:For anyone toying with rooting for Indiana just remember John Haliburton claiming he was yelling “YAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!” while he was cussing out Giannis.

F*ck that entire org with a cactus.

That is hilarious though. Like a low-effort boo-urns gag.

Plus he looks like Hans Moleman

th87 · Post #931 » by **th87** » Thu May 22, 2025 10:21 pm

Bernman wrote:
Profound23 wrote:Haliburton was 11/12 on game winning or game tying shots (after the shot last night) in the final two minutes of the 2025 post season. That's insane!

Yet there's a sub-sect of nerds in every sport who try to argue clutch ability is not real.

Some raging debates about this on the Packers board maybe a decade(!) ago

Matches Malone · Post #932 » by **Matches Malone** » Thu May 22, 2025 10:36 pm

Knicks fans are going through it...

Spoiler:

KidA24 · Post #933 » by **KidA24** » Thu May 22, 2025 11:08 pm

Bernman wrote:
Profound23 wrote:Haliburton was 11/12 on game winning or game tying shots (after the shot last night) in the final two minutes of the 2025 post season. That's insane!

Yet there's a sub-sect of nerds in every sport who try to argue clutch ability is not real.

If it is real, why doesn't he shoot 90% from the floor all the time?

rilamann · Post #934 » by **rilamann** » Thu May 22, 2025 11:26 pm

th87 wrote:
Bernman wrote:
Profound23 wrote:Haliburton was 11/12 on game winning or game tying shots (after the shot last night) in the final two minutes of the 2025 post season. That's insane!

Yet there's a sub-sect of nerds in every sport who try to argue clutch ability is not real.

Some raging debates about this on the Packers board maybe a decade(!) ago

I think I kind of remember those.....lol.

This Pacers team is actually a really good study on the mental aspect of sports. I was high on this Pacers team before the playoffs. Even shouting from the rooftops early last March that it would be a win/win for the Bucks to rest Giannis down the stretch (Given his injury history late in the past few seasons) and avoid playing this Pacers team in the playoffs.

I bring that up to say that despite how high I was/am on the Pacers, I would still currently say that on paper I think that they are the 4th or 5th best team in the east. I thought they were a very dangerous team, much dangerous than they appeared on paper. But 4th or 5th on paper.

The Pacers - with no MVP candidate and 1 all star reserve - didn't magically morph into some sort of unbeatable juggernaut when they put the NBA Playoffs decals on the floor.

The Pacers are good, but on paper they're not Win the east easily good. But win the east easily is what they are about to do.

This Pacers team is also making a great case for Giannis to stay with the Bucks. If this Pacers team can win the east while never having to play a game 6.

The Bucks with a competent head coach and 1 good trade could be right in the mix.

With Tatum inured, there won't be a tier 1 level contender in the east next season.

Epicurus · Post #935 » by **Epicurus** » Thu May 22, 2025 11:28 pm

paulpressey25 wrote:The Haliburton final shot in regulation. Have you guys ever seen a ball bounce that high off the heel of the rim……..and then come straight down through the hoop. Given he drove and pulled back out I think that was a more insane shot than Kawhi’s against the Sixers in 2019.

Yes, Damain Lillard for Portland v. Dallas in Covid bubble. Even higher bounce, and, I believe, a game winner.

Post #936 » by **MickeyDavis** » Thu May 22, 2025 11:30 pm

Epicurus wrote:
paulpressey25 wrote:The Haliburton final shot in regulation. Have you guys ever seen a ball bounce that high off the heel of the rim……..and then come straight down through the hoop. Given he drove and pulled back out I think that was a more insane shot than Kawhi’s against the Sixers in 2019.

Yes, Damain Lillard for Portland v. Dallas in Covid bubble. Even higher bounce, and, I believe, a game winner.

Good to see you Epi

rilamann · Post #937 » by **rilamann** » Thu May 22, 2025 11:36 pm

Ray Allen had a bounce like that against the Hornets in game 7 back in 2001.

It wasn't a game winner, the shot came late in the 3rd quarter if I remember correctly. But the shot ignited a run that lead to the Bucks winning the game.

I am sure I am not the only one who remembers that shot.

rilamann · Post #938 » by **rilamann** » Thu May 22, 2025 11:39 pm

Found the Ray Allen one. Gotta love Youtube.

Watch on YouTube

Profound23 · Post #939 » by **Profound23** » Thu May 22, 2025 11:49 pm

rilamann wrote:Found the Ray Allen one. Gotta love Youtube.

Watch on YouTube

It's luck when Hali does but skill when Ray does it. Don't be mad at me, that's just how it works.

Post #940 » by **MickeyDavis** » Fri May 23, 2025 12:48 am

Quite a shot Foster took