Around the NBA (Part Two)

m2002brian · Post #1481 » by **m2002brian** » Thu May 8, 2025 2:48 am

FrenchMinnyFan wrote:
TimberKat wrote:
FrenchMinnyFan wrote:Boston lose again. Great game from KAT....

Now we are back to NYK win the trade again

Crazy playoffs, still no home team win a game yet in 2nd round.

will be pretty upset if Knicks get a ring before us ... but happy overall for KAT.

We are taking down the knicks in the Finals.

Book it

winforlose · Post #1482 » by **winforlose** » Thu May 8, 2025 2:48 am

OKC now owns the record for the most points in any half in any playoff game ever, at 87.

winforlose · Post #1483 » by **winforlose** » Thu May 8, 2025 2:50 am

FrenchMinnyFan wrote:
TimberKat wrote:
FrenchMinnyFan wrote:Boston lose again. Great game from KAT....

Now we are back to NYK win the trade again

Crazy playoffs, still no home team win a game yet in 2nd round.

will be pretty upset if Knicks get a ring before us ... but happy overall for KAT.

We trade KG, he gets a ring that year. We trade K Love he gets a ring that year. We trade Wiggins, it takes him a few years, but he gets a ring. Thankfully this did not apply to Jimmy who we were forced to trade. But don’t be surprised if KAT does in fact get a ring before Ant.

winforlose · Post #1484 » by **winforlose** » Thu May 8, 2025 3:30 am

You’re down 39 early in the 3rd and you leave your starters in for the rest of the quarter. Given that game 3 is two days later in altitude, do you call it a night? The only advantage to keeping them out there is it forces OKC to keep their guys active. My question is whether that is worth it?

TimberKat · Post #1485 » by **TimberKat** » Thu May 8, 2025 4:36 am

winforlose wrote:
FrenchMinnyFan wrote:
TimberKat wrote:Now we are back to NYK win the trade again

Crazy playoffs, still no home team win a game yet in 2nd round.

will be pretty upset if Knicks get a ring before us ... but happy overall for KAT.

We trade KG, he gets a ring that year. We trade K Love he gets a ring that year. We trade Wiggins, it takes him a few years, but he gets a ring. Thankfully this did not apply to Jimmy who we were forced to trade. But don’t be surprised if KAT does in fact get a ring before Ant.

We may end up with a GSW vs NYK final

Post #1486 » by **Klomp** » Thu May 8, 2025 4:38 am

TimberKat wrote:
winforlose wrote:
FrenchMinnyFan wrote:
will be pretty upset if Knicks get a ring before us ... but happy overall for KAT.

We trade KG, he gets a ring that year. We trade K Love he gets a ring that year. We trade Wiggins, it takes him a few years, but he gets a ring. Thankfully this did not apply to Jimmy who we were forced to trade. But don’t be surprised if KAT does in fact get a ring before Ant.

We may end up with a GSW vs NYK final

Jimmy vs. KAT, someone call Rachel Nichols!

Guest84 · Post #1487 » by **Guest84** » Thu May 8, 2025 1:36 pm

It’s like all the losing teams this round are trying their best to outdo each other.

We thought the wolves loss was bad but my goodness, Cavs, Celtics, and the Nuggets all have bad losses.

KGdaBom · Post #1488 » by **KGdaBom** » Thu May 8, 2025 2:12 pm

TimberKat wrote:
winforlose wrote:
FrenchMinnyFan wrote:
will be pretty upset if Knicks get a ring before us ... but happy overall for KAT.

We trade KG, he gets a ring that year. We trade K Love he gets a ring that year. We trade Wiggins, it takes him a few years, but he gets a ring. Thankfully this did not apply to Jimmy who we were forced to trade. But don’t be surprised if KAT does in fact get a ring before Ant.

We may end up with a GSW vs NYK final

We may.......... But we won't. :lol:

KGdaBom · Post #1489 » by **KGdaBom** » Thu May 8, 2025 2:13 pm

Thunder by 43 over a good Nuggets team. Are they that good? Really?

frankenwolf · Post #1490 » by **frankenwolf** » Thu May 8, 2025 2:17 pm

KGdaBom wrote:Thunder by 43 over a good Nuggets team. Are they that good? Really?

That good? No, but they are pretty darn good. I think they (OKC) have the right tools to make Denver look bad, especially if MPJ is injured. Granted, he isn't instant office, but he usually can hit his open shots.

Guest84 · Post #1491 » by **Guest84** » Thu May 8, 2025 5:47 pm

frankenwolf wrote:
KGdaBom wrote:Thunder by 43 over a good Nuggets team. Are they that good? Really?

That good? No, but they are pretty darn good. I think they (OKC) have the right tools to make Denver look bad, especially if MPJ is injured. Granted, he isn't instant office, but he usually can hit his open shots.

Yeah, Denver just isn’t the same after changing that championship team. Okc is good but not that good. Den has also shown that they’ll throw in the towel if things get ugly since the wolves beat them.

Slim Tubby · Post #1492 » by **Slim Tubby** » Thu May 8, 2025 10:32 pm

I wasn't sure where to put this but it appears that Michael Grady is leaving the Wolves to be the main PBP guy for Amazon (NBA and WNBA).

If true, that's a big loss for this market. Grady is tremendous at his job.

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Guest84 · Post #1493 » by **Guest84** » Thu May 8, 2025 10:59 pm

Slim Tubby wrote:I wasn't sure where to put this but it appears that Michael Grady is leaving the Wolves to be the main PBP guy for Amazon (NBA and WNBA).

If true, that's a big loss for this market. Grady is tremendous at his job.

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https://www.si.com/nba/timberwolves/minnesota-timberwolves-news/report-wolves-announcer-michael-grady-lands-new-gig-with-amazon

BlacJacMac · Post #1494 » by **BlacJacMac** » Thu May 8, 2025 11:22 pm

Sounds like he may miss a few more Wolves games than he did this year, but it doesn't sound like he'll be a main guy for the NBA.

And fortunately the WNBA plays during the NBA offseason.

Grady has been the Wolves' lead play-by-play announcer for the past three seasons since being hired to replace Dave Benz in 2022. This news presumably won't have a significant impact on his job with FanDuel Sports Network North, although his volume of national NBA assignments could potentially increase. This past season, Grady was part of ESPN's lineup of broadcasters and occasionally missed Wolves games to call a national broadcast. Marney Gellner was the typical replacement for FDSNN. Timberwolves radio announcer Alan Horton also called one game on TV.

Post #1495 » by **Klomp** » Thu May 8, 2025 11:38 pm

Everybody breathe, he's not leaving....

Slim Tubby · Post #1496 » by **Slim Tubby** » Fri May 9, 2025 1:43 am

BlacJacMac wrote:Sounds like he may miss a few more Wolves games than he did this year, but it doesn't sound like he'll be a main guy for the NBA.

And fortunately the WNBA plays during the NBA offseason.

Grady has been the Wolves' lead play-by-play announcer for the past three seasons since being hired to replace Dave Benz in 2022. This news presumably won't have a significant impact on his job with FanDuel Sports Network North, although his volume of national NBA assignments could potentially increase. This past season, Grady was part of ESPN's lineup of broadcasters and occasionally missed Wolves games to call a national broadcast. Marney Gellner was the typical replacement for FDSNN. Timberwolves radio announcer Alan Horton also called one game on TV.

Good news...thanks for posting the link/info, guys!

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younggunsmn · Post #1497 » by **younggunsmn** » Fri May 9, 2025 4:04 am

Slim Tubby wrote:
BlacJacMac wrote:Sounds like he may miss a few more Wolves games than he did this year, but it doesn't sound like he'll be a main guy for the NBA.

And fortunately the WNBA plays during the NBA offseason.

Grady has been the Wolves' lead play-by-play announcer for the past three seasons since being hired to replace Dave Benz in 2022. This news presumably won't have a significant impact on his job with FanDuel Sports Network North, although his volume of national NBA assignments could potentially increase. This past season, Grady was part of ESPN's lineup of broadcasters and occasionally missed Wolves games to call a national broadcast. Marney Gellner was the typical replacement for FDSNN. Timberwolves radio announcer Alan Horton also called one game on TV.
Good news...thanks for posting the link/info, guys!

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Please have a better backup plan than Marney Gellner she tries but she is awful.
How is the radio guy?
Give Katie bear a shot too.
Would be cool if they could run some legends through as guest announcers kind of like the Twins do.
Let Wally and Sam Mitchell and Fred call a couple games.
They could have KG announce but they would have to bleep half of it due to how he cusses so much.

Post #1498 » by **Klomp** » Fri May 9, 2025 4:09 am

younggunsmn wrote:
Slim Tubby wrote:
BlacJacMac wrote:Sounds like he may miss a few more Wolves games than he did this year, but it doesn't sound like he'll be a main guy for the NBA.

And fortunately the WNBA plays during the NBA offseason.

Good news...thanks for posting the link/info, guys!

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Please have a better backup plan than Marney Gellner she tries but she is awful.
How is the radio guy?
Give Katie bear a shot too.
Would be cool if they could run some legends through as guest announcers kind of like the Twins do.
Let Wally and Sam Mitchell and Fred call a couple games.
They could have KG announce but they would have to bleep half of it due to how he cusses so much.

They gave Alan Horton a shot during the season, which makes me think the organization would consider it....It's worked well for the Twins so far.

BlacJacMac · Post #1499 » by **BlacJacMac** » Fri May 9, 2025 4:10 am

How is the radio guy?

Alan Horton is phenomenal.

younggunsmn · Post #1500 » by **younggunsmn** » Fri May 9, 2025 4:16 am

Draft Lottery is on Monday.

We need to have Cooper Flagg head to the East, and for the Sixers to not get passed twice (currently slotted fifth and their pick is top 6 protected this year) so they keep their pick and it doesn't go to OKC. Sixers currently have a 64% chance of keeping their pick.