NBA Playoffs 2025 (Poll created for Finals prediction)

thamadkant · Post #161 » by **thamadkant** » Sun May 11, 2025 2:46 am

Knickst MUST win Game 4 or Celtics will take the series in 6. Out of all teams remaining, Celtics are the one who is most capable of winning 4 in a row.

BobbieL · Post #162 » by **BobbieL** » Sun May 11, 2025 3:19 am

thamadkant wrote:Knickst MUST win Game 4 or Celtics will take the series in 6. Out of all teams remaining, Celtics are the one who is most capable of winning 4 in a row.

Pacers need to win G4 as well as if Cavs tie it, series is going to be over.

sunsbg · Post #163 » by **sunsbg** » Sun May 11, 2025 4:58 am

Knicks lost to all title favorites during regular season and are in the series only because BOS beat themselves in first two games. The Celtics are far better team especially with a healthy KP so they deserve to win it. Similarly in OKC DEN series it feels like Nuggets are lucky to have the lead though OKC players are still young and that may get them eliminated. I'm still rooting for the best possible finals series which should be Celtics Thunder.

thamadkant · Post #164 » by **thamadkant** » Sun May 11, 2025 5:26 am

sunsbg wrote:Knicks lost to all title favorites during regular season and are in the series only because BOS beat themselves in first two games. The Celtics are far better team especially with a healthy KP so they deserve to win it. Similarly in OKC DEN series it feels like Nuggets are lucky to have the lead though OKC players are still young and that may get them eliminated. I'm still rooting for the best possible finals series which should be Celtics Thunder.

Not that simple.

I've seen all 3 games and Celtics weakness is size. They have Horford is ancient, Porzingis who is always hurt and lucky to play 15 minutes and Corner who is limited athletically and length wise. Knicks was hard to get second chances against because Towns, Robinson played together in spurts and Josh Hart who is a rebound hound.

OG has done his job by making Tatum inefficient... Tatum's 20 something points come with 20 shots and that's bad for Celtics.

Jaylen Brown has been ignored a lot, and he is one player who could put Knicks wings in foul trouble with his mid range and slashing game but Celtics rather opt for 3pters.

Game 3 Celtics hit 60 points worth of 3pters at 50% clip.... not sustainable but doable in 3 more times in a series.... they can get hot for a week.

What Knicks need to do is funnel the ball into Tatum and give him 18 footers with a hand on his face. Do not bank on 3pters going cold for Celtics and give them the long 2pter... then crash the board... continue to do that. Offensively Knicks have Brunson, Towns and Mikal who all can take turns.

Thing is... Celtics are very smart team and have the best role player in the game in Derek White and now Jrue Holiday.... need to make these 2 give the ball up to Tatum and make him choke, as he thinks he's Kobe.

sunsbg · Post #165 » by **sunsbg** » Sun May 11, 2025 8:11 pm

What a 3 point chucking **** show this DEN OKC game is. 1-25 from long range. Nuggets with 8pt quarter.

MrMiyagi · Post #166 » by **MrMiyagi** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:49 am

I hope Mikal and Cam Payne get to the finals again in NYC.

KdoubleDees23 · Post #167 » by **KdoubleDees23** » Tue May 13, 2025 2:04 am

How about Tatum acting like LeBron cause he knows he’s going down 3-1 ! What a chump

sunsbg · Post #168 » by **sunsbg** » Tue May 13, 2025 4:30 am

MrMiyagi wrote:I hope Mikal and Cam Payne get to the finals again in NYC.

Rooting for Mikal and Cam to save my betting lol.

OKC NYK finals pls.

thamadkant · Post #169 » by **thamadkant** » Tue May 13, 2025 9:06 am

Mikal has played so well for the knicks. Perfect 3rd option player on a contender. Really regret that trade now and the dismantling of the young core. Suns had every position covered just needed a backup PG.

Calvin Klein · Post #170 » by **Calvin Klein** » Tue May 13, 2025 11:46 am

Mikal doing what some of us always knew he could do. Just a winning player.

wheezy · Post #171 » by **wheezy** » Tue May 13, 2025 4:59 pm

Calvin Klein wrote:Mikal doing what some of us always knew he could do. Just a winning player.

I loved those Villanova teams he was on. Been really fun watching those three now.

thamadkant · Post #172 » by **thamadkant** » Tue May 13, 2025 7:24 pm

Trade Booker for Mikal and 4 first rounders... after Mikal hopefully wins his ring.

BobbieL · Post #173 » by **BobbieL** » Tue May 13, 2025 8:13 pm

thamadkant wrote:Trade Booker for Mikal and 4 first rounders... after Mikal hopefully wins his ring.

Booker not getting traded -- he likes the Suns, the "stans" love him

Frank Lee · Post #174 » by **Frank Lee** » Wed May 14, 2025 1:53 am

OKC crowd with matching shirts /sections?? Looks like a college crowd.

garrick · Post #175 » by **garrick** » Thu May 15, 2025 12:51 am

MrMiyagi wrote:I hope Mikal and Cam Payne get to the finals again in NYC.

That would be major egg in the face for Ishbia and JJ seeing two assets that they gave up winning it all! :lol:

Glue guys matter in this league.

KdoubleDees23 · Post #176 » by **KdoubleDees23** » Thu May 15, 2025 3:39 am

I am just glad that Steve Kerr and Curry gonna be out !!!!!!!

Post #177 » by **lilfishi22** » Thu May 15, 2025 3:59 am

KdoubleDees23 wrote:I am just glad that Steve Kerr and Curry gonna be out !!!!!!!

This is what I was worried about with the Jimmy deal if Beal wasn't involved. Jimmy is turning 36 and Warriors just gave him a 2yr $113m extension which is probably what he would've expected with the Suns.

BobbieL · Post #178 » by **BobbieL** » Thu May 15, 2025 3:41 pm

lilfishi22 wrote:
KdoubleDees23 wrote:I am just glad that Steve Kerr and Curry gonna be out !!!!!!!

This is what I was worried about with the Jimmy deal if Beal wasn't involved. Jimmy is turning 36 and Warriors just gave him a 2yr $113m extension which is probably what he would've expected with the Suns.

The second part of that is why I didn't want the Butler trade - the extension beside the cost to get him (either the 2031 or the three FRPs they got for the 2031). Because it probably meant extending Durant. And you would have two aging players in Durant and Butler, no assets (as you used them to get Butler) - and if you failed - and my guess, the round of 8 would have been the best round they would have gotten too - team would have been cooked for years. And as we saw with Curry, he got hurt. Which is more likely with aging players.

garrick · Post #179 » by **garrick** » Thu May 15, 2025 4:30 pm

BobbieL wrote:
lilfishi22 wrote:
KdoubleDees23 wrote:I am just glad that Steve Kerr and Curry gonna be out !!!!!!!

This is what I was worried about with the Jimmy deal if Beal wasn't involved. Jimmy is turning 36 and Warriors just gave him a 2yr $113m extension which is probably what he would've expected with the Suns.

The second part of that is why I didn't want the Butler trade - the extension beside the cost to get him (either the 2031 or the three FRPs they got for the 2031). Because it probably meant extending Durant. And you would have two aging players in Durant and Butler, no assets (as you used them to get Butler) - and if you failed - and my guess, the round of 8 would have been the best round they would have gotten too - team would have been cooked for years. And as we saw with Curry, he got hurt. Which is more likely with aging players.

Supposedly Jimmy has some mystery illness which is why he's playing like crap.

Not sure if it's an excuse or not but he hasn't really looked himself versus the Wolves.

handsome salary · Post #180 » by **handsome salary** » Fri May 16, 2025 3:40 pm

If OKC wins game 7 then 3/4 of the four teams left will be ones looking for a first championship. I'd root for the Pacers.

No matter what Ishbia has now overtaken Dolan for biggest joke of an owner in the national conversation.

Who you got?