Official NBA General Discussion 2024-25 V1.0

Brinbe · Post #1601 » by **Brinbe** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 6:47 pm

not a good sign when you got marvin bagley out there giving you mins in a playoff game

this is the type of defeat that leads to teardowns or trades in the offseason

bballsparkin · Post #1602 » by **bballsparkin** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 6:50 pm

Buff wrote:I sort of root for the pistons but jeez, is this team worth a decade of tanking?

Did they tank for a decade or were they just bad?

Scizzup · Post #1603 » by **Scizzup** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 6:58 pm

Clutch0z24 wrote:OKC look different this year....Good chance they win it all....Presti built this team great

well they look different because they traded their worst starter for a better player/fit (Caruso) and they signed a top 20 center. This is all after being a number 1 seed last year with first year Chet.

Idk why people been underrating OKC all year, this team even without Shai wins 48ish games according to their metrics. Yea, Boston probably still beats them but this is one of the best teams in the last 2 decades.

Brinbe · Post #1604 » by **Brinbe** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 7:04 pm

playoff garbage time for an entire quarter

sidsid · Post #1605 » by **sidsid** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 7:27 pm

Continuing on my mini annoyance that we didn't get the fun matchups in the west. Should have been Houston/Memphis as the youth series you don't have to pay too attention to in the first round and have some better narratives for the rest. Would have loved to see Steph/Jimmy/Draymond go up against the OKC guys.

Brinbe · Post #1606 » by **Brinbe** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 8:38 pm

good effort by the magic

Syd-TK3 · Post #1607 » by **Syd-TK3** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 8:55 pm

Magic are obviously a flawed team in certain areas but the fact that they got 2 stars in Paolo and Franz will always make their ceiling good

Brinbe · Post #1608 » by **Brinbe** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:09 pm

The luxury of having someone on your roster like Derrick White that can carry when everyone else is bricking

Pointgod · Post #1609 » by **Pointgod** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:34 pm

Syd-TK3 wrote:Magic are obviously a flawed team in certain areas but the fact that they got 2 stars in Paolo and Franz will always make their ceiling good

Magic desperately need shooting.

TakeYourHeart · Post #1610 » by **TakeYourHeart** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:38 pm

I don't want to hear about Franz over Scottie ever again lol

Tripod · Post #1611 » by **Tripod** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:48 pm

Tatum and Porzingis a combined 7-27.

Yet lead by 18

When you have a deep team, top guys can have bad nights and no one cares.

Meanwhile Orlando's 3rd leading scorer has 7pts. No scoring depth what so ever.

Brinbe · Post #1612 » by **Brinbe** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:58 pm

the magic need an anfernee simons in the worst way. biggest hole in their lineup.

MainEvent · Post #1613 » by **MainEvent** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 11:35 pm

Bane -51, is that a playoff record?

Pointgod · Post #1614 » by **Pointgod** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 1:27 am

Brinbe wrote:the magic need an anfernee simons in the worst way. biggest hole in their lineup.

They messed up not trading for him this season.

WaltFrazier · Post #1615 » by **WaltFrazier** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 1:46 am

Fvv guarding Draymond, interesting

Tha Cynic · Post #1616 » by **Tha Cynic** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 2:36 am

Jimmy Butler in the playoffs is my favourite player to watch. Dude does all the small things on both sides of the ball - so methodical like Kawhi Leonard

720 · Post #1617 » by **720** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 2:48 am

Jalen Green and Vanvleet brick fest.

SFour · Post #1618 » by **SFour** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 2:49 am

Tha Cynic wrote:Jimmy Butler in the playoffs is my favourite player to watch. Dude does all the small things on both sides of the ball - so methodical like Kawhi Leonard

he's the main reason the Sixers took 2019 Raptors to 7 games....then they picked Tobias over him

Tripod · Post #1619 » by **Tripod** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 3:01 am

720 wrote:Jalen Green and Vanvleet brick fest.

Pretty ugly

4-19 from your guards.

mademan · Post #1620 » by **mademan** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 3:02 am

Like Fred a lot, but these are his limitations. He just cant create against a halfcourt perimeter defense, and unless you have a point forward like Luka, your pg needs to be able to create in the halfcourt.