Official NBA Playoffs Thread

[closg00]

Knicks win a thriller complete with confetti at the end.....I guess we aren't the only confetti users.

[hands11]

LOL

LAL vs DEN

What was that lady doing out of the floor

I think she was drunk.

[FAH1223]

Another former Wizard, Steve Blake, was the closer for the Lakers tonight

[miller31time]

LOL

LAL vs DEN

What was that lady doing out of the floor

I think she was drunk.

Craig Sager reported that the woman has been kicked out of Nuggets games before and, at one point, banned from the arena.

Reason for this? She was stalking Nuggets players. She just happened to get tickets to this game without being identified as the banned stalker.

Crazy.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

Another former Wizard, Steve Blake, was the closer for the Lakers tonight

Former Wizards in the playoffs:

Lakers: Blake
Nuggets: McGee
Jazz: Josh Howard
Bulls: Hamilton
Clippers: Butler, Young, Foye, Simmons
Grizzlies: Arenas, Hudson
Heat: Miller, Juwan Howard
Knicks: Jeffries
Hawks: Hinrich

Who am I missing?

[montestewart]

Mike Bibby, Ronny Turiaf, Brendan Haywood, Brian Cardinal, DeJuan Blair (whoops, sorry CCJ, that one just kinda slipped out)

[hands11]

Another former Wizard, Steve Blake, was the closer for the Lakers tonight

Former Wizards in the playoffs:

Lakers: Blake
Nuggets: McGee
Jazz: Josh Howard
Bulls: Hamilton
Clippers: Butler, Young, Foye, Simmons
Grizzlies: Arenas, Hudson
Heat: Miller, Juwan Howard
Knicks: Jeffries
Hawks: Hinrich

Who am I missing?

You do realize I just did a list like this no more then 2 or 3 days ago in this very same thread.

How many x Wizards are in the playoffs this year.

The first group are starter. Well, Nick is about to become one. He wasn't

Kirk Hinrich
Nick
Foye
Caron Butler
Josh Howard
Brendon Haywood

Bench
McGee
Mark Miller
Steve Blake
Rip Hamleton
Gilbert

Extended Bench
Jerry Stackhouse
Juwan Howard
Ronny Turiaf
Brian Cardinal
Yi Jianlian
Mike James
Simmons per Mont

Did I miss any

[verbal8]

Philly goes-up 3-1, Rose will probably miss most of next season also.

Has the Bulls medical staff been replaced by the Wizards' staff?

http://basketball.realgm.com/article/22 ... Apocalypse

Seriously I think it is just the Bulls having awful luck with injuries this season/play-offs. It is disappointing because they would have been a good team to watch. I also think they were clearly had the best chance of stopping the Heat in the East.

[montestewart]

Did I miss any

Simmons.

[Mr. Grundle]

Man, look at all those ex-Wizards in the playoffs. I bet if we had them all back on the same team we'd be a........lottery team.

That's a hodge-podge of role players and bench fodder. Looks like an MJ roster when you list them all together.

[fishercob]

Holy crap James Harden is good.

[montestewart]

Holy crap James Harden is good.

Yes. A lot can happen between now and when he tests the market (if he does at all). What capped out team(s) with a genius GM and/or a rich owner might manage to pull an offer out of a hat? Lakers/Spurs/Mavs?

[Severn Hoos]

Considering the recent debate on Carmelo and on how he's not an elite player, it's got me thinking about the overall lack of elite talent at both the 2/3. As much as Carnelo is overrated I still have trouble coming up with a long list of perimeter players I'd take over him.

Dat - I agree (though I still wouldn't give up very much to add Carmelo, esp. at his salary). But to me, it points out the fallacy of my 2nd-favorite NBA myth: SG (or SF) is the easiest position to fill. (pancakes - can you guess the 1st? )

The days of MJ to Reggie to Kobe are passing. Many of the top (or formerly top) SGs right now are over 30: Kobe, Ray Allen, Vince, Manu, T-Mac, J-Rich, Rip, S-Jax, Joe Johnson.

Who are the great young SGs? Harden and, if you consider him both young and a SG, Wade.

After that, there's a lot of combo-type guards (Lou Williams, Tyreke Evans, Curry, Jason Terry), and a number of guys who may be good (debatable) but certainly not great (Afflalo, Henderson, Wes Matthews, Kevin Martin).

The SF list is better, but not by a whole lot.

Then consider PGs: Not only do you have Rose, CP, & Deron, there's Rondo, Tony Parker, Kyrie Irving, and our own John Wall. And the next level of Jrue Holliday, Darren Collison, Ty Lawson, et al, is far better than the 2nd tier SGs.

Even C is better represented among the under-30 crowd, with Hibbert, M. Gasol, Monroe, Bargnani, Horford, and - dare I say - McGee?

And don't even start on PFs, that's the most loaded position in basketball right now.

So yeah, great swingmen are in short supply. I sure hope we get one in this year's draft....

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

Game 4 of Memphis vs LA Clippers was a really poorly officiated game IMO.

In overtime two key plays for LAC were blatant violations but no calls. First, Reggie Evans pushed off to rebound a missed FT. Later in that possession, LAC got two points after what should have been a violation and Memphis ball. The second no call was worse. Mar Gasol had inside position for a rebound. Blake Griffin pushed him in the back, under the basket. Griffin got the offensive board after the push off, and someone might have touched him as he went up with the shot. He ended up getting two points and an and-1 free throw after what was yet another violation.

The officiating was IMO terribly biased towards the Clippers, who now lead 3-1.

[verbal8]

Who are the great young SGs? Harden and, if you consider him both young and a SG, Wade.

Harden's raw numbers aren't amazing, not shocking considering the number of options on OKC. However looking at the advanced stats, Harden is at least the best young SG since Brandon Roy. And you could make a case the best young SG since Wade was young.

[FAH1223]

Game 4 was a really poorly officiated game IMO.

In overtime two key plays for LAC were blatant violations but no calls. First, Reggie Evans pushed off to rebound a missed FT. Later in that possession, LAC got two points after what should have been a violation and Memphis ball. The second no call was worse. Mar Gasol had inside position for a rebound. Blake Griffin pushed him in the back, under the basket. Griffin got the offensive board after the push off, and someone might have touched him as he went up with the shot. He ended up getting two points and an and-1 free throw after what was yet another violation.

The officiating was IMO terribly biased towards the Clippers, who now lead 3-1.

I agree 100%. I'm also tired of Griffin, Evans and Paul flopping all over the court. It is ridiculous.

I think Memphis wins Game 5 but they need to be kicking themselves for giving up homecourt in Game 1. Winning at LAC is hard when you got the refs on you as well.

Tonight features 4 games and all 4 series could be over tonight

[hands11]

Man, look at all those ex-Wizards in the playoffs. I bet if we had them all back on the same team we'd be a........lottery team.

That's a hodge-podge of role players and bench fodder. Looks like an MJ roster when you list them all together.

The first patch are all starting on playoff teams so there is something there.

[hands11]

Considering the recent debate on Carmelo and on how he's not an elite player, it's got me thinking about the overall lack of elite talent at both the 2/3. As much as Carnelo is overrated I still have trouble coming up with a long list of perimeter players I'd take over him.

Dat - I agree (though I still wouldn't give up very much to add Carmelo, esp. at his salary). But to me, it points out the fallacy of my 2nd-favorite NBA myth: SG (or SF) is the easiest position to fill. (pancakes - can you guess the 1st? )

The days of MJ to Reggie to Kobe are passing. Many of the top (or formerly top) SGs right now are over 30: Kobe, Ray Allen, Vince, Manu, T-Mac, J-Rich, Rip, S-Jax, Joe Johnson.

Who are the great young SGs? Harden and, if you consider him both young and a SG, Wade.

After that, there's a lot of combo-type guards (Lou Williams, Tyreke Evans, Curry, Jason Terry), and a number of guys who may be good (debatable) but certainly not great (Afflalo, Henderson, Wes Matthews, Kevin Martin).

The SF list is better, but not by a whole lot.

Then consider PGs: Not only do you have Rose, CP, & Deron, there's Rondo, Tony Parker, Kyrie Irving, and our own John Wall. And the next level of Jrue Holliday, Darren Collison, Ty Lawson, et al, is far better than the 2nd tier SGs.

Even C is better represented among the under-30 crowd, with Hibbert, M. Gasol, Monroe, Bargnani, Horford, and - dare I say - McGee?

And don't even start on PFs, that's the most loaded position in basketball right now.

So yeah, great swingmen are in short supply. I sure hope we get one in this year's draft....

It goes in cycles. We just went though a PG and Center cycle. So with that said, Beal is even more valuable by comparison.

[montestewart]

I can't see why Howard would want to stick around with what's left of the Magic, and Anderson will likely leave as well. Even without Arenas' salary, their payroll is over the cap and near the luxury line. If Howard's injury is career altering, maybe they could convince him to stay, but then why would they want to?

[GhostsOfGil]

Had to do a double take when I turned on the CHI/PHI game.. 26 points at the half