Around the NBA (Non-Celtics) 2019-2020, Part 3 – "Playoff Version"

grindtime22 · Post #1221 » by **grindtime22** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:44 am

Triple7 wrote:That’s why you never play zone with the shot clock down. Same thing happened to us when tatum didn’t follow his man. Plumlee is just dumb! You don’t let the hot hand get the ball.

Doesn't look like zone to me

Triple7 · Post #1222 » by **Triple7** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:45 am

Jokic would be pissed. All his effort goes to waste.

Triple7 · Post #1223 » by **Triple7** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:46 am

grindtime22 wrote:
Triple7 wrote:That’s why you never play zone with the shot clock down. Same thing happened to us when tatum didn’t follow his man. Plumlee is just dumb! You don’t let the hot hand get the ball.

Doesn't look like zone to me

Yup doesn’t looked like a zone. I think it was just Plumlee being dumb.

threrf23 · Post #1224 » by **threrf23** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:47 am

What's crazy about that game - glancing at the box score - Jamal Murray played slightly more than 44 minutes, and the Nuggets were outscored by 18 in the ~4 minutes he sat.

Triple7 · Post #1225 » by **Triple7** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:48 am

That’s on Plumlee and Malone! How could they let AD that open. smh! **** the lakers!

zoyathedestroya · Post #1226 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:50 am

Triple7 wrote:
threrf23 wrote:
meatball sub wrote:Plumlee about to be out of the league for that horrible defense on AD. WTF was that ****

He was clearly yelling for Jerami Grant to switch onto AD, Grant wouldn't leave Lebron. Not sure who's fault. It's questionable to me that Plumlee was out there to begin with, though.

Same thing happened to us. Tatum left his man, and was signalling for brown to switch, but won’t leave his man Gasol. Exactly the same. That’s why you play man to man, at those situations to avoid confusion.

Not exactly the same. Theis was in the vicinity of Gasol, even if Lowry was able to lob the pass to him. A Gasol basket would've tied the game. A Lebron roll to the rim and basket would've resulted in a loss for Nuggets. You always defend the three in our situation.

Plumlee also didn't need to switch since there was no screen at all lol. He just hid under Lebron.

Triple7 · Post #1227 » by **Triple7** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:11 am

zoyathedestroya wrote:
Triple7 wrote:
threrf23 wrote:
He was clearly yelling for Jerami Grant to switch onto AD, Grant wouldn't leave Lebron. Not sure who's fault. It's questionable to me that Plumlee was out there to begin with, though.

Same thing happened to us. Tatum left his man, and was signalling for brown to switch, but won’t leave his man Gasol. Exactly the same. That’s why you play man to man, at those situations to avoid confusion.

Not exactly the same. Theis was in the vicinity of Gasol, even if Lowry was able to lob the pass to him. A Gasol basket would've tied the game. A Lebron roll to the rim and basket would've resulted in a loss for Nuggets. You always defend the three in our situation.

Plumlee also didn't need to switch since there was no screen at all lol. He just hid under Lebron.

I agree ours was different. Stevens dropped the ball by opting to play zone, instead of man to man. Plus i agree, a two by gasol would have been fine. Plumlee was just dumb and lazy. He could have easily followed AD :lol:

I don’t know if they can recover from this.

threrf23 · Post #1228 » by **threrf23** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:35 am

jmr07019 wrote:
jmr07019 wrote:
jmr07019 wrote:BEASSSST JOKIC! AD is softer than puppy ****.

This aged well. At least the Pats are winning now.

This has also aged poorly. Ugh

Since you're on a roll tonight, why don't you tell us what's gonna happen Wednesday night, Heat vs Celtics, Game 4?

Green89 · Post #1229 » by **Green89** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 4:16 am

zoyathedestroya wrote:Should've put in Bol Bol to disrupt the baseline out-of-bounds lol.

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I was wondering why on earth Jokic who was originally guarding the in bounder, was then the one contesting Davis. Plumlee barely played in the game. I never like using cold people on final plays.

Soulcatcher33 · Post #1230 » by **Soulcatcher33** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:47 am

zoyathedestroya wrote:Playoff Rondo is annoying.

This "playoff rondo" nonsense has to be the biggest fiction of all time. I seem to remember "playoff rondo" completely quitting on the Mavericks a few years ago. You can also blame this dick for Ray Allen taking off from the Celtics to the Heat.

Soulcatcher33 · Post #1231 » by **Soulcatcher33** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:49 am

The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:LA is going to easily beat the nuggets. I'm really not too thrilled that LeBron' and the lakers are going to win another title this year.

I honestly can't wait for him to retire

I don't care for LeBron or his game and never have, but that just sounds salty and stupid. You can't wait for one of 5 greatest players to play this game to retire? You must not actually care for basketball much then.

The_Ghost_of_JB · Post #1232 » by **The_Ghost_of_JB** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:59 am

Soulcatcher33 wrote:
The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:LA is going to easily beat the nuggets. I'm really not too thrilled that LeBron' and the lakers are going to win another title this year.

I honestly can't wait for him to retire

I don't care for LeBron or his game and never have, but that just sounds salty and stupid. You can't wait for one of 5 greatest players to play this game to retire? You must not actually care for basketball much then.

What is there to love exactly? Watching LeBron continually dictating who he can play with so he can stomp all the other teams? He is going to his 9th finals in 10 years because once again he created another super team. I'm happy to see him retire because there will be more parody in the NBA when he does.

Soulcatcher33 · Post #1233 » by **Soulcatcher33** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 8:08 am

The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:
Soulcatcher33 wrote:
The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:LA is going to easily beat the nuggets. I'm really not too thrilled that LeBron' and the lakers are going to win another title this year.

I honestly can't wait for him to retire

I don't care for LeBron or his game and never have, but that just sounds salty and stupid. You can't wait for one of 5 greatest players to play this game to retire? You must not actually care for basketball much then.

What is there to love exactly? Watching LeBron continually dictating who he can play with so he can stomp all the other teams? He is going to his 9th finals in 10 years because once again he created another super team. I'm happy to see him retire because there will be more parody in the NBA when he does.

1. The Lakers are hardly a super team. Aside from LeBron and Davis they are pretty meh. The Clippers being pathetic choke artist is fueling this nonsense take.

2. THE NBA HAS NEVER HAD PARITY. lol Basketball pretty much has the least parity of any of the major sports. From the beginning of the season you can pretty much point to what the finals will be in any given year and be right. You can certainly pinpoint who will end up as the final four teams. Parity is definitely isn't something you should bring up in the NBA whether LeBron is still playing or not.

The_Ghost_of_JB · Post #1234 » by **The_Ghost_of_JB** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 8:36 am

Soulcatcher33 wrote:
The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:
Soulcatcher33 wrote:
I don't care for LeBron or his game and never have, but that just sounds salty and stupid. You can't wait for one of 5 greatest players to play this game to retire? You must not actually care for basketball much then.

What is there to love exactly? Watching LeBron continually dictating who he can play with so he can stomp all the other teams? He is going to his 9th finals in 10 years because once again he created another super team. I'm happy to see him retire because there will be more parody in the NBA when he does.

1. The Lakers are hardly a super team. Aside from LeBron and Davis they are pretty meh. The Clippers being pathetic choke artist is fueling this nonsense take.

2. THE NBA HAS NEVER HAD PARITY. lol Basketball pretty much has the least parity of any of the major sports. From the beginning of the season you can pretty much point to what the finals will be in any given year and be right. You can certainly pinpoint who will end up as the final four teams. Parity is definitely nothing something you should bring up in the NBA whether LeBron is still playing or not.

The Lakers have two top five players on one team. You could even argue LeBron is 1 and Davis is 2. They are stomping every team they play and are going to win the finals. I'd call them a super team.

Team LeBron is going to be in the finals 9 times in the past 10 years. Because of him buddy ball is a thing. I actually think the NBA was on the right track to get a bit more parody in the NBA. Let's be honest it's working a bit no one thought the nuggets and heat will be in finals for each division. Of course none of that matters because LeBron spearheaded getting Davis hair probably before even signed with the Lakers and they're going to easily win the finals.

Maybe I'm naive but once LeBron retires I think they'll be more parody.

Post #1235 » by **Darthlukey** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:34 am

Soulcatcher33 wrote:
The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:
Soulcatcher33 wrote:
I don't care for LeBron or his game and never have, but that just sounds salty and stupid. You can't wait for one of 5 greatest players to play this game to retire? You must not actually care for basketball much then.

What is there to love exactly? Watching LeBron continually dictating who he can play with so he can stomp all the other teams? He is going to his 9th finals in 10 years because once again he created another super team. I'm happy to see him retire because there will be more parody in the NBA when he does.

1. The Lakers are hardly a super team. Aside from LeBron and Davis they are pretty meh. The Clippers being pathetic choke artist is fueling this nonsense take.

2. THE NBA HAS NEVER HAD PARITY. lol Basketball pretty much has the least parity of any of the major sports. From the beginning of the season you can pretty much point to what the finals will be in any given year and be right. You can certainly pinpoint who will end up as the final four teams. Parity is definitely nothing something you should bring up in the NBA whether LeBron is still playing or not.

I think you are right about parity up to a point. Obviously teams build well (let's use 80s lakers and celtics as examples). Teams are meant to build the best teams they can. But the total concentration of talent (see miami heatles and durant warriors) that formed without cost (either likely tampering to ensure miami had the cap space for 2 stars or an unprecedented spike in the cap) has further dismissed competition. Of course players can choose where they go, thats what free agency is about. But when players make gutless, anti competitive moves over and over, they should be judged harshly for it. For me its not just about winning, but how you got there too!

LondonCeltics · Post #1236 » by **LondonCeltics** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:43 am

The parody of parity.

DK-All Day · Post #1237 » by **DK-All Day** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 11:02 am

Mentally preparing myself for the possibility that the Lakers will tie the Celtics for NBA Championships in a couple of weeks.

Post #1238 » by **Darthlukey** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 11:26 am

DK-All Day wrote:Mentally preparing myself for the possibility that the Lakers will tie the Celtics for NBA Championships in a couple of weeks.

However unlikely, just about the ultimate irony and shot at the lakers would be us beating the lakers for the title, tatum getting finals mvp and dedicating the win to Kobe

zoyathedestroya · Post #1239 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 1:45 pm

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CelticsPride18 · Post #1240 » by **CelticsPride18** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 1:46 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:

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