2023 Western Conference Finals | (1) Denver Nuggets VS (7) Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-0)

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Who wins the WCF's?

Nuggets in 4
40
29%
Nuggets in 5
47
34%
Nuggets in 6
23
16%
Nuggets in 7
7
5%
Lakers in 6
10
7%
Lakers in 7
13
9%
 
Total votes: 140

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Post#2141 » by ky_23 » Sun May 21, 2023 4:03 am

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ky_23 wrote:
yeah i can confirm that :o


thats exactly what an alt would say


This is what I'm thinkin. Ky stop bro you're making it worse

no more defending lebron legacy bro im out :nonono:
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Post#2142 » by Jadoogar » Sun May 21, 2023 4:06 am

Jfh20 wrote:lul… dude thought this year was his after eliminating curry… let’s face it, the kd and lebron era is over… we are now in the joker/butler/embid/Giannis era. Something tells me even after this dude is irrelevant his narcissism and ego wil still find a way to keep the talk bout him.. gross
We gotta stop including embiid with the rest of these guys

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Post#2143 » by dhsilv2 » Sun May 21, 2023 4:08 am

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CobraCommander wrote:You can’t wave the white flag


He's not entirely wrong.

It's obvious that the Lakers' most effective lineup, particularly defensively, is Schroeder, Reaves, Hachimura, James, and Davis.

Playing Vanderbilt and DLo at the same time is disastrous. Vanderbilt was left WIIIIIDE open on a corner 3 that he missed badly. DLo gets targeted by the Nuggets bigs on PnR.

Who wants this job that can actually coach?

Monty? Maybe but why- this is a dead end job- they one year from no LBJ and rebuilding around reeves, AD and Rui- when the west gonna have Nuggets still, the Suns, Mavs, OKC, NO, Kings and potentially the Spurs on the come up… and I’m sure the GSW will retool- The lakers post Lebron gonna be ADs team - which means a lottery team cause he and Kawhi combined a full time player - and at least Kawhi brings it Everytime he wears the jersey


Lakers managed to flip westbrook into Dlo AND vanderbilt (maybe more), and we got people on here "if the lakers can just flip Dlo,". Like...how many times are they going to get to upgrade their roster without giving up assets?

Point being, being the laker's coach is a thankless job. The fans expectations are too high. The media never shuts up. And you get cali income tax? For what?
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Post#2144 » by Jkam31 » Sun May 21, 2023 4:08 am

clyde21 wrote:
metalinguss wrote:Once Austin Reaves gets overpaid by a team like Atlanta or Detroit we’ll never hear about him again lol


i wonder if those teams will start having historic levels of FT disparity


Reeves won’t know what to do when he’s not getting a more calls than guys on the all nba team
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Post#2145 » by dhsilv2 » Sun May 21, 2023 4:12 am

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Ni Da Ye wrote:
When Jordan played at 38, you were like 6. Right?


2002...come one dude. This is a 30+ forum. This calling people young stuff is a really awful take.


Especially since I’m from dc- you know where 38 yo
Mj played


lol, I didn't even get there with how dumb that take was.

The funny thing is, if you only watched a select few games during that run, you'd have thought MJ was a freaking god. If you watched a few more...you're see that after every WOW 40 point killer. He completely sucked the next 2 nights. I watched every single nationally televised game those two years, at least that I could. It was fun to see MJ and at times he played like MJ...but that was a low efficiency barely all-star if we're nice guy.
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Post#2146 » by KyRo23 » Sun May 21, 2023 4:12 am

VanWest82 wrote:Lebron got asked in the post game presser what he thought was the difference for Denver this series. He mentioned Jamal but then basically said their role players hit their shots and our didn't. Way to take responsibility.


I just watched it and you're straight up not being truthful. He said nothing about their role players hitting their shots and LA's isn't He gave proprs to their role players, but did not throw LA's players under the bus. He didn't even mention them actually. Cut the BS
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Post#2147 » by dhsilv2 » Sun May 21, 2023 4:14 am

Jadoogar wrote:
Jfh20 wrote:lul… dude thought this year was his after eliminating curry… let’s face it, the kd and lebron era is over… we are now in the joker/butler/embid/Giannis era. Something tells me even after this dude is irrelevant his narcissism and ego wil still find a way to keep the talk bout him.. gross
We gotta stop including embiid with the rest of these guys

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Stop it man. Embiid is a great player. He can't stay healthy. He's annoying sometimes with the press. But he's still an elite player.
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Post#2148 » by ArksNetsSince99 » Sun May 21, 2023 4:16 am

:lol: :lol: :lol: I wonder where is all of this 99% experts and real gm users who said Denver gonna flame out in the first round

Before series started I voted Denver in 4 , still alive , there was 5 people who vote like that , now it’s 26

Nuggets made you a believers :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post#2149 » by GeorgeSears » Sun May 21, 2023 4:17 am

We may need a wellness check on Nick Wrong...
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Post#2150 » by Blacksheep25 » Sun May 21, 2023 4:17 am

dhsilv2 wrote:
Jadoogar wrote:
Jfh20 wrote:lul… dude thought this year was his after eliminating curry… let’s face it, the kd and lebron era is over… we are now in the joker/butler/embid/Giannis era. Something tells me even after this dude is irrelevant his narcissism and ego wil still find a way to keep the talk bout him.. gross
We gotta stop including embiid with the rest of these guys

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Stop it man. Embiid is a great player. He can't stay healthy. He's annoying sometimes with the press. But he's still an elite player.


He had no business in that conversation though. Dude is horrible in playoffs and has never even reached a conference final. Will be 30 next year. He’s a regular season player and end of story. No regular season player defines an era.
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Post#2151 » by tmorgan » Sun May 21, 2023 4:17 am

Jkam31 wrote:
clyde21 wrote:
metalinguss wrote:Once Austin Reaves gets overpaid by a team like Atlanta or Detroit we’ll never hear about him again lol


i wonder if those teams will start having historic levels of FT disparity


Reeves won’t know what to do when he’s not getting a more calls than guys on the all nba team


Reaves gets calls because he consistently wrong-foots people, on purpose, and plays into contact. He’s crafty as all hell.

Now would he suffer with more defensive attention? Obviously. But the guys best suited to deal with that are good passers. Which Reaves is.

Lakers gotta keep this guy. But he’ll get big offers.
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Post#2152 » by ArksNetsSince99 » Sun May 21, 2023 4:17 am

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They’re going down tonight muchacho


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Post#2153 » by Teen Girl Squad » Sun May 21, 2023 4:19 am

tmorgan wrote:
Jkam31 wrote:
clyde21 wrote:
i wonder if those teams will start having historic levels of FT disparity


Reeves won’t know what to do when he’s not getting a more calls than guys on the all nba team


Reaves gets calls because he consistently wrong-foots people, on purpose, and plays into contact. He’s crafty as all hell.

Now would he suffer with more defensive attention? Obviously. But the guys best suited to deal with that are good passers. Which Reaves is.

Lakers gotta keep this guy. But he’ll get big offers.


People acting like other teams are going to sign him to be their number 1 option.
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Post#2154 » by John Murdoch » Sun May 21, 2023 4:19 am

LeBron looks injured
Magic#1 wrote:We have won two playoff games in two years. If we decide to keep this team for the next two years, maybe it will feel like we won a series.
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Post#2155 » by -Luke- » Sun May 21, 2023 4:19 am

Can the Nuggets recover from the first three games?
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Post#2156 » by drekwins » Sun May 21, 2023 4:20 am

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with is Nick Wright talking about lol The Lakers were playing from behind the entire game lol It takes a lot of energy to come back so they collapsed. It's a common theme. Nick Wright is just being a troll.
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Post#2157 » by azcatz11 » Sun May 21, 2023 4:20 am

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azcatz11 wrote:
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They’re going down tonight muchacho


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Post#2158 » by Mickey8 » Sun May 21, 2023 4:21 am

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Jadoogar wrote:
Jfh20 wrote:lul… dude thought this year was his after eliminating curry… let’s face it, the kd and lebron era is over… we are now in the joker/butler/embid/Giannis era. Something tells me even after this dude is irrelevant his narcissism and ego wil still find a way to keep the talk bout him.. gross
We gotta stop including embiid with the rest of these guys

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Stop it man. Embiid is a great player. He can't stay healthy. He's annoying sometimes with the press. But he's still an elite player.

An elite flopper , free throw merchant and disappearing act in the play off's.
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Post#2159 » by powerball1373 » Sun May 21, 2023 4:21 am

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Post#2160 » by drekwins » Sun May 21, 2023 4:23 am

Jadoogar wrote:
Jfh20 wrote:lul… dude thought this year was his after eliminating curry… let’s face it, the kd and lebron era is over… we are now in the joker/butler/embid/Giannis era. Something tells me even after this dude is irrelevant his narcissism and ego wil still find a way to keep the talk bout him.. gross
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Agreed. I'm not sure who's era we're in right now but I'm not sure if it's Embiid or Jokic. A new superteam or two will be made at some point. And, some young guys might surpass them. I think there's going to be a lot of player movement... a total arms race. No one has a stranglehold and it's so wide open. Someone is going to try and take advantage.

Denver, even if they win, need to be prepared to add more like GS did. They're going to have to get better to keep competing in the future.

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