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Post #1701 » by **paulpressey25** » Mon May 27, 2024 3:00 am

Seeing Draymond butt in with the TNT crew just bugs the crap out of me.

Plossum · Post #1702 » by **Plossum** » Mon May 27, 2024 3:01 am

Minny has to trade Kat this offseason. He’s just not reliable. Minny really needs a Khris Middleton in that #2 slot and instead they have the big man Eric Bledsoe.

Plossum · Post #1703 » by **Plossum** » Mon May 27, 2024 3:02 am

Must say though, Dallas sweeping this one is quite the surprise.

Mags FTW · Post #1704 » by **Mags FTW** » Mon May 27, 2024 3:22 am

Plossum wrote:Minny has to trade Kat this offseason. He’s just not reliable. Minny really needs a Khris Middleton in that #2 slot and instead they have the big man Eric Bledsoe.

Only an idiot GM looks at KAT at this point and says, "Yeah, that's our missing piece right there."

Post #1705 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon May 27, 2024 3:28 am

Each playoff game just reenforces what a joke the regular season is. The fact they have to add a mid season tournament to try to juice things up is also a joke (Lakers won it, big **** deal).

When I take over for Silver I cut it down to 50 games and playoff teams to 12. Regular season intensity would pick up.

Pipedream of course but it's like watching 6 months of preseason hoops before things get serious. No other sport has such a huge disparity between the regular season and playoffs.

tonyreyes123 · Post #1706 » by **tonyreyes123** » Mon May 27, 2024 4:23 am

sidney lanier wrote:Wolves are such pretenders. Gobert is the defensive liability of DPOYs. KAT is the lazy snowflake of Bill Laimbeers. Anthony Edwards deserves better.

It’s Mavs/Nugs right now without them since they carried him in game 7

Edwards has sucked 90% of this series

Plossum · Post #1707 » by **Plossum** » Mon May 27, 2024 4:26 am

MickeyDavis wrote:Each playoff game just reenforces what a joke the regular season is. The fact they have to add a mid season tournament to try to juice things up is also a joke (Lakers won it, big **** deal).

When I take over for Silver I cut it down to 50 games and playoff teams to 12. Regular season intensity would pick up.

Pipedream of course but it's like watching 6 months of preseason hoops before things get serious. No other sport has such a huge disparity between the regular season and playoffs.

100%. The nfl gets it: each regular season game has to matter. Hardly see their tv rights $$ suffering either.

The Playoffs are becoming too much of lottery with simply who can be the healthiest at the right time.

The nba is putting too much stress on dudes’ bodies with how fast and athletic the game is now. It’s not sustainable and not leading to a better product for fans.

Like imagine if Luka, god forbid, has a season ending injury in the next game or so. Boston will have been handed the Larry O’Brien by almost default and nobody’s going to feel great about it.

FrieAaron · Post #1708 » by **FrieAaron** » Mon May 27, 2024 5:39 am

3-0 but the games have been really good.

tydett · Post #1709 » by **tydett** » Mon May 27, 2024 5:52 am

MickeyDavis wrote:Each playoff game just reenforces what a joke the regular season is. The fact they have to add a mid season tournament to try to juice things up is also a joke (Lakers won it, big **** deal).

When I take over for Silver I cut it down to 50 games and playoff teams to 12. Regular season intensity would pick up.

Pipedream of course but it's like watching 6 months of preseason hoops before things get serious. No other sport has such a huge disparity between the regular season and playoffs.

58 game regular season, play every team home and away. Can still keep the in-season tournament if they're so inclined, play another home-and-away with division, add 8 games, plus 3 for the single-elim rounds. Team plays 66 games, max 69 (heh, nice). No back to backs necessary, division importance preserved, not giving up too many games.

Baddy Chuck · Post #1710 » by **Baddy Chuck** » Mon May 27, 2024 6:43 am

paulpressey25 wrote:Seeing Draymond butt in with the TNT crew just bugs the crap out of me.

Get ready for him to be the face of the ESPN crew in a few years, probably along side Chris Paul, Kendrick Perkins and Malika Andrews :lol:

.

Fotis St · Post #1711 » by **Fotis St** » Mon May 27, 2024 7:12 am

Dick Tate wrote:It’s just a stupid fake narrative that a couple folks are attempting to create. The Celtics were 11-2 in games Jrue missed. It became clear early on that he was just a cog in their machine.

Lets extend the talk to ... how did the Bucks do early in the season without Khris ? :censored:

Fotis St · Post #1712 » by **Fotis St** » Mon May 27, 2024 7:24 am

Baddy Chuck wrote:
paulpressey25 wrote:Seeing Draymond butt in with the TNT crew just bugs the crap out of me.

Get ready for him to be the face of the ESPN crew in a few years, probably along side Chris Paul, Kendrick Perkins and Malika Andrews .

Draymond is overrated ... a complete nutcase that refs didn't eject cause he was on a contender and one of the best Orgs at that time.
Like playing next to Steph and Klay didn't help him create the narrative of the triple double threat. I loved his game that peak season but he fell of cliff since then.

The reason why ...

KD left
Jordan Poole left
probably why Wiseman didn't develop anything while a Warrior ...

He is the definition of a talking head who pumps himself up to an unbearable for others level.

Nice overall versatility, super high defensive IQ, thats about it ... he had some awesome 1-2 seasons , but some terrible too.

If Shaq n Barkley is replaced with Draymond and Paul Pierce ... they will be unwatchable. Delusional

TroyD92 · Post #1713 » by **TroyD92** » Mon May 27, 2024 10:33 am

GS should thank Draymond for getting Poole traded lmao

RogerMurdock · Post #1714 » by **RogerMurdock** » Mon May 27, 2024 11:28 am

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Fotis St · Post #1715 » by **Fotis St** » Mon May 27, 2024 12:06 pm

TroyD92 wrote:GS should thank Draymond for getting Poole traded lmao

Dude imagine you are Poole's father and a nutcase coworker 250 pounds punches him, and the company your son works, makes sure your son moves elsewhere and protect the nutcase.

Know what? Basketball Gods will make sure GS will not win anything for the next 50 years.

sidney lanier · Post #1716 » by **sidney lanier** » Mon May 27, 2024 1:58 pm

Plossum wrote:
Like imagine if Luka, god forbid, has a season ending injury in the next game or so. Boston will have been handed the Larry O’Brien by almost default and nobody’s going to feel great about it.

I wouldn't say nobody.

Post #1717 » by **Prez** » Mon May 27, 2024 4:02 pm

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Bernman · Post #1718 » by **Bernman** » Mon May 27, 2024 4:07 pm

Prez wrote:

Read on Twitter

Khris Middleton is Luka Doncic, it's official!

FlagsFlyForever · Post #1719 » by **FlagsFlyForever** » Mon May 27, 2024 4:25 pm

Plossum wrote:
MickeyDavis wrote:Each playoff game just reenforces what a joke the regular season is. The fact they have to add a mid season tournament to try to juice things up is also a joke (Lakers won it, big **** deal).

When I take over for Silver I cut it down to 50 games and playoff teams to 12. Regular season intensity would pick up.

Pipedream of course but it's like watching 6 months of preseason hoops before things get serious. No other sport has such a huge disparity between the regular season and playoffs.

100%. The nfl gets it: each regular season game has to matter. Hardly see their tv rights $$ suffering either.

The Playoffs are becoming too much of lottery with simply who can be the healthiest at the right time.

The nba is putting too much stress on dudes’ bodies with how fast and athletic the game is now. It’s not sustainable and not leading to a better product for fans.

Everybody knows this. The problem is you can't significantly reduce regular season games because it would be a huge pay cut for the players.

BUCKnation · Post #1720 » by **BUCKnation** » Mon May 27, 2024 4:42 pm

paulpressey25 wrote:Seeing Draymond butt in with the TNT crew just bugs the crap out of me.

There arent many things that are a consensus amongst nba fans, but i think this is one them