NBA Playoffs Thread

[Zumramania]

"Boston gave up two key pieces — point guard Malcolm Brogdon, the NBA's reigning Sixth Man of the Year, and forward Robert Williams — and Portland gets two future first-round draft picks."

Well on paper this deal looked good for Portland, but it turned out both Brogdon and Williams were damaged goods. I think these Boston moves were just brilliant GM-ing, perhaps some of the greatest moves ever.

[Arsenal]

No interest in watching a mid player like Tatum get carried to a chip by a loaded team.

It’s a heinous crime the trash the Sixers have surrounded Embiid with in comparison.

[Negrodamus]

No interest in watching a mid player like Tatum get carried to a chip by a loaded team.

It’s a heinous crime the trash the Sixers have surrounded Embiid with in comparison.

Since the time he came into the league, he’s has a competitive roster every year. If you’re a superstar, MVP candidate, you have a championship by now.

Now he’s gonna win one while sleepwalking to the end.

[Stanford]

No interest in watching a mid player like Tatum get carried to a chip by a loaded team.

When Giannis finally broke through and won a title, he had a ton of help. But his playoff numbers were absurd. Tatum's getting a ton of help and his numbers are trash. He would be getting clowned on right now if he wasn't lucky enough to have this team around him. He has as many shots as points most nights.

[mjkvol]

And yet if you listen to Doris and much of the national media, he's practically the MVP for all the the things he's doing while not scoring.

There are just some 'chosen ones' who are shined on regardless of their performance. Eli Manning might be the best example ever, a mid level QB in every regard who was carried to two titles and will be a 1st ballot HOFer.

[the_process]

Where was Morey when Boston essentially got paid to take Porzingis?

We know he wanted Jrue but didn't have the assets.

Somehow nobody wanted Derrick White two years ago or whatever it was.

Horford was washed, then he wasn't. (He was never really washed, playing with Jo and Richardson and Tobias and Ben would any non-bomber look bad).

Tatum is fine. He's very streaky. Not Batman by any stretch of the imagination.

Brown has progressed far beyond where he was even after his rookie season.

Whatever. I think Dallas rallies for two wins at home before Boston finishes it in 6.

Let's just please get to the offseason already and all the fellating of Tatum out of the damn way.

[Stanford]

Where was Morey when Boston essentially got paid to take Porzingis?

Porzingis is a luxury piece that we couldn't afford. The move worked for Boston because they already had a killer team that could win a title without him, and minutes available at his natural position. We'd be counting on him to be our third best player every night while playing him out of position.

How would Boston have fared this playoffs if they had to rely on Porzingis to be their third best player every night? He wasn't even available.

[Eyeamok]

And yet if you listen to Doris and much of the national media, he's practically the MVP for all the the things he's doing while not scoring.

There are just some 'chosen ones' who are shined on regardless of their performance. Eli Manning might be the best example ever, a mid level QB in every regard who was carried to two titles and will be a 1st ballot HOFer.

Yikes no lies detected in what you posted. But Manning does not care he is blinded by the light of his rings.

Watch on YouTube

[mjkvol]

And yet if you listen to Doris and much of the national media, he's practically the MVP for all the the things he's doing while not scoring.

There are just some 'chosen ones' who are shined on regardless of their performance. Eli Manning might be the best example ever, a mid level QB in every regard who was carried to two titles and will be a 1st ballot HOFer.

Yikes no lies detected in what you posted. But Manning does not care he is blinded by the light of his rings.

His career outside of those two charmed runs, where it was the Giant defense that beat Brady, was the picture of mediocrity:

* .500 career record
* made the playoffs 6 times in 16 seasons. His playoff record aside from the SB seasons? 0-4.
* career QB rating of 83
* career TD/INT ratio of 1.5/1 (any decent QB is at the very least 2/1)
* he was never an All-Pro, and only made 4 Pro Bowls in 16 seasons

His only really positive stat is total passing yards because he played in a pass happy era and was never hurt. He was never, at any point in his career, a top 5 QB, and probably a top 10 QB only a handful of times in 16 seasons.

A mediocre, middle of the road QB whose team won two SB's and his last name is Manning. And yet, the national media refers to him as the "legendary" Giants QB and has been propping him up, helped by his brother, who actually was a legendary, great QB and actually has a personality. And yet he will go in on the 1st ballot.

[elchengue20]

Ignoring the big fact that they are the Celtics, to me is refreshing to see an NBA team winning a championship without depending on a top 5 player absolutely dominating the game.

They are the Celtics tho, so i'm not enjoying this at all lol.

[stormi]

The NBA finals used to be about the best superstars fighting to cement their legacies, and now we've got one of the most inconsequential star players in Tatum (the current record holder for the worst shooting individual in finals history) who has the luxury of shooting below 35% from the field and having fewer than 8 points going into fourth quarters and still winning games with relative ease.

Cap tipped to Brad Stevens though for turning lemons and broken players like Nesmith/Langford/Rob Williams and the idea of Marcus Smart into one of the most complete teams of all time.

[stormi]

No interest in watching a mid player like Tatum get carried to a chip by a loaded team.

It’s a heinous crime the trash the Sixers have surrounded Embiid with in comparison.

Watching Tatum wait for Derrick White and Jrue Holiday to hit all the big shots and guard the best players and his team to cushion him with a 20+ point lead so he can do his **** Kobe interpretation and chuck up shots to pad his his numbers meanwhile Joel Embiid has to play perfect basketball just to give his supporting unit enough of a lead to not sink the ship while he sits for 5 minutes, and the heartbreaking part is that we know they always will.

Sickening stuff.

2019 Game 7 @ Toronto

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Against the Raptors the Sixers were +90 in the 237 minutes Embiid was on the court and -109 in the 99 minutes he sat.

Nobody else was even close on the team either. Not Butler or Simmons or Harris or that cemetary of a bench he was asked to lead to the finals.

[GoSixersBro]

And yet if you listen to Doris and much of the national media, he's practically the MVP for all the the things he's doing while not scoring.

There are just some 'chosen ones' who are shined on regardless of their performance. Eli Manning might be the best example ever, a mid level QB in every regard who was carried to two titles and will be a 1st ballot HOFer.

Yikes no lies detected in what you posted. But Manning does not care he is blinded by the light of his rings.

His career outside of those two charmed runs, where it was the Giant defense that beat Brady, was the picture of mediocrity:

* .500 career record
* made the playoffs 6 times in 16 seasons. His playoff record aside from the SB seasons? 0-4.
* career QB rating of 83
* career TD/INT ratio of 1.5/1 (any decent QB is at the very least 2/1)
* he was never an All-Pro, and only made 4 Pro Bowls in 16 seasons

His only really positive stat is total passing yards because he played in a pass happy era and was never hurt. He was never, at any point in his career, a top 5 QB, and probably a top 10 QB a handful of times in 16 seasons.

A mediocre, middle of the road QB whose team won two SB's and his last name is Manning. And yet, the national media refers to him as the "legendary" Giants QB and has been propping him up, helped by his brother, who actually was a legendary, great QB and actually has a personality. And yet he will go in on the 1st ballot.

Bury that bozo!

It was sometimes hard for me to even hate on Eli because the Eagles stuffed him in a locker more often than not. 10-23 vs the Birds.

[the_process]

Yikes no lies detected in what you posted. But Manning does not care he is blinded by the light of his rings.

His career outside of those two charmed runs, where it was the Giant defense that beat Brady, was the picture of mediocrity:

* .500 career record
* made the playoffs 6 times in 16 seasons. His playoff record aside from the SB seasons? 0-4.
* career QB rating of 83
* career TD/INT ratio of 1.5/1 (any decent QB is at the very least 2/1)
* he was never an All-Pro, and only made 4 Pro Bowls in 16 seasons

His only really positive stat is total passing yards because he played in a pass happy era and was never hurt. He was never, at any point in his career, a top 5 QB, and probably a top 10 QB a handful of times in 16 seasons.

A mediocre, middle of the road QB whose team won two SB's and his last name is Manning. And yet, the national media refers to him as the "legendary" Giants QB and has been propping him up, helped by his brother, who actually was a legendary, great QB and actually has a personality. And yet he will go in on the 1st ballot.

Bury that bozo!

It was sometimes hard for me to even hate on Eli because the Eagles stuffed him in a locker more often than not. 10-23 vs the Birds.

I knew the Eagles owned Eli. Didn't realize they owned him that badly.

70% win percentage.

[Negrodamus]

I don’t think Porzingis is going to be a meaningful contributor with that injury. That’s going to require the off-season to fully heal

I was wrong, but...

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[blargh]

I don’t think Porzingis is going to be a meaningful contributor with that injury. That’s going to require the off-season to fully heal

I was wrong, but...

Read on Twitter

People talk about Boston as a stacked team, but really they have *just* enough depth. They have 7 guys and it’s a steep dropoff after that. They took a gamble on Porzingis and Horford holding up just enough and they won: KP gave them just enough regular game minutes to get a top seed, and won them one Finals game before his legs crumbled into dust.

[mjkvol]

Without Porzingas, this series is far from over. A Dallas win in game 3 changes everything, and the Celtics suddenly begin to feel the heat. Kidd should be selling to his team that they are playing with house money, given the "historic" hole they are in according to the national media, who has essentially already crowned the Celtics.

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[Negrodamus]

Unsurprising that Tatum has come to life. We clown on him, but he’s still a star who goes off every so often.

[ProcessDoctor]

Boy does Morey have a lot of work to do for us to compete with Boston.

[M2J]

Boy does Morey have a lot of work to do for us to compete with Boston.

2 offensive stars that aren't consistent offensively. About to commit long term to a 34 year old pg. KP already signed and can never stay healthy in the playoffs. Big Al is 38. Tatum about to replace Brown as the highest paid player ever. Sleepy Joe as a coach. They would need to retool to keep this going for too much longer. They should've been winning the past 5 years