ATL - Road teams now up 5-0 (Indy, NYK, Den, GSW)

RiotPunch · Post #901 » by **RiotPunch** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:30 am

Awesome start in Denver. Vintage Kawhi, high intensity, crowd is fired up.

blazza18 · Post #902 » by **blazza18** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:40 am

Jamal Murray looks like he's playing at the YMCA with that undershirt.

emunney · Post #903 » by **emunney** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:55 am

ShootingtheJ wrote:
paulpressey25 wrote:
emunney wrote:It's absolutely wild that Harrison hasn't been fired yet with all these other guys getting canned for mild intra-office tension or whatever.

Ownership knows they forced him into this. So he’ll stay on for a bit more.

We can all easily envision Dumont and his mother-in-law Miriam saying “What? This guy wants a $350 million dollar contract? Trade him and get the best you can. Just get it done”.

That doesn't explain why they didn't get the best they could. Why wasn't it open to the whole league?

Yeah, watching Nico talk, I'm inclined to believe the story that he just didn't like that Doncic is doughy and thought that somehow his lack of elite physique was... contagious? He really believed that trade was the best thing for their culture

The guy made the same mistake the Kings and Suns made in 2018, but he did it *after* Luka had been named All-NBA 1st Team 5 times. A legendary sports goof that we will never see equalled.

Post #904 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:03 am

rilamann wrote:These first 2 games of the Knicks/Pistons series have showed you guys why I was screaming from the rooftops since early March that the Bucks should have just shut Giannis down and took the #6 seed and a more favorable match-up with the Knicks.

It's 1-1 but the Knicks could easily be down 0-2 to the Pistons.

We'll see how Bucks/Pacers and Knicks/Pistons play out. But I have been on the Knicks are a much more beatable team than the Pacers for almost 2 months now.

Head to head W-L in the regular seasons means ziltch in the playoffs.

Does it really matter if you're just gonna play the Celtics or Cavs at some point?

KidA24 · Post #905 » by **KidA24** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:09 am

Kawhi.... he's still kinda okay I guess?

blazza18 · Post #906 » by **blazza18** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:09 am

Kawhi is genuinely frightening when he's like this. I honestly get shocked when he misses shots.

GoldenAntlers · Post #907 » by **GoldenAntlers** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:11 am

Kawhi best player in the league as soon as the playoffs hit.

RiotPunch · Post #908 » by **RiotPunch** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:14 am

The emotionless, murderous cyborg returns.

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #909 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:15 am

ReasonablySober wrote:
rilamann wrote:These first 2 games of the Knicks/Pistons series have showed you guys why I was screaming from the rooftops since early March that the Bucks should have just shut Giannis down and took the #6 seed and a more favorable match-up with the Knicks.

It's 1-1 but the Knicks could easily be down 0-2 to the Pistons.

We'll see how Bucks/Pacers and Knicks/Pistons play out. But I have been on the Knicks are a much more beatable team than the Pacers for almost 2 months now.

Head to head W-L in the regular seasons means ziltch in the playoffs.

Does it really matter if you're just gonna play the Celtics or Cavs at some point?

or if you shoot 23% from 3

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #910 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:25 am

my pettiness wants the clippers to win so Giannis stays on par with Jokic on the all time rankings

Post #911 » by **paulpressey25** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:37 am

MartyConlonOnTheRun wrote:my pettiness wants the clippers to win so Giannis stays on par with Jokic on the all time rankings

Absolutely. We need the Nuggets to go out in round one, so maybe, just maybe someone will speculate on Jokic’s future.

Post #912 » by **paulpressey25** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:39 am

GoldenAntlers wrote:Seeing Kawhi playing well in the Playoffs is a treat.

Not for me. I just relive May of 2019 nightmares.

If that guy even just played like an all-star, we win that series. Instead he became prime Jordan, starting with the bull&%# shot that knocked Philly out in the round prior.

German Athens · Post #913 » by **German Athens** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:41 am

What the hell is Jamal doing?

KidA24 · Post #914 » by **KidA24** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:44 am

German Athens wrote:What the hell is Jamal doing?

Sometimes you just want a hug

German Athens · Post #915 » by **German Athens** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:47 am

KidA24 wrote:
German Athens wrote:What the hell is Jamal doing?

Sometimes you just want a hug

They T’d Powell? That’s hilarious. I have it muted, so I don’t know what’s being said.

German Athens · Post #916 » by **German Athens** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:47 am

I **** hate flopping

German Athens · Post #917 » by **German Athens** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:52 am

Powell put two hands on 285lb jokic, on a post up, and he folded over immediately.

I just wish the officials could actually decipher what’s a real foul and what’s a flop, so this stuff wouldn’t get rewarded.

German Athens · Post #918 » by **German Athens** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:56 am

Christian Braun is an AI generated human

RiotPunch · Post #919 » by **RiotPunch** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 4:01 am

German Athens wrote:Christian Braun is an AI generated human

He's like if a white 12-year-old created himself in 2K to be this ultra athletic defender and dunking machine.

Plossum · Post #920 » by **Plossum** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 4:06 am

Kawhi so good.