Are we at risk of a 3rd straight underwhelming NBA finals?

Liam_Gallagher · Post #81 » by **Liam_Gallagher** » Tue May 13, 2025 2:11 pm

Shoot, I don't have NBA TV.

canada_dry · Post #82 » by **canada_dry** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 7:09 am

canada_dry wrote:If its okc...we can try our best to hype ourselves up just like we did the last 2 years... the heat with playoff jimmy! You never know! Any team that has luka has a chance!

This year its Bing bong! Knicks can win this! Pacers got a punchers chance!

Come on man...

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Honestly its even worse than i thought. Noone is even trying to convince themselves of the pacers in the same way they were the heat in 2023 or dallas last year.

Everyone outside of Indiana is picking the thunder in 5. And i feel like that's because they don't want to be too disrespectful of the pacers. Thunder are HUGE favorites.

Of course the games have to be played and we have to see what happens.

I'd be very happy to be proven wrong here, but... its looking like the last really competitive finish we'll have had in 4 years will be warriors vs Celtics.

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MrGoat · Post #83 » by **MrGoat** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 7:29 am

Well, it's the league's fault for rigging the Finals against the Mavs last season because they were planning to get Luka shipped to LA. They gave us Tony Brothers in game 2 to make sure that series never got off the ground, game 3 was filthy too.

Lalouie · Post #84 » by **Lalouie** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 7:51 am

yes...but you're lucky that shai is still playing

overall, youre going to miss the superstars who put on a show,,,,,,,,,,believe me

nbafan38 · Post #85 » by **nbafan38** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 4:13 pm

when was the last time we didn't have an underwhelming finals to be honest? There hasn't been a game 7 since 2016.

Mi Scusi · Post #86 » by **Mi Scusi** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 4:26 pm

canada_dry wrote:
canada_dry wrote:If its okc...we can try our best to hype ourselves up just like we did the last 2 years... the heat with playoff jimmy! You never know! Any team that has luka has a chance!

This year its Bing bong! Knicks can win this! Pacers got a punchers chance!

Come on man...

Sent from my SM-G960W using RealGM mobile app
Honestly its even worse than i thought. Noone is even trying to convince themselves of the pacers in the same way they were the heat in 2023 or dallas last year.

Everyone outside of Indiana is picking the thunder in 5. And i feel like that's because they don't want to be too disrespectful of the pacers. Thunder are HUGE favorites.

Of course the games have to be played and we have to see what happens.

I'd be very happy to be proven wrong here, but... its looking like the last really competitive finish we'll have had in 4 years will be warriors vs Celtics.

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Celtics lost 3 in a row. Wouldn’t say it was competitive just because they got 2 games out the series.

Optms · Post #87 » by **Optms** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 5:00 pm

Only finals that sucked balls was 2023 Nuggets vs Heat.

Celtics vs Dubs was a classic. Every other Finals has been solid. Even last years Finals was okay. Maybe not great but not terrible.

xxSnEaKyPxx · Post #88 » by **xxSnEaKyPxx** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 5:01 pm

So the way we’re measuring the Finals is based off if it goes to 7 games or not?

Jailblazers7 · Post #89 » by **Jailblazers7** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 5:04 pm

This year will be fine even if OKC wins in 5. The Pacers at minimum will be playing a fun style of basketball. Both teams love to put pressure on ball handlers and get out on the break so I think it will be a consistently exciting series to watch.

JayMKE · Post #90 » by **JayMKE** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 5:07 pm

There are too many blowouts now because of the high variance of 3 point shots, I just want a competitive series.

ShootersShoot · Post #91 » by **ShootersShoot** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 5:27 pm

Optms wrote:Only finals that sucked balls was 2023 Nuggets vs Heat.

Celtics vs Dubs was a classic. Every other Finals has been solid. Even last years Finals was okay. Maybe not great but not terrible.

Last years finals was pretty underwhelming..5 games where the first and last two were blow outs for the celts.

Heck in game 5 the celts were up 21 at halftime.

MrPainfulTruth · Post #92 » by **MrPainfulTruth** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 5:42 pm

We cant wait to see FTA throw himself into Haliburton, Siakam and everyone else.

Billl · Post #93 » by **Billl** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 5:47 pm

I'm expecting this to be a fun finals. Certainly better than just watching 2 teams bomb away from 3. The style contrast is immense, but both teams are really good at running off spurts when they play to their strengths. That doesn't mean it will be close, but it COULD get close at any minute in a pretty exciting way.

Yoshun · Post #94 » by **Yoshun** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 5:58 pm

I'm looking forward to watching Hali and SGA fight it out. This should be fun.

Effigy · Post #95 » by **Effigy** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 6:31 pm

NotaHypeJob wrote:We need super teams back, I'm tired of skipping these whack finals and going outside

Super teams make things worse, not better. Then they invariably go up against a non-super team in the finals. The year before this 3 finals stretch was Boston-Warriors. No super teams there and that was a very good finals.

Also maybe just maybe we should watch a game of the series before determining it sucks? Or is that just too much to ask from today's generation?

Blazing_royale · Post #96 » by **Blazing_royale** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 6:34 pm

If you a true NBA fan you wouldn't call it underwhelming.

hugepatsfan · Post #97 » by **hugepatsfan** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 6:55 pm

Mi Scusi wrote:
canada_dry wrote:
canada_dry wrote:If its okc...we can try our best to hype ourselves up just like we did the last 2 years... the heat with playoff jimmy! You never know! Any team that has luka has a chance!

This year its Bing bong! Knicks can win this! Pacers got a punchers chance!

Come on man...

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Honestly its even worse than i thought. Noone is even trying to convince themselves of the pacers in the same way they were the heat in 2023 or dallas last year.

Everyone outside of Indiana is picking the thunder in 5. And i feel like that's because they don't want to be too disrespectful of the pacers. Thunder are HUGE favorites.

Of course the games have to be played and we have to see what happens.

I'd be very happy to be proven wrong here, but... its looking like the last really competitive finish we'll have had in 4 years will be warriors vs Celtics.

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Celtics lost 3 in a row. Wouldn’t say it was competitive just because they got 2 games out the series.

Steph Curry is going to go down as a top 10-ish player of all time and it took probably the best 4th quarter of his career to stop his team from going down 3-1 in the series. BOS really sputtered out in 5 and 6 so it wasn't like a classic or anything, but league would be doing pretty well if that series was on the "not competitive" side of the matchups.

ChiTownHero1992 · Post #98 » by **ChiTownHero1992** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 7:17 pm

I don't plan to watch a single finals game, not because the teams are underwhelming because the product is crap. I haven't been able to stomach more than 5-6 minutes of ANY game this season and i dont expect it to change so i might channel flip but i am not wasting 3.5 hours 4+ times over the next two weeks to watch whatever sport they think they're playing

Curmudgeon · Post #99 » by **Curmudgeon** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 8:04 pm

Well, it won't go 7.

ghillphx · Post #100 » by **ghillphx** » Thu Jun 5, 2025 8:41 pm

canada_dry wrote:Nuggets vs Heat
Mavs vs Celtics
OKC/Denver/Wolves vs Indy/NYC?

Don't get me wrong i think the conference finals will be awesome in the east if its indy/NYC...but wouldn't whoever wins that series be serious underdogs vs whoever comes out the west other than Minnesota?

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Sounds like a personal perspective issue. Not a collective "wow these playoffs and finals suck". OKC is really good, and versus a clear under dog? Cool finals.