2019-20 NBA Season Discussion

[SideshowBob]

What's the most games a team has played facing elimination in one playoff run? Denver's at 5 with a potential 6th coming .

6 elimination games that's **** nuts.

[Joey Wheeler]

Lol the fact that this is going to 7 after being down 3-1 might be the worst Rivers choke yet. Dude is not a good coach, but they’ll win game 7 so I guess he’ll forever be overrated.

It's not a choke. It was 3-1 mostly because Denver had a very short turnaround after the Utah series. Both teams are on a similar level... Clippers have more talent but Nuggets are far more coherently built.

[ShotCreator]

This is really the first time Kawhi has been tested as a leader and he's not doing too well. He always had other players or coaches to handle that. The Clippers' season long approach has been iffy.

I love amazingly creative people get to criticize.

Not that you’re even wrong. He’s not as developed as a leader as LeBron or a Butler.

But this mattered to NOBODY before Harrel gets played out of back to back series, and Lou Williams old chucker legs finally start to lose steam.

[GSP]

Playoff Jokic just takes every team to game 7 it seems

Denver has gone to 7 in every series of the Jokic era lol

[eminence]

Lou/Harrell have stunk it up this series.

[70sFan]

Clippers team is much worse than I thought, outside of Kawhi you just can't depend on anyone. Denver on the other hand have perfect offensive system run through Jokic offensive style. Nikola is amazing, I can't wait to see him against Lakers

[Statlanta]

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Kawhi’s legacy will take a big hit the next couple years. But it really shouldn’t.

He took the colluder's path(the LBJ/KD path). He deserves all the criticisms a coming his way.

His championships should get the appropriate context just like theirs, all of them stacking the deck and winning against injured teams.

[70sFan]

I've seen enough to conclude Jokic is the best offensive big man of all-time, so skilled and resilient to any kind of defense. He's still a C who can't protect a rim with a high level though so building a contender around him will be tricky.

Who would have thought, as usual we have overreactions Jokic is amazing and he solidifies himself as an all-time great center, but he's not the best offensive bigman of all-time just because he dominates small-ball Clippers.

[MartinToVaught]

Again, LOL at anyone who was defending Doc in this thread. He is the worst coach in sports and it's not even close.

[ShotCreator]

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Kawhi’s legacy will take a big hit the next couple years. But it really shouldn’t.

He took the colluder's path(the LBJ/KD path). He deserves all the criticisms a coming his way.

His championships should get the appropriate context just like theirs, all of them stacking the deck and winning against injured teams.

But everybody stacks the deck and beats injured teams.

Well everybody except the “chokers”.

[70sFan]

Again, LOL at anyone who was defending Doc in this thread. He is the worst coach in sports and it's not even close.

Another overreaction, I agree that Doc isn't close to best coaches in the league but he's not close to the worst either.

[Joey Wheeler]

I've seen enough to conclude Jokic is the best offensive big man of all-time, so skilled and resilient to any kind of defense. He's still a C who can't protect a rim with a high level though so building a contender around him will be tricky.

Who would have thought, as usual we have overreactions Jokic is amazing and he solidifies himself as an all-time great center, but he's not the best offensive bigman of all-time just because he dominates small-ball Clippers.

"I've seen enough" implies this confims prior sample, he's obviously not the best because of one series. He's been dominant in all of his playoff series so far, the sample is enough for me to be confident in my assessment. If he plays the Lakers in the next round it'll be by far his toughest challenge though, but I believe he'll dominate anyway.

Passing, playmaking, shooting, even decent ball handling... he can do it all. Complete package offensively.

[MartinToVaught]

Again, LOL at anyone who was defending Doc in this thread. He is the worst coach in sports and it's not even close.

Another overreaction, I agree that Doc isn't close to best coaches in the league but he's not close to the worst either.

People like you will never understand until he coaches your team. Doc is awful.

[70sFan]

I've seen enough to conclude Jokic is the best offensive big man of all-time, so skilled and resilient to any kind of defense. He's still a C who can't protect a rim with a high level though so building a contender around him will be tricky.

Who would have thought, as usual we have overreactions Jokic is amazing and he solidifies himself as an all-time great center, but he's not the best offensive bigman of all-time just because he dominates small-ball Clippers.

"I've seen enough" implies this confims prior sample, he's obviously not the best because of one series. He's been dominant in all of his playoff series so far, the sample is enough for me to be confident in my assessment. If he plays the Lakers in the next round it'll be by far his toughest challenge though, but I believe he'll dominate anyway.

Passing, playmaking, shooting, even decent ball handling... he can do it all. Complete package offensively.

Again, that's cool but it doesn't make him the best ever.

[70sFan]

Again, LOL at anyone who was defending Doc in this thread. He is the worst coach in sports and it's not even close.

Another overreaction, I agree that Doc isn't close to best coaches in the league but he's not close to the worst either.

People like you will never understand until he coaches your team. Doc is awful.

How can you know that I won't?

[GSP]

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Still think Doc Rivers is a top 5 coach?

Mike Malone is completely mediocre

If Clips lose this series it might not even be a top 5 Doc blunder getting taken to 7 by that garbage 37 win Hawks team still stuns me

Hes nowhere in the company of Pop, Carlisle, Nurse, Spo, Stevens, Kerr and prolly even Bud

[ShotCreator]

Lou/Harrell have stunk it up this series.

Watching this team against GS last year you knew they were not gonna be resilient defensively.

Doc getting them to play sound defense for a whole season is honestly impressive.

Half of the roster sucks on that end.

I actually think good coaching is in the recipe for disappointments like this. Not bad.

Bud and Doc are gonna keep a team sharp as **** on a nightly basis until talent weaknesses just get exposed to a degree that can’t be contained.

[eminence]

I've seen enough to conclude Jokic is the best offensive big man of all-time, so skilled and resilient to any kind of defense. He's still a C who can't protect a rim with a high level though so building a contender around him will be tricky.

Who would have thought, as usual we have overreactions Jokic is amazing and he solidifies himself as an all-time great center, but he's not the best offensive bigman of all-time just because he dominates small-ball Clippers.

Hey man, gotta respect the Zubac.

[Joey Wheeler]

Who would have thought, as usual we have overreactions Jokic is amazing and he solidifies himself as an all-time great center, but he's not the best offensive bigman of all-time just because he dominates small-ball Clippers.

"I've seen enough" implies this confims prior sample, he's obviously not the best because of one series. He's been dominant in all of his playoff series so far, the sample is enough for me to be confident in my assessment. If he plays the Lakers in the next round it'll be by far his toughest challenge though, but I believe he'll dominate anyway.

Passing, playmaking, shooting, even decent ball handling... he can do it all. Complete package offensively.

Again, that's cool but it doesn't make him the best ever.

Best ever is very subjective. For me, Jokic is the most skilled offensive big man I've seen.

[Dupp]

What's the most games a team has played facing elimination in one playoff run? Denver's at 5 with a potential 6th coming .

6 elimination games that's **** nuts.

Think they’re on their 4th game 7 in two years too.