5-4-21 NBA Tuesday GT (7 games)

Tor_Raps · Post #141 » by **Tor_Raps** » Wed May 5, 2021 4:01 am

Can the Clippers just beat us please. Don't the LA teams know we're trying to tank? Lol

youngthegiant · Post #142 » by **youngthegiant** » Wed May 5, 2021 4:04 am

Mr B wrote:
youngthegiant wrote:Clippers might actually not want to win......they're gonna get the Lakers. Mavs going to finish 5th.

Mavs won’t be an easy out.

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No one said they were...but I'd take the Mavs any day over the Lakers in the 1st round.

dygaction · Post #143 » by **dygaction** » Wed May 5, 2021 4:08 am

Slim Charless wrote:
dygaction wrote:
Slim Charless wrote:
I agree about Joker.

Joker, Biid, CP3, Steph, (Dame, Luka, Giannis)

Is my order from 1-5. With there being a 3 way tie for 5th place.

I have Steph in my all time top 10, but he has little case over Giannis if we are not changing the MVP rules. Biid missed too many games to be top 3 for me .

Steph is carrying a lottery (top 4) level of scrubs into the playoffs. With a level of scoring we've never really seen before. It's unreal. If the Dubs hadn't foolishly resigned Draymond and just traded or let him walk and (gasp!!) talked KD into resigning imagine where they'd be now?

Embiid would be winning this thing walking away imo if he hadn't missed so many games. He did though, so he's downgraded to runner-up.

Steph is not in the playoff yet. As of tonight it is #8 in the west with 33-33. It is immense carrying job, but not as impressive as Kobe in 2006 (Odom, Smush Parker, Chris Mihm, Brian Cook, and Kwame Brown) to carry them to 45-37, with 35.4ppg. He was #4 that year. Letting Durant walk away and having a season like this really solidify Curry's legacy. He had top 3 performance overall this year, #1 for April, but not really enough to get into serious MVP discussion.
The same argument you gave Embiid can be had for LeBron. Embiid had MVP performance when played, but not top 3 in my book with so many games missed.

collidingNeurons · Post #144 » by **collidingNeurons** » Wed May 5, 2021 4:14 am

for having so many good individual defenders, the clippers just don't play that great of defense. Maybe its effort and they are expecting to just turn it on in the playoffs, but their rotations seem slow to me

dygaction · Post #145 » by **dygaction** » Wed May 5, 2021 4:16 am

collidingNeurons wrote:for having so many good individual defenders, the clippers just don't play that great of defense. Maybe its effort and they are expecting to just turn it on in the playoffs, but their rotations seem slow to me

They need a vocal floor general like Draymond to communicate and direct the defense. Kawhi and PG13 are really good individual defenders but the synergy is not there

Jadoogar · Post #146 » by **Jadoogar** » Wed May 5, 2021 4:17 am

Clippers can't handle Khem Birch, how they going to stop Jokic?

God Squad · Post #147 » by **God Squad** » Wed May 5, 2021 4:19 am

Tor_Raps wrote:Can the Clippers just beat us please. Don't the LA teams know we're trying to tank? Lol

Dammit. what's going on here? This LA road trip has been awful so far. I penciled both as a loss.

Jadoogar · Post #148 » by **Jadoogar** » Wed May 5, 2021 4:22 am

God Squad wrote:
Tor_Raps wrote:Can the Clippers just beat us please. Don't the LA teams know we're trying to tank? Lol

Dammit. what's going on here? This LA road trip has been awful so far. I penciled both as a loss.

I'm pro tank but i don't mind beating the Clippers

God Squad · Post #149 » by **God Squad** » Wed May 5, 2021 4:23 am

Jadoogar wrote:
God Squad wrote:
Tor_Raps wrote:Can the Clippers just beat us please. Don't the LA teams know we're trying to tank? Lol

Dammit. what's going on here? This LA road trip has been awful so far. I penciled both as a loss.

I'm pro tank but i don't mind beating the Clippers

I know what you mean. But If we lost to the Lakers then Yea i'd be fine.

Tor_Raps · Post #150 » by **Tor_Raps** » Wed May 5, 2021 4:26 am

Lol Pascal you idiot.

Actually good play lol

dygaction · Post #151 » by **dygaction** » Wed May 5, 2021 4:27 am

Kawhi is playing like a role player, where is he? Time to step up!

Catchall · Post #152 » by **Catchall** » Wed May 5, 2021 4:27 am

Is Ibaka going to play, or is he just going to hang out and dress up like he's Kool Moe Dee?

Mamba Mentality · Post #153 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Wed May 5, 2021 4:28 am

Pascal an idiot for not passing the ball ahead in transition. Cost them the game there.

God Squad · Post #154 » by **God Squad** » Wed May 5, 2021 4:29 am

Mamba Mentality wrote:Pascal an idiot for not passing the ball ahead in transition. Cost them the game there.

Good

slicedbread2 · Post #155 » by **slicedbread2** » Wed May 5, 2021 4:35 am

Pascal with the move to save the tank. Wish he didn't go off against the Lakers on Sunday as every L towards the tank counts. God do we need a good pick in this year's draft.

dygaction · Post #156 » by **dygaction** » Wed May 5, 2021 4:49 am

Love me some VanVleet, but he bricked all over the last two mins.

clyde21 · Post #157 » by **clyde21** » Wed May 5, 2021 4:55 am

why did Kawhi only take 6 shots? weird.

God Squad · Post #158 » by **God Squad** » Wed May 5, 2021 5:05 am

clyde21 wrote:why did Kawhi only take 6 shots? weird.

He was playing against family, DUH. TBH he didn't look assertive at all. In his defense he's coming back from injury.

Phreak50 · Post #159 » by **Phreak50** » Wed May 5, 2021 5:11 am

I am still blown away by the work Lonzo Ball put in, the pride it must have taken to put aside and change your shot form mid career.

It's ridiculous that any player can progress to the pros without someone stepping in, but huge credit to him for having the balls to man up and admit his shot was broken.

He is a legit 3pt threat now.

(If only Simmons would do the same, he'd be on another level)

God Squad · Post #160 » by **God Squad** » Wed May 5, 2021 5:16 am

Phreak50 wrote:I am still blown away by the work Lonzo Ball put in, the pride it must have taken to put aside and change your shot form mid career.

It's ridiculous that any player can progress to the pros without someone stepping in, but huge credit to him for having the balls to man up and admit his shot was broken.

He is a legit 3pt threat now.

(If only Simmons would do the same, he'd be on another level)

He'll never get the credit he deserves on Realgm. People still call him a bust and he's FAR from it.