_MJ_ Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, Oyaji said: Sixers/Nets has also been worthwhile. Really disappointed with the Jazz. I found the off court stuff slightly amusing (I can only get as high as slightly amusing for any basketball feud involving Jared Dudley), but Joel being injured/not a 100 percent is kind turning me off on them. At least it forces Brett Brown to play to Ben Simmons' strengths and see if this guy can actually go consistently. Watching Westbrook in the next game is going to be intriguing and entertaining no matter how it turns out. Not sure where the Thunder go from here if they get bounced in the 1st round again. We're all waiting for Warriors/Rockets next round, obviously, but Celtics/Bucks has some interesting consequences too. Edited April 22, 2019 by _MJ_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Westbrook behaving like a little bitch in the postgame press conference is all I need to see to know that they're done. No fire, no passion. Just dumping two word soundbites and being a child because he knows he can get away with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 If Oladipo was healthy and playing Boston in a series I would expect the Celtics to win in 5 or 6. Thing is though, if Oladipo was healthy there is a good chance we would be watching a 2-2 dogfight between Philly and Boston right now in round 1. Sucks that he got hurt, but I’m happy we are getting an absolutely loaded 2nd round in the East. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Westbrook's performance brings up two big concerns. The obvious one about right now, winning in the playoffs etc, but also: how badly will he age? He's a freak athlete, but he can't shoot... And they are on the hook for $47 million in his age 33 season. That could be ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Man, if only Blake Griffin could stay healthy. Guy is pretty good at basketball. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Oyaji said: Man, if only Blake Griffin could stay healthy. Guy is pretty good at basketball. There were stretches this year the Pistons looked like a borderline contender in the East. And others where they looked like a good odds lottery team. They desperately need better wings, but I don't know where they'll get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 You should be able to do something with a core of Griffin, Drummond, and maybe Reggie Jackson but yeah... how? And how far has Eric Bledsoe come in one year? Lost his damn mind last year and is now a star player with game breaking capability. We'll see if he can exercise his demons vs. the Celtics in a bit here. Terry fucking Rozier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Jackson really struggled this year. And I like Drummond a lot, but he's never really proven he can seriously help a team win. I still maintain they should've done a soft tank when Blake hurt his knee, just those last couple of weeks, and prayed for lottery luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Also, I barely even care it was my team getting embarrassed here, look at this shit 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Meh. Rockets wanted to close it out at home. They looked tired. I saw that Detroit was up at halftime. I went out and came back and saw that the Bucks shot 40 free throws and the Pistons only had 12. Giannis has 20! All he does is travel and shoot free throws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 Brooklyn owner Joe Tsai is $35k poorer after this tweet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Dame Dolla. Classic shot. Fantastic game. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Dame Lillard with 50 points and wins the series on a 40-foot bomb with Paul George on him, then turns to the OKC bench and coldly waves goodbye. All-time great badass moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 4 minutes ago, Greggulator said: Dame Lillard with 50 points and wins the series on a 40-foot bomb with Paul George on him, then turns to the OKC bench and coldly waves goodbye. All-time great badass moment. I absolutely can not think of a more humiliating way for the Thunder to go out than for a game that they dominate, Westbrook gets his triple-double, and then of course falls apart when it matters, and then loses on a near half-court shot that Lillard has been all but announcing through the PA that he's about to launch. Thunder had NO business losing that game. They still did. The BYE BYE pretty much confirms how much respect Russ has. You know who that was directed at. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Pretty good night of sports on the west coast between this and the San Jose Sharks game. That was so cold blooded. Of all the guys who take too many shots, Dame Lillard is my favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 I think Dame has elevated himself into a top 5-6 position in the league. He was 1st team All-NBA last season and dragged the Blazers to a much better record than they had any right to have even though they had a rough series. This year basically the same thing. You can say that LeBron, KD, Harden and Greek Freak are better. Steph too. But he's on the Anthony Davis, Kawhi Leonard tier for me. I think he's better than Westbrook and Kyrie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 6 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said: Dame Dolla. Classic shot. Fantastic game. Sleep is always a mistake. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Westbrook is a fraud and should just give back his MVP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 So happy Damian Lillard finally had his moment. Dude has been killing it for years and sometimes it's like he doesn't exist. Now he can say he has one of the most badass shots in the history of the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zimbra Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 "That's a bad shot. I don't care what anybody says. That's a bad shot. But hey, he made it. That story will be told" - JFK 11/23/63 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 3 hours ago, Lawful Metal said: Westbrook is a fraud and should just give back his MVP. I'm sure there are decisions that have aged worse than picking him(and Ibaka) over Harden ,but its a very short list. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Paul George isn't wrong. It was a very low percentage shot(in a game where Lillard was hitting lots of low percentage shots.). Dame didn't have anything to lose chucking it from out there either. Game was tied. But he hit it. And waved bye bye. So it's amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 Glad to know Dame's an NXT fan: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 2 hours ago, jaedmc said: Paul George isn't wrong. It was a very low percentage shot(in a game where Lillard was hitting lots of low percentage shots.). Dame didn't have anything to lose chucking it from out there either. Game was tied. But he hit it. And waved bye bye. So it's amazing. Deadspin: They Are All Good Shots For Damian Lillard, You Absolute Fool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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