NBA Thread

[The real veganshawn]

Interested to see what the Cavs do with the number 3 pick.

[DaleSr]

Trade one of garland or sexton and the third pick for number one and take cade Cunningham

[fredgallSOTY]

[exlurker]

I am upset to have gotten eaten alive by Khris Middleton. 4 fuck-you-threes in a row in the 4th, blah

[jorge]

I am upset to have gotten eaten alive by Khris Middleton. 4 fuck-you-threes in a row in the 4th, blah

Everything that dude was hucking up was going in, crazy.  ATL gotta show up Tuesday or its over.  Which is a shame because the Suns are a way better matchup for us if we could get there.

[cky enthusiast]

idk bout that breh. hawks are good but the suns look straight up god mode

[jorge]

idk bout that breh. hawks are good but the suns look straight up god mode

They do, no disrespect to the Suns-we just match up better against them than Milwaukee.  We beat the Suns last time we played in Phoenix right before the playoffs.  America needs a Hawks/Suns final, Milwaukee is boring as shit.  Hopefully Trae's ankle isn't a huge problem and Middleton shoots like a normal human being on Tuesday. 

[DaleSr]

I am upset to have gotten eaten alive by Khris Middleton. 4 fuck-you-threes in a row in the 4th, blah

I'm upset that the first four minutes proved to be the deciding factor in an 80-84 game

[exlurker]

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I'm upset that the first four minutes proved to be the deciding factor in an 80-84 game

I was score watching on ESPN as i went to sleep, and when i checked my phone in the morning, i thought my browser had frozen in the third or something. 80-84 sounds like a pistons/pacers game in the early 00s

[mynameisnotjeff]

Not a big sports person,
But as someone from LA I’m cheering the Clippers. I was ready for them to lose after whatever last game was but holy shit! Chris Paul carried the team!

[Quique]

Yeah Paul finally taking his team to the NBA finals...

Also dame trade rumors, wtf.

[DaleSr]

Just gotta win two more motherfucking games

[exlurker]

Ty Lue's record in elimination games is getting absurd. 10-2 or some shit

[DaleSr]

Ty Lue's record in elimination games is getting absurd. 10-2 or some shit

I still believe. If this man wins after going down 3-1 twice i will go build a statue of him with my bare hands in front of staples

[jorge]

No Trae down 2-1 and the Bucks couldn’t put us away. Bucks are soft.  CAW CAW!!!!

[exlurker]

I feel bad for Giannis. This playoffs was built on a Choctaw graveyard.

That said...

[cky enthusiast]

cp3 has restored his karmic balance due to his plant based diet and the universe is rewarding him alhamidullah

[smokecrack]

Imma say this till I die:

Fuck the Clippers. Also, Fuck Pat Beverly, Fuck Steve Ballmer and Fuck Demarcus Cousins.

Congrats on getting to the WCF though. That's pretty much like a championship to you bums.

Whoever stopped rooting for the Lakers to jump on the Clipper bandwagon, stay there. If you're from L.A., you support the Lake Show. GTFOH.

All shit talk aside, congrats to Chris Paul. Been hating him for 10+ years, but he deserves this so much. Props to Devin Booker, Deandre Ayton, Monty Williams and the Suns. They have battled hard.

Paul George has my respect, hands down. He put in the WORK. Reggie Jackson and Marcus Morris too. They balled out. Reg deserves the bag. (Bonus shout out to Zu). Billy Crystal is a true Clipper fan and I've always admired his dedication to the team. If you guys would have won it all this year, then you deserved it.

Injuries have been brutal these playoffs. Trae and Giannis need to come back. Let's hope everyone can stay healthy the rest of these playoffs + next season. The game needs a Lakers/Clippers series.

Edit: and what happens with Kawhi? He opts out and Clips offer the max? He seems like he's never going to play a full season again and cannot be a reliable first option due to being injury prone. If I'm Ballmer, I roll with PG13 and ask Kawhi what new city he'd like to play in.

[DaleSr]

I can't be mad at cp3 going to the finals and it seems like this team was just too exhausted from so many battles and injuries. Congrats to the suns, now let's see what's going on with kawhi and hopefully resign him

[jorge]

Fuck Pat Beverley.  Congrats CP3.
But mostly, Fuck Pat Beverley.

Bout to get that Suns Hawks finals can't wait.

[doomstation55]

https://streamable.com/rhd1q2

[exlurker]

I don't even like Chris Paul, for reasons that were plenty on display in that game, but man even I got hyped watching him stick dagger after dagger into his old team. Especially when it turned Pat Bev into some kind of emotionally helpless child.

As a father of small kids, my first thought was "he needs a nap"

[BallDontLie]

Wish we had this CP in the 2018 run, but all in all stoked for him. Also for Monty Williams who turned Phoenix around… scary team on both ends of the court.

[exlurker]

Well, seems like there are 0 suns/bucks fans here, so SLAP can now collectively mourn the end of the season. See y'all next year

[Idk]

Chris Paul deserves a ring but if Giannis gets one he'll be a star at the level of KD and Lebron and he did what neither could do. 

[DaSk8D00D]

Suns one of the few teams in the league with a black coach and black GM that culture change was so swift

Right before COVID I was in that same arena watching them get blown out by the Kings in the first half

I was hoping Atlanta would make it since I have ties to that city as well, but I'll take a Monty Williams vs Mike Budenholzer coaching matchup any day of the week

Chris Paul deserves a ring but if Giannis gets one he'll be a star at the level of KD and Lebron and he did what neither could do. 

ehhh, I like Giannis but he's still got a ways away before he's KD/Lebron level. He's physically dominate for sure but until he develops a half court game and becomes a reliable free throw shooter he'll always be susceptible to coaching fuckery in a playoff series. He's fairly one-dimensional in that regard. Some of his one on one iso's against Blake Griffin in the Brooklyn series were laughable at best. Dude just spams the the NB2K Turbo+spin move cheese, he's like Dwight Howard with handles on offense

I don't even think he needs a true jumper like that dude just needs to be a 70% free throw shooter and have a couple go-to post moves to create his offense when things tighten up. He gets that and I could bump him up a tier, but I'm sure he could give a shit what I have to think

[fredgallSOTY]

Well, seems like there are 0 suns/bucks fans here, so SLAP can now collectively mourn the end of the season. See y'all next year

wym... Bucks in 6 baby

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Well, seems like there are 0 suns/bucks fans here, so SLAP can now collectively mourn the end of the season. See y'all next year

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wym... Bucks in 6 baby

I get that the Bucks are historically snakebit and whatnot, but you gotta be talking more shit during this run. Sixers fans made it past one round and still put out the majority of spicy posts in this thread

[DaleSr]

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Well, seems like there are 0 suns/bucks fans here, so SLAP can now collectively mourn the end of the season. See y'all next year

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wym... Bucks in 6 baby

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I get that the Bucks are historically snakebit and whatnot, but you gotta be talking more shit during this run. Sixers fans made it past one round and still put out the majority of spicy posts in this thread

Agreed. I posted through my entire first round meltdown about the Clippers. I'll probably keep posting about the finals, cause why not, i love basketball

[DaSk8D00D]

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Well, seems like there are 0 suns/bucks fans here, so SLAP can now collectively mourn the end of the season. See y'all next year

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wym... Bucks in 6 baby