The NBA Thread

[TypicalBilly14]

Originally Posted by TwoStep2888

playoff prediction: my Bucks are going nowhere fast

rooting for anyone but the Celtics

Go Celtics!!!!

[neumdogg]

Lakers!


Denver in 6

[justinandimcool]

that was supposed to be a very stress free bet as Lakers is a horrible matchup for New Orleans but kudos to the Pelicans for making that close


west is ready!


Denver over Lakers in 5
Phoenix over Minnesota in 6

Dallas over Clippers in 7
Oklahoma City over Golden State in 7
Oklahoma City over Sacramento in 5
Oklahoma City over New Orleans in 5

Denver over Phoenix in 7
Dallas over Oklahoma City in 6

Denver over Dallas in 5


and Kidd keeps his job for five more years lol

[neumdogg]

Originally Posted by justinandimcool

that was supposed to be a very stress free bet as Lakers is a horrible matchup for New Orleans but kudos to the Pelicans for making that close


west is ready!


Denver over Lakers in 5
Phoenix over Minnesota in 6

Dallas over Clippers in 7
Oklahoma City over Golden State in 7
Oklahoma City over Sacramento in 5
Oklahoma City over New Orleans in 5

Denver over Phoenix in 7
Dallas over Oklahoma City in 6

Denver over Dallas in 5


and Kidd keeps his job for five more years lol

[justinandimcool]

do you know how the playin works Adam

[neumdogg]

Originally Posted by justinandimcool

do you know how the playin works Adam

Yes. The West is NOT ready. If GS loses tonight, your predictions make no sense.

[neumdogg]

Holy shit, I am high. I just read it 5 more times and I get it lol

[jwehaeDMB]

Adios Warriors. That team is finally done for good.

[dmbfd15]

Originally Posted by justinandimcool

and Kidd keeps his job for five more years lol

Nooooooooooo

[jmkratt]

Originally Posted by jwehaeDMB

Adios Warriors. That team is finally done for good.

Good riddance.

[justinandimcool]

we shall see…Golden State can basically be back into regular MLE territory under the first apron if they waive Paul’s 30m non guarantee and renounce Thompson who is UFA

flexibility to sign a free agent, and could get a decent (bench rotation) player back for a Wiggins/Payton package

they are probably done as a title contender, but could hang around for a long time





Jontay Porter…FOR LIFE

[ToySoldier#34]

Originally Posted by TwoStep2888

playoff prediction: my Bucks are going nowhere fast

rooting for anyone but the Celtics

Rooting for the Celtics but have them losing to the Nuggets, blows my mind that Justin thinks Mazzulla is a top tier coach in the league

[Mountains#41]

this first series nuggets vs lakers will be interesting. I don't think the Lakers can hang, but if LeBron can work some late career magic and of course get the calls, it will just be interesting.

[justinandimcool]

Originally Posted by ToySoldier#34

Rooting for the Celtics but have them losing to the Nuggets, blows my mind that Justin thinks Mazzulla is a top tier coach in the league

2nd place regular season coaching job of the year is different than being 2nd best coach, crazy i know

interested to see who you think did a better job this year other than Daigneault

[ToySoldier#34]

Originally Posted by justinandimcool

2nd place regular season coaching job of the year is different than being 2nd best coach, crazy i know

interested to see who you think did a better job this year other than Daigneault

Oh well, you've had Mazzulla ranked highly all year which is just wild, maybe the coaching in the NBA is that bad

I don't follow other teams or coaches closely

[justinandimcool]

Originally Posted by Mountains#41

this first series nuggets vs lakers will be interesting. I don't think the Lakers can hang, but if LeBron can work some late career magic and of course get the calls, it will just be interesting.

yeah, the Lakers are severely undermatched but if there was any series to highlight the intangibles of LeBron’s “pride” and “sheer will” it’s this one. he has never been swept two years in a row by the same team (though Golden State came close).

that said, i had Denver in five and it’s closer to four than it is to six. between Russell, Hayes, and Prince the Lakers have too many guys that don’t belong on the floor

[justinandimcool]

Originally Posted by ToySoldier#34

Oh well, you've had Mazzulla ranked highly all year which is just wild, maybe the coaching in the NBA is that bad

I don't follow other teams or coaches closely

there are better coaches that did not do a good job this year that’s for sure



i’m bored so here are the tiers of how i’d draft my coach for the next 5 years

great
tier 1 Daigneault Spoelstra
tier 2 Nurse Udoka Lue
tier 3 Hardy Finch Jenkins

good
tier 4 Malone Thibodeau Vogel Brown
tier 5 Mazzulla Snyder Carlisle Mosley

okay but sometimes bad
tier 6 Green Kidd Bickerstaff Kerr

replacement player level
tier 7 Popovich Rajakovic Ollie Ham Unseld Donovan Clifford Rivers

bad
tier 8 Williams Billups

[ToySoldier#34]

Originally Posted by justinandimcool

there are better coaches that did not do a good job this year that’s for sure



i’m bored so here are the tiers of how i’d draft my coach for the next 5 years

great
tier 1 Daigneault Spoelstra
tier 2 Nurse Udoka Lue
tier 3 Hardy Finch Jenkins

good
tier 4 Malone Thibodeau Vogel Brown
tier 5 Mazzulla Snyder Carlisle Mosley

okay but sometimes bad
tier 6 Green Kidd Bickerstaff Kerr

replacement player level
tier 7 Popovich Rajakovic Ollie Ham Unseld Donovan Clifford Rivers

bad
tier 8 Williams Billups

Are you assuming that over those 5 years Mazzulla will improve enough to be considered good?

[justinandimcool]

probably. id like to see how he’d do on a team without ballhog tendencies in Tatum and Brown tbh but he has survived so far while elevating the deep ends of the roster

[Mountains#41]

Originally Posted by justinandimcool

yeah, the Lakers are severely undermatched but if there was any series to highlight the intangibles of LeBron’s “pride” and “sheer will” it’s this one. he has never been swept two years in a row by the same team (though Golden State came close).

that said, i had Denver in five and it’s closer to four than it is to six. between Russell, Hayes, and Prince the Lakers have too many guys that don’t belong on the floor

Ya. If I was a betting man, I'd say Nuggets in 5 or 6 as well. Jokic and Murray need to play hard every game though. Jokic has just been weird the last few weeks in that regard. He'll be himself for one game, and then games vs the Spurs just act like nothing matters and he's playing in the backyard for fun. I don't get it.

But ya, I could also see this being the year Lebron just wills his way into the finals against all data against him.

[ToySoldier#34]

Originally Posted by justinandimcool

probably. id like to see how he’d do on a team without ballhog tendencies in Tatum and Brown tbh but he has survived so far while elevating the deep ends of the roster

I agree he could potentially work his way up to being a good coach in the next 5 years, if / when they lose in the upcoming playoffs it'll likely be a combination of coaching and inconsistent play by Tatum

[TheLastStop123]

in a game that could set up their deepest playoff run in some time with a win, I'm sure the sixers will give us some fuckery tonight

[Noles20]

Originally Posted by TheLastStop123

in a game that could set up their deepest playoff run in some time with a win, I'm sure the sixers will give us some fuckery tonight

This game is an absolute must win for Joel Embiid.

[JRS1386]

I've always said that Batum was the missing piece to finish the process

[smokew11]

Originally Posted by JRS1386

I've always said that Batum was the missing piece to finish the process

The Answer

[justinandimcool]

crazy game…



Philadelphia over New York in 7
Indiana over Milwaukee in 7

Orlando over Cleveland in 7
Boston over Miami in 6
Boston over Chicago in 4


Philadelphia over Indiana in 7
Boston over Orlando in 4

Boston over Philadelphia in 6

Denver over Boston in 6