Around the NBA 2022 Playoffs: The Thread

The modern NBA mirrors society: it's all about outside shooting.

Too soon?

 

This has always made me cringe. We all just watched the kid push the Ducks to the elite 8 and Brooks had pretty much everything to do with them getting there.

 

yeah, I'm a Duck alum and fan, so I'm biased, but I thought Brooks might be worth a late first. To be fair, he did some things and said some things while at Oregon that pointed to him being kind of an asshole. But he was a junkyard dog who gave maximum effort every game, especially on defense. And he had good handles. Wasn't a real good shooter though.

and he brought all that to the floor while having the upside potential of being a good 2-way wing in the NBA....all qualities that Portland was desperate for....and all qualities that Olshey seemed allergic too.

in some ways, that 2017 draft was the most mismanaged draft in Blazer history. Other drafts had bigger missed opportunities (CJ over Giannis). But when it comes to a string of bad assumptions, AND, missed opportunities, 2017 might be right on top

just as an historical note: that 26th pick Portland used on Swanigan was bought by the Blazers taking on Varejao. Trying to calculate how much that pick actually cost was complex because of the minimum team salary situation and the 5 year stretch used on Varejao. I tried one time and came up with somewhere in the 7-8M range. So then, Portland paid 7-8M for a 26th pick and used it on Swanigan. Yet another reason why the 2017 draft was chucklehead central in the Blazer front office

 

Boston just plays a different kind of defense. All shots contested, never an easy look.

 

Brook Lopez finally realizing he's 7 feet tall is the difference maker in this game

 

This is going to be absolutely hilarious if the Celtics lose to Milwaukee.

Bordering on Blazers losing to the Pelicans levels of pathetic.

 

Go Bucks....3 wins in the garden would be Fantastic!

 

What a stupid challenge.

 

Boston starting to pull away, thankfully.

Didn’t want to see Milwaukee go b2b.

And would like to see Pritchard get a ring.

 

How is there no one on Milwaukee who can get buckets off the bench

 

Think Giannis is finally running out of gas. 7 gamea against this physical defense while being the only offensive threat is taking a toll.

 

Great to see a Celtics vs Heat as the Bucks not beating the Heat without Middleton

 

PP having a good game.

 

Boston doesn’t need any more championships.

Id like to see Monty Williams win one.

 

Bucks need to reload next year and give Giannis some shooters

 

lol seriously, who the hell actually ROOTS for Boston?