NBA Playoffs Thread - 2nd round edition

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What thread? Where?

 

What is a word @THE HCP hears post coitus most often?

 

I don’t know those words.

 

It is vastly generous of you to believe someone lets @THE HCP get to the coitus stage.

 

It's odd having game 1 the day before game 7.

 

Denver looking like they are the team to beat.
I think they will get their championship finally.

 

it's OT but it is the 2nd round and the weather has changed, so:

https://www.theonion.com/area-students-prepare-breasts-for-increased-springtime-1819563869

 

Only one all star on that team. Amazing.

 

He’s freaking outrageous though. He does things you just can’t stop.
Watched him take a shot and Durant blocked it. Jokic grabs the blocked shot and pumps once then makes the second shot while drawing an and one. Nurkic would have been sprawled on the floor crying foul after the block.

 

true. But the all-star they have is a two-time MVP and probably the greatest unicorn in NBA history, as well as the greatest 2nd round steal in history. There's no template for that

Jamal Murray is better than any teammate Dame has had since Aldridge. Aaron Gordon is better and more versatile than any forward Dame has had since Aldridge. While Dame ended up playing with a 6-foot-fucking-three-inch SF, Michael Porter Jr is 6'10.

mainly though, Denver didn't have the same incompetent GM for 10 seasons

 

Wonder how Murray and Porter would be w/o Jokic? Might put up similar or even better numbers on worse efficiency and wouldn't win nearly as much is my guess. Jokic makes players around him better which elevates the team.

 

Kevin Love. A player who is a veteran. Who has Championship experience. Who has length and rebounds well. Plays a position of need for the Blazers. Who was bought out and signed a one year minimum contract with the Heat. A player that just started the first game of the second round for the Heat. A player that just averaged 10 pts and 7 rebounds in the first round is a perfect example of the Blazers simply not trying to win games.
This is infuriating to me.

Sorry but i got no where else to vent. I do understand why they tanked. I just hate every second of it.

 

Which exactly why you don’t use allstar game appearances as a way to judge a player or their career.

 

still a matter of talent levels though, and there are plenty of other factors at work. Aaron Gordon is a good example. How much of his improvement is due to simply playing on a a better team, and how much is due to him actually entering his prime, vs just playing with Jokic. Murray has obvious talent, so does Porter, but neither have played without Jokic so it's hard to gauge. Mike Malone is a really good coach too

there's a pretty strong argument that Dame has made players better; Batum, Lopez, Aminu, Plumlee, Harkless, Ed Davis, Turner....all had their best seasons playing with Dame. So did CJ for that matter. And Nurkic-fever/Bosnian-Beast doesn't happen without Dame. Besides Aldridge and maybe pre-injury Matthews, Dame just hasn't played with players the caliber or roster-fit of Jokic's teammates

 

To be fair, 'Bosnian Beast' mode was extremely short lived and hasn't really happened since, either pre or post injury.

Jokic is just on another level. A triple-double machine that can barely jump over an old Monday edition of the paper, isn't quick and not very athletic....yet is unstoppable. And you don't dare trap him because he will pick you apart. It's impressive to watch someone that unathletic be that much of an impact in a game.

 

Nurkic should watch tape of Jokic all off season; whenever he has time off from conditioning.