Event Around the 2025 NBA Playoff Madness!

It was the Politicians in Seattle that let it go, they did step up. They had lots of opportunity to commit and called Sterns bluff.

 

No doubt. KP was definitely better than Neil.

 

Gary Indiana is basically SE Chicago. Its one of the worst cities I've driven through. 10 story buildings downtown with all windows boarded up…all 10 stories.

 

St.Louis and New Orleans are pretty bad. Ok to visit but long term for me, nope.

 

I didn’t put NOLA on my list, because it is one of my favorite cities in the country. Definitely don’t want to be there longer than 3 days though, and would never live there. But there are some very special locations to visit and so much culture.

 

Only the NFL is rigged.

 

Old news - Detroit is HOPPING. Or so I, a man in his 50s who never goes out, am given to understand.

But the DIA and the Henry Ford Museum are pretty cool.

 

I have visited it in April and November and nearly died of heatstroke both times. God alone knows what it's like right now. Of course, it's in the 90s and 100% humidity in Flint right now, so...

 

What is she, the woman from 50 first dates? Learn from experience, Mrs HCP!

 

Yeah, used to go there couple times a year had some good times and food is fabulous. Bourbon street is good to experience at least once, but its pretty raunchy. My first trip there I saw people laying in the streets and couldn't tell if they were dead or alive. My visits were pre beads and beads galore.

 

So many Achilles injuries in recent years, its basically the most devastating basketball injury a player can have. It used to be just a few per decade throughout the NBA - now we had 3 to stars in just this years playoffs.

Dame and Haliburton both had calf strains they tried to play through. Dejounte Murray snapped this year. Durant's back in 2019 was also a calf injury he tried to play through. I remember Wes Matthews had some type of calf/Achilles soreness he had been playing through for weeks. Can't remember if there was anything else with Rodney Hood. Kobe was playing the largest workload of his career when his snapped.

Seems like the NBA really needs to research better what is contributing to this increase. Brutal that so many stars - and a number even in their 20s - are having this. I've always thought it was crazy the NBA plays back to backs at all with the increased physical demands of the league compared to 30 years ago. Maybe its not back to backs and just more from players trying to play through injuries - I don't know.

Just really sucks we're robbed of Dame/Tatum/Haliburton seasons this year and all of next year. Most players are never the same. These were stars on 3 key playoff teams.

 

Add me to your list of players who was playing through a calf issue before his Achilles ruptured! (It’s OK, it’s been 14 years and I’m still playing. In 2 years I’ll get to play elite old man ball in the Y 50+ league)

 

Did you play for the Beavs?

 

Not sure if it was mentioned but does Halliburton’s injury open the door for possible Simon’s trade? Simon’s would give them a guard to bridge time frame of Hali’s injury while Simon would be in his last year of contract. Obviously a Pritchard connection to so they know what they have with Simon.

 

Haha, oh I wish! By player I only meant baller. Lifetime rec ball player. I was a Beav though (first as a student in the 90s, then as staff in 2019-2021 - loved the noon pickup games). And a Duck. I ruptured my Achilles playing noon ball at NC State.

 

and a duck?

 

I did my BA at OSU and then later got a BS at UO. So yeah, I cheer for everyone.

 

Yeah Dame was only staring at the possibility of his career being over. That’s nothing compared to the emotions of a game 7 in the finals, right?