Around the NBA - the 2020 Playoff Edition!

Almost 31? Dame’s 30th birthday was July 15th. Jokic and Murray are good. Dame and Nurk are just as good of a tandem. Basketball is a team game. Playing the who is better game is a waste of time.

 

Malone's team was not a thing of beauty tonight. To be fair, I don't think Denver is on the same level of Lakers, so it's hard to blame Malone.

 

I guess we'll see. I think this is a 5 game series.

 

This is why I would love to see a Lakers vs Clippers instead of the Nuggets. I would love to see each Morris twins hit each other and the first one who gets ejected wins. Lebron’s complaining to the ref vs Doc, Beverley’s mouth vs Rondo. Pandemic P vs top 5 all-star vote getter Caru-show.... I can only dream, Damn maybe next year

 

Denver isn’t in the same stratosphere as the Lakers

the lakers are much better than Denver

then again talent wise the clippers are the most talented team in the league and they lost

 

Because the lakers are an aggressive team

This is nothing new the aggressive team usually gets more calls

this isn’t the 80s and 90s

And it’s pretty well known the lakers zigged while everyone else zagged. They focus on points in the paint and size

that’s gonna lead to more foul calls than a team that doesn’t necessarily focus on those things and runs their offense thru a 7ft above the foul line extended

lot of rim runs caused foul calls

and people taking fouls to stop laker fast breaks

 

The Miami games have been a thing of beauty...

 

Come on, man, I’m still in mourning.

 

It's the bubble. Without thousands fans and lights around there is no show for stars no more.

Clippers are stars, Denver are workers.
Miami are much more of a workers under Pat and with Butler leading them then Celtics are. Lakers got Bron. He is star worker and will push his team to work.

 

I just hate it when somebody’s hate for another team clouds their common sense.

 

Is AD the best player in the NBA right now?

 

Blasphemy!!!

 

Tough call. Bam, Butler, Jokic, Murray, and yeah LeBron look good too.

 

NBA refs make the league unwatchable

 

Love what Jimmy Butler, some rookies and some D-Leaguers are doing. That is flat out amazing!

 

found this interesting:
The NBA’s best player combination this season was LeBron James and Alex Caruso—and it wasn’t just this season. James was better with Caruso than any teammate in his career
– via Ben Cohen @ Wall Street Journal
Seems to show that a guy who isn't that talented can still make his mark if he is smart and aware and always focused.

 

Thought this was kind of interesting also:
"Mike Trudell: In his pregame session, Frank Vogel pointed out that Denver presents a different challenge from Portland in screen/roll action due to Nikola Jokic. They trapped Lillard high on the floor, but if you do that to Murray, he can feed Jokic, an incredible passer."
Is it just passing or is it also he is a better midrange shooter and also more fluid getting to the basket from the key?

 

Dame/CJ beat them just last year so I don't know why it's so difficult to convince you.

 

they barely beat them

since then, Denver has become better while Portland has become worse