OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD -May 2021

The shocker of all shockers?? Please. The Clippers have never been that good. This crew has won ONE playoff series together and that's it. Clippers gave up all those picks for nothing. This series ain't coming back to LA. Clippers are done.

 

I remember when Houston was practically celebrating their 4/5 matchup with Portland. Blazers went there and took a 2-0 lead when Aldridge went super-nova in first two games. Reminds me of the LAC/Dallas series right now

 

Dame is averaging 38.0 ppg, 11.5 apg, and shooting 50% from 3 on 28 attempts. What is there for Stotts to solve? We lost a game but Denver is in bigger trouble than we are.

 

she could try, but pretty sure the NBA would object

only way would be if Kawhi demanded a trade to Portland and the Clippers settled for CJ as the return

 

The reason Houston was so excited was not only because they got to play us but it put them in the SA bracket and they had gone 4-0 against Spurs that season. They legit thought they were winning the title until Dame's shot went in Game 6.

 

We'd have to give them the 5 picks to make up for the 5 they gave away for PG13. But Ballmer probably doesn't want to rebuild. They took a gamble and lost big time.

 

Wow clippers! Wtf.. to think we would get smacked by them

 

a lot of the time the playoffs are about matchups. The Clippers are a really bad matchup for Portland. They aren't a bad matchup for the Mavs

 

Why is that

 

PG over 35 mill/5 years.

 

It’s easy to double team and trap a 6’3 guard than Luka. Clippers will sweep us

 

Clippers total paper tigers.
And once again it's a foul if anyone frowns at Davis.

 

I agree with this to a point but if you go back and watch that game Luka was not getting nearly the attention Damian Lillard gets. He was wide open at 28 ft a number of times. Three times Kwahi tried to go around the pick instead of fighting through. All three were wide open looks which Luka made two of. Lillard gets picked up at 35ft. If Lillard was guarded like that He would absolutely smoke any team he was playing.
I honestly don't think the Clippers would be as tough as everyone was making them out to be. I seriously don't think Tyrone Lue is all that great of a coach.
The one thing Luka has that Lillard does not have is that post up and size to move into the paint with control that Luka has. It's like the guy can just start taking real estate once he gets down there and he is crafty with his subtle spin moves. Of course he gets some calls as well. He didn't shoot well from the line in game two but that also isn't usual. Luka is going to be a force for many years to come in this league.

 

Talking about bad matchups', this guy thinks Memphis is a bad matchup for Utah, cuz Memphis has several guys who excel at midrange floaters: In other words, the floaters that the Jazz defense tries to force opponents to take are the same ones that the Grizzlies offense is happy to settle for.

 

#Fire......WhoeverIsTheClippersCoach

 

Is there a "15th-place" playoff game for teams eliminated in the first round?

 

Yes, actually.