OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD - July 2021

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  1. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Suns in the finals.
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    come on man, i want to do this at PDX. wtf, when is it going to be our turn

     
    illmatic99, Jul 1, 2021
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    Pat "Karma" Beverley not in the finals:)
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Retweeted by Dame
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    this is depressing. we got lapped by the freaking suns
     
    illmatic99, Jul 1, 2021
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    Good to see some new teams in the finals (even if I would appreciate to other teams in the finals) but crazy playoffs. So many injuries.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    They drafted better than us. They made better trades. They made better free aren’t signings. Their coach was better.

    In short…. Their front office is much better than ours. They have done a great job of building around Booker.
     
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    Steve Nash must be bummed.
     
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    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    It’s really not hard at all to understand.
     
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    Booker allowed them to tank, Dame never did, nor did Paul Allen or Olshey. I've said for years that it's incredibly hard to build an elite team without multiple stars and the easiest (but hardest to hit on consistently) method is through the draft. The Sixers being the ultimate example of this. Now when you get the incredibly rare chance to trade for a star such as Paul George, or Ben Simmons...you take it. Just as the Suns pulled the trigger on the Paul deal after tanking and getting Ayton and Bridges.
     
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    My bet is the Suns will win it all.
    The sweep of Denver did them a bunch of good. Gave them time to heal and got Paul through the Covid issue only losing him for a couple games. Remember he also had a shoulder injury that he was working through from the Lakers series.
    Booker breaks his nose and played through it but you can tell it had it's effect. Now they get to heal again while the Hawks and Bucks tear each other apart. Very least they play 2 more games. If that series goes 7 the Suns get a full week off.
     
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    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

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    Yeah there were a couple years where the Blazers had no business making the playoffs in the last 5-6 years. They could have used a couple lotto picks.
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Patrick Beverly showed what everyone else always knew. He’s a fucking scrub
     
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    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

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    Crazy part is I have watched that video no less than 20 times and I still can’t see what Paul did to elicit that response? At most he said one word while passing him? Did he say “Punk”? Not sure? I also don’t understand why the 3rd string center (Don’t know his name) didn’t just freaking level Beverly when it happened? He just looked at him? If I was end of bench in that situation I would have absolutely been thrown out with Beverly.
     
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    Suns lucky run continues playing all injured teams in every series
     
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    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

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    Bad take.
    Suns have played through Injuries as well.
    Chris Paul shoulder and COVID
    Booker broken nose
    Nope! Not buying that.
     
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    Not bad take just a honest take
    Lakers: no AD
    Denver: no jamal murray
    Clippers:no kawhi and ibaka
     
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    U telling me a healthy lakers, nuggets and or clippers team wouldn't take out the suns
     
    Jayblaze, Jul 1, 2021
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    amazing, after 10 years of not even being in the playoffs they jump to the finals!
     
    Hoopguru, Jul 1, 2021
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    Who knows? They aren't healthy.

    I will say that Phoenix had the best road record in the league this year so that should count for something.
     
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