NBA Playoffs Thread - Play-in and 1st round edition

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  1. riverman

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    There are 3 or 4 ex blazers on that team.. you should feel at home ..glad to see you pick up some work John...I'm sure Mrs HCP is happy as well!
     
    riverman, Apr 14, 2023
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    blurry picture of Ballmer on the way?
     
    wizenheimer, Apr 14, 2023
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    I will honestly try.
     
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    Those interested in Bam or Butler should be pulling hard for the Bulls to hang on and pull the upset.
     
    Tince, Apr 14, 2023
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    Playoff Basketball at its best
     
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    SGA and NAW are cousins i believe
     
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    The media has no idea how to cover the ‘race’ to the play-in yet but I have to say the games have been fun to watch.
     
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    So which team would you rather be? A 10 seed that loses in the play-in? Or the team with the 5th best odds in lottery?
     
    KingSpeed, Apr 14, 2023
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    This year with Wemby -> the team with the 5th best odds.

    With a draft class like 2013 -> the 10th seed.
     
    CJ_is_Gone, Apr 15, 2023
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    Super happy to here this
     
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    Depends on the trajectory of the team. If the Blazers, with Dame, Nurk, Grant etc we’re 10th and out I wouldn’t want that, but if the team is filled with 1st and 2nd year young studs and multiple high picks coming, I’d be super excited with 10th and out
     
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    CP3 hurt for the Playoffs? No way!
     
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    therein lies the issue. The play-in is a narrative clusterfuck.

    the Thunder, for example, got a polite golf clap and pat on the adorable head last night by the nba community. Good OKC, good!

    the bulls were respectively shamed for even trying, ‘the bulls should have blown it up and tanked this year, what were they doing?!’ Bad Bulls, bad!
     
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    OKC IMO showed their youth in both games. Even in the game, they won they made a lot of dumb plays. I assume they will get smarter with experience.
     
    Pinwheel1, Apr 15, 2023
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    THE Chris & Eric from “Around the NBA with Chris & Eric.” C89BB5AB-24C8-42AD-8996-BB4C260072C0.jpeg
     
    KingSpeed, Apr 15, 2023
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    yikes!...your expressions look like you're in the waiting room of your proctologist just prior to your annual exams

    try smiling a little...or at least sneering
     
    wizenheimer, Apr 15, 2023
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    Boring
     
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    Great joke here. Just know that it’s brilliant
     
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