Around the NBA 2022 Playoffs: The Thread

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  1. Pinwheel1

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    or does it validate that Jason Kidd is a better coach than Terry? Either way, I don't think the Warriors are as good as they have been in the past.
    Certainly not when they had Durant.
     
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    How about a sign-and-trade?
    If I was Phoenix I'd try very hard to get a star point guard, and trade Ayton if necessary. I think that'd be better than ending with with Ayton and Booker as the stars.
     
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    Pinwheel1, May 16, 2022
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    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

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    Not sure? I did listen to Shaq last night and IMO he made sense. He felt they need to keep both Booker and Ayton and add another third option scoring threat. You can pretty much assume Paul isn't leaving and they will try to build a bit more. They have a solid team. Couple tweaks and they will be just fine.
     
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    He’s a PG
     
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    Oh my goodness, here we go....
     
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    How can you say that?
     
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    "Dinwiddie" is a stereotypically silly Welsh name, so it makes me kind of nostalgic.
     
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    The Warriors consistently brought in the highest ratings for the league this season. If the league is going to dictate who wins, it's hard to see them choosing to get off the money train... thats what their bias has historically favored.

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    Pretty sure Dallas is bringing in some money as well with all of Europe watching. We know Boston has a huge following and Miami is very popular. These conference finals will make the league some money if they are better than sweeps.
     
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    You mean corporations take advantage of their position to make more money and cheat others?

    No way!
     
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    Well yeah, of course. Besides a contested series generating more interest, it's estimated that each extra game generates 10-20M for the hosting city.

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    For you it'd validate it.

    Sorry you lost your way.
     
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    Could be. Short off-season, and several players going straight from the Finals to the Olympics, could have led to a coincidentally mirror-like sputtering finish.
     
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    had it not all gone South -

    healthy Dame, CJ, Simons, healthy Nas and Nurk - yes….we may have finished 6-7 and been playing!
     
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    Our assets were overpaid, hence didn't have good value. Them's the breaks.
     
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    6- we play Warriors and lose
     
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    This might have been mentioned already but it's pretty interesting to have two Portland highschool basketball standouts and two guys who finished out their college careers here, head coaching against each other in the Eastern Conference Finals.
     
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