NBA Playoffs Thread - 2nd round edition

The Warriors should put a Timberwolf statue outside their arena. Minnesota passed on the opportunity to draft Curry twice (Johnny Flynn, Ricky Rubio) & got fleeced in the Wiggins + #7 pick (Kuminga) for Russell deal.

STOMP

 

You just go ahead and continue doing what you are doing. They will let you know when you step outta line.

 

Sure does seem like Kevin Love can still play?
He doesn’t look old and washed up?

 

Knicks can't shoot at all. Looking like a sad package of rejects that have no business being this high up in the playoffs.

 

I worry this is us this summer.

 

Hopefully the lack of success by Minnesota and Cleveland after their big trades will make Cronin think twice.

Cleveland traded away Lauri Markkanen, Colin Sexton, Ochai Agbaji , 3 unprotected first round draft picks, and 2 pick swaps.
After trading away all that, Cleveland won One playoff game.

Minnesota traded away Malik Beasley, Jarred Vanderbilt, the draft rights to Walker Kessler, 3 unprotected first round picks, a top-5 protected 2029 first round pick, and a first round pick swap in 2026.
After trading away all that, Minnesota won One playoff game.

 

I can't believe Jordan Poole makes close to 30 mil per year.

 

There were some in here that after the last Laker/Warriors game were saying that the Warriors would dominate the Lakers going forward. Not the best take.

 

I want the Lakers to destroy them. I’m so sick of the warriors. I’m so sick of their fans. I’m ready for Curry to be gone and for that team to fall out of relevance for a long time.

 

Crazy part is Curry has 3 more years on his contract and it goes up to about 60 million a year at the end.

 

oh boy, i can just see the meltdowns happening in this forum when we bring in draymond for a 100+ mil deal.

luckily the likelihood of us opening that much capspace is low.

 

How much does a donkey cost?

 

I feel dirty rooting for the Lakers but I can't stand Draymond, Curry, Klay, Gary Payton II, Steve Kerr and the entire Golden State front office... actually I don't even feel dirty. Fuck GS.

 

Payton doesn’t deserve another ring. Fuck that team.

 

So is Landale... but Landale is actually giving effort.

This isn't the first time with Ayton either. He was a no-show in the NCAA tournament against Buffalo (I was there live). He underperformed when the Suns played in the finals a few years ago.

He's more interested in playing video games than playing basketball.

Hes just not that good

 

So. . odds are a #7 seed goes to WCF and could well win it. Or else a #6. All this better to tank in hopes of hot prospect than be a low seed doesn't quite ring true.

 

The Lakers and Warriors have much much better teams than us.

Also the Lakers made a significant trade that drastically changed their team for the better. We didn’t do that. Actually we did the opposite.

 

The lakers were hopeless in January. A good deadline rejuvenated their team.

This gives me hope that a solid offseason by cronin could turn our team around for the better. We need to get lucky as well.

 

This is where I'm at now.

 

well, with these particular 6&7 seeds you have two teams that have won 5 of the last 8 championships, combined have 46 all-star game appearances and 17 appearances on the NBA All-Defensive team

the Lakers starting lineup is:

6'4
6'5
6'9
6'9
6'10

Blazer starting lineup:

6'2
6'3
6'5 (Hart/Little)
6'8
6'11