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

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  1. KingSpeed

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    Hawks got Bey for nothing
     
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    I wish we'd traded for him years ago (some time between 2016 and 2019) ... he would have been a fantastic match with Dame both on the floor and in terms of age.

    Getting him at this point would be spitting into the wind.
     
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    I don’t remember that. Lowry was on Rockets then.
     
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    Dude he was 6th in PER this season. Higher than Dame. How would they not still be a good match?? I don’t get it. Dame wants vet All Star teammates. That’s what Jimmy Butler is.
     
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    We trade for him and finish 8th in the conference, assuming he and Dame play as well as they did this year. Since they'll be 33 and 34 next year, they clearly aren't going to be getting healthier and better.

    Why bother?
     
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    Wouldn’t mind Capela on our team.
     
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    rooting for miami to crash and burn.

    gimme bam.

    gimme jimmy.
     
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    And they have a terrific coach.
     
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    So can’t win, don’t try? You say 8 seed like it’s fact. What about 1 seed? And they both just had one of the best seasons of their career. You need them to be better than 6th & 8th in PER?? If we brought Butler here, the goal would be title.
     
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    Hawks will win games in the Boston series. Should be fun.
     
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    Again, we have one chance to win. One chance to make a trade for a difference maker who makes 35+ million. Is he your top choice?
    Sure if he is all we can get he is worth a shot. But I have a bad feeling about him.
     
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    bam is my target. i think he and dame are pretty close from their time in tokyo.

    jimmy still has game too. think his game will age really well.
     
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    Bam would be great.
     
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    The Refs in this Lakers : Wolves game are letting them PLAY.
     
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    He misses about 20 games a year. He's good but he's not good enough to make us a 1 seed. If he only plays half the year, which is more possible in his age-34 season than it's ever been, then he might not even be good enough to get us into the playoffs.

    I don't want guys in their mid-30s as key additions to our team. I think it's a waste of time and will screw our future.
     
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    A couple of differences.

    1. it’s been done. People know the term big 3 now. Much harder to do that

    2. Who is our 22 year old stud center we are trading?
     
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    Jimmy is better at some things than Bam is but Bam is far better at the things that are the biggest areas of need for us in my opinion.
     
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    Amazing how good SloMo has been for Minnesota this year. Just doing everything tonight. He was so bad in the playoffs last year for Memphis.
     
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    Watching the Lakers lose is fun.
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    What we are seeing is exactly why trading your youth and future assets for old Allstars is a bad idea. Young stars are pushing the old heads out.
     
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