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

Doesn’t matter GS still wins going away.

 

Warriors +135 to win the series. +380 if you think they're winning in 6.

Go make some money!

 

wut?

yes, you correctly pointed at the Kings winning these last 2 games against the Warriors. Fact is fact

but it was also you that tried to draw a context-free correlation between what the Kings just did and what the Blazers from 4-7 years ago did, or didn't do.
And of course, since it was the blazers from 4-7 years ago it was also the Warriors from 4-7 years ago. The Kings did not beat the Warriors team the Blazers played in 2016 or 2017 0r 2019. They beat the Warriors team of 2023, and this Warrior's team is not close to the class of those past Warrior's teams Portland played. Maybe they will be by June, but it sure doesn't look possible at this point

 

So many Warrior fans upset about an over-exaggerated injury...

 

Why I hate CP3, trying to be tough and why Kawhi

 

Not my favorite fan base

 

Probably should get that down quick because it's going to change after the next two games.
Don't get me wrong because I'm so ready for the Warriors to lose. Just not convinced after seeing game one and knowing those shots fall quite a bit. If this series was 1-1 right now we all know what people would be saying.
Still fact remains the Kings are up 2-0 and the Warriors have to win 4 of the next 5 with at least one of those wins on the road. Tough to do against any team in the playoffs.

 

Rasheed could be a verbal idiot, but he wasn't kicking people in the groin or stomping on an opponent or doing the physical things that Green does. I think he should have been suspended more often. He has been allowed to get away with nonsense that nobody else has. Glad he finally got suspended again. It took long enough. And that crap with the fans isn't good either. That is what can make for a bad situation. You can't taunt on the floor, yet he was going full bore at the Kings fans.

 

So if Green gets another Flagrant 2, or two Flagrant 1s he'll automatically be suspended another game I believe?

I sure hope the Blazers don't consider trading for this guy, I'd rather have scrubs or young players than an aging Green on a near max contract. I'd rather have Josh Hart.

 

How about Rasheed Wallace resounding 41 T's in a season coupled with 29 ejections. People around this place actually think he was worth it?
You are absolutely correct. Draymond Green on the downside of his career would be a terrible move.

 

Ya sheed only had beef with the refs and some media. He was beloved by both his teammates and opponents. He was never dirty.

Draymond is a bitch

 

At least Rasheed with all his faults was a legit two way all-star averaging 19ppg. He complained to refs, he never stomped players or punched teammates. The last 5 years Draymond has averaged 7 or 8ppg.

 

I don't agree. Waste of space. Fell in love with the jumper and refused to work hard on defense. SOFT. When he didn't feel like playing he just decided to get kicked out of the game and then he just went and cashed his check. Watched it time and again.

 

So you are really picking Draymond over Sheed though?

 

Not what I said at all. No.

 

I dont Blame Draymond. I blame the refs. Like all rules in sports and life, people test the boundaries. If no one is going to punish someone the first time, they will continue to do the same things increasingly frequently.


Also. I was wrong. I watched the replay over and over but never watched the game so i missed that Sabonis got a tech until driving home yesterday and i heard it on the radio. Could have sworn i heard he got nothing.
Tech for him and ejection for Draymond seems fair. No suspension though.

 

That sounds fair to me, although I think he should have gotten a suspension for his actions with the crowd. They are separate incidents in my eyes.