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

@PCmor7 I had forgot but now I do remember the thing you said and there was no reason for me to comment once I'd read it. I knew Dame had said it, I'm still not sure he hasn't said it more than the one time and I'm not going to do the leg work to find out. I read that the post that had Dame's quote in it right after I read your post, so I liked the one that supported what I had said and moved on. I didn't think it was necessary to reply. That's all.

On a different note you seem to have a problem when it comes to the way you perceive what objective means. It is very hard for something to be objective... some philosophers think with the limits we have to our perception that true objectivity is impossible. Things that have been considered empirical evidence have been found to be misunderstood later. So getting to a point where you're sure something that you are stating is objective is pretty hard to do.

What is very possible and in fact easy to say is that you are expressing your opinions that are anything but objective truths when it comes to Doris Burke. That's all I will say about this. Still no hard feelings on my side. Good luck with everything.

 

He can have the opinion that it's unprofessional and I can see where he is coming from. The problem is that it's the definition of subjectivity and that's why you guys can have such a difference of opinion about it.

 

100%. I am not the one claiming my opinion is truth though. That's why I'm done arguing with him. Hell, Aminu, in his 4 years in Portland was a better shooter than Brooks' career stats, let alone his abysmal shooting the last 2 or so seasons.

 

I had the same thought when it happened. Maybe loss of possession is part of the deal for calling a timeout when you don't have one. I'm not positive.

 

Thank you.

 

Learn something new every day. I had no idea that was the rule

 

Another glaring example of Laker favoritism as the 76'ers/Nets series finished up last week while the NBA schedule makers give creaky LeBron and creakier AD ridiculous extra days off as they are only through game 3 so far. It's versus Memphis, so as much as I don't like the Grizzlies, find myself begrudgingly rooting for them in a series that feels like it is taking forever.

 

I was just looking at that. Why did they get an extra day twice so far through this series? Yes they played in the play in but Denver and the T-wolves have played 4 games already.

 

I'm glad he found that too. I heard you asking the question and had no clue how to find that.

 

Might have something to do with other events at the Crypto.com Arena.

 

Probably the cronin press conference post trade deadline. It's not that he won't resign, but we wouldn't be able to afford him. I think that's what it was.

 

They have two pretty big stars and both played over 50 games this season. They had more depth and a higher payroll than any team in the league which is why they we picked by many to win it all. They could definitely win tomorrow night and make it a series. But if they don't.....how is that not a major failure? They have not looked good all season.

 

Their two superstars have only played 38 games together this season. That's rough. When you have two super max guys on your roster who can each be top 10 players in the league when healthy but can't seem to keep them healthy, you're going to have a hard time. If they were healthy or even got healthy right now, they would be a really tough out with the roster that the Clippers have put around them.

 

in the last 6 seasons Kawhi has played in 230 games. That's an average of 38 games a season

since the Clippers added PG13 4 years ago he has played in 199 games. That's actually less than 50 games a year

so, between the two of them they are averaging 44 games/year....and both are injured right now. That's not a matter of misfortune; that's a matter of poor management. They rolled the dice on a pair of injury prone players and have lost the bet. I'd wonder, in the last 4 seasons, how many games those two have played together. Just googled and it says that the two have played a total of 118 games together in 4 seasons. That's 29.5 games/year

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/how-many-games-did-kawhi-leonard-and-paul-george-played-together

I guess it would seem like the best bet for the Clips is to keep rebooting and see if tose two can ever be healthy, at the same time, for the playoffs. But the odds sure seem to be against it happening. PG13 is 33 and Kawhi will turn 32 in a month. Age + Injury history = bad bet?

I think teams need to prioritize injury histories a little bit more than they do. The Clippers look a lot better on paper than on the floor and in their record(s). The same is true for the Pelicans with Zion and Ingram

 

Dame is not there yet, but he's starting to enter into the same conversation.

 

Ummm... no. Dame missed most of a season for an injury that almost never has lingering issues after being corrected. This season he would have missed like 15 games or something with that calf and might not have even missed that many had we been on a trajectory towards contention. That is worlds away from what we're talking about with the two superstars on the Clippers... like two different universes.