Official Around the NBA May 2019 Playoff Edition Thread!

You use Embiid (who also always gets hurt) and Jokic as examples, when was the last time a team led by a center won anything? Farther back than 2015. Wasn't Kawhi banged up all season last year?

I will give you KD, but of course he plays with several all stars so you can't double him.

 

perhaps im too caught up in the moment. Embiid is always banged up but the top 5 players in PER this playoffs are:

Kawhi/Jokic/Giannis/Embiid/KD

Last year: Lebron/Giannis/AD/KD/Harden

2017: Kawhi/Lebron/CP/Russ/KD/ Conley was 6th, Steph 7th/

First appearance of PGs, but CP/Russ/Conley all lost in the first round. I don't think my theory is off base here. Big guys or freakishly tall, physically imposing guys both succeed individually and win in the playoffs.

 

Total flop by Green right there. Embarrassing
Went down and stayed down like he was hit hard in the head. Looked to me like he was slightly grazed

 

Green not a very good flopper; I think he hurt himself when he hit the floor.

 

Harden just knocked Draymond Green half out. I guess even Harden does something good once in a very long while.

 

no technical on Green for the shove in the back?

 

Ive seen you building on this theory for a few days and I kind of agree with you. I think its about officiating at least partially, its much easier for those bigs to play through contact than smaller lighter players. All of a sudden every year in the playoffs defenders get away with a lot more contact and that really slows down guards.

 

Kyrie, Steph and Dame all playing so bad right now.

 

It is painful to watch Houston. So fucking gimmicky.

I wonder if Morey is gonna snipe Shumpert from his perch in the arena for that midrange shot

 

I cant watch that series Ive turned it on a couple times, that crap isnt basketball to me.

 

We can all spin it a lot of different ways. It seems like there were big teams who never got out of the first round this year. (i.e Utah) GS has dominated the league the last several years.......except for the year Kyrie and LBJ won. Durant did not win shit until he joined them. The Warriors were not physically imposing when they first won.

Kawhi or Embiid may go farther in the playoffs this year than Dame, but not both. Same with Harden or Durant.....one will but not both. It will be interesting to see what their fans will say the reason was?

 

l dont think his point is that guards cant win, its just that there job is really tough come playoff time, and bigger guys who can dominate physically have unique advantages that guards dont. I wish Nurk was healthy...

 

Man Houston choking so hard...

 

Im not watching this game but from the updates on my Phone Houstons been quite aways ahead all game and now its a 3 point game GS ball? lol

 

His point was: "It is INCREDIBLY difficult to win a title with a small player as your best"
My point is it is hard for everyone to win a title. HOF players surrounded with lots of talent seem to do best.
Make it so Dame is rarely double teamed like how Durant benefits in GS, and Dame will have an easier time.

 

Both Durant and Curry missed wide open 3 pt shots in the last 10 seconds. Great game

 

Well duh.

That's what I'm saying. It's not a coincidence that Dame/Steph/Kyrie/CP have slowed down in the second round.

 

CP played great tonight. He was all over the court. Forget about his stats, he played great.
Steph went for 30. Time will tell if he has slowed down.

 

Imagine if we have Pat and not Turner... Fuck

 

But Collins better not react to the screen overhead again.