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Ammanas posted:i dont see how anyone could have watched that game and thought 'gobert is trash'. dude was everywhere, jokic was just better. He was pretty bad the first half of the game, you should listen to them break it down.
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Salvor_Hardin posted:Feels like the Hawks making the ECF in 2021 is the tighter comp There's also the the 2013 Pacers lol. But yeah, I don't feel like there's any "forgettable" teams that actually make the finals, even if Orlando did slip through the year KG got hurt (and Boston still took them to 7). The East sure is rolling out the red carpet for Boston this year, though. Blind Pineapple fucked around with this message at 07:21 on May 18, 2024 |
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Blind Pineapple posted:Yeah, I don't feel like there's any "forgettable" teams that actually make the finals, even if Orlando did slip through the year KG got hurt (and Boston still took them to 7). why do you say that? the pacers are healthy and rolled right through to the ecf against the most injurious teams in history should be a good matchup
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The early 00 Nets finals teams were pretty bad and pretty hard to even craft a narrative about them, I definitely classify them as forgettable. Like that Knicks team that made the Finals was probably worse but at least you got the Ewing Theory story to make you think about them.
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Rick posted:The early 00 Nets finals teams were pretty bad and pretty hard to even craft a narrative about them, I definitely classify them as forgettable. Like that Knicks team that made the Finals was probably worse but at least you got the Ewing Theory story to make you think about them. weren’t those the kerry kittles teams?
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I assumed this was a joke (and also didn't watch all of it) is that not the conclusion other people are coming to?
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The Nets run made Jason Kidd's career. Plus it was the first time the Nets had accomplished anything since the merger. If AI didn't step over Ty Lue, the Sixers team before them would've been more forgettable than the Nets. And, again, we have the Pacers before that. Finally break through after one dynasty crumbles only to get stomped by the start of the next one. The post-MJ East was pretty dire.
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Chairchucker posted:I assumed this was a joke (and also didn't watch all of it) is that not the conclusion other people are coming to? open your mind. they have electromagnets in the rim and the “players” are paid actors. it all fits together
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fart simpson posted:weren’t those the kerry kittles teams? That sounds vaguely familiar. Blind Pineapple posted:The Nets run made Jason Kidd's career. Plus it was the first time the Nets had accomplished anything since the merger. I did think about including that Sixers series since the second half of that series went so badly for them but yeah I always think about AI stepping over Lue.
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Spacebump posted:I once met someone with a Paul Walker tattoo. He did not like when I brought up Paul Walker dated minors.
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Chairchucker posted:I assumed this was a joke (and also didn't watch all of it) is that not the conclusion other people are coming to? No this is actually bill simmons's latest article
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Blind Pineapple posted:The Nets run made Jason Kidd's career. Plus it was the first time the Nets had accomplished anything since the merger. A a new jerseyan I loved those teams and I remember getting very upset after Tim Duncan destroyed them to end it in 03, and that's also when you had all the Kidd to SA rumors during it and if that actually happened it would have been Durant before Durant
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2018 Cavs are extremely forgettable. If it wasn't for Lebron's insane 50 point performance in game 1 of the finals and the JR Smith fuckup no-one would ever remember that series at all. Seriously, look at the Cavs 2018 roster and outside Lebron and an already declining Kevin Love it is trash.
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Thibs theory that fatigue and injuries don’t exist if you pretend they don’t on the verge of being disproven. now any fan or media figure who spoke derisively about load management needs to be forced to do 500 full court sprints daily
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Blind Pineapple posted:The Nets run made Jason Kidd's career. Plus it was the first time the Nets had accomplished anything since the merger. they had a nice core, just got outclassed by the best defensive team in nba history in the following years
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Dejan Bimble posted:they had a nice core, just got outclassed by the best defensive team in nba history in the following years josh hart had a nice core too and look what happened
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I feel like the recent Heat and Suns finals appearances already barely exist, give them a few years
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I’m biased. But no way, that suns run was a miracle and each series of it was memorable for various reasons (ayton alley oop, cp3 Covid leading to the Cam Payne Game lol, the last time ever that jokic looked bad, Jae crowder getting ejected for salsa dancing at lebron, etc)
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And both jimmy butler heat runs ruled. Never forget when he burned Boston to the ground
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Blind Pineapple posted:There's also the the 2013 Pacers lol. I don’t really think that team compares to this year’s Pacers. That team had really challenged the Heat in the second round the previous year, then was a real contender in 2014 until they had a weird meltdown halfway through the year (and still made the ECF again). This iteration of the Pacers was in the lottery last year
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Squinky v2.0 posted:woj says porzingis is back doing on court drills, expected to miss the first two games of the ECF I don’t think the Celtics need to rush him back against either the Pacers or Knicks but they’re absolutely going to need him if they make it to the Finals with whatever team comes out of the West
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The knicks have a 40 win team on the injured list lol
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The 2013 pacers had verticality hibbert, a legend of the game
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morestuff posted:I feel like the recent Heat and Suns finals appearances already barely exist, give them a few years Not saying the Valley Oop didn’t own but Ayton got salary dumped a couple years later. Heat beating the Celtics was a huge upset, but I’m not saying these weren’t fun to watch, just that those teams evaporated without leaving any mark behind them The verticality Hibbert team actually has more of a place in bball history just as the last gasp of the traditional big stiff Fast Luck fucked around with this message at 15:52 on May 18, 2024 |
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nachos posted:The 2013 pacers had verticality hibbert, a legend of the game I'm still upset we never got a playoff series between them and the Thibs bulls it would have been the most awful poo poo anyone has ever seen.
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Verticality Hibbert was a wild ride. he went from dominate playoff defender that had peak LeBron busting out the floater to basically unplayable over the course of like two years
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Unforgettable runs by forgettable teams, past 5 years: 2024 (too soon to list but probably the Knicks or Wolves) 2023 Heat 2022 Dallas Mavericks (Luka became Devin's father) 2021 Atlanta Hawks miracle run 2020 (I didn't really follow this but that young Lakers team was stacked)
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Knicks couldn't hit poo poo last night. They're still playing the same post injuries just nothing is going down. Pacers have shot absurd this series with good defense in their faces too. It feels like the jankier the shot the more likely it is to go in for the Pacers, like their entire offense is based on muffing a punt and taking it back for a TD.
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It felt like siakim was shooting like dirk from the midrange. I’m also convinced turner is over 100% from 3. Knicks have been lucky that haliburton seems to be shying from the moment though
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I thought Haliburton was fine last night, though I will say from the crowd it felt like he had to be goaded into shooting a few times. But nothing like his disappearing act in games 1+5. I’m definitely nervous about whether he’ll show up in g7 on the road though
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its not like haliburton is choosing whether or not to Play Good. he is very very injured
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Aye Doc posted:its not like haliburton is choosing whether or not to Play Good. he is very very injured The great ones tell their body not today
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Metapod posted:The great ones tell their body not today maybe the great bodies reply back "shut up bitch"
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