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both teams are full of supporting players that i either am sick of or actively dislike

i don’t think masai was that concerned with whether the raptors were title contenders again... this was prob close to an ideal outcome

if you can’t get into lebron vs kawhi idk man. every lakers/clippers game this season has been played at a very high level. those teams don’t like each other and when they go all out it’s some of the best basketball the NBA has to offer. mature skilled professional players stepping on the gas pedal all game. i want it.

it’s interesting that we actually got deeply contrasting series. east finals should be very very high level team basketball (offense and defense). west finals is a star power legacy narrative storyline buffet.

yeah you want different stuff out of basketball than i do

what i want out of basketball is for the ball to suddenly get really big so it doesn't fit in the hoop. been watching for 20 years and it still hasn't happened but the games have been pretty good in the meantime

jordan otm

you should hang at my house cider, that happens all the time when i serve my spectacular banana bread

Pat Riley should've done whatever it took to get Russ, giving up Bam and/or Winslow and/or Herro. Russ would've made Miami relevant again and at least given them a chance in the Least.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) July 12, 2019

fuck don't tell me skip bayless was wrong and on the record about it at that

let's just never mention him again actually

wow okay

speaking of not being into the lakers, i just flipped by to see how the elimination game that no one is talking about was going and lol

rip morey rip mike dan tony rip not having a center

xp sorry, skip made some really shitty comments about the cowboys qb this week and i just think we should excise him entirely

i am fine with clowning on skip but afaict his hustle is saying the absolutely most clownable thing and getting so clowned for it that it's like inversely bankable to keep him around and i'm not sure it's to be encouraged

Told yall the lakers were gonna eat the rockets

bayless is very much a tweet pinata for hire

the rockets did what they do, which is give up when it gets tough

if you can’t get into lebron vs kawhi idk man. every lakers/clippers game this season has been played at a very high level. those teams don’t like each other and when they go all out it’s some of the best basketball the NBA has to offer. mature skilled professional players stepping on the gas pedal all game. i want it.

― J0rdan S., Saturday, September 12, 2020 4:51 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

otm. i am duty bound to hate both LA teams obviously but if you love the nba and want to see the best go at it on the biggest stage then this is an A+ matchup. feels like a finals matchup tbh.

having said that. hope the nuggs win tomorrow and this thing goes 7 baby.

you know what they say about the nuggets

i heard from a source that theyre winning the nba playoffs

Nuggets could absolutely have won this series already. If Murray gets on track for a couple games...

yeah... for sure......

I definitely think we need to retire the “can a Jokic team win in the playoffs thing.” This team isn’t that far away from contending and all the stuff works

Having a 7 foot point guard is good

i don’t think they’re that close to contending

maybe once lebron and kawhi get out of their conference. so... 2025?

Gary Harris just got 3 steals in 30 seconds

Jord they’re going toe to toe with the clippers in 2020, they’re not far away.

I could see the lakers improving, but the average age of the nuggets core is 24 and they’re knocking on the door already

Would Kawhi be the GOAT with healthy knees, seems possible

imo denver should consider trading for giannis if they want to make that leap

kawhi would be top 10 for sure, i wouldnt say GOAT

Can’t they just wait out giannis’ contract and sign him as a free agent for the vet minimum?

giannis for milsap straight up

Kawhi will be top 10 even if he retires in 4 years, it seems. Like how many times does he have to be the best player in the playoffs before you give him that

i still think theres something to be said for longevity and career production.

to answer your questions idk like 3 times?

the nuggets have such a deep roster you'd think they could make a trade that would slightly strengthen their main rotation at the cost of a slightly weaker bench.

the average age of the nuggets core is 24

as usual, the problem becomes nailing down your young players to a minor market team in the age of free agency, without overpaying, so that your core can stay together long enough to be rock solid.

He’s done it three times already!!!!

i promise im not being a bitter spurs fan when i say that he's given far too much individual credit for the 2014 spurs team. he was probably peak in 2017 then got zaza'd. then he's the best in 2019. that's not enough to call him top 10 all-time.

the nuggets have such a deep roster you'd think they could make a trade that would slightly strengthen their main rotation at the cost of a slightly weaker bench.

_the average age of the nuggets core is 24 _

as usual, the problem becomes nailing down your young players to a minor market team in the age of free agency, without overpaying, so that your core can stay together long enough to be rock solid.

Big thing is that it seems maxing Murray will work out, that was a big question mark to me long term

Michael Porter Jr appears to be Kevin Durant with a 91 IQ and frankly I’m excited about it

i think the competitiveness of this series is in the eyes of the beholder. the nuggets have shown well but at no point has the clippers spot in the west finals felt threatened to me.

The clippers have played every game the same way, there’s no extra gear that they shifted into when the nuggets made it close

Nuggets have been a top 3 seed in the west for 2 straight years, have a very intriguing rookie. The future is bright!

i like the nugs roster but they cld stand to get a lil more athletic and physical imo

a 4-2 series loss w/ a 10+ point margin in the close out game... again the nuggets had a nice series but we don’t need to lie to ourselves about what the outcome of this series is and was always going to be

if you want to argue that they’re set up to be in the finals mix in the next era of the west whenever bron and kawhi cycle out i think that’s totally fair. i would take the mavs and feel pretty good about it but denver is in the discussion. they’re gonna need a good bit more to win back to back series against teams of the clippers and lakers level tho and nothing that has happened in this series makes me think otherwise

im more bullish on denver than dallas simply bc they have a core of players (jokic, murray, and mpj) as opposed to one phenom. i dont know how dallas creates that with the assets they have now. they dont typically draft/develop well and don't have a lot of guys with high trade value.