( ( ( ( ( nba bubble ball 2020 ) ) ) ) )

perhaps the death knell of the idea you can just assemble a team out of thin air and walk to an NBA title. KD era warriors were 1 in a million

Bron Heat?

ooooof that "most seasons without conference finals" graphic

ok fine them too but the east was kind of a different animal

lmao

Kawhi and PG this offseason pic.twitter.com/p8Xcep1V1F

— I Think You Should League Pass (@nbaleave) September 16, 2020

i don't think it will change any behaviors but it is certainly a cautionary tale. they should stay the course, i think there's a reasonable case that the restart and the bubble were harder on them than any other team.

otoh, paul george might not be an elite player anymore.

Clippers fucking suck and always will. Been telling y’all for years

also more the point of what i mean is that the clippers never even treated the season as if it mattered. bron heat were figuring it out every day in the trenches... KD warriors never really had a single problem to work through as a team aside from personality clashes. that’s why they’re 1 of 1

the heat weren’t exactly smooth sailing out the gate

anyway bubble ball baby and ciderpress otm

kg celtics won their first year

i think they would have wanted to figure it out toward the end of a normal regular season. they just have a really weird team that is based on two superstar* starters and two excellent bench players and for a lot of reasons they never had a chance to make that combination make sense in the playoffs.

*i'm really worried about paul george

paul millsap has checked in!!!!

Nuggets series win probability:

Game 5, down 13, Q3 1:25 : 0.2%
Game 6, down 19, Q3 10:10 : 0.4%

It's currently 95%.

— Mike Beuoy (@inpredict) September 16, 2020

the thing i've always wondered about this clippers team is who organizes things on offense when it matters? they need an actual point guard.

this is crazy

paul george just shot the ball off the side of the backboard

oh my god pic.twitter.com/0HrWTSJvev

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) September 16, 2020

Core of that Warriors team won a title before KD so idk if that’s an apt comparison

where is matt??

playoff p baby

PG got the full on yips

PG's gotta have the drunk goggles on

playoff pee pants

lol

Murray!!

LOLCLIPPERS

I’M HOWLING

BANG

OH MY GOD

los clippy clips have scored 6 points in 10 minutes and 24 in the half

Oh shit I put $25 on the money line for Denver +265

guys i'm psyched for nuggets/lakers

Truly wild, I thought this was your title winner all year. I guess chemistry does matter

down 20 with 2:10 to go in a game seven, doc rivers calls timeout. i guess now we get to see some real coaching in action.

I for reals would not be mad if Denver won and went on to win it all

guess the Raps weren't just Kawhi

funny how Leonard is getting eliminated by a team that has the vibe of the team he left to go mercenary

if he stayed in toronto theyd be rolling to another title

Starting to think Nikola Jokic can win in the playoffs. Proof of the pudding is in the eating, folks

lmao that foul

The Clippers choked again. 🤦🏾‍♂️ They choked against Houston in 2015 and they choked tonight against the Denver Nuggets.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) September 16, 2020

i've been as big a denver skeptic as anyone here but this is a great basketball team right now

harris is just what they needed

he's made a huge difference

The nuggets are in the western conference finals. However, they have not yet won the title. Until they win the title people will question whether they are close to contending

if anyone has a link to the second round trophy presentation please post for matt

matt stop it you win, they are literally close to contending

haha

Leonard is getting eliminated by a team that has the vibe of the team he left to go mercenary

if you believe what his associates said when he left the spurs, kawhi mostly just wants to live in LA near where he grew up and has family. he would have commanded a big contract in SA or Toronto or anywhere else he chose to go.

look as they’ve always said, “close to contention” flags fly forever. this moment can never be taken away from the nuggets.