part two of the nba 2020-21 anything but regular season

I was told the dunk was better, by you iirc. You’ll have to make up your mind.

the world famous dunk... *nervously* is a type of shot

Hmm idk about all that

in all seriousness dunks are still the best but theyre too hard to get how many points can one score off dunks in a game like 8, you can get 20+ from the 3 point shot alone, so while the dunk is still the best shot, shooting the shit out of the ball is maybe a better all around behavior, unless youre zion

lag∞n at 5:54 27 Apr 21

in all seriousness dunks are still the best but theyre too hard to get how many points can one score off dunks in a game like 8

not with that attitude

you know what youre right thanks coach

wilt dunked 50 times in a single game to famously achieve 100 points and then created the 💯 emoji, one simply needs imagination

damn... something to think about

you can tell the regular season should have ended two weeks ago because the biggest story right now is the knicks having a team roughly as good as any of several recent indiana pacers teams

draymond guarding luka is gonna be good viewing

ooof Golden State getting killed

lol of course I'm like everyone is talking about Steph I should watch and bring my bad Wolves ju ju

wow now theyre really getting killed

willie cauley stein's neck tattoos sometimes look like they are part of some kinda weird super beard

ive never loved the look of neck tats but i guess guys just run out of room

the warriors rotation right now is really awful and i say this as a celtics fan

Two rotation guys out (Lee, bazemore) with covid related stuff and paschal has been out for a few weeks with a leg thing. Dubs are just your average 500 club. Can beat anyone on any given night but can also get blown out. It is weird that Oubre and Wiggins have basically had zero games where they both play well. It’s always one or the other... or neither like tonight

you can tell the regular season should have ended two weeks ago because the biggest story right now is the knicks having a team roughly as good as any of several recent indiana pacers teams

its pretty funny that the nets are contenders and no one cares

thats new york baby the big apple

such an odd season, we're only 60+ games in and yes, it feels like the cream is fully separated and all that needs to be done is to jump into the playoffs before there are injuries and yet we're still not playing the full 82. Then we do playins before playoffs? Curious to see if the standard leap in intensity/quality of play that always accompanies the playoffs is there or if rest days didn't do enough to prepare everyone for the home stretch.

The play-in sounded fun when it was just Bill Simmons cooking up a fun though experiment. Now it just seems like a way for hopeless teams like the Warriors to hurt their players trying to get to the play-in.

though=thought

im totally in on the play in. i think those games will be fun. more high stakes games please.

altho maybe next year they can just trick all the players and call the regular season 'the play-in tournament' and see what happens.

"play in tournament" except its just the first round consisting of the 3-6 4-5 teams playing 5 games series to see who plays the 1-2 teams in the second round

actually 3 game series, be done in a week

i... don't like a single elimination format? too much weird stuff can happen in a single game and one turned ankle could alter a whole season. Best out of three seems more reasonable.
NB: I am not a college hoops guy.

last year they did lower seed has to win two games higher seed just one right are they doing that again

i think i like the play in, there is at least some intrigue to this part of the season now also with teams trying go get to 5-6 and avoid the play in. and the games themselves should actually be fun esp in the west... from a competitive standpoint it also gives the top 5 teams the week off which adds an extra bonus for continuing to try. bcuz the schedule is compressed this year it’s maybe a bit different in terms of guys pushing themselves to play back to backs, three in five etc but once the schedule normalizes next year i don’t think there will be many if any drawbacks

One of Wizards/Bulls/Toronto may wind up in the play-in at like 10 games under .500

last year they did lower seed has to win two games higher seed just one right are they doing that again

ah thx

That’s correct.

there were too many teams in the playoffs already is my feeling, more than half the teams, doesnt makes sense, leads to dumb bad playoff games

one change i think would be good is that if you win the first three games of a first round series you knock the other team out. the playoffs start to drag when the 1 and 2 seeds win the first two games and everyone knows the series is over but it still gets dragged to 5 anyway

this will never happen bcuz the lower seeds want to guarantee at least two playoff games worth of revenue but still

i think i agree with forks that the loser of 7-8 should have to lose twice to the lower opponent to get knocked out but we’ll see how it goes

i live in brooklyn and have greatly enjoyed watching this shambolically frankensteined "hey we play defense SOMEtimes" home team a lot but seeing the nets get knocked out by the westbrook bullets in the first round would be immensely entertaining.
on the other hand, i would be happy to see them win the whole thing! I'd be happy to see any team win this year! Except the Lakers, not the Lakers.

Except the Lakers, not the Lakers.

This man talks sense.

there were too many teams in the playoffs already is my feeling, more than half the teams, doesnt makes sense, leads to dumb bad playoff games

― lag∞n, Wednesday, April 28, 2021 9:44 AM (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

FPd for wanting less 'offs

yeah technically you have to lose twice to miss out if you're the 7-8 seed. but it is a bum deal in a sense. but also who cares you gotta win the games that matter so just win them.

jordan otm

between this and the anti tanking bottom three teams have the same chance at the top pick i feel like i feel like the nba has added some new layers to keep competitiveness up.

i hate the play-in. terribly bandaid for the actual problem which is too many damn games.

FPd for wanting less 'offs

― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Wednesday, April 28, 2021 12:56 PM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

wow maybe try looking into a little concept called less is more

Does the playin determine who ends up in the lottery S well?

*as well

i believe lottery odds are set based on standings prior to the playin

wow maybe try looking into a little concept called less is more

― lag∞n, Wednesday, April 28, 2021 10:04 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHZ48AE3TOI

To me, the play-in kills the end of the regular season. Teams that barely deserve to be in the playoffs like the Pacers and Warriors instead are basically playoff locks. Is that worth it for a few games of a fun new wrinkle? The playoffs already ruled without it.

i don’t see how the pacers or warriors are playoff locks. they might not even be play in game locks! i don’t see any argument for the idea that there is less intrigue to the end of the regular season... in a typical season the only thing that would really matter right now is the race for eighth in both conferences and some jockeying for seeding but teams typically haven’t cared that much about that in recent years. the play in keeps the race for eighth (so that you only need one win to get into the playoffs) and adds a race for tenth (to get into the play in), and a race for sixth (to avoid the play in). there’s way more games that matter on any given night — most of the teams in okee are inherently not all that great but i still don’t see how it’s less interesting than normal