carne please confirm
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 15:45 (three years ago) link
i think lakers knicks could be equivalent for celtics fans but lol
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 15:47 (three years ago) link
feel like celtics fans dont care thaat much about the knicks just via owning them forever
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 15:48 (three years ago) link
clippers winning a ring in the most asterisk year possible would be pretty funny tho
philly and knicks fans def super hate the celtics but i dont think really have any western teams they hate
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
yeah this requires that the knicks become good enough to beat the celtics regularly the point is that it is in fact a natural rivalry and not a player based one if both teams are relevant
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 15:52 (three years ago) link
and yeah celtics lakers is the only real east west rivalry so one of them has to be involved
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 15:53 (three years ago) link
― lag∞n, Wednesday, September 9, 2020 11:45 AM (forty-nine minutes ago)
not ideal at all tbh
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 16:39 (three years ago) link
Tyler Herro leads the league with 102 4th quarter playoff minutes.He’s a +32 with just 3 TO.#HEATTwitter pic.twitter.com/D2qmwnyyJs— Simon Smith (@SimonSperling) September 9, 2020
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 September 2020 16:45 (three years ago) link
the heat kinda terrify me. like this season theyre plucky underdogs but by 2021-22 they might have two max dudes next to butler, bam, herro....ughhhhhhh
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 16:46 (three years ago) link
i continue to believe it's the celtics in the east this year but miami looks gooooooooood right now
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 16:55 (three years ago) link
i think the celtics are a bad match up for the heat because the heat don't have anyone to check kemba and on the other side smart will be a problem for dragic and herro. i think if the heat win it will come down to butler, crowder and iggy out-vetting tatum and brown, and the celtics not having an answer for bam. other thing about this series is that the heat won't have the massive coaching advantage they enjoyed in rounds 1 and 2
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 September 2020 17:02 (three years ago) link
i would like to see the celtics win tonights game before thinking about this
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 17:03 (three years ago) link
i would also like this
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 17:04 (three years ago) link
i'm rooting for the raptors bcuz the match up is far less problematic for the heat imo but i don't think they have the juice to get by boston... if it wasn't for a miracle the series would already be over
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 September 2020 17:06 (three years ago) link
feel like something the heat exploited vs the bucks that they could also exploit vs the celtics is getting important players in foul trouble w/ whistles in the bubble being crazy. the heat get fouled a lot esp playing no road games and can also withstand foul trouble on the other end bcuz of their depth.
yeah depth wld def be the heats advantage over the celtics, and the celtics have more talent at the top than the heat, i dont think either team has a super big positional matchup edge theyre pretty similar teams tho the point jordan made abt the backcourt matchups are reasonable
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, September 9, 2020 12:39 PM (forty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol
the bucks had a few things going vs. the heat's offense last night that i think other teams could focus on--they got robinson off the floor and made butler pretty passive for a lot of the game. i'll take my chances if dragic and herro are using most of the offensive possessions. but then they finally succumbed to jimmy's bullshit foul-drawing game.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 17:33 (three years ago) link
yeah if they face the celtics the heat cld have a hard time playing robinson too much
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 18:36 (three years ago) link
i think they decided even before the playoffs started that their main 6 guys for crunch time were gonna be dragic, herro, butler, crowder, iggy and bam. i don't think robinson has been played off the floor really... to me it's been two things 1. herro is getting a ton of minutes because they need his ball handling 2. jae crowder is shooting 40% from three on 8 threes a game, which isn't quite duncan's percentage but when you factor in the defensive aspect it's clear he should be on the floor a ton. and iggy has thrown in a few shots per game too. i think if either of those two had turned out to be lemons on offense (not an unreasonable expectation) you'd be seeing a lot more robinson.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 September 2020 20:09 (three years ago) link
Robinson is a better player than Herro imo, it’s just matchups and whatnot
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 20:29 (three years ago) link
i don't agree w/ that but i also don't think it's match ups as much roster balance. you need more than one PG and kendrick nunn has stunk all bubble, meanwhile the heat have 3 other wings they can play over robinson.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 September 2020 20:35 (three years ago) link
herro is actually more defensively vulnerable than robinson but again they need his ball handling so they've been willing to just live w/ him getting beaten off the dribble pretty consistently... even when brogdon was steamrolling him every possession they were kinda just like, eh. both celtics or raptors could really pick at that issue tho
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 September 2020 20:38 (three years ago) link
NBA ACTION! IT'S MAAAAAATCHUPS and whatnot
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 20:44 (three years ago) link
wow! it is nba games and players
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 20:54 (three years ago) link
- Earvin "Magic" Johnson
― DJI, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 20:56 (three years ago) link
celtics getting hoisted out of the offs
― ciderpress, Thursday, 10 September 2020 00:27 (three years ago) link
forgot that the celtics have grant williams. i really gotta work to fight the urge to like them.
― ptah el dude (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 September 2020 00:30 (three years ago) link
the lakers on the other hand are a deeply unlikable bunch besides lebron
― ptah el dude (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 September 2020 00:31 (three years ago) link
the officiating really does feel more unpredictable than its ever been in some of these games
― ciderpress, Thursday, 10 September 2020 00:35 (three years ago) link
lowry hitting lots of deep contested 3s what can you do
― ciderpress, Thursday, 10 September 2020 00:50 (three years ago) link
they could drive to the motherfucking basket
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 September 2020 00:51 (three years ago) link
thank you for illustrating, marcus
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 September 2020 00:52 (three years ago) link
siakam is a great player but the raps need him to be a better iso scorer so they don’t have to rely on little dudes like fvv and lowry at the ends of games
― ptah el dude (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 September 2020 01:03 (three years ago) link
alternately, they could stop trying to feed him b/c he can't do it and let lowry bomb away from above the break
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 September 2020 01:04 (three years ago) link
watching kemba try to find anything this game has been depressing
― ciderpress, Thursday, 10 September 2020 01:06 (three years ago) link
unbelievable. they gave them a timeout when he was still in the goddamn air.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 September 2020 01:06 (three years ago) link
yeah wtf
― ciderpress, Thursday, 10 September 2020 01:07 (three years ago) link
idk what the rule is on that
― micah, Thursday, 10 September 2020 01:07 (three years ago) link
brad looks shook
― micah, Thursday, 10 September 2020 01:08 (three years ago) link
questionable reffing on both ends
― ptah el dude (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 September 2020 01:08 (three years ago) link
arent loose ball fouls on an inbounds 1 ft and posession?
― micah, Thursday, 10 September 2020 01:09 (three years ago) link
i thought that was fouls away from the ball
― ciderpress, Thursday, 10 September 2020 01:13 (three years ago) link
how did it take so much time off the clock if it was a foul before the pass?
― ptah el dude (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 September 2020 01:13 (three years ago) link
also don’t get how it wasn’t in the act of shooting
― ptah el dude (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 September 2020 01:14 (three years ago) link
it wasn't in the act of shooting because the 'shooter' never had the ball
― ciderpress, Thursday, 10 September 2020 01:14 (three years ago) link
why the fuck was that a technical? shouldn't it either be a common or flagrant foul for unnecessary contact?
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 September 2020 01:14 (three years ago) link
cant be a common foul because its after the whistle, and i guess they didnt think it was serious enough for a flagrant
― micah, Thursday, 10 September 2020 01:16 (three years ago) link
good game
― k3vin k., Thursday, 10 September 2020 01:18 (three years ago) link