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that's some electoral college type shit

sucks for middleton, he had a better year than a couple of those guys

does that translate into bonus money for these guys?

yes, in many cases:

The rookie max extension for Pascal Siakam will now be adjusted based on earning All-NBA honors. Siakam signed a four-year extension last October that has a starting salary of 25% of the 2020-21 salary cap. The starting salary will be adjusted to 28% of... https://t.co/NnKleGJylu

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) September 16, 2020

the regular season feels like a decade ago now, but what a strange list. has to be the weakest list of guards in a long time

CP was mostly not great for like half of the season iirc

the bubble essentially has the heat shooting better than any warriors team of the steph/klay era

Playoffs Shooting, with 3ptFGA per 100 possessions

19-20 Heat: 38.6% on 37.3
18-19 Warriors: 37.2% on 32.8
17-18 Warriors: 35.7% on 32.0
16-17 Warriors: 35.7% on 32.0
15-16 Warriors: 39.2% on 33.0
14-15 Warriors: 37.4% on 31.6

Just as an idea of what MIA is working with so far.

— Couper Moorhead (@CoupNBA) September 16, 2020

There are only three players in NBA postseason history to shoot 41% from 3pt on 8+ attempts per game (min 10 games):

Klay Thompson
Steph Curry (2x)
Jae Crowder

Obviously a ways to go for Crowder, but so far he's basically been what Duncan was in the regular season. Same comps.

— Couper Moorhead (@CoupNBA) September 16, 2020

the heat getting duncan robinson’s offense in jae crowder’s body is the most underplayed aspect of this run

seems sustainable

only has to last 7 more wins

he could turn into a pumpkin but he’s getting a lot of open shots in an open gym... i’m curious

dragic is the story of the heat success to me. dude is ballin

yeah hes been great

big patience more like it

The Jokic passing clinic from last night pic.twitter.com/JOPyvKr2Zu

— Jordan Sperber (@hoopvision68) September 16, 2020

those double teams dont phase him one bit lol

Yeah he just chills and survives the court for the open guys

surveys*

When someone definitively figures out what’s up with kemba, please let me know. He looked like he had a huge bruise above his eyebrow....?

Jokic took two and a half steps on the final cut and drive in that selection. Other than that, lots of sweet reads and passes.

i count two after the gather/catch. right foot was on the ground when he got it

that clip highlights how bad the clippers defensive strategy was. trap always comes at the same time, guy who's getting helped off of knows to just cut to the basket, easy money

seriously did doc just skip the video sessions between games or....

Where did all the ball go?

Back tomorrow!

Jokic's ability to catch a ball, survey his options, pick one and make the right pass at the right time - all in 2 seconds or less - while some of the best defensive basketball players on the planet swarm around him is really something to behold. I hope we get 10+ more years of it.

Blazers, spurs, jazz and now the clippers all failed to figure out how to defend Jokic in the playoffs. If anyone can do it it’s probably Lebron doing his free safety stuff.

If my maths is correct, Heat have made 2 of their last 18 3-point attempts.

celtics still can't figure out how to not foul this team

the heat have "it"

celts were lost vs zone d

If the Heat make it to the finals they have to let Mark Wahlberg into the bubble. It's law.

Marcus Smart is screaming in the #Celtics locker room and there is a bunch of arguing going on. Smart comes out say “y’all on that bullshit!” Team is imploding. Smart is in bathroom and there is still screaming coming from locker room.

— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) September 18, 2020

lol

Smart wasn’t the only one yelling. There were definitely items thrown and a lot of yelling. #Celtics

— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) September 18, 2020

There were loud clanks — like someone throwing items — coming from the Celtics’ locker room. https://t.co/0D9SokSr5u

— Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) September 18, 2020

is this the celtics mindtype?

i guess they haven't learned how to beat good zone d since thats what almost killed them vs raps too

celtics are no longer a vibes team, alas

I still don’t feel like the Heat are going to win, which in a way means they cannot truly win

league is not gonna let the possibility of a lakers celtics final get snuffed out this easily

those were celtics jump shots https://t.co/MgGLbrH8Og

— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) September 18, 2020

Celtics beat writers have been taking every opportunity almost weekly for the past year to remind anyone within earshot that any and all chemistry and behind the scenes issues with this team last season were the sole fault of that moody upstart Kyrie. Don't remember guys screaming and throwing shit at each other in the locker room after a loss when he was on the team tho...

everyone blames the flat earther

it’s been two pretty bad and very close losses, i get how it could become that heated and not be the sign of deep chemistry issues, given the stakes

i just don’t see the celtics crumbling like they did last year. that team waved the white flag like 2.5 games into the bucks series bcuz everyone knew the “best” player on the team was skipping town 45 seconds after the final buzzer. that just isn’t the case this year.

they also had an emotionally rough series against toronto after taking the first two easily, prob feels like a pretty big hole for them

I still don’t feel like the Heat are going to win, which in a way means they cannot truly win

the heat were a terrible match up for the bucks and still may have lost in a scenario where the bucks have a true home court. extrapolate bubble playoff results — game situations that will almost certainly never be replicated in nba history — at your own risk!

NBA don't want it to happen and it probably won't, but a Heat & Nuggets finals would be great.

Heat somehow win it all, they would have had 3 different ERAs of club win the title. I guess Wade was a carry over from the Shaq club to the Big 3, but still not even the Lakers or Celtics have pulled that off (yet) in recent memory.

You got to wonder how the ceiling is for a guy like Herro. It boggles my mind how much he has improved since he started at UK to now and really not that long a period. He went from incoming freshman bench player to a one and done and getting some minutes to turning into an NBA star in like a year.