2022-23 NBA Thread: “you’ll never let me down like the Heat did”, Miami fan says to giant pile of cocaine (3 Viewers)

[Yo Mama]

It's also worth noting, I HATE that the Lakers team is so likable. Not supposed to root for them, but with the Mavs fairly horrid front office and coaching keeping them out of the playoffs, I find myself gravitating to them. Ick.

Other than Reeves nothing is likable about the Lakers.

Would THIS make you root for the Lakers to win it all this year? (Pat Bev says he and Westbrook are getting their rings if Lakers win the championship this year).

 

[Frostillicus]

Tim Legler had a pretty solid breakdown of the last Poole shot here.

Great breakdown. I love nerds.

 

[Frostillicus]

I love the Lakers (less than the Wolves) and I love Leborn (less than Ant). Don't ban me. I grew up on Magic! We didn't have a team!

 

[Deamon]

Tim Legler had a pretty solid breakdown of the last Poole shot here.

Great breakdown. I love nerds.

Ya I really don't hate that shot at all actually.

What I really hate is everyone judging a decision by the result only. If that shot goes in, the guy is a hero and it's "wow he stepped up and wasn't afraid to take the shot and came through!!!!"

Obviously not the best use of that possession, but Steph wasn't open, he couldn't dribble in closer and get a clean look, he maybe should have used more clock to find someone more open, but I don't think it's freak-out-worthy.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Seemed like that was potentially going to be a good game — then that third quarter was insane. Harden just didn’t have it — several 3s looked down and then rimmed out.

Not happy with a loss, but I am glad Embiid played to get some legs back under him for tomorrow. They would have lost without him anyway yesterday and then his clunker would have been Game 3.

 

[msudaisy26]

It's also worth noting, I HATE that the Lakers team is so likable. Not supposed to root for them, but with the Mavs fairly horrid front office and coaching keeping them out of the playoffs, I find myself gravitating to them. Ick.

Other than Reeves nothing is likable about the Lakers.

Would THIS make you root for the Lakers to win it all this year? (Pat Bev says he and Westbrook are getting their rings if Lakers win the championship this year).

It is the Lakers they have a lot going against them. Plus I am not a LeBron fan. I am also a Pistons fan, so there are about 4 teams that I can never root for and of they play each other I want them to both lose.

 

[Capella]

I love the Lakers (less than the Wolves) and I love Leborn (less than Ant). Don't ban me. I grew up on Magic! We didn't have a team!

I used to dislike the Lakers but now LA is my favorite place to visit in the country and I’ve always loved Lebron. Go Lakers.

 

[Capella]

What I really hate is everyone judging a decision by the result only. If that shot goes in, the guy is a hero and it's "wow he stepped up and wasn't afraid to take the shot and came through!!!!"

This isn’t true lol. People just keep saying this. That shot is probably about a 25% chance of going down. It’s a horrible shot.

 

[Insein]

What I really hate is everyone judging a decision by the result only. If that shot goes in, the guy is a hero and it's "wow he stepped up and wasn't afraid to take the shot and came through!!!!"

This isn’t true lol. People just keep saying this. That shot is probably about a 25% chance of going down. It’s a horrible shot.

Unless he made it

 

[Jayrod]

Since the with the last 3 (5?) MVP's have been big men, thought it would be cool to look at two of the greatest going head to head.

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Kareem vs. Wilt, an 8+ minute montage of them matched up when Wilt was with the Lakers and Kareem with the Bucks. Some really incredible skill and athleticism that would absolutely translate to today's game. They wouldn't put up the stupid rebounding stats like back then and likely not score quite as much, but their defensive effectiveness and efficiency would be elite with today's coaching and physical training and nutrition.

 

[Stoneworker]

What I really hate is everyone judging a decision by the result only. If that shot goes in, the guy is a hero and it's "wow he stepped up and wasn't afraid to take the shot and came through!!!!"

This isn’t true lol. People just keep saying this. That shot is probably about a 25% chance of going down. It’s a horrible shot.

Unless he made it

No. Even Steve Kerr criticized how far out he was. And as I've also pointed out, Poole was simply not in a good position spacing-wise for a catch-and-shoot with that much time left.

If Jordan could do it over again, he would do his work a little bit earlier, space out a little bit more as the play was unfolding and take that shot from 25 feet instead of 30, Kerr explained.

 

[Zow]

I love the Lakers (less than the Wolves) and I love Leborn (less than Ant). Don't ban me. I grew up on Magic! We didn't have a team!

Well, back in the day we did... and it was an aptly named team.

 

[the moops]

This isn’t true lol. People just keep saying this. That shot is probably about a 25% chance of going down. It’s a horrible shot.

What do you think are the chances of making a needed three with 10 seconds to go? It can't be much if any better than 25%

 

[the moops]

This isn’t true lol. People just keep saying this. That shot is probably about a 25% chance of going down. It’s a horrible shot.

What do you think are the chances of making a needed three with 10 seconds to go? It can't be much if any better than 25%

Steph Curry shot 22.2% on threes with the shot clock at 0-4 seconds this year. 16.3% last year. 21.3% the previous year

 

[Zow]

This isn’t true lol. People just keep saying this. That shot is probably about a 25% chance of going down. It’s a horrible shot.

What do you think are the chances of making a needed three with 10 seconds to go? It can't be much if any better than 25%

Hey, you, get out of here with your logic and reason. This is the basketball thread and there's no place for that!

 

[Zow]

What I really hate is everyone judging a decision by the result only. If that shot goes in, the guy is a hero and it's "wow he stepped up and wasn't afraid to take the shot and came through!!!!"

This isn’t true lol. People just keep saying this. That shot is probably about a 25% chance of going down. It’s a horrible shot.

Unless he made it

No. Even Steve Kerr criticized how far out he was. And as I've also pointed out, Poole was simply not in a good position spacing-wise for a catch-and-shoot with that much time left.

If Jordan could do it over again, he would do his work a little bit earlier, space out a little bit more as the play was unfolding and take that shot from 25 feet instead of 30, Kerr explained.

I agree with all of this. I also agree that, under the circumstances, he was correct to take that shot in the moment.

 

[Instinctive]

What I really hate is everyone judging a decision by the result only. If that shot goes in, the guy is a hero and it's "wow he stepped up and wasn't afraid to take the shot and came through!!!!"

This isn’t true lol. People just keep saying this. That shot is probably about a 25% chance of going down. It’s a horrible shot.

Unless he made it

No. Even Steve Kerr criticized how far out he was. And as I've also pointed out, Poole was simply not in a good position spacing-wise for a catch-and-shoot with that much time left.

If Jordan could do it over again, he would do his work a little bit earlier, space out a little bit more as the play was unfolding and take that shot from 25 feet instead of 30, Kerr explained.

I agree with all of this. I also agree that, under the circumstances, he was correct to take that shot in the moment.

Stop being too reasonable man no place for that here

 

[Capella]

This isn’t true lol. People just keep saying this. That shot is probably about a 25% chance of going down. It’s a horrible shot.

What do you think are the chances of making a needed three with 10 seconds to go? It can't be much if any better than 25%

Steph Curry shot 22.2% on threes with the shot clock at 0-4 seconds this year. 16.3% last year. 21.3% the previous year

In the second half of a game where the pointdiff is 5 or less and in the last 30 seconds of the game, Klay shot 40% from 3. Tyler Herro shot 45%. Few guys hit 2/5. Curry and Fox were bad at it. Couldn’t find Poole after a 100 entries, probably for good reason. 25% seems low to me for a team with that many good shooters.

I don’t know why you are filtering by the shot clock, what’s that got to do with anything. They had plenty of time and a time out.

 

[Desert_Power]

This isn’t true lol. People just keep saying this. That shot is probably about a 25% chance of going down. It’s a horrible shot.

What do you think are the chances of making a needed three with 10 seconds to go? It can't be much if any better than 25%

Steph Curry shot 22.2% on threes with the shot clock at 0-4 seconds this year. 16.3% last year. 21.3% the previous year

In the second half of a game where the pointdiff is 5 or less and in the last 30 seconds of the game, Klay shot 40% from 3. Tyler Herro shot 45%. Few guys hit 2/5. Curry and Fox were bad at it. Couldn’t find Poole after a 100 entries, probably for good reason. 25% seems low to me for a team with that many good shooters.

I don’t know why you are filtering by the shot clock, what’s that got to do with anything. They had plenty of time and a time out.

They needed to give that shot to Iguadola

 

[Kev4029]

This isn’t true lol. People just keep saying this. That shot is probably about a 25% chance of going down. It’s a horrible shot.

What do you think are the chances of making a needed three with 10 seconds to go? It can't be much if any better than 25%

Steph Curry shot 22.2% on threes with the shot clock at 0-4 seconds this year. 16.3% last year. 21.3% the previous year

In the second half of a game where the pointdiff is 5 or less and in the last 30 seconds of the game, Klay shot 40% from 3. Tyler Herro shot 45%. Few guys hit 2/5. Curry and Fox were bad at it. Couldn’t find Poole after a 100 entries, probably for good reason. 25% seems low to me for a team with that many good shooters.

I don’t know why you are filtering by the shot clock, what’s that got to do with anything. They had plenty of time and a time out.

Because by the time Curry would have gotten the ball back and got a shot off there wouldn't have been much time left on the clock. It ends up being like 50 total shots this year so it is maybe not as statistically relevant as presented, but the year before it was 16.3%, the year before that 21.3%, the year before that he was hurt all by 5 games (but made 1 of 6 of such shots), the year before that 20.5%... you get the point

One of the things that Curry lost a little with age is his ability to get separation in a 1-on-1 situation for a clean look at a three and that wasn't really the peak of his skill set to begin with.

 

[jvdesigns2002]

I don’t have a problem with the Poole shot. He’s a dude that can hit from range and was hitting that game. I do think the execution was bad—and I think that there is a chance that both he and Draymond maybe thought a timeout would be called. They were trailing the play by a good margin and were late getting into the front court. That made it so that they were both further away from the basket when Curry had to pass out of the double team. With that said—I think Poole had 2 options when he caught the ball. Either take the wide open 3, or if you are confident that you can get a wide open layup and attack the hoop very quickly—take a quick 2. With the Warriors not electing to take their timeout—and Poole catching the ball with 10 seconds left--there was enough time to take a concession 2, go for a steal and immediately foul—and then call your timeout. The lakers are not a really sharpshooting team from the free throw line. Just my 2 cents.

 

[Stoneworker]

Couldn’t find Poole after a 100 entries

Great story from Jalen Rose yesterday about a former teammate...

Teammate at timeout: "Hey coach, but I was wide open!"

Coach: "Hey son, you were wide open for a reason."

 

[Insein]

What I really hate is everyone judging a decision by the result only. If that shot goes in, the guy is a hero and it's "wow he stepped up and wasn't afraid to take the shot and came through!!!!"

This isn’t true lol. People just keep saying this. That shot is probably about a 25% chance of going down. It’s a horrible shot.

Unless he made it

No. Even Steve Kerr criticized how far out he was. And as I've also pointed out, Poole was simply not in a good position spacing-wise for a catch-and-shoot with that much time left.

If Jordan could do it over again, he would do his work a little bit earlier, space out a little bit more as the play was unfolding and take that shot from 25 feet instead of 30, Kerr explained.

Lillard takes a 50 footer to win a series. He's a hero because it went in. If that bricks, he's an idiot.

 

[jvdesigns2002]

What I really hate is everyone judging a decision by the result only. If that shot goes in, the guy is a hero and it's "wow he stepped up and wasn't afraid to take the shot and came through!!!!"

This isn’t true lol. People just keep saying this. That shot is probably about a 25% chance of going down. It’s a horrible shot.

Unless he made it

No. Even Steve Kerr criticized how far out he was. And as I've also pointed out, Poole was simply not in a good position spacing-wise for a catch-and-shoot with that much time left.

If Jordan could do it over again, he would do his work a little bit earlier, space out a little bit more as the play was unfolding and take that shot from 25 feet instead of 30, Kerr explained.

Lillard takes a 50 footer to win a series. He's a hero because it went in. If that bricks, he's an idiot.

I think one of the biggest factors in play is that it‘s more acceptable when the stud players on a team take the big shot (regardless of the quality of the shot). I’m in the camp that has no problem with Poole’s shot—but I do think that the execution/spacing on that play was lacking. I think a lot of people would feel a lot more comfortable and would have an easier time justifying Curry or Thompson taking a highly contested 3 from 25-27 feet than Poole missing a wide open 30 footer. I think if Lillard had missed that shot—it still would have been more widely acceptable to a lot of people versus if he would have passed the ball to Simons to shoot an open 27 footer. The stud players get the benefit of the doubt. If they hit it—it reinforces their “greatness”, and if they miss it—they get a pass because “you have to ride or die with your best players”. With guys like Poole—if they hit the shot—they are heroes, if they miss it—it’s a dumb shot and they are idiots.

 

[the moops]

I don’t know why you are filtering by the shot clock, what’s that got to do with anything. They had plenty of time and a time out.

Because Poole had the ball with 10 seconds left. If he resets and passes back to Green or directly to Curry, nobody is getting a shot off until 4 seconds or so left on the clock

 

[Navin Johnson]

Kudos to calling traveling when it happens.

It was a travel but, contrary to what van gundy claimed, ie he took too many steps, it was a travel because he Yugo-stepped it. He gathered on his right and then hopped to his right again to give himself downhill leverage. Had he hopped onto his left the move would have been completely legal but the balance would have been totally different. It's pretty amazing they catch that at the speed these guys are moving.

 

[Zow]

I don’t know why you are filtering by the shot clock, what’s that got to do with anything. They had plenty of time and a time out.

Because Poole had the ball with 10 seconds left. If he resets and passes back to Green or directly to Curry, nobody is getting a shot off until 4 seconds or so left on the clock

And, again, LA may choose to foul and GS literally never gets a shot to tie to game.

 

[jvdesigns2002]

I don’t know why you are filtering by the shot clock, what’s that got to do with anything. They had plenty of time and a time out.

Because Poole had the ball with 10 seconds left. If he resets and passes back to Green or directly to Curry, nobody is getting a shot off until 4 seconds or so left on the clock

Keep in mind that I’m on the team that has no problem with the Poole shot. However—if the Warriors were dead set in shooting a 3— they are better off taking the best 3 that they could leaving as little time or no time left on the clock. I’m not sure why people are advocating that they needed to shoot with a lot of time remaining. If their plan was to only take a 3–and not a concession 2—you just take what you think is the best 3 point opportunity that you can. Ideally you take it with as little time remaining on the clock as possible. Taking a quick shot and preserving time only really becomes advantageous if you want to take advantage of your remaining timeout and go for a really quick 2 to extend the game. Realistically—if I were to steel man my own stance (the stance that thinks the shot wasn’t terrible)—my critique would be that he shot it with too much time left. Even if he hits it—the Lakers get the ball with a decent amount of time to win the game.

 

[Navin Johnson]

Great game. Lakers doubling and forcing ball out of Curry's hands on Poole's 95 footer.

AD was awesome.

Interested to see if Lakers can get away with AD sagging on those high screens all series.

Anyone want to say Kerr should've taken a time out once the hard double came at Curry? Or is that only valid criticism when it's Coach Bud?

I don't think so. If they call time out LA games the foul on the floor. IMO they went three-hunting way too early. They should have attacked the rim for an easy two and then played the foul game. They still had two TO's IIRC so they could have advanced mutiple times.

 

[General Malaise]

I wonder if the shot that assassinated JFK got as much scrutiny as the final shot of GAME 1 of a 2nd round series is getting. This is absurd. Move on.

 

[Zow]

I wonder if the shot that assassinated JFK got as much scrutiny as the final shot of GAME 1 of a 2nd round series is getting. This is absurd. Move on.

This is the basketball thread.

Also, I've got a date with those beers you sent me this weekend as I'll finally have a weekend at home since I got them. Looking forward to them.

 

[Navin Johnson]

I don’t know why you are filtering by the shot clock, what’s that got to do with anything. They had plenty of time and a time out.

Because Poole had the ball with 10 seconds left. If he resets and passes back to Green or directly to Curry, nobody is getting a shot off until 4 seconds or so left on the clock

Keep in mind that I’m on the team that has no problem with the Poole shot. However—if the Warriors were dead set in shooting a 3— they are better off taking the best 3 that they could leaving as little time or no time left on the clock. I’m not sure why people are advocating that they needed to shoot with a lot of time remaining. If their plan was to only take a 3–and not a concession 2—you just take what you think is the best 3 point opportunity that you can. Ideally you take it with as little time remaining on the clock as possible. Taking a quick shot and preserving time only really becomes advantageous if you want to take advantage of your remaining timeout and go for a really quick 2 to extend the game. Realistically—if I were to steel man my own stance (the stance that thinks the shot wasn’t terrible)—my critique would be that he shot it with too much time left. Even if he hits it—the Lakers get the ball with a decent amount of time to win the game.

Yeah, if he hits it (say 30% to make the math easy), LA is still 40% to win on last shot and then 50% to win in OT. The early 3 attempt puts GSW at a roughly 9% to win the game (30% to make * 60% LA miss * 50% OT odds)

 

[SWC]

kerr should have signed larry and mike and put them in because according to a commercial they can make shots like off of the scoreboard and from outside the arena and stuff take that to the bank bromigos

 

[Navin Johnson]

Since the with the last 3 (5?) MVP's have been big men, thought it would be cool to look at two of the greatest going head to head.

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Kareem vs. Wilt, an 8+ minute montage of them matched up when Wilt was with the Lakers and Kareem with the Bucks. Some really incredible skill and athleticism that would absolutely translate to today's game. They wouldn't put up the stupid rebounding stats like back then and likely not score quite as much, but their defensive effectiveness and efficiency would be elite with today's coaching and physical training and nutrition.

Yeah, the rebouding numbers in those days were ridiculous. Mainly because teams were shooting in the low 40's at 120 possessions per game

 

[General Malaise]

I wonder if the shot that assassinated JFK got as much scrutiny as the final shot of GAME 1 of a 2nd round series is getting. This is absurd. Move on.

This is the basketball thread.

Also, I've got a date with those beers you sent me this weekend as I'll finally have a weekend at home since I got them. Looking forward to them.

You haven't broken into any of them? Impressive. Wish I had your will power.

 

[Zow]

I wonder if the shot that assassinated JFK got as much scrutiny as the final shot of GAME 1 of a 2nd round series is getting. This is absurd. Move on.

This is the basketball thread.

Also, I've got a date with those beers you sent me this weekend as I'll finally have a weekend at home since I got them. Looking forward to them.

You haven't broken into any of them? Impressive. Wish I had your will power.

I stopped drinking Sunday night through stopping work Friday evenings (assuming a normal work week - vacation or golf tournament and that rule is out the window) about a year ago and just haven't been home the last few weekends for a variety of reasons.

But I'm definitely home this weekend!

 

[Jayrod]

I'm avoiding all Poole-shot talk, but I have to note that Dame's game winner was with a tie game, so worst case scenario was OT.

 

[Navin Johnson]

I enjoy someone being so adamant and so wrong at the same time. It's been a while since this kind of take came through. Love it. Playoffs baby!!!!

Well, the fact that Curry instantly ran directly at Green, and then Steph's exasperated body language immediately after upon not getting the return pass, supports exactly what I am saying.

So if being "wrong" means seeing the game just like Steph Curry, I'm perfectly fine with that.

lol. Yes, because no player has ever wanted the ball back and not got it, and every time it's ever happened, it's been the wrong play.

LA running the same coverage I would have (and actually have) drawn up in the huddle: Stay on Steph, period. It doesn't matter if Green tried to do a handoff, there's a decent chance the actual handoff gets disrupted because, just like all game, I'm ignoring Green's offense completely and trusting Davis to disrupt if he actually gets close enough to the basket to attempt a dangerous pass or shot. Which he especially won't because it's a 3-pt game.

Even if Steph manages to receive the ball in this situation, it's not ending well.

And none of that is to say he can't be frustrated by it anyway. But for you to take his frustration as a sign of anything else is laughable too.

Lmao. LA certainly wasn't "running" any type of coverage on defense, they were running around with their heads cut off.

In all cases give the ball to your best player and point guard and he will make decisions that exploit those situations. If Draymond can't get it to him then call timeout and run a set play. Not difficult.

They were playing lock and trail on Steph all game, with multiple defenders playing 1-in-1-out, and add a deep drop if Looney or Green got the ball on the perimeter. I know it may look like chaos to the casual eye but anyone with a semi-trained eye can figure it out. Steph is going to have a long series if they try playing him off the ball. He is going to have to initiate to have any effect on the game and they are going to wear him out in the process.

 

[jvdesigns2002]

I'm avoiding all Poole-shot talk, but I have to note that Dame's game winner was with a tie game, so worst case scenario was OT.

Why? This is the NBA basketball thread during playoff basketball. This is when we should be the most passionate, have the most dialogue and back and forth. Why should anybody feel compelled to avoid any basketball dialogue this time of the year in this thread? If somebody feels like a basketball topic is getting too much attention in a basketball thread—I don’t see that as being the “threads“ problem. This forum has the lovely feature where somebody can just use a finger and slide it in an upwards fashion if there is a topic that they don’t care to engage in.

 

[msudaisy26]

I'm avoiding all Poole-shot talk, but I have to note that Dame's game winner was with a tie game, so worst case scenario was OT.

Plus it was Lillard in his prime as an all pro, playing well and leading his team in the playoffs in a tie game while leading the series.

Not a 6th man, who has played horrible these playoffs, and is probably the 4th best player on his team and the 3rd best shooter.

Green has to get the ball back to Curry and let him decide the shot he takes or gets for someone else.

 

[General Malaise]

I'm avoiding all Poole-shot talk, but I have to note that Dame's game winner was with a tie game, so worst case scenario was OT.

Well, I do think it's an upgrade to move on from a missed shot in game one of a seven game series to a shot that was made 12 years ago.

 

[General Malaise]

I'm avoiding all Poole-shot talk, but I have to note that Dame's game winner was with a tie game, so worst case scenario was OT.

Why? This is the NBA basketball thread during playoff basketball. This is when we should be the most passionate, have the most dialogue and back and forth. Why should anybody feel compelled to avoid any basketball dialogue this time of the year in this thread? If somebody feels like a basketball topic is getting too much attention in a basketball thread—I don’t see that as being the “threads“ problem. This forum has the lovely feature where somebody can just use a finger and slide it in an upwards fashion if there is a topic that they don’t care to engage in.

I'm under the impression that all opinions are welcome.

 

[Capella]

I can’t believe a conversation about bum *** Jordan Poole chucking up a terrible shot has turned into “oh you wouldn’t complain if Steph Curry or Dame Lilliard did it? How curious!”

Yea no ****. Those guys are amazing at basketball. That isn’t a counterpoint.

 

[jvdesigns2002]

I'm avoiding all Poole-shot talk, but I have to note that Dame's game winner was with a tie game, so worst case scenario was OT.

Why? This is the NBA basketball thread during playoff basketball. This is when we should be the most passionate, have the most dialogue and back and forth. Why should anybody feel compelled to avoid any basketball dialogue this time of the year in this thread? If somebody feels like a basketball topic is getting too much attention in a basketball thread—I don’t see that as being the “threads“ problem. This forum has the lovely feature where somebody can just use a finger and slide it in an upwards fashion if there is a topic that they don’t care to engage in.

I'm under the impression that all opinions are welcome.

Really? You certainly have an odd way of inviting basketball opinions in a basketball thread.

I wonder if the shot that assassinated JFK got as much scrutiny as the final shot of GAME 1 of a 2nd round series is getting. This is absurd. Move on.

 

[General Malaise]

I wonder if the shot that assassinated JFK got as much scrutiny as the final shot of GAME 1 of a 2nd round series is getting. This is absurd. Move on.

This is the basketball thread.

Also, I've got a date with those beers you sent me this weekend as I'll finally have a weekend at home since I got them. Looking forward to them.

You haven't broken into any of them? Impressive. Wish I had your will power.

I stopped drinking Sunday night through stopping work Friday evenings (assuming a normal work week - vacation or golf tournament and that rule is out the window) about a year ago and just haven't been home the last few weekends for a variety of reasons.

But I'm definitely home this weekend!

With four kids, I don't know how you do it. I have to have 2 beers before I even walk in the door.

 

[General Malaise]

I'm avoiding all Poole-shot talk, but I have to note that Dame's game winner was with a tie game, so worst case scenario was OT.

Why? This is the NBA basketball thread during playoff basketball. This is when we should be the most passionate, have the most dialogue and back and forth. Why should anybody feel compelled to avoid any basketball dialogue this time of the year in this thread? If somebody feels like a basketball topic is getting too much attention in a basketball thread—I don’t see that as being the “threads“ problem. This forum has the lovely feature where somebody can just use a finger and slide it in an upwards fashion if there is a topic that they don’t care to engage in.

I'm under the impression that all opinions are welcome.

Really? You certainly have an odd way of inviting basketball opinions in a basketball thread.

I wonder if the shot that assassinated JFK got as much scrutiny as the final shot of GAME 1 of a 2nd round series is getting. This is absurd. Move on.

This forum has the lovely feature where somebody can just use a finger and slide it in an upwards fashion if there is a topic that they don’t care to engage in.

 

[jvdesigns2002]

I'm avoiding all Poole-shot talk, but I have to note that Dame's game winner was with a tie game, so worst case scenario was OT.

Why? This is the NBA basketball thread during playoff basketball. This is when we should be the most passionate, have the most dialogue and back and forth. Why should anybody feel compelled to avoid any basketball dialogue this time of the year in this thread? If somebody feels like a basketball topic is getting too much attention in a basketball thread—I don’t see that as being the “threads“ problem. This forum has the lovely feature where somebody can just use a finger and slide it in an upwards fashion if there is a topic that they don’t care to engage in.

I'm under the impression that all opinions are welcome.

Really? You certainly have an odd way of inviting basketball opinions in a basketball thread.

I wonder if the shot that assassinated JFK got as much scrutiny as the final shot of GAME 1 of a 2nd round series is getting. This is absurd. Move on.

This forum has the lovely feature where somebody can just use a finger and slide it in an upwards fashion if there is a topic that they don’t care to engage in.

I’m the one engaging about basketball. You’re the one complaining about it. Move on or find somebody else to be a smart a** with. If you want to comment—keep it about basketball.

 

[nysfl2]

Pretty sure Poole has a decent history of hitting those types of shots

Michigan's Jordan Poole hits game-winning shot at buzzer to beat Houston in 2018 NCAA tournament

 

[General Malaise]

I'm avoiding all Poole-shot talk, but I have to note that Dame's game winner was with a tie game, so worst case scenario was OT.

Why? This is the NBA basketball thread during playoff basketball. This is when we should be the most passionate, have the most dialogue and back and forth. Why should anybody feel compelled to avoid any basketball dialogue this time of the year in this thread? If somebody feels like a basketball topic is getting too much attention in a basketball thread—I don’t see that as being the “threads“ problem. This forum has the lovely feature where somebody can just use a finger and slide it in an upwards fashion if there is a topic that they don’t care to engage in.

I'm under the impression that all opinions are welcome.

Really? You certainly have an odd way of inviting basketball opinions in a basketball thread.

I wonder if the shot that assassinated JFK got as much scrutiny as the final shot of GAME 1 of a 2nd round series is getting. This is absurd. Move on.

This forum has the lovely feature where somebody can just use a finger and slide it in an upwards fashion if there is a topic that they don’t care to engage in.

I’m the one engaging about basketball. You’re the one complaining about it. Move on or find somebody else to be a smart a** with. If you want to comment—keep it about basketball.

What are you, the thread police? Get over yourself.

My opinion is that the talk about Poole's missed shot has been beaten to death. It's one missed shot in game one of a seven games series. It happens. But the keystrokes and hot takes about it are a bit much. You don't like what I have to say about it, this forum has the lovely feature where somebody can just use a finger and slide it in an upwards fashion if there is a topic that they don’t care to engage in.

 

[Zow]

I wonder if the shot that assassinated JFK got as much scrutiny as the final shot of GAME 1 of a 2nd round series is getting. This is absurd. Move on.

This is the basketball thread.

Also, I've got a date with those beers you sent me this weekend as I'll finally have a weekend at home since I got them. Looking forward to them.

You haven't broken into any of them? Impressive. Wish I had your will power.

I stopped drinking Sunday night through stopping work Friday evenings (assuming a normal work week - vacation or golf tournament and that rule is out the window) about a year ago and just haven't been home the last few weekends for a variety of reasons.

But I'm definitely home this weekend!

With four kids, I don't know how you do it. I have to have 2 beers before I even walk in the door.

I'm not saying that the answer is edibles, but I'm not saying it isn't, either.