2022-23 NBA Thread: “you’ll never let me down like the Heat did”, Miami fan says to giant pile of cocaine (2 Viewers)

[Alex P Keaton]

Tweet from Woj:

An interesting dynamic approaching Celtics-Sixers Game 7, per sources: NBA’s officiating game report shared with teams from Game 6 revealed a significant disparity: 13 officiating errors disadvantaging 76ers to four disadvantaging Boston. Those can include calls and non calls.

Shocking

(Note: Warriors fan, not a Boston/Philly fan)

 

[identikit]

C'mon Philly

Break the cycle today!

 

[jvdesigns2002]

In what context did Ja flash a gun? Was it illegal?

If Sixers lose, Doc has to go. Monte Williams to philly?

I dont think legality is the issue. The issue is the optics and what looks to be a complete lack of judgement. Having a dude that constantly flashes firearms while partying is hard to swallow as being a face of the franchise and the NBA.

 

[Insein]

I'm at a dinner at the in laws for Mother's day and the game won't be on. Actually fine with that. I'll check the score every now and then but I'm not subjecting myself to the ups and downs of the whole thing. Hopefully it is a W at the end.

 

[SoBeDad]

The Heat has the longest odds to become NBA champs, by far. Deservedly so. How many teams with a negative point differential (-0.3) in the regular season have made it this far? The new play-in rules made this Heat run possible. I give them about a 10% chance to beat either BOS or PHI in a 7 game series. The 4 days off will help Butler (ankle), Adebayo (hamstring), and Lowry (age).

>>The Heat, which was outscored by a total of 26 points this regular season, is also the first team since at least 2000 to advance to the conference finals after posting a negative point differential in the regular season.<<

https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nba/miami-heat/article275377536.html#storylink=cpy

 

[need2know]

Eric Lewis, Celtics fan, reffing game 7 today. Are you kidding me

 

[Jayrod]

I regret to inform everyone I will be watching the game today on tape delay, thus you will not get to witness my meltdowns with every other possession as I will be avoiding this thread until I've watched the game.

Good luck Philly fans and Godspeed to the Celtics.

 

[Juxtatarot]

In what context did Ja flash a gun? Was it illegal?

If Sixers lose, Doc has to go. Monte Williams to philly?

I dont think legality is the issue. The issue is the optics and what looks to be a complete lack of judgement. Having a dude that constantly flashes firearms while partying is hard to swallow as being a face of the franchise and the NBA.

But to suspend him it has to be against some rule. Last time part of the issue was he was on a team road-trip and there is a rule against having a gun on road-trips.

I guess it’s probably illegal to wave a gun around in a car driving down a street? With all these open carry laws I don’t know.

I’m not saying he shouldn’t or won’t get a lengthy suspension. I just don’t understand how this will play out.

 

[Corporation]

Eric Lewis, Celtics fan, reffing game 7 today. Are you kidding me

Add in Scott Foster and you have a recipe for disaster. Even if there is nothing to it, the NBA has to know that people are tracking stuff like this and you wonder why they would double dip and open themselves up to so much criticism. Maybe they are still bitter about the Process tanking.

 

[thecatch]

In what context did Ja flash a gun? Was it illegal?

If Sixers lose, Doc has to go. Monte Williams to philly?

I dont think legality is the issue. The issue is the optics and what looks to be a complete lack of judgement. Having a dude that constantly flashes firearms while partying is hard to swallow as being a face of the franchise and the NBA.

But to suspend him it has to be against some rule. Last time part of the issue was he was on a team road-trip and there is a rule against having a gun on road-trips.

I guess it’s probably illegal to wave a gun around in a car driving down a street? With all these open carry laws I don’t know.

I’m not saying he shouldn’t or won’t get a lengthy suspension. I just don’t understand how this will play out.

He won’t get hit hard by the league for no other reason than Silver has no interest in the disciplinary aspects of the commissioner’s job.

 

[Capella]

Yeah, Ja should get at least half the year. Just so so so dumb.

He must actually be insane.

 

[scorchy]

I went in the basement and dug out my old Sixers Matt Geiger jersey (no judging, I had valid reasons at the time), throwing it on over my Harden/Beard tee. My son has on his Iverson throwback for the first time this year. Hoping that repping players from the 2000-01 NBA finals team somehow reverses 22 years of disappointment.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Tweet from Woj:

An interesting dynamic approaching Celtics-Sixers Game 7, per sources: NBA’s officiating game report shared with teams from Game 6 revealed a significant disparity: 13 officiating errors disadvantaging 76ers to four disadvantaging Boston. Those can include calls and non calls.

File a protest and postpone game 7, imo

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Wizards likely to sell their whole team once they get a GM. That GM will do anything they can to move Beal. Porzingis likely to opt out. Kuzma certain to opt out. Maybe they can get relegated to the Italian League. Gotta think teams can find a use for the latter two. Beal seems physically done to me.

What are you basing this on? Doesn’t seem like anything leonsis would ever allow.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

In what context did Ja flash a gun? Was it illegal?

If Sixers lose, Doc has to go. Monte Williams to philly?

I dont think legality is the issue. The issue is the optics and what looks to be a complete lack of judgement. Having a dude that constantly flashes firearms while partying is hard to swallow as being a face of the franchise and the NBA.

But to suspend him it has to be against some rule. Last time part of the issue was he was on a team road-trip and there is a rule against having a gun on road-trips.

I guess it’s probably illegal to wave a gun around in a car driving down a street? With all these open carry laws I don’t know.

I’m not saying he shouldn’t or won’t get a lengthy suspension. I just don’t understand how this will play out.

He won’t get hit hard by the league for no other reason than Silver has no interest in the disciplinary aspects of the commissioner’s job.

I mean, silver can only do what the cba allows. Like jux said, they got him last time on the fact that it was a team road trip.

 

[ChicoCat]

PHI in a close one....or BOS winning by the end of the 3rd.

 

[identikit]

Mowed my front and side yard...

Stopped to watch this game

Philly, don't make me have to go out in this heat and finish the rest

 

[mr. furley]

cannot wait to hear about which players in this game are horrible and should be kicked out of the league

 

[mr. furley]

Harden already playing like he's throwing the game

 

[mr. furley]

if the Bucks hire Mark Jackson i'll become a Bulls fan

 

[identikit]

if the Bucks hire Mark Jackson i'll become a Bulls fan

There goes that man!

 

[need2know]

Hard to believe sixers winning with embiid playing poorly

 

[ShamrockPride]

if the Bucks hire Mark Jackson i'll become a Bulls fan

There goes that man!

HAND DOWN MAN DOWN

 

[identikit]

Where's Van Gundy?

 

[identikit]

Melton better not throw up three crappy shots again

 

[offdee]

if the Bucks hire Mark Jackson i'll become a Bulls fan

I’d actually like to see JJ Reddick as the coach.

 

[offdee]

Anybody see the courtside middle age white dude in the black cardigan and big red Mschf cartoon boots?

 

[mr. furley]

Anybody see the courtside middle age dude in the black cardigan and big red Mschf cartoon boots?

i do now

 

[mr. furley]

my neighbor's 11 year old dribbles like Jaylen Brown. kid is constantly chasing the ball in to the street, too.

 

[modogg]

Tweet from Woj:

An interesting dynamic approaching Celtics-Sixers Game 7, per sources: NBA’s officiating game report shared with teams from Game 6 revealed a significant disparity: 13 officiating errors disadvantaging 76ers to four disadvantaging Boston. Those can include calls and non calls.

They said the refs came into Sixers locker room around halftime to apologize for missing multiple calls. I think harden and someone else said it in the postgame interviews

 

[Brunell4MVP]

These refs are so bad.

Yet it may be worse listening to the announcers justify fouls where a player isn’t touched. Yeah. That’s a good call. There was a touch there. Um. No there wasn’t.

It’s all rigged

 

[modogg]

Good energy from Paul Reed this game. Fun to see

 

[mr. furley]

it's amazing that a player can be so valuable on offense that he can be harmfully indifferent on defense and it not matter

 

[modogg]

Lol what in the heck is Harden supposed to do there? Are they really acting like he went up with a roll in and somehow fouled brown on purpose?

 

[Alex P Keaton]

Celts fans outraged by a Harden foul that wouldn’t be amongst the top-10 Marcus Smart cheap shots just of these 2023 playoffs.

 

[msudaisy26]

Dislike Harden, but that can't be a flagrant.

Why would Harden opt out? He won't get 35 million from anyone else will he?

 

[mr. furley]

Harden already playing like he's throwing the game

 

[need2know]

Lol what in the heck is Harden supposed to do there? Are they really acting like he went up with a roll in and somehow fouled brown on purpose?

BS call and it got them back into the game

 

[need2know]

What the hell is going on wow

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Douche move by Niang

 

[msudaisy26]

Lol what in the heck is Harden supposed to do there? Are they really acting like he went up with a roll in and somehow fouled brown on purpose?

BS call and it got them back into the game

The call is right. The rule is stupid.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Dislike Harden, but that can't be a flagrant.

Why would Harden opt out? He won't get 35 million from anyone else will he?

He’s gotta secure a longer term deal. He could get at least 3/100.

 

[msudaisy26]

Niang should get a T too

 

[Long Ball Larry]

That seems very disproportionate. I would honestly be ok with ejecting niang

 

[Alex P Keaton]

Weird to see Scott Foster lose control of a game

 

[msudaisy26]

Good calls

That seems very disproportionate. I would honestly be ok with ejecting niang

Celtics would protest.

 

[Alex P Keaton]

That seems very disproportionate. I would honestly be ok with ejecting niang

I would have been ok with a flagrant foul on the loose ball. J Brown clocked Harden in the face with his arm.

 

[mr. furley]

is Al Hawfid's defensive positioning so good that Embiid can't back him down? i get that he's got a good base and he's sinking his hips to get leverage but Embiid just seems to test a bump, then give up.

 

[need2know]

Embiid looks awful

 

[Alex P Keaton]

Harden already playing like he's throwing the game

Bump. Harden loses his dribble and turns it over.