2024-25 NBA Thread: Finals court designs NBA ordered off Temu finally came in (60 Viewers)

[Capella]

Gotta be honest, didn’t realize the Grizzle won 48 games this year. Kinda crazy they have to go through this thing.

 

[Yo Mama]

AD apparently a game time decision even though Kidd apparently has no idea what the setback was, if any

This could have some interesting draft consequences.

With Heat looking fairly likely to beat Atlanta, a Mavs win would give the Kings a coin flip to keep their pick. I also believe Memphis would keep their own pick if they lose (too lazy to verify, so just trust me).

Yes, Memphis will keep their pick if they lose because that will put them into the lottery and the pick is lottery protected. Washington will then get two 2nds instead of pick 18-20 this year.

I guess with the Heat winning, they give their first rounder to Toronto.

 

[Yo Mama]

Gotta be honest, didn’t realize the Grizzle won 48 games this year. Kinda crazy they have to go through this thing.

Yeah, for a good portion of the season, I think they were 3 seed in the west.

 

[Moe.]

AD apparently a game time decision even though Kidd apparently has no idea what the setback was, if any

This could have some interesting draft consequences.

With Heat looking fairly likely to beat Atlanta, a Mavs win would give the Kings a coin flip to keep their pick. I also believe Memphis would keep their own pick if they lose (too lazy to verify, so just trust me).

Yes, Memphis will keep their pick if they lose because that will put them into the lottery and the pick is lottery protected. Washington will then get two 2nds instead of pick 18-20 this year.

I guess with the Heat winning, they give their first rounder to Toronto.

Thunder, not Toronto. If Miami had lost it would have been an unprotected 2026 first rounder

 

[Yo Mama]

AD apparently a game time decision even though Kidd apparently has no idea what the setback was, if any

This could have some interesting draft consequences.

With Heat looking fairly likely to beat Atlanta, a Mavs win would give the Kings a coin flip to keep their pick. I also believe Memphis would keep their own pick if they lose (too lazy to verify, so just trust me).

Yes, Memphis will keep their pick if they lose because that will put them into the lottery and the pick is lottery protected. Washington will then get two 2nds instead of pick 18-20 this year.

I guess with the Heat winning, they give their first rounder to Toronto.

Thunder, not Toronto. If Miami had lost it would have been an unprotected 2026 first rounder

Thanks - I misread that.

 

[Mister CIA]

AD apparently a game time decision even though Kidd apparently has no idea what the setback was, if any

This could have some interesting draft consequences.

With Heat looking fairly likely to beat Atlanta, a Mavs win would give the Kings a coin flip to keep their pick. I also believe Memphis would keep their own pick if they lose (too lazy to verify, so just trust me).

Yes, Memphis will keep their pick if they lose because that will put them into the lottery and the pick is lottery protected. Washington will then get two 2nds instead of pick 18-20 this year.

I guess with the Heat winning, they give their first rounder to Toronto.

Thunder, not Toronto. If Miami had lost it would have been an unprotected 2026 first rounder

A huge win for Miami to keep their 2026 1st. I don't think they will be very good next year. Good for the league too, sans OKC.

 

[scoobus]

Mavs on pace to hold Memphis to 132. Suffocating.

 

[Mister CIA]

Dallas in round 1 would have been a sweet deal for OKC.

Dallas needs to pull the plug on AD'S season. Getting RGIII vibes with him running around with his injured leg.

 

[Jayrod]

Why on earth is Memphis wearing "Vancouver Grizzlies" at a home playoff(ish) game?

"I know this may be our only chance to host a postseason game, but we should reference everyone back to our previous city." Why?

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Defense wins championships As they give up 120 and 2/3 of their starting frontline goes scoreless across 47 minutes

 

[Frostillicus]

Gotta be honest, didn’t realize the Grizzle won 48 games this year. Kinda crazy they have to go through this thing.

The West is ******** madhouse.

 

[Yo Mama]

I’m sure it’s just me, but the fact that lottery odds are determined by actual coin flips is fascinating to me. On Monday the following ties will be flipped for.

9-10: Rockets (from Suns) vs Trail Blazers
11-12: Bulls vs Mavericks
13-14: Hawks (from Kings) vs Spurs (from Hawks)

They should force the team owners to participate and televise the event.

 

[Yo Mama]

My playoff predictions in case you’re looking for something to fade.

Cavs beat Heat in six
Pacers beat Bucks in seven
Celtics beat Magic in four (congrats @GOB )
Knicks beat Pistons in six

Cavs beat Pacers in six
Celtics beat Knicks in five

Celtics beat Cavs in six

Thunder beat Grizzlies in five
Clippers beat Nuggets in six
Lakers beat Wolves in seven
Rockets beat Warriors in seven

Thunder beat Clippers in seven
Lakers beat Rockets in six

Thunder beat Lakers in six

Celtics beat Thunder in six

(Very close to swapping Lakers with Wolves)

 

[Major]

(Very close to swapping Lakers with Wolves)

I'd love seeing HOU v. MINN in the 2nd round. Not only because I enjoy watching these teams play each other but I'd thoroughly enjoy disrupting the NBA's dream of a LAL v. GS series.

 

[Instinctive]

Mavs on pace to hold Memphis to 132. Suffocating.

Defense wins championships

 

[Major]

Mavs on pace to hold Memphis to 132. Suffocating.

Defense wins championships

That Dallas defense doesnt even win play-ins

 

[identikit]

Happy Playoff Day!!!!!!

 

[Instinctive]

Mavs on pace to hold Memphis to 132. Suffocating.

Defense wins championships

That Dallas defense doesnt even win play-ins

Don't worry Nico was right along we will all see in this three year mastermind window

 

[Capella]

Dallas needs to pull the plug on AD'S season. Getting RGIII vibes with him running around with his injured leg.

Incredible trade. I can’t get over it!

 

[Zow]

My playoff predictions in case you’re looking for something to fade.

Cavs beat Heat in six
Pacers beat Bucks in seven
Celtics beat Magic in four (congrats @GOB )
Knicks beat Pistons in six

Cavs beat Pacers in six
Celtics beat Knicks in five

Celtics beat Cavs in six

Thunder beat Grizzlies in five
Clippers beat Nuggets in six
Lakers beat Wolves in seven
Rockets beat Warriors in seven

Thunder beat Clippers in seven
Lakers beat Rockets in six

Thunder beat Lakers in six

Celtics beat Thunder in six

(Very close to swapping Lakers with Wolves)

@Frostillicus

Have you seen anybody actually pick the Wolves yet? I love this.

 

[Zow]

Gotta be honest, didn’t realize the Grizzle won 48 games this year. Kinda crazy they have to go through this thing.

Glad they won pretty easily. While the end of their season was inexplicably mayhem, they played too well overall this year to miss the playoff.

The West shook out probably as it should with teams in the 3-8 spots being pretty interchangeable.

 

[Jayrod]

Happy Playoff Day!!!!!!

4 good matchups today. Should be fun.

 

[Major]

Mavs on pace to hold Memphis to 132. Suffocating.

Defense wins championships

That Dallas defense doesnt even win play-ins

Don't worry Nico was right along we will all see in this three year mastermind window

I know a lot of us think the owners were behind the trade but did Nico and Luka have friction? It reminds me when Bill O'Brien was running the Texans and traded DHop during his prime for peanuts partly because his inner Catholic didn't like all the baby mommas Hopkins would bring around team facilities. I still hate BOB's guts for single handedly destroying my Texans back then.

 

[GOB]

Cavs in 5
Pacers in 7
Magic in 4
Knicks in 5

Magic in 4
Knicks in 7

Magic in 4

Wolves in 4

 

[Major]

Gotta be honest, didn’t realize the Grizzle won 48 games this year. Kinda crazy they have to go through this thing.

Glad they won pretty easily. While the end of their season was inexplicably mayhem, they played too well overall this year to miss the playoff.

The West shook out probably as it should with teams in the 3-8 spots being pretty interchangeable.

I'm glad Memphis won. They should give OKC a fight especially if Morant gets healthy. They're a well balanced team at full strength.

 

[Capella]

Yea that’s a rough 8 seed for OKC. I dismissed them the other day probably bc I listen to too much Bill Simmons and he was dumping on them.

 

[identikit]

Why on earth is Memphis wearing "Vancouver Grizzlies" at a home playoff(ish) game?

"I know this may be our only chance to host a postseason game, but we should reference everyone back to our previous city." Why?

It worked!!!

 

[Frostillicus]

My playoff predictions in case you’re looking for something to fade.

Cavs beat Heat in six
Pacers beat Bucks in seven
Celtics beat Magic in four (congrats @GOB )
Knicks beat Pistons in six

Cavs beat Pacers in six
Celtics beat Knicks in five

Celtics beat Cavs in six

Thunder beat Grizzlies in five
Clippers beat Nuggets in six
Lakers beat Wolves in seven
Rockets beat Warriors in seven

Thunder beat Clippers in seven
Lakers beat Rockets in six

Thunder beat Lakers in six

Celtics beat Thunder in six

(Very close to swapping Lakers with Wolves)

@Frostillicus

Have you seen anybody actually pick the Wolves yet? I love this.

Ryen Rusillo did on his podcast but that's the only person I've heard. Everyone says "it's going to be a great series. Lakers in 7"

 

[Frostillicus]

Ja is on my mount rushmore of unlikable players with LaMelo, Draymond, and Dillon Brooks.

 

[msudaisy26]

The Pacers are so much fun to watch.

 

[Jayrod]

The Pacers are so much fun to watch.

That arena looks awesome. Love the floor and all of the yellow shirts in the crowd. Indiana loves their basketball.

 

[msudaisy26]

The Pacers are so much fun to watch.

That arena looks awesome. Love the floor and all of the yellow shirts in the crowd. Indiana loves their basketball.

They play a fun brand of basketball as well. I think I said Pacers in six. I want to change that to five because I forgot Doc was the coach for the Bucks.

 

[identikit]

Hack-an-Ant working thus far

 

[the moops]

Gotta be honest, didn’t realize the Grizzle won 48 games this year. Kinda crazy they have to go through this thing.

Glad they won pretty easily. While the end of their season was inexplicably mayhem, they played too well overall this year to miss the playoff.

The West shook out probably as it should with teams in the 3-8 spots being pretty interchangeable.

I'm glad Memphis won. They should give OKC a fight especially if Morant gets healthy. They're a well balanced team at full strength.

Not at full strength though. Jaylen Wells started 74 games for them, and he is out. And Brandon Clarke is also out

 

[Jayrod]

My goodness is the ESPN studio crew terrible. We need Chuck, Ernie, Shaq and Kenny.

I know it's not exactly fair to compare them as the TNT crew is iconic, but I don't like a single member of the ESPN crew.

 

[Jayrod]

Hack-an-Ant working thus far

Why he has stuck with this super slow, use the full 10 second process is beyond me. It just adds something more to worry about.

The best way to shoot is to not think. Or think/focus on 1 or 2 things. Let your muscle memory take over. His form isn't terrible, it's all in his mind.

 

[Jayrod]

Milwaukee is getting worked today. Can't even hit an open shot and Indy is on fire.

I thought the shooting variance would even out in the 2nd half, but I think it's worse.

Kuzma is garbage. What a fraud he was at Washington. The stats indicated he was a volume scorer, but I thought maybe it was just because he was trying to do too much with the Wizards. Nope, guy is just terrible.

 

[identikit]

Indy has a much better defense this year

 

[pollardsvision]

That Giannis fella is pretty good.

 

[identikit]

Carlisle looks like something between Lex Luthor and Jim Carrey

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Carlisle looks like something between Lex Luthor and Jim Carrey

I recently saw a documentary about one of the all-time biggest upsets in college basketball history, a tiny school in Hawaii, Chaminade, upsetting #1 UVA.

I knew that Ralph Sampson was on that team, but Rick Carlisle was the starting SG.

 

[Kev4029]

I really thought the Nuggets were sandbagging their defense a bit all season - maybe not.

 

[identikit]

Carlisle looks like something between Lex Luthor and Jim Carrey

I recently saw a documentary about one of the all-time biggest upsets in college basketball history, a tiny school in Hawaii, Chaminade, upsetting #1 UVA.

I knew that Ralph Sampson was on that team, but Rick Carlisle was the starting SG.

I remember that game...

I didn't remember the Carlisle part though

 

[pollardsvision]

I really thought the Nuggets were sandbagging their defense a bit all season - maybe not.

Yeah, it's rough.

 

[pollardsvision]

Although, 3 straight stops.......

 

[GroveDiesel]

Indy has a much better defense this year

Well, from like worst in the league to middle of the pack. So definitely much better, but still not what I would call good. Just not cover your eyes awful

 

[Capella]

It’s so funny how the crowd groans when Westbrook lines up a 3.

 

[pollardsvision]

They defended those last 2 Harden shots pretty well, he just made incredible shots.

 

[Yo Mama]

My goodness is the ESPN studio crew terrible. We need Chuck, Ernie, Shaq and Kenny.

I know it's not exactly fair to compare them as the TNT crew is iconic, but I don't like a single member of the ESPN crew.

ESPN’s WNBA crew is 100x better than their NBA team.

I love Ernie and Kenny’s ok, but Chuck and Shaq have been mailing it in for the past few years. They used to be great and still have their funny moments, but I don’t care much for the TNT crew either.

 

[Capella]

They defended those last 2 Harden shots pretty well, he just made incredible shots.

He almost snapped that white boy’s ankles.