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2024-25 NBA Thread: Finals return after 3-month hiatus (138 Viewers)

The last team I wanted the Rockets facing:rant:
I don't know, they really aren't that great.

Curry and Butler always give you a chance, but Green is a step slower and the rest of the team just isn't very good.

I think Houston's energy and depth will be too much for the Warriors.

I'm thinking positive as well just liked their chances against a team that they dominated in the regular season like Memphis. IIRC HOU is 2-16 versus GS the last few years and now they have Butler.
 
The last team I wanted the Rockets facing. Way too much experience on GS for the young lads:rant:
🐐 shuts down both Jimmy and Steph.
That's going to be a fun matchup. I want the world to see Amen shine. Also curious if Jalen Green finally steps up when the lights get bright. If he goes ghost again, time to trade him. I'm growing tired of his inconsistency and ability to only dominate lesser opponents.
 
The 8 seeds don’t matter and will get smoked so here are my picks which are always hilariously terrible:

Cavs over Hawks/8 seed in 5
Celts over Magic in 5
Knicks over Detroit in 7
Pacers over Bucks in 5

Cavs over Pacers in 7
Celtics over Knicks in 5

Celtics over Cavs in 7

OKC over 8 seed in 5
Golden State over Houston in 6 — betting this one
Lakers over Wolves in 7
Denver over Clippers in 7

OKC over Denver in 6
Lakers over Golden State in 7

Lakers over OKC in 6

Celtics over Lakers in 6
 
The last team I wanted the Rockets facing. Way too much experience on GS for the young lads:rant:

I understand why everyone would want the Grizzlies after watching them play since they fired their coach, but the Warriors have major issues after Steph and Butler.
 
I mean, my lousy Spurs just crushed GS at home to push them into the play-in. Surely Houston can dispense with the opening series in 5? But seriously, I'm a Houston hater and kind of pulling for them because of the looming 3-way playoff battle royals between HOU, OKC, and SA in the coming years. The times are going to be fun.

Sorry Dallas, maybe next decade.
 
Thunder vs Grizzles. Thunder in 4, no chance for the Grizz. I would be surprised if went 5.

Nuggets vs Clippers. Clippers in 6, the Clippers might be the 2nd best team in the West. If the rest of the Nuggets play like 2023 or even the first round of 2024 they can win this series. This feels like the Clippers steal the first game in Denver and then the home teams hold serve after.

Lakers vs Twolves. Lakers in 7. The Wolves are playing well, but it is LeBron and Luka. This should be the best first round series in the West.

Rockets vs Warriors. Rockets in 6. I jumped on the Warriors band wagon for a minute after the back to back impressive wins against the Lakers and Nuggets, but the losses against the Rockets and Clippers show they aren't as good as the top teams in the West. Warriors could win this series if they find a third scorer that can help rebound the ball.

Thunder vs Clippers. Thunder in 7. I think the winner of this series represents the the West in the finals. This should be an awesome series especially if Kawhi stays healthy.

Rockets vs Lakers. Lakers in 6. This is where the experience gets the Rockets. They will win a couple games, but Luka and LeBron are too much.

Thunder vs Lakers. Thunder in 6 maybe even 5. The depth and youth of the Thunder will be too much for the Lakers. We have seen Luka and LeBron slow down as they went deeper into the playoffs over the past couple of years and I think it happens again. If the Lakers played the Thunder earlier in the playoffs I think it would be a much better series.
 
i am talking about using both davis and tatum in thier optimal roles as second or maybe third best guys on a team so like if you have a lebron then davis is suddenly awesome or if you have guys that win without you like brown and holiday then tatum looks good but i mean just using them both as second or maybe third best guys like they are now so who do you pick ps i guess the current roster of your own team will matter as well since you need the other guys to really know take that to the bank brochachos
Man... this made me think of having Jokic at 5 and Davis at 4. That would be phenomenal.
 
I haven't seen anyone anywhere pick the Wolves over the Lakers. This is actually good, because the Wolves are always better when they are the underdog.

Lakers in 5.
I think it's an easy sweep. We're going to get crushed. Randle is a black hole and Ant probably chokes in the spotlight if he isn't suspended for getting a technical. Probably not even worth watching the series, frankly. Everybody is so right to pick the Lakers.
 
Podziemski went down and grabbed his groin. Reply showed he wasn't touched there.

This dude did the exact same thing last time I saw them play, only worse. Like legit grabbing his actually **** while writhing around on the floor until stoppage. Replay on that one was even worse. Absolutely never even touched there and the announcers openly wondered what he was thinking.

What is this guy's deal? And why must it be his junk? Did I just happen to catch the only two times this has happened???
Last nights could’ve easily been a groin strain. A huge dude comes down on your back while your legs are in a weird position.
 
No talk of Trae Young's childish antics at the end of the Hawks/Magic game?

What a little baby. Little balding baby.
 
Podziemski went down and grabbed his groin. Reply showed he wasn't touched there.

This dude did the exact same thing last time I saw them play, only worse. Like legit grabbing his actually **** while writhing around on the floor until stoppage. Replay on that one was even worse. Absolutely never even touched there and the announcers openly wondered what he was thinking.

What is this guy's deal? And why must it be his junk? Did I just happen to catch the only two times this has happened???
Last nights could’ve easily been a groin strain. A huge dude comes down on your back while your legs are in a weird position.
Sounds like scene from a John Holmes movie
 
No talk of Trae Young's childish antics at the end of the Hawks/Magic game?

What a little baby. Little balding baby.
What was odd is that he was trying to prove a point about the refs apparently and, statistically, Atlanta shot more free throws.
 
Podziemski went down and grabbed his groin. Reply showed he wasn't touched there.

This dude did the exact same thing last time I saw them play, only worse. Like legit grabbing his actually **** while writhing around on the floor until stoppage. Replay on that one was even worse. Absolutely never even touched there and the announcers openly wondered what he was thinking.

What is this guy's deal? And why must it be his junk? Did I just happen to catch the only two times this has happened???
Last nights could’ve easily been a groin strain. A huge dude comes down on your back while your legs are in a weird position.
Go on....
 
Podziemski went down and grabbed his groin. Reply showed he wasn't touched there.

This dude did the exact same thing last time I saw them play, only worse. Like legit grabbing his actually **** while writhing around on the floor until stoppage. Replay on that one was even worse. Absolutely never even touched there and the announcers openly wondered what he was thinking.

What is this guy's deal? And why must it be his junk? Did I just happen to catch the only two times this has happened???
Last nights could’ve easily been a groin strain. A huge dude comes down on your back while your legs are in a weird position.

Have a nice season, bud! 🛵
 
Podziemski went down and grabbed his groin. Reply showed he wasn't touched there.

This dude did the exact same thing last time I saw them play, only worse. Like legit grabbing his actually **** while writhing around on the floor until stoppage. Replay on that one was even worse. Absolutely never even touched there and the announcers openly wondered what he was thinking.

What is this guy's deal? And why must it be his junk? Did I just happen to catch the only two times this has happened???
Last nights could’ve easily been a groin strain. A huge dude comes down on your back while your legs are in a weird position.

Have a nice season, bud! 🛵
Offdee is the FFA's Draymond Green for sexual innuendo!
 
No talk of Trae Young's childish antics at the end of the Hawks/Magic game?

What a little baby. Little balding baby.
What was odd is that he was trying to prove a point about the refs apparently and, statistically, Atlanta shot more free throws.
It’s too bad that he’s never figured out how to play winning basketball, and that he thinks he’s Steph Curry
I have to give you push back and disagree with you on this take. Aside from Detroit and Cade Cunningham—he’s probably done more with less than any other player that has led his team to the playoffs or play in. His best teammate so far in his career has been Dejounte Murray or John Collins. Let’s not act like he’s had a lot to work with especially with Jalen Johnson getting hurt. He led his team to a better season than what Booker/KD/Beal could muster up with a tiny fraction of the talent. Sure—he’s not a perfect player and he has flaws—but he is a guy that is asked to be the teams best scorer, to be the teams best playmaker, to pace the offense, while other teams can focus on stopping him due to a lack of talent around him—and he by himself almost always puts his team in playoff contention. We’ve seen how capable he is of creating epic NBA moments, and I would much rather watch a guy that is too passionate than a player that is not passionate enough.
 
No talk of Trae Young's childish antics at the end of the Hawks/Magic game?

What a little baby. Little balding baby.
What was odd is that he was trying to prove a point about the refs apparently and, statistically, Atlanta shot more free throws.
It’s too bad that he’s never figured out how to play winning basketball, and that he thinks he’s Steph Curry
I have to give you push back and disagree with you on this take. Aside from Detroit and Cade Cunningham—he’s probably done more with less than any other player that has led his team to the playoffs or play in. His best teammate so far in his career has been Dejounte Murray or John Collins. Let’s not act like he’s had a lot to work with especially with Jalen Johnson getting hurt. He led his team to a better season than what Booker/KD/Beal could muster up with a tiny fraction of the talent. Sure—he’s not a perfect player and he has flaws—but he is a guy that is asked to be the teams best scorer, to be the teams best playmaker, to pace the offense, while other teams can focus on stopping him due to a lack of talent around him—and he by himself almost always puts his team in playoff contention. We’ve seen how capable he is of creating epic NBA moments, and I would much rather watch a guy that is too passionate than a player that is not passionate enough.
I also think Trae has gotten an undeserved reputation as a losing player.
 
Cavs vs
No talk of Trae Young's childish antics at the end of the Hawks/Magic game?

What a little baby. Little balding baby.

I turned it off and went to bed. What happened?
He got ejected for nutmegging a defender or tossing the ball to a ref? I've seen the clip but don't understand it
Nutmegged a defender and made a floater. Was mad about something earlier that Anthony Black did, I think taunting. Caught the ball as it went through the net and threw it to the ref with a little too much mustard on it and got T'd up. Then intercepted the ball when the ref threw it to anther ref and wouldn't give it back Tech #2. Probably not his most grown up moment.
 
No talk of Trae Young's childish antics at the end of the Hawks/Magic game?

What a little baby. Little balding baby.
What was odd is that he was trying to prove a point about the refs apparently and, statistically, Atlanta shot more free throws.
It’s too bad that he’s never figured out how to play winning basketball, and that he thinks he’s Steph Curry
I have to give you push back and disagree with you on this take. Aside from Detroit and Cade Cunningham—he’s probably done more with less than any other player that has led his team to the playoffs or play in. His best teammate so far in his career has been Dejounte Murray or John Collins. Let’s not act like he’s had a lot to work with especially with Jalen Johnson getting hurt. He led his team to a better season than what Booker/KD/Beal could muster up with a tiny fraction of the talent. Sure—he’s not a perfect player and he has flaws—but he is a guy that is asked to be the teams best scorer, to be the teams best playmaker, to pace the offense, while other teams can focus on stopping him due to a lack of talent around him—and he by himself almost always puts his team in playoff contention. We’ve seen how capable he is of creating epic NBA moments, and I would much rather watch a guy that is too passionate than a player that is not passionate enough.
I also think Trae has gotten an undeserved reputation as a losing player.
I stopped watching him 3 years ago and will gladly be wrong if he’s suddenly learned how to win
 
No talk of Trae Young's childish antics at the end of the Hawks/Magic game?

What a little baby. Little balding baby.
What was odd is that he was trying to prove a point about the refs apparently and, statistically, Atlanta shot more free throws.
It’s too bad that he’s never figured out how to play winning basketball, and that he thinks he’s Steph Curry
I have to give you push back and disagree with you on this take. Aside from Detroit and Cade Cunningham—he’s probably done more with less than any other player that has led his team to the playoffs or play in. His best teammate so far in his career has been Dejounte Murray or John Collins. Let’s not act like he’s had a lot to work with especially with Jalen Johnson getting hurt. He led his team to a better season than what Booker/KD/Beal could muster up with a tiny fraction of the talent. Sure—he’s not a perfect player and he has flaws—but he is a guy that is asked to be the teams best scorer, to be the teams best playmaker, to pace the offense, while other teams can focus on stopping him due to a lack of talent around him—and he by himself almost always puts his team in playoff contention. We’ve seen how capable he is of creating epic NBA moments, and I would much rather watch a guy that is too passionate than a player that is not passionate enough.

He has a losing record for his career, by a lot. He has only made the playoffs or play in because the East has sucked since he came into the league.

Young has one magical run where they beat a young Knicks team and a charmin soft 76ers team.
 
No talk of Trae Young's childish antics at the end of the Hawks/Magic game?

What a little baby. Little balding baby.
What was odd is that he was trying to prove a point about the refs apparently and, statistically, Atlanta shot more free throws.
It’s too bad that he’s never figured out how to play winning basketball, and that he thinks he’s Steph Curry
I have to give you push back and disagree with you on this take. Aside from Detroit and Cade Cunningham—he’s probably done more with less than any other player that has led his team to the playoffs or play in. His best teammate so far in his career has been Dejounte Murray or John Collins. Let’s not act like he’s had a lot to work with especially with Jalen Johnson getting hurt. He led his team to a better season than what Booker/KD/Beal could muster up with a tiny fraction of the talent. Sure—he’s not a perfect player and he has flaws—but he is a guy that is asked to be the teams best scorer, to be the teams best playmaker, to pace the offense, while other teams can focus on stopping him due to a lack of talent around him—and he by himself almost always puts his team in playoff contention. We’ve seen how capable he is of creating epic NBA moments, and I would much rather watch a guy that is too passionate than a player that is not passionate enough.
I also think Trae has gotten an undeserved reputation as a losing player.
He has. There are some players where it feels like they are “cool to hate” and he falls into that category undeservingly. If he was surrounded by better players—his efficiency would rise because teams couldn’t put their primary focus on him and his turnovers would drop. Even with that, he’s consistently one of the league leaders in assists and he’s always a threat to go for 30+. I haven’t heard one of his teammates or former teammates saying anything about how he’s hard to play alongside. He embraces the villain role—which is something that I think the NBA badly needs. Seeing Trae in places like MSG is exciting. For some reason people think that he’s somehow underwhelmed or underperformed—but if you look at the talent that has been around him—I would say that it’s arguable that he’s a done lot with a lot less talent around him than a lot of players that we tend to glaze over.
 
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I got sucked into a YouTube vortex of Kawhi Leonard highlights and was reminded why he was my favorite player for a long time.

Absolute 2-way assassin at his peak.

I have not gotten to see much of the Clippers this season and hope they stay healthy. Really like pairing defensive stud (and offensive liability) Kris Dunn with offensive savant (and defensive liability) Harden. They've got Zubac playing the best ball of his career (possible MIP) and have 5 regular rotation guys shooting over 40% from 3 plus the #3 rated defense.

The more I dig, the more I think they have a real shot at making the Finals.
 
Cavs vs
No talk of Trae Young's childish antics at the end of the Hawks/Magic game?

What a little baby. Little balding baby.

I turned it off and went to bed. What happened?
He got ejected for nutmegging a defender or tossing the ball to a ref? I've seen the clip but don't understand it
Nutmegged a defender and made a floater. Was mad about something earlier that Anthony Black did, I think taunting. Caught the ball as it went through the net and threw it to the ref with a little too much mustard on it and got T'd up. Then intercepted the ball when the ref threw it to anther ref and wouldn't give it back Tech #2. Probably not his most grown up moment.
Yeah, I saw the first part and I don't think that looked like a T at all. Didn't see the second. Thanks.
 
Cavs vs
No talk of Trae Young's childish antics at the end of the Hawks/Magic game?

What a little baby. Little balding baby.

I turned it off and went to bed. What happened.
He got ejected for nutmegging a defender or tossing the ball to a ref? I've seen the clip but don't understand it
Nutmegged a defender and made a floater. Was mad about something earlier that Anthony Black did, I think taunting. Caught the ball as it went through the net and threw it to the ref with a little too much mustard on it and got T'd up. Then intercepted the ball when the ref threw it to anther ref and wouldn't give it back Tech #2. Probably not his most grown up moment.
They showed the last part of this, it's funny, here's the play by play, lol.

Trae has the ball and is in the corner walking off the court eying the ref, who follows with his hands out, assuming Trae is going to give it to him. Some words may have been exchanged, don't know, but Trae goes behind-the-back with the ball and kind of teases a toss to the ref, then dribbles once through his legs and puts it out as if he's handing it to him.

But then he pulls the ball back, switches hands, and casually drops it in the opposite direction as he turns his back while walking off the court. So the ref had to go and get it. Trae takes one more look back as he bailed. It was a funny FU as he's parting. Not sure if that got an extra T and never saw what happened prior.

So yeah, Trae was teasing him with the ball on his way out. The ref standing there dumbfounded was enjoyable to me.
 
Teams with losing records shouldn't make the playoffs. In any professional sport. What an embarrassment. Why play a regular season at all.
Tampa had an 8-9 record a few years back and made the playoffs

Read what I wrote again very slowly.....
Just an observation buddy. Was curious how often it happened and that was the most recent example I could find in a different sport

While I agree in principle, it is almost impossible, especially in the NBA where more than half the teams make the playoffs ans they have the play in tournament where the 9th or 10th seed can win their way in.
 
Total combined playoff minutes per team based on Top 8 players most likely to get minutes in the post season . . .

BOS - 21936 (BOS only team that can play 5 guys with 2,000+ minutes when they play Horford with the other starter)
LAL - 17808 (Lebron more playoff minutes than the Top 8 combined for 14 of the 20 playoff / play in teams)
GSW - 17528 (One of 2 teams to have 3 players with 4,000+ minutes (BOS))
LAC - 15421 (10,000+ between Harden and Kawhi)
DEN - 14266 (Mostly Westbrook, Jokic, Murray)
DAL - 11763 (If they had Kyrie, they'd be up there with the Clippers in minutes.)
MIL - 10686 (Giannis, Lopez, and Dame all 2,500+ minutes)
MIN - 9712 (Conley and Gobert account for almost 60%)
MIA - 8465 (Lots of post season experience . . . just not as successful this season)
NYK - 7378 (No one with 2,000 minutes)
IND - 6660 (Mostly Siakim and Turner)
CLE - 6214 (Mostly Mitchell and Strus)
DET - 5505 (4 guys with no playoff experience)
SAC - 5095 (Huge chunk is DeRozan)
OKC - 3847 (No player with over 1,000 minutes (along with CHI and MEM))
HOU - 3706 (Only team with 5 guys with 0 playoff experience)
ATL - 3672 (Trae the only won with 1,000+ minutes)
ORL - 2836 (Almost all KCP)
MEM - 2735 (Morant, Nane, and JJJ and not much else)
CHI - 1611(No one with much playoff experience)

The Ringer's Top 100 Players by team (updated yesterday)

OKC - 6 (2, 24, 35, 61, 80, 88)
BOS - 6 (4, 21, 41, 57, 66, 93)
HOU - 6 (37, 49, 65, 82, 86, 90)
DEN - 5 (1, 30, 54, 64, 91)
MIN - 5 (7, 58, 74, 75, 77)
CLE - 5 (9, 13, 32, 53, 78)
NYK - 5 (10, 17, 48, 59, 71)
LAC - 4 (16, 25, 39, 55)
MIL - 3 (3, 33, 98)
LAL - 3 (5, 8, 44)
GSW - 3 (6, 20, 50)
DET - 3 (15, 95, 99)
IND - 3 (19, 38, 87)
MEM - 3 (22, 29, 46)
ORL - 3 (23, 36, 62)
SAC - 3 (26, 60, 68)
ATL - 3 (28, 52, 67)
CHI - 3 (70, 79, 89)
DAL - 2 (14, 34)
MIA - 2 (31, 45)
 
Teams with losing records shouldn't make the playoffs. In any professional sport. What an embarrassment. Why play a regular season at all.
Tampa had an 8-9 record a few years back and made the playoffs

Read what I wrote again very slowly.....
Just an observation buddy. Was curious how often it happened and that was the most recent example I could find in a different sport

Oh, it's happened a few times in the NFL and it stinks. I would have gotten rid of divisions years ago and just have two conferences. Asinine that a team with a sub .500 record gets in over teams with above .500.

But in the NBA, every team makes the playoffs so whatever. Give everybody a ribbon.
 
The Lakers are the only team with two Top 10 players. 4 teams have two Top 20 players: Cavs (9, 13), Knicks (10, 17) and GS (6, 20).

Depth is the big favorite.

Houston's best player ranked 37th overall and they have just two in the Top 60, but 6 in the Top 100 (as many as the Top 3 teams). Interesting.
 
Cavs vs
No talk of Trae Young's childish antics at the end of the Hawks/Magic game?

What a little baby. Little balding baby.

I turned it off and went to bed. What happened.
He got ejected for nutmegging a defender or tossing the ball to a ref? I've seen the clip but don't understand it
Nutmegged a defender and made a floater. Was mad about something earlier that Anthony Black did, I think taunting. Caught the ball as it went through the net and threw it to the ref with a little too much mustard on it and got T'd up. Then intercepted the ball when the ref threw it to anther ref and wouldn't give it back Tech #2. Probably not his most grown up moment.
They showed the last part of this, it's funny, here's the play by play, lol.

Trae has the ball and is in the corner walking off the court eying the ref, who follows with his hands out, assuming Trae is going to give it to him. Some words may have been exchanged, don't know, but Trae goes behind-the-back with the ball and kind of teases a toss to the ref, then dribbles once through his legs and puts it out as if he's handing it to him.

But then he pulls the ball back, switches hands, and casually drops it in the opposite direction as he turns his back while walking off the court. So the ref had to go and get it. Trae takes one more look back as he bailed. It was a funny FU as he's parting. Not sure if that got an extra T and never saw what happened prior.

So yeah, Trae was teasing him with the ball on his way out. The ref standing there dumbfounded was enjoyable to me.
glad this level of immaturity is funny and enjoyable to you.....says a lot ....and is kinda what's wrong in our society across the board at all levels when it comes to attitude about officials....
 
Cavs vs
No talk of Trae Young's childish antics at the end of the Hawks/Magic game?

What a little baby. Little balding baby.

I turned it off and went to bed. What happened.
He got ejected for nutmegging a defender or tossing the ball to a ref? I've seen the clip but don't understand it
Nutmegged a defender and made a floater. Was mad about something earlier that Anthony Black did, I think taunting. Caught the ball as it went through the net and threw it to the ref with a little too much mustard on it and got T'd up. Then intercepted the ball when the ref threw it to anther ref and wouldn't give it back Tech #2. Probably not his most grown up moment.
They showed the last part of this, it's funny, here's the play by play, lol.

Trae has the ball and is in the corner walking off the court eying the ref, who follows with his hands out, assuming Trae is going to give it to him. Some words may have been exchanged, don't know, but Trae goes behind-the-back with the ball and kind of teases a toss to the ref, then dribbles once through his legs and puts it out as if he's handing it to him.

But then he pulls the ball back, switches hands, and casually drops it in the opposite direction as he turns his back while walking off the court. So the ref had to go and get it. Trae takes one more look back as he bailed. It was a funny FU as he's parting. Not sure if that got an extra T and never saw what happened prior.

So yeah, Trae was teasing him with the ball on his way out. The ref standing there dumbfounded was enjoyable to me.
glad this level of immaturity is funny and enjoyable to you.....says a lot ....and is kinda what's wrong in our society across the board at all levels when it comes to attitude about officials....

Username checks out.
 
Teams with losing records shouldn't make the playoffs. In any professional sport. What an embarrassment. Why play a regular season at all.
Tampa had an 8-9 record a few years back and made the playoffs

Read what I wrote again very slowly.....
Just an observation buddy. Was curious how often it happened and that was the most recent example I could find in a different sport

Oh, it's happened a few times in the NFL and it stinks. I would have gotten rid of divisions years ago and just have two conferences. Asinine that a team with a sub .500 record gets in over teams with above .500.

But in the NBA, every team makes the playoffs so whatever. Give everybody a ribbon.
Agree, it's a joke. The Finals begin 7 weeks from now. That's two months of "playoffs".

Does anyone here think any of the average teams have a chance? Current odds:

1st Tier: OKC, Boston (< 2-1)

2nd Tier: Cavs (@ 6-1)

3rd Tier: Lakers, Warriors (@ 15-1)


4th Tier: Clips, Knicks, Nuggets (30/40 - 1)


Zero Chance Tier: All

So only 5 teams can win it. Fine, 8 if something crazy happens. But they throw 16 in the mix?
 
Cavs vs
No talk of Trae Young's childish antics at the end of the Hawks/Magic game?

What a little baby. Little balding baby.

I turned it off and went to bed. What happened.
He got ejected for nutmegging a defender or tossing the ball to a ref? I've seen the clip but don't understand it
Nutmegged a defender and made a floater. Was mad about something earlier that Anthony Black did, I think taunting. Caught the ball as it went through the net and threw it to the ref with a little too much mustard on it and got T'd up. Then intercepted the ball when the ref threw it to anther ref and wouldn't give it back Tech #2. Probably not his most grown up moment.
They showed the last part of this, it's funny, here's the play by play, lol.

Trae has the ball and is in the corner walking off the court eying the ref, who follows with his hands out, assuming Trae is going to give it to him. Some words may have been exchanged, don't know, but Trae goes behind-the-back with the ball and kind of teases a toss to the ref, then dribbles once through his legs and puts it out as if he's handing it to him.

But then he pulls the ball back, switches hands, and casually drops it in the opposite direction as he turns his back while walking off the court. So the ref had to go and get it. Trae takes one more look back as he bailed. It was a funny FU as he's parting. Not sure if that got an extra T and never saw what happened prior.

So yeah, Trae was teasing him with the ball on his way out. The ref standing there dumbfounded was enjoyable to me.
glad this level of immaturity is funny and enjoyable to you.....says a lot ....and is kinda what's wrong in our society across the board at all levels when it comes to attitude about officials....
:lmao:
 
Teams with losing records shouldn't make the playoffs. In any professional sport. What an embarrassment. Why play a regular season at all.
Tampa had an 8-9 record a few years back and made the playoffs

Read what I wrote again very slowly.....
Just an observation buddy. Was curious how often it happened and that was the most recent example I could find in a different sport

Oh, it's happened a few times in the NFL and it stinks. I would have gotten rid of divisions years ago and just have two conferences. Asinine that a team with a sub .500 record gets in over teams with above .500.

But in the NBA, every team makes the playoffs so whatever. Give everybody a ribbon.
I like how the NFL does it, although I'm still unsure about the 7 team playoff. In the NFL you have 12 out of 17 (used to be 16) games against the same opponents as your division. These division winners have usually been solid teams IMO.
 
This is the first time since 2009 that the NBA had three teams that won 60 games.

In 2009 the second best Lakers won the title, so that is good for Cleveland, but that year the West had only one team that won 60 and the East had two. So that is better for OKC.
 
Cole Anthony is a reckless player (ask Jaden Ivey) and has to be very frustrating to play against. The Hawks had two pretty big injuries against the Magic back in February. I think Trae was frustrated with the situation and acted in a petulant way towards the refs. It happens.
 
Teams with losing records shouldn't make the playoffs. In any professional sport. What an embarrassment. Why play a regular season at all.
Tampa had an 8-9 record a few years back and made the playoffs

Read what I wrote again very slowly.....
Just an observation buddy. Was curious how often it happened and that was the most recent example I could find in a different sport

Oh, it's happened a few times in the NFL and it stinks. I would have gotten rid of divisions years ago and just have two conferences. Asinine that a team with a sub .500 record gets in over teams with above .500.

But in the NBA, every team makes the playoffs so whatever. Give everybody a ribbon.
Agree, it's a joke. The Finals begin 7 weeks from now. That's two months of "playoffs".

Does anyone here think any of the average teams have a chance? Current odds:

1st Tier: OKC, Boston (< 2-1)

2nd Tier: Cavs (@ 6-1)

3rd Tier: Lakers, Warriors (@ 15-1)


4th Tier: Clips, Knicks, Nuggets (30/40 - 1)


Zero Chance Tier: All

So only 5 teams can win it. Fine, 8 if something crazy happens. But they throw 16 in the mix?

That is the NBA. Every year there are five or less teams that can legit win the title when the playoffs start and even when the occasional anomaly happens they get blown out in the finals like the Mavs and Heat the last two years.

So many experts and such complain that the NBA regular season means nothing, but here we are 80ish years later and it is the only sport out of the 4 majors sports, that does matter.
 
OMG the Nico interview thing.

So you built a window of the next 3-4 years for championship contention, right?

Yes.

How does the logic fit that to do so, you used all your picks from the next four years?

I don't understand the question.

You built a team to compete in 25, 26, and 27, right?

Yes

You traded all your picks for 27-30. So your window will end, the team won't be as good, and you'll have no picks to get better. What's the logic behind that, versus keeping the 25 year old generational superstar that kind of guaranteed you would be good for the next 10-12 years? Why did you use the picks after the window closes to build a short window now?

We believe that defense wins championships. History will prove me right.

But you won't have any picks when the window closes and AD and Kyrie are winding down approaching 40, right?

Defense wins championships. Mark that down.






OMG.
 
OMG the Nico interview thing.

So you built a window of the next 3-4 years for championship contention, right?

Yes.

How does the logic fit that to do so, you used all your picks from the next four years?

I don't understand the question.

You built a team to compete in 25, 26, and 27, right?

Yes

You traded all your picks for 27-30. So your window will end, the team won't be as good, and you'll have no picks to get better. What's the logic behind that, versus keeping the 25 year old generational superstar that kind of guaranteed you would be good for the next 10-12 years? Why did you use the picks after the window closes to build a short window now?

We believe that defense wins championships. History will prove me right.

But you won't have any picks when the window closes and AD and Kyrie are winding down approaching 40, right?

Defense wins championships. Mark that down.






OMG.
Really makes you think.
 

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