The NBA Thread

[justinandimcool]

Brooklyn playing around with their depth, allows Milwaukee to come back


Jordan on Antetokuonmpo might not be a de facto preswitch, that might be Brooklyn’s preferred matchup on him, they’re gonna have a bad time tbh

[justinandimcool]

Milwaukee really smart creating more chaos by fighting the first screen, forcing slightly tougher looks. Forbes making shots helps too


this game doesn’t matter but if Nash wants to win it’s probably curtains for Jordan, and maybe start running Harris plays more

[Rodey]

Giannis looking so good

[justinandimcool]

Brooklyn hasn’t changed anything and Antetokuonmpo is feasting

Milwaukee changes to some clever stuff on Durant in the middle of the 3rd, to get it out of his hands- allow Antetokuonmpo to switch on him one possession, then put two on the ball the next

[justinandimcool]

Brooklyn’s got absolutely nothing for Antetokuonmpo, target practice

a little bit of a failure by Nash not getting Irving or Harris involved, but he might be holding his cards close to the chest. might wanna save all the strategy for the playoffs at this point offensively to avoid Milwaukee getting reps today and Tuesday

[justinandimcool]

this switching defense is perfect for Budenholzer’s playbook tbh. Antetokuonmpo, Middleton, and Holiday all with favorable matchups on an island in the last two minutes

[Balor3012]

I think I'd put someone besides Blake on Giannis now

[justinandimcool]

Brooklyn with some really unimaginative late game offense, oh well fun ass game

Milwaukee with a huge chance to take over 2nd this week now

up to us to stop Philadelphia from taking 1st, good luck lol

[TwoStep2888]

yeah deer, yeah Giannis!

[justinandimcool]

Originally Posted by Balor3012

I think I'd put someone besides Blake on Giannis now

i think everyone got a chance and same result

not sure Claxton can play any defense, but maybe he and Brown can be some more creative options in a long series. otherwise, there was nothing. i bet you they zone up mid series should they meet

[justinandimcool]

good game by Fournier/Nesmith among with Tatum, but Portland on fire. Charlotte has a really hard time guarding Miami, so many smart veterans making plays. Dedmon is incredible. looks like most likely Miami is taking over 6th tonight dropping Boston to 7th by a game

San Antonio b-team is surviving but looks like Philadelphia is taking control of 1st place


i only have this game in the background but Dallas having trouble guarding penetration again, and missing open shots. gosh Sacramento really has their number

[Balor3012]

Rockets bad. Go Blazers!

[justinandimcool]

Dallas missed jumpers were tough to watch, oh well nice to see Hield play well. Dallas 6th for now

this San Antonio loss at the buzzer was rough. wanted it so bad for the young guys and they blew it. def shed a tear lol. hey Simmons at the buzzer! Philadelphia in 1st!!

[dmbfd15]

Originally Posted by dmbfd15

Mavs tied with Lakers for the 5th seed? I’ll take that. Ready for some revenge against Sacramento tonight. Third time better be the charm.

Narrarator: The third time was not the charm.

Dallas has given Sacramento 11% of their wins this season. Good news is that we won’t see them in the first round

[BotheLaneFan]

Lakers are gonna get bounced in the playin.

[justinandimcool]

crazy shit. assuming Toronto doesn’t choke this we have a three way at 5 6 7

NBA hit a home run for drama with this play in nonsense

[Balor3012]

The Knicks have the same record as those three teams!

[unccrombie]

Why is there a play in?

[justinandimcool]

money grab to make up for lost gate revenue, but it’s actually been really fun. more games matter, less tanking, fun races

[justinandimcool]

Schroder lost to protocols

[Rodey]

Originally Posted by justinandimcool

money grab to make up for lost gate revenue, but it’s actually been really fun. more games matter, less tanking, fun races

Also fun to watch Lebron complain about it.

[justinandimcool]

i actually think that was more of a publicity stunt/troll comment, he knows better, but always fun to hear him cry tbh

[thebridge15]

Originally Posted by unccrombie

Why is there a play in?

because they did it in the bubble and it was exciting so they figure it'll be equally as intriguing every season

same thing as when baseball had the last day of the season matter a ton, and as a result they created the one-game playoff, which resulted in something coincidentally cool being basically impossible

[justinandimcool]

i mean to play devils advocate it’s kinda working at least for this year. Sacramento, San Antonio, New Orleans, Golden State, Chicago, Toronto, and Washington should’ve started tanking a month ago but instead they’ve been playing hard. i like it so far for that reason

and i like the uncertainty of 1 and 2 not knowing who they’re gonna play. less fair but more fun

[unccrombie]

Still sounds dumb. Agree with Bron.
Also against the ncaa nonsense play in, too.

[justinandimcool]

if the goal is to deincentivize tanking, make more money, and make things more fun/interesting it’s working

if the goal is to make things fair it blows

just depends what side of the coin you’re on i guess. i’m not a fan of the MLB wildcard game and NCAA first four but i don’t think those leagues needed a change in the first place.

NBA was in desperate need of a shake up without breaking too much tradition and this is a step in the right direction

[Speilmen230]

Justin who do you like tonight Knicks @ Griz? Knicks +3 is juicy.

[thebridge15]

Originally Posted by justinandimcool

if the goal is to deincentivize tanking, make more money, and make things more fun/interesting it’s working

if the goal is to make things fair it blows

just depends what side of the coin you’re on i guess. i’m not a fan of the MLB wildcard game and NCAA first four but i don’t think those leagues needed a change in the first place.

NBA was in desperate need of a shake up without breaking too much tradition and this is a step in the right direction

pretty sure it would do nothing for tanking, but I feel like going 1-16 regardless of conference would make for more interesting first and second round matchups

[justinandimcool]

Originally Posted by Speilmen230

Justin who do you like tonight Knicks @ Griz? Knicks +3 is juicy.

man i’m not confident in anything without my model, which has been an absolute disaster with all these injuries

just doing my numbers shorthand i think New York +3 at (-110) is a good price. Memphis isn’t great at guarding the three so if Bullock, Randle, and Barrett can match their performance from last week, Memphis will have a rough time. their only advantage against New York is offensive rebounding and general interior defense but i don’t think they’ll score enough

[justinandimcool]

Originally Posted by thebridge15

pretty sure it would do nothing for tanking, but I feel like going 1-16 regardless of conference would make for more interesting first and second round matchups

yeah that might be breaking tradition a little too much for me, but i like the idea more than most people. but imo that would make tanking way worse, whichever the worse conference is that year, teams would give up way earlier. and the travel would be wild