NBA Thread

[KPENN]

As a Wolves fan, it’s hard to underestimate how much Gobert has changed the franchise. He’s the centerpiece of the league’s best defense and is unflappable in closing sequences

I did not have the Wolves being this good with Kat/Rudy together. I thought it would fail.

 

[Irish#1]

Translation: most of them will be traded in the next 5 years.

I'm still pissed at Paul George. Told everyone he wanted to be in Indy and be the next Reggie. Then turns around and signs elsewhere. Happy to see the Clippers sink again.

 

[Irish#1]

Absolutely a BS call at the end of the Pacers Knicks game. DeNiro never acted so good.

Brunson was stellar.

 

[rikkitikki08]

Absolutely bush league call at the end of the pacer game. Not only was a that flop but the ref should have swallowed his whistle and let it play out.

In the hicks vs the knicks era that was a play on 100% of the time. Wild how soft the league has gotten

 

[OKCDomer23]

Minnesota up 26 at half. Wow. Denver is in trouble. Wolves are for real if anyone didn't know.

 

[mango4]

It was always funny to me when people talked about the team best suited to beat Denver, and Minnesota was never mentioned. The Wolves were the team built to beat the Nuggets. They can throw out three guys against Jokic and McDaniels can limit Murray. Minnesota has a deeper bench and they have Ant.

 

[OKCDomer23]

It was always funny to me when people talked about the team best suited to beat Denver, and Minnesota was never mentioned. The Wolves were the team built to beat the Nuggets. They can throw out three guys against Jokic and McDaniels can limit Murray. Minnesota has a deeper bench and they have Ant.

The ESPN heads this morning mentioned Ant in the same breath as Jordan/Kobe. I cannot recall a player or team rise this quickly. Ant and Minny are seriously kicking tail right now and don't appear to be slowing down.

 

[GATTACA!]

The ESPN heads this morning mentioned Ant in the same breath as Jordan/Kobe. I cannot recall a player or team rise this quickly. Ant and Minny are seriously kicking tail right now and don't appear to be slowing down.

6-0 in the playoffs with an absurd margin of victory so far. If they sweep the Nuggets? Look out.

 

[Irish#1]

6-0 in the playoffs with an absurd margin of victory so far. If they sweep the Nuggets? Look out.

Nobody saw this coming.

 

[Irish#1]

Absolutely bush league call at the end of the pacer game. Not only was a that flop but the ref should have swallowed his whistle and let it play out.

In the hicks vs the knicks era that was a play on 100% of the time. Wild how soft the league has gotten

That and the "kicked ball" call where it was deflected by a hand didn't help.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Absolutely a BS call at the end of the Pacers Knicks game.

Not the way it should have ended. That game was fantastic until the refs decided we needed to see them instead of the players.

 

[arrowryan]

Edwards is a fucking dog. A true joy to watch.

 

[Irish#1]

Not the way it should have ended. That game was fantastic until the refs decided we needed to see them instead of the players.

It was a great game overall. Both teams kept answering the other.

 

[OKCDomer23]

Edwards is a fucking dog. A true joy to watch.

Yeah and Minny is huge too with Anthony-Towns and Gobert. Feel like people may have forgotten how good Anthony-Towns is.

 

[BobbyMac]

The ESPN heads this morning mentioned Ant in the same breath as Jordan/Kobe. I cannot recall a player or team rise this quickly. Ant and Minny are seriously kicking tail right now and don't appear to be slowing down.

I wrote this yesterday on Twitter. He’s giving me the MJ Kobe LeBron feels.

 

[arrowryan]

I never got this vibe from LeBron. Ant has that “fuck you” mentality that hasn’t been in the NBA for a while.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Adding up all of the titles, Finals MVP and regular season MVP for MJ, Kobe adn LeBron is a lot.

Anthony Edwards is 22 and a two time all star.

ESPN and everyone need to just breathe for a minute. Enjoy the moment and don't worry about jacking the bar up so high.

 

[greyhammer90]

Adding up all of the titles, Finals MVP and regular season MVP for MJ, Kobe adn LeBron is a lot.

Anthony Edwards is 22 and a two time all star.

ESPN and everyone need to just breathe for a minute. Enjoy the moment and don't worry about jacking the bar up so high.

If they don't jack the bar up, how can we hate him later?

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

If they don't jack the bar up, how can we hate him later?

BINGO.

 

[ab2cmiller]

Patrick Beverly gets a 4 game suspension for twice throwing a basketball at fans.

Considering the actions of engaging fans in such a manner risks inciting a melee with the fans, I expected more.

 

[Irish#1]

Patrick Beverly gets a 4 game suspension for twice throwing a basketball at fans.

Considering the actions of engaging fans in such a manner risks inciting a melee with the fans, I expected more.

Thankfully they weren't playing in Detroit.

 

[Irish#1]

Playoffs getting crazy. Denver taking two at Minnesota after dropping two at home. OKC dropping two in a row after getting the opening win with Dallas and the Pacers evening up with NY with a blowout after dropping the first two.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Anyone that counted out Denver was obviously silly. Not terribly surprised that's tied up.

The Pacers' blowout was a head turner for sure. They controlled every aspect of that game.

 

[OKCDomer23]

Anyone that counted out Denver was obviously silly. Not terribly surprised that's tied up.

The Pacers' blowout was a head turner for sure. They controlled every aspect of that game.

Denver and Indy rose up big. Many still think Indy got screwed at NY. Massive 5 games tomorrow night and a huge game 4 with OKC-Dallas tonight. Good times

 

[KPENN]

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Knicks are 26-5 in the games OG has played in this season.

13-17 in the games he's missed.

 

[mango4]

Someone from Minnesota besides Ant needs to do something.

 

[Irish#1]

Looked to me like the Knicks are wearing down. Playing every other game is benefiting the Pacers. I look for the Knicks to come out strong tomorrow. The question is can they sustain it for the entire game? Given the Pacers youth, it's hard to tell how they will react after evening things up.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

OG Anunoby, Bojan Bogdanović, Mitchell Robinson and Julius Randle are all out for the Knicks. OG makes them significantly better as the Win Loss record indicates. Then you add three other rotation guys being out along with him. It's not great.

 

[rikkitikki08]

Roster depth is part of the game, can’t fault the pacers for being the healthier and deeper team right now. The New York biased espn media can’t seem to grasp that