Mavs suck outside of Doncic and Porzingis 

Jamal Murray and Donovan Mitchell are incredible 

Wow, Steve Nash to become head coach of Brooklyn Nets. Didn’t see that coming. 

SAS screaming white privilege because Nash was hired over Lue, Mark Jackson, etc. 

Doesn’t Durant and Nash have a pretty close relationship? Nash has worked with him before when he was on the Warriors. Durant and Kyrie probably wanted Nash over everyone else. That’s really all it comes down to. If they wanted Lue do you think the Nets were going to say “nope sorry we’re hiring Nash lmao fuck off guys” 

I thought Philly wanted Lue anyway.

posted by friendfromlowry

SAS screaming white privilege because Nash was hired over Lue, Mark Jackson, etc. 

Doesn’t Durant and Nash have a pretty close relationship? Nash has worked with him before when he was on the Warriors. Durant and Kyrie probably wanted Nash over everyone else. That’s really all it comes down to. If they wanted Lue do you think the Nets were going to say “nope sorry we’re hiring Nash lmao fuck off guys” 

In that same rant he said no black man would be hired as HC without any coaching experience. 

I guess Jason Kidd and Derek Fisher don’t count? Also, correct me if I am wrong, but didn’t Mark Jackson get hired as HC without any prior experience? I also recall the Cavs trying time hire Chauncey Billups as president without any experience. Billups turned down the job. 

In other words, SAS is full of shit per usual.

posted by like_that
Update: probably not.

Update: this was premature (although I don’t think the Heat will win the title).

Heat onto ECF

I wouldn’t pick them to beat Clippers but I think they definitely can get to finals. 

Used to really like Westbrook but it’s been rough going for him. Gets into confrontation with fans, shoots 4-13 in an elimination game and oh yeah is making $43 million next year. 

Lol clippers. Blow a 3-1 series lead. Had double digit leads in games, 5, 6, and 7 and lost them all. Kawhi and PG played horrible tonight. 

I won’t miss Pat Bev acting like an ass all the time and Morris picking fights with everyone. 

posted by Laley23

They are a solid team, with a great coach. But Jimmy Butler is not good enough to win a title as the best player.

This has not aged well, thus far. 

Was waiting till they beat Celtics to call myself out, since I did have them over the Bucks before the playoffs started. Didn’t think they’d be good enough to get past Boston or Toronto though.

I’ll still say Lakers in 5, maybe 6 with a fluke game in there.

I’ve kinda lost interest and barely watched any of the conference finals. Lakers in 5. 

posted by friendfromlowry

I’ve kinda lost interest and barely watched any of the conference finals. Lakers in 5. 

I’m enjoying LeBron wreck the league in year 17. Dude is an animal. 

I try and watch his games as much as possible, because a few years ago I remember my dad telling me he regrets missing MJ games for random cbk games or whatever when he was younger. Don’t take watching greatness for granted.

I’ve only watched about 7 minutes of the ECF/SF though. Neither of those series were compelling to me.

This series is over, imo. Miami might win a game, maybe 2, but they aren’t winning 4. 

posted by Laley23

I’m enjoying LeBron wreck the league in year 17. Dude is an animal. 

I try and watch his games as much as possible, because a few years ago I remember my dad telling me he regrets missing MJ games for random cbk games or whatever when he was younger. Don’t take watching greatness for granted.

I’ve only watched about 7 minutes of the ECF/SF though. Neither of those series were compelling to me.

I get what you are saying, but it has been a struggle for me to watch the playoffs. I think that it is a combination of baseball pennant races, football, and my basketball team being almost 7 months removed from playing a game. Some players are going to end up with a 9 or 10 month off-season.

Yeah all that talk about having a mini season or whatever it was for the teams left out of Orlando really dropped off. 

I'm laughing at social media idiots calling this "Lebron's Mickey Mouse ring," and trashing him (not the Lakers... him) for this ring being an asterisk.  Would it be an asterisk if the Magic won?  If the Heat win?  If the Bucks won, and Giannis got his first?  I am, by no means, a Lebron nut-hugger, but I lol hard at the people that go out of their way to bash him incessantly. 

If anything this hurt the better teams. Lakers were the 1 seed and favorites to win it all. It is not a stretch at all to assume they win in a normal setting, either.

Bam and Dragic both listed as doubtful for game 2. 

Dragic tore his plantar fascia. That’s an injury that he could still possibly play with??

posted by friendfromlowry

Dragic tore his plantar fascia. That’s an injury that he could still possibly play with??

I guess they’re not ruling him out, but yeah. 

If I read correctly, the masked singer had better ratings then the NBA finals.

posted by rip34

If I read correctly, the masked singer had better ratings then the NBA finals.

I don’t know about that, but could be.

Ratings were definitely down, with the the caveat that you lost significant likely viewers in the 2 largest markets to MLB (NY and LA), including the Lakers direct market. Overall, TV viewership is down about 31%, so, numbers are more in line with that, than the actual sport itself.

Also, stop playing at 9. No reason these games can’t start at 8. 

Doc is the new 76ers coach. Enjoy more early playoff exits, Philly.