Lockback posted:

So where is the smart money on annoying playoff posters this year? My first thought was Cavs fans, but we're not far removed from the last Cavs contending team so I feel like it won't be the same thing.

I feel like I haven't seen many bad GSW fans. And I don't think there are enough people who care about the Hawks. Will the Clippers last long enough to get some bad Clipper's posters in here?

Dejan Bimble posted:

He's had much better shot selection and is shooting three pointers at about league average of .331 all of which MAKES ME MAD !!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! !! ! ! !

I pray that they lose in the first round and Daryl Morey is replaced with Isiah Thomas

Kibner posted:

The only things Tyreke does better than Jrue is drive and rebound. Holiday is a better shooter, finisher, passer, defender, and less prone to dumb decision making. They are also on very similar contracts, iirc.

dokmo posted:

This guy did an adjusted plus minus for coaches, which takes into account the players he had, and D'Antoni comes out at +1.3 on offense (which is 0.8 standard deviations above the mean) and -1.1 on defense (which is 0.4 SDs below the mean), which I think matches most people's overall impression of his career.

Trivia:

There is a coach whose offense is 3.3 SDs below the mean, which should probably not happen in a sample of 118. Who is he? (the data I think goes back into the 90s).

Which coach has the best offensive rating? Never mind, it's Hornacek. The killer is this: which coaches have the 2nd best offensive rating? It's a tie. I would never have guess one, and the other I would have put substantial money on being among the worst.

Best defenses are boring: Skiles, Thibodeau, SVG, Fratello. Worst defenses also boring, Kenny Natt, Frank Hamblen, Bob Weiss, Mike Dunlap.

MourningView posted:

It turns out that fans pretty much always want their teams to win, even when they have won before. It is like the defining characteristic of being a fan. Getting mad at them for it or pretending that they have to earn the right to be disappointed when their team loses is really loving stupid. Also you are all old and the 90s were not as recent as you think.

attackmole posted:

I've been maintaining for a little while that Durant is aaaaalllmost as obnoxious as Harden when it comes to drawing fouls. He's practically single handedly the reason the rip through was banned. Harden and Durant probably traded tips back when they were on OKC together.

Just in case someone is thinking I'm making GBS threads on em, nah. Both players rule.

MOVIE MAJICK posted:

I am so excited for a rockets-spurs matchup

INSPECTAH DECK posted:

I hope the Spurs lose and are never good again.

Paul Zuvella posted:

Wait, when the gently caress did the Spurs become the 2nd seed in the west?

Spacebump posted:

Chandler Parsons isn't playing tonight and may not be ready for game 1 in the playoffs. Get ready for Richard Jefferson to start vs the Spurs.

roundmidnight posted:

Post-ups were never cool. Death to the post.

Spacebump posted:

It reminded me of the exact same thing.

soggybagel posted:

Good news. Minnesota sports is the worst!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/sports/four-sport-cities/

IcePhoenix posted:

The best part is that the only retired number is a journeyman who got killed by a drunk driver when he was with the team.

spacejung posted:

I am here to collect my redemption after being dog-piled for saying Indiana would make the playoffs over Miami. And for saying that Mirotic was the best ROY candidate outside of Parker and Wiggins. Also a lot of bad predictions but I can't remember those for some reason. On this subject who's gonna make the playoff predictor thread this year? Last year's was fun.

Philip Rivers posted:

gently caress gently caress gently caress the Clippers are going to play Memphis again aren't they?

Intruder posted:

I want the Rockets to crush the Mavs so bad they fold and Parsons retires out of shame. Not too much to ask

Lockback posted:

Yes, Chandler Parsons probably hates Morey for letting him out of his minimum-level deal and getting to sign for millions of dollars instead. It must suck getting paid all that money this year and playing for a team you got to pick. God drat nerd.

MOVIE MAJICK posted:

How good was John Stockton?

Quandary posted:

Haha have you watched Portland in the past month? They're a good team when everyone's healthy, but they're far from healthy.

anne frank fanfic posted:

i cant wait to snuff out the mavericks even though we're 0-2 all time vs the mavs in the playoffs and rockets have one series win since 1998 and everyone is hurt or dead and we rely on a FT dude to get playoff foul calls. mavs deserve to lose since they stole our 2005 series with Tim Donaghy and Mark Cuban cheating but no one remembers that one because he also cheated the Lakers/Kings series which everyone thought was cooler except real texas bball fans, home grown corn fed mashed potatoe country fried steak growing potato farming irish german beer growing potato chomping potato growing country folk

Optimus Subprime posted:

I made a bunch of dumb Dragonball photoshops for the game day thread. Just reposting them here.

chunkles posted:

They go to schools where all the people around them are advising them to take this course of action. Wasn't Boeheim or someone a complete rear end to some player who left before finishing 4 years? I can't remember who it was now.

e: I found what I was looking for. He publicly trashed Ennis and Grant for leaving, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it was.

Lessail posted:

The Raptors are an Eastern Conference team

chunkles posted:

Parsons (Knee) is out for the first round.

e: This is from this morning actually, but it was buried in a Woj article. I got distracted by the Scotty Brooks thing so I don't remember if we discussed it at all.

hitze posted:

Spacebump posted:

Ethan Strauss – ‏@SherwoodStrauss

Draymond: "Al Gore won the popular vote and didn't get elected president so I'm not gonna beat myself up over not winning DPOY"

https://mobile.twitter.com/SherwoodStrauss/status/591291556604354561

mastershakeman posted:

It's a little weird to have someone react like that to one loss of a 7 game series, unless of course its the Bartman game and you know that there is no hope of your team ever winning again until after you die.

Metapod posted:

I thought jv's problem was Casey not playing him and not skill, I'm guessing I'm wrong?

CharlestheHammer posted:

They missed 17 straight shots at one point.

Didn't score for 9 minutes of the third.

PantsFreeZone posted:

I said exactly this and one of you Dallas fans made it out like I said Carlisle was a bad coach. Richard Jefferson and Dirk as your wing and half backline defense is what led to dunk city in Game 3.

I would not be surprised to see Dallas win Game 5 and Houston's collective butthole tighten up going into Game 6 after what happened in the Portland series last year.

WhyteRyce posted:

They should have a real life NBA Season Year Book that everyone signs.

Bruce Bowen would be the one where everyone says "Have A Good Summer"

Hand Row posted:

With the day of extra rest I expect the Bulls to end the series in game 6, but out of curiosity how often if ever has a 3-0 playoff series gone to a game 7?