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Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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morestuff posted:

Wasn't really a chore to watch the non-Lamelo Hornets but it's still such a different vibe with him out there. Non-stop ridiculous poo poo and his energy just lifts everybody

Even if they don't get Hayward back I'm amped for the play-in

Hornets will beat the Heat if they meet in the play-in :/.

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Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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morestuff posted:

Would be a good one but Bam just seems like too bad of a matchup for them. Guess we’ll get a sneak preview tomorrow

Feel like the Heat really struggle against fast-paced teams. Plus I'm having flashbacks of Malik Monk reigning 3s on them earlier this season.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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152 points in regulation. Holy hell.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Russ is going to eliminate KD and Harden in the 1st round. It's beautiful.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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JackBandit posted:

Does anyone else have trouble getting the games to actually play on the espn iPhone app? It used to be pretty solid but the last month or two, you hit the play button, get a little progress wheel, and nothing happens. It’s unbelievable how bad everyone involved with the nba is about streaming.

Never got it to work on the Android app. Would play the default stream but if I tried to put it in fullscreens mode it would give me an error message.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Rick posted:

He hit the shot that gave the Lakers the lead and blocked a game winning 3 from two feet away.

Ignoring the fact that he already has had an excellent NBA Finals winning run.

What are you even on?

Having the Hornets play the Lakers in the play-in is a fun way to think.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Who would be scared of Shaq? He's soft as hell.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Redgrendel2001 posted:

I think I found one of the most desperate for clicks Tweets ever. https://twitter.com/getnickwright/status/1390395418031370240?s=19

Since LeBron's been injured Nick can't argue for him as MVP over Jokic so he has to choose another horse to tie himself to, so why not LeBron's best friend?

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Kibner posted:

Over the course of the season, the Pels have moved from the bottom right to the top left corner of this chart:

https://twitter.com/kirkgoldsberry/status/1390645047549468674?s=20

Team is weird.

The Heat have done the opposite.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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kingcobweb posted:

I did a double take when I realized he didn't mean that Wright had clearly lost his mind

Nick just crafted all these narratives for LeBron to be MVP and his biggest adversary for doing it would be Jokic. Now that LeBron isn't in the running he still has to spin this elaborate narrative he created somewhere.

He was pretty transparent about it on Le Batard a few months ago. Hell, his argument then was we should give LBJ extra points for producing in the playoffs the year before.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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a new study bible! posted:

Nets were sold after that Russian dude died while attempting a jet ski backflip

Prokorov is still alive.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Hand Knit posted:

If you guys wanna let him go, sure.

We're only debating Euphronius about Jokic being MVP because it's fun. It's cool he has a different opinion IMHO.

Now Ben Simmons chat OTOH...

Also I bet Jokic was going to be MVP before the season started so I'm set to win some nice cash if he does it.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Dexo posted:

https://twitter.com/theScore/status/1390839234106363909

oh no

Heat Culture finally got to Tyler Herro

I swear they sat him the last 6 games for Culture reasons.

And it worked! 27 pts on 10-13 shooting, 6-8 from 3.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Jimmy really pissed off the T Wolves this game. Haven't seen that many techs in a single game. D'Lo got tossed in the 3rd quarter.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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MourningView posted:

love to waste a season of my league's marquee star in his late 30s out of respect for the Olympics, great business decision

**Looks at Japan in a State of Emergency**

I'm SURE the Olympics are gonna happen.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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NickRoweFillea posted:

Going to a limited capacity Grizz game was such a phenomenal experience. Everyone by us kept their mask on and over their nose, and we had at least five seats and a row between us and the next group of people.

Only downside: no Rendezvous BBQ nachos at the Forum so we just got them at the restaurant prior

Went to a limited capacity Heat game with my mom and we got the ADA section which felt like being in a private suite. It was awesome.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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The 76ers will be fine as long as they don't have to play the Nets, Bucks, Heat, Knicks, or any team from the West at any point in the playoffs.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Senator Drinksalot posted:

Can't they still overtake the Clippers?

Yeah. If they win these last two and the Clippers lose the last two. Not sure what the tie breakers are though.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Hand Knit posted:

I mean, they got handled rather easily in the finals.

Cause two of their starters got injured in game 1.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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I mean if you're saying the Nets have a good enough defense to win a title but their top 3 players who are bad at defense only played 8 games together, then the defense stats mean nothing. Because they'll be playing 3/5 minus defenders instead of 3/5 plus defenders.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Love James Jones so super happy he's been successful as an exec.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Doltos posted:

It's neat that the advent of blatant tanking in whole conferences and no one caring about seeding led coaches to just blatantly bench healthy all stars all season when they were perfectly fine to play.

I actually like it as playoffs are the only thing that matter for my entertainment.

A lot of those DNPs were when Jimmy was out with COVID.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Katana_Warrior posted:

the games include:

late december (2)
mid january (2) - covid
late january (2) - covid
mid april (1)
mid may (2)

that's less than half of them

4/9 is a lot...

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Rick posted:

As someone who has driven to Temecula several times you don’t want to go that fast, too much drat perpetual construction.

I get really scared driving on cliffs :/.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Papercut posted:

It's got Dame on the cover, that's all that matters

Dame is last gen and Zion is the cover for next gen.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Yeah if Embiid gets the shits again, it's over.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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So Jimmy used his agent to release a covert statement on his behalf. Nice.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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I'm cheering against the Clippers so we can bury the loving playoff Rondo narrative.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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I was sent a digital vaccine card to my phone and email after I got mine, so try to check there.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Mike Conley is at Kirk Hinrich levels of compression wear.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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MourningView posted:

maybe when he's doing all the practicing he should try taking some jumpers

If only it were just the jumpers that weren't falling.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Russell Westbrook has a car dealership in Van Nuys where they sell Maseratis and other exotic cars. It's funny walking by it cause there's a giant picture of him holding his MVP trophy on the building's wall.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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El Gallinero Gros posted:

I feel like this is a way smarter investment than a restaurant or some bitcoin nonsense.

Yeah it's cool. I like the logo too. When I first saw it I thought it was just some dude with the same name.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Paul Zuvella posted:

remember when they didnt want to trade Herro for James Harden lol

Reports are actually that Houston wanted Robinson and Herro, and even then they still liked Brooklyn's offer better. Also the Houston Front Office has been trading their guys to the places they want to go to, and Brooklyn was Harden's preferred landing spot.

Doesn't matter, though. Harden would've help the Heat get blown out by 20 instead of 30 :/.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Spo needs to go. Without LeBron he's never coached a 50+ win team.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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This is why at the Heat arena they take the bottle caps away from you.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Don't think anyone from the West can beat the Bucks or the Nets.

Also Kyrie stomping on the Celtics logo has put me on the Nets bandwagon.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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DC Murderverse posted:

Boston is never ever ever the underdog no matter how bad they are or how behind they’ve gotten. Never be happy until the Celtics are ground into dust

Any team featured on that ESPN the Magazine cover can go to hell for eternity.

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Azathoth posted:

Couldn't find a definitive list of wins by playoff seed, so I did a quick Wikipedia crawl back through playoffs and since 1990, the 7 seed won 3 times (1991, 1998, 2010) and the 8 seed won 4 times (1994, 2007, 2011, 2012).

None of those 7 or 8 seeds won their second round series, fwiw.

Didn't the Knicks get to the Finals as the 8th seed in 1999?

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Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

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Dwyane Wade immediately hiring Ainge as his GM would be such a troll to Pat Riley.

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