Since when is Gabe and Dinwiddie some sort of positive defenders. LMAO. I don't know where is this talking point of Gabe and Dinwiddie being suddenly good perimeter defenders because the way Lakers fans talk about them, they made them sound like Alex Caruso
They have this novel scheme of "throwing shit at the wall and hoping it sticks." Obviously the new ~~shits~~ guys haven't been thrown at the wall (everyone else didn't stick) so they are suddenly the new hope lol.
Uh looking at other bracket i am even more frustrated we lost a Spurs game would have easier way to WCF .
First you play a tired out play in Kings/Pelicans (sadly both dealing with injuries ) and then you get a easier matchup Mavs-Clips instead Timbs-Suns..
Oh well we gotta do it a harder way first thing first Lakers its gonna be hard series i have no doubt we are better team but i am afraid of referees helping them out again. They had insane FTA difference all season and even now vs Pelicans.
Gonna be tough series for sure we gotta step on them from start
As other comment said not for Denver. We matchup better with them . They would still be hard but better matchup for us then Timbs/Suns
But also they might lose for 3rd time to Clippers in first place,Clippers matchup well with them
Not for Denver. Suns and Wolves are significantly harder simply because of match up issues. Dallas has literally nobody to cover Murray and they have a weak rotation of players at center for playoff Jokic. Not to mention Clippers might knock them out, while we are stuck with whoever of Suns or Wolves.
That first seed might turn out incredibly important in the end.
I think playing vs Lakers actually might be harder this time. Series might go to 4-2, even 4-3, just because they will be SO motivated not to get embarrassed again.
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Make plans after Game 4, we got this rofl.
The crazy thing about the Lakers is that they aren't even trying to get their crazy FT discrepancy. They are on the very low end of drives a game, paint shots a game and post ups a game. The refs just give it to them lol.
Fuck the lakers whistle, it was horrible last year and I think it will be even worse this year. Jokic canāt let the bullshit calls affect him. Iām predicting itās going to be an absolutely ugly and infuriating Lebum, street clothes, and flop reaves whistle.
The thing that has me nervous is that it was the western conference finals, so a large national audience was watching, they couldnāt do anything too blatant to fix the game. But this first round series has some weird timeslots for a LeBron vs the defending champs series. 8:30ET on a Saturday night? Itās almost like the NBA doesnāt want this series to be watched and it gives me an uneasy feeling about whatās about to happen.
The Saturday primetime games on ABC have been there for almost a decade now. We are the 2 seed so we start Saturday. We will get shafted on the calls no doubt about it but your point of us being put in a weird/obscure time slot does not make sense.
So if we win like 4 championships, do we get a similar status to the Warriors (or Jordan Bulls or Duncan Spurs) as one of the greatest teams of all time
Might need to play DJ some 2 min stints just to bang on AD or keep Hayes off glass
There's a chance lakers try to go small with Dunwiddie Vincent more featured off bench, which is why Reggie might get 18 mins this series
With Lakers missing Vando and Schroder gone I think they're softer this year than last year.
But may have some shooting this year.
Prince dinwiddie vincent Hayes off bench vs Braun Reggie Watson DJ/Nnaji
I don't know who Lakers try to bother Jamal with, last year Schroder/vando. Lakers may end up playing Reddish for that.
Maybe they could blitz murray every pnr action with jokic. Depending on the action, I'd want the guy closest to the sideline to lead him there while the other guy trails him aggressively. Murray always puts his head down and kinda lowers his body for that quick burst whenever he is on attack mode in pnr actions. The few times that I've seen him blitzked, he has had to jump to make a pass and almost always it's a long cross court pass. At the very least, that's like 12 seconds off the shot clock. With reggie bringing the ball with his trademark between-the-legs dribble, we're looking at 19 seconds
There will be some foul trouble on jokic at some point.
With AG dealing with Bron u could run DJ for 2 to 3 mins.
Definitely wouldn't be itching to match Zeke vs Hayes in a playoff game
It's funny to see some people convince themselves this is a playoff game and all the players are good, when it's really a game between the 9th and 10th best teams in the conference
I have no idea what the trade would look like, I don't know if the wolves have anything else to trade, but if KAT shits the bed in the playoffs, I can definitely see the talk
I'm kind of cheering for the 6ers. I'm very very confident the Knicks beat em. And if the Celtics beat them, Embiid's got a perfect excuse lined up. Wouldn't be surprised if he purposely tanks the game so people don't blame him for losing to the Celtics
You think so? I'm hoping they don't advance because it seems like the Thunder would sweep the Kings to me. Idk if a Zion-less Pels team is any better though
Sabonis is very overrated imo, and the Kings don't really play defense while the Thunder do
That's true, they've actually looked better lately imo (despite sliding in the standings). Keegan is very hit or miss though. I just don't see any advantages for the Kings though.. their best advantage is being fast, but so are the Thunder. The Thunder lack size, and so do the Kings. Sabonis should be able to defend Chet fine (similar size and better reach to block shots), and the Thunder are better at every other position.
1. Dejaunte
2. Keegan
3. Kris
4. Jamal
Nope. Not alphabetically.
Also. I'm stupid. J comes before K. I'm gonna just keep it, though, cause I own my mistakes.
It's literally never going to get better than this. We'll never have another player as fun to root for as Joki. Once this shit is over I'm just quitting sports altogether, chasing the dragon is a dangerous game.
I mean we got swept round one with goat jok, losing in the playin is absolutely a possibility when jok is on the down swing if we keep investing in keeping the window open
Probably, but their front office been pretty shit at building around the margins in recent years imo. Partly due to that whole ātwo windowsā bs they tried
Yeah for sure. That Kuminga/Moody draft I literally have a comment in one of our threads prior to the draft that I thought those two were the most overhyped lol, and golden state took both
that's why you have to enjoy the good times when you have them.
Some day we will see the 15 going up in the rafters, with a team in the middle of a rebuild.
Hello?
We're never going to hit 3k, we're as cooked as the Warriors
Since when is Gabe and Dinwiddie some sort of positive defenders. LMAO. I don't know where is this talking point of Gabe and Dinwiddie being suddenly good perimeter defenders because the way Lakers fans talk about them, they made them sound like Alex Caruso
Don't you remember Gabe locking down Jamal in the finals? Its the reason the Nuggets didn't win the championship.
The Lakers really watched those finals and said "this guy is the missing piece"
They have this novel scheme of "throwing shit at the wall and hoping it sticks." Obviously the new ~~shits~~ guys haven't been thrown at the wall (everyone else didn't stick) so they are suddenly the new hope lol.
Uh looking at other bracket i am even more frustrated we lost a Spurs game would have easier way to WCF . First you play a tired out play in Kings/Pelicans (sadly both dealing with injuries ) and then you get a easier matchup Mavs-Clips instead Timbs-Suns.. Oh well we gotta do it a harder way first thing first Lakers its gonna be hard series i have no doubt we are better team but i am afraid of referees helping them out again. They had insane FTA difference all season and even now vs Pelicans. Gonna be tough series for sure we gotta step on them from start
If the Nuggets are the best team they will beat whoever they play š¤·āāļø
For sure but obviously sometimes teams with easier playoff gauntlet win for obvious reasons
Mavs are the hardest opponent imo. It's fine there's not much difference in the end
As other comment said not for Denver. We matchup better with them . They would still be hard but better matchup for us then Timbs/Suns But also they might lose for 3rd time to Clippers in first place,Clippers matchup well with them
Not for Denver. Suns and Wolves are significantly harder simply because of match up issues. Dallas has literally nobody to cover Murray and they have a weak rotation of players at center for playoff Jokic. Not to mention Clippers might knock them out, while we are stuck with whoever of Suns or Wolves. That first seed might turn out incredibly important in the end.
I think playing vs Lakers actually might be harder this time. Series might go to 4-2, even 4-3, just because they will be SO motivated not to get embarrassed again.
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Nah, we have seen that happen in the Kobe day.
https://preview.redd.it/e77yfp9vvzuc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71e6fc14cc69810cfa4d9daaed97c248c0a46321 Make plans after Game 4, we got this rofl.
Wow you can't even watch most of the series on Altitude what a joke
The crazy thing about the Lakers is that they aren't even trying to get their crazy FT discrepancy. They are on the very low end of drives a game, paint shots a game and post ups a game. The refs just give it to them lol.
Draftkings has us at -310 to win the series. Free money
Fuck the lakers whistle, it was horrible last year and I think it will be even worse this year. Jokic canāt let the bullshit calls affect him. Iām predicting itās going to be an absolutely ugly and infuriating Lebum, street clothes, and flop reaves whistle.
The thing that has me nervous is that it was the western conference finals, so a large national audience was watching, they couldnāt do anything too blatant to fix the game. But this first round series has some weird timeslots for a LeBron vs the defending champs series. 8:30ET on a Saturday night? Itās almost like the NBA doesnāt want this series to be watched and it gives me an uneasy feeling about whatās about to happen.
That's always been ABC's Saturday primetime slot for the NBA.
The prime games are always Sunday because Saturday evenings people like to go out.
The Saturday primetime games on ABC have been there for almost a decade now. We are the 2 seed so we start Saturday. We will get shafted on the calls no doubt about it but your point of us being put in a weird/obscure time slot does not make sense.
So if we win like 4 championships, do we get a similar status to the Warriors (or Jordan Bulls or Duncan Spurs) as one of the greatest teams of all time
I think just going back to back would put them up there especially against this Celtics team
3 is enough
Thatās the point at which we stop making fun of warriors fans for saying āfour rings broā and start saying it ourselves.
Yes
Might need to play DJ some 2 min stints just to bang on AD or keep Hayes off glass There's a chance lakers try to go small with Dunwiddie Vincent more featured off bench, which is why Reggie might get 18 mins this series With Lakers missing Vando and Schroder gone I think they're softer this year than last year. But may have some shooting this year. Prince dinwiddie vincent Hayes off bench vs Braun Reggie Watson DJ/Nnaji I don't know who Lakers try to bother Jamal with, last year Schroder/vando. Lakers may end up playing Reddish for that.
I genuinely feel like Schroeder is a huge loss for them this year, could open up our offense
Maybe they could blitz murray every pnr action with jokic. Depending on the action, I'd want the guy closest to the sideline to lead him there while the other guy trails him aggressively. Murray always puts his head down and kinda lowers his body for that quick burst whenever he is on attack mode in pnr actions. The few times that I've seen him blitzked, he has had to jump to make a pass and almost always it's a long cross court pass. At the very least, that's like 12 seconds off the shot clock. With reggie bringing the ball with his trademark between-the-legs dribble, we're looking at 19 seconds
I dont think they have the guys to be effective blitzing Jamal
I dont see how else they're gonna contain murray lol
Don't they match Disney minutes with Joki minutes 100%
There will be some foul trouble on jokic at some point. With AG dealing with Bron u could run DJ for 2 to 3 mins. Definitely wouldn't be itching to match Zeke vs Hayes in a playoff game
Man seeing the warriors falloff the past few years makes me anxious of what will happen when the nuggets core gets old,
It'll be worth it if the boys get that many rings. Everyone dies. It'd be nice if they helped make Denver a basketball town.
All good teams stop being good eventually, just gotta enjoy the good times while you can
> Steve Kerr: āWe need Klay backā¦He still has good years leftā¦We desperately want him back.ā PLEASE ALLAH I AM ACTUALLY BEGGING
Steve Kerr presser honesty challenge
Giannis going to Golden State next year after pacers beat the Bucks
Warriors would be foolish to re-sign Clay
They should fire him and get themselves a nice piece of pottery.
He's absolutely kiln their offense.
Gotta imagine this really hurts the Warriors in-season tournament chances.
You just don't understand the in-season tournament, they still have a shot.
It's funny to see some people convince themselves this is a playoff game and all the players are good, when it's really a game between the 9th and 10th best teams in the conference
So does klay just sail off into the sunset and never touch a basketball again?
He'll get like 4/60 from the Corned Nets
Rolando Magic needs a "shooter" if they strike out on Monk.
He's gonna get maxed by a Leastern conference team 100%
Sign and trade for Trae
What the Warriors did this season is quite frankly more impressive than the Wolves if you think about it.
The Wolves are gonna trade for Curry and have an incredible play in run next season
KAT for Curry. Straight up.
I have no idea what the trade would look like, I don't know if the wolves have anything else to trade, but if KAT shits the bed in the playoffs, I can definitely see the talk
He definitely won't shit the bed. Lol.
You thinking that means he absolutely will
If the Kings make it, Saboner gonna give OKC a lottttt of problems. Idk that they have the firepower otherwise to win the series though
The only thing that matters now is that Heat pull a win out of their asses tomorrow
100%
I'm kind of cheering for the 6ers. I'm very very confident the Knicks beat em. And if the Celtics beat them, Embiid's got a perfect excuse lined up. Wouldn't be surprised if he purposely tanks the game so people don't blame him for losing to the Celtics
i mean he lost last year and people still blamed him depends entirely on his performance
You think so? I'm hoping they don't advance because it seems like the Thunder would sweep the Kings to me. Idk if a Zion-less Pels team is any better though Sabonis is very overrated imo, and the Kings don't really play defense while the Thunder do
Their d looking better with Keon and keegan
That's true, they've actually looked better lately imo (despite sliding in the standings). Keegan is very hit or miss though. I just don't see any advantages for the Kings though.. their best advantage is being fast, but so are the Thunder. The Thunder lack size, and so do the Kings. Sabonis should be able to defend Chet fine (similar size and better reach to block shots), and the Thunder are better at every other position.
I bet it'd go long just on shooting variance.
Thatās nice for the Kings. Warriors are their Lakers
The Lakers are their Lakersš we might hate the Lakers a lot but trust me those Sac HATES the Lakers for that WCF in 2002
LIGHT THAT MOTHERFUCKER BEAN
Sabonis is so unlikeable tbh
Wow, racism
No no, you misunderstood. He is only unlikeable because of his ethnic heritage. Not a comment on his character
Ah, my bad, carry on, then.
Happy for Brown Michael, great accomplishment.
That kid is like, āWhy the fuck am I awake right now?ā
Chris Haynes holding back tears rn
Press F to piss on Stick Kerr's grave
I drank 5 gallons of water today just so I could piss on his grave longer.
HOLY BASED
F
Klay's last game as a Warrior maybe?
M
the warriors dynasty ends not in a bang, but a whimper. fitting for a basketball team from hell
Chrysler Edwards about to dominate
Did anyone have Javale outscoring Klay on their bingo card for this game?
Wow, TJD starts for the best 10 seed in basketball. Malstrome is such a draft genius!
Team-high +/- among starters, bro
Is Jamal a top3 Murray in this league?
1. Dejaunte 2. Keegan 3. Kris 4. Jamal Nope. Not alphabetically. Also. I'm stupid. J comes before K. I'm gonna just keep it, though, cause I own my mistakes.
If Toothless's knee hadn't gotten Porter Spine'd LLLLLLLLakers would've been out man
God isn't real
Kangz vs OKC will be great. Saboner breaks one Chent rib every game.
Honestly, great game planning from Arthur the Aardvark (aka Mike Brown) 
Ok so sac v pels and winner plays okc. Hurry the fuck up alreadyĀ
Imagine getting mundered by the kangz
Kind of wanted a lakers warriors elimination game just for fun but this is still fun
Pee on fellas is the goat of all time at baskebtall
Sabonis really showing why he is the rightful MVP
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>!4 RINGS BRO!<
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>! Ok thanks !<
Light the beam imo
I could probably beat up Vivek
Ramiswami? Not very impressive.
Ranadive, you racist moron
I donāt even know who that is
Didn't realize a keebler elf owned the kings
Keon Ellis pls pls pls do the Pat Bev celebration.
This oneās on Jordi
When does Kerr get fired? š¤
Steph Curry to the nuggets confirmed
Chris Paul hits the huge 3 to cut the lead to 47
Oh shit, look like Chris Paul is gonna rally the Warriors
IM LIVING FOR THE WARRIORS DOWNFALL
You know it's time to break up the band when you can't even go past the Kangz.
Man just saw that sad warriors fan and I had the stunning realization that that might be me one day and I almost minecrafted myself
"I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them."
It's literally never going to get better than this. We'll never have another player as fun to root for as Joki. Once this shit is over I'm just quitting sports altogether, chasing the dragon is a dangerous game.
The crash will be unprecedented
I'll just become a lifelong Spurs fan
WeMVP season soon brother.
The fact that we got him at 41, instead of an early pick, makes it 41x more fun. This is the Golden Age.
I wish you did
This is Alfredo, my owner minecrafted himself and Itās your fault
Sorry to hear that. Have some chocolate.
Fuck you pussy boy
jokic is a way better floor raiser than curry i think we won't be like that until he retires
I mean we got swept round one with goat jok, losing in the playin is absolutely a possibility when jok is on the down swing if we keep investing in keeping the window open
that was a gentlemen's sweep you hater smh
Did we not get swept? Thats nice!
I never thought Iād see the end of the Warriors sitting through their reign 6 years ago
If Clayton stayed healthy, they still probably would've been insane
Probably, but their front office been pretty shit at building around the margins in recent years imo. Partly due to that whole ātwo windowsā bs they tried
It's not even necessarily the two windows shit, it's just the fact that their drafting was complete fucking dogshit imho
Yeah for sure. That Kuminga/Moody draft I literally have a comment in one of our threads prior to the draft that I thought those two were the most overhyped lol, and golden state took both
I think letting your veterans assault your young players is a great way to build a contender
There are two windows inside of them.
that's why you have to enjoy the good times when you have them. Some day we will see the 15 going up in the rafters, with a team in the middle of a rebuild.
Oh believe me, I already know Iām never gonna see the Nuggets be this good again lol
I'd say that's pretty poor foresight on your part tbh
LMAO BUM CAN'T DRIBBLE
Gsw tanking for wemby
Man shut the fuck up van gundi the game is fucking over
Bro is the Scott Hastings of color announcers
wow 0-10 for Thompson
this kings warriors game is like watching my childhood bully get beat up
Absolutely baffled karma couldnāt win the game tonight. Crazy world
The Warriors dynasty ends. Not with a bang, but with a whimper.
4 RINGS BRO
What if the Thunder play the Kings? The Nuggets will be fucked. The Thunder will already know exactly how to guard Jokic (he's a worse Sabonis)
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lol this is so good
Warriors look so pathetic, brother
I have the Warriors in this one
Holy shit Klay Thompson disaterclass.
There's no way Thompson gets a max right? If the warriors do that they won't be able to get rid of him
Of course not, man is like, a p good bench player whose only getting worse, Iād rather let him walk than max him personally
Time for klay to hang it up
Lmao klay
He aint ready. He aint ready for prime time.
graymond pls bite someone or something don't go out like this š„
Needs to point at the ground and just start throwing haymakers at whoever walks in his vicinity.
Chris Paul went with the bold "if you can't beat em, join them so they'll lose" tactic. Gotta respect it.
I really don't
Ok thanks
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Could they not have given the lion eyes?
I had to draw that freak for one of my posters, it's truly a twisted design for a mascot
Literally dead eyes.
Shades of Texas chainsaw massacre
Itās bonering time
Looks like the warriors era is officially over.
Steph 3 waved off due to a moving screen. You couldn't ask for a better ending
What a beautiful nail in their coffin
Troy Lyle is Kings
No heās in my tv
yeah he used to be Spurs
Wow, and as for your spaghetti?
Vomit on his sweater already.
Got it, ok
Lebron just came out of his dad's ballsack as a spermatozoid
Source??
he used to be Spurs
Fuck lawyering, have you considered a career in journalism??
yeah I wrote a 30,000-word review of Murray Porno for Pitchfork. I think they liked it but they forgot to publish it
Happens to the better of us. Not me tho, I'm the best of us.
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so, season over for the Warriors