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Re: NBA Playoffs 2021
« Reply #495 on: May 24, 2021, 10:35:32 PM »

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Re: NBA Playoffs 2021
« Reply #496 on: May 24, 2021, 10:38:48 PM »

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Flagrant for a little Melo push and Tatum was mauled in Brooklyn and couldn't get a common foul!

Re: NBA Playoffs 2021
« Reply #497 on: May 24, 2021, 10:47:34 PM »

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« Reply #498 on: May 24, 2021, 11:00:44 PM »

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Re: NBA Playoffs 2021
« Reply #499 on: May 24, 2021, 11:12:23 PM »

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So...I think Milwaukee may have a chance to beat Brooklyn. They Match up really well and I think Giannis will give KD trouble with his physical play and length. Jrue should be able to slow down Harden some and DiVincenzo has a size advantage on Kyrie. Not sure who on Brooklyn is going to be able to Match up with Brook either. DJ doesn’t even play any more...Middleton should Have the edge on Joe Harris and Milwaukee definitely has a better bench.If the Bucks can shoot the 3 ball at a decent clip and dominate the boards, I think they are the only team in either conference that may be able to pull it off.

Before the playoffs started I thought the Bucks were playing the best ball in the East. Their team is really put together well. They do match up really well against the Nets. They match up well against the Sixers as well. Rember a couple of years ago when we beat the hell out of the Bucks and then they built up their team and ours just fell apart.

We had to go 7 games against the Bucks, not really beat the hell out of them. The good 'ol Eric Bledsoe and Jabari Parker team.

They had Middleton and Greek Freak but then they dump the bad players and rebuilt to this squad.

I keep thinking... what would the Celtics have been like if we swapped Kemba and picks for Jrue Holiday....

Smart, Holiday, Brown, Tatum, Timelord...With Fournier, Pritchard, Thompson, and Parker off the bench. Starting lineup would have been incredible defensively. Oh, well....
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Re: NBA Playoffs 2021
« Reply #500 on: May 25, 2021, 12:04:42 AM »

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Rivers is another player that could've been picked up for very little. Just keep seeing low-cost vets affecting the playoffs.

Guys have to want to come here as well. Austin seemed to have interest from actual contenders (Bucks also allegedly were interested). Based on our lack of competitiveness, ring chasing vets weren't really in our wheelhouse.
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« Reply #501 on: May 25, 2021, 12:07:57 AM »

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Even with all the looooooong pauses in play, the refs are still making really bad calls.

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« Reply #502 on: May 25, 2021, 12:09:09 AM »

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Charles Barkley claiming Milwaukee will sweep Miami  ;D


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« Reply #503 on: May 25, 2021, 12:11:12 AM »

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Rivers is another player that could've been picked up for very little. Just keep seeing low-cost vets affecting the playoffs.

Guys have to want to come here as well. Austin seemed to have interest from actual contenders (Bucks also allegedly were interested). Based on our lack of competitiveness, ring chasing vets weren't really in our wheelhouse.

Yeah, kind of a catch-22, you have to be good to get vet minimum guys but those guys could make you good. Anyone who wanted a bunch of playing time could've come here and got it. I say that but who knows with Brad...

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« Reply #504 on: May 25, 2021, 12:12:21 AM »

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Charles Barkley claiming Milwaukee will sweep Miami  ;D

He could be right. If the Bucks keep playing this hard it could be a sweep. The Bucks have all that anger left over from last year.

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« Reply #505 on: May 25, 2021, 12:33:21 AM »

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« Reply #506 on: May 25, 2021, 01:33:22 AM »

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1 favorite up 2-0 (MIL)
2 favorites up 1-0 (BKN, PHI)
1 favorite tied 1-1 (DEN)
4 favorites down 0-1 (NY, LAC, LAL, UTA)

This breakdown seems unusually favorable to the underdogs.


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« Reply #507 on: May 25, 2021, 01:40:22 AM »

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Charles Barkley claiming Milwaukee will sweep Miami  ;D

He could be right. If the Bucks keep playing this hard it could be a sweep. The Bucks have all that anger left over from last year.

Can you imagine this place if Tatum scored 10 points and Celtics lost by 34?

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« Reply #508 on: May 25, 2021, 03:08:53 AM »

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Charles Barkley claiming Milwaukee will sweep Miami  ;D

He could be right. If the Bucks keep playing this hard it could be a sweep. The Bucks have all that anger left over from last year.

Can you imagine this place if Tatum scored 10 points and Celtics lost by 34?

Dedmon was Miami's best player.

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« Reply #509 on: May 25, 2021, 04:10:25 AM »

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Is there any debate anymore that this cHeat team is the most flukiest finals team ever? They got incredibly hot in a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence like the bubble, but outside of that, they've only been an above average team.
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