2024 NBA Season and Playoffs

[Phantom255x]

Lakers getting clapped early

They're a mediocre basketball team.

D'Lo and Reaves went back to normal after going bonkers for a few week stretch which sadly included the game against us. Dinwiddie has also done nothing for them, in fact I think he's shooting like 8-25 since joining them.

Now with that said, Lakers on a 10-3 run and pretty much back in it. Suns fell asleep

[celticsclay]

Bucks rallying together and figuring out their identities? B2b wins against playoff-caliber teams on the road.

Philly is not a good team without Embid. I think they are Even sub .500 without him. You have quickly Become the king of saying a team is figuring things out when they win two games in a row though so i will give you a tp
For the commitment to the bit.

The bucks are absolutely legit and a threat, don’t care if Philly isn’t good without Embiid. They have 2 first ballot hall of famers and probably are “figuring it out” but keep acting like the aren’t legit over there in delusional green land

Literally what the heck are you talking about lol? My comment was primarily about Philly not being a good team without Embid which is pretty objectively true

[Neurotic Guy]

Bucks rallying together and figuring out their identities? B2b wins against playoff-caliber teams on the road.

Philly is not a good team without Embid. I think they are Even sub .500 without him. You have quickly Become the king of saying a team is figuring things out when they win two games in a row though so i will give you a tp
For the commitment to the bit.

The bucks are absolutely legit and a threat, don’t care if Philly isn’t good without Embiid. They have 2 first ballot hall of famers and probably are “figuring it out” but keep acting like the aren’t legit over there in delusional green land

There’s quite a disparity between the benefit of doubt you give to Celtics rivals than the benefit of doubt you give the Celtics. 

[celticsclay]

Bucks rallying together and figuring out their identities? B2b wins against playoff-caliber teams on the road.

Philly is not a good team without Embid. I think they are Even sub .500 without him. You have quickly Become the king of saying a team is figuring things out when they win two games in a row though so i will give you a tp
For the commitment to the bit.

The bucks are absolutely legit and a threat, don’t care if Philly isn’t good without Embiid. They have 2 first ballot hall of famers and probably are “figuring it out” but keep acting like the aren’t legit over there in delusional green land

There’s quite a disparity between the benefit of doubt you give to Celtics rivals than the benefit of doubt you give the Celtics.

I mean I pointed out Philly wasn’t a very good team without Embid and it was like I somehow insulted his first born…. Lol

[scaryjerry]

Bucks rallying together and figuring out their identities? B2b wins against playoff-caliber teams on the road.

Philly is not a good team without Embid. I think they are Even sub .500 without him. You have quickly Become the king of saying a team is figuring things out when they win two games in a row though so i will give you a tp
For the commitment to the bit.

The bucks are absolutely legit and a threat, don’t care if Philly isn’t good without Embiid. They have 2 first ballot hall of famers and probably are “figuring it out” but keep acting like the aren’t legit over there in delusional green land

There’s quite a disparity between the benefit of doubt you give to Celtics rivals than the benefit of doubt you give the Celtics.

I mean I pointed out Philly wasn’t a very good team without Embid and it was like I somehow insulted his first born…. Lol

Just to be clear I absolutely hate the bucks and Giannis but what I can’t stand more is delusional Celtics fans acting like the bucks and other teams don’t stand a chance.
Celtics are by far and away the best team in the league this year and once the playoffs start everyone has a clean slate and they’ll have to prove it again. I fear the bucks and absolutely dread having to be locked into a playoff series against them.

[celticsclay]

Bucks rallying together and figuring out their identities? B2b wins against playoff-caliber teams on the road.

Philly is not a good team without Embid. I think they are Even sub .500 without him. You have quickly Become the king of saying a team is figuring things out when they win two games in a row though so i will give you a tp
For the commitment to the bit.

The bucks are absolutely legit and a threat, don’t care if Philly isn’t good without Embiid. They have 2 first ballot hall of famers and probably are “figuring it out” but keep acting like the aren’t legit over there in delusional green land

There’s quite a disparity between the benefit of doubt you give to Celtics rivals than the benefit of doubt you give the Celtics.

I mean I pointed out Philly wasn’t a very good team without Embid and it was like I somehow insulted his first born…. Lol

Just to be clear I absolutely hate the bucks and Giannis but what I can’t stand more is delusional Celtics fans acting like the bucks and other teams don’t stand a chance.
Celtics are by far and away the best team in the league this year and once the playoffs start everyone has a clean slate and they’ll have to prove it again. I fear the bucks and absolutely dread having to be locked into a playoff series against them.

Your comments literally have nothing to do with what I posted tho… you are creating nonsense that nobody even said. Philly being a bad team without Embid is not even tangentially related to how the Celtics would do in a playoff series against the bucks and I have no idea how you even made that connection.

[Phantom255x]

Bucks rallying together and figuring out their identities? B2b wins against playoff-caliber teams on the road.

Philly is not a good team without Embid. I think they are Even sub .500 without him. You have quickly Become the king of saying a team is figuring things out when they win two games in a row though so i will give you a tp
For the commitment to the bit.

The bucks are absolutely legit and a threat, don’t care if Philly isn’t good without Embiid. They have 2 first ballot hall of famers and probably are “figuring it out” but keep acting like the aren’t legit over there in delusional green land

There’s quite a disparity between the benefit of doubt you give to Celtics rivals than the benefit of doubt you give the Celtics.

I mean I pointed out Philly wasn’t a very good team without Embid and it was like I somehow insulted his first born…. Lol

Just to be clear I absolutely hate the bucks and Giannis but what I can’t stand more is delusional Celtics fans acting like the bucks and other teams don’t stand a chance.
Celtics are by far and away the best team in the league this year and once the playoffs start everyone has a clean slate and they’ll have to prove it again. I fear the bucks and absolutely dread having to be locked into a playoff series against them.

Okay but that's literally your own opinion (the part I bolded). And that's fine. Some people fear the Heat. Some people fear the Sixers. Some fear both and other teams. I admittedly fear the Cavs and Heat, not the Bucks. Again, that's my opinion. But calling others delusional because they have a different opinion or one you don't agree with isn't acceptable, and you've done that constantly in the last month particularly when it comes to the Bucks/Celtics talk.

Your opinions and comments are all fine. Just be respectful, that's all.

[Phantom255x]

So is Bradley Beal just a lost cause for the Suns this season? I didn't realize he got hurt again (hamstring) and this is his 4th straight missed game. He's missed a lot of time already earlier this season.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Didn't watch the game between the Bucks and the TWolves last night (and don't care to).  Looked at the box score just now.

Giannis: 21 free throw attempts
Entire TWolves team: 13 free throw attempts

TWolves took a few less 3 point attempts than the Bucks.  This disparity is absurd.  I don't see how any objective fan could find such a game enjoyable to watch.

If you didn't watch the game then how can you say it is absurd.

Not a completely unfair point I guess, but having one player take 8 more free throws than the entire opposing team is, I would argue, generally absurd.  I don't care how good that one player is at drawing fouls.

Oh it's 1000% absurd. Idk what he is talking about, a majority of people would say the same. Unfortunately that's how Giannis and Embiid get reffed a lot of nights. Hell, imagine if Jokic got this same treatment from refs, he'd be putting up like 40/15 averages lol

Just in general too, I find it laughable how there are nights when Embiid and Giannis only have fewer than 3 fouls. There is absolutely no way they commit less than 3 fouls/infractions a game. Give me a break with that.

Same with LeBron, who in 1,753 career games (regular and postseason) has fouled out a grand total of 8 times (6 regular season, 2 postseason). Ridiculous.

Tatum in 493 regular season games has fouled out 1 time. He has done it 2 times in 94 playoff games.

Is it ridiculous for Tatum who fouls out less often than Lebron in the regular season?  Or is it only ridiculous when it isn't a Celtic?

Sure it’s ridiculous. No one actually fouls that infrequently. Of course, Tatum’s got a long way to go to equal LeBron’s number of games played, and I’m sure he’ll end up fouling out more often than LeBron, because no one’s as protected as LeBron.

[celticsclay]

So is Bradley Beal just a lost cause for the Suns this season? I didn't realize he got hurt again (hamstring) and this is his 4th straight missed game. He's missed a lot of time already earlier this season.

It’s a pretty bad sign I was watching this game and didn’t even realize he wasn’t playing.

[Phantom255x]

So is Bradley Beal just a lost cause for the Suns this season? I didn't realize he got hurt again (hamstring) and this is his 4th straight missed game. He's missed a lot of time already earlier this season.

It’s a pretty bad sign I was watching this game and didn’t even realize he wasn’t playing.

Yeah like no disrespect to PHX but watching them today I'm like "I thought this team had more firepower?". Then I realized Beal was missing. I know they have Nurkic, Booker and KD but still... and even Durant while he puts up numbers isn't impacting the game as much as he did 5+ years ago. If that team wants to make a run they need everyone healthy but it might not happen anyways if the chemistry isn't there with all of their Top-4.

It is nice to see Bol Bol finding a solid role for them. O'Neale's been good too.

[celticsclay]

Didn't watch the game between the Bucks and the TWolves last night (and don't care to).  Looked at the box score just now.

Giannis: 21 free throw attempts
Entire TWolves team: 13 free throw attempts

TWolves took a few less 3 point attempts than the Bucks.  This disparity is absurd.  I don't see how any objective fan could find such a game enjoyable to watch.

If you didn't watch the game then how can you say it is absurd.

Not a completely unfair point I guess, but having one player take 8 more free throws than the entire opposing team is, I would argue, generally absurd.  I don't care how good that one player is at drawing fouls.

Oh it's 1000% absurd. Idk what he is talking about, a majority of people would say the same. Unfortunately that's how Giannis and Embiid get reffed a lot of nights. Hell, imagine if Jokic got this same treatment from refs, he'd be putting up like 40/15 averages lol

Just in general too, I find it laughable how there are nights when Embiid and Giannis only have fewer than 3 fouls. There is absolutely no way they commit less than 3 fouls/infractions a game. Give me a break with that.

Same with LeBron, who in 1,753 career games (regular and postseason) has fouled out a grand total of 8 times (6 regular season, 2 postseason). Ridiculous.

Tatum in 493 regular season games has fouled out 1 time. He has done it 2 times in 94 playoff games.

Is it ridiculous for Tatum who fouls out less often than Lebron in the regular season?  Or is it only ridiculous when it isn't a Celtic?

Sure it’s ridiculous. No one actually fouls that infrequently. Of course, Tatum’s got a long way to go to equal LeBron’s number of games played, and I’m sure he’ll end up fouling out more often than LeBron, because no one’s as protected as LeBron.

Yeah it’s clearly ridiculous for both of them. Whataboutism doesn’t make it any less ludicrous. I hate star calls in general across the nba.

[Phantom255x]

Didn't watch the game between the Bucks and the TWolves last night (and don't care to).  Looked at the box score just now.

Giannis: 21 free throw attempts
Entire TWolves team: 13 free throw attempts

TWolves took a few less 3 point attempts than the Bucks.  This disparity is absurd.  I don't see how any objective fan could find such a game enjoyable to watch.

If you didn't watch the game then how can you say it is absurd.

Not a completely unfair point I guess, but having one player take 8 more free throws than the entire opposing team is, I would argue, generally absurd.  I don't care how good that one player is at drawing fouls.

Oh it's 1000% absurd. Idk what he is talking about, a majority of people would say the same. Unfortunately that's how Giannis and Embiid get reffed a lot of nights. Hell, imagine if Jokic got this same treatment from refs, he'd be putting up like 40/15 averages lol

Just in general too, I find it laughable how there are nights when Embiid and Giannis only have fewer than 3 fouls. There is absolutely no way they commit less than 3 fouls/infractions a game. Give me a break with that.

Same with LeBron, who in 1,753 career games (regular and postseason) has fouled out a grand total of 8 times (6 regular season, 2 postseason). Ridiculous.

Tatum in 493 regular season games has fouled out 1 time. He has done it 2 times in 94 playoff games.

Is it ridiculous for Tatum who fouls out less often than Lebron in the regular season?  Or is it only ridiculous when it isn't a Celtic?

Sure it’s ridiculous. No one actually fouls that infrequently. Of course, Tatum’s got a long way to go to equal LeBron’s number of games played, and I’m sure he’ll end up fouling out more often than LeBron, because no one’s as protected as LeBron.

Yeah it’s clearly ridiculous for both of them. Whataboutism doesn’t make it any less ludicrous. I hate star calls in general across the nba.

Are you watching this game? Not that I care but Booker just ran into Lebron who had no idea he was even coming and Lebron got called for the foul 

It's insane with these star calls. My absolute worst though is when a player misses a shot and then 1 second after that they blow an extremely late whistle. Like they are waiting to see if the shot goes in to call a foul, but even if it was a foul they prevent the shooter from getting a 3-point play too 

[scaryjerry]

Bucks rallying together and figuring out their identities? B2b wins against playoff-caliber teams on the road.

Philly is not a good team without Embid. I think they are Even sub .500 without him. You have quickly Become the king of saying a team is figuring things out when they win two games in a row though so i will give you a tp
For the commitment to the bit.

The bucks are absolutely legit and a threat, don’t care if Philly isn’t good without Embiid. They have 2 first ballot hall of famers and probably are “figuring it out” but keep acting like the aren’t legit over there in delusional green land

There’s quite a disparity between the benefit of doubt you give to Celtics rivals than the benefit of doubt you give the Celtics.

I mean I pointed out Philly wasn’t a very good team without Embid and it was like I somehow insulted his first born…. Lol

Just to be clear I absolutely hate the bucks and Giannis but what I can’t stand more is delusional Celtics fans acting like the bucks and other teams don’t stand a chance.
Celtics are by far and away the best team in the league this year and once the playoffs start everyone has a clean slate and they’ll have to prove it again. I fear the bucks and absolutely dread having to be locked into a playoff series against them.

Your comments literally have nothing to do with what I posted tho… you are creating nonsense that nobody even said. Philly being a bad team without Embid is not even tangentially related to how the Celtics would do in a playoff series against the bucks and I have no idea how you even made that connection.

Clearly because you tried discrediting the bucks beating the 6ers or “figuring it out” because the 6ers “aren’t good”
The bucks will be a legit threat whether they beat the 6ers last night or got blown out by them, but ok.

[Phantom255x]

Lakers might steal this. Suns are playing with their food