2021 NBA Playoffs

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:25 am

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:08 am This is impossibly funny and I'd love to know which players would be off-limits and why Embiid isn't one of them.

Embiid talks tons of shit on and off the floor, so he would probably be near the top of the list of players this should/would happen to.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:45 am

I'm sure I've said it here, but I have a theory players mostly hate him for his Mini Dwight Howard stuff. No one wants to see an adult act cutesy.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Mon Jun 21, 2021 12:45 pm

Yeah, if he wasn't a guy I am 98% sure was once described in a profile as "an internet troll", this would never happen to him because he's such a terrific player.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Mon Jun 21, 2021 1:16 pm

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 10:51 pm

Absolutely fucking disgusting overturn by the officials there.

Beverley knocked the ball out of bounds as Booker was dribbling and because there was a microsecond of Booker touching the ball via replay the referees just ratfucked the game with 9 seconds left.

Unreal.

EDIT

OH MY FUCKING GOD.

BALL DON'T LIE.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:21 pm

(There was also a Ball Don't Lie moment on the missed free throws by Paul George.)

Also, this was missed:

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:27 pm

Johnnie wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 10:51 pm Absolutely fucking disgusting overturn by the officials there.

Beverley knocked the ball out of bounds as Booker was dribbling and because there was a microsecond of Booker touching the ball via replay the referees just ratfucked the game with 9 seconds left.

Unreal.

EDIT

OH MY FUCKING GOD.

BALL DON'T LIE.

Ok...I may be an idiot here...but isn't that Offensive Goaltending? The ball was definitely in the cylinder.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:28 pm

You can't score from an inbound so it's not a shot.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:33 pm

If you watch the video in the second clip I posted (Boogie pushing Booker) JVG immediately nails the rule because the Clippers whined as soon as the ball went it.

It's happened before:

Edit:

Had no idea that Jae Crowder has experience with inbound shots made:

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Jun 23, 2021 5:28 am

degenerasian wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:28 pm You can't score from an inbound so it's not a shot.

This.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Wed Jun 23, 2021 1:19 pm

Gin Blossoms bringing the pain:

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:06 pm

The Trae Young Hawks experience has somehow managed to elude me. WTF I am watching? I saw a few games in college but I don't think he even toyed with them as much as this.

Post by **Shirley** » Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:13 am

Jerloma wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:06 pm The Trae Young Hawks experience has somehow managed to elude me. WTF I am watching? I saw a few games in college but I don't think he even toyed with them as much as this.

He's a lot of fun to watch. Like a young Steph, he does so many things that you aren't supposed to do on a court, but it works. And he did absolutely tear up college basketball for the first 2/3 of his freshman year. Led the country in scoring and assists, I think. He faded in the final part of the season though (or teams learned better how to deal with him). He's a better outside shooter now than he was then (but he was pretty good then too).

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sun Jun 27, 2021 12:07 am

🤣

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Jun 28, 2021 9:42 pm

In the old NBA, someone like Maurice Lucas would have beat the crap out of Patrick Beverley.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Jun 29, 2021 7:21 am

In the old NBA, someone like Maurice Lucas would have beat the crap out of Chris Paul.

Biggest whiner, flopper in NBA history who has never played for the Utah Jazz. He'd have taken a forearm to the face on his next drive after he got someone a tech for their jersey being untucked. Fuck him and his hamstring.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Jun 29, 2021 10:39 pm

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Jun 29, 2021 11:01 pm

Giannis's knee bent the wrong way and it looks bad.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 12:04 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Mon Jun 28, 2021 9:42 pm In the old NBA, someone like Maurice Lucas would have beat the crap out of Patrick Beverley.

And tonight he deserved to get the shit kicked out of him.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 7:11 am

Fuck the fucking Clippers.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:33 am

I'm happy for Chris Paul to have made it to the Finals, but I also fully understand why many do not feel the same.

I feel very bad that Robert Sarver's team has made the Finals.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 10:16 am

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:33 am I'm happy for Chris Paul to have made it to the Finals, but I also fully understand why many do not feel the same.

I feel very bad that Robert Sarver's team has made the Finals.

Kinda makes me wish Chris Paul was on the Bucks.

Robert Sarver is one of the least deserving owners of a title in the whole league. Just garbage all around.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 10:23 am

If Monty Williams coached the '88 Pistons, I'd still root for them a little so this is a pretty easy call. I don't expect my nards to be within 1000 miles of Chris Paul so what do I care?

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:23 am

I'm a fan of Mike Breen, and I don't get tired of the "BANG!" calls. I just wished ESPN didn't pair him with two guys who deep down hate the sport of basketball.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Thu Jul 08, 2021 9:31 pm

Okay, I am fucking over the counting off by the opposing fans when Giannis is at the stripe. Fucking Herbs.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Jul 08, 2021 9:40 pm

1. Chives
2. Cilantro
3. Basil
4. Dill
5. Thyme

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:09 am

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 9:40 pm 1. Chives
2. Cilantro
3. Basil
4. Dill
5. Thyme

1. Brooks
2. Adderly
3. Score
4. Justin
5. Hoover
6. Pennock

Funny you should put Chives first. By sheer coincidence I was making a Dijon and sour cream with chives sauce for some salmon I was cooking for dinner when you wrote that.

I also think that you could've put parsley, either standard or Italian breeds, on there. Fresh cut parsley really ups a dish. Or maybe I'm saying it that I've been clipping it off my plants for the last week and barely made a dent in the growths.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 10:03 am

I'd just chopped some for a leftover pork and rice thing I was making. Chives are the best.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 10:51 am

No talk about the second-best block in NBA Finals history?

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 12:41 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 10:51 am No talk about the second-best block in NBA Finals history?

It was incredible to watch as it happened. To have his back completely turned as the alley oop was in the process and to block it clean made me go "Wait...what???"

It just needs a catchy nickname now.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 12:46 pm

Valley Oops?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:54 pm

Yeah I don’t think 95% of the population could even jump at all from that position. It looked so…awkwardly natural?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:58 pm

Ryan wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:54 pm Yeah I don’t think 95% of the population could even jump at all from that position. It looked so…awkwardly natural?

I bet it's higher than that. most people don't even make it to the NBA finals where the Bucks home court is involved.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 2:23 pm

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 3:21 pm

Both teams are going out of their way to disprove the old saw about how role players shoot better at home than on the road. Phoenix's supporting cast has been pretty good overall at both locales while Milwaukee's were good on the road and pretty poor at home (37.5% FG, 32.3% threes).

Chris Paul's wrist injury is not getting any better, which is a problem considering the games have mostly gone to the team whose top three players have performed better (Mikal Bridges' 27 points in game two is the lone exception). His home-road production has been a massive indicator for the Suns - 41 points in 68 minutes at home, 11 in 53 minutes on the road.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 6:47 pm

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:59 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 9:52 pm We need to have a talk on the way Giannis is officiated. It’s a joke.

It's like prime Shaq. He gets hacked a lot but he is so aggressive and initiates so much contact, yet we're heading into the 4th and he has 1 foul.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:13 pm

Blocking CP3 from getting to the youngster to make him stop yelling at ref so he doesn't get T'd up seems like questionable sportsmanship at best.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:33 pm

How many wide open 3s can Jae Crowder miss?

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:37 pm

I’m sure I’m forgetting someone, but this is the best game in a clincher by a Big since Duncan just missed a quad-double.