NBA thread

[Heelsandeers]

This team is fun as hell man. No quit

 

[Heelsandeers]

Could not have asked for more from Toppin or McConnell this series

 

[Heelsandeers]

Sheppard looks like that one black cop at the precinct in the 60s

 

[duluoz]

Sheppard looks like that one black cop at the precinct in the 60s

 

[Heelsandeers]

More remarkable is that he has 14 steals

 

[Carolina Fever]

Sheesh

 

[Healing]

Durant to the Rockets for Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, #10 this year, and five seconds.

 

[dcf2]

I don't see Green, Booker, and Beal all playing. IMO the best next move would be to trade Booker and tank if they can get an attractive deal back. I wonder if the Spurs would give up #2 in a deal for Booker?

 

[Peppers49]

NBA superstars just have an absurd amount of leverage. Suns, what in the world are we doing here lol. Core of Booker, Beal, and Jalen Green is not winning anything meaningful.

 

[Healing]

NBA superstars just have an absurd amount of leverage. Suns, what in the world are we doing here lol. Core of Booker, Beal, and Jalen Green is not winning anything meaningful.

There was some scuttlebutt in the nba podcasting world that Durant/agent were submarining KD’s value to avoid getting traded to a hollowed out squad.

 

[farce©]

Allowing a significant trade or coaching hire (to be announced) during the Finals, especially before Game 7, is disgraceful. This distracts from the focus on the game and should have been announced next week after the winner’s parade. They should have a moratorium on this stuff during the Finals, but the NBA has never been great at marketing.

 

[SnoopRob]

Allowing a significant trade or coaching hire (to be announced) during the Finals, especially before Game 7, is disgraceful. This distracts from the focus on the game and should have been announced next week after the winner’s parade. They should have a moratorium on this stuff during the Finals, but the NBA has never been great at marketing.

It's not that the NBA isn't great at marketing, it's that in many ways the games have become second place to the "drama" of player movement.

It's not terribly dissimilar to how recruiting has taken over CFB (and CBB) as a year-round "sport" while the games only last for a few months.

 

[SnoopRob]

There was some scuttlebutt in the nba podcasting world that Durant/agent were submarining KD’s value to avoid getting traded to a hollowed out squad.

Yeah, I think he made it pretty clear he wouldn't re-sign after the upcoming season unless he went to Houston, SA, or Miami. At that point, Phoenix had very little leverage.

 

[duluoz]

I had the Pacers in game 6, though I didn’t expect a blowout.

Tonight I think the OKC D comes out like the trained attack dogs they are and doesn't let Indiana breathe. I think OKC cruises tonight.

But, Pacers. And who wouldn’t love to see a dramatic finish, either way.

 

[superrific]

Durant to the Rockets for Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, #10 this year, and five seconds.

Oh. This isn't a joke.

 

[HintonJamesHeel]

The Rockets did incredible. I have no clue why the Suns wouldn’t hold onto Durant if that’s the take.

 

[Healing]

The Rockets did incredible. I have no clue why the Suns wouldn’t hold onto Durant if that’s the take.

Because Durant and his agent were poisoning the market, driving down his market value. You don't go into a season with a disgruntled KD, whose baseline is moody and snippy.

 

[Heelsandeers]

Should be another good one tonight

Hali didn't seem too hurt to me in game 6

Can Indy limit turnovers and will OKC play tight?

 

[King Hippo]

This is the only NBA game I will have watched all season.

 

[King Hippo]

That really sucks for Halliburton and Indiana.