nahhhh

look at all these top tier teams, they're all old and stuff is changing faster than ever in this league

get clarke/adams back next year, you got a legit young core in JJJ/Bane/Ja

in previous eras id say theres a hard ceiling on a team of their caliber but who is really gonna be there in a few years? no super teams are really forming, the west has all old guys besides jokic, just ride it out

celts are the favs to win the title right now with tatum/brown as their top 2....**** these days if you just stay healthy and are a top 6-7 team you got equity

Yea I mean look...a 7 is bout to beat a 2, 6 could beat a 3. 8 might beat a 1 due to an injury of giannis (rare circumstance given Miami talent-they really shouldn't be an 8). League is pretty weird, especially in the west. That is the 2nd best young core itl (unless you count denvers 3).

Morant was awesome tonight. Especially given his injury, Memphis just flat out sucked and came out so flat. I'd tell them only Bane is shooting 3s in rhythm and the rest of you shoot if the clock is expiring.

BTW that ejection was bogus. Yea I'd say he likely did it on purpose but it was pretty smooth and if he did it was in a way it would be very difficult to say 100%. Flagrant 1, move on.

Speaking of that. That idiot guy coming on to comment on the call saying Brooks previous behavior had nothing to do with the call is beyond a liar. Obviously his talk this week is the reason it was an ejection and especially because it was Lebron. Lakers got all kinds of calls tonight.

yeah, league is changing

if you got a good team, just try to get better, hope guys make a leap and dont trade 14 1st rd picks for rudy gobert


As I type this, i think most would agree Celts have most title equity over the next 5 years. Very good team but they couldn't break 100 the last 3 games of the finals last year, Smart/Brog are injury prone, Horford is old, Tatum/Brown will be making about 115M combined in 2 years.

Feels like it is going more towards a hockey/baseball type structure in terms of title probability, obviously itll never be as far in that direction as those sports but i digress

Yeah it’s a transition point for the league. A lot of the best players are into their 30’s. Memphis are well placed to have equity next few years in this context. They won’t necessarily have to beat LeBron / Steph / KD, just outlast the back end of their careers.

Also this series isn’t over. AD could get injured at any moment next game or so and they win.

RIP Dipo, head he didn't sign that deal the Pacers offered him but man, it sucks to see him go out like that

Strong contender for weirdest career in the last decade?

Close battle between him and Fultz I guess

The league has way more talent than even 5 years ago. That's why this is happening. Anybody could put up 30 on any given. I was thinking 7 games with how the league is really isn't much. What if the play offs started at the beginning of the season??? Lol for real though. Everything counts and is based off last year's record.

I hope it was obvious I was referring to the Celtics as the best young core in the league. If they can hold onto those two for the majority of their primes they will have equity to win 2 titles over the next 5-6 years. They just have bad luck that they also have two monster MVP level players in their conference who play for reasonably smart organizations.

Injuries have become so critical in the NBA. It used to not even be a thing. Look at the games played by all the guys in the 80s and 90s, they just didn't miss games. And to Lloyd's point the I believe the amount of 3s being taken is giving the older players the ability to play longer because it creates value for them if they can still be effective beyond the arc. Also, I know the game is "faster" but anybody who plays ball knows they'd rather guard a guy who's looking to shoot a 3 than someone like Brunson who wants to body you up and drive to the hole. That **** takes a toll.

Enough rambling, I'm really looking forward to the kings and warriors game, and I guess this Knicks and cavs series is supposed to be interesting but it honestly seems like the Knicks match up really well with them.

Cavs have been found out, son.

Knicks hype!

Knicks started first month and half or two months of season playing .500 ball. Pretty sure gonna double heck

18-17 furthest into season.. so over two months. Past 47 games there 30/17 or 29/18

I think Mitchell just doesn't play "playoff basketball ".

And Garland isn't there yet.


Double heck? Yea I dunno wtf that means.

C for check. I was going to edit it but figured I didn't have to with next following post especially.

Julius Randle is entirely unplayable in the playoffs. Such a net negative. He just dribbled the ball for an entire 24 second possession. The ultimate ball stopper

Mitchell plays great in playoffs most of the time he overperforms.

Brunson in the other hand is the anti Randle. What an alpha winner

Dray coming off the bench in favor of poole is just….profoundly stupid

Thibs benching Randle is Coach of the Year ****. All these other dudes probably give into to player empowerment and play him anyway. THIBS GOAT

Randle is so bad

Warriors presumably want to get off to a terrible start defensively and turn it over a bunch.

Sick shot by Curry but hilarious how dumb he's looking for trying to get one of those silly kick my legs out on a jumper when Mitchell actually pulls out of the landing space

Was it an internal team punishment?

Just substitute Trae Young ****ing sucks for SPYDA ****ing sucks. 11 points with 2 points in the 2nd half ???? And you're supposed to be the franchise player??? **** that noise.

I'm glad we didn't trade for him. We've got PLAYOFF RJ!

BING BONG^infinity+1 !!!!!!!!!!

Curry going full Chris Webber is going to cost the Warriors a game they had locked. That's amazing

Edit: Nevermind, Kings offense is still chucking-based

yeah, that's harrison barnes alright