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Ugh. That really sucks cuz celtics St patty's uniforms are such class. These are awful.

The only t-shirt jersey that are OK are the suns. Rest are ****.

I really root for him. That injury he came back from was no joke. I still can't watch it a second time.

T-shirt jerseys are just a way to get the ball moving on ads. More surface area, more profits.

i like a few of the white shirseys. like the spurs, lakers and clips. that knicks one was pretty clean.

The tshirts blow

yep. they blow, just an easy cash grab for the NBA.

A few narratives seen on ESPN today - Adande slips the words "Blake Griffin" and "MVP" into the same sentence; Zach Lowe talks up the potential of the Raptors in the East. Good fodder for some debate - gut says that ESPN is pushing both headlines though.

Right now here are the public playoff forecast models...

Hollinger:
Charlotte+ (top 7) ~98%

Last spot
Atlanta ~82, New York ~12, "other" ~9

Personally I think Charlotte falls out of the playoffs just more than 1 in 50. I also would remove the others (this is Detroit, Cleveland, and Boston). I think NY is as high as 25%.

BRef:
Charlotte+ 98%+
Atlanta ~93

Only gives NY (7%) as really having any shot of overtaking Atlanta.

In the West, Hollinger:
GSW+ (locks in the Warriors) 99%+
-Has Minnesota still alive at 11 (too high imo)
-PHX is below 50% now, at 40
-MEM 63, DAL 87

Personally I think MEM is slightly more likely than DAL, largely because they're just better. But I don't know the tiebreaker or remaining schedule at all, so maybe those numbers are more accurate.

BRef:
-Have the Wolves as more dead, at just below 7
-Is more conservative with the Mavs, putting them a shade below 80
-Likes PHX more (58) than MEM (56)
-Sees only a 0.2% chance (!!!) the Warriors miss out (nearly 4x less likely of falling out than in Hollinger's sims)

Key Numbers
-Top overall seed is projected to be 59 wins (Pacers and Spurs) by BRef, 60 wins (Spurs) by Hollinger (who has MIA over IND)
-BRef has 8 50 win teams, so does Hollinger. Both have 6 55 win teams (generally the benchmark for a contender), with Portland just below @ 54 for both
-Will take 37 or 38 wins in the East (Hollinger/BRef) and 47 or 46 in the West (Hollinger/Bref)
-Both have the Wolves (10th in the West) as roughly 6th in the East

Hollinger projects...
MIA v ATL
IND v CHA
TOR v BRK
CHI v WAS

SAS v MEM
OKC v DAL
LAC v GSW
HOU v POR

BRef...
IND v ATL
MIA v CHA
TOR v BRK
CHI v WAS

Only difference really is swapping MIA or IND for 1 seed. This is obviously crucial for HCA, as I think MIA makes it if they have HCA. More interesting if they dont.

SAS v PHX
OKC v DAL
LAC v GSW
HOU v POR

Only difference is PHX instead of MEM playing SAS.

It's pretty sick that Blake legitimately deserves First Team All NBA.

Worst 1st round ever

At least we got these

Pacers vs. Knicks first-round series is what NBA fans deserve.

agree

LMAO at all those snoozers in the east and all those awesome matchups in the west.

yep, he's come a long way.

Love his Griffin Force commercials:

"That's why you're my bunk mate."

lol

having this discussion the other day, what are the odds the knicks win the nba championship? is it ~5k to 1 or ~200k to 1?

It's literally zero.

id gladly put a dollar down for 200k to 1.

Probably closer to 200k

Even if we're generous:

10% to playoff
5% to beat MIA/IND 1st rd
40% to beat WAS/CHI 2nd rd
5% to beat MIA/IND in conf. finals
10% to beat whoever comes out of the west

thats 100k to 1.

yea bobbo i will be taking the paypal transfer for that 1 dollar

Yeah and that's very generous. I think all those numbers are inflated except to playoff. This is a best case scenario.

I'm in for 5 bucks.

SOURCES have Phil Jackson with the Knicks by this weekend

ya 200k is the number i came up with.

wonder if there's anywhere i could just lay like 1000 to 1 and bet my net worth

How many minutes will bynum ultimately get? This will cut mahini minutes? Would love to see scola not get burn

the bleacher report rumor is saying pjax will get full control over the nyk front office, and that he could be hiring steve kerr to coach the team.