trade simmons n see what they can get back, i give doc one more year. their team isnt build right to win a chip. do a trade with minni or for gods love trade simmons n get something back. hes holding them back from winning a chip also embiid needs to stay healthy. 76ers has title ev but need to run like god to win a chip

Fully healthy Denver is still a toss-up with Utah. Sure Denver can score on them pretty easily, but Jokic playing up makes it tough for them to play the type of defense needed for 48 minutes.

Ty Lue will never get the respect he deserves cuz he's black and ugly. Think about Boston Brad. Has the perfect look and naturally he must be a genius. Dude got all kinds of undue praise especially on this board comprised mostly of privileged white males. That's how our culture works. Ty Lue shouldn't need a redemption arc. I don't care if he looks like the troll from Cat's Eye. Dude is a mutherf**king champion.

It's not dirty at all. People don't seem to realize how poor Embiid's balance is. It's partially why he's on the ground all the time. (I do agree it was slightly reckless and it could have resulted in a horrific injury but there was zero malice.)

wait - the refs wait for Giannis to go threw his practice stroke? wtf?

The irony of this lengthy Giannis FT routine is that he'd be better if he just took one dribble and shot the ball. Simple routines are best.

right - even sports research says that once you get a feel for a shot - basketball, golf, whatever - the feeling stays in your "muscle memory" for like 8 seconds max

why are Bucks letting Harden guard whoever is standing in one of the corners?

Trigga Trae on the verge of his second playoff series win to Luka's none? Interesting.

Nets are fuc.ked.

Bucks in 7.

Then Hawks in 7.

Then Suns > Hawks in 7.

MIKE MALONE,

Are you a Suns fan by any chance?

Michael Malone,

Are you a Suns fan by any chance?

Hey Mikey durant in 7

Brooklyn -6 in game 7.

Bet every dollar you can borrow, beg or steal on the Nets. Freest money you’ll ever get your mits on.

game cliffs? I just saw like few minutes

seems like middleton just went nuts and KD ran out of steam from the box score

James Harden in a game 7?

I didn't really expect KD to have another monster game.

I don't trust these Nets without Kyrie and a sub 100% Harden.

There's a lot more basketball to be played, but can't shake the feeling this is now a best of one for the ring. Suns only other team that feels live to go all the way to me.

I see Nets -1 lol

I expected Nets -2, the blowout tonight probably brought it to 1...Would assume all $ on nets could move it to 1.5 or 2

you gonna go nuts now lol

hard to know where Nets go from here if they win sat, Harden doesn't look great, KD has been going Bron level usage off an achilles, kyrie who knows when he returns

If I were a Suns fan or had a future I'd be rooting for Nets to win on sat I think

KD pretty much single-handedly lost them the game, inefficiently hero-balling all game and not really adding much value elsewhere either. It's kind of jarring hearing commentators praise every time he makes a tough shot. The Nets have a lot of good offensive players and Harden looked much better out there - there's just no reason for KD to be taking all these contested long 2's all game, with the Bucks defense clearly more focused on sending help and cutting off passing lanes. No one else could do anything with the volume of shots KD was taking - it was an ugly offense. I think this was kind of their game plan earlier as well, baiting KD into taking bad shots, but aside from KD's shooting regressing, the Bucks seemed to anticipate KD's decision making better. KD's a much better passer than he used to be, but he's too predictable and on multiple occasions the Bucks were just sitting on his passes or sending doubles knowing he isn't going to pass.

One thing I liked from the Bucks was their commitment to offensive rebounds and running in transition. Harden and Durant are refusing to run in transition off of defensive rebounds for the most part, so there's no reason to sacrifice offensive rebounding for transition defense. And if you're going to play a 3-big lineup (Tucker, Giannis, Lopez), you may as well get some bang for your buck. On the other side, consistently attacking in transition and not settling for half-court offense just suits the team's personnel so much better - Giannis is a nightmare to cover in transition.

Collins and capela are better than any player the Mavs have

yeah, seems like some good adjustments given KD/Harden workload.

I watched the 10 min highlight of the game and saw PatC was in for the 4th with the starters like I said they probably need to go to over Lopez. Obviously patC is no world beater, but KD has to work for his pts vs that lineup, no easy high PnR stuff killing lopez

yea if u put luka on atl n trae on mavs trae wouldnt even be in the playoff n luka would be in the east finals for going for a ring this year

That's why Cuban is cleaning house with the management. He sees the same thing.

Hawks are loaded. It's a legit good team deep enough to beat the sixers with Embiid playing well.