May 6, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, Goo Punch said: They are the Celtics. And yes, I have them beating the Cavs. Don’t you? The C’s have been the East’s best team in these playoffs by far. The Pacers outscored the Cavs by 40 points in round one. I’ll take Brad Stevens and his crew vs T Lue and his crew. I have the Cavs getting to the Finals until I see some team beat Lebron. He's been there every year since 2011. Seemingly every year lately, we hear this will be the year someone knocks them off. And they continue to prove people wrong. They went into Toronto and took 2 from them. Is that team better than the Sixers? I'd say so. Right now, I'd pick the Cavs in 6 over the Celtics. Milwaukee and Philly do not have anyone close to Lebron.
May 6, 20187 yr The mental mistakes in the final 1-2 minutes of both the 4th and OT were just inexcusable. As I said the other day, I guess this is what "It's just the playoffs" means. Whole series is like a well coached 12 seed schooling an undeservedly cocky 5 seed. One of those deals where in hindsight they're obviously better but can't blame Vegas etc for favoring the Sixers at first.
May 6, 20187 yr The BOS off season will be extremely interesting. I knocked Ainge last yr but he has them in an incredible position. The injuries may have actually been blessings in disguise.
May 6, 20187 yr 19 minutes ago, Brothahorn said: Dickhead Ainge deserves a ton of credit for building a pretty damn good roster. If they get to the Finals, I wonder if he rethinks continuing to spend all that money on Irving and Heyward. Rozier, Brown and Tatum are a great nucleus. They aren’t a title contender with Rozier, Brown, and Tatum. They are a title contender with Irving and Heyward
May 6, 20187 yr 22 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said: They aren’t a title contender with Rozier, Brown, and Tatum. They are a title contender with Irving and Heyward no but they can use any combo of those guys to get an even better player
May 6, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, d2o said: no but they can use any combo of those guys to get an even better player Why? Heyward and Irving are both all stars and you would have to give up too much to get anyone that’s a real upgrade imo.
May 6, 20187 yr 32 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said: Wow. I thought Philly would roll Boston Listening to Simmons’ playoff preview podcast with Ryen Russillo and they both agreed that Philly just had too much talent for this depleted Boston team. “At some point talent just wins out and I think that Philly just has too much talent.” In fact both agreed that Philly should roll Boston. Again, absolutely nobody saw this coming. Boston has just turned it on, down to a man, and it’s super impressive to watch.
May 6, 20187 yr On 4/30/2018 at 3:53 AM, BigOrange1 said: the sixers aren't milwaukee. i can't see this depleted celtics team beating them. On 5/1/2018 at 2:24 PM, aggie08 said: So they should go ahead and call the series right now? How bout now?
May 6, 20187 yr Why wait for offseason, it will be fascinating to see how the Celtics respond in the next series (or two). It's staggering how easy they are dispatching the Sixers, but LeBron and/or Warriors are a far different measuring stick. Really wonder if coaching and effort can keep carrying them.
May 6, 20187 yr Watching Cleveland right now only reinforces my feelings from earlier. This team sucks at the effort plays. They will lose every 50/50 ball, every loose ball, and every rip rebound to Boston with the way these two teams have been playing.
May 6, 20187 yr 11 hours ago, hobbes2702 said: Why? Heyward and Irving are both all stars and you would have to give up too much to get anyone that’s a real upgrade imo. If you can get Anthony Davis you do it w/out hesitation. Not saying they have to trade either of them but they should at least explore what they can get for them.
May 7, 20187 yr I have to ask, how valuable is Gordon Hayward? Celtics were without him the entire year and they get the 2 seed. Jazz didn't have him this season and they didn't miss a beat.
May 7, 20187 yr Gordon Heyward is a pretty badass all around player who should only uplift the C’s even more. The Jazz added some crucial pieces and got injured players back healthy again. They thrived this year as a defensive-minded, well-coached team. Nothing about losing Heyward made either of those teams better, other than the added experience and play time for their young guys, particularly Tatum.
May 7, 20187 yr I think we can all rest assured that there is no way Brad Stevens is going to let his boy Heyward be traded. He is going to fit right in and be awesome.Are we sure this isn't a championship caliber team next year:Kyrie IrvingJaylen BrownGordon HeywardJason TatumAl HorfordPlus whatever else they can get for Smart, Rozier, etc?Heck, I'm not ready to count them out THIS year.
May 7, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, HookEm said: I think we can all rest assured that there is no way Brad Stevens is going to let his boy Heyward be traded. He is going to fit right in and be awesome. Are we sure this isn't a championship caliber team next year: Kyrie Irving Jaylen Brown Gordon Heyward Jason Tatum Al Horford Plus whatever else they can get for Smart, Rozier, etc? Heck, I'm not ready to count them out THIS year. In the East without Lebron, that's your Eastern Conference Champion if all the other teams stay static..... but they won't. Philly will add someone. Raptors probably tweak or may blow it up. Bucks will shift around some deck chairs. Can Indy add another piece? I'm working under the assumption Lebron leaves Cleveland. The East sucks.... it has for the vast majority of 20 years so it should be the Boston's or Philly's for the taking if Lebron goes west..... Of course, KI's knee condition is worrisome.
May 7, 20187 yr 7 hours ago, longhornmatt said: Maybe Lebron hates Kyrie and out of spite goes to Boston in a sign and trade that sends Kyrie back to Cleveland? hahahahahaahaha, this thought crossed my mind for a minute. That would be hilarious
May 7, 20187 yr 10 hours ago, longhornmatt said: Maybe Lebron hates Kyrie and out of spite goes to Boston in a sign and trade that sends Kyrie back to Cleveland? This would be funny.
May 7, 20187 yr Has Philly been favored in every game this series? They're -6.5 tonight after being -9 on Saturday. Just devastating. I know it's easy to think "Eh, they're young, they'll be back" but this is going to be a tough one to absorb.
May 7, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, aggie08 said: Has Philly been favored in every game this series? They're -6.5 tonight after being -9 on Saturday. Just devastating. I know it's easy to think "Eh, they're young, they'll be back" but this is going to be a tough one to absorb. Yes, and Philly was favored before Game 3 not only by -9, but to win the series as well.
May 7, 20187 yr WTF is up with this scheduling by the NBA. Not splitting the conference games is so fucking stupid.... Get home from work and the first game is half over....
May 8, 20187 yr 43 minutes ago, aggie08 said: This fire should would have been great a week ago, Philly. If Ben Simmons doesn’t put up that idiotic shot with 18 seconds to go in game three and instead finds Redick or Belinelli then we’re almoat surely tied 2-2. Razor thin margins.
May 8, 20187 yr at this point i'm just glad we're getting another game on wednesday. had boston/cleveland both closed out tonight and houston/golden state do the same tomorrow, we would have had 4 straight days with no basketball.
May 8, 20187 yr 32 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said: trust the process. phillys winning in boston Any Boston fan is lying if they say they won't be a little nervous if Philly jumps out to a decent lead in Game 5.
May 8, 20187 yr Philly’s shooters have to be hitting early and often. I don’t think it will come down to Embiid or even Simmons, I think it will come down to Redick, Belinelli, Ilyasova, Saric, Covington, etc.
May 8, 20187 yr yeah philly is still in it. don't think they'll win it, but if they can get game 5 this series becomes extremely interesting (and likely headed towards 7 games).
May 8, 20187 yr today exposed Boston's need for more offensive firepower in KI / GH. I'm really looking forward to this squad at full strength next year which means 65 wins , East title and a date with GS in an epic 2019 Finals.
May 8, 20187 yr yeah we should totally go ahead and pencil in the nba finals 13 months out because there definitely won't be 1,000 things that happen between now and then that could change things.
May 8, 20187 yr 16 minutes ago, Message Board User said: They're still going to lose, but that's fucking awesome. So meta.
May 8, 20187 yr On 5/5/2018 at 7:17 PM, MNLonghornFUKM said: Wow. I thought Philly would roll Boston As did most of us
May 8, 20187 yr Philly seems kind of soft and with Boston's main guys locked in for the next 3 years, it's easy to see them and GS dominate their conferences - barring injury of course.
May 8, 20187 yr 20 minutes ago, Orca of Peace said: Philly seems kind of soft and with Boston's main guys locked in for the next 3 years, it's easy to see them and GS dominate their conferences - barring injury of course. Philly beat Boston to hell inside tonight. They were very physical and were 53-43 on the boards including a 10 OReb advantage. 44 and 21 from Embiid and Saric and Embiid didn't shoot well. Phllly has figured out how to attack Boston but it's probably too late.
May 8, 20187 yr Brett Brown finally made a dent in Stevens armor with double teaming the dribble handoff all the way back to half court if needed. Celts couldn't just stroll through their sets as usual.
May 10, 20187 yr The joy of the nba is watching a team like philly grow before your eyes and to be excited about watching them next season when they will be on the doorstep of the conference championship and the following year when they could be the favorite (as long as lebron isn’t in the east). Thats a shitty view from an okc fan’s standpoint. Okc is going the exact opposite direction and there isn’t a damn thing that is going to change the 4 year slide into complete irrelevance (we’ll at least make the playoffs for 3-4 years). Then we’ll be stuck with a “past his prime” Russ who will either ring chase and put okc out of their misery or he will ask for the same loyalty that he gave to okc and he will prolong the death by another 4-5 years. Edited May 10, 20187 yr by Jhawk
May 10, 20187 yr Simmons, Embiid, Saric and TJ really showed up. The rest of the team has been near-disaster. Ain't gonna cut it in the 2nd.
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