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| Dr. Laker wrote: | | MJST wrote: | | CandyCanes wrote: | | MJST wrote: | | james5000 wrote: | | Would OKC even beat GSW? |
I mean I think it'd be hilarious if Golden State played Houston or OKC in the first round and beat them. |
68 win season for OKC and they might have to play the winningnest player of his generation + a guy who carried the Heat to two finals appearances.  |
Exactly 
If the Warriors are healthy I think they can beat the Rockets or OKC tbh. |
Dubs are smoke and mirrors. If they hang on to 7, Rox will whip them. If they fall to 8, OKC will sweep them.
If they lose both play in games, none of my Bay Area friends will ever answer my calls or texts again. |
They’ll just go back to rooting for the clips lol
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| Warriors have a narrow path to victory but there is one vs OKC. Both Jimmy and Steph need to go nuclear similar to Bron/Kyrie in 2016 vs GSW and Kobe/Shaq in 2001 vs SAS. For that to happen, Jimmy has to be on the ball more - no two ways about it. Kerr is against this as he does not even like Steph on the ball too much but its the only way to get Jimmy really going while negating his poor spacing ability and enhancing his ability draw fouls against a team that commits a ton of them. Two defenders I am particularly interested in seeing how Jimmy does is against Dort and Hartenstein. With everyone else, Jimmy can pick on any of them. |
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It's been a while since I watched a full Clippers game. I don't know why Ben Simmons is on a team. Everytime he cuts and gets a pass in the lane, everyone, I mean everyone, knows he will pass and not shoot. Even other offensively challenged players like Jemison or Koloko, or even Len, will attempt to shoot once in a while. 0 attempts in 11 minutes. The worst ROY winner ever.
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| Runway8 wrote: | | Did anyone noticed the Rockets actually played their starters today? Were they hoping to accomplish something in the brackets? |
I think because the last meaningful game they had was against the Warriors on the 6th that too much rest wouldn't be that good was my guess.
And the NBA made a call. |
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yesterday was the first time i have watched a complete clipper game ever. Kawhi and Harden still got plenty of juice in their tank, that's a very balance team over there, they're suited for the slow pace playoff basketball with Zu in the middle as a dual threat. if Powel, Dunn and Jones Jr can knock down threes consistently, that's a WCF team.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| SGV-Laker fan wrote: | | yesterday was the first time i have watched a complete clipper game ever. Kawhi and Harden still got plenty of juice in their tank, that's a very balance team over there, they're suited for the slow pace playoff basketball with Zu in the middle as a dual threat. if Powel, Dune and Jones Jr can knock down threes consistently, that's a WCF team. |
Leonard will gimp up as the intensity rises and Harden will do Harden stuff. I would be shocked if they made it past the second round. |
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The SailBoatCrew are 17 of their last 20. If Leonard stays healthy and The Beard doesn't take his usual playoff dive, they have a legitimate chance to break the Sterling curse. I think they'll get by the Nuggets. Kwahi is the key.
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| SGV-Laker fan wrote: | | yesterday was the first time i have watched a complete clipper game ever. Kawhi and Harden still got plenty of juice in their tank, that's a very balance team over there, they're suited for the slow pace playoff basketball with Zu in the middle as a dual threat. if Powel, Dunn and Jones Jr can knock down threes consistently, that's a WCF team. |
Do you even watch Laker games completely?
A lot of your takes suggest no. |
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Wonder if folks think he still won the trade.
| Quote: | | The New Orleans Pelicans have fired executive vice president David Griffin, sources tell ESPN. After six seasons, the franchise will have a new head of basketball operations. |
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LMAO
| Quote: | | BREAKING: The Phoenix Suns have fired head coach Mike Budenholzer after finishing in 11th place with a 36-46 record in his one season, sources tell ESPN. |
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| 1995Lakers wrote: | | Warriors have a narrow path to victory but there is one vs OKC. Both Jimmy and Steph need to go nuclear similar to Bron/Kyrie in 2016 vs GSW and Kobe/Shaq in 2001 vs SAS. For that to happen, Jimmy has to be on the ball more - no two ways about it. Kerr is against this as he does not even like Steph on the ball too much but its the only way to get Jimmy really going while negating his poor spacing ability and enhancing his ability draw fouls against a team that commits a ton of them. Two defenders I am particularly interested in seeing how Jimmy does is against Dort and Hartenstein. With everyone else, Jimmy can pick on any of them. |
Jimmy will draw a double, score, or draw a foul over and over and over again. A big factor will be how hot Pod, Mooney and the role players get from behind the arc (on open kick outs). Similar to Miami.
It's the rebounding that will determine things. They are the smallest team in the WC playoffs by a large margin. If they can't close out defensive possessions with a board. They can't win.
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Budz - Jenkins - Darvin
That tree not doing so well recently.
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| ocho wrote: | LMAO
| Quote: | | BREAKING: The Phoenix Suns have fired head coach Mike Budenholzer after finishing in 11th place with a 36-46 record in his one season, sources tell ESPN. |
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Head coaches are usually the first to go. Phoenix was a disappointment. They are an example of how having great players doesn't make a championship team. Who leaves and who stays? I think Devin Booker is the only one who'll stay. Kevin Durant is a prime example of a journeyman.
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suns dug their own grave by trading all those pieces for Beal, who is basically an injury-prone version of DLO.
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| i remember there was report last summer that Budenholzer didn't even want to consider the Laker job, so he just jumped at the Suns offer right away. well good riddance Bud. |
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| SGV-Laker fan wrote: | | i remember there was report last summer that Budenholzer didn't even want to consider the Laker job, so he just jumped at the Suns offer right away. well good riddance Bud. |
JJ may turn out to be another Steve Kerr. Keep in mind that Steve inherited a great team from Mark Jakson. JJ inherited a good young team that struck gold with Luka Doncic.
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| ocho wrote: | LMAO
| Quote: | | BREAKING: The Phoenix Suns have fired head coach Mike Budenholzer after finishing in 11th place with a 36-46 record in his one season, sources tell ESPN. |
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When Mike Malone was fired I posted "all these folks getting fired and Mike Budenholzer still has a job". And somebody posted some kind of response to that. But I knew that there was no way in today's NBA that Budz would be long for this coaching world lol. (EDIT - it was a really funny response tho lol)
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| all these firing were all justified except the Memphis firing of Jenkins. that's still a head scratcher for me. the guy built a culture there, and the team's play has gone down the hill after the firing and heading to the playoffs. |
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| ocho wrote: | Wonder if folks think he still won the trade.
| Quote: | | The New Orleans Pelicans have fired executive vice president David Griffin, sources tell ESPN. After six seasons, the franchise will have a new head of basketball operations. |
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Well, they traded a perennial DPOY candidate to the Hawks for a limping Dejounte Murray. They don't exactly have the brightest people running that organization right now. We won the trade on the basis that they are a dumpster fire, poverty level organization. I've been saying it for years lol.
They had all the talent to put it together, but failed because of terrible management, bad coaching hires, terrible roster construction, lack of spacers, etc. They can't even keep their players semi-healthy, so yeah, they are going to need a Washington Commanders level overhaul to become competitive in the west. In short, they are cooked for the foreseeable future because the west is insane right now.
Their fans are also some of the worst I've ever encountered. You can't ever have an intelligent debate with them about Zion needing a jumpshot to enhance his durability in the league. They'll attack you like rabid dogs because he's "generational" and doesn't need it. Philly fans also said the same about Ben Simmons and we all know how that worked out.
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| SGV-Laker fan wrote: | | i remember there was report last summer that Budenholzer didn't even want to consider the Laker job, so he just jumped at the Suns offer right away. well good riddance Bud. |
LeBitch would've rejected it even if he wanted it let's be real. The only reason JJ got this job is because it was LeBitch approved. |
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Great day for Pelicans fans lol
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| TDRock wrote: | | ocho wrote: | LMAO
| Quote: | | BREAKING: The Phoenix Suns have fired head coach Mike Budenholzer after finishing in 11th place with a 36-46 record in his one season, sources tell ESPN. |
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When Mike Malone was fired I posted "all these folks getting fired and Mike Budenholzer still has a job". And somebody posted some kind of response to that. But I knew that there was no way in today's NBA that Budz would be long for this coaching world lol. (EDIT - it was a really funny response tho lol) |
The Suns have fired 3 coaches in 23 months. I dunno guys maybe it’s not the coach.
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| ocho wrote: | Great day for Pelicans fans lol
| Quote: | | Hall of Famer Joe Dumars is a serious frontrunner to become the lead basketball executive with the New Orleans Pelicans, sources tell ESPN. The 2003 exec of the year and 2004 championship exec with the Pistons is a Louisiana native. Dumars is currently heading NBA basketball ops. |
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Gotta love completely incompetent ownership. |
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| Ishbia picked the worst time to have new owner syndrome. |
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| ocho wrote: | Great day for Pelicans fans lol
| Quote: | | Hall of Famer Joe Dumars is a serious frontrunner to become the lead basketball executive with the New Orleans Pelicans, sources tell ESPN. The 2003 exec of the year and 2004 championship exec with the Pistons is a Louisiana native. Dumars is currently heading NBA basketball ops. |
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He did a good job building that Pistons team, except the same season they won the title over the Lakers, he drafted Darko Milicic 2nd overall over Wade, Bosh, and Carmelo. Just a monumental blunder.
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