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Celtics is in the conference finals already. This back and forth between Knicks and Pistons will hurt the eventual winner, eventually.

Roland17:
🤡 🤡 🤡

Let’s see his post season record since 2021..

Another gentleman 🧹 🧹

Put him on the Celtics without Tatum and Brown and he wins the whole thing

Imagine scoring 50 points to win your teams first title in almost 50 years.

Winning back to back MVPs, A DPOY and finals MVP, never missing the playoffs since you entered your prime.

Getting 30 points, 20 rebounds and 13 assist in the elimination match where your second best player on the team is supposed to be kuzma.

Then being blamed for your team's loss.
Bleep anybody hating Giannis.

He's had a hobbled lillard, Portis and Middleton in the playoffs in the last three years.

If any player deserves a long leash in today's game, it's Giannis.

Tell me about he's unskilled and didn't developed his game.

Kendrick where you dey?

Shey you saw ethical Hoops. Jamal is not a foul merchant like SGA. Blud can drop 50 without a free throw.

43 pts and 1 free throw that was on a technical. Levels

benji93:
This is not good ooo. You and I apply the hammer when it comes to Le(4-6)bron. It's about time we start doing the same to our Kin. He's no longer a kid in this league.

I don't know mehn. I think people have overhyped Giannis more than we needed to. It's normal. We're all culprits. And all time greats like MJ, Kobe, Shaq, LeBronze, Steph and Duncan have kind of skewed our perspectives

Winning more than one ring is a privilege not a given. I think Giannis is a made man for life the problem is people start putting you in top 20 and top 10 conversations after one ring and then unrealistic narratives are painted

Roland17:


The Bucks should have not rushed him back. They should have allowed him sit out the entire first round at least and hope they make it into the next round. A torn Achillies is a difficult one to come back from.

It's a gamble, just didn't work out. I was also shocked that a condition that took Wemby out for the season like two months prior Dame was returning from despite having it at a later date.

Giannis was out last year, I think the Bucks didn't think they were good enough to beat the Pacers without both of them.

Achilles is a wicked injury to have this late. KD people forget basically missed a full season and change so Dame most likely will not be back till fall of next year.

The Bucks need to tear it down. What else do you do with that roster. Put him on the trading block and begin rebuilding. I was surprised. They don't have a pick of their own till 2030. How is that even possible

birdman:


Of course. Brooks na journeyman. I assure you the guy cannot learn anything new We can always get another. Im talking about the core

Brooks is like Draymond with lower IQ. I would keep him on the team and give him a 6-8 shot per game quota

Your core is not good enough. Jalen Green is too much of a yo-yo player and FVV is who he is. He's maximized his abilities as an undersized guard in this league. However to make the next big leap Jalen Green and FVV cannot be 2 of your best 3

And how the hell did the Bucks blow that game. I've seen choking in sports but this was a discovery

A40:
And how the hell did the Bucks blow that game. I've seen choking in sports but this was a discovery

Barkley said it best. When you have a lead, you shouldn't just play not to lose. You should still attempt to get to the basket as much as you can. They blew by just trying to run down the clock without meaningful attempts at field goals

Ifedayosteven:

Barkley said it best. When you have a lead, you shouldn't just play not to lose. You should still attempt to get to the basket as much as you can. They blew by just trying to run down the clock without meaningful attempts at field goals

Na. They lost because of poor execution. Pacers did 8pts in 40 seconds because they turned the ball over three times within 40 seconds.

Doc Rivers got the most blame in my book. If you want to run down the clock then you get the ball to those with better handles and can fûvking the ball.

A40:
Kendrick where you dey?

Shey you saw ethical Hoops. Jamal is not a foul merchant like SGA. Blud can drop 50 without a free throw.

43 pts and 1 free throw that was on a technical. Levels

Lol it took him until the 5th game for him to show up in this series😀.
Nice game from him though
Well the Denver needs him to come alive if they are to have a hope of contending for the big prize

Are the Rockets about to choke this game?

I agree. I am also a culprit. It started with, oh he's better than AD(I believe that point aged well) to a top 20 conversation. And you may be correct that we are being too harsh on the man. Since 2021, this is the first time he has lost in the first round and played in all games.

A40:
I don't know mehn. I think people have overhyped Giannis more than we needed to. It's normal. We're all culprits. And all time greats like MJ, Kobe, Shaq, LeBronze, Steph and Duncan have kind of skewed our perspectives

Winning more than one ring is a privilege not a given. I think Giannis is a made man for life the problem is people start putting you in top 20 and top 10 conversations after one ring and then unrealistic narratives are painted

A40:
I don't know mehn. I think people have overhyped Giannis more than we needed to. It's normal. We're all culprits. And all time greats like MJ, Kobe, Shaq, LeBronze, Steph and Duncan have kind of skewed our perspectives

Winning more than one ring is a privilege not a given. I think Giannis is a made man for life the problem is people start putting you in top 20 and top 10 conversations after one ring and then unrealistic narratives are painted

I love this perspective.

Chris Finch thoroughly out-coached JJ in this series. The gulf in experience showed.

Luka can’t guard a chair- Charles Barkley, 2025.

Roland17:
Luka can’t guard a chair- Charles Barkley, 2025.

AD go just dey laugh. At least nobody go use ham as Scape goat.

Wolves, bear, leopard, gorilla Lakers in 5

Roland17:
Luka can’t guard a chair- Charles Barkley, 2025.

Dallas vindicated, Luka finally exposed. There is a natural tendecy to judge a player based on offensive output. But Luka is lazy. Always will be lazy. Which to me is worse than being injured often.

steady986 I warned you sha, you guys reduced in size and defense, and you expected to do better this year? The only team you could have takwn on was Rockets, even that one Im not sure you could win.

birdman:


Dallas vindicated, Luka finally exposed. There is a natural tendecy to judge a player based on offensive output. But Luka is lazy. Always will be lazy. Which to me is worse than being injured often.

steady986 I warned you sha, you guys reduced in size and defense, and you expected to do better this year? The only team you could have takwn on was Rockets, even that one Im not sure you could win.

You guys lost last year to Denver, lost 2 years ago to Denver, lost to minnesota. The common denominator in all your losses is Lebron, who you never mentioned. When Davis was here, he was getting the flak for all the losses while Lebron was getting praised for every win even though Davis was your best player.
Today it's Luka, even though he scored more points and had more assist. While your guy had 3 points in the fourth this game and zero in the fourth last game and was a combined -15 both games.
Shameless people.....

Luka, Serge Ibaka, Chewbacca. Wolves in 5

LeBron, Chevron, Enron. Wolves in 5

Getting destroyed by Rudy Gobert of all people. What took him so long?

This is what I expect him to be doing to teams at 7'2 not be some fake defense merchant

And the Warriors. Hmm. Well Game 6 will determine a lot of things.

Steph Curry has quietly been poor the last two games. The Rockets will have nothing to lose game 6 so the Warriors better know what they are doing

Skrrrrrrr:


You guys lost last year to Denver, lost 2 years ago to Denver, lost to minnesota. The common denominator in all your losses is Lebron, who you never mentioned. When Davis was here, he was getting the flak for all the losses while Lebron was getting praised for every win even though Davis was your best player.
Today it's Luka, even though he scored more points and had more assist. While your guy had 3 points in the fourth this game and zero in the fourth last game and was a combined -15 both games.
Shameless people.....

Same shit, different day. Lebron has no faults, Never has. Delulu people.

A40:
And the Warriors. Hmm. Well Game 6 will determine a lot of things.

Steph Curry has quietly been poor the last two games. The Rockets will have nothing to lose game 6 so the Warriors better know what they are doing

I don't know where the nonsense confidence from kerr emanates.
Granted the Rockets had an unprecedented 95% EGF% at the half but the lead was cut to 13 by the bench with 4 mins left and he never brought the starters back in.
Your team isn't clinical enough to guarantee a win at home. I hope he doesn't rue this decision.

Skrrrrrrr:


I don't know where the nonsense confidence from kerr emanates.
Granted the Rockets had an unprecedented 95% EGF% at the half but the lead was cut to 13 by the bench with 4 mins left and he never brought the starters back in.
Your team isn't clinical enough to guarantee a win at home. I hope he doesn't rue this decision.

Why should be bring back the starters when it was the same starters that went down 27pts before the start of the 4th. It will be unfair to th bench players to now bring in the starters when the were the one that went on a 17-3 run.

larride:


Why should be bring back the starters when it was the same starters that went down 27pts before the start of the 4th. It will be unfair to th bench players to now bring in the starters when the were the one that went on a 17-3 run.

Lol. What kind of thinking is this?
Who won them 3 games? Wetin concern fair with winning games? Abi you dey whine?
The game was sloppy from the jump, rockets were hitting shots at an unusual clip, so it's expected they'd regress to the mean. He took off the starters because he felt the game was lost.
When he had a chance he should have brought them back. Ime brought back his starters when the lead was cut to 14.
Abi nah the bench players want win the game?

JJ Reddick is such a bad coach! I understand he is a rookie but I doubt D. Hamm or F. Vogel were this poor in managing rotations, especially during the playoffs. Worsestill, his pride will not allow him learn. I don't understand why J. Hayes did not get minutes during this series, same with D. Knecht.

Skrrrrrrr:



Lol. What kind of thinking is this?
Who won them 3 games? Wetin concern fair with winning games? Abi you dey whine?
The game was sloppy from the jump, rockets were hitting shots at an unusual clip, so it's expected they'd regress to the mean. He took off the starters because he felt the game was lost.
When he had a chance he should have brought them back. Ime brought back his starters when the lead was cut to 14.
Abi nah the bench players want win the game?

Knox was hitting shot at an unusual rate. Why should Kerr remove him and bring back the starters? Ime bench were playing nonsense so he had to bring back his starters to see out the game. Warriors starters yesterday were shite. Playing the bench till the end was the right move by Kerr.

Dyson Daniel for MIP baby. Someone was giving a bullshit argument for Cade. I was like na! It has got to be Dyson. Zubac has more chances than Cade as Detroit's upliftment was largely as a result of new players injected in and not as a result of anything special done by Cade.

Skrrrrrrr:


You guys lost last year to Denver, lost 2 years ago to Denver, lost to minnesota. The common denominator in all your losses is Lebron, who you never mentioned. When Davis was here, he was getting the flak for all the losses while Lebron was getting praised for every win even though Davis was your best player.
Today it's Luka, even though he scored more points and had more assist. While your guy had 3 points in the fourth this game and zero in the fourth last game and was a combined -15 both games.
Shameless people.....

Who is you guys

But to your point, Luka is the star player on tbis team. As was AD. Who else are we supposed to blame. I think I will just have to keep saying it until it sinks in. That Lebron cant play 48 playoff minutes without gassing out means his days as #1 option are donzo. End of story. At best a #2 option with limited minutes. Im not taking anything away from him. Its just what it is. Everybpdy gets old. He is old. No need for deep analysis