🏀 2019-2020 NBA Thread: Lakers Win 17th NBA Title

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Ja Morant wins ROTY

Had 99 out of 100 first place votes

Kendrick Nunn finished 2nd. Zion got the other first place vote and finished 3rd

[Shark]

Sept 3, 2020 17:21:39 GMT -5 Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) said:

Sept 3, 2020 15:12:13 GMT -5 hashtagdaley/JudasDay said:

That Richard Jefferson take is one of the worst takes I have ever read. Lmao

RJ trying to compete with Perkins for who can say the craziest shit 

Like c'mon, that is so outta pocket and he said it like it was supposed to make you think. Almost every star over the last 20-25 years have gone through this where they can't do it alone 

The only one who came close was A.I. and he got swept in the finals 

Iverson lost in 5 in the finals to be fair. It was a gentleman's sweep.

[andrew8798]

And SAS comments yikes

[BRV]

God, this Ringer article on Chris Paul. It feels like everything everyone has ever said about Chris Paul's bulls**t distilled into one single story.

www.theringer.com/nba/2020/9/3/21419794/chris-paul-oklahoma-city-thunder-game-7-loss

He was coming off one of the best clutch regular seasons of all time, but he has never been known for late-game heroics in the playoffs. The final seconds of Game 7 felt like divine retribution from the basketball gods. There was no reason to call a cheap foul on Harden on an inbound pass, and there would have been no justice in the Thunder winning the series on it.

Soccer fans call what Paul did in that situation “shithousery.” It’s a broad term that encompasses players who bend the rules as relentlessly as possible to create even the tiniest advantage, from cheap shots to working the refs. Paul has mastered that dark art as well as anyone who has ever played.

He just seems to always end up coloring outside the lines. Maybe Paul should be celebrated for doing whatever it takes to win … but he doesn’t actually win all that much.

Paul, who has a career 7-10 record in playoff series when he’s been healthy, is also famous for his postseason collapses. One of his worst came when he was playing against the Thunder in 2014. It was Game 5 in a second-round series tied 2-2. The Clippers had the ball up two with 17 seconds left. Paul tried to draw a shooting foul in the backcourt instead of just accepting the foul. The result was a turnover that allowed the Thunder to tie the game and ultimately win the series:

One of the smartest players in the NBA got his own team eliminated by trying to do too much. That’s the story of Paul’s career in a nutshell. Live by shithousery and you will die by it, too.

[RI Richmark]

Well ain't that a kick in the balls.

Toronto with a miracle shot to save their season.

How the hell did OG get that open?

[Push R Truth]

That's how to end a #$%#!$# game holy shitballs

[Tom Turkey]

What the hell was that last few seconds in Raptors/Celtics?

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Idk if I call that winning more like Toronto just barely survived.

Anyways lets go Joker!

[RI Richmark]

Sept 3, 2020 20:29:55 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

Idk if I call that winning more like Toronto just barely survived.

Still a major play. If they lost Toronto goes into game 4 ready to go home. Now it's a series.

IMO the Celtics screwed up by playing zone. They should have played man to man and forced the Raptors to catch and shoot on the run.

[Tom Turkey]

Sept 3, 2020 20:49:01 GMT -5 RI Richmark said:

Sept 3, 2020 20:29:55 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

Idk if I call that winning more like Toronto just barely survived.

Still a major play. If they lost Toronto goes into game 4 ready to go home. Now it's a series.

IMO the Celtics screwed up by playing zone. They should have played mam to man and forced the Raptors to catch and shoot on the run.

Were they hoping the tall guy was able to block Lowry inbounding the ball, or get enough of a screen to prevent a good pass?

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Man the nuggets did not want to play tonight these doods just want to get some sleep lol.

[Rican]

I cannot believe this complete and total Bucks collapse. Holy shit, man.

[Deleted]

WOW just wow

The Bucks collapse is surreal...not saying they can't come back from an 0-3 hole but it has never ever ever been done

Defensive player of the year and the MVP are pretty well and done...maybe they get 1 and push this to a 5 game series but other than that they are done.

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

Well, the Bucks again fail in the postseason after a great regular season

The Raptors know how you feel as we were in that same nightmare

[Push R Truth]

Jimmy F#@%@#$% Buckets yall

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

Sept 4, 2020 20:09:20 GMT -5 Push R Truth said:

Jimmy F#@%@#$% Buckets yall

The Raptors know how to beat Jimmy Buckets.....it may take a miracle, but we've done it

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And westbook gettin a new poster...too bad he is on the bad end of it lol

[hashtagdaley/JudasDay]

I’m actually rooting for the Lakers this series. Don’t let fxxxing Harden and Westbrook and DAntoni ball advance.

[RadcapRadsley]

Sept 4, 2020 23:47:16 GMT -5 hashtagdaley/JudasDay said:

I’m actually rooting for the Lakers this series. Don’t let fxxxing Harden and Westbrook and DAntoni ball advance.

If you like mid or small market teams you should be all in on hoping the Lakers will get it crushed. If the Lakers win a title it will show you can do almost everything wrong but still win as long as you are big market team who can arrange to bring in 2 top 5-10 player because they like your city. Like this is such a poorly assembled roster,you got like 8 PF/Center's on the roster but none of them but AD can take advantage of Houston's small ball line up,the Lakers don't have a consistent 3rd option on offense and despite how many dominant guards there are in the league they have a team not built to combat quick guards

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

Sept 4, 2020 20:57:42 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

And westbook gettin a new poster...too bad he is on the bad end of it lol

I'll take the win over the moment.