Other Sports ***Official 2023-2024 NBA Thread*** - Page 137

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501:
I wonder what the bigs rotation looks like against Dallas. Because Naz can easily match up with any of those guys. They're not gonna bully Minnesota like they did skinny chet. This seems like the ideal matchup for Minnesota.

I think they’ll win in 5. Maybe 6 if Kyrie goes off in a game or two.

Luka is a great player but he’s no Jokic and he’s not 100%.
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I don't watch the NBA anymore but my buddy is a Minnesota everything fan. I've been watching these playoff games and the Twolves are fun as hell to watch. I'll keep rooting for this team to take it all.
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Lol. Thanks Nick.

I just remembered that some of my colleagues tried to convince me that there were some similarities between the Denver freaking Nuggets and the KANSAS CITY CHIEFS.

I think they even did some “Jokic=Mahomes” comparisons!

I assume those apologies are in the mail!!!
— nick wright (@getnickwright) May 20, 2024

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Boston Celtics road to the NBA title:

No. 8 Miami (no Jimmy Butler)

No. 4 Cleveland (no Donovan Mitchell for last 2)

No. 6 Indiana Pacers

(If beat Indiana):
No. 3 Minnesota or No. 5 Dallas
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) May 20, 2024

A bit worried about this after today’s result but have to have faith in Tatum’s choking ability.
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Charles Barkley once again jokes about Inside the NBA potentially coming to an end if TNT loses its broadcast rights to the NBA, which got some laughs out of Kenny Smith.

"Wait, 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon? We're not doing that are we? Because I'm gonna be on LinkedIn tomorrow… pic.twitter.com/4NHYuXplu0
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) May 20, 2024

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Originally Posted by RealSNR:
Keep ****ing doubting Naz Reid

Thx for keeping it alive
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Reporter: “How hard is it just to absorb a loss like this after going ahead by 20?”

Michael Malone: “The season’s over. That’s what’s hard. F*ck being up by 20… Stupid ass questions.” ��pic.twitter.com/UxX5xKtW55
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) May 20, 2024

Not talking shit like he did last year after taking out the Lakers, I see. :-)
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Originally Posted by RealSNR:
Lol. Thanks Nick.

I just remembered that some of my colleagues tried to convince me that there were some similarities between the Denver freaking Nuggets and the KANSAS CITY CHIEFS.

I think they even did some “Jokic=Mahomes” comparisons!

I assume those apologies are in the mail!!!
— nick wright (@getnickwright) May 20, 2024

It's so damn hard to.win back to back let amlone 3-peat. Only the best of the best have done it
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Every sports team from Denver fuckin SUCKS!!!!
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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy:
It's so damn hard to.win back to back let amlone 3-peat. Only the best of the best have done it

Yeah, like the great teams of the past plus Kobe and Shaq (3 peat), Kobe WITHOUT SHAQ (3 straight appearances and a BACK TO BACK WITHOUT SHAQ)
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Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
Almost like it is incredibly hard to do what LeBron did for a decade straight

FUCK LEQUIT. He is on vacation, while, KYRIE is still alive.
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Depends on what kind of drive Ant develops.

The "Hey, this loss was on me..." thing is a good sign. That's a guy who wants the responsibility of leadership. He wants the ball coming through him.

I mean you may have a Magic/MJ sort of scenario where Wemby plays a more complete game than Ant, but Anthony Edwards wills his teams to more success.

It could be a lot of fun. Wemby's a very unique player where Jordan was simple the apex of a style that's existed for a very long time; Jordan was Worthy but better, IMO.

Is Wemby going to be like James where he just does everything extremely well for a long period of time? Maybe - would that be enough to be more impactful than a guy like Jordan, should Edwards develop that sort of mentality? Maybe not.

Gonna go ahead and stand on my answer here....:-)
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Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
Almost like it is incredibly hard to do what LeBron did for a decade straight

True and the same for Steph. He went to 5 straight Finals in a loaded WC.
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Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
I think they’ll win in 5. Maybe 6 if Kyrie goes off in a game or two.

Luka is a great player but he’s no Jokic and he’s not 100%.

Says the guy who predicted the Nuggets to beat the Wolves in 5.
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