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>7
Hornets @ Heat
>8
Pistons @ Cavaliers
>10:30
Trailblazers @ Clippers
taytay
Did any of you guys fill out a bracket?
So far mine is going well.
Warriors sweep the Cockshits
Thunder lose one game but win the series
Cavs the same as above (>implying playoff lelbron is a thing)
Only thing I fucked up on is the Spurs. I had them winning in 6 but it looks like a sweep.
Is DeAndre Jordan first team all nba?
>>66973552
I miss those cleveland jerseys
All their jerseys in the first lebron era were goat
>>66973672
Is a quarter made of gold?
>>66973606
I had Celtics winning in 7, the rest is going perfectly
>>66973812
>tfw I had them in 6
>>66973606
>Only thing I fucked up on is the Spurs. I had them winning in 6 but it looks like a sweep.
weren't you aware that the grizz players literally don't know each other's names. it's true.
>>66973785
A quarter of what
Curry/Westbrook/LeBron/Kawhi/Jordan
CP3/Harden/Durant/Draymond/Millsap
Lillard/Klay/PG13/Aldridge/Cousins
>>66973837
>The shitty of you
Thunder got this. Raps are too real as well.
>>66973606
Going pretty well minus the ATL/Boston series. Had ATL in 6, but seems like it's gonna be 4. I think my first round winners will be right, but the games might be slightly off.
LMAO
>>66973965
Caviar gold nigga
So yes, a quarter is gold
>>66974158
only doing it because they want to lure durbeta
>>66974158
he couldn't even make an offense with Durant and Westbrook and they expect him to fix a shitty eastern conference team?
>>66974221
Durant and westbrook are overrated
>>66974153
I still think the Celtics are going to show up at home. They've got the ability but not the strategy. One game they tried to out meme shoot them, pathetically, and the other they tried to beat them in the paint, horrible idea.
>>66974221
>couldn't even make an offense with Durant and Westbrook
>one of the highest rated offenses in the league and made the finals
Canadians need to fuck off to /hoc/
>>66974074
>raptors over pacers
not even close
>>66974330
1. the only reason they were rated high is BECAUSE THEY HAD DURANT AND WESTBROOK
2. look what happened when they made the Finals and met a team with actual philosophy. Or any of the times they got rekt in the playoffs, really
>RealGM @RealGM 7m7 minutes ago
Wizards Trying To Close Deal With Scott Brooks
GOD DAMN BROOKS SUCKS
and we freaking know this
Does anyone actually believe the hornets will win a game in this series? They got legitimately booty blasted by based deng and whiteside in game. Granted based deng can't be +26 every game but I just don't see anyone on the hornets stepping up.
The only instance I can see is if charlotte gets massive refball for >le asian man of always getting fouled
>>66974435
They'll win a game or two. Miami is better but Game #1 was a freak result
>>66974435
does anyone actually believe your mom will win a game against my dick?
>>66974435
get Whiteside in foul trouble. I don't watch him so I don't know how plausible that is
>>66974453
>>66974435
miami will lose at least one game in charlotte. they are not a good road team
>>66974467
>implying he was in foul trouble some in game 1.
>>66974241
>both top 5 in PER, Durant third in scoring this season, Westbrook 2nd in assists
>Overrated
>>66974386
How about all those times they rekt in the playoffs, like when they won the WCF and beat supposed great teams with "actual philosophy"?
You don't know shit.
>>66974580
I want to add that Scott Brooks is a great coach, not championship tier, but great. He was also used as a scapegoat like most coaches are these days. The problems with the Thunder he was credited with didn't change when he was fired because they go to a deeper level.
He'll do great in Washington and maybe John Wall won't be shook anymore.
>>66974580
they only won it once, and that was before the spurs reinvented themselves.
what are you even talking about?
>tfw kevin love goes 1/7 from three
>>66974529
they're stat stuffers, but can't win you a title
>>66974691
Yeah, just like LeBron, Curry, and MJ.
All stat stuffers, a thing that is a legitimate criticism and not some vapid and inane term.
>>66974435
That game was a crazy outlier in a lot of ways. I'm less confident in them taking the series, but I definitely think Charlotte can pull it together and be competitive.
Lakers front office is shit, who the fuck are we gonna get now that Thibs and Brooks are gone? Walton isn't leaving GS
>>66974302
Eh, ATL has a great defense and no one on boston is shooting well against them. Plus the Avery injury kills them since now they have to rely more on Marcus Smart or Evan Turner who aren't 2-way players like Avery and others like RJ Hunter or Rozier who haven't played as much.
I'm not gonna dismiss them showing up at home however, since ATL has these random moments where they just fall apart. I do think Boston making it a series is hard at this point.
>>66974764
derek fisher
>tfw /hr/ doesnt know who Raptors Bulls Lakers are
>>>/hr/2638749
>>66974804
Mmm, this.
>>66974804
>getting a manwhore with no morals to coach Snitchy D
I don't see how this could go wrong at all
>>66974158
Why are nba gms so retarded
who would you rather watch overpower your qtgf:
kawhi leonard
blake griffin
steven adams
>>66974868
oh god that would only make it that much better! nick young getting caught again saying he fucked around behind iggy's back all while snitchy records iggy riding fischer in his office
>>66974893
They lose touch with what it on the court, going on in the team, and get stuck on analytics and fight over potential versus real worth.
Harden's real worth wasn't much to Presti obviously but his potential was much higher. And we all know that turned out to be a horrible idea by Presti after the fact. It's a common thing that's happened throughout the NBA. Same thing happened to Charles to the Suns instead of keeping him in Philly, his real worth to the team at the time wasn't great but his potential showed up after the trade.
This is one of the reasons coaches are trying to take over everything instead of just being a coach, and I personally support it. Follow Pop's lead.
>>66974971
My girlfriend isn't a sheep, a buffalo wing, or a Kia so none of them.
>>66974971
>cuckhoop fans
>>66974982
LA Lakers E! show when?
>>66974725
empty stats don't win championships
>>66974971
you
>>66974804
kek
>>66975135
me on the left
daily reminder that bestbrook is the second best player in the nba behind lebron
>>66974971
Can he overpower me instead?
>>66975178
sounds good
>>66975179
>not the best
>I rate Westbrook as being lower than #1
TRADE WHEN
>Serge isn't a top 5 PF
i had nothing to eat all day
been up since 10
Mavs in 6, correct?
>Dion Waiters needs to be traded
>>66975445
are you me? i look fucking sexy right now due to dehydration and starvation though.
>>66975471
he does
>Mavs are winning the series
>>66975531
overrated
>he does
>Thibs to Minnesota
yeah nah fuck off
>overrated
>>66975569
why
not
>>66975572
thank god I'm over 6 feet tall
>>66975179
You mean all time
>>66975572
>when his name starts with Nigel
>your actual face when the twolves make Based Thibs their coach AND their ops president
>your actual face when Based Thibs will no longer clash with the front office because he IS the front office
>>66975555
this niggga looks like a sandwich
>>66975611
W-will he finally get a chubby gf?
>this niggga looks like a sandwich
>>66975533
>>66975557
>>66975572
What does this has to do with basketball?
>>66975430
and the thing is people dog Singler when Waiters is a much bigger problem.
Singler hasn't shot the ball well but you can usually depend on him to play defense and not stop the ball.
>>66975572
reported
>>66975659
Id rather have a player like Dion that is at least closer to a two way player than Singler who's strictly D.
The problem with the Thunder roster is there are too many one way guys and no two way players.
those oldschool magics jerseys were based
>>66975572
>when her bra size ends in B
>>66975693
>tfw no old Magic jerseys
>tfw no old Suns jerseys
>tfw no old Raptors jerseys
>>66975692
Singler was a decent shooter in Detroit and now that his shots are more open he's missing them, it's hard to understand. He's like Thabo Sefolosha when he was with the Thunder, you knew he could shoot it but sometimes it looked like he had no confidence in his shot.
>>66973965
A quarter of gold. Learn to read mate.
Good pick?
>>66975636
He IS the chubby gf
>>66975696
BTFO
>>66975742
Kek
>>66975742
lel spot on
>>66975737
i wonder if they actually are doubling down on the slim chance to land durant
>>66975742
Based
>>66975737
>7 million a year
>>66975761
NO GOOD CLIPPERS
>>66975770
Fuck off.
Lakers are keeping Scott, fuck this team
i wanted Kevin McHale to or Scott Brooks to coach the Timberwolves desu
>>66975611
Countless centuries countless head coaches trying to harness the front office
Only Thibodeau had the courage the strength and the abandoned to realize the Wolves' potential
Thibodeau has the power of the Black Dragon
Because he IS the Dragon
>Post Denver Melo
>>66975774
hoping to get KD bcs you have Brooks is betting on a rly slim chance.
>>66975611
now he just needs to draft himself a team of kenyans who won't get tired running around for 45 minutes a night
steph curry
>>66975824
i just realized how soft and smooth and generally feminine his hand and fingers look
>>66975778
Feels like that's becoming pretty normal these days
John Wall's status about Scott Brooks getting paid the same amount of money as him?
>>66975636
put on your trip go wiz
>>66975737
>scoot brooks making more than steve kerr
lamo
Shaw would /nba/'s favorite player if we were in the 90s
>>66975856
>>66975849
>tfw I know one of these guys are a janny but can't prove it
>>66975836
It's lower than slim, it's a completely dumb theory made up by idiots. They're hiring him as a coach, not player bait. Washington isn't winning any free agencies over Scotty.
#scottbrooks2dc
THIBS
>top-5 pick in next 5 drafts
>literally have $70 million in cap space this summer
>have assets to trade for superstar
who else /brightestfutureinnba/ here?
>>66975867
Is this real?
>>66975885
Why is he so smug bros?
>>66975922
30 hours
>>66975917
Yeah
Scott is getting offered 7mil, maybe more if he asks. Wall is 7.46.
:^)
>>66975948
Good Kanye song.
>>66975958
giving all that for butler
=)
who /thibs/ here?
no wife or kids in his 50s; he's probably constantly comfy af
>>66975990
>>66975981
Could be shorter without that outro at the end but whatever
I'm happy with the brooks move anyone is better that Wittman desu brooks coached a finals series and developed a lot of good thunder players I'm pretty happy
>>66975999
here senpai
>tfw we confirmed /playoffs/ next season
>>66976024
>>66975995
>>66975999
Not wanting to procreate with her
The city of Thibs
No wonder he's a shitty offensive coach. Got no game.
>>66975885
Sounds like something a janny would say to deflect attention desu
>>66975995
they're probably trying to get DeMarcus Cousins. If they can't then they'll go for Pau Gasol.
>>66976091
Going for pau
For the bench?
>>66976057
Ayyy
>2012 was 10 years ago
Feels bad man
>>66976159
>tfw Harden went absent that series
Does Lebron literally have ANY excuse not to win this year?
>>66976159
The meme championship matchup. The Sperms got robbed by stern to ensure a lelbron durant matchup. Obvioulsy the okcucks werent ready.
>>66976207
Playing the GOAT team?
>>66975012
Toppest of keks
>>66976212
THEY'VE. GOT. TO. GET. IT. DONE.
![lebron-2003-dribble-vert-rhjpg-d18520374791b708[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/7NcvX8Q.jpg "lebron-2003-dribble-vert-rhjpg-d18520374791b708[1].jpg")
>>66976024
lebron looked so kawaii when he was young. Like a miniature version of himself right now.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Layden
Is this fuck up rally going to be in charge of the timberwolves?
He's with the spurs right now though so he can't be THAT bad...right?
>>66976207
Golden State having the best regular season record ever is a good one imo
>>66975611
hopefully based Doris finally notices senpaiThibs and they get hot n sweaty while talking about defensive fundamentals.
>>66976159
>red vs blue
>heat (fire) vs thunder/clouds (water)
>bad guys vs good guys
>old vs young
That series was so hype. Media were going crazy.
>>66976242
she'll be lucky
>>66976212
![swoon[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/bGXA7ud.gif "swoon[1].gif")
>>66976255
>the city of those orlando fans getting mad that magics traded webber for penny hardaway
>>66976254
I've never seen someone so ready for Hillary
Thibbs should actually go to Houston. Teach them boys some defense.
>>66976247
>>66976314
xDDDDDDD epic post!!
>>66976315
>thinking you can teach Harden defense
Ironic when you think about that pokemon move.
>>66976333
he blocked the fuck out of bogut that last game. i was like goddamn
>>66976325
Thanks
>>66976368
>>66976373
>that one picture of westbrook
>links to r9k
Gay
is thibs a virgin?
>>66976392
oh it was speights? i was surprised at the block
>>66976392
RARE
Hornets @ Heat Game 2 Official Thread #1
NBA Playoffs First Round, Game 2
7:00 PM ET on SUN, FSSE, NBAtv
>>66976409
>>66976333
like I said in other threads, I think he's lazy on defense because he has so much responsibility on the other end. It's hard to play well on both sides, even Jimmy Butler's defense slipped when he had to play more offense, and he didn't even have as much responsibility as Harden
>>66976420
nah he's just real af. gets the pussy, doesn't catch feelings, bails. based af tbqhwy famiglia
Is this a Harden thread?
>>66976392
it's weird how he's good at post defense, but is ass at man-to-man and off ball defense
>>66976488
post requires the least energy and brain work lol
>>66976488
It's not really weird though. He's hella strong and has quick hands. You can't really zone out in the post.
>>66976467
yep, I agree with that. Harden is bad at D, but not horrible as depicted by the media.
And it's literally impossible to do everything in a team for 30+ mins every game.
>>66976476
>>66976476
It is now
>>66976444
>posting in the wrong thread
Terrible waste of trips
I moved to NC a couple of months ago and want to watch Heat/Hornets but it's being blacked out on NBA TV. Where the fuck do I watch it?
>>66975999
iirc he cancelled his wedding in the last min bcs he wanted to dedicate himself 100% to coaching (according to wikipedia).
>>66976549
He's not that bad of a defender, Wiggins and Westbrook are just as bad if not worse.
But Harden has those Shaqtin moments that make him seem way worse than he his.
>>66976505
He's pretty weak for a NBA player actually. He's asthmatic and used to never lift weight.
This is why he was such a great catch a shoot player for the Thunder and in college. Like this guy said >>66976467 he saves energy, and he does it even more so because of his breathing issues, It's one of the reasons he tuned down the opportunity to be a starter for the Thunder ans stayed a 6th man. It was also a reason why he doubted he could be a star player at first until his first two games with the Rockets he scored 40+ points.
>>66976578
we have fox sports south east
YouTube stream of MIA-CHA in memory of 7/11.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCijjuxYssQV5ItwltZn8GZw/live
>>66976615
What are you on about?
Harden is insane strong, maybe even the strongest SG in the league
>>66976615
he's not weak at all
>>66976613
(I totally agree, I'm just ashamed to admit it publicly)
>>66976549
What do you mean depicted by the media? The videos speak for themselves. This guy doesn't even try in big games.
>>66976615
>breathing issues
like what? allergies? get on meds or progress to allergy shots. sleep apnea? get a CPAP or surgery. it's ok to say he conserves energy but don't throw out some breathing issues bs
>>66976650
>>66976643
In the E:60 about Harden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mnzaBWifqM
>>66976615
ehm, you have a point considering what DraftExpress had written about him sp,eyears ago.
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/James-Harden-1241/
Having said this, *now* he is p strong and it shows on the court.
>>66976697
interesting, gonna watch
He is very strong now though, he bases his playstyle on it
normies get the fuck out you dont belong in /nba/ we neets run this shit
>>66976758
there is no other place that makes me feel so proud to be a NEET as /nba/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zanS2bJnm5w&feature=youtu.be
I miss him
>>66976697
>ZZ Top
>Who's that?
>>66976795
Being a bored neet with no life is actually respectful here
pqbp check in
just getting home from the gym, gonna rip some fat bowls and eat and watch the games
omfg CHA leads by two?
could it be that Hans was right?
>>66976714
>>66976742
>scrawny weakling becomes a firebreathing beast
truly an inspiration
Keep /nba/ dissertation free!
>>66976742
But other guys are strong desu. He's definitely worked out a lot since going to the Rockets but the guy still have asthma. Next time you see a game track his minutes and look out for when he does and doesn't play defense. He's lacking on it to conserve energy. It's all about stamina.
>>66976848
>Defensively, Harden is very effective, as he plays a very smart, pesky, fundamental brand of defense, showing great timing and a real knack for making big plays. He comes up with plenty of blocks and steals, and is an excellent rebounder as well at his position. The fact that he possesses average size and lateral quickness might make it tough for him to defend the truly elite shooting guards in the NBA, but he’s such a smart player that you really don’t want to rule him out.
DraftExpress on Harden....
>mfw people think Curry is nice and hate Harden
i cried myself to sleep last night when /nba/ told me to stop writing my well thought out paragraphs about nba players...i was stunned fans of the highest caliber didn't want to see my expertly crafted and well thought out posts.../nba/ made me put on my spotify depression playlist and weep myself to sleep
>>66976912
afaik he used to have asthma. do you think this is still the case?
I had Taco Bell for the first time today, inspired by James Harden.
It was okay I guess.
>>66977008
^this poster is wise
/nba/ should listen more to him
>>66977013
no writer who respects himself gives a flying shite about what others think of him
also
>spotify
switch to VKontake fampai, much greater variety and entirely for free.
>>66977041
where did you find a taco bell senpai, i've been wanting to harden up my breakfast for years
>>66977034
Yeah man, that stuff doesn't go away despite what people think. It just becomes less of a both the more you grow and keep active, but your airways will still be smaller than the next guy, and in the NBA that's a big thing. He's probably got more stamina than me but compared to another NBA star player he's not gonna out last them in the same amount of hustle and minutes.
>>66977110
I didn't have breakfast but I went to Nottingham on a day trip. There's like a dozen in the UK, mostly up north. I had no idea.
http://www.tacobelluk.co.uk/contact/
>>66977041
>>66977110
>>66977041
Was it a AM crunchwrap? Were you a breakfast defector?
>>66977041
>>66977110
MFW I am witness to the very end of proper British culture
what's wrong with eggs and bacon?
>>66977144
whatever happened to that gay pasta of the rockets?
>>66977139
none in scotland, what is this shit, we're obese as fuck here how come we don't get a taco bell baka desu
>>66977132
thx for clarifying this
this is very interesting, I would never imagine a guy with asthma could make it in the NBA.
>>66977158
They don't do breakfast here. I was just excited to see a Taco Bell tbqfh, never seen one before. I actually had lunch just before and went anyway, like an absolute madman.
Reminder: CHA is still alive
>>66977189
>>66977254
he's talking about the homo erotica from last year
>>66977254
thats not the one. there was one posted like every thread last season with this gay orgy thing
>>66977275
yea this
>>66977254
I love it when anons rant about shitty teams/organizations
>>66977308
Hans
Haaaaaaaaaaaaans
>>66977308
wat?
>>66977061
thx la
Watching that E:60 with Harden made me hate him less and it cleared up the whole Thunder trade drama, fuck Presti btw, but he's still doorstopper peepee man.
>>66976587
>His family says Thibodeau (pronounced THIB-uh-doe) — who inspired his mother and her friends, a group of women in their 70s and 80s, to invest in the N.B.A. League Pass television package and swear at officials working Bulls games — is not the drone they watch at news conferences, not a recluse who spends his days in a basement studying game tape in his pajamas.
>They connect with him on most days, even if they rarely see him, at least in person. His family understood when, over the years, he missed weddings, funerals, baptisms and birthday parties. He came home in late November during the N.B.A. lockout and took part in a family holiday for the first time in 20 years.
>Thibodeau was engaged once. He was in graduate school, an assistant at his alma mater, Salem State. Her name was Debbie, one of two Debbies that college teammates said he dated simultaneously, D1 and D2 at first for short.
>They canceled the wedding about six weeks out, and Thibodeau’s mother made him return what gifts the couple had received. Reasons for the engagement’s end varied, but John Galaris, Thibodeau’s boss and the athletic director at Salem State, said Thibodeau told him, “There’s no room in my life for a woman if I’m going to be a basketball coach.”
>Dennis Grube, a college roommate, added: “Tommy was devastated. That entrenched him so much into his devotion to basketball. It took his mind off it.”
>>66977474
thx for the copy pasta
yeah, Thibs literally lives for bball
IMO it's insane Bulls fired him for Fred.
>>66977474
>>66977628
oh i forgot to link the source
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/sports/basketball/bulls-and-basketball-an-obsession-for-thibodeau.html?_r=0
>>66977628
As a Bulls fan it pains me.
We get a shit coach and a shit front office. Minnesota gets a GOAT coach and he is the front office
Why
>>66977777
>painful quintget
>>66977777
cool get
>ywn watch bestbrook play in a celtics uniform
>>66977777
Wasted digits desu
>>66977777
>the timberwolves will have a dynasty in your lifetime
>when you eat a PB&J sandwich with banana slices
Who can stop us, lads?
Have you prayed to Based Delly today?
>>66977856
Peanut butter and banana is the GOAT combination,
>>66977855
feels good mang
Taylor is still an idiot so you never know
>>66977886
every day
>>66977883
Hawks
>>66975882
>implying he isn't already
Shaw is one of the icons of /sp/
