2020/21 NBA season + Olympics

Top Dog · 10-05-2021 8:17pm

chopperbyrne wrote: »

It's one and done too, no best of 5 or 7 series.

It is and it isn't.

7th vs 8th - win and you're through, lose and you get a second chance
9th vs 10th - win and you get a second chance at making the 8th seed, lose and you're done

Top Dog · 10-05-2021 8:18pm

Corvo wrote: »

Lakers v Warriors will be great

Wonder will Steve Kerr finally let Steph go bonkers and we see him knock down 15 3's on the way to an 80 point game?

Corvo · 11-05-2021 9:56am

Top Dog wrote: »

Wonder will Steve Kerr finally let Steph go bonkers and we see him knock down 15 3's on the way to an 80 point game?

I think they've handled Curry pretty well in their recent games in the regular season and they ended up blowing them out so I imagine the Lakers are confident of a win, especially now that LeBron is back and AD is basically unplayable.

ButtersSuki · 11-05-2021 11:06am

Lakers are a horrible match up for the Warriors. I can
Only see onecc by winner there even with a cold LeBron.

ButtersSuki · 11-05-2021 11:25am

Top Dog wrote: »

Wonder will Steve Kerr finally let Steph go bonkers and we see him knock down 15 3's on the way to an 80 point game?

Only way I can see Golden State win is if Curry is lights out AND some of the others play above themselves. It’s a horrible match up for them.

ButtersSuki · 11-05-2021 11:29am

Kendrick Perkins talking absolute bollocks again for the last few days. How in the hell does this guy have a job? Honestly if this isn’t tokenism I don’t know what is.

2smiggy · 11-05-2021 2:33pm

Jaylen Brown gone for the rest of the year for the Celtics. They may as well just head away for the holidays now

Coneygree · 11-05-2021 9:31pm

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Kendrick Perkins talking absolute bollocks again for the last few days. How in the hell does this guy have a job? Honestly if this isn’t tokenism I don’t know what is.

Following the same formula as Bayless and Smith, talk absolute trout about sport, make bizzare takes, get people annoyed and get more clicks of their vids/tweets and more mentions on twitter/forums like (we're doing right now!) and inevitably drive more traffic to their station. Like seriously, who watches Stephen Smith or Skip Bayless for actual intellectual content yet they're probably the two best paid analysts in the game.

ButtersSuki · 11-05-2021 9:52pm

2smiggy wrote: »

Jaylen Brown gone for the rest of the year for the Celtics. They may as well just head away for the holidays now

As a Celtics fan I can tell you even with him they were going nowhere this year.

ButtersSuki · 11-05-2021 9:53pm

Coneygree wrote: »

Following the same formula as Bayless and Smith, talk absolute trout about sport, make bizzare takes, get people annoyed and get more clicks of their vids/tweets and more mentions on twitter/forums like (we're doing right now!) and inevitably drive more traffic to their station. Like seriously, who watches Stephen Smith or Skip Bayless for actual intellectual content yet they're probably the two best paid analysts in the game.

Perkins makes Bayless and Smith look like rocket scientists compared to him.

Hello 2D Person Below · 11-05-2021 9:54pm

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Kendrick Perkins talking absolute bollocks again for the last few days. How in the hell does this guy have a job? Honestly if this isn’t tokenism I don’t know what is.

Unfortunately, that's the sort of stuff that sells.

At least Skip is an actual fantastic writer when he puts his mind to it.

Carcharodon · 12-05-2021 8:29am

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Only way I can see Golden State win is if Curry is lights out AND some of the others play above themselves. It’s a horrible match up for them.

I agree, terrible matchup for Warriors, AD will have a field day. I have a feeling the Lakers might be ok, LeBron is on the way back and if him and AD are close to healthy they will be hard team to beat
Although I love the possibility of playing the Lakers in the play in tournament it’s a tough reward for getting 8th (hopefully 8th)

What are your thoughts on the play in tournament ?, I’ve been on the fence, but I do think it would probably be a good decision for the future. I think it makes things more interesting. Teams will be less inclined to tank so early, it still highly favors 7th and 8th teams while giving 9th and 10th fair chance. Gone will be the days of teams in 9th seed in the West winning more games than the 5th seed in the east but not getting a shot at playoffs. I highly doubt it will ever affect the likely outcome of winner of any of those teams will never actually win, winner usually finish in top two of regular season, Lakers this year could be an outlier but in general I think it would hold true.

ButtersSuki · 12-05-2021 12:23pm

Carcharodon wrote: »

I agree, terrible matchup for Warriors, AD will have a field day. I have a feeling the Lakers might be ok, LeBron is on the way back and if him and AD are close to healthy they will be hard team to beat
Although I love the possibility of playing the Lakers in the play in tournament it’s a tough reward for getting 8th (hopefully 8th)

What are your thoughts on the play in tournament ?, I’ve been on the fence, but I do think it would probably be a good decision for the future. I think it makes things more interesting. Teams will be less inclined to tank so early, it still highly favors 7th and 8th teams while giving 9th and 10th fair chance. Gone will be the days of teams in 9th seed in the West winning more games than the 5th seed in the east but not getting a shot at playoffs. I highly doubt it will ever affect the likely outcome of winner of any of those teams will never actually win, winner usually finish in top two of regular season, Lakers this year could be an outlier but in general I think it would hold true.

I like it. I'm surprised how much I like it TBH. It's made the last 2 months of the regular season way more exciting than usual, and made what would normally be the least interesting part of the season very engaging from a fan's point of view. It also allows teams who've had injuries early in the season a chance to recover and teams post All Star break (and trades potentially) to go for it in a way they wouldn't normally do.

The permutations are still crazy with less than a week to play, it's been really good. It's also had an interesting impact on the 1-6 races with various jockeying for match ups going on.

The number of dead rubbers is way down compared to usual and for that alone it's been great. March and April NBA isn't always good pre-Play Offs from a competitive point of view but this year it has been.

I also do think it increases the odds of a 7 and 8 seed beating a 1 or a 2 for this reason - they'll be primed and ready for game play physically in a way that a 7 or 8 seed normally isn't (due to the uncompetiveness that normally resides in the last few weeks). Plus they're playing with house money basically.

I hope it stays.

ButtersSuki · 12-05-2021 7:06pm

GS have, with minimal attention, beaten the 1 and 2 seeds in the West in consecutive games this week. They’re balling. Such a shame they’ll play the worst possible match-up in LA.

Gregk961 · 12-05-2021 10:34pm

ButtersSuki wrote: »

GS have, with minimal attention, beaten the 1 and 2 seeds in the West in consecutive games this week. They’re balling. Such a shame they’ll play the worst possible match-up in LA.

You would expect them to reach the playoffs proper even if they lose to LA(which seems very likely). They could snag a win or two against Utah. Could be a good series if they can maintain this form

ButtersSuki · 14-05-2021 7:49am

Covington misses 2 FTs with 4.4 seconds left that would have put Portland up 3, then Booker hits 2 of his own with 0.9 left to win by 1. Portland slide to 5th as a result. Had they won they would have locked in a play off spot.

Edit: what I should have written on this is it was a BS call.

Throw in the THT travel game winner against Houston and the conspiracy theorists have fun.

ButtersSuki · 15-05-2021 12:59pm

GS and Memphis rest all the big boys last night for the match up tomorrow night. Whoever wins gets the 8. I heavily favour GS.

ButtersSuki · 15-05-2021 5:09pm

Jesus, Ben Golliver is leaving the Open Floor Podcast.

I really like his work, very sad to hear this.

jk23 · 15-05-2021 5:55pm

LeBron James back this evening Vs Pacers

ButtersSuki · 16-05-2021 2:54pm

All to play for today for LAL, Portland, GS, and Memphis in the west; and for Charlotte, Washington, and Indiana in the East.

And that’s just the play in positions.

jk23 · 16-05-2021 2:59pm

ButtersSuki wrote: »

All to play for today for LAL, Portland, GS, and Memphis in the west; and for Charlotte, Washington, and Indiana in the East.

And that’s just the play in positions.

Golden state V Grizzlies is on sky sports tonight and its an early evening game

qwabercd · 16-05-2021 3:04pm

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Jesus, Ben Golliver is leaving the Open Floor Podcast.

I really like his work, very sad to hear this.

I know some are against subscriptions, but I find the Greatest of all talk well worth the $5 a month. Price of a pint or a couple of coffees. Actually found myself giving up on the open floor more recently as no need listening to the two, found Michael Pina a tad bland aswell. Are they replacing Golliver on it?

ButtersSuki · 16-05-2021 8:57pm

qwabercd wrote: »

I know some are against subscriptions, but I find the Greatest of all talk well worth the $5 a month. Price of a pint or a couple of coffees. Actually found myself giving up on the open floor more recently as no need listening to the two, found Michael Pina a tad bland aswell. Are they replacing Golliver on it?

I actually like Pina. He's very different to Golliver and the balance is good I feel, but it's not as good as Sharp and Golliver when they were together (on Open Floor).

Yes, Golliver will be replaced but they haven't said by whom yet.

ButtersSuki · 16-05-2021 9:14pm

Great start by Memphis but I can only see one winner here, and that’s Golden State.

As I’ve said repeatedly I can also only see one winner in LA v GS. Look at how Valanciunas is killing them inside. Davis will have as much leeway, and LA will kill them on the boards.

ButtersSuki · 16-05-2021 9:33pm

ButtersSuki wrote: »

GS and Memphis rest all the big boys last night for the match up tomorrow night. Whoever wins gets the 8. I heavily favour GS.

There’s just 3,400 people watching the feed on sky sports YouTube page. I find that shocking tbh that across the UK and Ireland (obviously YouTube is global) with the prevalence of smart TVs etc that the audience figures for a game of this magnitude is so low. I know people have sky sports subs but many don’t,

I know I’ve said this before but those sky in-studio analysts are incredibly annoying.

Also, Miami and Milwaukee locked in. Now that’s a series.

Carcharodon · 16-05-2021 9:43pm

Warriors game pretty good so far, intense playoff basketball by both teams, love it !

Carcharodon · 16-05-2021 10:12pm

Sunday’s don’t get much better than this

ButtersSuki · 16-05-2021 10:57pm

Carcharodon wrote: »

Sunday’s don’t get much better than this

I thought you were drinking Budweiser there at first.

ButtersSuki · 16-05-2021 10:58pm

Carcharodon wrote: »

Warriors game pretty good so far, intense playoff basketball by both teams, love it !

Serious tension on both sides. It’s a great game despite the mistakes.

Carcharodon · 17-05-2021 12:20am

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I thought you were drinking Budweiser there at first.

Never, Guatemalan beer, my girl is from there.
I love this team, Curry, Dray, Klay, I will look back at this time in years to come and just smile, you don’t know what you got until it’s gone.
I love how players like tuscano and Poole have improved so much and Wiggins, he has been so god damn slid all year, rock solid n defense and always contributing, i think he gets a bad re cos of the contract and it might be fair but if believe he has found the right organization and team mates to help him prove he is a solid productive nba player

2020/21 NBA season + Olympics

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