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Who would win this year (2024/25) ?

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  • Total voters
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Jokic isn't getting trippled nor doubled as much as Embid is
Also Suns know they can let Jokic do whatever as long as Nuggets lose

Jokic is surely great but he's gonna get bounced by Suns ...blowing a 2-0
That's another embarrassment
 
The Lakers are just too big, this was always going to be a bad matchup of GS. I think they could win next game but Lakers will take em out in 6
 

Jiihad

Survivors Guilt
Yeah defensively the Suns would be a headache. Lebron won’t be able to play free safety coasting on the corner because Reaves would get cooked by Booker if Vando is guarding KD. Vando would definitely be put on Booker in that situation, way higher chance of him slowing down Booker than KD lol.

I feel Jokic would be a challenge on defense for AD but AD would come right back on offense. So probably Nuggets the easier matchup.
Yea like AD could play tha exact same defense he’s Ben playing tha first 2 series and Jokic could very well still avg 30&15 lmao

Thing is, what I would do is put Vanderbilt on Murray and Bron on MPJ and have D-all guard KCP. Davis STAY on Jokic and then we switch every fuxkin thing. I’ll be damn I let a Jokic have 15 assts. that **** finna have to put 60 on me every game to win. No one else is shootin
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Don't look now but Steve Kerr just activated his trap card, which means the Lakers MIGHT not get foul calls next game.




Also, if there's anything that infuriates me the most about the Warriors, it's the illegal screens lol
Bruh…..Dray been setting illegal screens for like 7 years lmao
 
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Everyone writing off Warriors and Nuggets.

Maybe its Lebron turn to blow a 3 - 1 lead. I only watched the highlights since I was busy with something else but I'm shocked that Lakers pulled off a win. Walker was like watch this...:beckmoji:

Bench players are always an X factor in playoffs

Although its likely GSW may lose, Nuggets are still better than Suns, simply because they literally cannot stop joker. However KD and Booker can be stopped. If Murray has 2 good games its gg for the suns. Suns had to play perfect along with bench to even tie that series. I want to see how game 5 goes.
 
Okay. If you thought he was having a bad series in the first and second rounds, then fine. I guess we were watching different games then. If you combined the 2 rounds, he had 2 or 3 bad games. Before the last 2 games, his highest shot attempts in a game was 15. Those 4 turnovers were skewered with 2 games (that 1 bad game I mentioned and the other game where he had 20 & 19 but they still won comfortably). Like I said, he's had bad moments but overall he's had like 2 or 3 bad games in the 2 series combined.
My guy are you listening to me lol? In the 6 games he has played in the playoffs, he is averaging 45% with 4 turnovers per game. He only shot over 50% percent ONCE. That is unacceptable for the MVP of the league. He is playing terrible for an MVP.

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/joel-embiid-last-6-games
 
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Formerly Seth

I grew up a Lakers and Dallas fan ever since I was little but I don't like those teams now. I currently don't have a favorite team however I do want to see the Heat in the finals. And you?
Lakers.

This is probably going to be an odd thing to hear but I picked it up after my mom ( I say odd because you'd probably imagine I would say my father/cousins or whatever but not mom ). She was a huge Basketball fan growing up and was watching the dawn of MJ, the rise of Kobe/Shaq Lakers, the downfall of the Lakers, the rise of Lakers again and etc...

I wasn't able to watch the Lakers' three-peat because I was barely born by then. But my mom always used to tell me the stories about it and at the time VHS and etc... recordings of the game.

I started to watch normally around Heat's first title I think? and was a somewhat casual watcher from then on.

So that would be my go to team that I root for, even tho I don't like recent developments with the team, man Pelinka did a fantastic job in the office and that allowed us to clutch the Playoffs and now we are on our way to Conference Finals holy shit...



Aside from that I really liked GSW and Cavs rivalry. GSW rise to power ( pre KD ) was a good story as well as LBJ's homecoming and the best title win in my opinion in 2016.
 
Lakers.

This is probably going to be an odd thing to hear but I picked it up after my mom ( I say odd because you'd probably imagine I would say my father/cousins or whatever but not mom ). She was a huge Basketball fan growing up and was watching the dawn of MJ, the rise of Kobe/Shaq Lakers, the downfall of the Lakers, the rise of Lakers again and etc...

I wasn't able to watch the Lakers' three-peat because I was barely born by then. But my mom always used to tell me the stories about it and at the time VHS and etc... recordings of the game.

I started to watch normally around Heat's first title I think? and was a somewhat casual watcher from then on.

So that would be my go to team that I root for, even tho I don't like recent developments with the team, man Pelinka did a fantastic job in the office and that allowed us to clutch the Playoffs and now we are on our way to Conference Finals holy shit...


Aside from that I really liked GSW and Cavs rivalry. GSW rise to power ( pre KD ) was a good story as well as LBJ's homecoming and the best title win in my opinion in 2016.
Very similar story with me as well but it was my Uncle and not my mom. My uncle was a huge lakers fan. I remember I was like 5 years old watching Lakers final games with him. I was a huge Kobe fan. I still am. Not going to lie, I cried like a baby when I first heard about the crash.

Your mom sounds like a wonderful lady.

Yea the GSW 2016 run was great for the league. Curry and Thompson changed the game completely, now every team is shooting 3s.
 
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Formerly Seth

Very similar story with me as well but it was my Uncle and not my mom. My uncle was a huge lakers fan. I remember I was like 5 years old watching Lakers final games with him. I was a huge Kobe fan. I still am. Not going to lie, I cried like a baby when I first heard about the crash.

Your mom sounds like a wonderful lady.

Yea the GSW 2016 run was great for the league. Curry and Thompson changed the game completely, now every team is shooting 3s.
She sure is:cheers:


Koby thing was such a sad moment, when you are a huge fan of someone your brain has some sort of barrier where you don't want to acknowledge the negative information about said person. When the first news broke out I thought this was fucking fake and some weird Media stunt from some dummies who chase clout for tragedy and faking someone's death. When I finally realized this is not fake and the actual truth it hit hard. He died the same year the Lakers became Champions once again... What a sad twist of fate.
 
She sure is:cheers:


Koby thing was such a sad moment, when you are a huge fan of someone your brain has some sort of barrier where you don't want to acknowledge the negative information about said person. When the first news broke out I thought this was fucking fake and some weird Media stunt from some dummies who chase clout for tragedy and faking someone's death. When I finally realized this is not fake and the actual truth it hit hard. He died the same year the Lakers became Champions once again... What a sad twist of fate.
Yep even a lot of the NBA players said the same thing, that they thought it was fake and it didn't hit them until later. And his daughter was with him and those other parents and kids too which made it even worse. RIP.
 
My guy are you listening to me lol? In the 6 games he has played in the playoffs, he is averaging 45% with 4 turnovers per game. He only shot over 50% percent ONCE. That is unacceptable for the MVP of the league. He is playing terrible for an MVP.

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/joel-embiid-last-6-games
Sure. I listened to you. Believe what you want to believe if you only want to use those stats. We just watched different games lol
 
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Formerly Seth

Define tapping potential

Celtics have been in like 5 ECF in the last 10 years
East been 2 team ( 3 when Bron was in Cavs ) show.

With the talent Celtics have they should've been to finals at least once.

It's shaping up that they might not go over Sixers.
 
East been 2 team ( 3 when Bron was in Cavs ) show.

With the talent Celtics have they should've been to finals at least once.

It's shaping up that they might not go over Sixers.
Yeah and the Celtics did make the finals lol.

I mean if you’re watching the game right now you should know the answer to your question. OKC had 3 future MVPs in their team and only went to the WCF like 3 times, going to the finals once. That was immensely more talent than the current Celtics team
 
It just Philly turn this year it been since Iverson first nba finals run they haven't seen a conference finals Celtics you had your chance last year now hopefully sixers don't choke game 6 but Knowing doc rivers lol
 
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Formerly Seth

Yeah and the Celtics did make the finals lol.

I mean if you’re watching the game right now you should know the answer to your question. OKC had 3 future MVPs in their team and only went to the WCF like 3 times, going to the finals once. That was immensely more talent than the current Celtics team
Maybe I expected too much from Brown/Tatum duo.

I always liked their combo and thought they will go all the way one day.

I'm hearing reports Brown might leave but there is nothing justifying it for now.
 
Maybe I expected too much from Brown/Tatum duo.

I always liked their combo and thought they will go all the way one day.

I'm hearing reports Brown might leave but there is nothing justifying it for now.
I’d be surprised if Brown is leaving. He’s projected to make the all nba team and will get a super max like contract if he stays with us.

but yeah Celtics should’ve been better, kinda what happens when your great coach goes around fucking the staff. Coaching matters, even Lebron and Wade had Spo
 
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