Let's talk NBA Championship...and potential playoff matchups...

[jepjep]

What’s going on in this Suns game?
30-4?!

someone should get fired at halftime lol

 

[KJ]

Put a dollar on +1275 ML

 

[Loves2kickass]

What’s going on in this Suns game?
30-4?!

The Suns are garbage, that's all lol

 

[twinkie13]

Pels having problems as expected with Ayton. Any real Center eats; they’d have to play perfect.

Late game now that PHX might lose, say Pels win back to 6 spot

 

[Loves2kickass]

A team can be down 50 in a game and come back to win. Defense in the NBA is a thing of the past.

 

[B.A.R.]

I don't really disagree with either of these points FWIW, mainly just disagree on the strength of the conferences. If you swapped Denver and Boston, what odds would you make Boston to win the west?

I like this exercise. Let me think before giving a answer to quickly.

 

[guaranteeed]

Pels having problems as expected with Ayton. Any real Center eats; they’d have to play perfect.

Late game now that PHX might lose, say Pels win back to 6 spot

Who do you in 1st?

I'm excited to see pels play in playoffs

Whole west should be good

 

[guaranteeed]

east is philly 2nd best team?

With Randle out

Giannis injury looks bad

Magic kinda faded, Pacers nope, cavs not lately

 

[B.A.R.]

Who do you in 1st?

I'm excited to see pels play in playoffs

Whole west should be good

Zion in playoffs. I like it.

 

[OCD$]

Does anyone else think that this years NBA playoffs will the hardest one to cap. And I don't cap the games. I just find the right hot cappers to follow. It just feels like no team gives a shit at all. I don't remember a season with such little effort. For example the Bos/Mil game tonight.....1 made free throw or whatever it was. This league has become a joke. Look at Phoenix tonight, night after night the same shit man

 

[OCD$]

Us bettors care way more than they do

 

[B.A.R.]

Does anyone else think that this years NBA playoffs will the hardest one to cap. And I don't cap the games. I just find the right hot cappers to follow. It just feels like no team gives a shit at all. I don't remember a season with such little effort. For example the Bos/Mil game tonight.....1 made free throw or whatever it was. This league has become a joke. Look at Phoenix tonight, night after night the same shit man

Or, that could make it easier? Find the teams that CARE. Find the most motivated guys to get their careers over the hump.

One thing with the lower scoring since ASG, we might not have that magical UNDER series in the 1st round. Memphis vs Minny two years ago was a dream. A few years before the Nets and Celtics was the same way.

 

[OCD$]

Or, that could make it easier? Find the teams that CARE. Find the most motivated guys to get their careers over the hump.

One thing with the lower scoring since ASG, we might not have that magical UNDER series in the 1st round. Memphis vs Minny two years ago was a dream. A few years before the Nets and Celtics was the same way.

This

 

[OCD$]

You could be right brother. But its a needle in a haystack of those who care

 

[B.A.R.]

You could be right brother. But its a needle in a haystack of those who care

Understand that bro.

Matchups will be key.

Coaching is huge.

 

[OCD$]

I didn't bet it, but I would have thought Phoenix would have given a shit

 

[B.A.R.]

I didn't bet it, but I would have thought Phoenix would have given a shit

One thing over this next week or so ...

Some of these teams don't care about seeding ...

Some night try to avoid. That should be priority #1 out West (Denver).

 

[OCD$]

It just doesn't feel like championships matter to these cats anymore

 

[OCD$]

One thing over this next week or so ...

Some of these teams don't care about seeding ...

Some night try to avoid. That should be priority #1 out West (Denver).

I get what your saying boss. I'm just watching a different game now. I don't think it changes that much bud

 

[OCD$]

Maybe in the finals

 

[B.A.R.]

It just doesn't feel like championships matter to these cats anymore

As far as they reflect in regular season play? You're pretty much spot on.

Why?

These salaries are ridiculous. These guys are mostly all buddies and they respect each other living a good life.

Decades ago, playoff bonuses meant something. Playing as many games as possible meant something.

Big part of this is society as a whole.

 

[OCD$]

As far as they reflect in regular season play? You're pretty much spot on.

Why?

These salaries are ridiculous. These guys are mostly all buddies and they respect each other living a good life.

Decades ago, playoff bonuses meant something. Playing as many games as possible meant something.

Big part of this is society as a whole.

I'm not that guy bitching about how they are over paid one bit. If the moneys there, the moneys there

 

[B.A.R.]

I get what your saying boss. I'm just watching a different game now. I don't think it changes that much bud

Hey man, I'm with ya. I don't just want an NBA game to watch one in the regular season.

This topic came up earlier. I probably went to 150 Pistons games from age 8-age 24. That was 1988-2004.

Since then, maybe 7-10. The last one I went to was vs Ok City with Russ in I believe 2015 at The Palace.

I still have yet to attend one in Detroit (downtown).

Just not something I yearn for.

 

[OCD$]

I just want that when I bet on a game I would like the teams to care even slightly about the outcome as I do

 

[B.A.R.]

I'm not that guy bitching about how they are over paid one bit. If the moneys there, the moneys there

Absolutely. Monies are there.

But, the big part of that is the players RUN the league.

This league misses David Stern in many facets. Silver has let them take over.

 

[B.A.R.]

I just want that when I bet on a game I would like the teams to care even slightly about the outcome as I do

Amen

 

[guaranteeed]

Zion in playoffs. I like it.

Ya, feels like they have a high ceiling, even if only for a game or two, that he just takes over and twitter/x goes wild

 

[OCD$]

This used to be my favorite league, especially the playoffs. But your right, everyone is boys and we are all popping christo

 

[guaranteeed]

Play in next Tuesday wow, earlier than I thought

 

[guaranteeed]

Both nba and nhl playoffs on april 20th

Best sports two weeks of year imo, both first rounds just going every night

 

[OCD$]

Absolutely. Monies are there.

But, the big part of that is the players RUN the league.

This league misses David Stern in many facets. Silver has let them take over.

Thats messed up that people have to cap the Nba playoffs similar to the Nit college tourney, in regards to motivation

 

[OCD$]

I agree Silver is a Bitch.

 

[KJ]

A $100 wager to most of us absolutely means more than winning and losing in the NBA to those guys. I think it goes without saying that every team in the West knows they can't beat Denver in a 7 game series so at what point do you coast? An Olympics year to boot. What the Heat accomplished last year was so obscure yet they still folded against the champs while the rest of their Eastern Conf companions were on yachts watching them

 

[B.A.R.]

Philly and Miami at 7-8 right now is delicious.

 

[B.A.R.]

Cavs and Magic at 4/5 not ideal for NBA HQs

 

[KJ]

The Western Conf bracket looks to be very heavy on one side. As of now it looks like Denver/8 seed/Clips/Dallas and the other side would be Minny and OKC with the top two of NO/Phx/Sac. This whole play-in thing is way more interesting this season than it's been before.

 

[twinkie13]

I lean Kings tonight, but still looking at lineups. After this, got GS Friday night and LA Lakers to close the show.

You gonna want this one bad if you’re Pels

 

[KJ]

I lean Kings tonight, but still looking at lineups. After this, got GS Friday night and LA Lakers to close the show.

You gonna want this one bad if you’re Pels

I think it's getting pretty close to GS and LAL being locked into 9th and 10th so definitely possible they rest guys this weekend. Playoff math is more intense this season than most

 

[emkee]

 

[twinkie13]

I lean Kings tonight, but still looking at lineups. After this, got GS Friday night and LA Lakers to close the show.

You gonna want this one bad if you’re Pels

20 point lead for the birds 6:28 to play
Came to play, caught some breaks

 

[KJ]

20 point lead for the birds 6:28 to play
Came to play, caught some breaks

As long as Denver gets the 1 seed, holding on to a 6 or 7 looks to be loot at this point

 

[B.A.R.]

Clips Mavs our confirmed series so far, right?

 

[KJ]

Clips Mavs our confirmed series so far, right?

And Hawks Bulls in a must win 2 sitch

 

[B.A.R.]

Missed this, thx.

 

[Inspekdah]

Winner of Clippers Mavs could go on to win it all.

Is Klaw healthy and this is a precaution after last season? Would like to hear something positive about his health as I am holding some Clipper tickets.

 

[emkee]

 

[emkee]

 

[Loves2kickass]

Winner of Clippers Mavs could go on to win it all.

Is Klaw healthy and this is a precaution after last season? Would like to hear something positive about his health as I am holding some Clipper tickets.

They both have a high ceiling

 

[twinkie13]

Playoff ball in SF

 

[twinkie13]

Refs are letting shit fly. Expect suspensions in the playoffs