2023 NBA Playoffs
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Last night was what's now considered an oddity- both home teams wore white.
Did Rad Sox Fan or another MD weigh in on what might have happened to AD last night? IANAD, but he seemed to check all the boxes of a guy who had been concussed: staggering glassy-eyed back to the bench; seemingly unable to make eye contact with people around him; then having to get wheeled into the locker room. Yet somehow immediately after the game the Lakers were able to say with confidence that it was not a concussion. What was it, then?
Another example of how professional sports doesn't really give a shit about concussions?
A 1st round pick and $250,000 fine for violating the leagues concussion policy…..after they win a championship.
"Back when I played they called it a headache, gave you some aspirin, and told ya to get back out there."
Kinda like how it works today in the playoffs for all professional sports.
He held his head in his hands like he got his bell rung and was barely able to walk to the locker room. I guess they're rolling the dice on it being less likely to pull a Tua in the NBA than in the NFL.
But Draymond Green is probably playing with a concussion as well, so I guess that makes it okay?
But Draymond Green is probably playing with a concussion as well, so I guess that makes it okay?
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this Corgi is 5/5 so far in predicting the LAL/GSW series
this Corgi is 5/5 so far in predicting the LAL/GSW series
It's the Lakers now, the NBA's pet franchise...
More like no spa days for Jeannie & Linda in August and a year-long ban on Botox for Rob.
There’s no NBA media thread but i think this is the closest thing to it. I believe this was also the thread where we were talking about the Lowe Post previously…
All that being said, I’m not sure if anyone listened to todays podcast but woof. I’m normally a big fan of Lowe and Beck together (and normally a big fan of Lowe) but I almost turned it off in the first 5 minutes.
I brought this up previously when discussing this pod (I believe it was with @PedroKsBambino) but Lowe rehashing multiple times that he’s made some correct prediction on TV or that he wrote something in a column 2 months ago is getting really obnoxious. It’s even more obnoxious when he’s basically yelling it.
This only bothered me as a Celtic fan but he said “And Game 7 last year, no one will remember because the Celtics won but Jimmy Butler almost made that shot!!!”. Zach, anyone that listens to any of your pods ever will remember that play because you bring it up all of the fucking time. It’s literally impossible to forget if anyone consumes any media you put out
All that being said, I’m not sure if anyone listened to todays podcast but woof. I’m normally a big fan of Lowe and Beck together (and normally a big fan of Lowe) but I almost turned it off in the first 5 minutes.
I brought this up previously when discussing this pod (I believe it was with @PedroKsBambino) but Lowe rehashing multiple times that he’s made some correct prediction on TV or that he wrote something in a column 2 months ago is getting really obnoxious. It’s even more obnoxious when he’s basically yelling it.
This only bothered me as a Celtic fan but he said “And Game 7 last year, no one will remember because the Celtics won but Jimmy Butler almost made that shot!!!”. Zach, anyone that listens to any of your pods ever will remember that play because you bring it up all of the fucking time. It’s literally impossible to forget if anyone consumes any media you put out
Jimmy Butler missing that shot is the defining moment of that series. It's all anyone *ever* talks about when discussing that series. And somehow, it's not "the number 1 seed Heat had Game 7 at home and Jimmy Butler had a chance to win it but couldn't come through" but "the Celtics got so lucky." Drives me crazy.
While I agree with every word of this, the Celts helped create that perception -- being up by 13 with 3:35 left and then having your entire offense be five missed Marcus Smart shots opens you up to "Celtics dodged a bullet/got lucky."
Details, details. Lol.
Edit: And, by the way, Butler did not “almost hit the shot.” I know this, because I would have passed out had it been on line. Great look, yes. But a total brick.
Murray is questionable.
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Jamal Murray did not participate in shootaround. Nuggets will see how he feels later today for Game 6 and are hopeful. There’s a bug going through the Nuggets and a handful of players and Michael Malone have felt under the weather recently. They cut shootaround short this morning
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Jamal Murray did not participate in shootaround. Nuggets will see how he feels later today for Game 6 and are hopeful. There’s a bug going through the Nuggets and a handful of players and Michael Malone have felt under the weather recently. They cut shootaround short this morning
Jokic is even bigger/uglier/slower
But can't say more amazing.(though bird wasn't as GREAT a posteason player as regular season, and so far Jokic has been)
Durant just isn't a Top 5 guy anymore, and I don't know how feasible it is to build around him, Booker and a bunch of role guys. I got some pushback but Durant just isn't in his prime anymore. He's got great size and skills, but he's lost just a bit athleticism that makes him a bit more guardable (but still obviously a tremendous offensive player).
I for one am shocked that the Suns' strategy of "hope we hit like 70% of our enormous volume of mid-range jumpers" strategy didn't work.
He's probably top 10... he's really struggled since he came back from the most recent injury
You were right when you first posted it. Booker is clearly the engine of the team. I think KD’s probably in the 15-20 range now?
After seeing him get continually flustered in the celts/nets series last year, its more than just a recent injury thing. He seems to have lost a non-trivial amount of concentration/peripheral vision, and isn't a dependable terror for other teams D.
Ayton is out tonight with a rib contusion Must be really bad ot miss an elimination game, you'd think.
No Western Conf team beats this version of Denver, but damn, Phx looks awful. On track to give up 80 in the first half.
Honestly the most impressive thing about Jokic is that he appears to be just as effective when he is completely exhausted. Like his game is so non-reliant on speed and energy that he can be totally gassed and he's still going to be able to get the same shots and make the same plays.
Given Denver's huge home court advantage, they may have enough to beat even a LAL/GSW team that plays well.
I know Ayton and CP3 are out and Denver is really good but this is an utter embarrassment from PHX. They’ve checked out already.
Kevin Durant is kind of a loser. Save for going to a ready made team that won before and after he was there, he would never have won a thing .
