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NBA: *** NBA Playoffs Thread V2.0 ***

That was a very high scoring first quarter. This has been the best series by far in the second round.

Edit. I am of course talking about Golden State and San Antonio.
 
CycloneRulzzz said:
I think Indy has chance against Miami.
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Assuming they advance, I hope you're right. But Indy's lack of a true closer and tendency to go into long offensive funks is going to come back and bite them in the ***. To have a chance against Miami they'll have to dictate the tempo and slow the game down, outrebound the Heat, and punish Wade and Lebron when they go to the hole.
 
CycloneErik said:
I'm a Harrison Barnes fan. I moved on from the past.
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yep. Same boat. Very happy to see him do well. He's getting a lot of love from the TNT broadcast team at halftime
 
bringmagicback said:
So if the spurs lose, I would have to guess that is it for the duncan ginobli parker combo. They are finished. The lakers are finished, barring getting Kevin Love who Ive heard is rumored to be heading to Chicago in a Deng Boozer deal. I think if Memphis can add one more small piece they can become the Spurs and make a run every few years.

On ESPN radio today they were talking about a 2 year window and it's over for the Heat. Wade will be done, Bosh done, Allen gone and Lebron being able to leave (which I imagine he will).

radom thoughts.
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O.M.G. Please, please let this happen basketball gods.
Love would fit perfectly with Rose.
Also, Boozer disappears when the defense tightens and Deng is always hurt/inconsistent.
Would love that trade!
 
cyguytillidie said:
O.M.G. Please, please let this happen basketball gods.
Love would fit perfectly with Rose.
Also, Boozer disappears when the defense tightens and Deng is always hurt/inconsistent.
Would love that trade!
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I am also intrigued by this trade. I'd hope the Bulls could then pick up a solid SG, assuming Butler is going to take the starting SF role.
 
jbindm said:
I wouldn't bank on the DUncan/Manu/Parker/Poppovich era being over quite just yet. Parker is still in his prime (closer to the end of it than the beginning, I'll give you that), Duncan is still an interior force on defense (3rd in the NBA in blocks per game this year) and if they can find a way to limit his regular season minutes, Manu can still pick his spots. I can see them challenging for a top four seed in the West next season. Beyond that, who knows? But then again you could say that for just about every NBA team. The league is always in flux and damn near any player can be traded.
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Duncan likely retires. Pretty sure he was set to retire last year and then changed his mind for one more run. Manu's contract is up this year. With his inconsistent play this post season I don't think the Spurs are going to have him back. Parker and Pop will likely be there and they will probably try to reload. Pau Gasol would be a great fit if the Lakers let him go.
 
Jordanj6502 said:
I am also intrigued by this trade. I'd hope the Bulls could then pick up a solid SG, assuming Butler is going to take the starting SF role.
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Need a shooter at the SG. Maybe a guy like OJ Mayo, Nick Young, or Corey Brewer.
Resign Belinelli as a solid back up. Maybe go get Korver again as well.
Just try to surround Rose with shooters basically.
 
CycloneRulzzz said:
Not sure I'd give up Deng. Love has also shown a tendency to get hurt too.
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I've never really liked Deng. I don't really know why. His defense against bigger scores is great and he can be a solid #2 to Rose but I just can never trust him shooting late. Seems like he doesn't have that big shot mentality. He also seems to mechanical. Makes him look slow.
 
The 13th-annual ranking of the NBA's top-50 players, Part 2 - Grantland

What should you do if you're Minnesota? If you're smart, you'd build around Rubio (about to get an extension), Pekovic (about to get paid) and whatever you can get for Kevin Love. The blueprint: In February 2011, the Jazz shrewdly dealt Deron Williams 17 months before he could bolt Utah for a high lottery pick (Derrick Favors) and a future lottery pick (that became no. 3 overall: Enes Kanter), maximizing any and all leverage they had. I don't see how the T-Wolves make it through this summer without doing the same. The likeliest suitor? Chicago. The Bulls have big contracts to make the trade work (Luol Deng on the enticing side, Carlos Boozer on the less enticing side); they're loaded with assets like Jimmy Butler (no. 49 on this year's list), the rights to Mirotic (a high lottery pick if he entered this year's draft), and the rights to Charlotte's future no. 1 pick (top-10 protected in 2014, top-eight protected in 2015, unprotected in 2016); and they're a big-market contender with a superstar in house (so they could keep Love for the long haul).Let's say Chicago calls Minnesota in June and offers them Boozer's contract with Butler, Mirotic AND the Charlotte pick. How could the T-Wolves turn that down? And if you're the Bulls, how would you turn down the chance to (a) dump Boozer's deal, and (b) upend a potential Miami dynasty with a nucleus of Rose, Noah, Love, Deng, Taj Gibson and Tom Thibodeau these next few years? You know, unless your owner was too cheap to make a real run at the Heat? (Cut to every Chicago fan grimacing.) Anyway, I'm dropping Love to 20 only because that Bulls trade made too much damned sense. It just did.
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cyguytillidie said:
Need a shooter at the SG. Maybe a guy like OJ Mayo, Nick Young, or Corey Brewer.
Resign Belinelli as a solid back up. Maybe go get Korver again as well.
Just try to surround Rose with shooters basically.
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None of those guys excite me. Korver is a defensive liability and a streaky shooter on offense.
 
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