B-Ball

[roadwarrior]

I don't follow the NBA, but I am shocked to see Denver in the finals. 

CONGRATULATIONS Nugget fans!

 

   

 

                                                      

[flyfisher]

Jokic is the modern day Larry Bird and has the ability to make players around him better.  It is going to be interesting to see what happens if Miami wins tonight with both teams having a super long layoff before the finals as game 1 is scheduled for the 1st.

[TnRiver46]

Love watching the joker play. Jimmy butler and the Heat go for the sweep tonight 

[gim]

I was just going to comment about the joker.  Might win league MVP and playoff MVP.

[Dwight Hottle]

54 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I was just going to comment about the joker.  Might win league MVP and playoff MVP.

Depending on the outcome Jimmy Butler is a serious contender for the playoff MVP as well. Both players have carried their teams on their backs. 

[Bird]

Gonna be an interesting finals.

Heat caught fire in the playoffs knocking off Milwaukee and Boston tonight...... they took the hard road and exceeded.

 

Denver swept LeBron and I have them winning it all because of Miami's small line up against the Joker but Butler is willing this team.

 

[TnRiver46]

2 hours ago, gimruis said:

I was just going to comment about the joker.  Might win league MVP and playoff MVP.

They gave embid league MVP

[gim]

31 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

They gave embid league MVP

My bad.  Tells you how deeply I follow this.

[Choporoz]

3 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

I don't follow the NBA, but I am shocked to see Denver in the finals

Best regular season record in the West and arguably the best player in the league.... Miami could be a bit of a shock to many, though....certainly was a shock to Budenholzer and Mazzulla...one's looking for work and another is working on his resume

[Jar11591]

Jokic is a generational talent. He is absolutely masterful, a complete magician with the basketball. He really stepped up his defense on AD this series as well. That’s the only hole in his game. But his historic offense and play making ability more than make up for it. The Nuggets have a perfectly built team around the Joker. 

 

6 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

They gave embid league MVP

Because somebody left Jokic off their ballot completely. He got robbed. He should have easily won his 3rd in a row. Voter fatigue in the NBA is real. Dude is hard-to-believe good. Like Curry 6-7 years ago, it’s must-watch TV. 

7 hours ago, Dwight Hottle said:

Depending on the outcome Jimmy Butler is a serious contender for the playoff MVP as well. Both players have carried their teams on their backs. 

Jimmy Buckets has shown what a leader he is. Plays his best when it counts the most. 

[TnRiver46]

Honestly I’m just thrilled lebron is eliminated 

[flyfisher]

14 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Honestly I’m just thrilled lebron is eliminated 

I see this sentiment a lot and I cannot understand why unless it is some sort of personal reason.

 

Jokic is a beast and is capable of doing what is needed to win no matter what it is for each particular game.  His basketball IQ is off the charts.  Butler is having a run but the heat don't really have anyone that can match up with Jokic and he will go down on the block and if you double and they are even hitting 3s at an average level, they will take care of the heat.  The long lay off may play a factor but time will tell as I could see boston taking another game and forcing a game 6.  Part of me wants to see the first ever 3-0 lead vanish but I hate the celtics....

[TnRiver46]

7 minutes ago, flyfisher said:

I see this sentiment a lot and I cannot understand why unless it is some sort of personal reason.

 

Jokic is a beast and is capable of doing what is needed to win no matter what it is for each particular game.  His basketball IQ is off the charts.  Butler is having a run but the heat don't really have anyone that can match up with Jokic and he will go down on the block and if you double and they are even hitting 3s at an average level, they will take care of the heat.  The long lay off may play a factor but time will tell as I could see boston taking another game and forcing a game 6.  Part of me wants to see the first ever 3-0 lead vanish but I hate the celtics....

Iggles fan doesn’t understand disliking a sports figure….. never thought I’d see the day! 

[throttleplate]

To much flopping by lebron and a bunch of others. Then the new term they use for traveling now is called the european step.

[flyfisher]

On 5/24/2023 at 9:41 AM, TnRiver46 said:

Iggles fan doesn’t understand disliking a sports figure….. never thought I’d see the day! 

There aren't many players I don't like actually unless they directly impact my teams.  I guess that could be the case with Lebron though.

On 5/24/2023 at 10:09 AM, throttleplate said:

To much flopping by lebron and a bunch of others. Then the new term they use for traveling now is called the european step.

Flopping has been around forever and the euro step isn't anything but a slow two steps.  The travelling rules were changed a while ago and the real issue is the steps don't begin to count until the gather happens and that is highly open to interpretation.  

[Choporoz]

On 5/24/2023 at 6:33 AM, flyfisher said:

 Part of me wants to see the first ever 3-0 lead vanish but I hate the celtics....

Perfect

[flyfisher]

4 hours ago, Choporoz said:

Perfect

Gonna be interesting to see what happens.  Jokic is an animal and the whole team is well rested.  I don't buy the whole rusty thing either.  I'll take being rested and healthy any day of the week

 

[ironbjorn]

We gonna talk about how the great Michael Jordan cut Caleb Martin only for Martin to end up in Miami and lose the conference finals MVP by one vote to teammate Jimmy Butler?

[TnRiver46]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cptcr7qDA7-/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[flyfisher]

On 5/30/2023 at 9:45 PM, ironbjorn said:

We gonna talk about how the great Michael Jordan cut Caleb Martin only for Martin to end up in Miami and lose the conference finals MVP by one vote to teammate Jimmy Butler?

MJ was a great player but he sucks as a business/team owner.

[TnRiver46]

I wish I sucked as bad as MJ as a business owner 

[flyfisher]

3 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I wish I sucked as bad as MJ as a business owner 

He really isn't good at it all.  NBA franchises gain value by default and the time he has spent as owner of the hornets they have some of if not the worst valuation gains in the league.

Now if you meant having his money then sure but there are tons of people with better business acumen.  

 

[TnRiver46]

Sure beats crawling under houses and scraping by financially 

[flyfisher]

9 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Sure beats crawling under houses and scraping by financially 

yup and he got none of his money from his intelligence or his business skills but rather his physical gifts.

[ironbjorn]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

I wish I sucked as bad as MJ as a business owner 

Don't kid yourself, man. He made the vast majority of his money from his Nike deal, a deal he got because of his dominance on the court. The same dominance on the court opened positions for him and gave him the privilege of successfully sucking off the court.

 

You don't want to suck at business as much as Michael Jordan. What you really want is to make such a name for yourself that you can suck successfully.