2015 NBA Playoffs Thread

Toronto in 5 (John wall exposed as fraud, one of the worst shooters in the league, Will get a lot of open shots due to sagging off, will shoot <40% in the series).

Spurs/Clips in 7, dno this series is super close. Spurs seem to have more hype, NBA will prob rig it so Spurs win. Esp since spurs / warriors WCF = $$$$$$$

Houston > Dallas in 5, Rondo exposed as worst shooter in the NBA. Blame loss on him.

Rest of series are not so interesting.

i think Toronto/Wash seems like the closest series, slightly leaning Toronto so i'll say Raptors in 7.

most looking forward to SA/LAC series. kind of feel like Spurs take it in 6 semi-comfortably though.

From a betting perspective, I don't really like any of the prices on the series lines

MIL at +500 to beat the Bulls seems reasonable I guess...

I was thinking the Grizz at -180 vs the Blazers was probably pretty good but I hesitated on betting it because of all the injury concerns with Grizz and thinking I was probably a bit too biased towards them in the first place. That line is now at MEM -230.

I guess I would also say Mavs at +220 vs the Rockets is decent. I don't know who the hell will guard Harden but I think you can kind of trust Carlisle to come up with a good game plan and way to beat the Rockets, plus DMO and Beverly being out really hurt Houston's chances I think.

My predictions:

West ~

1. GSW vs 8. NO - GSW sweeps

4. POR vs 5. MEM - MEM in 6

3. LAC vs 6. SA - SA in 7

2. HOU vs 7. DAL - DAL in 7

East ~

1. ATL vs 8. BKN - ATL sweeps

4. TOR vs 5. WAS - TOR in 6

3. CHI vs 6. MIL - CHI in 7

2. CLE vs 7. BOS - CLE in 5

^^ I dont see how MIL goes 7, they would be lucky to win 2, prob lose in 5. Chicago is 100% healthy, they are v v good when everyone is healthy, gibson / rose are huge for them

I think you overestimate lol carter williams, dude is awful, bulls gonna annihilate them in game one

man the nba was going to be this epic playoff when the season started then some guys got clipped with injuries. still going to be wherever LeBron is vs the playoff spurs for the final I think

Dallas is the toughest team to predict for me, seems like they could win in 6 or get swept. Parsons still questionable for game 1...he said he was hoping to get some minutes in during the last couple of regular season games and he never did. i'm assuming he'll play all the playoff games, just wondering if the knee is healing slower than expected. Ellis has been inconsistent and playing hurt, i think he'll be ok though. Rondo looked like he was going to be AIDS after the trade but lately he seems to be integrating into their offense a little better. Dirk isn't Dirk anymore, but there's always the hope he steps it up for the playoffs. Chandler looking great though, should be a good matchup fighting Dwight. just overall seems like a lot of variance in how that group could end up playing.

I think Spurs will win it all without too much of a problem.

portland over memphis

rest are tough to call (aside from the obvious monster favorites)

On April 18 2015 08:24 sniderstyle wrote: I think Spurs will win it all without too much of a problem.

Only one #4 and one #6 seed won a NBA championsip. 100% of other chamions were 3-1. Saying a 6 seed will easily win is a little bit of a stretch..

NBA Champions by seeding.

poor clippers. I think they would have gotten far. Dunno if they can beat spurs though

I just think Popovich really doesn't care too much about the regular season because it's too long and his guys are old. So he's wwilling to sit all hsi starters even when they are healthy. His whole goal was to keep his guys rested/healthy during the regular season...just squeeze into the playoffs and pick their ideal first round opponent. If they wanted the one seed they could have had it.

They are prime. They have a full team. Last year they won by almost 20 almost every game. They have teh same team. Kawhi Leonard is just getting better.

GSW is a mirage , IMo
Cleveland has a chance because of the Lebron factor

Spurs are the Godly Zen team

On April 18 2015 01:51 TalentedTom wrote: ^^ I dont see how MIL goes 7, they would be lucky to win 2, prob lose in 5. Chicago is 100% healthy, they are v v good when everyone is healthy, gibson / rose are huge for them

Yeah, you're probably right about that. The Bulls have just been so dysfunctional lately and Rose coming back might actually hurt them ironically. I mean ffs there have already been reports out that their coaching is starting to look for a new job. I guess I was just saying at +500 (edit: +600 now), seems like MIL could win enough for that price to be worth it

Dallas all the way!!!

On April 18 2015 08:51 RaiNKhAN wrote: portland over memphis rest are tough to call (aside from the obvious monster favorites)

you're outta control

lol @ john wall shooting the game winner

have fun losing 70% of th etime

cant believe i had a chance of losing that under. good god

Da truth tho

On April 18 2015 15:06 sniderstyle wrote: I just think Popovich really doesn't care too much about the regular season because it's too long and his guys are old. So he's wwilling to sit all hsi starters even when they are healthy. His whole goal was to keep his guys rested/healthy during the regular season...just squeeze into the playoffs and pick their ideal first round opponent. If they wanted the one seed they could have had it. They are prime. They have a full team. Last year they won by almost 20 almost every game. They have teh same team. Kawhi Leonard is just getting better. GSW is a mirage , IMo Cleveland has a chance because of the Lebron factor Spurs are the Godly Zen team

Vegas is already giving the Spurs credit for those things when they give them 4-1 odds to win the title (behind Warriors/Cavs but significantly ahead of everyone else), which i assume is the best odds a team without homecourt in the 1st round has ever had. it wouldn't be surprising if the Spurs won again this year, but they have a tougher road than last year - this year's Warriors are better than any team they faced in the west last year, and the Cavs are better than last year's Heat. there's also a legitimate chance Pop gets out-coached for the first time in his life. nobody is winning this year without much of a problem.

god just the sight of joey crawford sends me on tilt

If D Rose continues to look like that throughout the playoffs, there is no doubt in my mind they can beat the Cavs

That was so enjoyable to watch

Bulls staying healthy is like trying to win 4 flips in a row

It could happen.. but I wouldn't bet on it

shumpert's hair is so distracting

On April 19 2015 11:28 TalentedTom wrote: Bulls staying healthy is like trying to win 4 flips in a row It could happen.. but I wouldn't bet on it

hahahahaha









im bawling

first game of Spurs/Clips didn't disappoint, so pumped for this series. too bad Doc needs to run his starters into the ground to have a chance, CP3 gonna be on life support by the end of series.

Bought the clips to win the series at +160 and took them as a pick em in game 1. To me paul deandre and griffin are like 3 decent maxes with some dysfunctional kinda bad pieces around them but serviceable enough to all in all outskill/out talent spurs

i'm still kind of leaning Spurs, but it's def close and wouldn't be surprised at all to see Clippers take it. SA needs Parker to be playoff Parker and Green to get out of his slump. and maybe Splitter or Baynes to lay Griffin out a couple times :S

will be interesting to see what Pop has Leonard doing defensively next game.

On April 21 2015 07:18 bigredhoss wrote: i'm still kind of leaning Spurs, but it's def close and wouldn't be surprised at all to see Clippers take it. SA needs Parker to be playoff Parker and Green to get out of his slump. and maybe Splitter or Baynes to lay Griffin out a couple times :S will be interesting to see what Pop has Leonard doing defensively next game.

i really hope he puts him on Blake

anyone but banes. that guy is mozgov 2.0

Clippers starting 5 are among the best +- in the league (I think they are #1) they just have a terrible bench. If you watched game 1 this showed, once the clippers started sat down SA cut the 12 point lead in in like 3 min. Seems like
CP3 >>>> parker,
Blake > Duncan,
Deandre > any spurs big,
Leonard >>> anyone hes up against,
Reddick = Green.
Spurs bench >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Clippers bench.
If spurs can breakeven vs the clippers starting unit, they prob win the game a huge % of the time

CP3 is an animal, so under-rated. Playoff Cp3 is just ridicilous. That being said they cant beat GSW with their awful bench production. They would prob need to play their starters 42+ MPG.

i think they'll need 42+ mpg vs Spurs too. i know CP3 had slightly less in game 1 but a lot of things went right for the Clippers that game. Spurs shot poorly and just missed a bunch of shots they normally make. Blake and CP3 played about as well as they've ever played. i think they'll continue to play well, i'm just not sure they'll be quite that good every game of the series. Spurs don't really have a good answer for Blake, but it would be fun to watch Kawhi try like TimDawg mentioned. and Crawford was on fire, but he's mostly been inconsistent in the playoffs during his career.

kinda depends too on how Parker's ankle is after twisting it in game 1. i know he's old, but he definitely wasn't himself after that happened. which is kinda big since imo part of CP3's big game can be attributed to not having to expend as much energy guarding him (and defensively Spurs can just throw Parker on Redick/Barnes or something and have Kawhi worry about CP3 if they want).

thought pop did an awful job coaching game 1.

-i would run hack a deandre the entire time my team was in the bonus. patty mills, jeff ayres and matt bonnar? we gonna need all 6 of your fouls guys.
-parker is hobbling around and still played 29 minutes. would have had cory joseph in right away.
-having the said hobbled parker guard cp3 is silly. put kawhi or green on him. sure he might blow by them but he will have a lot more trouble doing what he did.

the clippers match up well vs the spurs. theres just no big who can stop blake. the only possibility is to maybe do something crazy like have splitter on deandre, kawhi on blake, duncan on barnes, cory joseph on redick and green on cp3

i would also be fouling blake hard the entire series until he is mentally taken out of it. have baynes tackle him a few times and hes gonna curl up into a ball and take mid range shots only.



its not like doc has many bench options, but id basically play cp3, blake, deandre, redick, barnes, 38 minutes each, play crawford 30, and find 12 minutes for a few scrubs to fill in while there are other starters out there. doc has no clue how to stagger rotations



all of that said, the spurs shot like total shit and were still somewhat in the game. think the series is still about a flip

as for other playoff stuff:

-memphis should be about -1500 vs portland. portland is close to stone dead, wants no part of grizz physicality and POR has the worst defensive backcourt ever. lillard and mccollum are like swiss cheese, beno udrih is lighting them up. LMA is amazing and completely matchup proof, but the man cant take 35 shots a game and carry your whole team
-GSW is gonna steamroll through the playoffs. took them at +200 to +220 before playoffs started. think theyre close to 50% to win it all

-its funny how some teams just own or match up extremely well with other teams. for instance GSW >>>>> MEM. but MEM >>>>> LAC. but GSW only slightly > LAC. and GSW > HOU, but SAS >>>>> HOU. really strange. will be some fun matchups in semis and finals.

-and nobody gives a shit about the east.

On April 21 2015 16:26 Daut wrote: -GSW is gonna steamroll through the playoffs. took them at +200 to +220 before playoffs started. think theyre close to 50% to win it all

was tempted to put a bet on Warriors at 11/5 or whatever the odds were to win it all after reading Nate's article about Vegas possibly underrating them, saying they should be closer to 50%: http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/is-vegas-underrating-the-warriors/

from what i've read though his track record in sports is much shakier than in politics, partly because he was one of the first smart people to use statistical analysis on elections, while there have been a lot of very smart people applying statistical analysis to the major sports for a long time before he came along, so i thought there was a decent chance Vegas was still sharper than him.

On April 22 2015 00:40 bigredhoss wrote: Show nested quote + On April 21 2015 16:26 Daut wrote: -GSW is gonna steamroll through the playoffs. took them at +200 to +220 before playoffs started. think theyre close to 50% to win it all was tempted to put a bet on Warriors at 11/5 or whatever the odds were to win it all after reading Nate's article about Vegas possibly underrating them, saying they should be closer to 50%: http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/is-vegas-underrating-the-warriors/ from what i've read though his track record in sports is much shakier than in politics, partly because he was one of the first smart people to use statistical analysis on elections, while there have been a lot of very smart people applying statistical analysis to the major sports for a long time before he came along, so i thought there was a decent chance Vegas was still sharper than him.

nate silvers only verifiable sharpness was during those election prop betting lines that he wrote about. other than that his sports betting picks have been str8 gutterball

yea i came to the same conclusion, was just saying my past thought process out loud i guess. part of me still thinks Warriors are underpriced (prob not nearly as much as his model suggests) but i'm not betting them so w/e.

fk u raptors, i quit

CURRY

WE ARE NOT WORTHY

brutal loss for Pels, not that they were going anywhere but still.

edit: fixed link

http://stats.inpredictable.com/nba/wpBox_live.php?gid=1539599

wow

i went to sleep after 3 quarters


*****

I hate these late night west coast games, I wish NBA would force them to start 8pm

^ West Coast > Rest of the world

CHEF CURRY WIT DA POT BOI

i guess when CP3 is acting like a bitch Spurs have no choice but to bitch-slap him

Good to see the Clippers losing again.

Senile Sterling says some racist shit in private to some whore who illegally records and leaks it and somehow is forced to sell his own property. Than Steve Balmer comes in and acts like a fucking lunatic all the time. Meanwhile, the team is still full of front-runners and an over-rated coach, just getting exposed by Popavich the boss and the good old Spurs.

Go Rockets, I think they have what it takes to beat the Spurs in a battle of who's gonna lose to the Warriors.

Warriors > Cleveland in 6.

amazing how good curry is when he plays 40+ mpg

On April 18 2015 17:49 Luna_Bluffgood wrote: Dallas all the way!!!

Gonn' be close now, 'spect

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Kinda hard to root for a player when he wears a skirt

still a better dresser than Westbrook

Damn, Houston rly needs to win Game 5 or it's gonna get ugly because Howard and Harden aren't exactly proven commodities under mounting pressure. Dirk and them on the other hand....

Howard is kinda proven, took the magic to the finals by himself. Harden has been known to dissapear in big moments.

On another note, Atlanta Frauds lose 2 in a row.

On April 25 2015 21:36 soberstone wrote: Good to see the Clippers losing again. Senile Sterling says some racist shit in private to some whore who illegally records and leaks it and somehow is forced to sell his own property. Than Steve Balmer comes in and acts like a fucking lunatic all the time. Meanwhile, the team is still full of front-runners and an over-rated coach, just getting exposed by Popavich the boss and the good old Spurs. Go Rockets, I think they have what it takes to beat the Spurs in a battle of who's gonna lose to the Warriors. Warriors > Cleveland in 6.

+1

Nice game from Portland tonight and Lillard.

Hope they go 7 for the dubs sake

could conley being out be what portland needs to pull this series out from down 0-3? I think so

no chance griz shoot this well in any of the future games

i wonder if the world is going to overrate Lillard for another year now after making that 4-point play on national TV.

griz just own the blazers hoss. in different west conf. matchups lillard would look super sik

well griz are a tough matchup for any PG (at least when Conley's healthy) so yeah i realize he's going to look worse vs them. he might look sick vs 80 year old Jason Terry or emo-Rondo, and he could play bad vs say, the Warriors, but still put up big #s because of the pace they play at.

i still think he's overrated though, he's kind of the face of their franchise despite Aldridge clearly being a better player. i mean for guards, he got more all-star votes than RWB/Thompson/Conley, to me that seems like he's overrated.

On April 28 2015 05:21 RaiNKhAN wrote: could conley being out be what portland needs to pull this series out from down 0-3? I think so no chance griz shoot this well in any of the future games

no chance imo

their backup PG play is pretty strong (Grizz) and Calathes did a solid job on Lillard; he just hit all the contested long 2's and 3's that he missed in the first 2 games. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see MEM win by 10+ at home next game

obviously Conley being out is a huge blow however and I have a really hard time seeing them having a chance vs GSW without him. from what I understand, the facial (orbital) fracture is not as terribly seroius as it sounds and he could in fact be ready game 1 in 2nd round (sounds insane, I know)

On April 28 2015 09:49 bigredhoss wrote: well griz are a tough matchup for any PG (at least when Conley's healthy) so yeah i realize he's going to look worse vs them. he might look sick vs 80 year old Jason Terry or emo-Rondo, and he could play bad vs say, the Warriors, but still put up big #s because of the pace they play at. i still think he's overrated though, he's kind of the face of their franchise despite Aldridge clearly being a better player. i mean for guards, he got more all-star votes than RWB/Thompson/Conley, to me that seems like he's overrated.

I'm also starting to buy into Lillard being overrated

He's extremely talented offensively but from what I've watched of him, he seems to have a Rudy Gay/Josh Smith-esqe shot selection. He also has really been exposed as a terrible defender this year, which was kind've hidden by awesome Wes Matthews was on the defensive side of the ball

what a brutal loss for Clippers tonight

so amazing to watch Tim Duncan just rip Blake Griffin's soul out on that final possession when he blocked him

yeah Blake looked so drained at the end there. was rooting for Clips to win though because i think it's our best chance to see a game 7.

I feel so bad for the clippers, it's too bad they have to go out first round (although from a fan prespective, this is the best first round series in a while), the NBA seeding system needs to be updated, Portland should not have been #4, the larger the league gets the less divisions matter, get rid of that prehistoric crap.

It's kinda funny to see the rotations ; Minutes played. Doc has his son and an overweight washout coming off the becch vs the world champs
Clips starters are just to worn out at the end due to their awful bench

Doc's son is terrible

Big Baby is more deserving of being in the league than him (and that's saying A LOT)

glen big baby doofus LOL. crowd went so wild when he made a fade away jumper and then on the other end of the court grabbed a board LOL

On April 29 2015 22:28 RaiNKhAN wrote: glen big baby doofus LOL. crowd went so wild when he made a fade away jumper and then on the other end of the court grabbed a board LOL

that alone is super impressive for a guy that is 350lbs+ and gaining probably an extra pound per day

Grizz gonna hulk smash tonight btw

I've got a small bet on them @ -5.5

On April 30 2015 01:41 TimDawg wrote: Grizz gonna hulk smash tonight btw I've got a small bet on them @ -5.5

covered by 0.5

i'm a genius

i think cavs r done, love out 4-6 months

They can prob still win the east, but have no chance vs whoever comes out of the west

haralabob on simmons latest podcast if anyone's interested: http://espn.go.com/espnradio/grantland/player?id=12787813

I have no idea what Washington vs Atlanta will be like
Without Conley GSW may sweep Memphis
Clippers > Houston (yes)
Cleveland > Chicago in 6, gonna be a MASSIVE series for Kyrie, the bulls point guards cant defend. They made MCW look like a star

Atlanta will murder Washington.

Parker should just sit this one out and go watch Pacquiao/Mayweather, Spurs probably better off.

holy shit what a game, happy for CP3.

CP3 is a beast, ridic last play. Real winner was the GSW, now they have no contest

wow glen davis went 3/5 from the field

the world is coming to an end

On April 18 2015 13:45 [GiTM]-Ace wrote: poor clippers. I think they would have gotten far. Dunno if they can beat spurs though

Well Guess they could! I think they win it now

looking at the series prices i'm a little surprised Houston is a bigger favorite over LAC than Cleveland is over Chicago.

Houston matches up with Blake on defense better than the Spurs do. Also, there could be something to be said about the mental drain that kind of series (seemed like it was a 1 or 2 possession game for like 3/4th of the entire minutes played) has on a team. That kind of armchair psychology could go both ways though I guess and the narrative could be that it only made them stronger since they finally toppled the Spurs who CP3 and Blake have openly made their goal to beat.

I like Chicago's chances in the Cleveland series. Cleveland's roster/bigs can't handle Pau if he's playing well. And Rose will have his chances since Lebron will be pretty busy with Butler even if Lebron will always get his on the offensive end. Bottle up Kyrie from blowing up a cpl 30+ pt games and Lebron's face might contort back into some of those last Cleveland stint woe-is-me faces.

oh i definitely agree with all your points, i was still a little surprised at the odds though. well maybe less surprised now that it seems CP3 probably won't play game 1 (i think he's listed as questionable, but the line movement for game 1 seems to indicate he's unlikely to play).

i was actually hoping to bet on Chicago to win the series vs Cleveland, but i expected to be able to get better than +180 (Bovada), don't think there's any value at that price.

Well, I just came on to eat crow about the Clippers. They got it done.

I hope Houston beats'em and think they will, but it'll probably go 6 or 7.

Parlaying the favorites tonight (Cleveland, Houston) to win SU. Probably bad bet but it makes it fun :D

lol @ austin rivers starting in a playoff game


lol clippers

gl

austin rivers might drop 70 tonight

glen big baby doofus sighting possible as well

Rockets playing like dogshit keeping them in it. But yah Rivers is bad.

Well fuck me

Hit big on a prop. Griffin over 24.5 points. Bricked him over 33.5 at +650 tho.


I got warriors at 20:1 to win the championship before the season started. Can't wait till that comes in

Shaq was my favorite athlete growing up, over the past few years it's really been kind of disheartening to learn he's a complete fucking idiot.

dat starting lineup. It's pretty friggin obvious that doc is playing his son because... hes his son. Austin should not be in NBA, despite playing with a low level d-leaguer clippers still won.. Blake is a beast.

If they keep allowng josh smith to shoot 3's, this series is not gonna go well. I didn't think clippers had a chance w/o Paul, blake just put the team on his back and lebronned them to the win.

Kind of incredible that a team of 6 people has got this far.

On May 05 2015 05:05 bigredhoss wrote: Shaq was my favorite athlete growing up, over the past few years it's really been kind of disheartening to learn he's a complete fucking idiot.

This is really a shock? At least Shaq can be entertaining in spots. Guy I could do without ever hearing talk again is Kenny Smith. That guy would be the biggest race baiter if they kept allowing him to talk about non-basketball stuff. Could be debatable if that's better anyways since his basketball analysis is terrible

Blake was pretty amazing. There were some pretty funny moments where Austin Rivers, the point guard...if you can call him that...gave up the ball like a hot potato to Blake to facilitate the play. And yet anyone rooting at all for the Clippers must've cheered when they saw the PG give up the ball to the PF at the reset of a play then run away from the ball.

Also bit of a reflection of a team led by Harden, Howard, and Josh Smith. That team had a ton of time to rest and be prepared yet came out and played like it was game 5 of the regular season against the Knicks or something.

On May 05 2015 19:08 iakim322 wrote: Show nested quote + On May 05 2015 05:05 bigredhoss wrote: Shaq was my favorite athlete growing up, over the past few years it's really been kind of disheartening to learn he's a complete fucking idiot. This is really a shock? At least Shaq can be entertaining in spots. Guy I could do without ever hearing talk again is Kenny Smith. That guy would be the biggest race baiter if they kept allowing him to talk about non-basketball stuff. Could be debatable if that's better anyways since his basketball analysis is terrible

i mean, i was 6-7 or something when i became a fan and my 'ideal' of him began, sports media was way different then and i just watched games/sportscenter highlights, his level of intelligence was not something i even thought about.

they're all terrible in terms of basketball analysis but they can still be enjoyable to watch. i mean they all agreed that the Cavs need to start Kendrick Perkins against the Bulls, lol. i don't know what the race-baiting thing is referring to, but Kenny is easily the smartest out of him/Shaq/Chuck and if it were somehow realistic i would bet unlimited dollars on him in an IQ test vs the other two (no that's not saying much). chemistry between Chuck and Kenny is what makes the show (and Ernie).

On May 05 2015 19:08 iakim322 wrote: Show nested quote + On May 05 2015 05:05 bigredhoss wrote: Shaq was my favorite athlete growing up, over the past few years it's really been kind of disheartening to learn he's a complete fucking idiot. This is really a shock? At least Shaq can be entertaining in spots. Guy I could do without ever hearing talk again is Kenny Smith. That guy would be the biggest race baiter if they kept allowing him to talk about non-basketball stuff. Could be debatable if that's better anyways since his basketball analysis is terrible

Fully agree.

Chuck says dumb things here and there as we all would as a result of speaking his mind without a political-correct filter on all the time, and isn't the most eloquent guy, but he is actually very wise and knowledgeable. On the other side of the coin, Kenny is more articulate but thinks he's much smarter than he is and is actually just your average media member drinking the race-problem koolade and contributing to a mentality of victimization and lack of personal responsibility that badly damages the black community in this country. Kenny Smith's socio-political talk is just a microcosm of the deep-rooted nonsense that we have going on as this ludicrous national dialogue narrative that makes it seem like we are still in the 50's pervades the daily news. His open letter to Chuck when the whole Ferguson bullshit was happening was absolutely disgraceful. Not to hi-jack and make this a political thread but I just want to fully co-sign what you are saying.

This coming from a Rocket's fan who owes 2 championships in small part to Kenny Smith.

GL with that garbage reality show you are putting out Kenny, I think you are about 5 years too late with that trash.

i didn't even know any of them had commented on Ferguson or politics lol

On May 05 2015 22:42 bigredhoss wrote: i didn't even know any of them had commented on Ferguson or politics lol

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/12/kenny...arkley-ferguson-open-letter-exclusive

shaqs first year on TNT was so terrible. his spin off on shaqtin a fool saved him entirely. if anyone here knows what im talking about then you specifically remember countless awkward moments when he says something to be funny and everyone is silent, but when shaqtin a fool came on he was more in his element and would just laugh very loud at every single goof play and eventually he fit in the show.

i still remember his job being on thin ice during those times. its actually incredible that shaqtin a fool saved him cuz now since 2 years have passed u can see hes changed it up to where hes starting to give some analysis and fit in a bit. but still there are lots of awkward terrible moments where even ernie is urging him to stfu

yeah agree he's gotten a bit better with shaqtin a fool, still lots of awkwardness.

Conley playing tonight!

Let's go Grizz!!

CONLEY~!~! OHHHHHHHH YEAAAA

damn, did not see that one coming. grizz fighting~!

pretty close to a nut low game for the warriors in every way

they gonna crush game 3

i watched the whole warriors game yesterday just to see them lose T_T

On May 05 2015 05:02 traxamillion wrote: I got warriors at 20:1 to win the championship before the season started. Can't wait till that comes in

OH YEAH?!

MUUUUHUUUUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Did my parlaying of Cavs/Rockets again tonight to throw away some more money. Off to a better start.

best part of game is the farmersonly.com commercials

edit: and Blake Griffin is good at basketball

Griffin just shitting on Harden's ego so hard.

Harden is shitting on his own ego, Howard playing well


griffin playing out of his mind this playoffs. Chris paul should just until westen conference finals, then blake can tag him back in

Wow. Someone. GIF what just happened to Shaq immediately please. I will get on the search. Wow. I died.

take back everything i said about shaq, watching him fall down was A+ lol

On May 07 2015 02:48 TalentedTom wrote: Harden is shitting on his own ego, Howard playing well

taco bell karma

On May 07 2015 02:48 TalentedTom wrote: Harden is shitting on his own ego, Howard playing well griffin playing out of his mind this playoffs. Chris paul should just until westen conference finals, then blake can tag him back in

It pains me to agree so whole-hardheartedly. This is so painful as such a big Rocket fan and Clipper hater. But I don't respect what my guys are doing here. I spoke of Harden's history of not showing up, I think 'Lebron vs the Mavericks' Harden is showing up big time here.

On May 07 2015 02:59 bigredhoss wrote: Show nested quote + On May 07 2015 02:48 TalentedTom wrote: Harden is shitting on his own ego, Howard playing well taco bell karma

Harden is a playoff defector.

On May 07 2015 02:56 bigredhoss wrote: take back everything i said about shaq, watching him fall down was A+ lol

yeah thats his ace in the sleeve. always gets me too ahahah

Well Harden going to the bench sure turned this game around. Maybe he can come up big in the 4th. Huge energy from Rockets bench.

I find myself cheering for the clippers, that starting lineup has to work sooo hard. Kinda have to root for them.

If houston somehow wins the title this season, i prob quit watching NBA

Griffin and Clippers gassing hard. Rockets got this. Thank God.

I give Rocket's management such props though we always find these little Prigioni's who are just amazing role players. We got injuries too. Nothing like cp3. But this Clippers team has been incompetently been put together if they are really this shallow with only cp3 hurt.

Edit: Or Doc is mismanaging the use of his depth. Dunno which, but I haven't seen a bench as bad as the Clippers in quite some time.

54 free throws ahahahhahahahahahhahahah

Basically both teams exposing why neither are championship calibur.

austin rivers u are the worst player ive ever seen. glen davis take a walk, this kid is worse than u

all the lols @ austin rivers

atrocious call on Rose instead of James

^^ disagree

I hate this setting a pick and falling down bullshit

The varience in calls on those types of plays are also very inconsistent, almost like they are randomly flipping a coin

i may have vested interests in that being called a charge

looked like a charge in real-time anyway

Both teams spending so much energy on defense and rebounding, they don't like they have their legs under'em for shots

lol that was fucking awesome =D

Damn Rose gg.

Rockets and Clippers game gon' be a good one I hope. Howard being a beast early to counter Griffin's savagery.

Austin Rivers wtf is this real life

Anyone taking Memphis +4 1/2 today or is that a Vegas trap?

not betting on the games tonight (aside from DFS) but you can get +5 on Grizz at Bovada and Heritage right now.

Wow this Atlanta potential comeback is pretty nutty.

yeah that was crazy, seems like a miracle Korver missed that 3.

Marc Gasol. Best Gasol.

wtf @ warriors, they seem reluctant to shoot 3's

yeah because Allen is wrecking their shit

refs trying to bring warriors back into the game, 11 foul calls in 8 min

refs fighting

I know it's a must-win for the Cavs but that 3 free points for the Bulls at home looks very enticing.

On May 10 2015 01:19 TalentedTom wrote: wtf @ warriors, they seem reluctant to shoot 3's

that would be because Tony Allen has been feasting on Steph Curry and Klay Thompsons' souls

it's pretty fun to see Rose using his athletic talent again.

Sick last 20 sec of bulls cavs, really akward calls
D-Rose seems to be having an easy time getting to the rim vs the cleveland guards whenever he wants, good thing he settles for jumpers a lot, wont work on the road

Lebron!

On May 10 2015 22:15 soberstone wrote: LeGoat!

fixed

what a retarded game, go see a shrink Deandre.

Deandre gonna shoot 50+ FT's omfg!

how are you a professional basketball player and shoot 10-28 free throws

I can take a year off and still shoot better then that

I sometimes wonder if some of these guys are born mentally retarded but physically they are lottery winners

On May 05 2015 05:05 bigredhoss wrote: Shaq was my favorite athlete growing up, over the past few years it's really been kind of disheartening to learn he's a complete fucking idiot.

Dare we go with Memphis +4 yet again? Am starting to feel like we've extracted max value out of the Grizzlies and now Steph Curry's gonna start to take it all back.