2016 NBA Playoff Thread

[slc]

Why is anybody talking about drafting another seven footer
It seems like small and quick is the future
Will Gobert even be able to play as the league evolves?
Not sure how a team should be built.

 

[gregbroncs]

Yeah, I just see no chance of a sweep.

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Still see no chance of a sweep? It could easily be argued that GS's best player has played dreadful and they still won games one and two by a record margin. It's sad that the 4th best team in the league makes the finals due to playing in a crappy conference.

 

[RJF]

Cavs are going to tie it up tonight.

Nailed it!

 

[Ignacio]

OKC and GS was cool

The rest have been horrible.

It's sad when 4 WC teams could've won the title.

GS, OKC, SA, and a healthy Clips.

Time for the league to dump this 8 WC and 8 EC teams. Just go with the top 16.

****ing this. This conference **** is stupid and has been all 2000s.

Grats to Golden State on proving me wrong. They proved themselves this year.

Curry is still an overrated stat padder twink.

 

[zbone]

I can really tell the difference that Lue makes. I'm so glad Blatt was fired... Could you imagine how bad these finals would be with Blatt?

Not sure if serious. Blatt made Cleveland look like they might win the Finals last year with a crippled squad. Now they look helpless with Blatt out.

 

[MT Steve]

What get's me upset is that we helped create this monster that is Golden State by taking bad contracts and opening up cap space for them.

When are we going to start making deals that benefit us?

That deal did benefit us. Where do you think the Rodney Hood pick came from?

 

[spycam1]

Still see no chance of a sweep? It could easily be argued that GS's best player has played dreadful and they still won games one and two by a record margin. It's sad that the 4th best team in the league makes the finals due to playing in a crappy conference.

I still think Cleveland wins a game at home. Sweeps in the Finals are so rare. Even when Miami lost to the Spurs by record setting margins, they still won a game.

Don't get me wrong though; Cavs have looked completely outmatched.

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[fishonjazz]

Don't care who wins but can we please get a close game unlike the other 100 playoff games that had to be turned off mid 3 quarter?

God Damn it.

 

[fishonjazz]

Well, im looking like an idiot.
It ain't over, but damn

 

[fishonjazz]

These playoffs as a totality have been a huge let down, some decent storylines maybe but overall these games have sucked.

Yep.

 

[spycam1]

GS' tenacity on defense and ball movement is just on another level.

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[fishonjazz]

OKC and GS was cool

Even that one was only good for a few games and featured multiple blowouts.

Time for the league to dump this 8 WC and 8 EC teams. Just go with the top 16.

This.
I have been saying it for years.
I think mlb and nfl should too. Put the best teams in and seed them as well as possible and see what happens.

 

[spycam1]

If they get rid of conferences for the playoff seedings, then they would also have to change the scheduling (making each team play each other the same amount of times instead of playing conference opponents more).

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[fishonjazz]

If they get rid of conferences for the playoff seedings, then they would also have to change the scheduling (making each team play each other the same amount of times instead of playing conference opponents more).

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Not necessarily.
They could just determine seeds as best as possible. Look at point differentials, east vs west, etc etc etc. There are a million stats these days. Let some stat nerds crunch some numbers (they love doing that ish) and come up with the 16 best teams and seed them accordingly.

I would be fine with that.

 

[MVP]

That's 7 straight wins vs Cavs for GSW if counting last season finals and this season regular season. Cavs have less and less confidence they can even win a game not even speaking about series. Total domination.

 

[spycam1]

Not necessarily.
They could just determine seeds as best as possible. Look at point differentials, east vs west, etc etc etc. There are a million stats these days. Let some stat nerds crunch some numbers (they love doing that ish) and come up with the 16 best teams and seed them accordingly.

I would be fine with that.

I would hate determining seeds by anything other then W-L record. Doing anything else never would have even crossed my mind.

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[fishonjazz]

I would hate determining seeds by anything other than W-L record. Doing anything else never would have even crossed my mind.

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Then it's impossible and we will continue to get finals mismatches and teams that might not deserve to be there.

I think the ncaa tourney works pretty well and doesn't go by win loss record. And I know it's Apple's to oranges but until you try something you never know whether you might like something.

 

[spycam1]

Then it's impossible and we will continue to get finals mismatches and teams that might not deserve to be there.

I think the ncaa tourney works pretty well and doesn't go by win loss record. And I know it's Apple's to oranges but until you try something you never know whether you might like something.

Why is it impossible? Right now each team essentially plays each conference foe 4 times and every opponent from the other conference 2 times; just change it so every team plays each other 3 times instead. Then you take the top 16 teams. Seems pretty simple.

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[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Why is anybody talking about drafting another seven footer
It seems like small and quick is the future
Will Gobert even be able to play as the league evolves?
Not sure how a team should be built.

Simple: everyone needs to be able to shoot, create their own shot, pass like a guard and switch on defense.

The way to beat GSW is to dominate the boards, score a ton in the paint and defend with a lot of length on the perimeter. OKC would have done it if they could have gotten more offense from their center position. One of the Warriors' losses came to the T'wolves when they simply couldn't stop KAT.

 

[fishonjazz]

Why is it impossible? Right now each team essentially plays each conference foe 4 times and every opponent from the other conference 2 times; just change it so every team plays each other 3 times instead. Then you take the top 16 teams. Seems pretty simple.

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Someone would bitch about extra travel or some ****