2023 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread

[MT Steve]

Bill Simmons might be right about Will Hardy being the real brain trust of last year's Boston coaching staff.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Maybe you can trade for Herro?

 

[Elizah Huge]

Bill Simmons might be right about Will Hardy being the real brain trust of last year's Boston coaching staff.

At least adjustment wise.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Maybe you can trade for Herro?

I would. Give them 16/28 and absorb his salary.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Like a third of Miami's playoff rotation would be considered unplayable if any other team had them.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Boston went out and got big name (relatively) role players to fill out their roster hoping they would put them over the top.

Miami unearthed undrafted rookies and trained them for years to be ready for this.

 

[Jingled]

I'll bet the league is really thrilled to get a Nuggets/Heat finals when they could've had Lakers/Celtics. I personally couldn't be happier that it worked out this way.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Spoelstra is one hell of a coach.

Spoelstra wasn’t doing this without Jimmy or LeBron.

I’m not bagging on Spo, he is top-tier. But Jimmy is the heart, soul, bones, and muscle of that team. Amazing what happens when you outwork everyone and fear nothing.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Al Horford is 36 now. I was wondering why he hasn't been making an impact.

 

[The Midnight]

What Miamis doing is nothin short of Amazing. I hope they win it all.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

I think what I'm learning/confirming from these playoffs is that when people paint broad strokes about players like, "that guy can't play in the playoffs", they are just blowing smoke.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Spoelstra wasn’t doing this without Jimmy or LeBron.

I’m not bagging on Spo, he is top-tier. But Jimmy is the heart, soul, bones, and muscle of that team. Amazing what happens when you outwork everyone and fear nothing.

I think it's pretty clear Pat Riley is the heart/soul/bones and the city of Miami is the carrot that allows the stick to work.

 

[Jingled]

Spoelstra wasn’t doing this without Jimmy or LeBron.

I’m not bagging on Spo, he is top-tier. But Jimmy is the heart, soul, bones, and muscle of that team. Amazing what happens when you outwork everyone and fear nothing.

For sure, you have to have top end talent to win in the playoffs. I'm still not sure there are many coaches that could've gotten this Heat roster to the finals while beating both the 1 and 2 seeds, especially without Herro.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I'll bet the league is really thrilled to get a Nuggets/Heat finals when they could've had Lakers/Celtics. I personally couldn't be happier that it worked out this way.

I hope this shuts up dumb conspiracy theorists. It was quite literally the worst combination that could have happened ratings wise since the semi-finals on.

 

[NUMBERICA]

I think it's pretty clear Pat Riley is the heart/soul/bones and the city of Miami is the carrot that allows the stick to work.

I don’t think Butler went there because he thinks Miami is tight. He went because they are arguably the best organization in the NBA. Ain’t nobody getting dissed here.

 

[Agent#00]

tatum and Brown have 12 and 14 pts while 2 bench players of heat have 19 and 18. this is absolute domination by the heat

 

[Elizah Huge]

Does Joe Mazzulla get fired?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I don’t think Butler went there because he thinks Miami is tight. He went because they are arguably the best organization in the NBA. Ain’t nobody getting dissed here.

Ehhhhhhhh. I'm sure it's both, but Miami being Miami definitely lets them be harder on their players. They dont have to coddle their stars. Playing in Miami is a privilege.

 

[Agent#00]

Does Joe Mazzulla get fired?

its a trend

 

[Elizah Huge]

I remember people clowning on myself and HH when we said we should take Duncan Robinson with an unprotected pick attached.