2025 Playoffs Chat & Chill Thread

[fishonjazz]

Well none of the teams left are constructed like that.

OKC has Hartenstein, MIN has Gobert, NYK has Robinson and all those 3 are main rotation guys averaging over 23 minutes. Even Indy has played multiple guys on their rotation that cant really shoot (Bryant and Bradley... and to lesser extent McConnell who no one guards on the perimeter).

Also NYK is VASTLY better when Robinson is on the court vs when he is off... so their "5 shooter" starting lineup is actually worse than their lineups with a non-shooting center.

Though Hartenstein cant shoot, he isn't a liability on offense. He is amazing with his floater. I think he is different than players like gobert and robinson fwiw.

 

[zags422]

Knicks play too much ISO and while Brunson is so so good in the paint and in traffic, he rarely seems to throw the opposing defense into chaos or have that extra gear to push tempo. The Pacers move so much better on offense then the knicks do as well. Coaching component IMO to the differences as well. Love the pacers constant screen game on offense and pressure on defense. Even with their smaller size they just wear teams down. Good model to follow

 

[The Midnight]

I looked at The Ringer top 100 Player Rankings, updated 4/15/25.

Haliburton was #19, Siakim #39, Turner #87

If they win the Finals, they will be the team with the least perceived talent (both high end and top 100 depth) to ever win IMO.

LOL

Turner at #87 is ridiculously low.

 

[fishonjazz]

Haliburton and Mitchell are on the same level.

To piggyback off this a little bit, the all nba 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams were recently announced.
Mitchell on the 1st team and haliburton on the 3rd team fwiw.

I think they are on the same level as well and if anyone is above the other then I think Mitchell would be on top. I know that take is probably an unpopular one on a jazz fanz site (for a reason I dont really understand jazz fans seem to dislike donovan) and the timing is poor as haliburton looks to be headed to the finals.