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Pistons fans chanting FLOPPER at Brunson lmao. 

24 minutes ago, DanteGabriel said:

Fair's fair, your guys got to coast over the corpse of the Heat.

At least Halliburton's old man won't be courtside any more.

It was fun to set the playoff record for point differential in a series tho.  Outscored the Heat by 122 points over four games, which feels borderline impossible. 

Just now, Manhole said:

You worried about the Pacers? I don't see the Cavs having much of a problem with them.

Not worried really but I like the matchup with both of these teams better.  The Knicks are gonna be worn down and can’t stop us on offense and the Pistons are coached by Bickerstaff who doesn’t know how to make adjustments. 

3 minutes ago, Relic said:

im of two minds. reptile brain wants to kill pistons before they kill us, cortex wants loss and a thibs firing,

 

either way, fuck the celtics 

Probably going to get the win.  I have very little faith in JB as a coach in the playoffs.  He doesn’t make adjustments and he’s bad offensively.  There’s a reason that the Cavs look like an entirely different team this year despite mostly having the exact same roster.  

Really wish the Cavs got the winner of this series instead of the Pacers.  

2 hours ago, Rhom said:

The frustrating part is the knowledge that even after the tariffs inevitably go away, the prices won't come back down.

Yeah, as someone who loves Scotch, most of the stuff I love went up 10-25 bucks a bottle during Trump’s first term when he initiated a trade war with the UK and the majority remained at those prices after the tariffs went away. 

1 hour ago, Relic said:

Stop it.

You in that much of a hurry to get gentleman swept by the Celtics? 

I think we can all agree, fuck the Lakers. 

Started Expedition 33 tonight.

I don't know what IT is, but this game has it.  Brilliant art design and great music.  I might hate the gameplay (the tutorials thus far have been godawful) but I will power through it because this game is intriguing as fuck.

Double post.

I don't have this game on but based on the score it seems like there's a non-zero chance the Rockets blow it.  They were up thirty when I first checked and it's under twenty now with too much time left.  

Just now, Manhole said:

 Ugly, from start to finish. Back to the drawing board. Here's to Friday.

We destroyed Heat Culture which I guess means we don't have to play until Sunday.  

Warriors randomly getting curb stomped tonight.  

I think what's being overlooked with the Bucks is that they really can't just take a rebuilding package because they don't own their first rounders for the next five years.  This isn't a team that can tank.  

4 hours ago, Maithanet said:

If Giannis wants out of Milwaukee because they offer no hope for a championship, I don't see how going to Brooklyn or Toronto makes any sense.  Those teams are more than one star away from being contenders.  

Houston or San Antonio on the other hand could very realistically offer a great trade package and still have plenty left to contend and make secondary moves to round out the roster.  Giannis + Wemby is just a preposterous teamup defensively. 

Yeah Brooklyn especially makes zero sense.  They’re in like year one of a rebuild.  

2 hours ago, Manhole said:

You have to understand I don't really have any dog in this fight outside of wanting to watch a good game. This series has delivered to that end, and I'd just as soon it not end too early.

I just want to see if Thibs plays his starters 48 minutes in a hypothetical game seven.  

On 4/27/2025 at 11:39 PM, Jace, Extat said:

Episode 3 was kinda up and down, I thought. Early on I thought the time skip was a mistake, that they shouldn't have done it and that the shrink is a fucking sociopath. But I got back on board during the middle, the town hall and Ellie's speech were really great. I even was surpised to be thinking that the shrink was making some good points about Ellie later, and I kinda came around on her and thought she's a pretty interesting character. And I liked that the mean old man helped get them out of town with supplies and a horse, I liked that a lot. But then the episode got too fast again, with them making it to Seattle in the same episode they left Jackson Hole and I was just shaking my head. 

So, mixed bag. 4.5 out of 10. It had some good moments but felt way rushed overall.

Can we talk about how the mean old guy played 4D chess to get two of the only lesbians out of the city?  And all it cost him was some sandwiches. 

Herro’s stat line is brutal.  4 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1-10 shooting, -44 in 31 minutes. 

And now the Browns sign Diontae Johnson.  I have no idea what the fuck they’re doing but it at least sounds like it might be entertaining.  Can we get this team on Hard Knocks? 

That game was a bell to bell ass whooping.  

3 minutes ago, Manhole said:

The Cavs driving the Heat to the airport hear in the first half. 72-33 Cavs at the break.

The game is in Miami.

8 minutes ago, Relic said:

imagine paying 200 bucks for one shitty seat to watch this...

After watching the Heat roll over in game three and lose by forty to a Cavs team without Garland and with Mitchell scoring just 13 points, I wouldn’t have wasted money on game four.  The Heat waived the white flag on Saturday.  Tonight is just a formality.  

Spoelstra looks like he’s aged ten years over the course of this first half.  

1 hour ago, Calibandar said:

Insane statement to say that Luka will never be that, and in fact also odd to say LeBron isnt a leader anymore.

It is pretty clear that this is already Luka's team, even though is newly integrated.

Was listening to the Bill Simmons podcast listing some options for Giannis:

1) Houston- can offer players and picks

2) Brooklyn- Can offer picks but thats it

3) OKC

4) Knicks ( maybe Towns-another starter and a pick but deemed unlikely)

5) Orlando ( Franz, another player and picks)

Strikes me that from that list Houston and OKC can offer by far the better package, but that is of course including OKC who may not be interested in it.

And Durant will be on the market as well.

P.S. I bet the Sixers would like to do over their offseason.

Why would he want to go to Brooklyn?  He can just stay in Milwaukee if he wants an early playoff exit every year.  

Going to be interesting to see what the market is for some of these supermax guys.  It’s a lot harder to make those kinds of trades under the new CBA.