WarGalley Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 ESPN has an NBA bracket you can enter into for free. They've hidden the prize awards as far as I can tell but my friend says it's worth it (I think you can even win tickets to the finals). http://www.espn.com/nba/bracket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Tywin et al. said: I don't doubt Wemby at all, which should be clear by how I've been writing here that I can't wait to see him, but my entry point to the European leagues is that the top French one isn't much different than the modern G-League. K, this seems to be a lot more qualified than your original assertion, and I still don't really understand how it's a knock on Wemby. Is LNB around the competition level of G-League? Sure, sounds about right. ...And? Are you saying G-League's quality of competition is significantly worse than the NCAA? Because while there's a lot to criticize about G-League - namely there's a lack of exposure to its players and there tends to be inflated stats - I don't know much of anyone who would argue the competitive quality is worse than the NCAA. Are you? If so, I just fundamentally disagree. If not, then the criticism doesn't make much sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briantw Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 The refs absolutely gift the Raptors three free throws in a three point game on one of the worst calls I've ever seen and the dude misses two of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay B. Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Take that @DMC! Yeah, that call was ridiculous. Good thing Raptors were god awful from the ft line all game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingintheNorth4 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 What a comeback win. Give DeMar's daughter the game ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 25 minutes ago, Ramsay B. said: Take that @DMC! Heh. Stupid Bulls and their pointless winning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maithanet Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 If I were a Raptors fan, that free throw shooting would have had me up the wall. Such a painful way to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maithanet Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 The first round of the NBA playoffs usually only has a few series that are genuinely hard to pick, and this one is no exception. Win Easily Bucks, Celtics, Sixers, Nuggets An upset is possible, but there is a clear favorite Suns, Warriors, Cavaliers I don't know who to pick so I guess I'll take Lebron Lakers I haven't seen much of the Grizzlies this year, but signs indicate they have a more complete and deeper team than the Lakers. The real question is whether Lebron has moved from savvy veteran who consistently exposes young stars in the playoffs to washed up former star who looks slow and tired. I want to believe Lebron has one more year in him, so I'll take the GOHG*. * Greatest of his generation. Perhaps not as catchy as GOAT, but its a lot more meaningful of a comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 14, 2023 Author Share Posted April 14, 2023 14 hours ago, Maithanet said: Win Easily Bucks, Celtics, Sixers, Nuggets An upset is possible, but there is a clear favorite Suns, Warriors, Cavaliers I don't know who to pick so I guess I'll take Lebron Lakers Pretty much exactly how I see it. I think Warriors depends on how Wiggins comes back (he's confirmed for game 1 - likely 20-25 mins). He was so quietly dependable last year. If offered the chance to pick though, I'd take Sacramento to win it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 On 4/13/2023 at 4:51 PM, Maithanet said: The first round of the NBA playoffs usually only has a few series that are genuinely hard to pick, and this one is no exception. Win Easily Bucks, Celtics, Sixers, Nuggets An upset is possible, but there is a clear favorite Suns, Warriors, Cavaliers I don't know who to pick so I guess I'll take Lebron Lakers I haven't seen much of the Grizzlies this year, but signs indicate they have a more complete and deeper team than the Lakers. The real question is whether Lebron has moved from savvy veteran who consistently exposes young stars in the playoffs to washed up former star who looks slow and tired. I want to believe Lebron has one more year in him, so I'll take the GOHG*. * Greatest of his generation. Perhaps not as catchy as GOAT, but its a lot more meaningful of a comparison. Yeah, all the same picks as mine except that I simply cannot choose between Grizzlies and Lakers. The reason I would go Grizzlies is that despite missing Clarke and Adams, they have been on a superb run and look very convincing. They are younger and more athletic. I also think this is just a tough team that is resilient and hard to beat. Morant Bane, Brooks JJJ are 4 really good starters, and then they add 1 more guy and a good bench. Also, Morant is a special player. The reason I would go Lakers is because they have also been on a run and look much better since the trade deadline, because they have AD and LeBron, who will surely turn it on almost every game, they are a bigger team now that Adams is out and Vanderbilt plays for the Lakers; I like seeing Austin Reaves at work. Tough. I pick Lakers because I cant believe AD and LeBron let themselves be eliminated after all this work to reach the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Bulls-Heat has been crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 It was weird rooting for the Heat. Kissing your cousin weird. If your cousin was from Miami and kinda dirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay B. Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Typical Bulls at the end there. At least I won’t have to watch the Bucks sweep them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argonath Diver Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Agreed. I haven't disliked a Bulls roster this much in twenty years. I don't see any route to contention and wish they'd just admit this attempt was a total failure and attempt to salvage some assets from this garbage. Good riddance. Now I can root for Denver and Sacramento as my 'fun' teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 I mean, this is the nature of the seeding with the play-in games, but the Bulls-Raptors game seemed like the ultimate "we both REALLY need to blow up our teams" contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 16 minutes ago, DMC said: I mean, this is the nature of the seeding with the play-in games, but the Bulls-Raptors game seemed like the ultimate "we both REALLY need to blow up our teams" contest. Raptors needed to blow it all up the second Kawhi left. I feel bad for Bulls fans though. They were building something really nice and then Lonzo's possible career ending injury derailed everything. At least he got paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 1 minute ago, Tywin et al. said: Raptors needed to blow it all the second Kawhi left. I dunno they have a lot of interesting players at least comparable to the Bulls roster. They just don't really fit together is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 20 minutes ago, DMC said: I dunno they have a lot of interesting players at least comparable to the Bulls roster. They just don't really fit together is all. Agreed. My point was just that they should have sold high on a few players a year or two ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Damn SGA just got rocked in the face by Gobert. Nothing malicious, but ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Congrats to OKC for a hard fought game and an incredible season. They have the potential to get scary really soon and still have all those fucking picks and swaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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