NBA Season - now 24/25
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
i forgot the play-in was still a thing
God it sucks
Imagine the rest of the season if only the top 8 made post season? In the East the current 5-9 teams would have to put in all the rest of the season to make it, and would be looking over their shoulder at the Hawks coming home hard after that disastrous start. Instead all the top 10 can fuck around and aim more for match ups.
In the West you would have the Nuggets, T-Wolves and the two LA teams all having to push just to make it. Instead they are all in, and will be joined by the least shit of the rest.
The play-in was an okay idea to make up for a truncated season. In a full 82-game schedule it makes zero fucking sense.
The season is so fucking long. I don't watch anything until the playoffs now. Funnily enough, I might watch the play-in.
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The play-in does serve to lengthen the part of the season that has something on it. Tanking is an ever-increasing blight on the NBA, and NFL, so although I don't agree with the concept, it should motivate more teams to try for a little longer and that alone makes it worthwhile. Bit like the NFL wild card round. Or having an 8 team finals series in a 14 team rugby comp. Okay maybe not the latter which is still just thick.
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@shark said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
The play-in does serve to lengthen the part of the season that has something on it. Tanking is an ever-increasing blight on the NBA, and NFL, so although I don't agree with the concept, it should motivate more teams to try for a little longer and that alone makes it worthwhile. Bit like the NFL wild card round. Or having an 8 team finals series in a 14 team rugby comp. Okay maybe not the latter which is still just thick.
i get that argument. but essentially it's giving 6 teams a slight reason to try harder. And 8 teams a reason to try less.
Those 6 teams will all get bounced straight away as well.
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@mariner4life Why would a team which is going to qualify, try less and therefore heighten their chances of getting a higher seed? There is certainly some strategy late in the season around jockeying for match-ups, but I don't see a mid-range seed dropping games to get the top team happening very often.
And in terms of those lesser play-in teams getting bounced, yep, mostly they will but it's only a matter of time before one of them makes a deep run and then the perception will alter.
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Nah not buying it
And in the East for sure teams will look at match ups given how tight it all is.
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Marcus Morris is such a bitch. Goaded Jokic into striking him by giving him a cheap shot, now he does the Kurt Rambis on Ja
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@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
Jesus, the Kings can't NBA.
WTF was that trade?
Kings fans on social media just losing their shit. That franchise is fucked.
The Harden for Simmons trade rumour just won't die. I gave it about 0% chance of happening a week ago, suddenly I'm 50/50
If Brooklyn get the right package, then adding Simmons makes them a very dangerous team again.
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@canefan just on this
NBA fans: The modern game is so soft, little guys just drive when they want and nothing ever happens
also NBA fans: Morris just hit him for no reason! he should be shot!
Definite deliberate foul, not a great one either. But come on, i'm all for a bit jeopardy when you're driving at the hoop. If it was really bad Adams would have wrecked his shit.
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@canefan just on this
NBA fans: The modern game is so soft, little guys just drive when they want and nothing ever happens
also NBA fans: Morris just hit him for no reason! he should be shot!
Definite deliberate foul, not a great one either. But come on, i'm all for a bit jeopardy when you're driving at the hoop. If it was really bad Adams would have wrecked his shit.
Adams must have been on the bench?
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@canefan said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@canefan just on this
NBA fans: The modern game is so soft, little guys just drive when they want and nothing ever happens
also NBA fans: Morris just hit him for no reason! he should be shot!
Definite deliberate foul, not a great one either. But come on, i'm all for a bit jeopardy when you're driving at the hoop. If it was really bad Adams would have wrecked his shit.
Adams must have been on the bench?
nope, first person to pick him up
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@canefan said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@canefan just on this
NBA fans: The modern game is so soft, little guys just drive when they want and nothing ever happens
also NBA fans: Morris just hit him for no reason! he should be shot!
Definite deliberate foul, not a great one either. But come on, i'm all for a bit jeopardy when you're driving at the hoop. If it was really bad Adams would have wrecked his shit.
Adams must have been on the bench?
nope, first person to pick him up
To his credit he got up pretty quick. Unlike Morris when Jokic whacked him
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Marks isn't afraid to make a move...
The Nets have traded James Harden to the 76ers in a blockbuster deal that ends the former MVP's short-lived Big Three stint in Brooklyn and also signals a fresh start for Ben Simmons, sources tell ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Harden is on the move via trade for the second time in just over a year -- this time to Philadelphia, which will send Simmons, guard Seth Curry, center Andre Drummond and two first-round draft picks to Brooklyn, sources tell Wojnarowski.
The Sixers also acquired veteran forward Paul Millsap in the deal, according to Wojnarowski.
The Nets will receive the Sixers' 2022 first-round pick unprotected with a right to defer until 2023 and a 2027 first-round pick protected from draft slots 1-to-8, sources tell Wojnarowski. The 2027 pick would roll over to 2028 protected Nos. 1-to-8 again., and turns into two seconds and $2 million in 2029, according to Wojnarowski.
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fuck the Sixers got robbed!!!
Did they thing they were getting 2018 James Harden?
If Simmonds gets back up to speed quickly, i think the Nets just jumped to outright favourites. Seth Curry is actually a really fucking good player and will help the Nets hugely.
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I don't think the 76'ers were robbed at all. Morey knows exactly what he's getting with Harden, and Simmons was a zero for them anyway. Harden will be amazing with Embiid, and we have a gazillion pieces of evidence that says when you have a superstar in their prime, you do whatever you can to win now, because it ain't lasting.
Agree re Nets though, an engaged Simmons is perfect for them.
Genuine win/win trade.
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Torrey Craig transfers back to the Suns for the playoffs.
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@voodoo said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
I don't think the 76'ers were robbed at all. Morey knows exactly what he's getting with Harden, and Simmons was a zero for them anyway. Harden will be amazing with Embiid, and we have a gazillion pieces of evidence that says when you have a superstar in their prime, you do whatever you can to win now, because it ain't lasting.
Agree re Nets though, an engaged Simmons is perfect for them.
Genuine win/win trade.
upon reflection, yes, win win, both teams better
Biggest question mark is how does this affect Kyrie? Does it spur him to get a needle and play? Because that's a game changer.
