NBA Season - now 24/25
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Sources: Nike unlikely to extend Kyrie shoe deal
Kyrie Irving has a new edition of his shoe set to debut in the fall, but that is expected to be the final year of a lucrative signature series that he has had with Nike since 2014, sources told ESPN.
I am sure someone will give him a deal elsewhere. But it was inevitable that Kyrie's behaviour would eventually have commercial implications for him. Personally, I wouldn't offer him a long term deal for anything either. The guy is too irresponsible
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Well that was some rebounding performance by the Warriors. Beat the Grizz at their own game! Klay finally had a breakout shooting game too. They were a bit careless with the ball but their high risk, high reward ball is what they thrive on.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
The cream has risen to the top and we have the 8 best teams in the semis. Not just because of their records, but because they were just better.
Heat v Philly - with Embiid out indefinitely you would think Heat are home and hosed, but could this be Harden’s time. Like Boston, the Heat play very deep and are defensively very good. Heat in 5
Bucks v Boston - just mouthwatering what this series could throw up. Can Tatum and Brown trouble TGF and Holiday? Both teams have very good supporting casts. Boston in 7
Suns v Mavs - a bit of a wildcard. The Mavs 5 out offence will minimise the strengths of the Suns defensive game and Ayton’s shot blocking. Play zone and the Mavs have the shooters. Book looked well off 100% in game 6 so it will be interesting how he goes. Mavs in 7
Warriors v Memphis - the rebounding game of Memphis will really trouble the Warriors. But the Warriors do have a defensive game that will trouble Morant, Bane and Jackson. Klay getting back to his best could be massive for the Dubs. Warriors in 6
Bump 😎
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@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
As good defence on Book as I’ve seen this season. Suns were crowded and just turned it over time and again. CP3 looked tired.
Bullock hitting shots certainly helps the Mavs too.
Game 7 and the Mavs have the best player, Suns have the best team.
Cant see us getting up, but really pleased to see us compete so well. C’mon Luka!
Nah bro, keep the faith. I picked Mavs in 7 and still believe.
I’ve been a Mavs fan since 1992, I know many years of pain.
I like the way Luka is getting the Suns to pick their poison - the pieces around him can all catch and shoot and that’s what’s needed to offset his skills on the ball.
This is how teams should be built around LeBron, but they keep letting him play GM and mess it up
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@TeWaio said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
As good defence on Book as I’ve seen this season. Suns were crowded and just turned it over time and again. CP3 looked tired.
Bullock hitting shots certainly helps the Mavs too.
Game 7 and the Mavs have the best player, Suns have the best team.
Cant see us getting up, but really pleased to see us compete so well. C’mon Luka!
Nah bro, keep the faith. I picked Mavs in 7 and still believe.
I’ve been a Mavs fan since 1992, I know many years of pain.
I like the way Luka is getting the Suns to pick their poison - the pieces around him can all catch and shoot and that’s what’s needed to offset his skills on the ball.
This is how teams should be built around LeBron, but they keep letting him play GM and mess it up
Just because you are the best player doesn't mean you know how to build a team
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@TeWaio said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
As good defence on Book as I’ve seen this season. Suns were crowded and just turned it over time and again. CP3 looked tired.
Bullock hitting shots certainly helps the Mavs too.
Game 7 and the Mavs have the best player, Suns have the best team.
Cant see us getting up, but really pleased to see us compete so well. C’mon Luka!
Nah bro, keep the faith. I picked Mavs in 7 and still believe.
I’ve been a Mavs fan since 1992, I know many years of pain.
I like the way Luka is getting the Suns to pick their poison - the pieces around him can all catch and shoot and that’s what’s needed to offset his skills on the ball.
This is how teams should be built around LeBron, but they keep letting him play GM and mess it up
The irony is that when they went to the Lebron at centre lineup midway through this season the Lakers did try to play like that, but someone in front office said “Crap, we traded all our shooters”
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Celtics through, Bucks out
Really starting to lean towards the winner of the East will win the finals.
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
Celtics through, Bucks out
Really starting to lean towards the winner of the East will win the finals.
Better contributions from the supporting cast, 3pt shooting and without Middleton the spacing for the Celts defence was just easier.
Happy for Tatum, Brown and Coach Udoka.
Two very different styles in the Heat and Celtics coming up. Celts love the 3, Heat play outside in, using Bam and Butler inside.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
Celtics through, Bucks out
Really starting to lean towards the winner of the East will win the finals.
Better contributions from the supporting cast, 3pt shooting and without Middleton the spacing for the Celts defence was just easier.
Happy for Tatum, Brown and Coach Udoka.
Two very different styles in the Heat and Celtics coming up. Celts love the 3, Heat play outside in, using Bam and Butler inside.
both teams are very good defensively too
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A nice start here from the Mavs. Exploiting mismatches, playing it at their pace, forcing the Suns into tough shots, running them off the 3pt shot.
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This is some defensive effort from the Mavs. Crowding Book and CP3. Ayton is 7 foot but playing like he’s 5’10.
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Suns are going to have to play a 2nd half for the ages to get out of this one.
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Dinwiddie and Doncic putting on a clinic.
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Woohoo Luka with the pirouette 3pt shot
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Suns crowd booing at half time.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
Suns crowd booing at half time.
we'll they are getting fucking pumped at home in a G7 and they have scored less than 30 points in a half
I would boo as well.
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I'm watching the game but what's most amazing is the box score with no suns in double figures.
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The perimeter defence from the Mavs was superb. They crowded the key Suns players. Then add the shot making from Luka, Dinwiddie and Brunson (in the 2nd half) and the game was basically over by half way through the 2nd quarter.
Juicy matchup coming up with the Warriors. They will crowd the perimeter guys for the Warriors, but the Warriors are a better passing team than the Suns, so should be an intriguing series.
GP2 being out still is huge because he is a guy that can switch on to bigger players.
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Well that was a shit game, but a glorious result for a number of reasons.
- we get to watch Luka a bunch more times this year
- we can stop calling CP3 the point God now that he's 3 &. 5 in Game 7s including losing the last 4. He's also the first player to lose 5 series up 2-0. Did I mention that he's a whining cheating bitch too? Pretty Harden-esq apathy today.
- Crowder played like he's supposed to, which is absolute shit
Dinwiddie was immense today. Brunson good in the 2nd, but they did this in spite of him, the Suns were already broken by then.
Good times
