smackeddog wrote:Paul George and Kawhi have melo - stat levels of chemistry, I hope they get their act together and don't deny us a lakers/clips showdown
Yeah idk, they are really lacking mental toughness.
Which is weird as they have mentally tough guys on the roster. Quite a few of them tested for covid before the bubble didn't they? wonder if fatigue is an issue from that?
Could be, but mind you Denver had no rest going into this series and some of the stars have been missing for a bulk of season. I know Doc Rivers is a competent coach but given his history with blowing it in the playoffs, you have to wonder whether or not that’s affecting them. Also I’m not completely sold on Leonard as a leader
HofstraBBall@ 9/15/2020 9:35 PM
Meanwhile Miami wins game 1 in Eastern Final. Butler showing he is still elite as a finisher. Bam turns a tying Tatum dunk into a Sprite commercial. My PG FA pick puts up 29.
HofstraBBall@ 9/15/2020 9:50 PM
TPercy wrote:
smackeddog wrote:Paul George and Kawhi have melo - stat levels of chemistry, I hope they get their act together and don't deny us a lakers/clips showdown
Yeah idk, they are really lacking mental toughness.
Difference has been 3pt shooting.
George averaging over 8 3pt attempts a game and shooting it a 35% clip. Kawhi averaging close to 6 and shooting 33%. Lou Williams having a bad series. Shooting 23% from three. Only player on Clips shooting over 40% is our friend Morris(50%)
Meanwhile, Jokic and Murray close to 50% for the Nuggets.
Still have my money on Kawhi not allowing them to lose though.
TPercy@ 9/15/2020 10:31 PM
HofstraBBall wrote:
TPercy wrote:
smackeddog wrote:Paul George and Kawhi have melo - stat levels of chemistry, I hope they get their act together and don't deny us a lakers/clips showdown
Yeah idk, they are really lacking mental toughness.
Difference has been 3pt shooting.
George averaging over 8 3pt attempts a game and shooting it a 35% clip. Kawhi averaging close to 6 and shooting 33%. Lou Williams having a bad series. Shooting 23% from three. Only player on Clips shooting over 40% is our friend Morris(50%)
Meanwhile, Jokic and Murray close to 50% for the Nuggets.
Still have my money on Kawhi not allowing them to lose though.
Pretty crazy when shooting league average from 3( for the most part) is considered a negative
TPercy@ 9/15/2020 10:32 PM
HofstraBBall wrote:Meanwhile Miami wins game 1 in Eastern Final. Butler showing he is still elite as a finisher. Bam turns a tying Tatum dunk into a Sprite commercial. My PG FA pick puts up 29.
This Miami Boston series is gonna be really great. Some of the best consistent organized basketball I’ve seen.
Uptown@ 9/15/2020 11:29 PM
Lob Choke City....Gotta Love!!!!!!!
Uptown@ 9/15/2020 11:32 PM
3rd time Doc Rivers lost after being up 3-1
Uptown@ 9/15/2020 11:32 PM
Nuggets/Heat Final?
HofstraBBall@ 9/15/2020 11:34 PM
TPercy wrote:
HofstraBBall wrote:
TPercy wrote:
smackeddog wrote:Paul George and Kawhi have melo - stat levels of chemistry, I hope they get their act together and don't deny us a lakers/clips showdown
Yeah idk, they are really lacking mental toughness.
Difference has been 3pt shooting.
George averaging over 8 3pt attempts a game and shooting it a 35% clip. Kawhi averaging close to 6 and shooting 33%. Lou Williams having a bad series. Shooting 23% from three. Only player on Clips shooting over 40% is our friend Morris(50%)
Meanwhile, Jokic and Murray close to 50% for the Nuggets.
Still have my money on Kawhi not allowing them to lose though.
Pretty crazy when shooting league average from 3( for the most part) is considered a negative
Shocking. George, Kawhi, Morris, Williams 14 for 57. Murray incredible.
Uptown@ 9/15/2020 11:44 PM
HofstraBBall wrote:
TPercy wrote:
HofstraBBall wrote:
TPercy wrote:
smackeddog wrote:Paul George and Kawhi have melo - stat levels of chemistry, I hope they get their act together and don't deny us a lakers/clips showdown
Yeah idk, they are really lacking mental toughness.
Difference has been 3pt shooting.
George averaging over 8 3pt attempts a game and shooting it a 35% clip. Kawhi averaging close to 6 and shooting 33%. Lou Williams having a bad series. Shooting 23% from three. Only player on Clips shooting over 40% is our friend Morris(50%)
Meanwhile, Jokic and Murray close to 50% for the Nuggets.
Still have my money on Kawhi not allowing them to lose though.
Pretty crazy when shooting league average from 3( for the most part) is considered a negative
Shocking. George, Kawhi, Morris, Williams 14 for 57. Murray incredible.
I love it!!!! Can't stand Beverly and his fake bravado!! They got real chippy in the playoffs and were running their mouths way too much....
Uptown@ 9/15/2020 11:47 PM
Playoff P and Kawhi 10-38 in game 7
BigDaddyG@ 9/16/2020 12:59 AM
TripleThreat wrote:
Soul crushing play. I'm now rooting for a Miami/Lakers final.
Allanfan20@ 9/16/2020 1:37 AM
TripleThreat wrote:
Words cannot describe the craziness of that.
shinmen@ 9/16/2020 2:21 AM
The Boston/Nets trade all over again.
smackeddog@ 9/16/2020 2:35 AM
TripleThreat wrote:
Yikes! They’re going to regret that for a long, long time. This is why you don’t let players be the GM- Leonard sat down and decided who he wanted as his team mate and insisted the Clips trade for George or he wouldn’t sign. Now he might bounce too in a year. Plus they just don’t fit well together, they have no chemistry.
Happy for Nuggets fans, but really disappointed we didn’t get to see a Clips vs Lakers, Lebron vs Kawhi showdown.
I do think the nba should further restrict the number of first rounders you can trade (or at least how far into the future)- it’s not fair on future fans if their team has traded away their first rounders for years to come
TPercy@ 9/16/2020 2:43 AM
Bunch of sellers on the clippers team. They can talk chemistry all they want but they were all Straight doodoo
Chandler@ 9/16/2020 8:28 AM
hats off to Denver!
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Malone is highly underrated as a coach. they won the last series when he switched the starting lineup to insert more defense (gasp!! i thought the NBA was all about offense). Highest drafted pick is 7 -- anti-process. Instead they get guys who can play, and play together, and to their strengths. (and no their FO is not perfect; they traded away draft spots that yielded Donovan and Rudy) 180 degrees opposite of what we do. Our CS has found ways to zap the confidence out of just about everyone. Malone has his guys playing with confidence and never-quit attitude.
You could see the difference in the fourth quarter. Denver: rim was looking huge; Jamal was dropping them for 30+. Clips: Lou was missing layups
And there is a strange irony here. Triple always (rightfully) criticizes Lebron for playing the GM role. I love Kawhi (absolutely one of my favorite players) but his insistence on playing GM and wanting someone like P.George at any price will be painful for a long time and Ballmer knows it now if he didn't before.
Nalod@ 9/16/2020 9:39 AM
Don’t blame Leonard, Durant or Lebron, it’s on the team that enables it. Some players also sell themselves as recruiters. Sorry JROD, thats another Mooby jab. Nobody puts a gun to a teams head and makes them do this stuff. In some demented sense maybe we should be glad we drew the line with KP and Janis making demands and we refuted them. The morning after looks bad and Clippers hang that trade out and it looks even worse. Balmer wants his new arena and there was a window in the west they went all in and tried to climb thru. there are no great teams in the NBA right now!!!! GSW on hold due to injury and Kawhi leaving Toronto shifted the balance. Nobody really sticks out which gives lakers the window now. At ths point Lebron looks pretty damn pretty with where they sit.
KnickDanger@ 9/16/2020 9:56 AM
Lebron is the only player who can GM successfully. The rest so far are wannabes.
knicks1248@ 9/16/2020 10:40 AM
Chandler wrote:hats off to Denver!
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Malone is highly underrated as a coach. they won the last series when he switched the starting lineup to insert more defense (gasp!! i thought the NBA was all about offense). Highest drafted pick is 7 -- anti-process. Instead they get guys who can play, and play together, and to their strengths. (and no their FO is not perfect; they traded away draft spots that yielded Donovan and Rudy) 180 degrees opposite of what we do. Our CS has found ways to zap the confidence out of just about everyone. Malone has his guys playing with confidence and never-quit attitude.
You could see the difference in the fourth quarter. Denver: rim was looking huge; Jamal was dropping them for 30+. Clips: Lou was missing layups
And there is a strange irony here. Triple always (rightfully) criticizes Lebron for playing the GM role. I love Kawhi (absolutely one of my favorite players) but his insistence on playing GM and wanting someone like P.George at any price will be painful for a long time and Ballmer knows it now if he didn't before.
100% agree..kahwi and PG13 is (from the words of phil jackson) a clumsy fit like Amare and Melo.
Joker was the absolute key, his ability to pass, shoot from anywhere, and high IQ had the clippers a step slow. They PnR them to death..lol
martin@ 9/16/2020 12:37 PM
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