Official 2016 NBA Playoffs Thread: Conference Finals: Warriors / Thunder | Cavs / Raptors

[bballkid11]

I think Stan out smarted himself just a little last game. When Love went 5 he kept in Andre. His natural instinct was to protect the rim and left love at 3 wide open 3 times in a row. He could of easily slid Stanley to 3 and Morris to 4 on LeBron. Tobias guarded love all game anyways so he could of at 5. But that's the playoffs for you. Adjustments will be made.

 

[nick.]

Brad Stevens hasn't won a playoff game.

 

[antidope]

Yall really going at the Celtics like this is some top calibur roster, no this is a top 5 coach in the league making that roster playoff viable.

Team is over achieving like crazy, lets stop the criticism

 

[dragicon]

So what's up with this Hawks team? They tried to trade away most of their team at the deadline. They started to get hot towards the end of the season. Now they are playing really well, and look like they can content in the east. I mean... What happened?

 

[617collector]

If someone ever says Boston is good, please ban them

they're mediocre at best.

Mediocre teams go on the road and beat OKC, Cavs, and GSW in 1 season all the time

But Bradley is out, you know that lock down defender, that player who averages 16pts on a "mediocre" team, , that player who finished 6th for defensive player of the year, yeah that guy

 

[MVP]

So what's up with this Hawks team? They tried to trade away most of their team at the deadline. They started to get hot towards the end of the season. Now they are playing really well, and look like they can content in the east. I mean... What happened?

Rest of the East is buns, they'll get swept by CLE again next round. 

 

[HOU$TON]

Yall really going at the Celtics like this is some top calibur roster, no this is a top 5 coach in the league making that roster playoff viable.

Team is over achieving like crazy, lets stop the criticism

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Brad Stevens hasn't won a playoff game.

Top 5 coach

 

[mjdalegend]

chuck emphasize he got no man boobs

 

[dragicon]

So what's up with this Hawks team? They tried to trade away most of their team at the deadline. They started to get hot towards the end of the season. Now they are playing really well, and look like they can content in the east. I mean... What happened?

Rest of the East is buns, they'll get swept by CLE again next round. 

I don't think they will get swept next round. I think they have a good chance to advance.

 

[bballkid11]

Cavs not sweeping Hawks. 6 game series.

 

[617collector]

Brad Stevens hasn't won a playoff game.

Top 5 coach

Nah not top 5 but Luke Walton is

 

[phar0]

Cavs not sweeping Hawks. 6 game series.

Didn't they sweep them last year 

 

[antidope]

Why is LMA playing man, NURSE THE FINGER

 

[Armada]

So what's up with this Hawks team? They tried to trade away most of their team at the deadline. They started to get hot towards the end of the season. Now they are playing really well, and look like they can content in the east. I mean... What happened?

Keeping the team together was the right decision to make and I think thats pretty much it. Even though we don't have a true "star player" I trust these guys to work together and play well enough to potentially compete with every team in the NBA outside of the Warriors, Cavs and Spurs. But on even given night who knows we could get a game or two and make it interesting.

Cavs not sweeping Hawks. 6 game series.

And yes although we got swept last season embarrassingly in the ECF

 I feel like if we run into the Cavs again we could take it to 6 or 7 but that could just be me hoping to never see what happened in that ECF again 

 

[MVP]

 
Didn't they sweep them last year 

Yea without Kyrie for all but one game and Love. That team had a record setting year and Carroll. This team is worse. 

 

[getback]

 
Yall really going at the Celtics like this is some top calibur roster, no this is a top 5 coach in the league making that roster playoff viable.

Team is over achieving like crazy, lets stop the criticism

 

[phar0]

 
Yea without Kyrie for all but one game and Love. That team had a record setting year and Carroll. This team is worse. 

welp thats a sweep again this year 

 

[getback]

The playoffs don't begin until you win on the other team's home court

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Nah not top 5 but Luke Walton is

Now you're talking

 

[dragicon]

Speaking of hot takes... Haralabob (sp?) was saying on Simmons' pod cast how the numbers and everything else show that the cavs are significantly better when kyrie is off the court, and delavadova (sp?) is on the court.... Thoughts?

 

[Quincy McCall]

They already quit the light-up 3 pt line?

 

[Lovetohate3000]

Top 5 coach

 

[antidope]

 
They already quit the light-up 3 pt line?

ESPN Feature only no?

 

[Mambalorian]

I never watch tv anymore but..

Did Lebron snatch the gig as the Kia guy away from Griffin?