The Official NBA Season Thread: NBA Cup Night

Luka is hurt and Third Eye Kai ain’t enough to beat the Suns. But shouldn’t the Suns be heavy favorite there even without KD?

The pre-trade Suns MIGHT have been heavy favorites over the Mavs. The post-trade Suns without KD definitely aren’t heavy favorites over them.

They traded 2 of their top 4 guys for him.
 
Remember.

NT only makes excuses for Jokic. Booker going to have to stand 10 toes, hope he's ready.
 
Definitely an excuse for the suns, per AD.

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If the Suns lose, they lose, injuries are part of the game

I am not talking about people ignoring the injury to act like their predications of the Suns before the trade or injury are being validated
 
If the Suns have to potentially play a playoff series without Kevin Durant, there should be no nuance or context because Devin Booker talked some **** last week?

No there should be no nuance cause they didn't want that said when they beat the Lakers in the playoffs and AD was hurt.

The rabbits have the guns
 
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Again, the Mavs can’t stop anyone. Myrie my guy on the court but he’s good for at least two 6-21 shooting nights in the playoffs. Even without KD it should be a pick ‘em series.
 
Booker and the Suns were talking cash **** when everyone knows they wouldn’t lost if AD didn’t get hurt. I’m not trynna hear any of it.
CP3 had one arm. Missing AD obviously hurt but let’s not act like cam Payne didn’t have his way out there
 
CP3 had one arm. Missing AD obviously hurt but let’s not act like cam Payne didn’t have his way out there

KCP & Caruso were injured too.
Lakers won the chip the season before and were coming off the shortest offseason ever.

No excuses.
 
Again, the Mavs can’t stop anyone. Myrie my guy on the court but he’s good for at least two 6-21 shooting nights in the playoffs. Even without KD it should be a pick ‘em series.

In this scenario…it won’t be Smart, Brown, and Tatum….or Jrue Holiday on the floor.

It’s Associate Head Coach Chris Paul, Devin Booker, and Ish Wainright.

Kyrie is averaging 37 in that series.
 
In this scenario…it won’t be Smart, Brown, and Tatum….or Jrue Holiday on the floor.

It’s Associate Head Coach Chris Paul, Devin Booker, and Ish Wainright.

Kyrie is averaging 37 in that series.
The 2019 pacers had him bottled up. He should have is way over the course of the series but he’s not volume free throw shooter to offset the bad shooting nights. It’s just nature of who he is. Add to it the rest of the Mavs outside of Luka are dependent on open shots, it still an even series to me.

I could be wrong though
 
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