The Official NBA Season Thread: NBA Cup Night

[lynchpin33]

Wonder on who's side this postgame interview is more awkward for: Kyrie or Wilbon, with the way he railed against him during the pandemic among other things? I see they took SAS completely off of the interview. That definitely wasn't going to work.

 

[HIM]

Who else had Dallas making it to the WCF in the bracket? Tried told y'all about Kidd

 

[B Sox]

OKC gotta blow it up. At what point do we stop giving them a pass? Presti gotta go

SGA and JDub don’t complement each other. Need to make a move.

 

[HIM]

They tore down and rebuilt in 2 yrs to a 1 seed while most teams are still tearing down. Have 32M cap space this offseason too with Gordon Hayward’s corpse expiring and a lottery pick next draft and over a dozen the next 7 yrs.

I'm trying to do something man. Leave me alone.

 

[datznasty]

Marc DagNalt needs to be tried for war crimes playing big JWill that many minutes in the 4th quarter

 

[datznasty]

Also water under the bridge but Kyrie travelled on that shot clock beating 3

 

[HIM]

SGA and JDub don’t complement each other. Need to make a move.

Canadian PG Coming up short yet again. Year 6 and 0 conference finals But he wears ridiculous clothes and brings his teammates into the p0stgame interview so he's cool. . Must be nice to get no criticism

 

[pmatic]

Who else had Dallas making it to the WCF in the bracket? Tried told y'all about Kidd

I did in the bracketology.

 

[B Sox]

Marc DagNalt needs to be tried for war crimes playing big JWill that many minutes in the 4th quarter

Yeah that was something. He was like “Giddey doesn’t work, Joe doesn’t work, this seems like a good opportunity to try out JWill”

 

[TimelessClassic]

NBA definitely weighed the pros and cons of the SGA foul in real-time during that review. They made the business decision to send Dallas through now

 

[dman14]

Clips won the trade?
they at least got to the WCF

 

[ny mavurs]

OKC gotta blow it up. At what point do we stop giving them a pass? Presti gotta go

They need to use all their trade assets immediately before Wemby and Ant get even more better

 

[antidope]

Win now rhetoric for the Thunder is crazy.

 

[picasso swerve]

Idk how people on social not seeing thats a foul on SGA. He hit his whole forearm after he hit the ball. So yall saying I can hit ball first then punch you in the face?

 

[Rootin4EverybodyBlack]

IMO, that was definitely a foul, he didn’t release the ball when SGA touched the ball and by the time he did, he hit his arm. It’s definitely a unique situation but I don’t know how else you call it.

 

[B Sox]

Idk how people on social not seeing thats a foul on SGA. He hit his whole forearm after he hit the ball. So yall saying I can hit ball first then punch you in the face.

Could see how it may be tough to call real time, but the replay makes it extremely obvious.

 

[Moheezy]

Dallas must feel real good about themselves for tanking last year and keeping that pick.

I remember the last teams that traded their 10th pick after drafting the exact player they needed for a bag of Chips that ended up turning into Tobias Harris.

 

[elpablo21]

The team with the football player lost so that's a W at least ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[toneboi76]

Who else had Dallas making it to the WCF in the bracket? Tried told y'all about Kidd

I did but I forgot to do a bracket

Could see the Mavs in the WCF or possibly the Finals. Luka + athletes surrounding him is scary

 

[dman14]

Idk how people on social not seeing thats a foul on SGA. He hit his whole forearm after he hit the ball. So yall saying I can hit ball first then punch you in the face?

not a punch, only if it is deemed "marginal" the problem is that nba refs are so inconsistent on how they apply the rules. i guess, they said that PJ never "lost" control of the ball, but i've seen that called before

 

[2163O1baller90]

Okc's experiment with their starting lineup this year is over. Either chet puts on weight or they're getting a traditional big man.

 

[picasso swerve]

Ive said it like 10 times, having Gafford and Lively just subbing each other out all game is HUGE. Such a luxury.

I dont even mind Kleber being out there a bit just to space it out when they need to. Is he done for the post season?

 

[moe200069]

Who else had Dallas making it to the WCF in the bracket? Tried told y'all about Kidd

Kyrie was a HoF before joining the mavs, but kidd might’ve been the perfect coach for him given his role. This series he looked like the best version of kidd — pushed the pace and got easy buckets for his teammates before looking to score

 

[elpablo21]

 

[picasso swerve]

not a punch, only if it is deemed "marginal" the problem is that nba refs are so inconsistent on how they apply the rules. i guess, they said that PJ never "lost" control of the ball, but i've seen that called before

I mean marginal seems more applied to hits to the body, body fouls in general. Usually when the defender touches the shooting arm its almost always a foul.