2015 NBA Playoff Thread

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firestorm said:
I don't live any where near jerry so he couldn't get near my body to do something unless he had a teleport device or the force.
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Ben is right. Alien Jerry (who happens to be under bad jerry's control) has a teleportation device. Watch your organs, firestorm. He's lost his damn mind and he needs to feed.
 
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apevol said:
Ben is right. Alien Jerry (who happens to be under bad jerry's control) has a teleportation device. Watch your organs, firestorm. He's lost his damn mind and he needs to feed.
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I'lll smash the predator if he attempts to kill me. With a black belt in taekwondo I'm a lethal weapon.
 
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As far as future playoff teams and potential championships, am I the only one who thinks a team like New Orleans should go after Cousins? Jordan/Griffin might be the most athletic front court in the league but Cousins/Davis would be the best. Both former Kentucky products and Cousins is from Alabama so he wouldn't be far from home. Despite being from Kentucky, Anthony Davis is really likeable. And despite Cousins probably being one of the bigger dicks in the league, he's one of the only players who is basically an a-hole that I don't hate him for it. Only because he's so good though. I feel like he's one of the best players in the league(and Davis is even better) and he dominates despite him playing with a bunch of crap. I think being back in the south and another Kentucky player like AD could make Cousins calm down a bit as he'd be happy destroying the competition with Davis. Jordan/Blake dominate and Blake being close to Jordan being one of the reasons they never ended up packaging Jordan, it makes me think New Orleans could be one team that could satisfy Cousins as I think he would love being with a former UK player like Davis and being back in the south. I've never been to Sacremento but it doesn't seem like a place I'd be unhappy in if I were making millions. Cousins might just be a southern kind of guy. I'd take Cousins/Davis/Holiday > CP3/Blake/Jordan. CP3 over Holiday being the only advantage if you flip it around. Holiday is still young though. Hey, Holiday played at UCLA and Paul used to play for NO, maybe they could swap(would never happen). CP3, AD and Cousins would be unbeatable though.
 
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Cousins and some sharpshooters and they would look like the mid 90's Rockets, maybe better.

I think the refs are gonna make it tough on the Grizz or the Bulls to win any more games.
 
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PowerT83 said:
Cousins and some sharpshooters and they would look like the mid 90's Rockets, maybe better.

I think the refs are gonna make it tough on the Grizz or the Bulls to win any more games.
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Idk what they'd have to give up, maybe Holiday. But they have Evans(already been in SAC, played for Cal in Mem) and Eric Gordon. Holiday would probably actually be the piece they have to give up to get Cousins. I'd still do it if I were them. Cousins and AD both destroy separately, they could own together. If Cousins cared about D, he could be elite. Davis by being the athletic pf/c he is that can shoot/drive, he's elite already. I think the Pelicans could put together a package for Cousins. I think if Cousins/Davis in NO could buy in, together they'd flat out romp.

And yeah, Warriors and Cavs would be preferred. The Cavs losing with Love to the Bulls wouldn't have surprised me. Losing without him, that actually makes sense. But yeah, it's Lebron so they'll push him. The Griz and Warriors though... I'd be surprised if refs let Griz take it. I'm surprised Warriors are even down 2-1. Mem getting by GS would be a surprise for sure.
 
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Definitely the biggest $ draw.

They've both drawn bad matchups(GS/Cavs), well the Bulls weren't a bad matchup until Love got hurt. Grizz are used to the whole world is against us mindset. The Bulls just have unbelievable droughts on offense at the most critical times.
 
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Nerd-Vol said:
Great fg % from Lebron last night.
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SO SALTY.

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TOP said:
Idk what they'd have to give up, maybe Holiday. But they have Evans(already been in SAC, played for Cal in Mem) and Eric Gordon. Holiday would probably actually be the piece they have to give up to get Cousins. I'd still do it if I were them. Cousins and AD both destroy separately, they could own together. If Cousins cared about D, he could be elite. Davis by being the athletic pf/c he is that can shoot/drive, he's elite already. I think the Pelicans could put together a package for Cousins. I think if Cousins/Davis in NO could buy in, together they'd flat out romp.

And yeah, Warriors and Cavs would be preferred. The Cavs losing with Love to the Bulls wouldn't have surprised me. Losing without him, that actually makes sense. But yeah, it's Lebron so they'll push him. The Griz and Warriors though... I'd be surprised if refs let Griz take it. I'm surprised Warriors are even down 2-1. Mem getting by GS would be a surprise for sure.
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I'd give up Gordon. They probably should have never matched the deal with the Suns. 15 million to never play a full season. He actually shoots it well though. I actually like Holiday a lot. Two tough seasons with injuries, but he was an allstar just a couple years ago. Still has a lot of good years in front of him.
 
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Hopefully we saw the last of the Hack A Jordan. Trying to come up with reasons why it doesn't work even when he misses a ton:

- Jordan gets to rest and then wreak havoc on D and glass
- No turnovers, long rebounds, etc. for Houston to turn into fast break. Totally reliant on half court offense.
- Clippers bench sucks. Starters can play longer minutes with hack a Jordan (hard to measure, since the starters came out of the game early)
- puts you in foul trouble

Any other cons to the strategy?
 
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n_huffhines said:
Hopefully we saw the last of the Hack A Jordan. Trying to come up with reasons why it doesn't work even when he misses a ton:

- Jordan gets to rest and then wreak havoc on D and glass
- No turnovers, long rebounds, etc. for Houston to turn into fast break. Totally reliant on half court offense.
- Clippers bench sucks. Starters can play longer minutes with hack a Jordan (hard to measure, since the starters came out of the game early)
- puts you in foul trouble

Any other cons to the strategy?
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Uhhh, it's a horrible product to watch as a fan? I think you pretty much covered why it's a bad strategy. Houston only outscored LA by 3 points using it.
 
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I honestly hardly noticed how much they were fouling Jordan. I gave my Mom a call during the first half, and I fastforward FTs, so I didn't even realize he shot 24 until I saw the halftime show. I can't imagine watching that in real time.
 
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