NBA Thread

[Reya Serra]

Especially with having one of the lowest player salary totals in the league. They need to resign Bledsoe though,

Yes, yes they do.  That was a good pickup for them and they need to keep him around.

[GM Franchise]

Yes, yes they do.  That was a good pickup for them and they need to keep him around.

I agree. They played their best basketball with him and Dragic as their backcourt combo.

[J-Reb]

Make your predictions:

East
Pacers vs. Hawks
Raptors vs. Nets
Bulls vs. Wizards
Heat vs. Bobcats

West
Spurs vs. Mavericks
Rockets vs. Blazers
Clippers vs. Warriors
Thunder vs. Grizzlies




I'm going with:

Pacers over Hawks in 5
Raptors over Nets in 7
Bulls over Wizards in 5
Heat over Bobcats in 5

Pacers over Raptors in 6
Bulls over Heat in 7

Bulls over Pacers in 6

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Spurs over Mavericks in 4
Rockets over Blazers in 6
Clippers over Warriors in 7
Thunder over Grizzlies in 5

Rockets over Spurs in 6
Thunder over Clippers in 6

Thunder over Rockets in 6

NBA Championship: Thunder over Bulls in 7

[GM Franchise]

Make your predictions:

Round 1 -

East
Pacers vs. Hawks - Pacers in 4
Raptors vs. Nets - Nets in 7
Bulls vs. Wizards - Bulls in 6
Heat vs. Bobcats - Heat in 7

West
Spurs vs. Mavericks - Spurs in 6
Rockets vs. Blazers - Rockets in 7
Clippers vs. Warriors - Clippers in 7
Thunder vs. Grizzlies - Thunder in 5

Round Two -
East
Pacers vs. Nets - Pacers in 5
Bulls vs. Heat - Heat in 6

West
Spurs vs. Rockets - Spurs in 6
Clippers vs. Thunder - Clippers in 7

Conference Finals -
East
Pacers vs. Heat - Pacers in 7

West
Spurs vs. Clippers - Clippers in 7

NBA Finals -
Pacers vs. Clippers - Clippers in 7

[Jon]

Make your predictions:

East
Pacers vs. Hawks - Pacers in 6
Raptors vs. Nets - Nets in 6
Bulls vs. Wizards - Bulls in 6
Heat vs. Bobcats - Heat in 4

Pacers vs. Nets - Nets in 7
Heat vs. Bulls - Heat in 6

Heat vs. Nets - Heat in 6

West
Spurs vs. Mavericks - Spurs in 5
Rockets vs. Blazers - Blazers in 7
Clippers vs. Warriors - Warriors in 7
Thunder vs. Grizzlies - Thunder in 6

Spurs vs. Blazers - Blazers in 7
Thunder vs. Warriors - Thunder in 6

Thunder vs. Blazers - Thunder in 6

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NBA Finals
Heat vs. Thunder - Thunder in 7

[Justin]

It doesnt matter because the Heat are going to win. I will put money on it.  As long as Stephenson and Westbrook are playing for the Pacers and Thunder neither team will win a championship.

Heat beat the Spurs in 5.

[The TeeJ of Philly]

If it's Pacers vs Thunder, Justin is going to be 100% wrong, not that he's not that already. Both teams are better with them, especially in the playoffs when defense is actually played.

[GM Franchise]

The Heat's time is over. New champions this year.

[Justin]

If it's Pacers vs Thunder, Justin is going to be 100% wrong, not that he's not that already. Both teams are better with them, especially in the playoffs when defense is actually played.

Westbrook and Stephenson are both the same type of player in the favt that when they are hot offensively all they see is the bucket and not their teammates. That selfish play turns into a critical mistake at the most inipportune time and will cost their team a game or two.

Bit if it is the Thunder and Pacers in the finals I will give you a $100 TJ.

[GM Franchise]

Clippers won by forty points last night. Pure domination after their game one loss.

[Gates]

The problem sometimes with the Clippers is that they can score a bunch of points, but they don't always play the best defense (from some of the game highlights I've seen through the season).

[GM Franchise]

They've gotten better about that this season with Doc at the helm.

[J-Reb]

They get lazy.  It's the same problem that holds back the Warriors.  There is no reason the Clippers shouldn't be a top flight defensive team, especially with DeAndre Jordon playing like he's played this season protecting the rim.  I thought they did a much better job of containing Klay Thompson on the pick-and-roll plays last night.

They are lucky Golden State is a mirror image of them.  I don't think Lee has played a lick of defense ever.  If he's scoring 20 a game, that's not an issue, but can't go 4-8 from the field and twiddle your thumbs on the other end of the court.  They need him to take the pressure off Curry.

It'll be interesting to see what happens as the series heads back to Oakland.

[GM Franchise]

It'll go six or seven games. Lee is horrible at defense. The guy is going to be overmatched in this series by the Clippers big guys for sure.

[Justin]

Blake Griffin doesn't play defense either.  It will go 7 and the Warriors will win.