Regarding the Zion Situation: what can ya say w/o coming off like an a-hole? Why did she stay in contact w/him after the alleged first time? See? I already sound like I'm defending him, but I'm not. It's the problem that's baked into stories like this. The sober response, at this point, is to just read about this account and stay quiet. "Hmmmm..." Later: Zion has his side of the story: STFU and think, "Hmmmm..." Like 'at. That NBA players have enormous numbers of sexual opportunities: obvious. That NBA players have enormous bank accounts: obvious. That a lot - maybe most - NBA players haven't lived in the "real world" since their junior year in HS, when coaches and scouts started telling them they could "make it" in college and then the NBA: obvious. That most - or a lot - of NBA players are not exactly "well-rounded" individuals: I would think this is obvious. But then: compared to what? Some Joe Twelve-Pack with an office job or a fork lift dude? I don't know jack-jit do I?
Both teams should send flowers and thank you notes to Paulina George. Hell, we should send some as well
we're all rooting for the pacers, right? i mean, i know they're not going to win, but their style of play and team makeup is just much more enjoyable for me. they pass and move a lot, the thunder barely pass nor move. i'd rather spawn a bunch of pacer copycats than okc copycats, both from an aesthetic and from a team-building theory (pacers never tanked).
I'm constantly surprised when the playoffs roll out every year. First: all I care about is Lakers. Lakers. Lakers. Eff every other team. Who cares about them. Let's steamroll through everyone for the Larry. But, if they Lakers bow out, I say, I don't really care, but tend to not like some team or coach or a player or two that has me biased as I watch. Then I find I favor one team over another, and have to ask myself: Why? So first it's emotional, then intellectual. EX: I really disliked DEN 'cuz of Malone. Then he got canned and I found it was easier to root for the Joker and his team. None of this makes much sense, 'cuz it's emotional, mostly. And I've watched OKC all year. They scare me. They shouldn't have won 80 games so far. Why? They're too effing young. And my gawd, I don't know a lot about Daigneault but he's done a fantastic job. I think OKC moves the ball enough to win all those games. Sure, SGA scores 30 every damned game, but everyone can score (esp. the starter Jalen Williams), everyone hits the 3, everyone plays D, they're deep, they're fast, and play good fundamental ball. I'm jealous. And: I'm not crazy about the fans and their state. There. I said it. So: Indiana: not crazy about their state either. But as I watched them earlier this year - they were like MIN to me: these guys are WAY better on paper than they're playing. Why aren't they playing up to snuff? Guess I was wrong about them. But them both teams coalesced around the same time. I think MIN go outplayed by the juggernaut Thunder. (<----Juggernauts: good name for a topless bar?) I just realize how non-rational all my stuff is here: Timothy Chalamet? Come on...I do like Pacers ball. They live up to their name, and if OKC gets back after every made basket, they'll go a long way to shutting down IND. 'Cuz IND pushes the pace. But, like abeer, I am rooting for them in the Finals. But if you forced me to say how I think it's gonna go. (No one has.) I guess: OKC in 5. And I hope I'm wrong. The good news: I usually am wrong.
i think okc in five. both teams thrive on not turning it over, but okc does so by just...not passing. indy hasn't seen this kind of defensive speed, and it's going to disrupt them fundamentally. haliburton isn't luka in that he can't just get buckets all game long when things aren't clicking offensively, and those lulls will be the end of them. again, i hope i'm wrong, as iso-ball and tanking are both things i don't like.
im trying to care about teh nba finals, but i can care less. Shae is a fun player to watch but lol something about small market teams like this with no other star names involved makes it so disinteresting. At least for me
Wow! When OKC went up 15, I figured they'd push it to 25 or 30, like they usually do. IND had 20 turnovers in the 1st half, but a lot of it was OKC's swarming, tight D. If you catch the ball inside the arc for IND, pretty soon you have two guys on ya. OKC, up by 15 in the 4th, and I started skipping ahead on the DVR. What? With 5 mins left IND has cut it to 7? I decided to watch the rest of the game, and I confess I jumped off the couch when Haliburton hit the game-winner with 0.3 left on the clock. My gawd. SGA missed a mid-range step-back a few seconds before that that I would've put OKC up by 3 with 11 secs left. OKC led 94-79 w/9:42 left in the game. OKC opened the game 7-0 and led the entire way, seemingly coasting at times, until Tyrese hit that shot with 0.3 left in the game. I still expect OKC to win this series but that was yet another insane late-game comeback by IND. From the AP write-up after the game: Pacers' late game comebacks since the playoffs started: — April 29, Indiana trailed Milwaukee 118-111 with 34.6 seconds left in overtime. Haliburton scored with 1.4 seconds remaining and the Pacers won 119-118. — May 6, Indiana trailed Cleveland 119-112 with 48 seconds left and won 120-119. Haliburton got the game-winner with 1.1 seconds to play. — May 21, Indiana trailed New York 121-112 with 51.1 seconds left in regulation. Haliburton sent it to overtime on a jumper with no time on the clock; Indiana won 138-135. ----------------------------------------------------- I thought OKC's D was insanely good too. Wow! Maybe some of us should re-think the "Tyrese is overrated" bit? Just a thought.
It was the players (anonymously) that voted that who have to honestly be feeling pretty stooopid because of how he has played since …. especially in the playoffs.
