NBA Playoffs 2023 Discussion

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  1. PurPle n GoLd 1

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    Not frauds just no depth ayton bout to be traded this off season for pieces/picks/body's also I'm banking on Dillon brooks signing there in the off season they need body's....... Some team will take a chance on ayton kinda like wiseman
     
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    yeah, but he came back a lot stronger than say, kobe did. now, he's had other injuries and durability concerns that are probably related, but his general production on both ends was actually pretty similar--his first full year in brooklyn looked a lot like his last full year in gs.

    anyway, no, i wouldn't bet on even a return to that level and probably further drop off, which isn't good when you just gave up the next few years' worth of assets for him.
     
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    sure, but...what's anyone offering. i think jsm posted that dallas was interested in ayton, but what are they offering? any s&t with kyrie hardcaps the suns at the apron and would also be pretty complicated to pull off.

    i just don't think ayton has a ton of value right now. even indy, who tried to sign him to that deal--do they trade turner for ayton right now? i'd guess not.
     
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    Warriors are near unanimous pick to advance. Pressure's off and it's an advantageous position to be in.

    In other news: Dillon Brooks has been cut.
     
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    Really looking forward to this series starting tonight. I have no idea who comes out of it but go Lakers!! Should be a great matchup.
     
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    lol. talk about a fall from grace for brooks. that's why you don't run your mouth if you can't back it up

    not that he was ever anything special to begin with
     
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    We gonna get swept.
     
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    Just finished the Denver/Suns sluggfest game. I can’t believe the refs actually let them play D without calling a million fouls. Much respect to them.
    I still don’t understand the chucker mentality plaguing this era of basketball. Denver shot 3-23 from behind the arc if you remove KCP’s 4-4 from there. Why not let success be your guide and try something else when the chuck’s aren’t falling?
    At least one guy on the floor, Booker, has actually worked hard on a mid range game so that he has something to go to when the threes are clanking.
    What a shocker that CP3 is injured again in a playoff series.
    KCP’s three threes in the fourth were huge and helped his team come from behind.
    Denver will take one of the next two in PHX and all but end the series.
     
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    We need to steal game 1. We’ve had an extra day of rest and Curry is coming off a high usage game.
     
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    :Laugh:
     
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    Damn, that was...

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    :Shaqlaughing 2:
     
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    At. This point I wouldn't care picks/players anything to get off him there's a ton of players smaller or. His size and actually play big ..... He just doesn't have the "IT" no killer mentality soft as charming. Cannot even box out for his size he should. Be a walking 24pts 14rebs 3blks just doesn't have the drive..... So anything is better then what he if bringing
     
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    1. i don't think he could do that even if he wanted to.
    2. given what you've said, who's trading for him? i mean, the mavs will give you bertans and THJ and a pick or something. is that enough?
     
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    Seriously man, Curry fans are INSUFFERABLE

     
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    They already stole game one. Smart play to let him sit and get him right for game 3. Because if he can't go, there's no reason to play another game in the series.
     
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    :clap: :D …. princess Steph smack.
     
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    l was told he had almost the Mamba mentality. Well maybe …. at a stretch …. but I guess not his level of pain tolerance and unstoppable will to be on the floor.
     
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    There will NEVER be another Mamba. That's why he is Mamba.

    Jimmy shows, however, traits that resemble Mamba like no other. He is the closest. But he ain't close
     
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