2021-2022 NBA season

[Chris2K]

Middleton out for 2-3 weeks with an MCL sprain to hinder the Bucks, meanwhile Ben Simmons is aiming to be back for Game 4 to hinder the Nets.

[gunnar hendershow]

Simmons coming back now is absolutely hilarious. He gets a trip to Boston for his 2nd game of the season. They'll absolutely destroy him up there. Guy's biggest problem is mental weakness and he's walking right into the lion's den.

[Chris2K]

On the plus side for Simmons' mental health, if the Nets keep playing like they did in the fourth quarter of game 2 there won't be a game 5 in Boston for him to worry about.

[gunnar hendershow]

I shouldn't have discounted Dallas in the non-Luka games given how many good smaller guys they have. Same story for Utah every playoffs. A team kills them from the perimeter, they have to keep Gobert off the court since he can't guard the perimeter, and the talent isn't there to keep up. 

Epic collapse by Minnesota last night. Not really sure how that happened either.

Warriors are absolutely humming right now. Everything clicking at the right time. 

[Pooker]

Gobert can guard on the perimeter. But he can't guard the perimeter and the paint at the same time, and that's what we're expecting him to do. It's a joke that our coach has watched it happen the last couple of years and can't make any adjustments.

[Chris2K]

6 hours ago, damhausen said:

 

Epic collapse by Minnesota last night. Not really sure how that happened either.

 

Please forgive me correcting you, but it was two. Two epic collapses. I think it was complacency both times, we obviously have the offense to get the job done but our defence just decides that it's allowed to switch off for extended periods. I can't see past 4-1 Grizzlies for the series now.

[gunnar hendershow]

Ben Simmons plans to play Game 4. Must watch TV that game.

[The Buscher]

 

[Pooker]

Don't care if Mitchell only averages two passes a game to Gobert, they saved one of them for the perfect time today.

[Chris2K]

Ah KAT, it's nice of you to show up once every so often.

The Nets' decision not to play defence in the 4th quarter doesn't seem to be paying off.

[gunnar hendershow]

Quelle surprise

[Pooker]

At this point, I fully expect Ben Simmons to never play another game in the NBA.

[GhostMachine]

I hope he enjoys playing in The Big 3 next year.....

 

[Pooker]

Does Gary Payton still coach in the Big 3? If so, I want Simmons on his team.

[GhostMachine]

Yes, he does.

 

[Krabby]

Simmons getting absolutely roasted over this

[gunnar hendershow]

He's the most mentally weak athlete of all time. He had multiple years in Philly where people pointed out some holes in his game and he did nothing to fix them. Then that caught up with him since teams know how to defend him.

While he's a top 5 defensive player in the sport he's such a liability on offense you can't have him out there when you need his defense the most.

[Chris2K]

It's still a shame that he won't get the chance to become the first player to be knocked out of the play-offs in two consecutive games.

[gunnar hendershow]

Milwaukee and Philadelphia both were trying to avoid the first round matchup with the Nets. Boston wound up with the dreaded "Nets series" and just wiped the floor with them. Absolutely pathetic by Brooklyn.

[Pooker]

Absolutely pathetic showing by the Jazz last night. I'm not usually one to advocate for a coach to be fired (unless it's Doc Rivers), but Quin Snyder is still the Jazz coach next year, I'm going to be disappointed.