The 2022 NBA Play-In Tournament + Playoffs Thread

[Dback Jon]

Raise your hand here if you ever tried to help yourself up by pulling on someone else’s shorts . . .

In a manner, yes

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Lol. Okay. Your warriors bias is shining through in giant opening night premier lights.

Not really… Boston hit him with triple screens and he has to fight through them and clearly Boston was doing it because they know he had one tech amready, so when another team hit you with psychicality you have to meet it with physicality.

The rest of my comment is merely an observation of any NBA game. The teams and / or players who adjust their game to the way a crew is calling are the ones who typically succeed.

Green would be wise to gauge the next crew because they may be look g to eject him. Coversely, Boston would be wise to do the same if they are clearly targeting Green.

The game within the game…

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

In a manner, yes

Basketball, I’m talking basketball! Lol.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

For Williams pressing his body against green? Something green (and frankly every great defender) does on every single play? Uh no. It was 100% histrionics by green. That laying your body on someone is something every single defender did on Chris Paul before every possession in every game in the playoffs. It’s obviously legal. The flailing by green isn’t.

They were equally hand fighting and jawing at each other.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Raise your hand here if you ever tried to help yourself up by pulling on someone else’s shorts . . .

I think it’s pretty clear Draymond Green was trying to pull his shorts down for being a punk

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Not really… Boston hit him with triple screens and he has to fight through them and clearly Boston was doing it because they know he had one tech amready, so when another team hit you with psychicality you have to meet it with physicality.

The rest of my comment is merely an observation of any NBA game. The teams and / or players who adjust their game to the way a crew is calling are the ones who typically succeed.

Green would be wise to gauge the next crew because they may be look g to eject him. Coversely, Boston would be wise to do the same if they are clearly targeting Green.

The game within the game…

Man you just don’t see through your warriors colored glasses. You’re saying that was a defensive triple screen for draymond just designed to draw a technical? That was a purposeful defensive design? I’m really chuckling over here…

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Man you just don’t see through your warriors colored glasses. You’re saying that was a defensive triple screen for draymond just designed to draw a technical? That was a purposeful defensive design? I’m really chuckling over here…

How many times have you seen Draymond Green hit with a triple screen? I can tell you right now it doesn’t happen that often. If you cannot acknowledge that Boston was being very physical last night as well then you’re anti-Warriors bias is showing. I am more than happy to call Green an idiot when it’s deserved and I do it all the time.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

They were equally hand fighting and jawing at each other.

I have no dog in this hunt. I really don’t care who wins the finals. I’m admittedly not a fan of green’s antics and I think he can be dangerous. I do recognize his skill and his value to the team. I don’t actually think he’s tough, I think he does a lot of cheap stuff for which he knows he’s not going to actually fight anyone about. So he’s kind of a punk. But I’m prettt objective watching the games. I think you’re not here.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

How many times have you seen Draymond Green hit with a triple screen? I can tell you right now it doesn’t happen that often. If you cannot acknowledge that Boston was being very physical last night as well then you’re anti-Warriors bias is showing. I am more than happy to call Green an idiot when it’s deserved and I do it all the time.

Boston plays physical all the time. That’s part of their defense. That’s why they’ve been successful for years and even moreso after January this year. But there’s physical within the norm of basketball, which Boston typically is (smart crosses the line in similar ways to green), and then there’s green going outta his way to do so in ridiculous ways.

And I’ll ask again, you honestly believe it was a planned defensive assignment - an actual defensive alignment - that would’ve compromised the defense on the rest of the warriors - to create a triple screen on draymond (an inactive scorer) purely to try draw a second tech? Read that again and tell me that’s a reasonable thought in any basketball world.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

How many times have you seen Draymond Green hit with a triple screen? I can tell you right now it doesn’t happen that often. If you cannot acknowledge that Boston was being very physical last night as well then you’re anti-Warriors bias is showing. I am more than happy to call Green an idiot when it’s deserved and I do it all the time.

Go watch it again. Green has to literally run out and get in front of the first Celtic to run into him. That Celtic was clearly looking to double curry to get the ball outta his hands. So that guy wasn’t trying “screen” green. The second guy was the guy who was guarding Steph, so his assignment wasn’t to “screen” green. And the third guy, horford was sitting back in the paint and green purposefully runs into him initiating contact. Your theory that it was a “triple screen” fails miserably watching each element of the play unfold.

 

[Dback Jon]

Basketball, I’m talking basketball! Lol.

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[somethingshesaid]

re: Draymond Green and the shorts. Someone needs to tell him he's not playing Arch Rivals.

 

[Russ Smith]

Raise your hand here if you ever tried to help yourself up by pulling on someone else’s shorts . . .

Do you think that Draymond was trying to pull his pants down? It was weird yes but he wasn't trying to pull his pants down if he was, he would have pulled them down.

Brown was standing over him he grabbed Brown to pull himself up and grabbed a handful of one shorts leg.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Do you think that Draymond was trying to pull his pants down? It was weird yes but he wasn't trying to pull his pants down if he was, he would have pulled them down.

Brown was standing over him he grabbed Brown to pull himself up and grabbed a handful of one shorts leg.

This is ridiculous. No one tries to pull themselves up off the floor by grabbing their opponents shorts.

Your guys’ homerism is laughable at this point.

 

[Russ Smith]

I think it’s pretty clear Draymond Green was trying to pull his shorts down for being a punk

If he was they would have come down it was pretty clear it surprised Brown.

 

[Russ Smith]

This is ridiculous. No one tries to pull themselves up off the floor by grabbing their opponents shorts.

Your guys’ homerism is laughable at this point.

Draymond is a pretty strong guy and he had leverage and the element of surprise. If you actually watch the replay he doesn't pull down he pulls across because he's in the process of getting up. It's a weird play but if he had wanted to pull Browns shorts down he would have pulled them down IMO. his left hand is on the floor pushing himself up and he reaches across with the right hand and pulls across

 

[Russ Smith]

Interesting to see how boston counters in game 3. Essentially the 3rd quarter was almost entirely accomplished off pick and roll. There were some double screens but basically they just hunted a switch and then exploited it. They picked on Theis in particular doing that but some others too. The Warriors aren't usually a big pick and roll team but Boston's defense is so good and their rim protection in the first 2 quarters so perfect they just decided screw it pick and roll get the mismatch let it fly.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Okay…it takes 7 techs to get a suspension. Green has 4. If he gets 1 per game that means he could conceivably miss game 6…

 

[Russ Smith]

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Still averaging over 30 PPG so far in the series, and still getting blasted for not doing more. Literally 4 guys on him with a 5th helping off. But he made the right play bounce pass to Looney for a dunk

 

[Cheesebeef]

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Still averaging over 30 PPG so far in the series, and still getting blasted for not doing more. Literally 4 guys on him with a 5th helping off. But he made the right play bounce pass to Looney for a dunk

Who’s blasting Curry for not doing more? This is his best start to the Finals he’s ever had. If they pull this off, it’s an incredible feat for Curry as this Warriors squad really isn’t close to the KD or even pre-KD Warriors team with Klay being so erratic.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Here is all of Curry’s finals performances. Pts. Circled.

 

[Russ Smith]

Who’s blasting Curry for not doing more? This is his best start to the Finals he’s ever had. If they pull this off, it’s an incredible feat for Curry as this Warriors squad really isn’t close to the KD or even pre-KD Warriors team with Klay being so erratic.

Actually he's just slightly above his career average in teh finals and he's still got the talking heads saying he doesn't have a clutch gene.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Most Clutch NBA Players of All Time

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[LoyaltyisaCurse]

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[LoyaltyisaCurse]

NBA rumors: Rivals 'grumbling' about Warriors' spending advantage

The Warriors are back in the NBA Finals, which means its about that time when talk throughout the league resurfaces about how exactly Golden State has done it again.

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While at the same time, I don’t hear them complaining about their share of the luxury tax money it’s bringing into their franchises.