• Light/Dark

NBA 2024 Playoffs |OT| Brought To You By Porter House Stakes

1st round upset

  • #8 Heat over #1 Celtics

    Votes: 42 11.8%

  • #6 Pacers over #3 Bucks

    Votes: 192 53.9%

  • #8 Pelicans over #1 OKC

    Votes: 33 9.3%

  • #7 Lakers over #2 Nuggets

    Votes: 52 14.6%

  • #6 Suns over #3 Timberwolves

    Votes: 37 10.4%
  • Total voters
    356
Status
Not open for further replies.
Darkwing-Buck

Darkwing-Buck

Member
Oct 25, 2017
28,714
Los Angeles, CA
fzburner said:
Outside of the new stadium, what did the Kawhi/PG pairing even amount to for the Clippers
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
in fairness to the clips, their first wcf appearance

that said... they lost Kawhi soon after the first round in the jazz series so i think despite their hot shooting that year I don't think they were gonna do enough to nab a ring without him once they finished the 2nd round

#2's injury destiny has been hard to watch after the bubble
 
Last edited:
spyder_ur

spyder_ur

Member
Oct 25, 2017
12,183
I can't decide if the way these veteran superstar-led teams were so roundly unpantsed in these playoffs or before - Clips, Lakers, Dubs, Heat, Bucks, Sixers - means that the offseason will be crazy with movement or if we'll see a sort of concession to their fates. Gonna be fascinating.
 
freetacos

freetacos

Member
Oct 30, 2017
14,050
Bay Area, CA
Darkwing-Buck said:
in fairness to the clips, their first wcf appearance

that said... they lost Kawhi soon after the first round so i think despite their hot shooting that year I don't think they were gonna do enough to nab a ring
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Yeah it's absolutely wild that they had their first conference finals appearance just a few years ago. I guess that is some progress. And we've re-litigated the Kawhi/PG acquisitions enough in this thread recently, most rational people would have made that move no question. Just disappointing for them how it turned out so far. The Lakers at least got a championship out of their team building, which is more than be said for the vast majority of teams in the league at the moment
 
Emwitus

Emwitus

The Fallen
Feb 28, 2018
4,724
[
spyder_ur said:
I can't decide if the way these veteran superstar-led teams were so roundly unpantsed in these playoffs or before - Clips, Lakers, Dubs, Heat, Bucks, Sixers - means that the offseason will be crazy with movement or if we'll see a sort of concession to their fates. Gonna be fascinating.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Lakers is barely a team you would call veteran. Lebron is then oldest team that is still top 20 in this league . AD just turned 31 this year and is in his prime everyone else is a young buck
 
Sabot

Sabot

Saw the truth behind the copied door
Member
Oct 31, 2017
3,034
kinda pisses me off how long it takes the clippers to take the ball up the court every possession
 
spyder_ur

spyder_ur

Member
Oct 25, 2017
12,183
Emwitus said:
[

Lakers is barely a team you would call veteran. Lebron is then oldest team that is still top 20 in this league . AD just turned 31 this year and is in his prime everyone else is a young buck
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

Ehh, I don't think so. First, they're led by the most veteran of veteran pairs. Noone in their regular rotation is under 25. When you're off your rookie contract, i think you're a veteran. Prince and D-Lo are near 30, Vincent and Wood late 20s - they're definitely a veteran team.
 
Emwitus

Emwitus

The Fallen
Feb 28, 2018
4,724
spyder_ur said:
Ehh, I don't think so. First, they're led by the most veteran of veteran pairs. Noone in their regular rotation is under 25. When you're off your rookie contract, i think you're a veteran. Prince and D-Lo are near 30, Vincent and Wood late 20s - they're definitely a veteran team.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
D'angelo turned 28 this pas february?! thats some wild rounding up your doing. Lebron 39, rui turned 26 this year , Austin 26 and ad 31. I don't know what your talking about. Wood 28. There average age is middle of the pack. Younger than the celtics.
 
Last edited:

This is not real

Alt-Account
Banned
Apr 13, 2024
27
I think we should be giving Dallas more credit than asking what's wrong with the Clippers. 4/5 series are usually toss up's with two quality teams and Dallas was just the better team this series.
 
CrocM

CrocM

Member
Oct 25, 2017
9,995
I'm watching the local Dallas broadcast, the tension is palpable lol. When you lose to a team twice in the playoffs, the mental block for the fanbase is strong
 
Emwitus

Emwitus

The Fallen
Feb 28, 2018
4,724
spyder_ur said:
Not even close when waited by either minutes or usage. Celtics weighted by minutes is 24.8, 8th lowest in the league. Lakers 30.5, oldest in the league. It's not really close.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
There most played line up is lebron, rui, austin, russel
and ad. There age is skewed by lebron. Simple math. starting 39,31, 28,25,26 for comparison Celtics 29,33,28,27,26.
 
Last edited:
Steelyuhas

Steelyuhas

Member
Oct 27, 2017
5,318
spyder_ur said:
Not even close when waited by either minutes or usage. Celtics weighted by minutes is 24.8, 8th lowest in the league. Lakers 30.5, oldest in the league. It's not really close.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
There's not exactly a lack of experience in the Celtics rotation either. When a bunch of the good young players enter the league as teenagers, 25-year-olds end up being essentially veteran players.
 
Emwitus

Emwitus

The Fallen
Feb 28, 2018
4,724
spyder_ur said:
Dude, you can do the simple math. The Lakers are obviously a veteran team. The youngest guy you named is 25. The Lakers are obviously a veteran team worthy of the list I put them in.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
the Celtics youngest starter is 26. You said Russel is pushing 30 when he just turned 28. Your just pushing your narrative
 
Status
Not open for further replies.