the correct number of teams to make a sport playoff is 1/3rd of the league imho, but sometimes its not possible because of scheduling and maths
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 February 2018 17:21 (six years ago) link
seems clear that they need to do *something* with the playoff bubble teams though not sure it's this exactly. simmons was going through his play-in tournament idea on a pod recently and was proposing some outside compensation for the winner--like a guaranteed high second-round pick and a trade exception for the next season. they would never do it but i think ideas like that would motivate some teams more than a chance to just be the 8 seed.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 22 February 2018 18:15 (six years ago) link
the winner of the nba finals will receive an exclusive invitation to post on this board
― 龜, Thursday, 22 February 2018 19:01 (six years ago) link
suddenly tons of new posters praising kevin durant
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 February 2018 19:04 (six years ago) link
i, for one, would welcome kd posting to ilh. but would also settle for more dayo posts.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 22 February 2018 19:11 (six years ago) link
the "16-teams-with-no-regard-for-conference" thing sounds great, but a better solution to this problem would be for the Eastern Conference to just get its shit together
― piper at the gates of d'awwww (voodoo chili), Thursday, 22 February 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
this year, anyway, it doesn't feel like there is such a gap in power between the two conferences. the two best teams are in the West, yes, but besides maybe the Thunder, I think the East's 3-8 is very comparable to the West's lower tier of playoff contenders.
― piper at the gates of d'awwww (voodoo chili), Thursday, 22 February 2018 19:25 (six years ago) link
thing is even if both conferences were similarly competent just on a random distribution 50% of the season the two best teams will be in the same conference, which to me is the biggest issue, i want the best teams to have a shot to play against each other in the finals
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 February 2018 19:28 (six years ago) link
right
― k3vin k., Thursday, 22 February 2018 19:40 (six years ago) link
― piper at the gates of d'awwww (voodoo chili), Thursday, February 22, 2018 2:25 PM (fifteen minutes ago)
there is definitely a solid gap, but the size of the gap is always obscured by the fact that the west teams have to play against each other more often and vice versa
― k3vin k., Thursday, 22 February 2018 19:42 (six years ago) link
fair point
― piper at the gates of d'awwww (voodoo chili), Thursday, 22 February 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
Aaaahahhaa Lakers pr gotta be loving this
i.........am speechless pic.twitter.com/bsdKHzp7hm— paul (@paulxt) February 22, 2018
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 22 February 2018 20:59 (six years ago) link
hoop is on
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 23 February 2018 04:33 (six years ago) link
cavs are bad again
― Clay, Friday, 23 February 2018 04:48 (six years ago) link
+ steph is back to splashing 40 footers all is right in the world
Steph Curry is too much, man pic.twitter.com/BGVATXxTCd— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) February 23, 2018
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 23 February 2018 04:58 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWsXb2aVoAAGZti.jpg
― lag∞n, Friday, 23 February 2018 05:13 (six years ago) link
the wizards being better w out wall is an interesting plot twist
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 23 February 2018 05:18 (six years ago) link
wardell balled out
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 23 February 2018 06:10 (six years ago) link
and gallo hurt his hand.
anyone wanna guess which guys are top 3 biggest hands in the association?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 23 February 2018 18:11 (six years ago) link
giannis, boban, d west
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 23 February 2018 18:12 (six years ago) link
Boban is one of them. #1 in fact.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 23 February 2018 18:15 (six years ago) link
The other 2: well-known starter; deep bench player who was recently traded
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 23 February 2018 18:16 (six years ago) link
kawhi
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 23 February 2018 18:22 (six years ago) link
nope. both are in eastern conf.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 23 February 2018 18:23 (six years ago) link
Embiid?
― Fetchboy, Friday, 23 February 2018 18:31 (six years ago) link
man idk, surprised giannis isnt one
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 23 February 2018 18:32 (six years ago) link
has to be bigs if Giannis doesn't make the cut
― ciderpress, Friday, 23 February 2018 18:33 (six years ago) link
not Embiid but yeah both are bigs
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 23 February 2018 18:34 (six years ago) link
tho I just checked and the bench guy is just 6'9". Listed as a PF.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 23 February 2018 18:35 (six years ago) link
some random guesses:
HensonVonlehOkafurDrummondWhiteside
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 23 February 2018 19:03 (six years ago) link
Drummond #2, Vonleh #3. Well done, sir.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 23 February 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
Noah Vonleh's hands pic.twitter.com/AHmxNct9r3— Full Court Prez (@fullcourtprez) June 27, 2014
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 23 February 2018 19:17 (six years ago) link
wow jeez
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 23 February 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
thibs getting the band back together
Report: Warriors, Timberwolves, Thunder interested in Joakim Noah if he is bought out by Knicks https://t.co/pDestpMp5F— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) February 23, 2018
― lag∞n, Friday, 23 February 2018 22:33 (six years ago) link
pleeeeease go to the wolves. do not want another washed big for kerr to force into the lineup
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 23 February 2018 22:42 (six years ago) link
can joakim move or do anything anymore? who has seen him play this season
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 24 February 2018 01:25 (six years ago) link
Butler :(((
― Jeff, Saturday, 24 February 2018 02:50 (six years ago) link
what happened??
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Saturday, 24 February 2018 03:03 (six years ago) link
helped off court w/ non-contact leg injury according to my phone notifcation
― Clay, Saturday, 24 February 2018 03:11 (six years ago) link
man, better be nothing major or we need to end this season now
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Saturday, 24 February 2018 03:13 (six years ago) link
I've seen Joakim play a few garbahge minutes this season. Not enough to judge him honestly. But last 2 years he was with Bulls he was absolutely atrocious.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 24 February 2018 03:14 (six years ago) link
he is shooting approx 2%
― micah, Saturday, 24 February 2018 04:12 (six years ago) link
nikola jokic dunks in 17-18: 7nikola jokic triple doubles in 17-18: 6
― k3vin k., Saturday, 24 February 2018 04:43 (six years ago) link
as a knicks fan who unfortunately has seen a bit of Noah in the past couple years, let me tell you now that the word "washed" is entirely inadequate to describe what he has become
― piper at the gates of d'awwww (voodoo chili), Saturday, 24 February 2018 04:56 (six years ago) link
u could say that...based on how washed he is...to manage the steadily rising waters, noah might need to construct and a very large seaworthy vessel, like...an ark
― NBA YoungBoy named Rocky Raccoon (m bison), Saturday, 24 February 2018 05:07 (six years ago) link
"and God said to noah, 'u will be washed for 40 days and 40 nights and then every day and night after that too just get a boat'"
-- genesis 69:2
― NBA YoungBoy named Rocky Raccoon (m bison), Saturday, 24 February 2018 05:08 (six years ago) link
otm
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Saturday, 24 February 2018 05:32 (six years ago) link
just saw a report saying butlers camp fears ACL :(the Timberwolves curse continues
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 24 February 2018 19:33 (six years ago) link
dang that sucks
― lag∞n, Saturday, 24 February 2018 19:35 (six years ago) link