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pelicans in fifth!

the east playoff race is so weird

theres a 9 game gap between the raps and the 3rd seed cavs

only 3 games between the cavs and the 8th seed (heat)

then a full 4 games between the heat and the ninth seed

east and west are pretty similar with 2 clear top seeds then a logjam

top 8 seems pretty set in the east

538 says sixers have a >99% chance of making the playoffs which is comforting when they blow two 20 point leads in one game and have 26 turnovers

tht game was weird i turned it on to check in and they were up 20 in the 3rd looked like they had control then checked later and they were down 10. did giannis go nuclear or the 76ers meltdown?

My brother likes to remind me that they’re a “young team” a lot

yeah you're two best players havent even logged a full seasons worth of games yet (just checked and embiid has player 82 games). i hope things stay as they are currently and they play the cavs in the first round.

My brother likes to remind me that they’re a “young team” a lot

― Mordy, Monday, March 5, 2018 11:57 AM (thirty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

extremely reasonable point tbh

i used to calm myself by saying this about the burgeoning Bulls/Thibs dynasty

ha they were good for a minute

one of the biggest 'what if' teams of all time

My brother likes to remind me that they’re a “young team” a lot

― Mordy, Monday, March 5, 2018 11:57 AM (thirty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

extremely reasonable point tbh

― lag∞n, Monday, March 5, 2018 12:32 PM (forty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It’s real tho and manifests itself in massive amounts of turnovers and defensive breakdowns (due to rotations/positioning and not really raw talent) and a little bit weird laissez faire crunch time

All of which are fixable with experience and good coaching, most young teams progress in these areas naturally

"young team" is just a more hopeful way of saying "not exactly a good team". after this season your brother will undoubtedly say "wait 'til NEXT year!" fan optimism is a wonderful thing.

btw, nice to see the brow doing so well lately.

naw, the sixers are absurdly talented and very young, they will be good for a long time (assuming health)

feel like no one even talks about Saric. after a slow start trying to fit in w ben he's become a really good 3rd banana

yeah 6ers have become one of my LeaguePass teams. they are fun. Saric has been much more consistent this year.

also they have the best uniform set. very key.

for sure.

philly obvs has a ton of young talent but im not totally stoked on how it fits together/their ability to develop it, not saying it wont work out for them just it seems like a more fraught road ahead than most people seem to think

come on bro they're this good and this young it's going to work out

lol theyre not that good

they're one of the 10 best teams in the league when their average age is like 26 and their two best dudes have played a total of like 100 games

a. they are not one of the 10 best teams in the league
b. thats not even that impressive

you know what team is pretty much exactly the same age as them the boston celtics something to think about

celtics have coaching voodoo going on tho

blazers also younger :)

blazers don't really have any under 25 talent that looks likely to develop into really anything above 'solid rotation guy' tbf

the things i dont like abt philly:

embiids game is wildly undisciplined, gets by on insane talent, but has shown no signs hes interested in doing the actually good basketball things eg hes shooting 30% from 3 on 3.5 attempts commits 4! tos, also throws his injury prone body around like a rag doll
simmons cant shoot, at all, like literally cannot shoot
(both of those things are kinda cute in the regular season but are very exploitable by prepared playoff opponents)
simmons and embiid are prob both centers
their #1 draft pick pg is on some sort of quest to destroy his jump shot?? and has barely played nba basketball
they might be a garbage organization

celtics sans kyrie up 25 on the bulls at the half, tanking season in full swing

jeez 29 pts at the half is bad

Better than the Cincinnati women’s team who scored 5 in the first half against UConn tonight.

nother scintillating replay timeout w the bucks/pacers game on the line and the call is...... jump ball lmao

ahh giannis had a wide open 3 to tie at the buzzer and missed so bad

turned the celtics back on theyre up 35 now

smart made a step back 3

not a great slate tonight

spurs just struggled through a 1-point home win over memphis, i think they might be bad now

sorry, 2-point

they need kawhi to save them!

true, he is the prophet

https://i.imgur.com/VKE5BDf.png

tank standings as tight as the western conf playoffs

dame just hit 4 3's in 4 possessions in spectacular to take the lead in a weird ass game against the lakers

remeber like two years ago when no one took shots like this lol that was a stupid time

BAHAHHAHHAA LILLARD IS JUST PULLING FROM THE LOGO NOW pic.twitter.com/rQluO8vs7G

— Damian Wobbard (@World_Wide_Wob) March 6, 2018

blazers don't really have any under 25 talent that looks likely to develop into really anything above 'solid rotation guy' tbf

gonna take this back, forgot that nurk is 23, but idk how much better he is than solid rotation guy and he's fated to constant injury risk

it might be hard to defend a guy who can shoot from like 38 feet out idk maybe

spurs 2-8 over last 10, worst ten game stretch since 96-97

Lillards been rolling. Has turner been starting on their streak?

i appreciated k love's thing on mental health in the players tribune https://www.theplayerstribune.com/kevin-love-everyone-is-going-through-something/

embiids game is wildly undisciplined, gets by on insane talent, but has shown no signs hes interested in doing the actually good basketball things eg hes shooting 30% from 3 on 3.5 attempts commits 4! tos, also throws his injury prone body around like a rag doll
simmons cant shoot, at all, like literally cannot shoot
(both of those things are kinda cute in the regular season but are very exploitable by prepared playoff opponents)
simmons and embiid are prob both centers
their #1 draft pick pg is on some sort of quest to destroy his jump shot?? and has barely played nba basketball
they might be a garbage organization

― lag∞n, Monday, March 5, 2018 8:17 PM (yesterday) Bookmark

the final 2 of these things are the only parts of this argument i find compelling even slightly