NBA first round

[Jaker]

The Ant Man has been rediculous.

 

[Mr. French]

Call me crazy, I got the Heat going to the ECF.

 

[huskyfan224]

Wouldn’t sleep on the Pacers

 

[aceboon]

meanwhile the NHL ratings are down, will we be seeing PK Subban's mug all over the morning sports shows still talking about how bad the NBA is?

 

[aceboon]

ridiculous Bucks collapse vs the Pacers, looked like UConn vs Seton Hall trying to give away a game

 

[superjohn]

Atrocious coaching by Thibs. He has his best players standing at the scorers table and never calls a timeout to get them back in as the Pistons take the game over and win.

 

[Scoe]

Atrocious coaching by Thibs. He has his best players standing at the scorers table and never calls a timeout to get them back in as the Pistons take the game over and win.

Thibs is an idiot but the players played like idiots as well.

 

[navery12]

Atrocious coaching by Thibs. He has his best players standing at the scorers table and never calls a timeout to get them back in as the Pistons take the game over and win.

Thibs cannot be gone soon enough. He's exactly what everyone knew he was when he was hired

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Giannis is such a class act, absolutely love him.

Tyrese’s Dad is a d***head. Someone else might have cold clocked that idiot.

 

[superjohn]

Giannis is such a class act, absolutely love him.

Tyrese’s Dad is a d***head. Someone else might have cold clocked that idiot.

https://twitter.com/Beardedxxxx/status/1917410776895348800?t=z9peOewlSXbOuuTTkbazxg&s=19

 

[superjohn]

Thibs cannot be gone soon enough. He's exactly what everyone knew he was when he was hired

First two calls to Hurley and Jay Wright.

 

[3rdbass]

https://twitter.com/Beardedxxxx/status/1917410776895348800?t=z9peOewlSXbOuuTTkbazxg&s=19

No wonder Haliburton the player has no class. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree

 

[Mr. French]

No wonder Haliburton the player has no class. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree

Disagree.

Haliburton is great and classy - he talks trash and has fun like everyone else. He said his dad was wrong. His dad was wrong, not him.

 

[RuffRuff]

First two calls to Hurley and Jay Wright.

My fear.

Not sure there is a sport where the delta in physicality and intensity is wider from reg season to playoffs.

Round two is where the real matchups begin.

 

[Inyatkin]

I don't get the Knicks. Bridges is way too good to spend as much time drifting through games as he does. Towns can disappear for long stretches. I get Brunson has been great but he's so ball dominant it hurts the team.

 

[EBonz30]

It’s just a hard team to watch in the Knicks- last year’s team was much more appealing to the eye. They have no bench & they have totally lost their defensive integrity & rebounding edge. I know it’s crazy to say & hear, but in a lot of ways Hartenstein is a better player & fit than Towns. To be honest I am pretty confident the Thunder are winning it all. Even if the Knicks win the series verse the Pistons- next round they are going to get smoked by the Celtics.

Think we are looking at a Thunder/Cavs final- which I am guessing won’t do well in the ratings- but true basketball fans will enjoy it.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

My fear.

Not sure there is a sport where the delta in physicality and intensity is wider from reg season to playoffs.

Round two is where the real matchups begin.

I’m no NBA expert so someone help me out. If NYK blow a 3-1 lead to Detroit what are the chances Thibs is out and Hurley gets the offer? Can’t be 0% at this point. Time to start sweating again?

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Thibs cannot be gone soon enough. He's exactly what everyone knew he was when he was hired

Well hopefully they keep him for at least the next 5 years. Danny isn’t turning that one down…

 

[NJHusky]

Thibs cannot be gone soon enough. He's exactly what everyone knew he was when he was hired

I want him to stay until Dan Hurley retires...Don't want the Knicks looking to Storrs if they fire Thibs

 

[Zonepress]

The NBA is just better when they let them play. As you say, it ups the animosity. It leads to more intensity and it leads to more incredible plays. The Knicks/Pistons, Nuggets/Clippers, and Wolves/Lakers look like they actually want to fight each other which has been missing from NBA basketball in recent years.

completely agree the level of the defense is
crazy
re the regular season it would be impossible to play with this level of intensity for 82 games

 

[Scoe]

Hurleywouldn't mesh well with NBA players, not to mention the NY fanbase and the media. Jay Wright pretty content in retirement.

I'll tell ya who would be a great hire as the next Knicks HC and this might be a wild take but Luke Murray. His personality would mesh very with NBA players and media. There would be far more ball movement on offense. His father is a hero in NYC as a ghostbuster.

 

[superjohn]

Well hopefully they keep him for at least the next 5 years. Danny isn’t turning that one down…

He's most likely fired after this playoffs. So you have Hurley coaching the Knicks next season?

 

[bendm]

Well hopefully they keep him for at least the next 5 years. Danny isn’t turning that one down…

Yes he is. He’s about to win his 3rd ring. He was never leaving for the nba it was a bargaining tactic and everyone knows it. After geno signed his new contract he joked that maybe he should’ve pretended he was going to Cleveland to get a better deal.

 

[JohnFSilver]

I didn't enjoy the regular season much but the first round has been awesome. Refs are letting them play and the shotmaking has been awesome. Two great games today between Knicks/Pistons and Wolves/Lakers.

Regular season was good in the west. East was a train wreck.

 

[navery12]

Well hopefully they keep him for at least the next 5 years. Danny isn’t turning that one down…

I don't see him leaving, even for the Knicks. Jay Wright might do it, but Hurley is here for the long haul