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RE: AROUND the NBA: - Scott41theMavs - 05-22-2025
Watching Rick go Popovich in these playoffs makes me wonder how much worse our record would have been 2012-2019 with an average coach.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 05-22-2025
(05-22-2025, 01:03 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: Watching Rick go Popovich in these playoffs makes me wonder how much worse our record would have been 2012-2019 with an average coach.
Great question. Carlisle is one of the goats. Especially if he gets the Pacers to the finals.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - RoyTarpleysGhost - 05-22-2025
In a league where tattoos are more prevalent amongst players, this season marks the ninth consecutive season that the league MVP has zero tattoos.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - RoyTarpleysGhost - 05-22-2025
Maybe that guy who wanted Harrison Barnes to pray with Luka because of his tattoos was right all along.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - RoyTarpleysGhost - 05-22-2025
(05-22-2025, 01:40 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: Great question. Carlisle is one of the goats. Especially if he gets the Pacers to the finals.
Carlisle is the second greatest Maverick of all time for me.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - DallasMaverick - 05-22-2025
(05-22-2025, 02:40 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: Carlisle is the second greatest Maverick of all time for me.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - Ghost of Podkolzin - 05-22-2025
(05-22-2025, 03:43 PM)DallasMaverick Wrote: Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
...don't know what you got, till it's gone
(insert another truism here)
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 05-22-2025
(05-22-2025, 02:39 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: In a league where tattoos are more prevalent amongst players, this season marks the ninth consecutive season that the league MVP has zero tattoos.
Good info. Never really noticed that.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 05-22-2025
Minnesota might mess around and get swept.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - OBX Maverick - 05-22-2025
(05-22-2025, 03:43 PM)DallasMaverick Wrote: Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
That’s for sure. Wish I could dig up the old posts about how Rick didn’t know how to manage rookies, how he was too hard on his young PG’s, etc. Maybe he was on to something with Luka as well, lol….
RE: AROUND the NBA: - FireNicoHarrison - 05-23-2025
(05-22-2025, 09:36 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: Minnesota might mess around and get swept.
Minny is mediocre... We smoked them last year. Smoked.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - david75090 - 05-23-2025
Think Minnesota has read the tea leaves, seen which way the wind is blowing, and quit. Getting ready to call-it-a-year. Get-'em-next-year. Seeing that they don't stand a chance against OKC's onslaught.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 05-23-2025
(05-22-2025, 10:57 PM)OBX Maverick Wrote: That’s for sure. Wish I could dig up the old posts about how Rick didn’t know how to manage rookies, how he was too hard on his young PG’s, etc. Maybe he was on to something with Luka as well, lol….
Good point. He hurried up and got the hell out of Dallas. Maybe he knew the tsunami was coming... Also, he knew his boy Larry Bird would let him come back.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 05-23-2025
https://bsky.app/profile/keerthikau.bsky.social/post/3lpsovhyf7c26
Maybe the Timberwolves should change their name to the Minnesota Turnovers.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - F Gump - 05-23-2025
The OKC Minny series is far from over. A series doesn't really start until a road team wins.
If you are a betting person, don't expect the next game to look like the 1st 2. When the arena changes, the games tend to change too.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - Chicagojk - 05-23-2025
OKC is going to be tough to beat. I will be rooting for whoever advances in the East. It is going to be really tough though.
This could be just the beginning for OKC. They won 68 and Chet and Hartlestein missed a lot of games. Their first round pick that draft guys really liked didn't even play this year. Then they have a boatload of picks coming up that gives them options all over the place.
There defense is awesome. If you have any chance against them you can't turn the ball over. It is just a killer against OKC.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 05-23-2025
https://x.com/TNTSportsUS/status/1925660360637313226
Pacers/Knicks was the most watched ECF since 2018
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 05-23-2025
(05-23-2025, 09:48 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: OKC is going to be tough to beat. I will be rooting for whoever advances in the East. It is going to be really tough though.
This could be just the beginning for OKC. They won 68 and Chet and Hartlestein missed a lot of games. Their first round pick that draft guys really liked didn't even play this year. Then they have a boatload of picks coming up that gives them options all over the place.
There defense is awesome. If you have any chance against them you can't turn the ball over. It is just a killer against OKC.
They had a debate on one of the sports talk radio shows. The debate was: Can OKC become the next dynasty like GS, the Chiefs, or the Patriots? They haven't won this year yet but are the favorites. The way they're set up, I think they can. They have first-round picks on the bench who don't even play: Jones, Dieng, and Topic. They should win at least 2-3, barring any major injuries and keeping their core players intact, IMO.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - cow - 05-23-2025
(05-23-2025, 10:13 AM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: They had a debate on one of the sports talk radio shows. The debate was: Can OKC become the next dynasty like GS, the Chiefs, or the Patriots? They haven't won this year yet but are the favorites. The way they're set up, I think they can. They have first-round picks on the bench who don't even play: Jones, Dieng, and Topic. They should win at least 2-3, barring any major injuries and keeping their core players intact, IMO.
I expect them to win it all and the mental lapses they often suffer will be largely erased with championship experience. An SGA injury the foreseeable future would be the only thing keeping them from that dynasty status.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 05-23-2025
(05-23-2025, 09:33 AM)F Gump Wrote: The OKC Minny series is far from over. A series doesn't really start until a road team wins.
If you are a betting person, don't expect the next game to look like the 1st 2. When the arena changes, the games tend to change too.
Totally agree. But ball security is paramount against this team. You can start there. Edwards has been doing his part, but they can't have Randle shoot 2-11, 0-3 from 3, for 6 pts after playing well in game 1. Reid and Divincenzo also have struggled. It's imperative they win game 3, or you can call in the dogs.