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Philc1
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1/26/2025  10:28 AM
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1/27/2025  1:17 PM
4 guys who barely play are going to barely garner interest in the dunk competition?

Or is it just me?

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1/27/2025  1:26 PM
martin wrote:4 guys who barely play are going to barely garner interest in the dunk competition?

Or is it just me?

Mac McClung plays like 3 NBA games a year and gets in there every year somehow
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1/27/2025  2:07 PM
martin wrote:4 guys who barely play are going to barely garner interest in the dunk competition?

Or is it just me?


Castle and Jackson get regular minutes. But one is probably best known as Wemby's caddy and the other only plays because Milwaukee is old. As an aside, I think Buzelis has a future in the league
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1/27/2025  9:23 PM
VDesai wrote:
martin wrote:4 guys who barely play are going to barely garner interest in the dunk competition?

Or is it just me?

Mac McClung plays like 3 NBA games a year and gets in there every year somehow

He’s a white guy that can dunk he’s a ratings goldmine
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1/28/2025  10:09 AM
Looks like a bunch of winning teams have hit some rough spots:

The Cavs have quietly (maybe quietly simply because no one really cares and believes in them anyway!) lost 5 of their last 9. All of this while their starters remain healthy enough to play.
The Celtics remarkably have had the same record as the Knicks since beating us in the season opener - and at the moment have a 1-game lead over the Knicks.
The Pistons have lost 4 of their last 6.
Also on the downswing are the Hawks, who've lost 5 in a row.
The Magic are in a bad place, going 2-8 in spite of having Banchero back in the mix. (yes, they have other injuries too!)

On the other hand, here are a few teams that are surging:
The Bucks (with a presumably healthy Giannis) are amidst a 9-2 run.
The Pacers are back in the mix on an 8-2 run.
The Rockets are surprisingly awesome - they invested in athleticism and it looks like their skills are coming along now too. 8-2 in their last 10.

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1/28/2025  10:19 AM
technomaster wrote:Looks like a bunch of winning teams have hit some rough spots:

The Cavs have quietly (maybe quietly simply because no one really cares and believes in them anyway!) lost 5 of their last 9. All of this while their starters remain healthy enough to play.
The Celtics remarkably have had the same record as the Knicks since beating us in the season opener - and at the moment have a 1-game lead over the Knicks.
The Pistons have lost 4 of their last 6.
Also on the downswing are the Hawks, who've lost 5 in a row.
The Magic are in a bad place, going 2-8 in spite of having Banchero back in the mix. (yes, they have other injuries too!)

On the other hand, here are a few teams that are surging:
The Bucks (with a presumably healthy Giannis) are amidst a 9-2 run.
The Pacers are back in the mix on an 8-2 run.
The Rockets are surprisingly awesome - they invested in athleticism and it looks like their skills are coming along now too. 8-2 in their last 10.

Oh nice recap, thanks.

I want to say Jericho would fit with the Rockets and their athleticism. After they make a bigger trade to sort things out.

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1/28/2025  10:26 AM
The Cavs just don't have the squad of the 70 win team - the teams that have pushed that total have been truly rarified air with 3 hall of fame level players. Cavs are a really damn good team with a long term chemistry, but it will be hard for them to keep the same pace. Still they likely between 60-65 wins which is still an elite total, and it will be hard to push them out of the no.1 spot.

Which means there is just very little chance we don't face Boston in the 2nd round. We have to get past Boston to win this thing, and we desperately want to advance past round 2, but its basically a collision course. The question is can we get the home court advantage by being the 2 seed. I think we're in a really good place to finish top 3 (there's about 4 games of separation right now and I don't think Milwaukee is good enough to catch us, even with our tougher schedule). There's a fair chance we can outplay Boston the rest of the year, especially if we can sustain this current level of play over the next 2 weeks with the rough part of the schedule before the all star break. Lets see how it goes.

I am shocked that the Magic have slipped with Banchero and now Franz coming back, but Suggs is a lot of the character of that team, and the abundance of injuries does wear on the rest of the roster which appears to be tired.

BTW a lot of teams look tired right now and they don't all have the Thibsian minutes convo to blame. Sometimes the scheduling and travel midseason gets to you.
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1/28/2025  10:35 AM
The athleticism is wild

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1/28/2025  10:49 AM
VDesai wrote:The Cavs just don't have the squad of the 70 win team - the teams that have pushed that total have been truly rarified air with 3 hall of fame level players. Cavs are a really damn good team with a long term chemistry, but it will be hard for them to keep the same pace. Still they likely between 60-65 wins which is still an elite total, and it will be hard to push them out of the no.1 spot.

Which means there is just very little chance we don't face Boston in the 2nd round. We have to get past Boston to win this thing, and we desperately want to advance past round 2, but its basically a collision course. The question is can we get the home court advantage by being the 2 seed. I think we're in a really good place to finish top 3 (there's about 4 games of separation right now and I don't think Milwaukee is good enough to catch us, even with our tougher schedule). There's a fair chance we can outplay Boston the rest of the year, especially if we can sustain this current level of play over the next 2 weeks with the rough part of the schedule before the all star break. Lets see how it goes.

I am shocked that the Magic have slipped with Banchero and now Franz coming back, but Suggs is a lot of the character of that team, and the abundance of injuries does wear on the rest of the roster which appears to be tired.

BTW a lot of teams look tired right now and they don't all have the Thibsian minutes convo to blame. Sometimes the scheduling and travel midseason gets to you.

The Cavs are obviously very good but I think their win total is inflated by everyone coming back, having chemistry and a few guys having great years. Cavs have really straightforward weakness. Their backcourt is tiny. It's not something teams have been able to exploit, but you gotta be looking at that in a 7 game series and find ways to attack that constantly. I would be going at Garland every possession
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1/28/2025  12:18 PM
fishmike wrote:
VDesai wrote:The Cavs just don't have the squad of the 70 win team - the teams that have pushed that total have been truly rarified air with 3 hall of fame level players. Cavs are a really damn good team with a long term chemistry, but it will be hard for them to keep the same pace. Still they likely between 60-65 wins which is still an elite total, and it will be hard to push them out of the no.1 spot.

Which means there is just very little chance we don't face Boston in the 2nd round. We have to get past Boston to win this thing, and we desperately want to advance past round 2, but its basically a collision course. The question is can we get the home court advantage by being the 2 seed. I think we're in a really good place to finish top 3 (there's about 4 games of separation right now and I don't think Milwaukee is good enough to catch us, even with our tougher schedule). There's a fair chance we can outplay Boston the rest of the year, especially if we can sustain this current level of play over the next 2 weeks with the rough part of the schedule before the all star break. Lets see how it goes.

I am shocked that the Magic have slipped with Banchero and now Franz coming back, but Suggs is a lot of the character of that team, and the abundance of injuries does wear on the rest of the roster which appears to be tired.

BTW a lot of teams look tired right now and they don't all have the Thibsian minutes convo to blame. Sometimes the scheduling and travel midseason gets to you.

The Cavs are obviously very good but I think their win total is inflated by everyone coming back, having chemistry and a few guys having great years. Cavs have really straightforward weakness. Their backcourt is tiny. It's not something teams have been able to exploit, but you gotta be looking at that in a 7 game series and find ways to attack that constantly. I would be going at Garland every possession

The Cavs are beatable in the playoffs they just had an extremely hot start. I remember the Knicks started out 8-0 and lost in the second round
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fishmike wrote:
VDesai wrote:The Cavs just don't have the squad of the 70 win team - the teams that have pushed that total have been truly rarified air with 3 hall of fame level players. Cavs are a really damn good team with a long term chemistry, but it will be hard for them to keep the same pace. Still they likely between 60-65 wins which is still an elite total, and it will be hard to push them out of the no.1 spot.

Which means there is just very little chance we don't face Boston in the 2nd round. We have to get past Boston to win this thing, and we desperately want to advance past round 2, but its basically a collision course. The question is can we get the home court advantage by being the 2 seed. I think we're in a really good place to finish top 3 (there's about 4 games of separation right now and I don't think Milwaukee is good enough to catch us, even with our tougher schedule). There's a fair chance we can outplay Boston the rest of the year, especially if we can sustain this current level of play over the next 2 weeks with the rough part of the schedule before the all star break. Lets see how it goes.

I am shocked that the Magic have slipped with Banchero and now Franz coming back, but Suggs is a lot of the character of that team, and the abundance of injuries does wear on the rest of the roster which appears to be tired.

BTW a lot of teams look tired right now and they don't all have the Thibsian minutes convo to blame. Sometimes the scheduling and travel midseason gets to you.

The Cavs are obviously very good but I think their win total is inflated by everyone coming back, having chemistry and a few guys having great years. Cavs have really straightforward weakness. Their backcourt is tiny. It's not something teams have been able to exploit, but you gotta be looking at that in a 7 game series and find ways to attack that constantly. I would be going at Garland every possession

Backcourt is tiny and frontcourt can't consistently stretch the floor. Back when we played them they missed all their outside shots and Mitch/iHart dominated the glass on them. Not sure we can beat them the same way this time, but I do think we have the defenders equipped to handle Mitch/Garland and the key is drawing Allen/Mobley out of the paint.
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1/28/2025  12:22 PM
VDesai wrote:
fishmike wrote:
VDesai wrote:The Cavs just don't have the squad of the 70 win team - the teams that have pushed that total have been truly rarified air with 3 hall of fame level players. Cavs are a really damn good team with a long term chemistry, but it will be hard for them to keep the same pace. Still they likely between 60-65 wins which is still an elite total, and it will be hard to push them out of the no.1 spot.

Which means there is just very little chance we don't face Boston in the 2nd round. We have to get past Boston to win this thing, and we desperately want to advance past round 2, but its basically a collision course. The question is can we get the home court advantage by being the 2 seed. I think we're in a really good place to finish top 3 (there's about 4 games of separation right now and I don't think Milwaukee is good enough to catch us, even with our tougher schedule). There's a fair chance we can outplay Boston the rest of the year, especially if we can sustain this current level of play over the next 2 weeks with the rough part of the schedule before the all star break. Lets see how it goes.

I am shocked that the Magic have slipped with Banchero and now Franz coming back, but Suggs is a lot of the character of that team, and the abundance of injuries does wear on the rest of the roster which appears to be tired.

BTW a lot of teams look tired right now and they don't all have the Thibsian minutes convo to blame. Sometimes the scheduling and travel midseason gets to you.

The Cavs are obviously very good but I think their win total is inflated by everyone coming back, having chemistry and a few guys having great years. Cavs have really straightforward weakness. Their backcourt is tiny. It's not something teams have been able to exploit, but you gotta be looking at that in a 7 game series and find ways to attack that constantly. I would be going at Garland every possession

Backcourt is tiny and frontcourt can't consistently stretch the floor. Back when we played them they missed all their outside shots and Mitch/iHart dominated the glass on them. Not sure we can beat them the same way this time, but I do think we have the defenders equipped to handle Mitch/Garland and the key is drawing Allen/Mobley out of the paint.

If Mitch can get back to anything near his norm, the Knicks match up well against CLE and Boston. Knicks can space has much as the next and we can go small or big.

It'll be fun to watch

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1/28/2025  12:42 PM
VDesai wrote:
fishmike wrote:
VDesai wrote:The Cavs just don't have the squad of the 70 win team - the teams that have pushed that total have been truly rarified air with 3 hall of fame level players. Cavs are a really damn good team with a long term chemistry, but it will be hard for them to keep the same pace. Still they likely between 60-65 wins which is still an elite total, and it will be hard to push them out of the no.1 spot.

Which means there is just very little chance we don't face Boston in the 2nd round. We have to get past Boston to win this thing, and we desperately want to advance past round 2, but its basically a collision course. The question is can we get the home court advantage by being the 2 seed. I think we're in a really good place to finish top 3 (there's about 4 games of separation right now and I don't think Milwaukee is good enough to catch us, even with our tougher schedule). There's a fair chance we can outplay Boston the rest of the year, especially if we can sustain this current level of play over the next 2 weeks with the rough part of the schedule before the all star break. Lets see how it goes.

I am shocked that the Magic have slipped with Banchero and now Franz coming back, but Suggs is a lot of the character of that team, and the abundance of injuries does wear on the rest of the roster which appears to be tired.

BTW a lot of teams look tired right now and they don't all have the Thibsian minutes convo to blame. Sometimes the scheduling and travel midseason gets to you.

The Cavs are obviously very good but I think their win total is inflated by everyone coming back, having chemistry and a few guys having great years. Cavs have really straightforward weakness. Their backcourt is tiny. It's not something teams have been able to exploit, but you gotta be looking at that in a 7 game series and find ways to attack that constantly. I would be going at Garland every possession

Backcourt is tiny and frontcourt can't consistently stretch the floor. Back when we played them they missed all their outside shots and Mitch/iHart dominated the glass on them. Not sure we can beat them the same way this time, but I do think we have the defenders equipped to handle Mitch/Garland and the key is drawing Allen/Mobley out of the paint.

It’s not like we haven’t beaten the Cavs in a playoff series before
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1/28/2025  1:43 PM
Not for nothing but Randle would be a good fit in Miami and would thrive with Spo

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1/28/2025  1:51 PM
martin wrote:Not for nothing but Randle would be a good fit in Miami and would thrive with Spo

They may have to explain to him why they more or less ended his season with injuries 2 years in a row.
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1/28/2025  2:08 PM
VDesai wrote:
martin wrote:Not for nothing but Randle would be a good fit in Miami and would thrive with Spo

They may have to explain to him why they more or less ended his season with injuries 2 years in a row.

Randle will catch up with them on that during extension negotiations. Starting price went up

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1/28/2025  2:14 PM
martin wrote:Not for nothing but Randle would be a good fit in Miami and would thrive with Spo

yeah I know and I hate it
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1/28/2025  2:25 PM
Mobley been out 4 of last 6 games.
Respect the record.
In the age of parity they might just have a formula for this year if they can stay healthy.
Good balanced roster. Allan is under rated and Mobley is very much improved.
I am not thinking they are the "it" team as would be their record but in a league without one they are making it work on the court were it counts.
Because we manhandled them two years ago and make that easy assumption is an empty fanboy wish.
We are a very different team this year.

Randle in Miami would be a nice thing for him and the family. I assume they will pay him.
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