NBA Official 2026 NBA Playoffs Thread

[spursparker9]

When is Ant expected to come back? Regardless they should take this TPups team seriously. Let’s gooooo!!!!

Sham says it is week to week. But is expected to return somewhere during 2nd round.

 

[2centsworth]

Damn, was hoping for a quick start to the series on Saturday.

We need Edwards to get healthy. Will get us better prepared for OKC.

 

[STAT88]

That really doesn't move the needle for them in the west. Treading water like that will eventually make jokic want out.

Trade Murray?

 

[Mugen]

Sham says it is week to week. But is expected to return somewhere during 2nd round.

id be shocked if he came back any earlier than Game 4/5 tbh.

 

[TAPS]

Bill has other problems right now...

Heheheheh

 

[Kick-Stand]

We need Edwards to get healthy. Will get us better prepared for OKC.

Edwards is unlikely to ever get healthy this playoffs. Did you not see him this series? Looked 60% at best.

 

[Kick-Stand]

Trade Murray?

I would say trade Jokic but then they get shit odds in the lottery since they're bottom 3 without him.

 

[Trainwreck2100]

Damn, was hoping for a quick start to the series on Saturday.

yeah giving Ant those extra days to get better is bullshit

 

[mo7888]

Trade Murray?

I think thats the only path to improving, but it depends on his current value. Truthfully, there may not be a path for improvement there unless a truly stupidly GM steps up... (I'm looking at you Joe Dumars)..

 

[Paramore]

 

[Goliath]

Said all along it was a bigger mistake that Denver won than the spurs losing the last game. Minny was built to beat Denver. Their GM has said in the past that was their blueprint. Denver should have been tanking the last week of the season not just the last couple games to drop to the 4/5. I bet the Spurs felt it was better to have Minny/Denver beat each other up than have Minny stomp the Luka less Lakers and come in fresh.

 

[2centsworth]

yeah giving Ant those extra days to get better is bullshit

Why? To be the best....you know the rest.

 

[DaSlicer]

This is seriously the most shocking series I have seen since the Pistons skullfucked the Lakers in 2004.

I wasn't shocked by it. I felt it had many parallels to the Spurs losing to the Mavs in '09. Spurs were the third seed and the Mavs were the sixth seed. Mavs were a hated rival of the Spurs that had dethroned them a few a years earlier. Wolves did the same to the Nuggets a few years ago. Spurs lost Manu to injury before the series started and the Wolves lost Gordan to injury granted he did play in a few games. Duncan like Jokic didn't have a great series.

 

[Mugen]

We’ve screwed Denver twice now in regular season finales. We beat them during Vic’s rookie year in the Devontae Graham game and the Big Daddy Val game this year.

Both years ended with embarrassing playoff exits to Minnesota for them tbh

 

[Trainwreck2100]

Why? To be the best....you know the rest.

you win, and nobody gives a fuck who you beat to do it, cause you're a winner

 

[Mugen]

I would say trade Jokic but then they get shit odds in the lottery since they're bottom 3 without him.

OKC owns their 27 and 29 picks, fuck that

 

[Kick-Stand]

OKC owns their 27 and 29 picks, fuck that

Jesus Christ, Presti is a menace

 

[spursparker9]

OKC owns their 27 and 29 picks, fuck that

lol wtf. Does OKC owns the other 29 teams' pick. Why it feels like OKC has so many future picks?

 

[Kick-Stand]

Why? To be the best....you know the rest.

Meh I'd rather be like the 87 Lakers blasting through weak teams quickly en route to the Finals (or WCF in this case).

 

[2centsworth]

Meh I'd rather be like the 87 Lakers blasting through weak teams quickly en route to the Finals (or WCF in this case).

I'm more a '63 Celtics team.

 

[STAT88]

Kenny Smith saying 'Congratulations San Antonio' at the start of the Inside the NBA post game recap he sounds mad.

 

[Snake Eyes]

Not to mention our best player that year literally broke his arm in the last regular season game

Yeah, I agree. The Spurs had some injuries but Gordon & Watson were out this series basically. I do remember Gary Neil hit a buzzer beater in Grizz series. Ha. I do have to admit Ginobiliiiii is my favorite player of all time. Should’ve won that finals MVP versus the Pistons.

I standby this doesn’t alter Joker’s legacy. I am not a Jokic fan but the dude is pretty amazing. He was not as good the series. They had injuries plus Murray was terrible in gm 6 as well. Minnesota plays scrappy as hell.

 

[O_V]

You’re right. I looked at it again.

Lol I accidentally put the heart on that reply, but you deserve it so I'm leaving it there.

 

[O_V]

Edwards is unlikely to ever get healthy this playoffs. Did you not see him this series? Looked 60% at best.

A couple of years ago he was teetering on being the best player in the NBA and he just hasn't been able to put it together since then and I don't think it's for any other reason than he just can't get healthy.

 

[spursparker9]