NBA Official 2026 NBA Playoffs Thread

[DaSlicer]

Maybe Brooks and Dort will destroy each other in a cataclysmic explosion of dirtiness.

I feel Brooks vs Dort is the equivalent of street justice where you don't care who hurts who.

 

[The Ballsbreakers]

Tbf, Curry is the best normal sized human to ever play the game. Maybe West has a case over him, but that's it.

He's not normal-sized. Here in the islands he's an absolute giant at 6'2.

 

[scott]

OKC fans once again proving to the most overly sensitive group on the planet, now pretending like they invented t-shirts

https://twitter.com/x/status/2045192147251429552

https://twitter.com/x/status/2045279051364086107

https://twitter.com/x/status/2045241702429139104

https://twitter.com/x/status/2045287447521570858

 

[bozhemoi]

The first arena t-shirt thing I remember were the Miami Heat doing white outs. I thought they were dumb then and still feel like they are.

That said, Fiesta looks pretty dope. And Thunder fans, as I've said, are next to Celtics fans in how whiny and needy they are about their team. The difference is that Boston fans actually know something about the sport.

 

[BatManu20]

Rob Perez is taking DEN to win it all over the Knicks.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2045558962662281603

 

[bozhemoi]

Raptors-Cavs seems like the most inconsequential match-up in the first round.

 

[NotRobDiaz21]

Rob Perez is taking DEN to win it all over the Knicks.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2045558962662281603

Knicks making the Finals

 

[onechance87]

Knicks making the Finals

east is wide open

 

[NotRobDiaz21]

east is wide open

yeah, you're right tbh

 

[KDKSpurs24]

This Cavs/Raptors game is much better than the crap I was watching last night. They’re actually generating real playoff type shots. Idk what they were doing last night. Suns didn’t have an identity

 

[tearsofmorningdew]

that Mitchell call better not be what the rest of the playoffs is like….

 

[wEmBoY]

Curry isn't top 10, much less top 5.

In no particular order (other than eras):

Russell
Wilt
KAJ
Magic
Bird
Jordan
Hakeem
Shaq
Duncan
Kirby
LeBron

Are all decidedly better than him tbh. Would also add Moses but that's more debatable. Could also maybe see him above Kirby but I'll give him the nod since he was an elite defender at one point.

Curry is ahead of kobe. Tbh

 

[Fabbs]

He's not normal-sized. Here in the islands he's an absolute giant at 6'2.

Currys head and neck certainly grew the last 5 years. He's even got that Frankenstein vein running down his forehead to his temple.
Anyone else think he is on the same steroid / PED program as Lebron?

More power to Curry if he became a workout phenom in 2018 and did this all naturally. I sense it's PED aided big time, esp the last 3-4 years.

 

[tearsofmorningdew]

So glad Amazon prime has separate streams for the games that are easy to find

 

[Neuromancer]

Minnesota is going to be a tough out for any team. No one should be penciling in Denver for the second already imo

 

[tearsofmorningdew]

Nuggets refball is insane.

Murray down

 

[spursistan]

Rob Perez is taking DEN to win it all over the Knicks.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2045558962662281603

It is incredible how overrated this Denver team/core has become. Why has a team that has never won more 57 games in regular season and beaten only 2 50-win teams in the playoffs in 7 years is all of sudden being treated like it's a superteam and prohibitive favorites after a Jokic first ever and largely unimpressive 10-game winning streak?

 

[tearsofmorningdew]

murray faking an injury for the 3 FT flagrant These guys are shameless

 

[cediskace]

my god. the referees are just plain horrible to begin the game between denver and minnesota...... terrible. The wolves are really destoyed by the refs.....

 

[NotRobDiaz21]

Denver-ref putting in work early

 

[Ni-G]

Disgusting one sided whistle.

 

[cediskace]

and now the jokic foul forgtten !!! it will be challenged... my god, i've rarely seen refs being so obviously in favor of a team to begin game... terrible....

 

[Fireball]

i do not understand this Kawhi rule ... when you shoot a three pointer but land within the three point line with your feet ... what is the defender supposed to do? vanish?

 

[Ni-G]

i do not understand this Kawhi rule ... when you shoot a three pointer but land within the three point line with your feet ... what is the defender supposed to do? vanish?

It;s 3pointer not a lay up, you are supposed to jump vertically not playing games with a long jump forward in a search for defenders feet. How can one defend it at all?

 

[NotRobDiaz21]