NBA Official 2026 NBA Playoffs Thread

Knueppel was clearly ROY straight up. I think voters accounted for what they become in the future, though.
 
The Pistons flaws were well-advertised, but the Magic when healthy and playing to their potential are better than a regular 8th seed. They have arguably 3 of the best 4 players in this series.
This wouldn't be an earth-shattering upset or anything if it happens.
 
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BacktoBasics said:
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Durant isn’t even playing right now and his teammates seem clueless as to what his status is.

KD is a cancer. He skills don’t live in a vacuum. He’s also old.

The greatest strength of our team is their chemistry and how invested they are in each other’s success and lives. It translates to selflessness on the court and team chemistry.
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Our greatest strength is Wemby and then our guard play. Our biggest weakness is PF and having a reliable bucket getter when the offense stalls. We can cover those weaknesses with the KD-Fox swap while remaining strong on the guard play.

Look, I already said I knew folks would freak out with this trade idea, just like yall freaked out when I suggested getting CP3. I also realize this is the worst possible time to come up with this trade proposal. I just wanted to see BB burn for a little while :st-lol:. Neither party is gonna change their opinions, so let's just all agree to disagree and just enjoy the Nuggets and Wolves beat the shit out of each other.
 
DAF86 said:
Our greatest strength is Wemby and then our guard play. Our biggest weakness is PF and having a reliable bucket getter when the offense stalls. We can cover those weaknesses with the KD-Fox swap while remaining strong on the guard play.

Look, I already said I knew folks would freak out with this trade idea, just like yall freaked out when I suggested getting CP3. I also realize this is the worst possible time to come up with this trade proposal. I just wanted to see BB burn for a little while :st-lol:. Neither party is gonna change their opinions, so let's just all agree to disagree and just enjoy the Nuggets and Wolves beat the shit out of each other.
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You don’t win on paper. He destroys team chemistry.

I don’t dispute his talent but what good is that if you wreck your team.
 
I never doubted Banchero. Magic can go the the Finals.
spursistan said:
The Pistons flaws were well-advertised, but the Magic when healthy and playing to their potential are better than a regular 8th seed. They have arguably 3 of best the 4 players in this series.
This wouldn't be n earth-shattering upset or anything if it happens.
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BacktoBasics said:
You don’t win on paper. He destroys team chemistry.

I don’t dispute his talent but what good is that if you wreck your team.
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yeah some players are such proven cancers that it just doesn't matter what skillset they bring to the team, it's not worth it.
KD is example number 1 for me.
 
spursistan said:
Feel bad for Knueppel. That late season slump and play-in performance killed him while Flagg was racking up empty stats by admission of Kidd who said they were gearing everything for him to get ROTY.
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Flagg was putting up ROY numbers before the trade deadline when the Mavs still thought they could make the playoffs and have a healthy Kyrie back by the end of the season. He continued to dominate when it became clear he was the only scoring option Dallas had, even while playing against teams that were trying. He was legitimately good in meaningful games throughout the season.

I think people just missed a lot of Mavs games this year because they were a hard watch, and they made assumptions from stats and team records. No one who watched both Flagg and Kneuppel on a regular basis could possibly make the case for Kon, though he was a great rookie in his own right.

No one's going to be questioning this decision in 3 years, I can tell you that much.
 
spursistan said:
Feel bad for Knueppel. That late season slump and play-in performance killed him while Flagg was racking up empty stats by admission of Kidd who said they were gearing everything for him to get ROTY.
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Kon hit the Rookie wall with a month left in the season in large part because he played 81 games this season and logged heavy minutes in most of them, while Flagg missed 3 weeks from mid-Feb to early March with an injury, which gave him fresh legs to finish the last 5 weeks of the season strong. That and Kon playing poorly in the Play-In (which isn’t even supposed to count towards voting) did him in.
 
Spurminator said:
Flagg was putting up ROY numbers before the trade deadline when the Mavs still thought they could make the playoffs and have a healthy Kyrie back by the end of the season. He continued to dominate when it became clear he was the only scoring option Dallas had, even while playing against teams that were trying. He was legitimately good in meaningful games throughout the season.

I think people just missed a lot of Mavs games this year because they were a hard watch, and they made assumptions from stats and team records. No one who watched both Flagg and Kneuppel on a regular basis could possibly make the case for Kon, though he was a great rookie in his own right.

No one's going to be questioning this decision in 3 years, I can tell you that much.
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I would also say Kon benefitted from playing with LaMelo. LaMelo's style of play of pushing the ball and center gravity generated a lot of open shots for him.
 
Spurminator said:
Flagg was putting up ROY numbers before the trade deadline when the Mavs still thought they could make the playoffs and have a healthy Kyrie back by the end of the season. He continued to dominate when it became clear he was the only scoring option Dallas had, even while playing against teams that were trying. He was legitimately good in meaningful games throughout the season.

I think people just missed a lot of Mavs games this year because they were a hard watch, and they made assumptions from stats and team records. No one who watched both Flagg and Kneuppel on a regular basis could possibly make the case for Kon, though he was a great rookie in his own right.

No one's going to be questioning this decision in 3 years, I can tell you that much.
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Flagg does everything well. Kon does one thing well. The people arguing for Kon being ROY are the same nerds posting Jokic stat lines and making insane overstatements about his all time great status.
 
in line with what Shams reported yesterday, that Ant is expected to miss multiple weeks, today the wolves have said that Edwards is considered "week to week"

basically the idea is he will certainly miss the start of round 2, may come back in time for the mid-end of round 2, and more or less should be able to play by the conference finals

while Minny and Denver pose unique challenges for us, i'd much rather face the wolves without Edwards and with Ant missing most or all of the series than i would Denver with a hobbled Gordon
 
Any idea of when Rd 2 would start if Wolves close out tonight and we close out tomorrow? Friday or Saturday?
 
KD is a fit on a lot of rosters tbh. He’s just a cancer. And he’s done nothing for people to give him any benefit of the doubt on that front.

Besides, Wemby is the clear alpha of this team. We dont need a diva taking touches away from him. We already have mouths to feed and I think that has been Fox’s best contribution to the team (taking a backseat not just to Wemby but to Steph).
 
Bill Brasky said:
JFC we're never getting Durant's pussy ass. His ego would never allow himself to come here anyway.
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DAF will find a video of LeBron saying he passed to Reaves once and that proves that KD is ready to be a supporting piece
 
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