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#1 ·
Season starts tonight!

New season = new thread.

Get your predictions in and what not. Some of you have done that already in the off-season thread.

Tonights predictions:

Wizards at Cavs
Celtics at Heat
Mavs at Lakers
 
#8,631 ·
My official predictions
Heat over Bucks in 5 (I think Jennings or Ellis or both get hot for one game and steal it)tt
Bulls over Nets in 6
Pacers over Hawks in 6
Knicks-Celtics (If we get the Celtics from the reg. season, Knicks 5; if the Celtics step their game up for the playoffs like they've done over the years then Celtics in 6)

Thunder over Rockets in 5 (Harden gets hot for one game and steals one)
Clippers over Grizzlies in 7
Nuggets over Warriors in 7 (I think both teams will protect their homecourt, the Nuggets are best home team in NBA and Warriors playoff crowd is no joke)
Spurs over Lakers in 7
 
#8,633 ·
Some news.

- Doug Collins has officially stepped down as Sixers coach.
- Cavs fire Byron Scott.
- Pistons fire Lawrence Frank.
- O.J. Mayo opts out of his contract and will become a FA.
- The NBA has announced that flopping rules will be more "strict" in the playoffs. There will be no warnings, players will be immediately fined and if a repeat offender, suspended.

Also a fun fact. Michael Beasley had more FGA this season than points.
 
#8,635 ·
- The NBA has announced that flopping rules will be more "strict" in the playoffs. There will be no warnings, players will be immediately fined and if a repeat offender, suspended.
:lmao

Now that is some hilarious bullshit right there if I've ever heard it. The Heat are one of the worst flopping teams in the league and there ain't a chance in hell that Stern would suspend one of them in the playoffs.
 
#8,637 ·
I think KG will retire regardless of the Celtics playoff outcome.

And if KG retires, I wonder if Pierce would retire as well. The original plan was for the Big 3, including Ray to all retire together but of course that plan is ruined. I'm curious if KG & Pierce would stick to the commitment.
 
#8,642 · (Edited)
The "worry about your own team" shit was stupid anyway. If I would've praised the Lakers you wouldn't have said a damn thing, but since I didn't, I need to worry about my own team. This is the NBA thread. I'll talk about whatever team I want to. I don't give a fuck if you like what I have to say or not.

And as far as the Nuggets defense goes, yeah I looked in the wrong column. They're the #11 defense in the NBA. So yeah, they're not elite but they're still a good defense. Unless you're deluded enough to think that being a top 11 defense isn't being a good defense. Either way my point still stands, defense won't be an issue for them in the playoffs. UJust because a team is fast-paced doesn't automatically mean they can't score in a halfcourt offense. And with the joke of a defense that the Lakers have, especially their perimeter defense, I still like the Nuggets chances.

The Rockets are 16th in defense in the NBA, meaning they're an average defensive team while you on the other day tried to make it seem like they're an atrocious defensive team. And offensive/defensive rating is the best way to determine the best offenses and defenses in the league, not PPG or points allowed.

And LOL at George Karl not being that much of a better coach than D'Antoni. Just LOL.
 
#8,644 ·
No, points against and FG% is the most telling thing about a defense as far as I'm concerned. Pretty sure defensive rating is pace adjusted and that literally means nothing as it just makes high tempo teams come off good defensively when they're still letting in a massive amount of points like the Nuggets/Rockets are.

lol George Karl is awful.
 
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