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[MikeSU02]

I don't think there is a single one honestly. The only one that I think would even cause hesitation is the Unibrow, but I think Giannis' desire to be in Milwaukee + Davis' health issues + Giannis is a better defender/can run your offense = Milwaukee keeps Giannis.

LeBron is too old at this point and I'd be pretty shocked if they valued Kawhi over Giannis honestly. He's 22 and he's unquestionably a top 10 player already with obvious areas to improve upon.

Yeah, my only thought is if they are looking for instant gratification, they trade for LeBron.

If Giannis ever gets a shot, it's over. He'll dominate for a decade.

 

[Knicks411]

I don't think there is a single one honestly. The only one that I think would even cause hesitation is the Unibrow, but I think Giannis' desire to be in Milwaukee + Davis' health issues + Giannis is a better defender/can run your offense = Milwaukee keeps Giannis.

LeBron is too old at this point and I'd be pretty shocked if they valued Kawhi over Giannis honestly. He's 22 and he's unquestionably a top 10 player already with obvious areas to improve upon.

I can see Lebron because of the age issue, but I think they would have to trade freak for Leonard. I'm sure he'll end up making me look bad, but I'm not sure that Freak can be a better player than Leonard? Unless we're projecting massive shooting improvement.

And that's no knock on Giannis. Leonard is an incredible player.

I think maybe KD should be on this list though.

 

[Knicks411]

Giannis is so young it's outrageous though

 

[Fireball Jr.]

Ty Lue played LeBron 47 minutes in a game Cleveland had a 26 point lead going into the 4th quarter.
With all the miles on LeBron's tires that is just beyond stupid.

Who cares if you are the 2 seed you ripped Boston's heart out last week.

I wonder if LeBron wanted to be on the court that much, or if he felt he needed to be. He sure seems to be holding up quite well for a 32-year-old workhorse in his 14th season, but the heck with the No. 1 seed, give him some time off before the playoffs. He's leading the league in minutes per game (37.8) and averaged 42.9 minutes for five games in the past week.

Glad to see Love's gonna play against the Heat, though. He was out quite a while after knee surgery, he can use the "practice."

 

[MikeSU02]

I wonder if LeBron wanted to be on the court that much, or if he felt he needed to be. He sure seems to be holding up quite well for a 32-year-old workhorse in his 14th season, but the heck with the No. 1 seed, give him some time off before the playoffs. He's leading the league in minutes per game (37.8) and averaged 42.9 minutes for five games in the past week.

Glad to see Love's gonna play against the Heat, though. He was out quite a while after knee surgery, he can use the "practice."

Yeah, it's tough to think that LeBron doesn't control his own minutes.

And his effort is incredible considering it's his 14th season.

I still think everyone is going to worry about the Cavs and then in the first two rounds they'll win 8 games in 9 tries and we'll be kicking ourselves.

 

[Alsacs]

One game to go
Clippers and Jazz tied.
Both win and you guys will get one month of funny avatars for myself and OttoinGrotto.
Clippers host Kings.
Jazz host Spurs.

I am being a good sport for karma reasons and considering a tie for 4th a we both lose scenario because it's all for fun. Even though the Jazz would be the 5th seed.
I just hope the Clippers don't gag a 2nd home game to the Kings in a month.
Kings need don't ping pong balls so I am worried. I hope Pop actually plays Leonard atleast 24 minutes.

 

[Alsacs]

 

[Knicks411]

Yeah, it's tough to think that LeBron doesn't control his own minutes.

And his effort is incredible considering it's his 14th season.

I still think everyone is going to worry about the Cavs and then in the first two rounds they'll win 8 games in 9 tries and we'll be kicking ourselves.

This is why I'm not concerned yet. Lebron gets the benefit of the doubt.

Plus, Kevin Love has never lost a playoff series.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Plus, Kevin Love has never lost a playoff series.

This is by far my favorite hot take you've ever served up. Makes me chuckle every time.

 

[Knicks411]

This is by far my favorite hot take you've ever served up. Makes me chuckle every time.

It's a great one; you know it's good when you're laughing as you type it.

 

[Alsacs]

I got a cool grand on the line tomorrow with the Celtics O/U bet. The number is 52.5.
Boston has 52 wins.
I just got this tweet Bucks confirm that Delly, Giannis, Khris Middleton and Tony Snell did not travel to Boston for Wed. season finale.

Thank you Jason Kidd.

 

[Melancer46]

I got a cool grand on the line tomorrow with the Celtics O/U bet. The number is 52.5.
Boston has 52 wins.
I just got this tweet Bucks confirm that Delly, Giannis, Khris Middleton and Tony Snell did not travel to Boston for Wed. season finale.

Thank you Jason Kidd.

Gary Payton Jr. will end your hopes and dreams.

 

[Alsacs]

Gary Payton Jr. will end your hopes and dreams.

Boston is -13.5 I feel good for my bet.
The Bucks are locked into the 6 seed. I don't think they care about helping Cleveland.

 

[Melancer46]

Boston is -13.5 I feel good for my bet.
The Bucks are locked into the 6 seed. I don't think they care about helping Cleveland.

I'm honestly kinda surprised that we're just laying down. I suppose they could use the rest; especially Middleton given that he's probably still not 100% right from his injury, but I think Washington is a lot more beatable for us than Toronto is.

 

[Alsacs]

I'm honestly kinda surprised that we're just laying down. I suppose they could use the rest; especially Middleton given that he's probably still not 100% right from his injury, but I think Washington is a lot more beatable for us than Toronto is.

Atlanta locked up the 5 seed and Milwaukee has the 6 locked up.

The game is meaningless for the Bucks.

 

[Melancer46]

Atlanta locked up the 5 seed and Milwaukee has the 6 locked up.

The game is meaningless for the Bucks.

Oh I didn't realize Atlanta had the tie-breaker over us.

 

[Fireball Jr.]

The regular season is over, none too soon, this Cavs fan says. Let the real season begin.

Boston has the top spot in the East and gets the Bulls first round, Cavs get Pacers. Heat, nice last half of season, not enough.

Looking forward to OKC-Houston opening round in the West. Rockets in 5, maybe 6.

Cavs ended the Herb Man experiment today, cut Larry Sanders, who at least lasted longer than Andrew Bogut's 58-second Cleveland career. Cavs picked up 7-3 Edy Tavares from Toronto's D-League team, he had a nice debut. And the Cavs brought back 36-year-old Dahntay Jones tonight, who hadn't played since the Cavs similarly hired him to play in last season's playoffs. He looked OK, particularly for a guy who hasn't played all season. Great niche job: don't play the regular season, specialize in the post-season. Great gig.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Jazz at worst will draw the tie for 4th.

I was at the game. Hilarious. Spurs nobodies vs Jazz nobodies bombing out threes in each other's faces in crunch time.

Awesome.

 

[Alsacs]

Jazz at worst will draw the tie for 4th.

I was at the game. Hilarious. Spurs nobodies vs Jazz nobodies bombing out threes in each other's faces in crunch time.

Awesome.

Congrats on winning.
I hope my karma of being fair leads the Clip show to a win.

Atleast I won my Celtics over 52.5 bet.
Not a bad regular-season for the Boston Celtics. They get the No. 1 seed in the East and the Nets finish with worst record in the NBA.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Congrats on winning.
I hope my karma of being fair leads the Clip show to a win.

It does crack me up how you're playing up your "generosity" on something we never specified way back. I think we're going to end up with the funniest possible outcome which is really the best outcome. I could pretty easily make the case that a tie doesn't matter and just say I win though.

But, the maximum fun will likely be achieved, so it's good fr everyone.

 

[Alsacs]

It does crack me up how you're playing up your "generosity" on something we never specified way back. I think we're going to end up with the funniest possible outcome which is really the best outcome. I could pretty easily make the case that a tie doesn't matter and just say I win though.

But, the maximum fun will likely be achieved, so it's good fr everyone.

Was the deal the Jazz would be a top 4 seed or not?
If the Clippers win the Jazz will not be a top 4 seed.
By those standards I would technically win. There is no tie in seeding.
I could say I win you lose. I am being a good sport about a tie where if Utah would have won the tiebreaker I bet you wouldn't call it a tie. This isn't the funniest scenario I can declare victory if you want if the Clippers win.

 

[OrangeDW]

Yeah, my only thought is if they are looking for instant gratification, they trade for LeBron.

If Giannis ever gets a shot, it's over. He'll dominate for a decade.

Shooting is so important. For that reason, I'd take KD over him anyday, going forward.

Towns is close.

Embiid would be a possibility if he could play 35 mpg for 70 games. There's nothing that suggests he can which just sucks. But that guy could be something else if his body can hold up.

 

[Melancer46]

Shooting is so important. For that reason, I'd take KD over him anyday, going forward.

Towns is close.

Embiid would be a possibility if he could play 35 mpg for 70 games. There's nothing that suggests he can which just sucks. But that guy could be something else if his body can hold up.

Shooting is important, but Giannis is already a top 10 player in the NBA without it, and just accomplished something that no other player in NBA history has ever done. And he's 22. Obviously Durant is better right now, but in terms of who the Bucks would trade Giannis for, Giannis is committed to Milwaukee long-term; Durant simply would not be. 10+ years of Giannis is far better than like 2 of Durant.

Towns is good, but he's still pretty far behind Giannis and only a year younger.

 

[Melancer46]

A guy on Reddit is tracking Award Voters ballots as they publicize them to keep track of who's winning each award so that we hopefully don't have to wait until the end of the season to find out who wins.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lj0LWD5zEPMjZ2yLDxoLWB5wbaSUbrDvRiMJHMNTSGc/edit#gid=1988127950

So far, we have:
MVP:
Westbrook - 151
Harden - 88
LeBron - 43
Kawhi - 37
Isaiah - 3
Curry - 2
Wall - 1

DPOY:
Draymond - 44
Gobert - 40
Kawhi - 10
Whiteside/Andre Roberson - 1

Most Improved:
Giannis - 41
Nikola Jokic - 18
James Johnson - 10
Otto Porter - 9

ROY:
Malcolm Brogdon - 37
Embiid - 32
Dario Saric - 25
Hernangomez/Hield - 1

 

[Knicks411]

Did anyone see the story about Moe Harkless?