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— Max (@maxisnicee) May 16, 2019

Quite the disappointing conference finals. Then again, the finals could be really good. This Bucks team has got all the necessary pieces to become champions.

Warriors will win again lol.

urbaNRoots wrote:Warriors will win again lol.

Bucks have so much scoring potential across the board that I'mma call them my favorites

Bucks have to significantly change their entire defensive scheme against the Warriors otherwise they have no chance.

But it's clear you guys have paid no attention to playoff basketball, Bucks and Warriors did what they were supposed to.

They won at home, there's a reason why the saying a "Series doesn't start until the home team loses" exists.

Skip Bayless called Dame and CJ the Crash Brothers in playoff time.

New Orleans has agreed on deal with Brooklyn assistant general manager Trajan Langdon to make him the new GM working alongside David Griffin, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 19, 2019

Jesus, i didn't expect this. Franchise stays stacking up Ws

VanVleet and Green smh

Toronto choked again lmao.

Double OT but we keep the series alive.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Toronto choked again lmao.

Guess not, but it would concern me that Kawhi was hobbling for most of the game.

If he can't go at 100% none of it really matters tbh.

You would think Nick Nurse will give Lin a chance with the way VanVleet has been playing Lin could have come in and at least hit one shot in the 4th quarter, surely.

Lin has been hot trash everytime he's played, also playing someone whose barely played in high pressure moments is probably not very smart.

Again watched the first-half of the game. Toronto crowd was immense in the first quarter, regular season games feel like friendlies compared to that.

I wonder can the Raps shut down Giannis in the next game, too.

Someone shoot Magic with a silver bullet...

My god...

What a fucking imbecile.

Didn't catch the game but props to Toronto for pulling it out

Hope Giannis steps it up. He's always a beast on the defensive end but we need him on the offense if Middleton and Bledsoe are being trash. Middleton I understand because he's got the main assignment on Kawhi defensively and is facing the beast himself on offense, so he's going to have some tough shooting games. Bledsoe has 0 excuses for his play these playoffs.

Bledsoe might be more of a regular season warrior tbh. His play last playoffs and these playoffs has been suspect. He wasn't even consistently good against Boston either. He was good in one or two games but average in the rest.

We need more from him. Dude gets in his own head I think.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Lin has been hot trash everytime he's played, also playing someone whose barely played in high pressure moments is probably not very smart.

Dude did you see VanVleet last night even if Lin has been hot trash I genuinely believe that would have been no harm at all in trying him out for a few minutes. He is better at creating his own shot than VanVleet imo. They just needed one to fall in normal time in the fourth and they wouldn't have to had struggle to a double overtime battle.

Giannis last night was more about Kawhi being on him most of the game tbh.

Either he would be forced to shoot incredibly tough shots, funneled into Gasol or what happened most of the time just denied the ball constantly and forcing Milwaukee to put in other players hands.

Which is why their best players were arguably George Hill and Brogdon as they are probably their best decision makers along with Giannis.

El Gunner wrote:

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Lin has been hot trash everytime he's played, also playing someone whose barely played in high pressure moments is probably not very smart.

Dude did you see VanVleet last night even if Lin has been hot trash I genuinely believe that would have been no harm at all in trying him out for a few minutes. He is better at creating his own shot than VanVleet imo. They just needed one to fall in normal time in the fourth and they wouldn't have to had struggle to a double overtime battle.

Yes, but no coach is throwing a player who is out of the rotation all season into a to a must win game lol.

The coach trusts Van Vleet way more for a reason, there's more to the game than just creating your own shot lol.

There's understanding defensive assignments, defensive rotations, communication, leadership, knowing how to run the offence and where players like the ball.

There's a reason why Lin sees no play, yes Van Vleet didn't play well and his shot was off all night but it's much easier to compensate for the lack of shot making than the stuff Lin would be doing.

Not to mention he only played that much because Lowry fouled out, neither team seemed to be capable of defending without fouling last night lol.

Magic Johnson came out saying he made all the terrible signing as if we’re supposed to applaud him for it

Ruining his rep.

Incredible stuff. Can’t recover from this.

Not just his rep but does he realize what he's doing? He says how the Lakers are going in the right direction but his comments are actively harming free agents from wanting to go there.

Can't see anyone thinking "yh i want to go there" after all this mess.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Not just his rep but does he realize what he's doing? He says how the Lakers are going in the right direction but his comments are actively harming free agents from wanting to go there.

Can't see anyone thinking "yh i want to go there" after all this mess.

His comments makes him seem like the incompetent one mostly. If anything it clears Pelinka of most stuff.

Players are probably still coming to play with LeBron, Magic being gone is a plus. I think his rep has taken a huge hit after trashing so many players during his time here.

Julius, DLo, Zubac, Deng and more. I can’t belive he’s such a shit. Legit said he forced DLo out because of the “Shaggy P “ situation. Could’ve probably gotten a better offer. I’m so mad. Everything he’s done has been shit.

Magic legit called Demps behind everone’s Back and wanted to trade our entire roster. I can’t belive this unprofessional shit.

It's still not a good look for the Lakers.

I'm not sure if it's going to change any players' minds, but it's not really what you want out in the public if you're the Lakers. Either way, Magic is one of the most entertaining figures in sports and I want him to be an NBA mainstay tbh

Vibe wrote:How do we feel about Vogel Freeza

Absolutely love his defense. I was very high on him back when he was the only one to "figure out" LeBron in his prime in the East.

Worried about his track record on offense, but he's talking at the press conference right now and wants to run outside-in offense and 5 out etc. Something no coach so far has been willing to do for us.

Hell, Luke Walton was here three years and he never implemented any offense, because "it isn't needed when you've got good players"

I actually like Vogel a lot, probably more secure in him than Ty Lue. But we could've had both. Wouldn't have minded Vogel hired over Lue either, just the whole way it was handled was dumb.

Somehow I think we might have stumbled into hiring the right man for the job, which would be such a Lakers thing to do.

I'll be seeing you in the finals EG

Can't wait to take out the "blue and gold"