The Official Dwayne Wade <<<<<< you thread

Soooo, Ben Simmons has a mysterious back injury now, can't do any on-court practice and hasn't got a timetable for return. Sounds to me like he's just too scared to play at all.

I thought we were gonna get 9th last night and then Westbrook hit a 3 with 0.4 secs left ffs.

Was nice to win without BI tho, hopefully he's back soon.

We now have the 9th

Winning the first two of this road trip without BI is absolutely huge, even if we lose tomorrow going 2-1 before we go back home is very positive.

Also fuck Trae Young.

[quote="Art Morte"]Soooo, Ben Simmons has a mysterious back injury now, can't do any on-court practice and hasn't got a timetable for return. Sounds to me like he's just too scared to play at all. [/quote]


Surely they can give him a huge pay cut until he gets on the court. Ridiculous how someone can be one of the highest paid players in the competition and not play. If I was a teammate or opponent I would be pissed.

Warriors and Steve Kerr are nothing without Stephen.

Two playoff atmosphere games on the road, two times Bucks went down by double digits in the game, two times the Bucks come back to win. We've been very good in the fourth quarter of close games, which bodes well for the playoffs.

Honestly although our record isn't as good as the sun's, I like what I've seen from this team a lot. It's not that we're blowing teams out, but we're finding ways to win in close games against good teams consistently throughout the year. They clearly know how to step it up when need be. And we've ramped up, even with some guys missing games here and there, we've won 12 of the last 15 I think.

Oh, and Giannis is the best player in the league, full stop.

you guys are clear favourites with the best player in the league, yes, you'll easily beat the Suns again if they win the West.

Suns don't move me at all. They have elite chemistry hence their record this season, i'll give them that, but when push comes to shove i can't take their players seriously. I'll take my disjointed, in-and-out of the lineup Dubs as long as all of the key pieces are healthy over them.

Matchup-wise, I feel we could struggle more against Dallas or Grizzlies in the West.

The feeling of happiness i got from last night was insane.

AD comes back and plays 36 minutes just to lose, Lebron has played twice in two weeks both against us.

He literally rested to prepare and we still sent his ass home.

Also that small time organisation turned the lights off during shootaround so we sent the lights off on their season.

doesn't matter which non-Laker fan you are, at least everyone has enjoyed the Lakers' car crash of a season.

Are they really going to give Jokic the MVP again? Giannis or Embiid all day.

I have seen this from Jovic before, he will be knocked out of the playoff very early.

I would vote for

MVP: Embiid
ROY: Mobley
DPOY: Giannis
MIP: Morant
6th: Herro
Coach: Monty Williams

at this point i actually wouldn't mind Jokic winning, just so that i can hear the haters cry... Fact is dude keeps on putting up historically crazy efficient numbers both sides of floor, especially offensively, and without him his team will be down there along with OKC and Rockets.

But with that said, i'll give it to Embiid because I feel like he done enough to deserve it this season.

ROY: Mobley
DPOY: Mikal Bridges
MIP: Poole
6th: Herro
Coach: Taylor Jenkins

MIP is probably the most interesting and debatable race. I don't feel players like Ja and even Tatum who there has been talks for that award recently should be considered. Because they are already high drafted stars who we expect those leaps from, but that's just me.

Jokic for MVP, imo. I enjoy watching him play more than Embiid or Giannis, so maybe there's a little bias there, but Jokic is pulling a roster whose 2nd and 3rd best players are Aaron Gordon and Will Barton to the playoffs.

Taylor Jenkins is the only one who can win Coach of the Year, btw, otherwise it's rigged af.

MVP: Giannis (Clearly the best player. Got almost same PER as Jokic and is the best defender in the league. Should be a no brainer).
ROY: Cade
DPOY: Giannis
MIP: Miles Bridges (feels like he is the only one who wasn't just on the same trajectory as always. He felt stagnated and suddenly improved).
6th: Herro
Coach: Taylor Jenkins

The shitty state of the Lakers is heart breaking for me... Buss family needs to sell.

It would not be wrong if either Jokic or Giannis wins MVP for all reasons you guys said i just feel the narrative is ideal for Embiid.

For MIP i get the argument that a guy like Morant should not be considered then Miles Bridges is a good choice.

Suns are the best team in the NBA this season, would be scandalous if Monty Williams is not coach of the year. Taylor Jenkins is more a candidate next year if Grizzlies are able to improve or at least maintain over their current form.

Yeah I hate MIP being the higher usage award basically.

Ja Morant is exactly who was projected to be. Would be like giving LeBron most improved his second year.

I give Jenkins the award because of the record without Morant. It’s absolutely great.

Freeza wrote:I give Jenkins the award because of the record without Morant. It’s absolutely great.

same

Udoka also deserves some props. Him and Monty fill out the top 3.

To think Bickerstaff was candidate at some point expectedly he could not maintain after so many injuries

Nick Nurse is a great coach and a joy to watch. Impressive how Raptors bounced back with a roster not drastically better than last year's. Not a serious COY candidate but it is worth a mention.

I read Vogel is out of LA and could be replaced by Doc Rivers lol ?? Might as well officially hire LeBron as player-coach-GM

If Rivers is the coach I'm pretty sure we'll be getting another lottery pick from them next year.

Rivers and Quin Snyder the names being mentioned... i agree might as well let LeBron be the coach then

Praying for you Mole. Would love to see the Pels in the playoffs

I hope you win the East

Bucks v Warriors finals would rip so much man