2025 NBA Post-Season thread!!!

[ninjacookies]

Originally Posted by drobfan8

The chickens have come home to roost.

The 2 fan bases that have talked the most smack this season have been destroyed by teams that are just tougher pretty much.

12/25. Feliz Navidad.


We no longer have to be inundated with the 'better put some respek on our regular season name' and 'sit back and watch how real championship ball is played' CCP propaganda.


Rough showing for 7th year Zion Garland. Misses half the series then looks like Markelle Fultz the other half. Have to wonder if he'll ever sniff the greatness of a true alpha manlet leading a squad to the ECF.





Thankfully, there is a designated safe space for all your remaining Mobley, Dgar, and Spidah loser talk needs, courtesy of our very own Kneesmiff giga hoarder.

Hope you're out there somewhere on the sunny shores of Cebu poppin San Miguels with Kuya Rod (pause).

[bigjbasketball]

Can’t believe the ECF will most likely be Pacers-Knicks…giving me flashbacks to the 90s. 2nd straight trip for Indiana, that dude Hali is the real deal. He definitely read all the “underrated” comments and is showing everyone now. I can see them making the Finals with the way they’ve been playing.

[Delta5]

Cavs are no longer on fraud watch; they are officially certified frauds

[6celtics33]

12/41 for the guards. Wow, terrible

[Scottish Punk]

Originally Posted by bigjbasketball

Can’t believe the ECF will most likely be Pacers-Knicks…giving me flashbacks to the 90s. 2nd straight trip for Indiana, that dude Hali is the real deal. He definitely read all the “underrated” comments and is showing everyone now. I can see them making the Finals with the way they’ve been playing.

Just like everybody predicted, lol. I had Cavs/Celtics. Hali is great but he does disappear s game for every game like tonight.

[tjforce]

Originally Posted by Scottish Punk

They need to swap Garland for a better scorer. I like Strus as a spot shooter. Jerome stinks. Mobley seems better to be the defensive anchor and third scorer. Just Mitchell putting up 30 shots. If he is on, they win. If not, no Bueno.

Nah... Mobley's the best player on this team...

18 Ppg on 58% shooting, 43% from 3. 82% from the FT line.

But Mitchell had to soak up the entire offense and shoot 42% from the field, 24% from 3, and 74% from the line.

Same old story. Can't wait til Mobley goes to L.A.

[bradjames12]

Pacers love playing in Cleveland I guess..

Pacers gave them 2 of the 7 regular season home losses and just won all 3 playoff games at Cleveland...

[tjforce]

Originally Posted by ninjacookies

12/25. Feliz Navidad.


We no longer have to be inundated with the 'better put some respek on our regular season name' and 'sit back and watch how real championship ball is played' CCP propaganda.


Rough showing for 7th year Zion Garland. Misses half the series then looks like Markelle Fultz the other half. Have to wonder if he'll ever sniff the greatness of a true alpha manlet leading a squad to the ECF.





Thankfully, there is a designated safe space for all your remaining Mobley, Dgar, and Spidah loser talk needs, courtesy of our very own Kneesmiff giga hoarder.

Hope you're out there somewhere on the sunny shores of Cebu poppin San Miguels with Kuya Rod (pause).

Coulda missed the playoffs like Trae and Zion did.. so there's that.

[6celtics33]

Originally Posted by rhigh2390

Boston has less of am excuse as they've been tested. Cavs just weren't as good as what their record said. The East seems to have those teams often.

Yep, frauds like the raptors and hawks that LeBron used to “overcome” as the lower seed lol

[RKH916]

The likelihood of Tatum ever returning to his current level of play is extremely low.

It'll be a slow burn to retirement now. Very sad to see.

Unusual to see a player this young do an achilles.

[al3xmac10]

Originally Posted by ninjacookies

Hope you're out there somewhere on the sunny shores of Cebu poppin San Miguels with Kuya Rod (pause).

wait Ninja, who is Kuya Rod???

[Delta5]

Originally Posted by RKH916

The likelihood of Tatum ever returning to his current level of play is extremely low.

It'll be a slow burn to retirement now. Very sad to see.

Unusual to see a player this young do an achilles.

The peak is way in the past for tatum cards

[Scottish Punk]

Originally Posted by tjforce

Nah... Mobley's the best player on this team...

18 Ppg on 58% shooting, 43% from 3. 82% from the FT line.

But Mitchell had to soak up the entire offense and shoot 42% from the field, 24% from 3, and 74% from the line.

Same old story. Can't wait til Mobley goes to L.A.

I agree, Mobley is their best player. He is their 3rd scorer though. Which is fine since he does everything else. I don't see him getting to 25 a game. If you swap Garland out for another creator, than the offense can be more balanced. If you swap Mitchell for another superstar, but that is really hard to do.

Like think of what the result if you swapped Halliburton and Garland.

[ninjacookies]

Originally Posted by tjforce

Coulda missed the playoffs like Trae and Zion did.. so there's that.

Substitute Good Hair on this Cavs squad this series and they win in 3.



(kinda sorta kidding but not kidding)

[yiguiri2002]

I can't believe no one has congratulated Nomad yet. He tried to tell us, we just didn't listen. Maybe we are the crazy ones after all.

[ninjacookies]

Originally Posted by al3xmac10

wait Ninja, who is Kuya Rod???

[yiguiri2002]

Cavs gave Strus 16M a year for his shooting and deep playoff experience and he misses all 6 of his 3s and ends with zero points

[al3xmac10]

wow, is this Bubble Jamal Murray??

[mossoholic]

Cavs lost as many home games to the Pacers as they did the entire regular season and postseason combined to everyone else.

[ninjacookies]

Indy just came off their biggest W since Reggie made the Jenna Jameson gagging gesture towards Spike's side piece...and Nomad's online status nowhere to be found.

Hope bro didn't goon himself to an early grave.

[yiguiri2002]

Originally Posted by ninjacookies

Indy just came off their biggest W since Reggie made the Jenna Jameson gagging gesture towards Spike's side piece...and Nomad's online status nowhere to be found.

Hope bro didn't goon himself to an early grave.

It wasn't about the goal, it was about the journey. Always was.

[tjforce]

Originally Posted by ninjacookies

Substitute Good Hair on this Cavs squad this series and they win in 3.



(kinda sorta kidding but not kidding)

Sure... but Cavs likely win 1 or 2 more if Garland is healthy and does miss the first 2 games..

Fact is you build your squad around a guy who's play obviously doesn't translate into winning playoff basketball, this is what you get.

I'm over it... I got rich on Brady, Mahomes, and Ben Simmons... not the Cavs.

[al3xmac10]

OKC Brunson realizing this is the Playoffs...

[ninjacookies]

Originally Posted by yiguiri2002

It wasn't about the goal, it was about the journey. Always was.

Go(o)ne too soon.

Originally Posted by tjforce

Sure... but Cavs likely win 1 or 2 more if Garland is healthy and does miss the first 2 games..

Unfortunately there are no consolation prizes for unavailability. Ask me how I know.


Garland's good, but I don't think he'll ever be an earth mover, nor a #1. That's not his game.

Mobley 'feels' the same. While he can be a defensive juggernaut and have his occasional great nights offensively, he's not a shot creator nor a point forward. Think JJJ.

The Cavs have an interesting dilemma going forward, and the same issue majority of the league faces. Drop Spidah then what? You look at every single true contender and they all have that alpha dog. You have to have an extremely special 'system' to do it without one in this modern era.

[yiguiri2002]

OKC starting backcourt is 2-11 with 6 turnovers for 6 points so far.