2023-24 NBA Playoffs Predictions

[EBCollectibles]

Originally Posted by gomiamigo

No star in the playoffs has ever been tossed for the foul Embiid committed, not ever. And he was clearly trying to protect from his bad knee getting fallen on again.

Brunson is 10x the foul-grifter Embiid is, it's amazing. He jumps sideways and backwards into defenders, does anything that's not remotely a basketball move nor trying to score and the refs keep falling for it. He shot 12 FTs last night and Thibs whined he wasn't getting calls! LMAO.

Embiid is the best player on the planet.

Another clown that should have played in the 80's. Jokic has two kids right now Lebron and Embid. Ask Maury the results are in.

[ksemmel]

Originally Posted by gomiamigo

No star in the playoffs has ever been tossed for the foul Embiid committed, not ever. And he was clearly trying to protect from his bad knee getting fallen on again.

Brunson is 10x the foul-grifter Embiid is, it's amazing. He jumps sideways and backwards into defenders, does anything that's not remotely a basketball move nor trying to score and the refs keep falling for it. He shot 12 FTs last night and Thibs whined he wasn't getting calls! LMAO.

Embiid is the best player on the planet.

Since you are a big time Embiid homer I have a few simple yes or no opinion questions for you:

- Does Embiid flop?
- Does Embiid cry to officials?
- As a 7 ft 280 lb Center, does Embiid play physical basketball?
- As a 7ft 280 lb Center, do you believe the 20+ times he falls are all justified?
- Do you think Embiid has ever taken a cheap shot on a player?
- Do you think Embiid is a dirty player?
- Do you enjoy watching Embiid's style of basketball?

[bkcardcollector]

Originally Posted by ksemmel

Since you are a big time Embiid homer I have a few simple yes or no opinion questions for you:

- Does Embiid flop? yes
- Does Embiid cry to officials? yes
- As a 7 ft 280 lb Center, does Embiid play physical basketball? yes
- As a 7ft 280 lb Center, do you believe the 20+ times he falls are all justified? he doesn't have to justify (sorry i broke the y/n criterion)
- Do you think Embiid has ever taken a cheap shot on a player? yes
- Do you think Embiid is a dirty player? yes
- Do you enjoy watching Embiid's style of basketball? NBA? yes

ill try to answer

[jcardstore]

Originally Posted by ksemmel

Since you are a big time Embiid homer I have a few simple yes or no opinion questions for you:

- Does Embiid flop?
- Does Embiid cry to officials?
- As a 7 ft 280 lb Center, does Embiid play physical basketball?
- As a 7ft 280 lb Center, do you believe the 20+ times he falls are all justified?
- Do you think Embiid has ever taken a cheap shot on a player?
- Do you think Embiid is a dirty player?
- Do you enjoy watching Embiid's style of basketball?

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes

[jcardstore]

And no he’s not close to the best player

[daeve]

Originally Posted by Grave252

I'm trying not to get too invested in the Wolves until they get past round 1. Minnesota teams aren't trustworthy. Even a 2-0 series lead doesn't get me too hyped.

have you been watching?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvEpuhVta_4&t=606s

[daeve]

Tom Thibodeau on how Jalen Brunson was officiated tonight: "I'll send my clips in like I do every game, and then they'll say 'marginal contact.' And then we'll have marginal contact on Embiid, and he'll be at the line 21 times."

Will be interesting to see how Thibs "adjusts" for next game

[daeve]

Joker quite literally bored with beating LA. The politeness is extra brutal.

Nikola Jokic on defeating the Lakers 11x in a row: "I think it’s really hard to play against the same team over and over again. You kind of get bored with the style of the play. So you just need to just trust what we are doing and don’t get bored with success. Because it can (go) wrong really quick"

[sportzluvr1]

Jokic been best player in NBA for years and it’s really not close. Driving force of a potential dynasty. Doing it with a 1 fringe, oft injured, all star and some solid role players.

[TSonn]

Madison Square Garden needs to get a Tonya Harding cheer going next time Embiid is at the free throw line.

[ninjabum87]

Originally Posted by The Accountant

50 points on one leg and one eye = huge bum!

Lol one eye. FOH with that. Sixers fans acting like mild Bells Palsy is polio or leukemia or some shiz.

All of us can only aspire to be like inspirational Bells Palsy survivor Joel Embiid rofl.

There are more severe cases where you have blurry f'd up vision, but him shooting the way he did from 3pt range suggests he had a milder case that obviously didn't impact the depth perception you need to hit those at a higher rate than usual. If the impact of "having one eye" is his shooting percentage from range goes up someone get this man an eye patch he can wear every game.

The free throws I'll give him those. He could be totally blind and he'd still make 19/21 cause he spends so much time on the line it's muscle memory. Homie'd be knocking them down like Daredevil.

[ninjabum87]

Originally Posted by jcardstore

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes

Draymond: 21 flagrants in 970 total games played (15 flagrants in 813 regular season games played and 6 flagrants in 157 playoff games played)

Embiid:23 flagrants in 489 games played (16 flagrants in 433 regular season games and 7 flagrants in 56 playoff games)

More flagrants in the playoffs than Draymond in almost 3x less games.

[Nomad]

So am I correct in hearing that Embid was great and necessary for the 76ers hero win, but his physical condition actually worsened during the game? Respect but I wonder if this is a retirement bid. Bell's palsy has to reflect damaged nerves on top of the ankle or shin issue.

[ninjabum87]

Play with palsy = kick you in the ballsy

Draymond got a one game suspension for stepping on Sabonis. Embiid should get the same.

[rhigh2390]

Originally Posted by ninjabum87

Play with palsy = kick you in the ballsy

Draymond got a one game suspension for stepping on Sabonis. Embiid should get the same.

He should, but I don't see it happening.

[ninjabum87]

Originally Posted by rhigh2390

He should, but I don't see it happening.

I'm 99.999% sure you could offer to chop your own nads off with a hatchet if he was suspended and you'd still have nads come next game.

[bradjames12]

Joel is worse than Draymond and Silver is absolutely ignoring it..

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comment...than_draymond/

[GOATcards]

Originally Posted by bradjames12

Joel is worse than Draymond and Silver is absolutely ignoring it..

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comment...than_draymond/

seems as though embiid is one of the most disliked players in the league, up there with bron. i wonder why

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by GOATcards

seems as though embiid is one of the most disliked players in the league, up there with bron. i wonder why

Is Embiid still considered a “raw talent” at this time in his career?

[gomiamigo]

Originally Posted by Bosoxfan5990

Embiid is such a bum.

You lost to the Heat. Without Jimmy Butler.

Cs have no heart and are Charmin-soft, this squad the only guy that had a pulse was Smart. And they foolishly dumped him.

Try not to lose a series to Caleb Martin and Tyler Herro. Again.

[Nomad]

Pacers even more dominant than expected. Lillard hobbled and team is toast.

[bradjames12]

Originally Posted by Nomad

Pacers even more dominant than expected. Lillard hobbled and team is toast.

Your boy Nesmith has a great stat line going as we speak...

[Nomad]

yeah, he stinking it up. but that's the great thing about being a team fan. who cares?

[Bosoxfan5990]

Originally Posted by gomiamigo

You lost to the Heat. Without Jimmy Butler.

Cs have no heart and are Charmin-soft, this squad the only guy that had a pulse was Smart. And they foolishly dumped him.

Try not to lose a series to Caleb Martin and Tyler Herro. Again.

Get to the ECF just once before speaking please. Thank you in advance.

[ksemmel]

Originally Posted by gomiamigo

You lost to the Heat. Without Jimmy Butler.

Cs have no heart and are Charmin-soft, this squad the only guy that had a pulse was Smart. And they foolishly dumped him.

Try not to lose a series to Caleb Martin and Tyler Herro. Again.

Would love to hear your answers to the questions Iposted above if you are up to answering them…