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Ya always been the concern with embiid. Would suck for philly if they sont get to challenge for the conference with a full roster. Luckily they have a very easy path to the ECF if it's not serious. just have to get past the hawks likely and let bucks and nets battle while you waitTo be the champs you got to beat the champs -
Man that's gotta be demoralizing as a point guard. Game was tied at 108. Wiz just fouled ben and played offense until they lead and were still looking to foul with a 2 possession lead so Sixers just cant put the ball in their point guards hand. Lol how embarrased until ben learn how to shoot a simple FTTo be the champs you got to beat the champsComment
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Embiid will be a challenge for the Hawks bigs to try to defend - if he has to miss any significant time, who plays center for the 76ers? Trae Young is going to PnR Dwight Howard to death in Howard's minutes. 76ers might have to use Mike Scott/Tobias Harris as a small ball five - but that could have an impact on the defensive end with coverages/switchesbertarapsfan wrote: View PostComment
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he makes dangerous plays mechanically in terms of his movement when jumping. He does weird off-balance stuff which isn't good for someone his weight and height.bertarapsfan wrote: View PostComment
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He should just shoot em underhand. That much less embarrassing then giving away a playoff game shooting FT for 3 minutesThe Great One wrote: View PostTo be the champs you got to beat the champsComment
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pray for Leafs fansOnly one thing matters: We The Champs.Comment
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AD out, now Embiid out. Nets vulnerable if anyone goes down
Raps would have beaten everybody if they were only healthyComment
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https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/l...anthony-davis/
HA HA!
-Nelson
You make a trade for a player of Lowry's caliber, at least in part, for this exact situation. Teams with three stars instead of two can tread water for a week in the playoffs if the wrong ankle twists. James knows that well. He won his first championship despite Chris Bosh missing more than a round. He and Dwyane Wade were enough to keep the Heat afloat until Bosh returned. He and Lowry would've had a better chance at doing the same without Davis than James will without another headliner.
These Lakers are a two-star team in a three-star league, and now they might have to win two games out of three with only one of those two stars. Their competition simply has better insurance. Brooklyn almost never had its entire group of superstars together at one time. They still earned the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference because the drop from three to two is far smaller than the drop from two to one.
That's the decline that Lakers are facing now, and it's one they tried to prepare for in the offseason. The 2020 Lakers were 10.4 points worse per 100 possessions when James sat, so they added Schroder and Harrell to give themselves some sorely needed shot-creation on their bench units. It didn't work. That plan failed. Even before his injury, the Lakers were 13.1 points per 100 possessions worse when James sat this season. Even if you dial the clock back to the moment Davis got injured, that figure is still 13 points per 100 possessions. The Lakers were overly reliant on James before injuries even forced them to be. They knew that going into the deadline. They still chose not to pull the trigger.
That's a choice that might haunt them this postseason and beyond. Whether it was the primary motivator or not, the Lakers prioritized a long-term piece over a short-term boost. For most teams, that's a wise decision. For teams that employ a 36-year-old James, it's a dangerous one. He's not going to be the best player on Earth forever. For all we know, he isn't going to be the best player on Earth for the next three games, and as the Lakers learned towards the end of the Kobe Bryant era, windows like his should be cherished because you never know how long they'll stay closed.
That window was open on Sunday morning. It might not be now, and if it isn't, Lowry might have been the difference in keeping it ajar just long enough for Davis to sneak back through it. Horton-Tucker is eventually going to be able to contribute in the postseason. He's too talented not to. But nobody knows whether or not that window will be open by then. If it isn't, it might be years before a player as talented as James arrives to open it again.
They still might be, but what they failed to do was insulate themselves against an injury like this. You make a trade for a player of Lowry's caliber, at least in part, for this exact situation. Teams with three stars instead of two can tread water for a week in the playoffs if the wrong ankle twists. James knows that well. He won his first championship despite Chris Bosh missing more than a round. He and Dwyane Wade were enough to keep the Heat afloat until Bosh returned. He and Lowry would've had a better chance at doing the same without Davis than James will without another headliner.
These Lakers are a two-star team in a three-star league, and now they might have to win two games out of three with only one of those two stars. Their competition simply has better insurance. Brooklyn almost never had its entire group of superstars together at one time. They still earned the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference because the drop from three to two is far smaller than the drop from two to one.
That's the decline that Lakers are facing now, and it's one they tried to prepare for in the offseason. The 2020 Lakers were 10.4 points worse per 100 possessions when James sat, so they added Schroder and Harrell to give themselves some sorely needed shot-creation on their bench units. It didn't work. That plan failed. Even before his injury, the Lakers were 13.1 points per 100 possessions worse when James sat this season. Even if you dial the clock back to the moment Davis got injured, that figure is still 13 points per 100 possessions. The Lakers were overly reliant on James before injuries even forced them to be. They knew that going into the deadline. They still chose not to pull the trigger.
That's a choice that might haunt them this postseason and beyond. Whether it was the primary motivator or not, the Lakers prioritized a long-term piece over a short-term boost. For most teams, that's a wise decision. For teams that employ a 36-year-old James, it's a dangerous one. He's not going to be the best player on Earth forever. For all we know, he isn't going to be the best player on Earth for the next three games, and as the Lakers learned towards the end of the Kobe Bryant era, windows like his should be cherished because you never know how long they'll stay closed.
That window was open on Sunday morning. It might not be now, and if it isn't, Lowry might have been the difference in keeping it ajar just long enough for Davis to sneak back through it. Horton-Tucker is eventually going to be able to contribute in the postseason. He's too talented not to. But nobody knows whether or not that window will be open by then. If it isn't, it might be years before a player as talented as James arrives to open it again.
9 time first team all-RR, First Ballot Hall of ForumComment
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Meanwhile, a Flames defensemen finished MEANINGLESS regular season games with a broken ribs and a torn pec. Yes I know its different muscles needed bla bla. I don't care. Most of these NBA dudes are soft as hell. This is game 5 and he's out with a grade 1 strain lol
While Tanev was being praised for his pain tolerance, while his boss was marvelling at the sort of grit and guts he’d shown after suffering significant injuries with more than a month-and-a-half remaining on the schedule, you get the sense the soft-spoken and rock-solid rearguard would have preferred that it stayed hush-hush.
“I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a player play through what this guy played through,†said Flames general manager Brad Treliving in his end-of-season address. “He took a hit here against Winnipeg, and I think the end toll was he broke a couple of ribs and tore a pec muscle. And I think he missed a practice.
“So that tells you a little bit about Chris Tanev.â€
Broken ribs, torn pectoral muscle and all.
“Everyone plays with something, you know?†Tanev replied. “If you’re in the lineup, you’re in the lineup, and you move on.â€
This guy refused to come out of the lineup, even if he won’t say so himself.
9 time first team all-RR, First Ballot Hall of ForumComment
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It is true that the mentality is very different in hockey vs NBA, hockey is still a 'go to war' mentality and NBA players are now preserving themselves for long-term careers.
But I played both (at meaningless levels) and there's just such a huge difference. You can have a banged up wrist in hockey, you tape it up and your shot's only at 65% but you can do everything else and still be productive. You have to tape up your wrist on your dominant hand in basketball? Forget it, you can't do anything. You can't handle, you can't shoot, you're useless. There's a bunch of otherwise minor injuries that are similar - think of all the ankle and foot injuries in basketball. That just doesn't happen in hockey with your foot in a reinforced boot. And even if it does, you can play through or return to play way before your foot's back to 100% and it's fine.
Both things are true I guess I'm saying, the mentality is different for sure but the physical mechanics of the sports are also objectively different.
Edit: I do like that you generally have more Fred Van Vleet's in hockey - spit out the broken tooth and put me in coach. No one's a fan of the acting, flopping, and fake drama in basketball. Let's not be soccer."We're playing in a building." -- Kawhi LeonardComment
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