Everything Playoffs 2022 (Non-Raptors Thread)

[G__Deane]

Nash was born in South Africa.

Yup, but his Nationality is Canadian.

Stephen John Nash, OC, OBC, basketball player (born 7 February 1974 in Johannesburg, South Africa). Steve Nash is widely considered the greatest Canadian basketball player of all time. He is a two-time National Basketball Association (NBA) Most Valuable Player (MVP) and the first Canadian to win the award. A point guard, Nash was an eight-time NBA all-star. He ranks third on the NBA’s all-time assists leaderboard with 10,335 and second in career free-throw percentage with 90.43 per cent. He represented Canada in international competition and led the Canadian Senior Men’s National Team to the quarter-finals of the 2000 Olympic Summer Games. Nash is a three-time winner of the Lionel Conacher Award as Canada’s best male athlete. He won the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s top athlete in 2005. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and has been inducted into the Order of British Columbia, Canada’s Walk of Fame, the Phoenix Suns Ring of Honour and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was named to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame on 27 May 2020 and will be formally inducted in 2021. He was named the head coach of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets on 3 September 2020.

[golden]

Like I said, I don't think any player "deserves" one. But if you're going to hand them out based on birth certificates, Nash gets one long before Wiggins

Nash was born in South Africa.

[G__Deane]

What kind of analogy is that. Lol
Hardworking kids at Tim's deserve a raise too though.

Also I can't understand why you don't think Wiggins deserve a ring.

Just because I think it's really hard to impossible to "deserve" one and he doesn't.

It's just a word and maybe you think it's a shame he hasn't won one or you like him and it would be cool to see him win one or cool to see a Canadian win one. No problem with that, but nah, he doesn't deserve one.

[G__Deane]

Why does Nash “deserve” a ring? He was a sieve on defense and he benefited from D’Antoni’s system when it was new and caught teams off guard in the regular season. His 2 MVPs are probably more than he actually deserved.

Like I said, I don't think any player "deserves" one. But if you're going to hand them out based on birth certificates, Nash gets one long before Wiggins

[The Great One]

also the heat starters scored 18 points combined in that game. unbelievable. that's gotta be a failure record

#Culture

[chris]

also the heat starters scored 18 points combined in that game. unbelievable. that's gotta be a failure record

[Kagemusha]

OK if that's the criteria, no he doesn't deserve it for being a hard working Canadian. Half the kids working at Tim Hortons must deserve a chip too

PS the knock against him was always he lacked the work ethic and squandered his talent.

What kind of analogy is that. Lol
Hardworking kids at Tim's deserve a raise too though.

Also I can't understand why you don't think Wiggins deserve a ring.

[chris]

FT advantage for the bad guys was 68 to 28 over the two games in boston, or 68 to 20 if you take away the 8 free throws in the last 67 seconds of game 3 when boston was intentionally fouling to stop the clock.

refs made absolutely sure this was going to be at least an even series leaving town.

i turned it off midway through the second Q but was laughing at van gundy and jackson giving kudos to horford and grant williams for raising their hands when they got called for fouls. you'd see a lot more players taking responsibility for fouls if the refs only called one foul per quarter on their teams.

not saying it's why they lost at all but it sure made it difficult for miami to even come close to getting back in the game

also extra hilarious how the pre-game narrative was that the celtics need to stop bitching at the refs when they already get every single call.

holy shit i hate boston

[golden]

Why does he deserve it, beyond the Canadian bias? He's been a floating under achiever most of his career.
Decent enough player, seems like a nice guy. But "deserves" it?

I don't think any player deserves on but if you want to find a Canadian who deserves a Chip, it was Steve Nash.

Why does Nash “deserve” a ring? He was a sieve on defense and he benefited from D’Antoni’s system when it was new and caught teams off guard in the regular season. His 2 MVPs are probably more than he actually deserved.

[G__Deane]

He deserves it because he's a hard worker and the only Canadian #1 pick.
Some are even dissing him as being a bust a few years back.
He turned round and picked up his game when he joined GSW. He's now a good dependable 2 way player. Isn't that good enough reason?

Nash deserves it too of course, but that's an entirely different story.

OK if that's the criteria, no he doesn't deserve it for being a hard working Canadian. Half the kids working at Tim Hortons must deserve a chip too

PS the knock against him was always he lacked the work ethic and squandered his talent.

[The Great One]

This is an all time pathetic performance by Miami.

[Kagemusha]

He's not the only Canadian #1 pick. Anthony Bennett waves hello.

Bennet deserves a ring too.
IF he can get one.

[Primer]

He deserves it because he's a hard worker and the only Canadian #1 pick.
Some are even dissing him as being a bust a few years back.
He turned round and picked up his game when he joined GSW. He's now a good dependable 2 way player. Isn't that good enough reason?

Nash deserves it too of course, but that's an entirely different story.

He's not the only Canadian #1 pick. Anthony Bennett waves hello.

[Kagemusha]

Why does he deserve it, beyond the Canadian bias? He's been a floating under achiever most of his career.
Decent enough player, seems like a nice guy. But "deserves" it?

I don't think any player deserves on but if you want to find a Canadian who deserves a Chip, it was Steve Nash.

He deserves it because he's a hard worker and the only Canadian #1 pick.
Some are even dissing him as being a bust a few years back.
He turned round and picked up his game when he joined GSW. He's now a good dependable 2 way player. Isn't that good enough reason?

Nash deserves it too of course, but that's an entirely different story.

[chris]

Well, it's hard to win a championship when Dwight Powell is your starting C. It's hard to win a championship when Brunson and Dinwiddie are your second and third best players. It's hard to win a championship when one of your starter go 0/10 from the field and 0/7 from 3 in a must win game.

Luka's defense is not an issue. The issue is he's surrounded by a bunch of role players. It's a miracle that the Mavs made it this far. If the Mavs had one all star, doesn't have to be a superstar, just an all star like say a Siakam. If they had someone like that they'd probably win the championship.

luka's defense is definitely part of the issue. luka's ball dominance is another big part of the issue. those role players look a lot better when luka is not creating every single shot for that team, as it has been for all ball dominant players for time immemorial. and pascal siakam playing next to luka is also a role player, not an all star