NBA Anyone?

[az city]

Bye bye Fakers, bye bye LeBron.

Thrashed by the Suns.

It's filling a void before the Euros nicely.

[adz-a32]

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First season since 2010 without LeBron or Steph… trippy…

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

Re: NBA Anyone?

Bye bye Fakers, bye bye LeBron.

Thrashed by the Suns.

It's filling a void before the Euros nicely.

I was never into basketball, until I came to China. The sport is massive here, it's just they're not very good at it at the higher level.
Nevertheless, it sparked an interest in me and now I'm addicted to watching YouTube videos of guys going into American 'hoods' and 'balling with the locals - it gets very heated at times.
They square up to each other and get quite animated and abusive, but seldom come to blows... I can't help but think that if it was a local football parks game in the UK, it would definitely come to blows.

[az city]

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"[I]t's just they're not very good at it at the higher level."

Awesome, I presume unintended, pun there.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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Awesome, I presume unintended, pun there.

Sorry, it's 12

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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Sorry, it's 12

I meant to say it's gone 12am here and I'm a bit pickled, so not following your meaning...

[billy.ronson]

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No surprise that Lakers and Heat have struggled after getting about 6 weeks off and then playing in a condensed COVID affected season.

In the East, Be interesting to see if the Nets can get past Bucks after spending the past few seasons “tanking” to accumulate a load of picks to get Durant ,Harden and Irving as well as backup pieces like Griffin. The Bucks have strengthened this year and will push them in the semi . Normally would expect 76s to go past Hawks but no Emblid ..hmmm might be closer than expected!

The Western conference to me is wide open but will Conley damaging his hamstring cost the Jazz? Nuggets lost Jamal Murray just before play offs for the season and the Suns looked impressive but Lakers were shot!, I guess if Clippers can overhaul their 2-3 deficit to the Mac’s then maybe they might be favourites having Khawi Leonard who knows how to win !!

[adz-a32]

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No surprise that Lakers and Heat have struggled after getting about 6 weeks off and then playing in a condensed COVID affected season.

In the East, Be interesting to see if the Nets can get past Bucks after spending the past few seasons “tanking” to accumulate a load of picks to get Durant ,Harden and Irving as well as backup pieces like Griffin. The Bucks have strengthened this year and will push them in the semi . Normally would expect 76s to go past Hawks but no Emblid ..hmmm might be closer than expected!

The Western conference to me is wide open but will Conley damaging his hamstring cost the Jazz? Nuggets lost Jamal Murray just before play offs for the season and the Suns looked impressive but Lakers were shot!, I guess if Clippers can overhaul their 2-3 deficit to the Mac’s then maybe they might be favourites having Khawi Leonard who knows how to win !!

Kawhi's amazing and can do a lot - look at what he did for the Spurs and Raptors. I think with the Nets, they will do it as they have great players, especially with KD and Kyrie having experience in the finals

[billy.ronson]

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Kawhi gets 45 and Clippers force game 7 on home court too!

[Ivortheengine]

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I watch a lot of College basketball- very entertaining, big crowds, and that’s where the future stars come from.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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Awesome, I presume unintended, pun there.

I've sobered up now and the penny has finally dropped. Doh!

[az city]

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I watch a lot of College basketball- very entertaining, big crowds, and that’s where the future stars come from.

I saw James Harden at ASU during his college years. Nobody thought he would be the superstar he now is.

[billy.ronson]

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Wow! I think he was in top 5 picks in his year after university He must have developed quickly then at OKC where he was behind Durant and Westbrook

[NYCBlue]

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Can't get into it. Too much scoring. Not enough build-up. Who knew end-to-end stuff could get boring?

[NYCBlue]

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Can't get into it. Too much scoring. Not enough build-up. Who knew end-to-end stuff could get boring?

Having said that: Go Sixers!