Eastern Conference Playoffs - 1st Round Discussion Thread

[702]

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How are the nets a bad team? They've dealt with a lot of injuries during the year and their record reflects that. As far as Atlanta goes, besides Horford they have a bunch of players who never played meaningful playoffs minutes. One last thing, Hollins>Budenhozier

Their best player is a center who can't rebound. He starts next to an undersized 4 that can't shoot. Their only decent back up big is a joke of a matchup with their aforementioned best player, yet the coach continues to play them together out of either necessity or stubbornness. They have two below average starting point guards who haven't been good for a couple years. No one that will be in their playoff wing rotation can reasonably guard quick wing players or will be able to keep up around screens. It's a mess bruh.

(I wanted the Pacers in).


(But props to your fandom, I guess lol.)

[OkayC]

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Lol guys let him dream. Im sure in some alternate reality the nets beat the hawks. Just not in this one.

[MattUM]

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Who's side are you on?

Pack don't pick sides he just keeps it real.

[King_B_Mack]

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Slowdifference, you're definitely talking out of your *** on this one lol. I think you're forgetting or just hoping everyone else has forgotten(?) that Korver has most certainly played meaningful playoff minutes in Philadelphia with Allen Iverson, Utah and Chicago. Same with Paul Milsap in Utah. Jeff Teague has literally been in the playoffs every year of his career and played big minutes doing so. Just last year, Milsap averaged 38 minutes, Korver 35, Carroll 35, Teague 34, Antic 24, Scott 20 and Shelvin Mack averaged 16. How those aren't meaningful playoff minutes is a mystery to me.

[slowdifference]

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Slowdifference, you're definitely talking out of your *** on this one lol. I think you're forgetting or just hoping everyone else has forgotten(?) that Korver has most certainly played meaningful playoff minutes in Philadelphia with Allen Iverson, Utah and Chicago. Same with Paul Milsap in Utah. Jeff Teague has literally been in the playoffs every year of his career and played big minutes doing so. Just last year, Milsap averaged 38 minutes, Korver 35, Carroll 35, Teague 34, Antic 24, Scott 20 and Shelvin Mack averaged 16. How those aren't meaningful playoff minutes is a mystery to me.

I'm talking about games that really matter. I honestly forgot about Korver in Utah and his time in Philly was forgettable. Teague has past round 1 once. Antic and Scott a in their 2nd playoff series. Shelvin Mack lol. Carroll has never been out of round 1. I thought Millsap was still injured. I'm not talking out my ***, I'm making a case for the Nets

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What playoff game doesn't matter?

[slowdifference]

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What playoff game doesn't matter?

It's hard to explain but I know a meaningful playoff game when I see it. ex. To me Tor/Wash is meaningless, neither team has a legit shot at reaching the finals. They're basically playing to get beat in round 2.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Alright now ya'll ain't about to jump my fellow Nets fan now lol.

We stink but not as bad as 702 is making us out to be, especially with how they've played as of late.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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Alright now ya'll ain't about to jump my fellow Nets fan now lol.

We stink but not as bad as 702 is making us out to be, especially with how they've played as of late.

Didn't you guys get blown out like 2 of the last 3 games?

[roadman]

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Ah, what the heck, let's just line up the Bulls and Cavs now because some playoff series before that is meaningless.

I'm a fan of playing all games and letting it rip, it's the playoffs.

Let the games begin, start your engines.

[King_B_Mack]

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It's hard to explain but I know a meaningful playoff game when I see it. ex. To me Tor/Wash is meaningless, neither team has a legit shot at reaching the finals. They're basically playing to get beat in round 2.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Didn't you guys get blown out like 2 of the last 3 games?

We've also won 9 of our last 13 as well. Depends on how you want to form your argument because I could easily use that one if I really wanted to mega homer guy. But as usual, context will be key here, even though I know don't like to use it, lol.

But then I'd be ignoring the larger sample size of the whole season, which would tell the whole story of how we've played and what to expect from us. If it wasn't for Lopez' stretch of good-great performances over the last month, we wouldn't even be in this position even with other teams screwing up themselves.

I'll say this, the poster that said Lopez/Young is a bad fit together...couldn't be further from accurate.

Don't let one overconfident poster get ya'll hyped up over nothing. This mess happens every year.

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It's hard to explain but I know a meaningful playoff game when I see it. ex. To me Tor/Wash is meaningless, neither team has a legit shot at reaching the finals. They're basically playing to get beat in round 2.

[MattUM]

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It's hard to explain but I know a meaningful playoff game when I see it. ex. To me Tor/Wash is meaningless, neither team has a legit shot at reaching the finals. They're basically playing to get beat in round 2.

[Jmb4life]

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The Nets aren't beating anyone in a playoff series this year. Hawks in 5.