NBA Season is Returning This Year!!!!!!!
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They will all crawl back in they ratholes. Only one of them will stick around to talk basketball.If SanFran gets eliminated tomorrow we may have to check on some folks around here.
score ten it ain’t even close
I was how the fuck the refs cause those turnovers then I realized who typed that
If SanFran gets eliminated tomorrow we may have to check on some folks around here.
That should be a good game!
And I agree
Hawks coach fined for comments on Knicks bias
Hawks coach Nate McMillan was fined $25,000 on Thursday for saying that the NBA wants the Knicks in the playoffs and that a lot of calls "probably won't go our way."www.espn.com
Atlanta Hawks interim coach Nate McMillan fined $25,000 for saying NBA wants New York Knicks in playoffs
The NBA fined Atlanta Hawks interim coach Nate McMillan $25,000 on Thursday for making comments Wednesday "asserting bias by the NBA relating to the 2020-21 Playoffs," the league announced.
On Wednesday in a Zoom call with the media, McMillan, whose Hawks play the Knicks in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, said the NBA wants New York in the playoffs. He said on the call that that's the message he has delivered to his team.
"Absolutely, I've talked about that to the team a lot. Basically, I've gone as far as saying the league wants this," he said. "They need this, New York, this is a big market for the league, and New York has been out of the playoffs for a number of years.
"And this is a team that our league, they want to see -- there's a huge fan base -- and they want to see New York in the playoffs."
He added: "The league wants to see it, everybody wants to see this. Even to the fact that our [opening] game was moved to Sunday, they want to see this.
"So, yes, we have talked about that, about the advantages of this situation and some things that we're going to have to face, going into [Game 1], with everyone picking New York to win and a lot of folks wanting to see New York in the playoffs. It's a battle, it's a challenge, just playing New York, all that comes with it. ... They've had a really good season, and I think the NBA is excited about having them back in the playoffs."
McMillan also said on the call that "there's going to be a lot of calls that probably won't go our way," explaining how his team needs to remain calm under the pressure.
In addition, McMillan said he told his team that most media are picking the Knicks to knock off the Hawks in the series. New York won all three games during the regular season, though Atlanta has been one of the hottest teams in the league since McMillan took over as coach shortly before the All-Star break after Lloyd Pierce was fired.
The Hawks were 14-20 when they made the coaching change. They are 27-11 since then, matching the best record of any team in the Eastern Conference over that span.
The Knicks (41-31), in the playoffs for the first time since the 2012-13 season, are set to host Game 1 against the Hawks (41-31) on Sunday at 7 p.m. ET. Atlanta is in the playoffs for the first time since the 2016-17 season.
Ain't nothing about that treasure chest
Seriously
Naw shine the light on them niggas and point them out.
Owner fucking told me they was LIGHT YEARS ahead of the NBA in 2018. We in 2021 and I haven’t seen anything that resembles those statements.
Keep all the fucking pressure on these niggas forever.
Fam how was the nursing home today? Did any fine female nurses help you out today?
If SanFran gets eliminated tomorrow we may have to check on some folks around here.
You literally disappeared for 5 years lmao
Please don't do this
Imagine having this team and puffing your chest out for getting the 7th seed
Miami is plus like 260 to win the series; I think ima drop a 100 on Miami; might drop more; I think they gonna beat Bucks again...
Fuck yo luck clown.Hope springs eternal don't work with playoff Westbrook
Good luck against the Pacers.
The District.
If SanFran gets eliminated tomorrow we may have to check on some folks around here.
Ironically, since we're talking San Fran, I didn't post because I was banned for the second time this week for 24 hours for "still posting gay shit" (which really means angering a mod who I will refrain from denouncing as Satan or a British cunt from here on, mostly).
It was a great game. I haven't read the posts here but from the chatter I heard, AD and Draymond are both not getting credit for their contributions. LeBron had a great 4th, so great that the taint of his pathetic pretend injury only slightly marred it. Curry was Kobe-esqe but cost the team the game with his sloppiness in the third. They should not have lost that game.
Fa real, but Lebron vs steph won’t be happening like that
Man stfu.
Hey man congrats on that 8th seed, can't wait to see how your 80 million dollar cac Bertans matches up with Embiid.
I try to teach 'em the finer points of the game...
... share my wisdom, but do they listen?
They damn sure don't learn.
Exactly. This was best case scenario for the league.
What the bandwagon ain’t rocking heavy enough yet Nets fans?
Please Nets fans buy tickets, I don’t wanna see what they’ll be offering to do next…
Imagine cracking on an organization for giving fans a discount
MVP down to Nikola Jokic, Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid as NBA announces awards finalists
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry are the finalists for this year's NBA Most Valuable Player award.
The top three vote-getters for each of the NBA's major end-of-season awards -- MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Most Improved Player and Coach of the Year -- were announced on TNT's "Inside The NBA" ahead of the Washington Wizards and Indiana Pacers squaring off in the Eastern Conference's eighth-place play-in game.
For Jokic, Embiid and Curry, winning the sport's highest honor will be a history making endeavor. Jokic or Embiid winning would mark the first time a center had been named the NBA's MVP since Shaquille O'Neal in 2000. Curry, meanwhile, would become one of nine players in NBA history to win at least three MVP awards, tying him with Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Moses Malone.
Jokic had one of the best offensive seasons in the history of the league, averaging 26.4 points, 10.8 rebounds and 8.3 assists while shooting 56.6% overall, 38.8% from 3-point range and 86.8% from the foul line. He garnered 90 of a possible 101 first-place votes in ESPN's MVP straw poll last month, and is the heavy favorite to win the award.
Curry, 33, became the oldest player to lead the league in scoring since Michael Jordan, averaging 32 points per game as he bounced back from missing all but five games last year to play 63 this season. He led Golden State into the play-in tournament, where the Warriors will go up against the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference's eighth-place play-in game Friday night on ESPN after losing a heartbreaker to the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on Wednesday.
Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, winner of two Defensive Player of the Year awards, is a finalist to win a third this season, joined by Sixers guard Ben Simmons and Warriors forward Draymond Green, the 2017 winner of the award.
A trio of guards -- LaMelo Ball of the Charlotte Hornets, Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Tyrese Haliburton of the Sacramento Kings -- topped the voting for Rookie of the Year, while two of Gobert's Jazz teammates -- forward Joe Ingles and guard Jordan Clarkson -- were named finalists for Sixth Man alongside New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose.
The honors for the Knicks didn't stop there.
Rose's teammate, forward Julius Randle, is one of three finalists for Most Improved Player, joined by Detroit Pistons forward Jerami Grant and Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr.
Randle's coach, Tom Thibodeau -- who won Coach of the Year in 2011 -- has a chance to win it a decade later. Thibodeau, Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams and Jazz coach Quin Snyder are the finalists for that award.
The NBA is reverting to its longtime tradition this year and announcing the various award winners during the playoffs, as opposed to the recently created end-of-season awards show. The league did the same thing during its bubble at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, last year.
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry are the finalists for this year's NBA Most Valuable Player award.
The top three vote-getters for each of the NBA's major end-of-season awards -- MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Most Improved Player and Coach of the Year -- were announced on TNT's "Inside The NBA" ahead of the Washington Wizards and Indiana Pacers squaring off in the Eastern Conference's eighth-place play-in game.
For Jokic, Embiid and Curry, winning the sport's highest honor will be a history making endeavor. Jokic or Embiid winning would mark the first time a center had been named the NBA's MVP since Shaquille O'Neal in 2000. Curry, meanwhile, would become one of nine players in NBA history to win at least three MVP awards, tying him with Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Moses Malone.
Jokic had one of the best offensive seasons in the history of the league, averaging 26.4 points, 10.8 rebounds and 8.3 assists while shooting 56.6% overall, 38.8% from 3-point range and 86.8% from the foul line. He garnered 90 of a possible 101 first-place votes in ESPN's MVP straw poll last month, and is the heavy favorite to win the award.
Curry, 33, became the oldest player to lead the league in scoring since Michael Jordan, averaging 32 points per game as he bounced back from missing all but five games last year to play 63 this season. He led Golden State into the play-in tournament, where the Warriors will go up against the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference's eighth-place play-in game Friday night on ESPN after losing a heartbreaker to the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on Wednesday.
Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, winner of two Defensive Player of the Year awards, is a finalist to win a third this season, joined by Sixers guard Ben Simmons and Warriors forward Draymond Green, the 2017 winner of the award.
A trio of guards -- LaMelo Ball of the Charlotte Hornets, Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Tyrese Haliburton of the Sacramento Kings -- topped the voting for Rookie of the Year, while two of Gobert's Jazz teammates -- forward Joe Ingles and guard Jordan Clarkson -- were named finalists for Sixth Man alongside New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose.
The honors for the Knicks didn't stop there.
Rose's teammate, forward Julius Randle, is one of three finalists for Most Improved Player, joined by Detroit Pistons forward Jerami Grant and Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr.
Randle's coach, Tom Thibodeau -- who won Coach of the Year in 2011 -- has a chance to win it a decade later. Thibodeau, Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams and Jazz coach Quin Snyder are the finalists for that award.
The NBA is reverting to its longtime tradition this year and announcing the various award winners during the playoffs, as opposed to the recently created end-of-season awards show. The league did the same thing during its bubble at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, last year.
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