2025 Playoffs Chat & Chill Thread

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

It was clear when SGA was with LAC that he was going to be really good, but I never would have guessed he'd ever be MVP good.

Yeah, I think some people thought he had some fringe All Star potential if things went well. He made himself a bonafide scorer.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Welp, thanks for playing, Memphis.

 

[The Thriller]

I actually don’t even think he was that bad at the beginning. When the Wolves were struggling out the gate, it was because so many players had dropped off from the previous year. Rudy, Conley, and Naz were all down and they also weren’t getting much from DDV. That’s just what happens when you have aging players past their prime and also players coming off career seasons. You can blame some of that with having to adjust to Randle, but people were literally acting like he was the spawn of Satan. Expectations were already high and for some reason people gave Randle the expectation that he should be 1:1 with KAT. That trade was not made because Randle is supposed to be his equivalent.

Which is why the trade was dumb. Their window was open now. They should’ve bitten the bullet and paid whatever was necessary to keep last year’s team together and go for broke this year.

 

[The Thriller]

I’m old enough to remember when Memphis was one of the top young up and coming teams. Ja looked like Drose 2.0, everything SGA actually is. And then they had some injuries, Ja went crazy, and they fired their coach.

Character matters. Had Ja focused on his game with half the energy he’s focused on guns and his social media profile, he might actually be able to lead a team.

 

[KqWIN]

Acquiring Aaron Gordon was such a good trade for DEN…I wonder where they’d be without him. They wouldn’t have a ring, that’s for sure.

 

[KqWIN]

HOU’s defense is suffocating.

 

[KqWIN]

It's absurd how many easy shots Sengun misses.

 

[KqWIN]

Amen's handle isn't close to being good enough to be a lead ball handler.

 

[MT Steve]

Rockets not beating the fraud allegations by losing to the 7 seed without their 2nd best player.