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NON-JAZZ NBA PLAYOFF thread

Ron Mexico said:
Niang was bad in the playoffs, but that's hard to predict. He was solid this regular season. You can point to last year's playoffs but niang was bad in the regular season last year but he seemed to turn things around. He was playing pretty decent defense and hitting his shots well. Shooters do go though slumps and it's unfortunate his was in the playoffs. I think it also effected his entire game though which is what really hurt. We definitely need to upgrade next year.
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It was predictable that we’d need another wing defender. We got lucky as hell that Royce stayed out of foul trouble. Niang is a situational playoff player... we decided he was a rotation staple. He didn’t get benched because we really had no options... we should have had options. Guys were out there... this isn’t a new need... we got lit the **** up last year in the playoffs. We decided to look the other way... it was dumb AF.
 
I am honestly shocked as heck the Suns came out so lethargically in this game. They've seen what the Clippers did to Dallas and Utah right?

Unbelievably careless and played without any urgency in the 1st half.

They have the better team IMO, but they are playing with fire right now.

They better win Game 6, because if Scott Foster is reffing Game 7 in Phoenix, the Suns are cooked.
 
MT Steve said:
Nope, basically everything he's said is spot on.
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I mean yeah he’s arguing that a guy who was had for 100k in cash isn’t the goat... he’s not... but he’s been a useful wing player. People saying he’s a more useful player tha. Niang and could have helped us are spot on... does it change the series? I do t know but it’s the same bull shot argument that people would make back in the day of why we shouldn’t add a player because “lols yeah player X is gonna finally make us a contender”. No one move or one player fixes it all does that mean you bypass solutions to one of your problems? I mean why bother?

Milwaukee does not win the Brooklyn series without Tucker.... did Tucker win them a title? IDK but he helped them with one potential road block.

Niang would be behind Craig and Nader on the Suns depth chart... they also have the option to ramp minutes up for Crowder, Johnson, and Bridges. They are prepared for injuries. They have done a hell of a job filling out the roster.
 
nothingbutnet said:
Please tell me you’re joking lol.
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This is overreaction to 1 game.

People swing way too strongly after just a single win.

It took Paul George having the game of his life, and Marcus Morris going bananas for the Clippers to hold off elimination.

If the Suns really lose Game 6, they deserve to lose this series.
 
jazz4life1992 said:
This is overreaction to 1 game.

People swing way too strongly after just a single win.

It took Paul George having the game of his life, and Marcus Morris going bananas for the Clippers to hold off elimination.

If the Suns really lose Game 6, they deserve to lose this series.
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Even if they lose it won’t be because they didn’t have options. We flat out just didn’t prepare like we should.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I mean yeah he’s arguing that a guy who was had for 100k in cash isn’t the goat... he’s not... but he’s been a useful wing player. People saying he’s a more useful player tha. Niang and could have helped us are spot on... does it change the series? I do t know but it’s the same bull shot argument that people would make back in the day of why we shouldn’t add a player because “lols yeah player X is gonna finally make us a contender”. No one move or one player fixes it all does that mean you bypass solutions to one of your problems? I mean why bother?

Milwaukee does not win the Brooklyn series without Tucker.... did Tucker win them a title? IDK but he helped them with one potential road block.

Niang would be behind Craig and Nader on the Suns depth chart... they also have the option to ramp minutes up for Crowder, Johnson, and Bridges. They are prepared for injuries. They have done a hell of a job filling out the roster.
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These are the type of guys who call Tucker and Craig washed. They don’t get it.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
It was predictable that we’d need another wing defender. We got lucky as hell that Royce stayed out of foul trouble. Niang is a situational playoff player... we decided he was a rotation staple. He didn’t get benched because we really had no options... we should have had options. Guys were out there... this isn’t a new need... we got lit the **** up last year in the playoffs. We decided to look the other way... it was dumb AF.
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I agree it was obvious we needed a better wing defender. We had Harrison he didn't play. Our FO thought oni would be the answer. Niang was pretty solid on defense but not really at the wing. I don't think Craig is the right fit here at all. We need to address it. Sadly I think Exum would have been very useful for us this playoffs series.

Either way we need to make some trades we have too many unathletic defenders. They thought Rudy could cover everyone and he could in certain schemes but not in all.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Even if they lose it won’t be because they didn’t have options. We flat out just didn’t prepare like we should.
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Ayton has dominated this series, and the Clippers outscored Phoenix 34-8 in the paint in the 1st half tonight.

I mean... That should tell you everything you need to know about what happened tonight.
 
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