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Delon Wright and braided Marvin Bagley ain’t walking through those Staples Center doors.
NBA Playoffs, Round One
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Delon Wright and braided Marvin Bagley ain’t walking through those Staples Center doors.
steelevt
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Imagine if the kings were the 6th seed and played the nuggets who we were 3-0 against. Move on to the lakers who we were 2-1 against. Then moved on to a mavs team that had a couple upsets on their side of the bracket, which we were 3-0 against. And finally end up in the finals against the Celtics who we were undefeated against. 
Who am I kidding, we’d prob get swept if we ever made it to the playoffs but man that would be a great Cinderella story.
Who am I kidding, we’d prob get swept if we ever made it to the playoffs but man that would be a great Cinderella story.
Löwenherz
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Imagine if the kings were the 6th seed and played the nuggets who we were 3-0 against. Move on to the lakers who we were 2-1 against. Then moved on to a mavs team that had a couple upsets on their side of the bracket, which we were 3-0 against. And finally end up in the finals against the Celtics who we were undefeated against.
Your fantasy was already outlandish with imagining the Kings as the 6th seed, so might as well run with it.
In other news, the Kings are silly.
On today's episode of the 2018 Top 5 Draft in the 2021 Playoffs so far:
#1 DeAndre Ayton - 21.5ppg, 13rpg, .875 FG
#3 Luka Doncic - 35ppgm 8.5rpg, 9apg
#4 Jaren Jackson Jr - 7/3/0
#5 Trae Young - 32/7/10
Oops left out one.
#2 Marvin Bagley - 0 0 0 DNP - team sucks
Other worthy mentions outside the top 5:
#10 Mikal Bridges - 8/3/1
$14 Michael Porter Jr - 21.5/6.5/0.5
#1 DeAndre Ayton - 21.5ppg, 13rpg, .875 FG
#3 Luka Doncic - 35ppgm 8.5rpg, 9apg
#4 Jaren Jackson Jr - 7/3/0
#5 Trae Young - 32/7/10
Oops left out one.
#2 Marvin Bagley - 0 0 0 DNP - team sucks
Other worthy mentions outside the top 5:
#10 Mikal Bridges - 8/3/1
$14 Michael Porter Jr - 21.5/6.5/0.5
Good point. Think I joined in 06 or early 07 as well. If it's not you it might be me
captain bill
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Imagine if the kings were the 6th seed and played the nuggets who we were 3-0 against. Move on to the lakers who we were 2-1 against. Then moved on to a mavs team that had a couple upsets on their side of the bracket, which we were 3-0 against. And finally end up in the finals against the Celtics who we were undefeated against.
imagine if we’d drafted Luka to pair next to Fox, had a good coach who kept Buddy in a 3 point specialist role to spread the floor for Fox & Luka, with Fox getting open lanes whenever Buddy and Luka are behind the 3 point line. Imagine having a champ like Harrison Barnes around to provide steady veteran leadership and guide the ship. Imagine having a team like that at home at G1C with a crowd that brings the ruckus.
Oh well
steelevt
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Too bad all we can do is imagine it
Maybe I'd rather imagine, what if D'Alessandro hadn't panicked, and punted on the season, when Cousins got mono? Imagine having Mike Malone coaching Cousins for 6+ seasons, developing him, and encouraging him to reach his maximum potential. Imagine having a general manager committed to actually building a team around the talents of his best player, as opposed to one who didn't think that the player could play in the style that the GM wanted the team to play, and then making it his mission to prove it?
Given that breakthrough cases are a thing, even if rare, and that apparently some players have chosen to remain unvaxxed, it would seem the rules should be more consistent regardless.
BUT, I am also pro-vax and of the opinion we should probably be open things up exactly this way to incentivize more people on the fence to get vaxxed. So, if the NBA wants to publicly adopt the policy that the LeBron James protocols are good for all (and they maybe did it privately?) I'm all on board with this. Especially knowing that there is a large Black population who are vaccine hesitant for legitimate reasons, seeing NBA superstars publicly vaccinate is HUGE.
Also fining guys with 9 figure contracts 50k is like a parking ticket for someone who drives an exotic sports car.
Weren't they 8-0 with Rubio last year? I’d say they already learned what was needed
Is Bagley even Darko
Pretty sure they were 32-33 with Rubio, last year.
chief bromden
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Seeing MSG rocking is effing awesome.
captain bill
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Too bad all we can do is imagine it
ive made my peace with it, to be honest. At least for 10 months of the year. His heroics vs the Clippers last year were bad enough and it’s gonna get worst now. Playoffs are gonna be an annual gut punch and fandom laceration for a long time, especially if we keep kangzing our way out of the playoffs every year
SLAB
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its cool, he’s complains too much and we beat him a few times in the regular season.
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
Miami kind of did the classic Ainge thing, prep yourself for the "big" move and in the process fall in love with what you have when that wasn't a part of the plan in the first place. It kind of sucks for them because last year just confused the issue so you can't really blame them. Ainge never really had a basis for running his team the way it has been. Now they are kind of stuck between youth and ring chasing while trying to fill out their rotation in the interim with over the hill role players.
kingsboi
Hall of Famer
maybe I didn't see the rumors or reports but what "big" move were the Heat looking to make?
fansinceday1
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The NBA has a weak comish. He doesn’t have the balls to hold his stars accountable. David Stern would have had no problem fining and sitting lebron
steelevt
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I just don’t see how this suns team is getting all this love. Watching these last few games with Chris Paul out or playing hurt, they look terrible. It gives me hope that maybe the kings are one player away from the playoffs. (Too bad that player is Chris Paul or lebron James 
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