2019-2020 NBA Season Thread

[EricaLubarsky]

As much as I hate the Lakers,

I will always be happy when the Rockets are wrecked

[mac222b]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

As much as I hate the Lakers,

I will always be happy when the Rockets are wrecked

Rooting for Lakers-Celtics final now, assuming Denver can’t win three in a row against the Clippers. God it would be fun to see the Clippers collapse though.

[KillerLeft]

Originally Posted by mac222b

Rooting for Lakers-Celtics final now, assuming Denver can’t win three in a row against the Clippers. God it would be fun to see the Clippers collapse though.

Clippers are winning it all, my dude. I get why that's distasteful, but at least we'll feel good about our Mavs.

[mac222b]

Originally Posted by KillerLeft

Clippers are winning it all, my dude. I get why that's distasteful, but at least we'll feel good about our Mavs.

I know I think so too. I think I picked Clipppers vs. Celtics with Clippers winning in 6 before the playoffs. Then Hayward went down and I was worried but they barely missed a beat. It just bothers me because of our history with them. I think Doc is the biggest phoney. Hating them in the CP years. How smug and condescending they all were when the DeAndre drama went down. Kawhi basically holding two franchises hostage to get what he wants. PG just basically being a loser second fiddle and passive aggressively getting out of his own situations. Beverley is the most annoying player in the league. Harrell screaming after every basket, no matter the game situation. And then of course Morris actively trying to injure our franchise player.

They are just such front runners. West and Frank have made some very shrewd moves but Also have been so lucky. The Lakers gifted them Zubac, they got the CP3 golden parachute of Lou, Harrell and other assets and they can afford to trade a pick for Morris and get prime buyout guys and MLE due to being in LA. Lou Williams even took a discount to stay saving them probably 3m or so a year capwise. Kawhi and PG are allowed to push off on almost every drive and then Beverley talks about Jokic flopping when they get ALL the calls. They got all the calls in our series. I just hope they find a way to lose. Rooting hard for the Celtics the rest of the way.

[mac222b]

Originally Posted by KillerLeft

Clippers are winning it all, my dude. I get why that's distasteful, but at least we'll feel good about our Mavs.

And that’s really not any consolation. I feel good that we played them well. But them winning won’t necessarily validate that feeling any further. We were missing Powell, Brunson and KP for a large part of the series with Luka injured as well and they were missing Beverley but they were celebrating like they were the underdogs or something.

[KillerLeft]

Originally Posted by mac222b

And that’s really not any consolation. I feel good that we played them well. But them winning won’t necessarily validate that feeling any further. We were missing Powell, Brunson and KP for a large part of the series with Luka injured as well and they were missing Beverley but they were celebrating like they were the underdogs or something.

I think part of why they were so obnoxious in Round 1 is that the Mavs were tougher to beat than they envisioned/wanted.

There will always be sports villains in life. It makes things more interesting.