The Official Dwayne Wade <<<<<< you thread

Think I jinxed it lol.

Kick wrote:Bucks are struggling.

I remember some of you saying how they'd walk to the finals. Covid has thrown a spanner in the works.

that would be CBucks, Freeza and Mole

nothing about covid mate, this is just normal, i've been calling their beta-ness since the start. The blueprint has been made clear since last playoffs, just throw bodies at Giannis and you beat the Bucks.

Giannis is an athletic freak, but his lack of a jumper (and skills beyond athleticism) are a bit of a problem in the playoffs.

This Heat team is very likable, though, so I'm happy for them. Dragic Olynyk has been immense in the playoffs.

James Harden wins the series with great defense.

You love to see it.

https://streamable.com/yt3ff9

lmao @ the push down at the end

This was actually interesting, hadn't realised Giannis could shoot fine when he came into the league. Leave it to American shooting coaches to ruin a player's jumper lol.

urbaNRoots wrote:James Harden wins the series with great defense.

You love to see it.

Did nothing until that point.

Will have to be much better against the lakers.

Kick wrote:

urbaNRoots wrote:James Harden wins the series with great defense.

You love to see it.

Did nothing until that point.

Will have to be much better against the lakers.

Dort did a great job against Harden, Lakers don’t have anyone like that to defend him so it’s going to be a different story against them imo.

It’s just awesome to see that Harden play on defense with his offense gone. RoCo had a great game on both ends as did Eric Gordon for once. Hopefully Westbrook goes back to Bestbrook because he didn’t seem fully fit in the first two games since his return.

Art Morte wrote:This was actually interesting, hadn't realised Giannis could shoot fine when he came into the league. Leave it to American shooting coaches to ruin a player's jumper lol.

holy shit he actually had a very decent, smooth jumper.
Perhaps bulking up over the years has also thrown off the balance in his jumper, but you can clearly see from that video into his second year when was still just a tall and lanky figure his jumpshot was messed with

conspiracy theory: they saw a European was about to become the GOAT of their league so they compromised him

The Last Dance was the best "getting-into" for a guy like me who had never been particularly fond of basketball. It gave me the urge and curiosity to give it a closer look, and I have to admit, so far I'm not disappointed.

What a beast MJ was and the Bulls were truly a thing of beauty. Can't imagine anybody playing better than them but I hear the Warriors of 2016-17 were better. I'll have to check them out and see for myself.

Anyway, it's really nice to find the passion for a sport that you never thought you would be interested in, even remotely. Will keep watching.

Luuuuuuuu

The Demon of Carthage wrote:The Last Dance was the best "getting-into" for a guy like me who had never been particularly fond of basketball. It gave me the urge and curiosity to give it a closer look, and I have to admit, so far I'm not disappointed.

What a beast MJ was and the Bulls were truly a thing of beauty. Can't imagine anybody playing better than them but I hear the Warriors of 2016-17 were better. I'll have to check them out and see for myself.

Anyway, it's really nice to find the passion for a sport that you never thought you would be interested in, even remotely. Will keep watching.

Demon

stick around, you might even become interested to join our NBA fantasy league

At least we ain't getting swept

OG Lowry

https://streamable.com/4hhwv5

Raptors are tough mofos i thought you guys were done after this superb pass by Kemba Walker

Demon the basket-ball is an addictive sport

I always liked to play but following NBA never really interest me until 2 years ago. Supposedly it was all about dunks and i could see them on sports channel news, so why bother ?

In reality it is so much more, all strategy based on clock management, passing & shooting, creating space, getting rebounds, matching sizes. It's a very complete sport. Dunks are not even my favorite plays anymore

Basketball is a nice change of pace to football. Except for when it comes to the commercial breaks in the NBA, too many, too many.

A wild ending for Bucks v Raptors, I wouldn't have thought 0.5 seconds is enough to shoot a three

usually 0.3 is the minimum enough to get a jumpshot off

what are we making of Nets hiring Steve Nash as their head coach?
definitely adds another dimension of excitement and scrutiny to them next season, so hey, i love it

Art since you are from Finland you must follow hockey as well ? Except racing it's probably the fastest sport on earth

Basket-ball is not as fast but the intensity is similar

Other sports i watch (football and baseball) are much slower and gives you more time to analyze. Different vibes

I don't watch much hockey. A good game of hockey is a good watch, but overall my excitement for hockey is limited by the fact that it's played seriously in about eight countries.

Bucks

Bledsoe is a terrible player and Middle isn't all that either.

seriously didn't believe to find a team who made me more angry than Inter for tendency to bottle it in decisive moments. Bucks , hell we're ridicoulous when play off come on.
Match in total control for 3/4 (+12), then the usual black out in last quarter and we lose in atrocious way
Giannis again average today

Bucks in seven :')

Team is literally made up of a bunch of chokers.

Bledsoe shouldn't see the court anymore.

And Bud needs to go. There aren't any more excuses. See out the series, thank him for turning this team around from Kidd and move on to someone new.

He's a regular season coach like Casey, and we need a Nurse. Unfortunately, we're not going to find a Nurse.

At least the bucks were actually good for a time. When enough time passes I'll enjoy the bucks being the #1 regular season team 2 years in a row. Seen this team be trash enough to be thankful for what was had. Assuming Giannis leaves, it's back to mediocrity

Me on last quarter
Seriously inacceptable to lose it in this way, we aren't able to play point-to-point on play off , our mental strenght is terrifying
Why all my favorite sports clubs are so ?