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[EASTC0AST_GH05T]

I was a Steve Nash guy. Only explanation I feel I need to say lol

Say no more lol!

 

[Jacce]

Orlando Magic in 5.

Anyone disagree?

 

[LegendofDragoonLives]

I want to see the trilogy final since it's never been done with both teams compeltely healthy. Then I want to see Dubs smash them 4-0 in the most humiliating final of all time. I want Draymond to go inside the locker room and bring out cookies with Lebron's and Kyrie's faces as they drink champagne in the middle of the court. Might as well pull out the WWE script and go all in.

Then I never want to see these two teams playing each other in another NBA final.


Rockets and OKC is going to be fun, even though shorter than people expect. No place for WB to bully shitty teams as he gets the Ws. OKC are gonna get that work.

 

[phanphare]

celtics over the bulls in 5
wizards over the hawks in 4
cavs over the pacers in 6
raps over the bucks in 7
warriors over the blazers in 5
clips over the jazz in 7
spurs over the griz in 7
rockets over the thunder in 5

wizards over the celtics in 6
cavs over the raps in 6
warriors over the clips in 5
rockets over the spurs in 7

wizards over the cavs in 6
warriors over the rockets in 5

warriors over the wizards in 5

 

[Caddywompus]

What the fuck happened to the Miami Heat being the most dangerous first rd match up in the East? Like a week ago no one wanted to play the the 7th seed.

 

[theechrisfox]

To coach and not be the president right?

Haha, no... they have to keep Triangle Master Horny around to have that mid-season scapegoat.

 

[Sanjuro]

warriors over the wizards in 5

All thirty viewers will tune in!

 

[Jacce]

Alright some real predictions

West:
Warriors (1) over Trailblazers (8) in 4
Spurs (2) over Grizzlies (7) in 6
Rockets (3) over the Thunder (6) in 6
Clippers (4) over the Jazz (6) in 7

Warriors (1) over the Clippers (4) in 5
Rockets (3) over the Spurs (2) in 7

Warriors (1) over the Rockets (3) in 6

East:
Celtics (1) over the Bulls (8) in 5
Cavaliers (2) over the Pacers (7) in 6
Raptors (3) over the Bucks (6) in 6
Wizards (4) over the Hawks (5) in 4

Wizards (4) over the Celtics (1) in 6
Cavaliers (2) over the Raptors (3) in 7

Cavaliers (2) over the Wizards (4) in 6

Finals:
Warriors (1) over the Cavaliers (2) in 5

 

[Surfinn]

Nice. Hope the warriors pull it off.

 

[MushroomSamba]

Who in the East would have the best chance against the Cavs? I actually like Paul George and crew to at least give them some trouble in the first round.

 

[UFO]

Wait. The Grizzlies are in the playoffs????

I'm more surprised the Bulls are back in the playoffs.

 

[Vanillalite]

LoL @ All of you saying Wiz sweep the Hawks in 4

True Believers know Millsap got this.

 

[phanphare]

All thirty viewers will tune in!

the two best back courts in the NBA! Adam Silver's wet dream!

 

[Violence Jack]

West:
Warriors sweep Blazers
Spurs sweep Grizzlies
Rockets beat Russ in 6
Clippers beat Jazz (6) in 5

Warriors beat Clippers in 5
Spurs beat Rockets in 6

Warriors over Spurs in 7

East:
Celtics over Bulls in 5
Cavs sweep Pacers
Raptors over in Bucks in 6
Wizards over Hawks in 5

Celtics over Wiz in 6
Cavaliers over Raptors in 7

Cavs over Celtics in 5

Finals:
Warriors over Cavs in 6 (OKC cries)

 

[Lionel Richie]

That's a fantastic OP right there lol.

Can we retroactively trade for Paul George before the first game?

 

[Damerman]

Cavs wrongly tanked because Paul George gonna kick their butts.

Im rooting for lance and paul to get their revenge on lebron.

 

[Damerman]

The beard gonna show rusty who the real mvp is...

Spoiler

Houston in 5

Honeslty, i think donavan is gonna shine in this year's playoffs.

 

[Amory]

Celts fan checking in.

I'm looking forward to the playoffs but Boston is probably the most flawed #1 seed I can remember.

I seriously wouldn't be shocked if they lost in the first round. It all depends on if the 3s fall.

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

That OP is amazing.

 

[Sephzilla]

Go Bucks!

 

[highrider]

Great op, Wizards fan, hoping for a good series.

 

[cubicle47b]

I'm interested in Bulls vs. Celtics and Rockets vs. Thunder the most out of these. I'm also interested to see if playoff Lebron immediately elevates the Cavs or if they still look like shit.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

We did it!

 

[overcast]

Celtics-Bulls - 7 games.
Cavs-Pacers - 5 games.
Raptors-Bucks - 7 games.
Wizards-Hawks - 6 games.

Warriors-Blazers - 4 games
Spurs-Grizzlies - 6 games.
Rockets-Thunder - 6 games.
Jazz-Clippers - 7 games.

All home teams. I can see the raptors or jazz losing honestly. A bit worried about Westbrook going off on us + harden going cold leading to the thunder stealing the series

 

[Redd]

I only see one series in the first round that looks interesting. Hopefully there are some upsets.

 

[jdstorm]

Honeslty, i think donavan is gonna shine in this year's playoffs.

He couldnt have been much worse in the regular season if he was actively trying. So thats probably true.

 

[Discotheque]

I only see one series in the first round that looks interesting. Hopefully there are some upsets.

Thunder vs Rockets?

 

[Stat Flow]

These first round matchups are pretty lit.

Warriors in 5
Spurs in 7
Rockets in 6
Clips in 7

Celtics in 6
Cleveland in 6
Raptors in 7
Wizards in 5

 

[Tragicomedy]

Westbrook going to need to continue averaging triple-doubles in the playoffs for OKC to stand a chance. He just may.

When are they announcing his MVP award? Is it after the team gets bounced in the first round, or does it come after the playoffs are over?

 

[Tall4Life]

Westbrook going to need to continue averaging triple-doubles in the playoffs for OKC to stand a chance. He just may.

When are they announcing his MVP award? Is it after the team gets bounced in the first round, or does it come after the playoffs are over?

I want to say they are voting this week

 

[JohnsonUT]

When are they announcing his MVP award? Is it after the team gets bounced in the first round, or does it come after the playoffs are over?

Unfortunately at the end of the playoffs. Nothing like an MVP trophy be awarded in a press conference because the team got eliminated first round.

 

[phanphare]

Westbrook going to need to continue averaging triple-doubles in the playoffs for OKC to stand a chance. He just may.

When are they announcing his MVP award? Is it after the team gets bounced in the first round, or does it come after the playoffs are over?

depends if one of those doubles is turnovers or not

 

[jdstorm]

Unfortunately at the end of the playoffs. Nothing like an MVP trophy be awarded in a press conference because the team got eliminated first round.

The NBA is doing an awards night.

 

[Tragicomedy]

I want to say they are voting this week

Unfortunately at the end of the playoffs. Nothing like an MVP trophy be awarded in a press conference because the team got eliminated first round.

Boo. Makes sense.

depends if one of those doubles is turnovers or not

No, that will be a quadruple-double. And he'll likely have at least one of those this series, maybe more.

Harden will also easily pull a triple-double with turnovers, points, and assists this series. Possibly multiple times.

 

[Tom Nook]

WARRIORS BITCH!

 

[Bread]

It was a horrific few years watching our C tank and not be good, us fans deserve this!!!! We are the greatest team and fan base of all time!

 

[ViciousDS]

It was a horrific few years watching our C tank and not be good, us fans deserve this!!!! We are the greatest team and fan base of all time!

you deserve to get destroyed by either George or Butler and lose due to not trading for either player due to holding a single 1st round pick lol

 

[Randolph Freelander]

It was a horrific few years watching our C tank and not be good, us fans deserve this!!!! We are the greatest team and fan base of all time!

Where Boston innovated in this was they got another team to tank for them. I don't understand why this hasn't picked up across the league.

 

[Matticers]

Prediction time.

Celtics over Bulls in 6
Wizards over Hawks in 7
Cavs over Pacers in 5
Raptors over Bucks in 6

Warriors over Blazers in 4
Clippers over Jazz in 7
Spurs over Grizzlies in 6
Rockets over Thunder in 5

Celtics over Wizards in 7
Cavs over Raptors in 6

Warriors over Clippers in 6
Spurs over Rockets in 7

Cavs over Celtics in 5
Warriors over Spurs in 6

Warriors over Cavs in 5

All I want to see is the Warriors not winning it all. Or some nice upsets to teams that aren't the Celtics. But it's the NBA and major upsets are rare and I fully expect the Warriors to win it.

 

[Tall4Life]

The C are going to win it all and then draft Fultz and win the next two consecutive championships, you can belee dat

 

[Amory]

Where Boston innovated in this was they got another team to tank for them. I don't understand why this hasn't picked up across the league.

Having a surrogate tanker is pretty awesome.

Brooklyn made maybe the most shortsighted trade in NBA history. Billy King has to take a lot of the blame there, but to be fair he was probably pushed into doing it by the eccentric russian billionaire that had just bought the team and wanted to create instant hype around a pretty meh franchise

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Having a surrogate tanker is pretty awesome.

Brooklyn made maybe the most shortsighted trade in NBA history. Billy King has to take a lot of the blame there, but to be fair he was probably pushed into doing it by the eccentric russian billionaire that had just bought the team and wanted to create instant hype around a pretty meh franchise

Billy King is innocent for one very good reason.

He's above reproach.

 

[Ganhyun]

Coming in and rooting for the Hawks to do well.

Expect the finals to be Cavs/Warriors again

 

[Redd]

Thunder vs Rockets?

Yea that one. Maybe the Wizards and Hawks game too.

 

[Eos]

Spurs in 5

 

[friskykillface]

Those Heat vs Pacers match ups were pretty fun years ago but the Heat had a huge big advantage x LeBron x Wade so I think this Cavs / Pacers series might go 7

Or if LeBron is right about his "turn on" switch mode it'll be over in 4


Celtics gonna shock the world

 

[Skiptastic]

I really want to predict Paul George x Lance Stephenson DBZ Fusion Supernova that somehow overcomes the evil of Jebron Lames...but I'm not that much of a homer.

Cavs in 6

 

[Merriweather]

As a Bulls fan I would have preferred it if they missed the playoffs. There's nothing to be gained from losing to the Celtics in 5.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

As a Bulls fan I would have preferred it if they missed the playoffs. There's nothing to be gained from losing to the Celtics in 5.

There's nothing to be gained from not losing to the Celtics in 4, either.

In the tanking game, go big or go home.

 

[Stabby McSter]

oh boy prediction time

Warriors over Trailblazers in 4. I'd probably say 5, but this is the #ToasterEra.
Spurs over Grizzlies in 7.
Rockets over Thunder in 6. I wish they would announce the MVP awards now so someone would just play in AYEFUCKYOU-mode.
Clippers over the Jazz in 6. I'm really only saying this because I rather play the Clippers over the Jazz in round 2. :V

Bulls over the Celtics in 6. I don't feel good about this pick, but I also don't feel good about the Celtics over the past few weeks.
Cavaliers over the Pacers in 5. PG13 and Lebron go at it for 4 games, but by 5 he runs out of steam. :<
Raptors over the Bucks in 6. I wanna believe in my boy Giannis, but it's not enough. :<
Wizard over the Hawks in 5. dwight schroder lol