How is anyone gonna beat the Nets?

jtoler · 03-27-21, 08:19 PM

only 1 ball. why is harden so overrated these days. when did he gain this extra weight, seems lazier these days. watching him stand in one spot and dribble between his legs for 10 seconds is the worse thing to watch on television. I get a kick out of watching lou dort manhandle him

thomorino · 03-27-21, 08:33 PM

I agree with you if they are healthy but Durant can’t stay healthy

thomorino · 03-27-21, 08:33 PM

Originally posted by jtoler

only 1 ball. why is harden so overrated these days. when did he gain this extra weight, seems lazier these days. watching him stand in one spot and dribble between his legs for 10 seconds is the worse thing to watch on television. I get a kick out of watching lou dort manhandle him

Harden isn’t overrated at all, he’s the best offensive player in the game

jtoler · 03-27-21, 08:44 PM

Originally posted by thomorino

Harden isn’t overrated at all, he’s the best offensive player in the game

I totally disagree, lot of guys score easier and better than him. why does the best offensive player in the game feel he needs to join a super duper team to win
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unde0087 · 03-27-21, 08:46 PM

Originally posted by jtoler

I totally disagree, lot of guys score easier and better than him. why does the best offensive player in the game feel he needs to join a super duper team to win
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probably the same reason the so called "goat" had to build a super team to win

MinnesotaFats · 03-27-21, 08:48 PM

Alridge/ Griff/ Harris / Jordan don't mean shit

All that matters is if the big 3 can get 35 minutes per game in the playoffs

They'll coast thru the East

So LAL/ DEN/ UTH in best of 7....

Looks like the depth and versatility of Den/ Uth would actually be more trouble then LeBron/ Davis

Hu$tle · 03-27-21, 09:24 PM

defense

Goat Milk · 03-27-21, 09:39 PM

Originally posted by MinnesotaFats

Alridge/ Griff/ Harris / Jordan don't mean shit

All that matters is if the big 3 can get 35 minutes per game in the playoffs

They'll coast thru the East

So LAL/ DEN/ UTH in best of 7....

Looks like the depth and versatility of Den/ Uth would actually be more trouble then LeBron/ Davis

Utah is a fraud. Who is their depth off the bench? Ingles and Clarkson?

Aldridge and Griffin are much better than both those players.

This isn't the regular season bro, it's the playoffs. Star players play better in the playoffs.

Someone on this site actually argued with me that Tolliver was more valuable than Carmelo Anthony lol.

Don't make that mistake.

Griffin is clearly still hard to handle. Aldridge can contribute and make jumpers.

Durant Harden and Irving are unstoppable.

ThaTopMoron · 03-27-21, 09:52 PM

doug knows

jjgold · 03-27-21, 09:56 PM

Word is Durant more hurt than they’re saying

Irving a head case

Harden is the entire team

thomorino · 03-27-21, 09:56 PM

Originally posted by Goat Milk

Utah is a fraud. Who is their depth off the bench? Ingles and Clarkson?

Aldridge and Griffin are much better than both those players.

This isn't the regular season bro, it's the playoffs. Star players play better in the playoffs.

Someone on this site actually argued with me that Tolliver was more valuable than Carmelo Anthony lol.

Don't make that mistake.

Griffin is clearly still hard to handle. Aldridge can contribute and make jumpers.

Durant Harden and Irving are unstoppable.

People forget how good of a ball handler and passer Griffin is, Aldridge can’t defend though, I don’t see him helping much.

The issue for Brooklyn is if they can stay healthy, not talent.

MinnesotaFats · 03-27-21, 09:56 PM

Aldridge is finished

Haven't seen enough of Blake this year but he wasn't playing much earlier so there's gotta be a reason.

I'm not sure you can call either a star anymore...

Utah w Clarkson/ Ingles/ Favors yeah that's not bad stuff. They can play big or small w any team

jjgold · 03-27-21, 09:57 PM

Any old guy is finished they can’t produce any more the Nets would not win a game without James Harden

He is mvp of league

Durant might not return this year

flyingillini · 03-27-21, 10:01 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

Any old guy is finished they can’t produce any more the Nets would not win a game without James Harden

He is mvp of league

Durant might not return this year

If no Durant they won't win it all. They need him.

seaborneq · 03-27-21, 10:07 PM

The Nets will win the championship and you will like it!!! There is no other way it can be done this year.

thomorino · 03-27-21, 10:15 PM

Originally posted by MinnesotaFats

Aldridge is finished

Haven't seen enough of Blake this year but he wasn't playing much earlier so there's gotta be a reason.

I'm not sure you can call either a star anymore...

Utah w Clarkson/ Ingles/ Favors yeah that's not bad stuff. They can play big or small w any team

Yeah Aldridge sucks, he can’t defend or shoot threes, Griffin is solid, he just didn’t have any trade value because of his contract.

clockwise1965 · 03-27-21, 10:24 PM

Irving is a cancer. He will derail the Nets with his off court bs.
Duran is a non factor because his injury is more serious then first thought

Harden is the Nets

Goat Milk · 03-27-21, 10:39 PM

Originally posted by thomorino

Yeah Aldridge sucks, he can’t defend or shoot threes, Griffin is solid, he just didn’t have any trade value because of his contract.

Incorrect. Aldridge can make 3s, he averages about 1.5 3s made this year. He's automatic from midrange. He averages a block a game. He's not a good defender, but Aldridge is a much better player than Derrick Favors, that's a laughable comparison.

People told me the same thing about Rondo on this site last year, and I told them, just wait until the playoffs.

Guys like Rondo and Blake Griffin don't give two shits about the nba regular season.

Goat Milk · 03-27-21, 10:40 PM

Originally posted by clockwise1965

Irving is a cancer. He will derail the Nets with his off court bs.
Duran is a non factor because his injury is more serious then first thought

Harden is the Nets

He can sit out for the next month and it wouldn't matter. All he has to do is show up starting in the 2nd round of the playoffs. Play like 20 games and call it a day.

Goat Milk · 03-27-21, 10:41 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

Any old guy is finished they can’t produce any more the Nets would not win a game without James Harden

He is mvp of league

Durant might not return this year

Just like you said that about Rondo and Dwight last year and they're the primary reason why LA won the title, otherwise would have never beaten Denver.

clockwise1965 · 03-27-21, 10:59 PM

Originally posted by Goat Milk

He can sit out for the next month and it wouldn't matter. All he has to do is show up starting in the 2nd round of the playoffs. Play like 20 games and call it a day.

That may be true but Irving has been a tremendous disruption everywhere he has been.

thomorino · 03-27-21, 11:38 PM

Originally posted by Goat Milk

Incorrect. Aldridge can make 3s, he averages about 1.5 3s made this year. He's automatic from midrange. He averages a block a game. He's not a good defender, but Aldridge is a much better player than Derrick Favors, that's a laughable comparison.

People told me the same thing about Rondo on this site last year, and I told them, just wait until the playoffs.

Guys like Rondo and Blake Griffin don't give two shits about the nba regular season.

I didn’t compare Aldridge to favors but Aldridge is a bad three point shooter and a horrible perimeter defender, I don’t see him making any impact at all.

Allure · 03-27-21, 11:40 PM

How can they afford to have this many high paid names on the roster?

Goat Milk · 03-27-21, 11:41 PM

Originally posted by clockwise1965

That may be true but Irving has been a tremendous disruption everywhere he has been.

Lol disruptions don't matter in the playoffs man. Sure, if there were big locker room issues, like stars arguing, like Kobe and Shaq were when they went to that last finals in 2004, it'd be a problem. But the big 3 in Brooklyn are all best friends, none of them care if Irving doesn't play. They don't even care if they are the 6 or 7 seed. They don't fear anyone. Harden goes to strip clubs, Irving skips games because he feels like it, and KD doesn't want to risk an major injury so he sits out and basically calls the shots.

If Irving was a disruption he wouldn't have let harden take over the PG position. Until we hear that the big 3 are beefing, then any other disruption or distraction is irrelevant.

In the end once you get between the lines in the playoffs, they're all their, all available, and the only thing they're thinking about is winning, nothing else matters.

Goat Milk · 03-27-21, 11:44 PM

Originally posted by thomorino

I didn’t compare Aldridge to favors but Aldridge is a bad three point shooter and a horrible perimeter defender, I don’t see him making any impact at all.

Well Favors is a key role player for the Jazz, and Aldridge is a luxury for Brooklyn, just another add on that is capable for going for 15 pts any given playoff game, which Favors can't do, and which basically no 8th man on any playoff roster can do. So incorrect, he will make an impact at some point in the playoffs. He's not gonna get many minutes, but he'll have his moment, just like Dwight did with LA when everyone said he was washed up, and then he was called upon to defend Jokic when no one else could. Aldridge will be called upon to stretch the floor at the 5 position at some point in the playoffs. He's averaging 14 a game this year in 26 minutes. Anyone who is washed up can't do that. Plain and simple. Anthony Tolliver? LMFAO.