Joker Seeks A Revenge Tally Across The Valley | Official Suns (#4) vs. Nuggets (#1) West Semifinals Thread

[threattonature]

Gotta be more than just him being a dirty player. Kobe and KG, in comparison to other legends of the game, are some of the dirtiest players as well but everybody for the most part fukks with em.


There’s something about CP that brings people joy when he suffers L’s.

How was Kobe and KG dirty compared to other legends? And the fact that you're comparing CP3 to them shows you're being a stan. CP3 every game is trying to get any little advantage it can be. The nut shots. The flopping. Jumping in front of defenders running up court trying to draw fouls. Trying to bend any rule he can to his advantage. Funniest moment being costing his team a playoff game trying to throw up a 3 thinking he was being fouled.

Sad too cause he used to be one of my favorite players but he just b*stardizes basketball too much.

 

[Big Boss]

2020 WCF series matchups:

Jokic (offense) v. Dwight - 20 mins total matchup, 50% FG (8-16), 12 earned FTs
Jokic (offense) v. AD - 11 mins total matchup, 58 FG% (11-19), 6 earned FTs
Jokic (offense) v. McGee - 6 mins total matchup, 46 FG% (7-15), 0 earned FTs.

AD was food. I still remember Jokic backing him down from the 3-pt line to the hoop like he wasn't even there on a go-ahead bucket in Game 2.

Dwight only had marginal success because he fouled the shyt out of him and got in his head. Jokic's body got burned up having to battle against the three of them and it eventually drained him. That was the best defensive frontcourt rotation in recent memory. Now the Lakers only have AD left (who's in a worse physical state than he was back then), which leaves them at a massive disadvantage.

Lakers got Tristan Thompson

 

[Deafheaven]

Title is right there for the nuggets.

Rest of the teams left are very un serious at times and joker locked the fukk in

 

[old pig]

Title is right there for the nuggets.

Rest of the teams left are very un serious at times and joker locked the fukk in

the only hope at having a competitive finals is if last night’s game unlocked something in the celtics and they play to potential…everybody else in the east will be absolute food to whoever comes out the west…but ya overall the nuggets are looking the most formidable this round

 

[Nero Christ]

2020 WCF series matchups:

Jokic (offense) v. Dwight - 20 mins total matchup, 50% FG (8-16), 12 earned FTs
Jokic (offense) v. AD - 11 mins total matchup, 58 FG% (11-19), 6 earned FTs
Jokic (offense) v. McGee - 6 mins total matchup, 46 FG% (7-15), 0 earned FTs.

AD was food. I still remember Jokic backing him down from the 3-pt line to the hoop like he wasn't even there on a go-ahead bucket in Game 2.

Dwight only had marginal success because he fouled the shyt out of him and got in his head. Jokic's body got burned up having to battle against the three of them and it eventually drained him. That was the best defensive frontcourt rotation in recent memory. Now the Lakers only have AD left (who's in a worse physical state than he was back then), which leaves them at a massive disadvantage.

To me in the west, GS is best equipped to limit his impact due to the motion plays they can get him involved in. However, I was quite impresses how he held his own against how the Suns try to put him in the pnr....now some of this has to do with the Suns not attacking the basket as well as Ayton's incompetence, but Jokic did fare better than I thought he would.

Early belief is Nuggets beat LA...against GS, it's more up in the air

 

[VegetasHairline]

 

[TheNig]

Booker was due for a regular/average game. No one can keep up the shooting he did.

Only reason this shyt wasn't over in 4/5 games.

Only person who legit can stop Joker is
1) JoJo and we can't even count on the Sixers to make it out the east.
2) AD for sure and we're in a fight with the Dubs to win right now

I think we close it out tonight.

 

[Hoodoo Child]

no rings for CP3

Now Boston needs to sit harden down

Eternal beef

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

I was just having this convo with my boy who is a laker fan. He believes AD would lock up Jokic and I was like nah he plays well against AD it was Dwight who gave him trouble and he won’t be there this time and Tristan Thompson isn’t coming to save the day.

Another important factor is that the Lakers had the benefit of being in The Bubble during that series. They won't have that here.

AD, Dwight and JaVale could rest up to maximum effect and use their combined forces against Jokic. Now, AD and the Lakers are gonna have to travel to Denver and play in a higher altitude (one of the many things I've reiterated in here during this series as being a key differentiator), which I'm sure you know as well as anyone being a fan of this team and how much of an advantage that is.

 

[nightwing2016]

Another important factor is that the Lakers had the benefit of being in The Bubble during that series. They won't have that here.

AD, Dwight and JaVale could rest up to maximum effect and use their combined forces against Jokic. Now, AD and the Lakers are gonna have to travel to Denver and play in a higher altitude (one of the many things I've reiterated in here during this series as being a key differentiator), which I'm sure you know as well as anyone being a fan of this team and how much of an advantage that is.

Home court advantage is huge and people forgot that the nuggets were a far worse team with Gary Harris at the 2 and at that point he couldn’t buy a bucket and had Paul milisap at the 4 and at the point the best he could do was fall down when guarding Lebron. Plus that front court depth was insane and were able to slow Jokic down and he was far less capable of dealing with the goon tactics of Dwight and Mcgee.

 

[dfresh]

One thing no one ever seems to mention is that if nuggets had gotten rid of barton 3 seasons ago, Jokic would probably have a ring by now.


Tunnel vision on offense, bad defender, injury prone and one of the incentives in his contract when he resigned with them was that he had to start so malone was forced to play him out of position.

Tim Connelly not trading Barton is up there with the Rudy gobert trade imo. Dude is one of the worst gm I’ve ever seen.

This is what I said back in February.


Also Barton, Harris and millsap are gone . Completely pointless comparing this team to the one in the bubble

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

He's gonna pretend he's been rooting for Denver all season, so if Denver goes to the finals he'll be bumping old threads, as a consolation prize

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Why do fakkits like you act like I haven't posted about Jokic/Nuggets more than anyone on this board this season? Why do fakkits like you act like I haven't been bumping threads surrounding Jokic's MVP campaign throughout the season?

I don't need to pretend like I'm doing anything when I'll keep the same energy I've had all season.

This is what happens when you think you know what you're talking about and end up making yourself look stupid.

 

[WTFisWallace?]

How was Kobe and KG dirty compared to other legends?

Kobe’s my guy. Favorite athlete all time.

In comparison to Duncan, Lebron, Curry, Hakeem, AI, Dirk…other legends and/or top 20-50 players all time. Kobe was pretty dirty. Would probably finish top 5 if you just kept it to top 50 players all time.

But to your point, the nut shots would probably make CP a distant #1.

 

[statuez]

He would get PnR to death they said LOLOLOL

Jokic is in another galaxy when it comes to his peers.

 

[Dem313wayz]

This is what a prime Aarvidas Sabonis would look like in the nba