Siakam Spins & The Cs Grin: Official Pacers (#6) vs. Celtics (#1) Eastern Conference Finals Thread

[Don Homer]

They swept the highest scoring offense in the NBA. They beat them twice with Haliburton too in case ya bring that up and the Celtics aren’t at full strength.

tbf, the pacers are a terrible defensive team tho

 

[Ozymandeas]

Best part about this is I don’t have to have this team give me a heart attack for 9 days

Congrats.

If the Celtics win, I will eat crow and take back what I said about Tatum

 

[Pressure]

They gotta fire their coach.

 

[Raquinotj]

tbf, the pacers are a terrible defensive team tho

We can only play whoever advanced to play us.

 

[The_Sheff]

Without a doubt the worst conference finals I've ever seen. Pacers could realistically be up 3-1 but managed to Washington Generals their way into a sweep.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Hopefully NBA moves the finals up like they did in 2017 if Dallas sweeps

Television won't allow it.

On top of that, the Stars are still playing so you don't want arena conflicts.

 

[Brian O'Conner]

Good. Now the pacers can burn in hell with us knicks

It’s still fukk Boston though

 

[tremonthustler1]

what can pacers do moving forward..i think both hali and siakum r 2nd options at best..

there's like 5 true #1 options in the NBA for championship teams.

They've made their moves and got farther than anyone could have imagined.

Now they keep Siakam, get healthy, develop Jarace Walker or sell whatever stock he has (with Siakam there, the latter) and bet on Mathurin bouncing back.

 

[firemanBk]

You can really see why Obi was such a tough evaluation for ppl out of college. Dude is bad defensively, doesn’t have an ideal position, doesn’t move side to side well, is spindly enough to where strong guards can bytch him out in the paint, and isn’t a high IQ guy

And all of this stuff is still relevant for him a half decade after leaving college…props for him to succeeding in spite of it though

Thibs had the right evaluation on him and I remember some Knicks fans melting down like they traded a superstar when they moved him

He's absolutely not a wing, so he's forced to play the 4, and he's a 4 that's a dreadful defender and doesn't rebound
That's not to say he doesn't do anything well, he's a better 3PT shooter than I thought he would be but he can't start. He's a backup 4 and unless he improves his defense and rebounding that's all he's gonna be

 

[Turk]

 

[King Harlem]

Without a doubt the worst conference finals I've ever seen. Pacers could realistically be up 3-1 but managed to Washington Generals their way into a sweep.

Based on what? It was a sweep, but I found all 4 games to be incredibly entertaining outside of Game 2.

 

[nairdas]

Hobbled Pacers?

No Tyrese no Mathurin

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

No Tyrese no Mathurin

No unicorn. And if anyone watched the Celtics all year, he's a key reason why they went 64-18. He changed everything.

 

[Hersh]

there's like 5 true #1 options in the NBA for championship teams.

curious . who do u think they are?

and i guess i mean.. develop into a 1st option.

 

[Raquinotj]

No Tyrese no Mathurin

Celtics were at full strength?

Let me remind you.