The Cs Dispatched The MVP & Now Face Super Saiyan Jimmy! | Official HEAT (#8) vs. Celtics (#2) Eastern Conference Finals Thread

[Draje]

@Gil Scott-Heroin , you predicted Miami would fall off this year and be irrelevant. You proudly proclaimed and then patted yourself in the back around the time the play-in started.

I foresee the Heat falling off.

They'll go from having the #1 record in the East, to not even having a top-4 record in their conference this season. They've made no notable acquisitions, lost PJ and didn't replace him, and a number of their main players' best days are behind them (which will catch up to them sooner rather than later).

A trade(s) is the only thing saving them from becoming obsolete.

He done, bro. He's Philly cheesesteak status. He hit that wall hard last season. It's one of the main reasons why I projected the Heat to fall off this year.

This was to be expected from the Heat, tbh.
As it relates to the Heat this season, I wanna see what they do over the succeeding rounds. If this is truly reflective of them as a team (and Spo as a coach) or if the Bucks were fake all along.

The problem with this is, I wasn't under any illusion that the Warriors were winning a title this season, so you can miss me with this picking them to beat LA nonsense. Yes, of course, I wanted GS to win, but I wasn't expecting them to - I had no expectations for them. I've been saying all season long they weren't going to do shyt in the playoffs. They're fundamentally broken and weren't going to repeat. They needed to make trades and they didn't.

I never said the Lakers wouldn't make the playoffs after they made those trades at the deadline. The team before and the team after are different versions. Because let's be honest here, if Westbrook was still on y'all squad, we wouldn't even be having this conversation right now.

On the matter of them being better than I thought they would - I don't think this is neither here nor there.

I group all the teams who I believe can't win a title together, and it doesn't matter who beats who, because ultimately, none of them are winning, anyway. No different to the Heat, because yes, while they made their respective conference finals, I don't take them seriously as a contender.

I guess for me the definition is different. It's not about wins/losses or whatever stage a team is at.

The 2021 Hawks were six wins away from a championship, did you classify them as contenders?

What would you rate the fall off this season, on a scale from 1 to 10?

Try not to get mad, let’s have a basketball discussion, buddy.

 

[CHICAGO]

Jimmy doing too much with some of these plays. Move quicker and let go of the ball.

Spo needs to do something about that double team bc Jimmy is doing dumb shyt

BOTH OF THOSE SHOTS
WERE AT THE END OF THE CLOCK.



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[42 Monks]

would pay good money to see the celtics halftime locker room probably peak comedy in there

 

[Stone]

you think theyd be better if ime was at the helm?

guess williams' injury history dont help either but youd think the experience + brogdon would be enough

Probably, but horford not being what he was in last year and Rob being injured turns their front court from a strength to a weakness

 

[Deafheaven]

Zach Lavine for Marcus Smart + picks

 

[mozichrome]

looking like "this mofo"

 

[seraphx]

Jaylen Brown ready to get away from this team too lol. His contract gonna be nasty.

 

[Ironman]

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[Weaver31]

Lawd it's possible we may get 2 sweeps in the conference finals

 

[Rain]

Chuck does everything he can to refrain from giving Heat credit. It's embarrassing.

 

[Tres Leches]

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cmon breh im recording this shyt

 

[UpAndComing]

Every Celtic possession looks like a struggle, they never get smooth easy baskets.

Celtics abandoned playmaking for jacking up 3 point shots and ISO plays

That Brad Stevens offense

 

[the elastic]

Celtics need to go to a ball handling minicamp

 

[the elastic]

cmon breh im recording this shyt

Was that a

Spoiler

Succession

spoiler?

 

[red222]

Finals gonna be good