It says how great a player is when teams have to change their entire game plan and defensive set up to account for just him. It’s like the “Jordan rules” for the Bad Boys or what Mourinho tried doing against Messi on numerous occasions and was successful only in the Inter Milan CL final.

Kudos to him.

Claudius wrote:

This Magic story’s nuts. So much a reminder of the challenges Buss the younger has had of late. Can’t even get amsome mid season trades around the king done discretely and quickly. And now inadvertently copying Magic on performance discussions related to him. Tsk.
Email fail. https://www.foxnews.com/sports/magic-johnson-resigned-lakers-emails-bad-job-performance.amp

Jeanie Buss doesn't appear to be a capable leader at the moment with all the dysfunction going on. 

I had hoped that they could hire someone of prominence quickly to be the President of Basketball Operations and fire the General Manager Rob Pelinka (who has a negative reputation around the league due to being a former agent and screwing teams over), but that isn't happening. Jeanie likes her "yes-people" around her. There is someone named Linda Rambis (wife of mediocre former NBA coach/Laker Kurt Rambis) who is her whisperer about basketball decisions. This person is traveling with the front office to interview with potential coaches like Monty Williams! 

It would've been much better if they had allowed someone from the outside instead of being the Laker family run the show. 

Despite all this mess, it only takes one major signing to turn things around. 

Are you now reconsidering your previous mocking of Magic doing what he did as, for me, his reaction was restrained.
e: Not blaming you, personally, as you couldn't possibly have known everything!

Bold Tone wrote:

Are you now reconsidering your previous mocking of Magic doing what he did as, for me, his reaction was restrained.
e: Not blaming you, personally, as you couldn't possibly have known everything!

I still think the way he quit was unprofessional. We wouldn't just quit our jobs by going out to the media to declare that we are quitting without telling your boss beforehand.  

His performance was also an issue for me. He took jabs at players like D'Angelo Russell when he was traded to Nets saying that he wanted a leader and had a grand idea of putting playmakers with Lebron instead of shooters. 

if they were talking shit about me behind my back and i could put them on blast publicy, hell yes i would quit that way.

Why didn't the Spurs foul at the end? 😆 goodbye!!!

Now the playoffs really begin. Western semis. Who do you guys have for Rockets Warriors?

yeah if kawhi and siakam shoot 80% from the field on high volume, the sixers wont win a game in this series

Horford just absolutely beasted Giannis today in Game 1 of the ECSMs. It's unfair we're not talking about this man as an all star despite clearly besting Embiid and to a lesser extent Giannis over the season. A scintillating victory that's got me quite aroused.

KingslandBarge wrote:

Horford just absolutely beasted Giannis today in Game 1 of the ECSMs. It's unfair we're not talking about this man as an all star despite clearly besting Embiid and to a lesser extent Giannis over the season. A scintillating victory that's got me quite aroused.

embiid gave it to horford the last time the teams played

mdgoonah41 wrote:
KingslandBarge wrote:

Horford just absolutely beasted Giannis today in Game 1 of the ECSMs. It's unfair we're not talking about this man as an all star despite clearly besting Embiid and to a lesser extent Giannis over the season. A scintillating victory that's got me quite aroused.

embiid gave it to horford the last time the teams played

21 gimme free throws in that game. Joel went soft and got a helping hand from refs 🙂

time for the rockets to go ankle hunting on steph and klay. the league just gave them the green light. don't bitch and whine, get even.

well, that was better.

defensive intensity ratcheted up about 8 notches, butler made a bunch of huge shots, and we won despite embiid looking like a ghost out there.

home court advantage, stolen. lets go

Love these playoffs. Every series is super exciting.

I used to like CP3, by my god the man's a prick. A sore loser, you would think by now he would be used to losing.
I don't like GSW but I want them to beat the Rockets just to see CP and Harden cry about it

I happen to really like watching the Warriors. One of the best teams ever assembled, possibly THE best. They also happen to play fantastic basketball. Having said that, I feel for the Rockets. In game 1 the refs screwed up at least 3 calls on Harden. They for some reason reffed the game differently than they have been doing all season, and it is NOT cool to repeatedly land in the shooter's landing area. Because it is dangerous. And then in game 2 the unfortunate injury to Harden, which clearly affected him.
I want the Warriors to beat the Rockets, but not like this! I would like to see both teams at their best.

well tonight is probably the biggest game the sixers have played, all things considered, in about 17 years. no pressure

Wow indeed. Embiid owned the paint tonight.

he was unreal tonight. one of the best playoff performances ive seen in a while. 5 blocks too. just a monster. please stay healthy, jo

jokic played 65 minutes tonight.

65.

that is the third most minutes EVER played in an NBA game. and he was 1 free throw away from having a chance to break the record of 69

Just finished the Denver game. That was insane. Beyond Jokic, it really was a story of clutch play by the guards on both teams, namely Murray for the Nuggets; and Lillard and McCollum for the Blazers. McCollum especially was just beating guys off the dribble at will and getting to the rim, with Lillard coming on strong late in the game. And here I was thinking Rockets-Warriors was the one to watch out West

That was a great game of basketball which often looks like players getting away with less than 100% effort.
Lillard did not bring his A-game and Jokic was great but Murray and McCollum were outstanding.

Durant was big tonight, but Harden was focused too. Durant has a sick crossover on the baseline that took out the double team in over time, and Harden just kept killing the floaters all night. We are seeing a lot of guys step up and be ‘the man’ in these playoffs. But Curry and Paul need to join in.

That said, I expect the Warriors to win this series. The Rockets shot patterns just seem much more prone to variance in outcomes. Warriors have good shots. Warriors are getting great looks off pick and rolls, cross-court passes, and often finding a free man low on the key.

Claudius wrote:

Durant was big tonight, but Harden was focused too. Durant has a sick crossover on the baseline that took out the double team in over time, and Harden just kept killing the floaters all night. We are seeing a lot of guys step up and be ‘the man’ in these playoffs. But Curry and Paul need to join in.

That said, I expect the Warriors to win this series. The Rockets shot patterns just seem much more prone to variance in outcomes. Warriors have good shots. Warriors are getting great  looks off pick and rolls, cross-court passes, and often finding a free man low on the key.

It's ironic, they play this way due to analytics. Their computer algorithms value the 3's and short distance shots. They used to do analytics on referee's call patterns to give their players insight into what type of call they would get or would not get: 

I wonder if we'll see analytics to this degree in football. 

I reckon that’s Celtics done and dusted. I wonder who they’ll give the MVP award to?

worst sixers performance of the year. came at the most opportune time

Nice job Jeanie Buss, Linda and Kurt Rambis! Lakers are the laughing stock of the NBA after failing to hire Ty Lue!

Nice to see other teams I support doing phenomenally. 😆

Thank fuck celtics are done. Tired of kyrie.

Oh boy, KD just hurt his achilles???

Rockets let a golden opportunity slip through their hands with KD out with what appears to be a right calf strain.

Yeah, that was the chance to win it...goddamnit

That's the end of the road for rockets right? Game 6 is klay Thompson time. .