My main wish was fulfilled by the Nuggets (preventing the Lakers from winning it), I really don't have a soft spot for either. May the most deserving team win.Speaking of that, I say Nuggets comfortably in the Finals. Let's see if I can be wrong even about that.
I don't really have a huge preference between the two. Like both of them, don't really totally love either. Just two likeable sides with their own, very different, merits. I don't think the audience stats are going to be very good for the NBA though.
Thursday night/Friday morningWhen is game 1 of the finals?
Well there you have it folks. @Sarni has spoken, the Miami Heat are your 2023 NBA Champions
He has to be.Jimmy already a HOF'er or does he need his ring first?
As a non- reddit user, what do you mean by that?
Easy HOFer when players who have achieved a lot less than him are HOFersJimmy already a HOF'er or does he need his ring first?
Thursday night/Friday morning
Btw, I'm gonna try and counter Sarni's jinx, except I do actually think the Heat will win, in 6
If you are totally clueless about something, normal people would either read about it or ask questions. Not triple down on their stupidity.
It obviously is not impossible. These are concepts average 10 year old should understand.
Nuggets should destroy the Heat. Maybe Heat has some magical defense that I am unable to recognize, but to me they seem very average. Jokic and the crew should be able to carve them like pumpkin.
HOPE YOU DID NOT BET ANY MONEY ON THAT MORON
“I never said it was obvious to me”ExoduS will say after the result that the result was obvious!
Man if both of us have said that, it's done for the Nuggets. Kiss of death right here.
I agree with Perk, Celtic in 6 vs Denver, also agree with him regarding Tatum, he is way better & more great than Jokic, he was cooking so much, had to turn off rest of his take.
Bob Myers has called it quits.
I’ve been following the post season and it’s been brilliant, hope the final series is a good. Admittedly I’m not the most knowledgeable about net ball but if Lebron & Anthony Davis couldn’t cope with Jokic, how the hell are the Heat going to handle him? Could well be a white wash by the Nuggets.
Bam is better suited to both guard him 1on1 and especially in the p&r with Murray. Heat play a nasty zone when they need to(which yeah, against Jokic it would boil down to giving him different looks in the hopes of confusing him), and unless Duncan Robinson is on the floor they have no weak defender. Jokic is Jokic, so he will get his anyways, but Miami with Spo scheming is probably the best you can do at finding ways to limit Jokic this side of having Joel Embiid. And the Heat have been shooting lights out from 3 pretty much all playoffs, and the Nuggets don't really have the inside presence to keep Butler from scoring at will, and Spo is going to coach rings around MaloneI’ve been following the post season and it’s been brilliant, hope the final series is a good. Admittedly I’m not the most knowledgeable about net ball but if Lebron & Anthony Davis couldn’t cope with Jokic, how the hell are the Heat going to handle him? Could well be a white wash by the Nuggets.
Bam is better suited to both guard him 1on1 and especially in the p&r with Murray. Heat play a nasty zone when they need to(which yeah, against Jokic it would boil down to giving him different looks in the hopes of confusing him), and unless Duncan Robinson is on the floor they have no weak defender. Jokic is Jokic, so he will get his anyways, but Miami with Spo scheming is probably the best you can do at finding ways to limit Jokic this side of having Joel Embiid. And the Heat have been shooting lights out from 3 pretty much all playoffs, and the Nuggets don't really have the inside presence to keep Butler from scoring at will, and Spo is going to coach rings around Malone
Unless Aaron Gordon plays the series of his life defensively, going through every pick and staying attached to Jimmy like a shadow, the Nuggets will need to get creative
Jokic is pretty much unplayable if his shot is falling. But there ways to make things harder for him, and most importantly his scoring is not something to worry too much about. It's his passing that's the real killer for defences. Jokic averaging 40 ppg with 4 assists is something the Heat would take in a hearbeat, and something they might be capable of forcing. And they have the defenders to slow Murray down as wellYour obviously a lot more knowledgeable then I am! Just seems to me that a guy (Jokic) that size yet that skillful has been unplayable the past month, and his teammates are hardly mugs as well.
Bam is better suited to both guard him 1on1 and especially in the p&r with Murray. Heat play a nasty zone when they need to(which yeah, against Jokic it would boil down to giving him different looks in the hopes of confusing him), and unless Duncan Robinson is on the floor they have no weak defender. Jokic is Jokic, so he will get his anyways, but Miami with Spo scheming is probably the best you can do at finding ways to limit Jokic this side of having Joel Embiid. And the Heat have been shooting lights out from 3 pretty much all playoffs, and the Nuggets don't really have the inside presence to keep Butler from scoring at will, and Spo is going to coach rings around Malone
Unless Aaron Gordon plays the series of his life defensively, going through every pick and staying attached to Jimmy like a shadow, the Nuggets will need to get creative
Jokic is pretty much unplayable if his shot is falling. But there ways to make things harder for him, and most importantly his scoring is not something to worry too much about. It's his passing that's the real killer for defences. Jokic averaging 40 ppg with 4 assists is something the Heat would take in a hearbeat, and something they might be capable of forcing. And they have the defenders to slow Murray down as well
Ultimately it's not a stoppable offence, but if you can get them from 120+ in offensive rating to, say, 115, they become beatable. This series will be as much about what the Nuggets do to limit Butler and the Heat's 3P% as Jokic/Murray imo. Spoelstra will make sure of that. Add to that Lowry and Spo are champions and Jimmy and Bam played in the finals before. Only nugget with that experience is old man Jeff Green
Heat should also get Herro back at some point
Jokic is pretty much unplayable if his shot is falling. But there ways to make things harder for him, and most importantly his scoring is not something to worry too much about. It's his passing that's the real killer for defences. Jokic averaging 40 ppg with 4 assists is something the Heat would take in a hearbeat, and something they might be capable of forcing. And they have the defenders to slow Murray down as well
Ultimately it's not a stoppable offence, but if you can get them from 120+ in offensive rating to, say, 115, they become beatable. This series will be as much about what the Nuggets do to limit Butler and the Heat's 3P% as Jokic/Murray imo. Spoelstra will make sure of that. Add to that Lowry and Spo are champions and Jimmy and Bam played in the finals before. Only nugget with that experience is old man Jeff Green
Heat should also get Herro back at some point
Nuggets are -9 evens in game one. Do you think this line is too strong then?Jokic is pretty much unplayable if his shot is falling. But there ways to make things harder for him, and most importantly his scoring is not something to worry too much about. It's his passing that's the real killer for defences. Jokic averaging 40 ppg with 4 assists is something the Heat would take in a hearbeat, and something they might be capable of forcing. And they have the defenders to slow Murray down as well
Ultimately it's not a stoppable offence, but if you can get them from 120+ in offensive rating to, say, 115, they become beatable. This series will be as much about what the Nuggets do to limit Butler and the Heat's 3P% as Jokic/Murray imo. Spoelstra will make sure of that. Add to that Lowry and Spo are champions and Jimmy and Bam played in the finals before. Only nugget with that experience is old man Jeff Green
Heat should also get Herro back at some point
No, game 1 will be a blow outNuggets are -9 evens in game one. Do you think this line is too strong then?
A few pages back I responded about the lowest seeded side to make a Finals, I had the 95 Rockets as a 6th seed. But the 99 Knicks made as an 8th seed but lost to the Spurs whereas the Rockets won it in 95. Miami becomes the second 8th seed in the Finals and I predict will suffer the same fate as the Knicks.
https://en.as.com/nba/what-is-the-lowest-seed-to-ever-make-it-to-the-nba-finals-n/
Celtics are too inconsistent, we've seen it all playoffs. They'll fart away one of the next two games by playing two quarters of 'meh' basketball where Tatum and Brown settle for jumpers and don't drive or pass.
Bam's too small for Jokic I think - honestly think Jokic is going to have an all-time series against him and the heat. Averaging 30+ points, a triple double. In terms of 'the best you can do at finding ways to limit Jokic', I think that's crazy talk when the Heat have Bam and... no-one, while the Celtics would have had Horford and Rob Williams, often at the same time.Bam is better suited to both guard him 1on1 and especially in the p&r with Murray. Heat play a nasty zone when they need to(which yeah, against Jokic it would boil down to giving him different looks in the hopes of confusing him), and unless Duncan Robinson is on the floor they have no weak defender. Jokic is Jokic, so he will get his anyways, but Miami with Spo scheming is probably the best you can do at finding ways to limit Jokic this side of having Joel Embiid. And the Heat have been shooting lights out from 3 pretty much all playoffs, and the Nuggets don't really have the inside presence to keep Butler from scoring at will, and Spo is going to coach rings around Malone
Unless Aaron Gordon plays the series of his life defensively, going through every pick and staying attached to Jimmy like a shadow, the Nuggets will need to get creative
Bam is strong enough that Jokic would have a harder time just going through him compared to AD. Yes he's too small, but he's explosive and can make his shot a bit harder. More importantly, he can switch the Murray/Jokic p&r, and he's quick enough to recover on Jokic if they try to take advantage of the switch that wayBam's too small for Jokic I think - honestly think Jokic is going to have an all-time series against him and the heat. Averaging 30+ points, a triple double. In terms of 'the best you can do at finding ways to limit Jokic', I think that's crazy talk when the Heat have Bam and... no-one, while the Celtics would have had Horford and Rob Williams, often at the same time.