Bucks. Constantly choke every year. If it happens again with dame then thats just a constant occurrence for them and won't change
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Lmao what??? Saying they choke every year when they literally won a championships 2 seasons ago is fucking wild
They have legitimately been the biggest choke artists ever year since being deemed contenders from 2019 onwards. The one year they won was pure fluke sue to clipps lakers nuggets nets hawks jazz all being injured lmao. That was a joke playoff run and finals in 2021.
Damn, I'll tell Adam Silver to confiscate their rings then 😪
Lakers
The rockets. And my expectations are not high, but they will still find a way to let me down.
I have a feeling Fred is going to be really bad lol
if our big 3 puts up 90 a game in the playoffs we might go 16-0 lmao
This is about disappointment… But I guess it’s relevant because if you’re expecting to be that good you will be disappointed.
Thunder. Sga is top 5 apparently and Everyone is predicting they make the playoffs. They’re still a young team, could easily see them not make the playin
Barring injury I can’t see the thunder being below 8th seed. SGA could Regress and Chet still looks like enough of a force to carry them to eight seed.
(In no particular order) Nuggets, Suns, Lakers, Warriors, Kings, Clippers, Grizzlies, Thunder, Pelicans, Mavericks, Wolves.
11 playoff capable teams which means one isn't going to make it. But that back half if not most of the WC is log jammed. We saw it last year too. The question isn't if OKC has the skill because every single one has it. It's who is slightly better or even just slightly healthier.
If you watch much Shai, you'd see he is a top level baller. Of course, what a team produces isn't representative of that always but I have seen the opposite of regression. The real question would be can they coalesce as a unit to push other teams out of the playoffs.
Pretty standard answers in here for the most part so I'll say Boston. On paper they should have everything they need to win a championship: superstar #1 option, elite starting 5, great depth etc. But there's just something missing from that team and honestly something missing with Tatum.
Tatum has won the 2nd most playoff games since he entered the league, imagine if he didn't have something missing!
imagine if he didn't have something missing!
I can imagine Boston having a parade in 2022 pretty easily.
Crazy what two seperate arm injuries and Draymonds constant dirty plays does to a guys shooting..
Yeah no superstar has ever had to deal with nagging injuries and dirty opponents in the Finals before.
Blaming his performance on Draymond is insane man
he had a wrist and shoulder injury and MULTIPLE plays where draymond just grabbed and yanked on his arm "Going for rebounds".... he didnt even play like shit.. he just shot like shit.
imagine if he wasn’t missing something in that finals series
Pelicans
I will be extremely surprised if the Bucks even make to the ECF, I may burn my tongue but that team looks like a bust to me
From 2 pre season games where we haven’t had everyone? Lol
The heat look like a playin team imo
The heat were a play in team last year. Why would things change
the heat always find a way to embarrass that team
two preseason games can't move you this much
Oh go make the ECF/Finals again and lose because everyone knows your team isn't actually good enough to win the title.
I mean if y'all injury Giannis again 10 minutes into the first game we might have some issues.
Pretty easily Lakers and Celtics
I'll throw this out there though I don't really believe it.
Nuggets.
The case: Matchup wise the playoffs really broke for them. If they have a weakness it's quick guards especially ones who can shoot who can make Jokic switch out onto the perimeter and somehow they avoided every single one of them and instead mainly played teams built around big men and wings.
Mavs and Cavs
The Bucks have a rookie head coach who may just end up being a massive downgrade from Budenholzer. People forget the massive leap the Bucks took in Budenholzer's first season there.
Bucks are gonna disappoint. That roster old af
Celtics, they still have that Jaylen Brown lack of dribbling issue