Official 2025 NBA Playoffs Thread

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Orlando’s offense is so horrible. Atlanta are packing the paint and they can’t hit a 3. This isn’t a serious team.

[Dejounte]

And the second half of this game showing why maybe you still want some spacing and shooting...

Wemby is a better shooter than any of Orlando’s top guys. I’d even say Fox is a better shooter than these guys. Orlando’s problem isn’t spacing right now. It’s that Paolo and Franz are underperforming right now.

[scott]

Wemby is a better shooter than any of Orlando’s top guys. I’d even say Fox is a better shooter than these guys. Orlando’s problem isn’t spacing right now. It’s that Paolo and Franz are underperforming right now.

You know what would help while Paola and Franz are struggling...?

[Dejounte]

You know what would help while Paola and Franz are struggling...?

I mean, what you’re implying isn’t even true because it’s their role players keeping them in the game…

[spurraider21]

You know what would help while Paola and Franz are struggling...?

if only they had room to operate

if only their other players could occupy certain areas on the floor that may draw defenders away from them

if only ther offense could cause atlanta defenders from needing to be more distant from the ball

there may be a word for this

[Guru of Nothing]

You know what would help while Paola and Franz are struggling...?

Dunking?

Blake Griffin, probably.

[Dejounte]

if only they had room to operate

if only their other players could occupy certain areas on the floor that may draw defenders away from them

if only ther offense could cause atlanta defenders from needing to be more distant from the ball

there may be a word for this

Very odd to me that there’s always 0 accountability for when stars underperform. It’s never the star’s fault, is it?

[itzsoweezee]

if only they had room to operate

if only their other players could occupy certain areas on the floor that may draw defenders away from them

if only ther offense could cause atlanta defenders from needing to be more distant from the ball

there may be a word for this

They’re very lucky that Atlanta is shooting even worse

[exstatic]

If ATL loses this, I'm going to be rooting for Miami against Chicago. I trust Spo and the Heat overall experience more than Bulls against them, thought both team will be underdogs for that game..

Spo and the Heat experience really boils down to the Heatles and Jimmy Butler. None of them are walking through that door. Chicago has been winning at a pretty good clip, post ASG, and I trust that more. They finished the season 17-8.

[mo7888]

All this talk of having no spacing being a good thing is pretty silly to me. I do understand having a rebounding 4 or 5 to play in certain lineups where said player doesn't have to be an outside threat. For instance, as I watch this game, I see alot of what would fit that bill in a guy like WCJ. He's obviously not the only guy out there but getting a guy using 2nd's + a player seems like a better value and fit than drafting a guy at #8 who can't defend and has a questionable motor.

[exstatic]

All this talk of having no spacing being a good thing is pretty silly to me. I do understand having a rebounding 4 or 5 to play in certain lineups where said player doesn't have to be an outside threat. For instance, as I watch this game, I see alot of what would fit that bill in a guy like WCJ. He's obviously not the only guy out there but getting a guy using 2nd's + a player seems like a better value and fit than drafting a guy at #8 who can't defend and has a questionable motor.

I have noticed that everyone seems fixated at fixing our problems mostly through the draft. Unless we jump into the top 4, no one in this draft will contribute in a meaningful way next season, so those problem areas need to be otherwise addressed.

[Dejounte]

All this talk of having no spacing being a good thing is pretty silly to me. I do understand having a rebounding 4 or 5 to play in certain lineups where said player doesn't have to be an outside threat. For instance, as I watch this game, I see alot of what would fit that bill in a guy like WCJ. He's obviously not the only guy out there but getting a guy using 2nd's + a player seems like a better value and fit than drafting a guy at #8 who can't defend and has a questionable motor.

No one said having no spacing is a good thing. People assume that’s a thing for the Spurs because they don’t give Fox or Castle enough credit as shooters. Add the fourth guy (a small forward) who will likely also be a shooter, and the Spurs don’t have a spacing issue. People are dealing with hyperboles in this thread as if the Spurs will have that type of deficiency if they attain what I want for the PF spot. They won’t.

[Mr. Body]

It's Anthony Black ripping the nets.

Man, Orlando could have had Gradey .

[Mr. Body]

Instead of Jett Howard.

[scott]

Cole Anthony and Anthony Black start hitting 3's and the Magic lead balloons. Weird.

[rankingtear]

Trae is throwing a tantrum in 2 straight play-in game.

[GAustex]

Trey Young is a
Some of SpursTalk rocket scientists wanted that

[Robz4000]

Hopefully Trae gets suspended tbh.

[mo7888]

Trae is throwing a tantrum in 2 straight play-in game.

Hopefully he'll go for the trifecta..

[scott]

Hopefully this demoralizes Atlanta.

[Dejounte]

Cole Anthony and Anthony Black start hitting 3's and the Magic lead balloons. Weird.

Two guys who are equivalent shooters to Wemby, Fox, and soon Castle.

[exstatic]

Hopefully this demoralizes Atlanta.

Hopefully,it demoralizes Trae, and he seeks greener pastures.

[ginobilized]

And just like that, the coveted ROY slips through the hands of Zacharie Risacher.

[Mr. Body]

Atlanta would be one of the worst teams in the WC.

[Uriel]

We are all Chicago/Miami fans now.