No structural damage for Giannis which is great news but no timetable of his return either which makes it unlikely that he will be back this series or maybe even this season if they somehow sneak into the Finals…
NBA 2020-2021
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Yeah this is, or was, the year. Realistically they are never getting past Nets if they don’t have half fit Harden and injured Kyrie and chances are they will be more healthy next year. Their path to the Finals was clean this year and they’d have been 50/50 at worst against Suns or Clippers.
Then again Clippers are going to probably feel pretty much the same about Kawhi injury. They are running Suns close without him and would stand a much better chance with him, and would be favorites against either Bucks or Hawks with Kawhi on the floor.
The Dion Waiters led OKC were a juggernaut.
I do think that TV viewing numbers will be effected. I'm surprised if you think this playoffs is resulting in a normal amount of injuries, and is not potentially an issues with viewers going forward.
I certainly agree the next games will sell out, but pointing that out seems like avoiding the question, which is whether the product would be better with reduced player usage, including what it would take to make that happen. Why not have the season played out over a longer time period? Watching football makes US sports seasons all seem short.
I've already said it, the league doesn't care about the end product as much as you think. If they really cared about it, they would have reduced the number of games and actually tried to fix the issue of flopping and the ridiculous time outs and replays making the last few mins of close games an ad fest.
I think they'll start to care when they see people stop watching this playoffs. It's gone too far this time.
I read somewhere that the ratings this year are better than they have been previously. This is a decent article on the topic of TV ratings.
https://sports.yahoo.com/you-dont-really-have-to-care-about-nba-television-ratings-180944196.html
Bye bye clippers. Congratulations to the Suns.
Beverley can go get fecked. 
Beverley showing his true colors.
Beverley is a cretin. Very glad the Suns won.
I never thought I would see the Suns make it to the Finals in my lifetime after the SSOL era, I'm almost in tears
Save the tears for when you win it all buddy. Favorites heading into the finals who would have thought it. CP3 deserves a ring.
He’s a c untBeverley can go get fecked.
Congrats @elmo! Thoroughly deserved.
following the Suns because of that SSOL teams. Heartbreak after heartbreak stopping that team to win. Can't believe this team goes further than those teams and might win it all after 19 wins 2 years ago!
fecking hell
Chris Paul will not be denied
Now go get that ring, Paul!
Also: Pet Bev
Also: Pet Bev
So happy for Phoenix! What an amazing turnaround.
If Giannis is out, and Suns manage to stay healthy, they are gonna get this.
Chris Paul deserves this.
Chris Paul deserves this.
I thought I was watching Chris Paul hugging his Mum after the game, but it was Lil Wayne.
I love the internet - the amount of people who endlessly hated on Paul now absolutely loving him and in some cases deleting old tweets and shit - this kind of hypocrisy is ripe in sport in general, but this one has gotta be a bit sweet for Paul.... seriously he took, so so so much pointless shit, and mostly kind of just shrugged it off, now he's ripped it up.
8 Games in the semi's and conf. finals - 25ppg on .500 . 470 . 950 shooting is obscene, but then add on top 9.5apg to a 1.7to ratio.... this is utterly insane. Maybe those numbers have been swayed by his mega closeout games. But whatever, one more hurdle and he may need Booker to be a bit more consistent towards the higher level as he tailed off against the Clips... but maybe not.
He wanted the biggest contract he could get.... I wonder if he'll take a discount to now stay with this unit? Because someone will be willing to tremendously overpay for him now, and not the Suns.
- this kind of hypocrisy is ripe in sport in general, but this one has gotta be a bit sweet for Paul.... seriously he took, so so so much pointless shit, and mostly kind of just shrugged it off, now he's ripped it up.8 Games in the semi's and conf. finals - 25ppg on .500 . 470 . 950 shooting is obscene, but then add on top 9.5apg to a 1.7to ratio.... this is utterly insane. Maybe those numbers have been swayed by his mega closeout games. But whatever, one more hurdle and he may need Booker to be a bit more consistent towards the higher level as he tailed off against the Clips... but maybe not.
He wanted the biggest contract he could get.... I wonder if he'll take a discount to now stay with this unit? Because someone will be willing to tremendously overpay for him now, and not the Suns.
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Suns makes the finals and United announces it's SanchON. This day just keeps getting better
If he wants a max, it's either from us or the Knicks. Spurs and OKC are the only other teams with enough cap space to offer him a max deal, but I doubt either of them would when they're both in a rebuild.I love the internet - the amount of people who endlessly hated on Paul now absolutely loving him and in some cases deleting old tweets and shit
8 Games in the semi's and conf. finals - 25ppg on .500 . 470 . 950 shooting is obscene, but then add on top 9.5apg to a 1.7to ratio.... this is utterly insane. Maybe those numbers have been swayed by his mega closeout games. But whatever, one more hurdle and he may need Booker to be a bit more consistent towards the higher level as he tailed off against the Clips... but maybe not.
He wanted the biggest contract he could get.... I wonder if he'll take a discount to now stay with this unit? Because someone will be willing to tremendously overpay for him now, and not the Suns.
Dallas potentially could as well I think, but they seem like a mess of a franchise lately.
Yahoo sports reports that Beverley will be suspended to start next season.
Anyone watching?
Yup bucks winning without Giannis. Bucks starters all stepped up.
Brook Lopez, in particular, has been amazing, and when he's on top of his game, the Bucks are unbeatable.
Bucks totally deserved to win tonight and credit for the starters, especially Lopez and Portis for setting the tone early and often. They had the urgency, the physicality, and will.
Hawks didn't shoot well enough obviously, but they were very sloppy with the ball and looked much slower and never looked like they could force themselves into a legit run when they were down by 8 to 11. Bucks had a resounding response every time it was around a 10 point lead. Just didn't have any urgency and it was like they were passive to take the opportunity of going up a game.
Hawks didn't shoot well enough obviously, but they were very sloppy with the ball and looked much slower and never looked like they could force themselves into a legit run when they were down by 8 to 11. Bucks had a resounding response every time it was around a 10 point lead. Just didn't have any urgency and it was like they were passive to take the opportunity of going up a game.
He played like a true big man tonight and he dominated. Capela, not sure if he's still feeling his nose/face from last game, but he was irrelevant tonight because of Lopez. Portis dominated too.
Lopez and Portis combined just smoked Capela, Okongwu, and Collins.
Brook Lopez is the NBA's answer to Dimitar Berbatov, when he is at it, he is virtually unplayable.
Brook Lopez on form is basically what everyone thought Porzingis would be. A 7 footer who can score points in the paint and is a legit 3 point threat.
I think the series will go to 7. I assume Young will get back for game 6 at home.
And is one of the best defenders in the league at center position. His development since he left Brooklyn has been awesome.
It helps that he's playing on a team with actual defenders as compared to his Nets days. He's also one of the best player at boxing out, it's no surprise most of his teammates usually get career highs in rebounds when playing with him. But people still criticize him for his lack of rebounds without actually understanding how he plays.
So glad he's not on the Lakers because he would allow LeBron and AD to flourish.
Yep him boxing out is so crucial to Giannis basically being able to get like 15 rebounds a game when he cares and gets minutes to do so. Steven Adams is another player who is used to boxing out and enabling Westbrook to get all the rebounds in the world without having very high average himself (never in double digits for a season).
Most impressive was his defence on the perimeter in this game
Just for that gonna root against the Suns in the finals
Bucks starting game 6 hot.
Damn they really made Heurter do a ATL hip hop bracket. Spoiler migos won.
Damn they really made Heurter do a ATL hip hop bracket. Spoiler migos won.
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Capela's offensive limitations are so frustrating id honestly trade him if I was the hawks.