I can’t handle it. I live in Denver so I watch downtown and every game is like a heart attack. Either I’m the saddest dude at the bar or the only happy guy

Heart can’t take it. I was at Game 5 in OKC. Everyone’s Fitbit around me thought they were working out.

Damn league knew what they were doing saving all this for just before the playoffs.

Betting to earn money is always a bad idea unless you are sitting on spreadsheets playing margins (in which case you will get banned). 

Honestly Thunder shouldn’t concern themselves over these regular season records. Secure the first seed with everyone healthy and go for the back to back.

Its a really long season - shit happens. I could see them dropping 10 games out of 80 with back to backs and travel and all of the grind of the season. It happened last year, they dropped a random ass game to hawks when they were already injured to hell and back.

Edit: im stupid they didnt lose to the hawks.

They aren’t healthy already, but they weren’t last year and still won 68.

Sga + 4 bodies is a top 5 offense, and the entire team guards - just a regular season machine

Realistically though, there is no reason to push for 70+ wins. A big reason GSW got 73 is that SAS were right behind them all year. It’s just a waste of energy.

3pt variation is also super prominent, 10 times a year your opponent will shoot 45%+ from 3, and those games are extremely difficult to win

I feel like it will be slightly better this year Luka seems to have bounced back from the down year and is a better defensively. And if Austin reaves really did make a step up LeBron won’t have to waste as much energy offensively, he can still be decent defensively he has the tools but not the stamina at his age. They have smart who is a bit washed but a solid defender as well (lost dfs).

I think the main thing it’ll come down to is the same thing as last year bench and center, can ayton and their front court be serviceable against good front courts like minny or okc, let alone Jokic, and ag. He’s an upgrade over Hayes but idk how much, I still sort of feel they should’ve traded reaves for a better big since his skill set is a bit redundant with Luka and lebron but I know ive never been his biggest fan. And the bench on paper looks horrible but has been serviceable so far.

Overall I do think they’re better than last year but don’t know if they improved enough to make a really deep run.

Jokic literally has won more of his minutes than Shai.

Denver only started losing when Jokic sat.

But he came back in and basically took care of the Clippers by himself.

There were up by 5 after that quarter, 8 if you discount the heave.

The Nuggets then scored 5 points in the next 5 minutes he sat and he came back to the court down 9 points.

Not sure how you can fault Jokic for being down

i’ve literally heard nba players describe their job as making millions off a children’s game. i was referencing that quote. i can find it for you in a sec

here’s Hali saying it

Is it true though?