foofighter1351 | Raptors

233 | 4 hours ago

I love the Hornets at 7th, them vs Boston or New York is a show

Justalittlejewish | Celtics

104 | 4 hours ago

Please, please no. Lol

I_Set_3_Alarms | Celtics

43 | 3 hours ago

Yeah Celtics have been rolling this year, but we have a lot of rotation players now with very little if any playoff experience.

Would be nice to not face a team on a heater like the Hornets right away lol

PrimeTimeInc | Hornets

41 | 3 hours ago

Tbf we have a combined total of like 1 play-in game in our starting lineup. Not sure why you’d be worried about playoff experience against us lol

Tech_Quest8

17 | 3 hours ago

Yeah I’m not scared of Charlotte but they do have Charles Lee who knows half of our playbook by heart. Can’t forget Kemba Walker and grant Williams.

PrimeTimeInc | Hornets

14 | 3 hours ago

Oh I’m not saying you shouldn’t be scared of a 7 game series against us, you prolly should be. But it ain’t because you lack playoff experience lmao

Tech_Quest8

1 | 3 hours ago

Yeah that’s why I’m not scared. Tatum torches Charlotte in general. Brown has had some great games too. I would rather want Charlotte to play Detroit tbh that’ll be fun 2 young teams going at it.

bigsithenergy99 | Celtics

1 | 29 minutes ago

Eh I would be at least slightly scared. Hornets are clicking on another level offensively and defensively. Especially if we don’t start to see Tatum be the Tatum of past, be prepared for a long series. Watching the last time we played Charlotte (albeit without Tatum) made me sick to my stomach. Let’s see how we do on Sunday

deemerritt | Hornets

4 | an hour ago

Thats not true, Lamelo and Miles have played in 2 play in games.

PrimeTimeInc | Hornets

2 | an hour ago

You are correct! It seems I combined them both into one big play-in ass whoopin in my memory lool.

GfunkWarrior28 | Warriors

3 | 3 hours ago

Can’t wait to see Playoff Knueppel

fireman2004

5 | an hour ago

Tatum getting bounced by the Hornets on his injury comeback would give me life. I can’t think of a better outcome.

Qaanol | Warriors Bandwagon

7 | an hour ago

That freakin’ Knueppel boomed me.

cashburro | Hornets

1 | an hour ago

Something something charlotte league pass on a Monday night

Justalittlejewish | Celtics

2 | an hour ago

For what it’s worth I’m happy yall finally have some life in you, and you’re probably the team I want to face least in round one lol.

BetweenTheBuzzAndMe | Charlotte Bobcats

26 | 4 hours ago

my dream scenario is Detroit falling to #2. I don’t like our frontcourt matchup with New York or Cleveland at all

unlikely at this point though

lethalizered | Thunder

21 | 3 hours ago

Yeah that Laker win basically killed it. 5 games ahead with tiebreakers over both Knicks and Celtics with 11 games to go. Not gonna happen.

juicejug | Celtics

3 | 2 hours ago

Also the Pistons are actually still very good without Cade. They will keep the first seed barring a massive collapse.

lethalizered | Thunder

1 | an hour ago

If they had Cade this wouldn’t have even been a discussion anyway lol

They do have a fairly tough schedule though, so if they lost to the Lakers I could have seen a slight chance of them moving down a seed because they have no Cade.

Now it’s entered the “incredibly unlikely” status.

ruffus4life | Wizards

1 | 3 hours ago

my dream is those top 4 teams are locked in by our last 4 games and those are gimmies allowing us to at least get out of the playin

BetweenTheBuzzAndMe | Charlotte Bobcats

2 | 3 hours ago

that too, but Cleveland is the absolute last team in the entire conference that i want to be matched up with, which is pretty likely what happens if we get to 5th.

mas1108 | Lakers

2 | 2 hours ago

Hold up. Who’s us?

deemerritt | Hornets

1 | an hour ago

Im curious why. This is my least favorite potential matchup. Duren is kind of a better version of Diabatte and they play us super physically which we have never responded well to.

BetweenTheBuzzAndMe | Charlotte Bobcats

1 | an hour ago

it’s the dual bigs. Duren by himself can own Moose, that’s fine. It’s the combination of Allen+Mobley stunting on our entire frontcourt, or KAT and Robinson.

If we had a viable option at PF over 6’6, even like a Bobby Portis type, I’d feel more comfortable in either matchup.

deemerritt | Hornets

1 | an hour ago

I think the Cavs are one of our worst matchups for sure. Harden also just destroys us historically. He is 28-3 against us all time. I think the Celtics are my favorite matchup since they arent very physical.

BetweenTheBuzzAndMe | Charlotte Bobcats

2 | an hour ago

yeah Harden on top of the big man situation there just makes it a brutal matchup. Not forgetting that Harden dropped a double nickel on us THIS SEASON

PrimeTimeInc | Hornets

1 | an hour ago

If we were really worried about the dual big lineup we could easily play moose and Kalk at the same time. Moose is smaller PF size anyway. Our rotations would get fucky, but it’s not outside the realm of possibility

BetweenTheBuzzAndMe | Charlotte Bobcats

1 | an hour ago

this would get problematic offensively, but it is something I want at least a small sample size of

PrimeTimeInc | Hornets

1 | an hour ago

I had that thought too but I bet money if you (eventually) park Kalk in a corner (post motion) he can make ¹⁄₃ of his 3s lol

d11dd11d | Pistons

7 | 3 hours ago

Please, please yes. Anyone but the hornets first round!

Voxityy | Hornets

3 | 2 hours ago

new york would crush us

HipnotiK1 | Knicks

1 | 11 minutes ago

No thanks. I’ll take the raptors at 7 please.

shangalang69 | Raptors

1 | 5 minutes ago

boooooooooooooooooo

jonathanisaacisgoat | Magic

73 | 4 hours ago

Miami went 0-5 against Orlando

Remote-Whole-6387 | Hornets

52 | 3 hours ago

HORNY

defaultistic | CHA

9 | 2 hours ago

The league about to be bonked into hornet jail within a couple years

Dreamlion_Inc | Wizards

3 | an hour ago

Charlotte is my bandwagon team this year and my God do I wanna see this happen

el-bow5 | Hawks

2 | an hour ago

Jordan Clarkson almost came in my lap

DaBiggestHeatFan | Heat

1 | 19 minutes ago

You’re not fooling me, Kendrick Nunn

Ok_Helicopter_7816

31 | 4 hours ago

who are the neutrals rooting for? Personally I’d like to see some combo of Atlanta, Charlotte… Toronto and Philly (if somewhat healthy) I think?

Randvek | Trail Blazers

37 | 3 hours ago

It would have been so easy for Atlanta to ship off Trae and go into rebuild mode but they didn’t do that. Gotta respect the teams out there to compete.

NickLidstrom | SAC

11 | 2 hours ago

Probably helps that they don’t control their own pick this year so there was no reason to tank

kj114 | Hawks

5 | an hour ago

They haven’t really tried to tank since Schroeder was their best player, and find themselves somehow with a real foundation a lot of teams would love to have.

Relo_bate

23 | 3 hours ago

Toronto is what Magic advertise themselves as, physical defensive team with a b- offence.

But the playoffs will expose Raptors fast they can’t make a shot outside of Ingram and RJ and both of them need lots of spacing to be maximized

tonyeye | Cavaliers

-4 | 2 hours ago

Toronto can be this year’s Indiana. They match up well with the Cavs and if Cade doesn’t come back, that 2nd round match up could be favorable.

EthicalBballFan

8 | 2 hours ago

Hornets being on a crazy high and punching above their level is the only one I could see remotely close to making past r2 of all these teams.

Relo_bate

2 | 2 hours ago

I agree but the problem is, when shit hits the fan, raps can’t generate good offence. The coach is great at creating good looks but the players can’t knock them down.

Quickley is a net negative when his shot isn’t falling, Ingram can get you tough buckets but he can’t singlehandedly carry you in the playoffs.

Anal_Iverson | Raptors

1 | 20 minutes ago

They used to match up well with the Cavs. James Harden has never had a bad game against the raptors.

shangalang69 | Raptors

1 | 4 minutes ago

yeah but we would get 4+ games of scottie “is that evan mobley over there? barnes

joemoffett12 | Warriors

12 | 3 hours ago

It’s honestly hard for me to root for the hornets as much as I like a lot of those players cuz fuck miles bridges. Hope Atlanta makes it. Get kuminga some playoff experience.

Kwanzaa-Bot | Pelicans

4 | an hour ago

The Hornets story is too good not to follow. I’m on the bandwagon for sure.

Want to see Toronto do well because I want to see BI succeed.

RealPrinceJay |

3 | 2 hours ago

Sixers have the potential to give anyone the R1 from hell, but they probably die in R2 if they win

Maxey/VJ/PG/Embiid is a hell a four to deal with on top of Grimes, Oubre, etc as decent bench pieces

BurnieTheBrony | Vancouver Grizzlies

1 | an hour ago

As a neutral I’m rooting for the Magic to miss the playoffs because then we get an extra lottery pick.

I love Des but all the “fuck them picks” memes would be really funny if we get a star out of one of em

Proof-Umpire-7718 | Lakers

0 | 3 hours ago

In the east I’ll go for the Hornets and probably go for okc if we get eliminated.

I like Okc and want to see them become a historically elite team and for Shai to be an all time guard.

onionnurve

26 | 3 hours ago

If you compare schedules, I don’t think Atlanta is keeping the 6th seed

YizWasHere | Hornets

29 | 3 hours ago

It’s crazy how much power the Cavs have in this lmao, they play Orlando tonight, then Miami twice this week, then they play Atlanta twice in the final week. If they go 5-0 in those games I might have to buy a Harden jersey.

onionnurve

19 | 3 hours ago

Being a fan of the mid-6 basically requires you to also be a Cavs fan at some point in the remaining schedule lol

amidon1130 | Hawks

8 | 2 hours ago

On the other hand if they have the 4th or 3rd seed locked up by the time we play them they might be sitting all their starters…>:)

LaMelonBallz | Hornets

2 | 3 hours ago

No. We are out of our Metapod stage.

angel2timez | CHI

19 | 3 hours ago

Personally I want hornets up in the standings, deserves it after that crazy turn around

NCBaddict | Bulls

5 | 2 hours ago

Chuck would be over the moon given his “Hornets in the playOFFs” prediction. (And Shaq would be pissed, so this would be a fantastic outcome.)

Appropriate-Mud-6985 | Hornets

7 | 2 hours ago

This reminds me of the tiebreaker the panthers won to make the playoffs although that was only 3 teams

johnjohnjohn93

2 | 3 hours ago

This may be the most interesting playoffs in a while since we might finally have some new matchups.

I still think the NBA playoffs is broken with 7-game series throughout. It makes it so hard to pull off an upset and makes the games seem less interesting. 7 games of the same two teams and players it’s a little much for every round.

The playoffs then take forever.

It’d never happen but I’d love to see best of 3. Better record gets 2 home games. Make every game must watch.

SnooChipmunks4208

10 | 3 hours ago

Bruh, you want to ruin the best playoffs in all sports.

aviatorbassist

7 | 3 hours ago

I think best of 5 in the first round would be cool.

johnjohnjohn93

1 | 3 hours ago

I kind of think all rounds could be best of 5.

Like at least with baseball there’s different starting pitchers so the matchups feel different.

Some guys may be in or out of a rotation but the game is largely the same in basketball. So do we really need 7 to decide who is best? I think winning 3 out of 5 would be enough for me even in a finals.

TheMagicStik

9 | 3 hours ago

Game 7 finals is kind of an iconic statement, I wouldnt change it even if I thought it would be beneficial.

johnjohnjohn93

-3 | 3 hours ago

Right and even then most game 7s are actually pretty bad imo both teams have already seen so much of each other and are gassed it’s usually just a very low scoring and painful game

Frosty-Week-8776

1 | 3 hours ago

It was cool, but then the NBA wanted more games for more money so they bumped it to 7.

amidon1130 | Hawks

2 | 34 minutes ago

The playoffs then take forever.

Yeah that’s why it’s sick cause you get 2+ months of awesome basketball!

SharpEdgeBets

1 | 23 minutes ago

The fact that the Hornets would win a 6-way tiebreaker is the most chaotic possible outcome. Charlotte going from lottery team to 1 seed via tiebreaker math would be the greatest plot twist in NBA history.

goongoblin113xc | Lakers

1 | an hour ago

Im ready for the hornets to be in the finals

Former-Rule-705

1 | an hour ago

Hornets Cinderella playoff run🤔

mrmchugatree | Cavaliers

-1 | an hour ago

One of those teams is the Cavs and they will get swept in the first round, so take a breath everyone.

206sportguy

-2 | 3 hours ago

When 10 of 15 teams per conference make the playoffs every year in a league where 50% of the teams are tanking by 40 games played, does it matter?

Rhino-Ham

-5 | 4 hours ago

Philly is going to rise above the rest if Embiid comes back tomorrow.

Crafty_Substance_954 | Pistons

22 | 4 hours ago

lol

Proper_Glass8308

14 | 3 hours ago

Lmao even

Rhino-Ham

-5 | 3 hours ago

Do you understand the concept that teams are better when their starters are available?

foofighter1351 | Raptors

7 | 3 hours ago

Yeah but just, every year you know?

maiL_spelled_bckwrds | 76ers

2 | 3 hours ago

Come on man. No they are not

chips2013 | Hornets

1 | 3 hours ago

isn’t maxey back in like a week too? could see maxey, george, embiid back. but like others said here, lol

_evolkybbuhc | Timberwolves

-39 | 4 hours ago

Can we just get rid of those teams besides the hornets and magic, I’m not even kidding what in the actual fuck are you doing?

Fucking tank, i am sick and tired of all the generational talents going to the west because teams think they are a Jakob purtol or Norman Powell away from relevancy

HokageEzio | Knicks

23 | 4 hours ago

Miami has been to the Finals twice in the last 6 years, Philly is always hurt, and Atlanta actually got the number 1 pick but it happened to be one of the worst #1 picks in decades.

I get the point you’re going for but most of those teams are genuinely going for it. Especially Miami who never tanks.

Will_122 | Bucks

23 | 4 hours ago

You want to get rid of the Raptors, Hawks, Sixers, and Heat? For trying to win games and compete in the playoffs? That doesn’t make sense

Minnesota will be out East soon enough anyways

_evolkybbuhc | Timberwolves

-20 | 4 hours ago

Aw yes and we get to watch the generational talent have his season in April for about the 3rd year in a row. It all just sucks, these teams are so mid that they deserve oblivion instead of purgatory

reallinguy | Pistons

16 | 3 hours ago

The Heat and Raptors, who almost never tank, have won championships while not tanking, I know that’s a foreign concept to you.

_evolkybbuhc | Timberwolves

-9 | 3 hours ago

So wade or Beasley wasn’t a tank? Raptors with andrei or Bosh? Barnes wasn’t a tank?

Nuclearsunburn | Heat

6 | 3 hours ago

Correct, those were just bad years which every team has, not intentionally losing games.

My guy the Spurs have one fewer 1 overall picks (three) than the Heat have top 5 picks in their entire history (four).

The Timberwolves who came into the league one year after the Heat have picked in the top 5 TWELVE times and that’s despite trading four FRPs for Gobert (lol)

You wanna talk about a franchise that ought to be punted into the sun for mediocrity I present to you the Minnesota Timberwolves lol

Will_122 | Bucks

8 | 4 hours ago

Are you okay?

DrCoxIsMyHero44 | Timberwolves

9 | 3 hours ago

Clearly he’s not. Weirdo getting mad at teams for trying

reallinguy | Pistons

10 | 3 hours ago

come get your boy

BurnieTheBrony | Vancouver Grizzlies

4 | an hour ago

This is a crazy rant to be going on as a Minny fan lmao

Wanting to get rid of teams who have won championships because they’re “wasting generational talent” I guess you don’t remember your Kevin Garnett years

SlayTalon | Hawks

17 | 4 hours ago

Man fuck you the fuck you hating on us for. For trying to win games? Can’t wait for your team to fall back into irrelevancy if this how y’all gon act. Forgettin where the fuck you came from. Matter of fact send Ant down here - we’ll appreciate him right just like we did with NAW.

_evolkybbuhc | Timberwolves

-9 | 4 hours ago

You mean like you did with Trae? Or nique? 1st seed and you ship him off for picks at the trade deadline? Aren’t yall completely even your last like 3000 games

SlayTalon | Hawks

18 | 3 hours ago

Crazy that a timberwolves fan is bringing up historical win/loss. You do realize you guys are like .400 all time right? I’d say being .500 is preferable to that but eh idk maybe I’m just stupid?

And you really gonna play this game? After what y’all did to KG? lol. Traded bro for Al Jefferson LMFAO. Get the fuck out of here.

lethalizered | Thunder

11 | 3 hours ago

That guy must be young as hell lol.

There’s no way a seasoned Wolves fan would talk that kind of shit, makes no sense.

_evolkybbuhc | Timberwolves

-8 | 3 hours ago

I am sick of teams that are so mediocre they are known as the play in pals. Hawks, heat, bulls need to be deleted from this earth

lethalizered | Thunder

9 | 3 hours ago

Brother if that’s your stance your team would have been wiped off from this league a decade ago lol

I’d sit this one out.

_evolkybbuhc | Timberwolves

-6 | 3 hours ago

We were not mediocre

Skinnecott | Heat

8 | 3 hours ago

heat were the 1 seed 4 years ago and have gone further than your wolves ever have twice in the last 6 years. shut your bitch ass up

amidon1130 | Hawks

4 | 2 hours ago

Dude 4 years ago patrick beverly jumped up on a table and screamed after winning a play in game wtf are you on about

_evolkybbuhc | Timberwolves

0 | 2 hours ago

Yeah and in the last 4 years yall been in the play in or around that range

HokageEzio | Knicks

9 | 3 hours ago

Dude the Timberwolves literally have the worst win loss percentage of all 30 teams. Humble yourself a little bit lol.

_evolkybbuhc | Timberwolves

-2 | 3 hours ago

Better to be ass than mediocre and boring

HokageEzio | Knicks

6 | 3 hours ago

It’s better to be ass if you get something out of it, but the Timberwolves historically haven’t gotten anything out of being ass until the past few years.

_evolkybbuhc | Timberwolves

0 | 3 hours ago

Likewise

ygog45 | Knicks

5 | 3 hours ago

Nah screw tanking teams. “Mid” teams are far more respectable

Tough_Lawfulness8380

5 | 3 hours ago

Who tf shit on your lunch man

A 6-way tie is mathematically possible in the East, and the Hornets would win the tiebreaker and get the 5th seed