And once you get through that, there’s a Cling Kong

Scoot has become a real pest on defense as well.

Seeing thybull play this deep into the season is kind of like seeing a whale. He’s rarely healthy but he’s a fantastic defender

Sounds like an annoying matchup for Spurs 1st round. It is still 2 seed vs 7 seed, but would prefer a star just getting his team over the hump

Murray is also a great defensive wing

Avdija, Grant, and Kris Murray are no slouch either, particularly Murray (sigh if he could even be league average shooting the 3). And of course Timelord and Clingan in the paint.

Even Scoot is starting to look pretty good on defense.

Timelord

i love Clingan and wished the Spurs managed to nab both UConn guys in the 2024 draft

hoping for a great series with no bullshit now that we know we won’t be seeing Dillon Brooks or Grayson Allen

Teams usually put a forward on him because he will more than likely cook the hell out of the opposing big.

So it will probably be grant who matches up with him for the most part

That shit was wild as an east coast viewer back then, don’t think the game ended until like 2:10 or something crazy.

Was that the playoff game vs the nuggets where Rodney fucking hood came in and destroyed us?

Damn so many people not understanding this means I’ve officially gotten old

lmao oof i’ve been on this sub too long if most comments don’t recognize the reference

Classic /r/nba meme

If you want to feel old this meme is based on standings from 11 YEARS AGO

Very sad no one gets this reference and is actually answering your qeustion

they scored more points than the opponent tonight

Damn, what a throwback lol

Matt Damon getting old meme

God damn that’s a throwback. Rule got changed because of that.

Beat 7 seed phoenix to take the spot, they ( the suns ) play the winner of the 9-10 seed game for the 8th seed

Iykyk

Finally, Spurs have a chance to avenge themselves for that year’s playoff seeding

Suns are the most un clutch franchise ever

Get those pickles off your nachos

Yall still got another chance lol

I haven’t seen a team blow so many 4th quarter leads in a single season

i got laid off at the perfect time

am glad i can focus on what really matters now

March Madness could never!

Not only that but our last title we faced the blazers in the 1st round and proceeded to go up against OKC in the WCF.

Guy was a bust at one point and now, 24/7/6.5+ is something only 10-12 players have ever averaged. Iirc, they were all either champions or MVPs.

That’s crazy

when he gets that step back and floater into his game i don’t think MVP consideration is out of question

Soop many injuries too, between Scoot going out right before the season starts to losing both Jerami Grant and Shaedon Sharpe late in the season.

I’m not 100% sure but I think tonight (game 83) may just be the FIRST game all season where the entire Blazers roster (minus Dame that is) was actually healthy and ready to go.

Uh yes but also the refs were soooooooo bad in that game. Like the scale for physicality was getting yanked back and forth willynilly

lol, I don’t need a post to tell you how to fix the nba, it’s simple. Half time half court shot by a random fan in attendance. If they make the shot a player in street clothes is randomly selected to be executed on the spot.

You want to expand on that, champ?

Deni isn’t gonna be able to get to the rack with Wemby lurking

House money mentality for Blazer fans.

It’s already an amazing outcome for the season. Just getting a single win would be the cherry on top.

I think it’s gonna be one of those sweeps where all the games are close

I think the spurs win in 4 or 5, but I’m pretty confident at least 2 or 3 games will be really competitive.

Their athleticism means nothing because wemby camps in the paint. Flying with him around the rim is not a good idea. What they should do is take wemby out of the paint.

Finally that Portland pick converts 🙌

Yep

I think so

hey that’s a win for us at this point lol. Just want the young guys to get the experience and steal one. Next year pray dame is 80% of what he was and that the young guys keep taking steps and we could make some noise

Probably so, but should still be some competitive games.

It’s all gravy for blazers fans at this point, I’ll just be happy to get swept.out of the first round by someone other than Curry

blazers were the 12th best defense this season so idk why we using juggernaut so casually

Not having to worry about all the dirty shit Brooks would have done to Wemby is already a win by itself

Play Dillon Brooks or not play Dillon Brooks? You know the answer

Yes absolutely lmao

Yes. Suns got a bunch of pesky players that bother the hell out of our team for some reason

Literally first time we are healthy without dame

Without a doubt.

No I don’t think so, this suns team overrated now compared to earlier this year. they aren’t healthy and their defence is a bit average. Portland might actually put up a fight against the spurs

portland has 0 offense outside of deni attacking the rim and drawing fouls. not sure how effective that’s gonna be against Wemby

edit - this sub might collectively implode if Deni upsets the spurs shooting 20 FTA/g tho so it might be funny to see if they win a game

we’re winning in 5

if we can win one at a sold out rose garden i’ll be happy

Chris Paul forever underrated for what he did for them

I dont think wemby has played in any of the spurs vs blazers games this year

Wemby hasn’t played against the Blazers this season

I just looked through game logs, and not kidding, they didn’t see Wemby once in 3 games this year. Spurs went 2-1 vs. them in those games.

Hopes and Prayers

Wemby ducks us /s

But MUCH faster. He is like middle ground between Sengun and Luka, but with speed.

I thought this until I realized his play style is really more of a mini Giannis

Closer to a Walmart Giannis

As Dame sits on the bench, a tear rolls down his cheek and drips into a glass of 2022 pinot noir from McCollum Heritage 91 vineyards. The Blazers get wrecked in the first round. He knows he’s home.