Manutd19:



Lillard took over

steady986:
Westbrook's shots were more than his points last night. Lol. Dame, nice one bro. Thanks for sending those fvckers home.

ReysonDrabek:


114 points from 111 shots this series.

ReysonDrabek:
At least he got his triple double.

Eruditor:


I said that Oladipo was better than his numbers suggested. Birdman has already said it best; Victor Oladipo is a slasher. You cannot dribble a ball till 22seconds and then pass it off to him to shoot. Even the GOAT shooter Steph, me and SmooshCHN come here to rant when he is played like JJ Reddick much less Victor who is not on that wavelength shooting wise.

Eruditor:

Ronald Koeman and co spent money won nothing. Benitez is doing wonders with Newcastle and failed miserably with RM and Inter. Carlo is looking bang average with Napoli, same club Sarri made his name with. Juve splurged on Ronaldo to crash out to Ajax. Vagaries of football.

The Pep narrative has changed from not winning a spoon in England to being local champion. It will revert to expensive squad or having world class players in a wee bit.

ReysonDrabek:
A40
I just saw this and i cant stop laughing.

chic2pimp:


Funny how these world beaters suddenly become "Past their prime" the season after Pep leaves. Same was said of the Bayern Players when we asked why they are yet to reach a CL semi(a feat Pep achieved back to back to back)since Pep left them. I 100% guarantee you that the same line of thought would be put forward once He leaves City.

SmooshCHN:
The Rap cannot beat Bron.. They don't even believe they can in the first place. I gave up on Derozan after he said "They'd have won if they had LeBron on their team". Abeg, LeBron is a force in the East.. 3yards GOAT material.

ReysonDrabek:
Who wants to bet against philly making it out of the east?

aliondo:
Y'all heard Russ is working to be a great three point shooter next season??

birdman:


Agree with u on rockets, disagree on cavs. Rockets havent been in this situation before. I see a 4-2 or 4-1 win by gsw. No way cavs beat celtics. Lebron literally has to repeat magic 4 times againt the best coached team in the league. I would like it to happen, but it wont

ReysonDrabek:


The good times

aliondo:
Y'all heard Russ is working to be a great three point shooter next season??

SmooshCHN:
They said this last year. Dude shoots like Westbrook with Curry's mentality. 3yrs now he hasn't changed.

birdman:


Its all about rhythm. A good PG feeds into your rhythm - Russ wants to play PG and SG and rebounder (lol), and he disrupts other roles. For example, he steals rebounds that should belong to the center. In the same token, he took away clutch shots from Durant in those close playoff games. Its not hard to see how he forces an Oladipo to take a subservient role - Oladipo is explosive, a slasher even - if you give him the ball a split second late, defense is set already, negating his strengths.

Russ is not a a good PG, simple. Its not just about racking assists...he needs to sit down this offseason and study Curry, CP3, Jason Kidd, Stockton. Instead of shouting like a mad man everytime he makes a 3 pointer.

aliondo:

Bro...you absolutely right...I don't have a problem if he is ready to sit down and learn how to really play that PG position from peeps like CP3, Magic, Stockton, Kidd, Nash etc but Russ is just too arrogant, proud and stubborn. ..Cos of this, I just give up defending him till he is ready to change and learn..

A40:

Nobody disputed Oladipo was not better than his numbers. This was the source of disappointment to start with. Remember he was a 2nd pick

Of course Oladipo thriving in Indy could also be attributed to playing in an expanded role, in a team that wasn't expected to do much.

Fast forward to this season and if you check properly, Oladipo's numbers are all down from last season prior to his unfortunate injury which makes you wonder if last year was an outlier

Koeman? Nobody tagged Koeman the best thing since sliced bread. Were you expecting trophy from Everton??

Benitez barely spent a full season at either club. Pep finished trophyless in his first season getting knocked out to Monaco in the freaking second round!! You think he wouldn't have gotten the boot at Madrid or Chelsea?

Carlo is finishing at the same place Sarri finished with essentially same squad. Both coaches won nothing

Anywho, none of these guys enjoy the luxury of the blank cheque and unlimited stability Guardiola enjoys.

Pep is achieving the bare minimum. And the only team that rivalled them in spending thus far is matching them blow for blow

Eruditor:


Nah. You guys said Oladipo was a scrub. I said Oladipo was played out of rhythm and given the ball to shoot with 2 seconds left on the clock.

KD's regular season numbers were all down from last season. Numbers deflect here and there. Indy were seeded higher and Oladipo was on course to being an all star again back to back.

Eruditor:

Koeman puts the money theory to bed. He was great with all the minnows he coached. He is great again with Netherlands squad but failed miserably with more money.

Eruditor:


That Benitez spent less than a season in Inter and RM is an indictment on his coaching. That Pep would have been fired at RM or Chelsea is moot considering they did not fire Mou in his 2nd term after finishing 3rd and trophyless nor did he get the boot in RM in his first season.

Eruditor:

Carlo is finishing maybe 23points behind Sarri. That is exactly what he is doing. I am 100% sure Klopp crashed out to Wolves and Chelsea in competitions with better squads this is an aside from not winning anything in the same EPL. So how did the bare minimum criteria change for him?

Pep had also failed in the FA Cup back to back prior to this season. That one has been fixed. Every thing else that has not been fixed will be. Lucky for him, the UCL is something he has won, twice in.

A40:
Old Man Jupp took us to Semi-Final last season. The more pertinent question is why Pep is yet to get to even semis despite spending £500m+

Roland17:
Now that dust is settled and the next round beckons on us, I have one request for the NBA through its referees for the Celtics v Bucks series.

I understand there is an intentional push by the league to have Giannis become the face of the league and to denounce the idea that small market teams can not cope in the current league.

I am not one to complain about officiating but it is imperative I raise this concern considering the antecedents going into the series. Please and please, officiate the game respectfully and fairly. Appropriate fouls fairly and accordingly without bias because one player is in the run in for the MVP or the face of the league.

Roland17:
Now that dust is settled and the next round beckons on us, I have one request for the NBA through its referees for the Celtics v Bucks series.

I understand there is an intentional push by the league to have Giannis become the face of the league and to denounce the idea that small market teams can not cope in the current league.

I am not one to complain about officiating but it is imperative I raise this concern considering the antecedents going into the series. Please and please, officiate the game respectfully and fairly. Appropriate fouls fairly and accordingly without bias because one player is in the run in for the MVP or the face of the league.