2023 NBA Playoffs Thread

whoa

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Think his contract was only partially guaranteed for next year.

KCP is blowing out his diaper again

Fakest tough guys in the NBA:

  1. Chris Paul
  2. Blake Griffin

Feel free to add others

Fakest tough guys in the Canadian Elite Basketball League:

  1. Nick Ward (basketball) - Wikipedia
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I mean the #1 relevant one now (so, not Griffin, but he definitely was) is Embiid right

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Draymond? I’m not sure about that, but it didn’t take much to cold-cock a guy giving up 3 inches and 40 pounds who has his hands down.

But nobody really fights in the NBA anymore, so it’s hard to tell.

Yeah the arc from of the league if to flop not fight so there aren’t many

But I’d argue Draymond is actually tough. Just an a-hole

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Denver’s here balling like the globe trotters and the Heat simply capitalize on EVERY mistake to make it a game.

More clinical than Mourinho’s Inter vs Barca, I don’t think I’ve seen such a well drilled team with this little talent.

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I think he’s physical and would probably get into it but he seems more the bullying type than anything.

To go back 25-30 years, he reminds me of Xavier McDaniel in that way.

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Yeah I think he’s probably a bully

But I also think he actually plays tough/rough

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Yeah, he doesn’t shy from contact. But, I don’t think he’d try certain things with, say, Isaiah Stewart.

Jokic pulled an Embiid right there.

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As you said, with the exception of Stew/Lebron nobody fights. So I think it’s really a question of who actually plays physically more than anything, and he definitely does. Paul has been a flopper and cantankerous jerk forever

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Is Gradey Dick better than Christian Braun? Because Braun is pretty good.

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Better offensive player

Worse defender probably

Just remember he’s hitting the draft two years younger than Braun

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Having a great game Christian Brown

Plays nothing like him.

Gradey is pretty good defensively

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I know they are different types of players but I remember thinking Braun was pretty good in college too but one is going in the lottery and one when late first round.

The age thing explains it.