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Another preview of the playoffs or the possible Finals in the East.
The New York Knicks beat the Boston Celtics at their home in a double overtime game. Emmanuel Quickley, 56 minutes, 38 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Talk about stepping up the game while Brunson is out, that's him.
Like I said earlier in my previous post, let's not take out of the picture this team and the Cavaliers. Those are Finals contenders too especially when the playoffs comes where it will be a different and tougher game.

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That Dallas Mavericks vs Phoenix Suns game might have been the best game of the year. Entertaining down to the wire and I’m glad the Suns got the win. Booker talking smack to Luka with 3 seconds left when they secured the sun was pretty weak, but still a great game.

Funny that Giannis gave himself a rebound at the end of the Bucks game for a triple double.

All the stars did their work. Booker, Luka, Kyrie, and KD. Luka has something to say about the chirping or Booker, “Next time don't wait til three seconds left to talk.” Grin

That's a very fun competitive game indeed.

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That Dallas Mavericks vs Phoenix Suns game might have been the best game of the year. Entertaining down to the wire and I’m glad the Suns got the win. Booker talking smack to Luka with 3 seconds left when they secured the sun was pretty weak, but still a great game.

Funny that Giannis gave himself a rebound at the end of the Bucks game for a triple double.

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I don't like teams who are reliant on theor outside shooting.

But that was the thing now in the NBA that even big man is having a good outside shooting percentage.

It's not like before when "defense is the best offense".

However, comparing Bucks and Celtics, the former has the upper hand in terms of inside scoring and it's obvious that Giannis Antetoukoumpo's main forte' is always in the paint. Unlike in Boston Celtics, that mostly, their field goal always came from perimeter and rainbow area shooting. Now depends on how they will execute their respective strategy if they will faced each other in the playoffs.

Everything will boil down to defense if these two will meet in the Conference Finals. The better defense will win. On this note, I like the chance of the Celtics being better than the Milwaukee Bucks. Sure, no one on the Celtics team will be able to pin down or even slow down Giannis alone. But good thing is, it is a team sport. The Celtics have a good defense, and they are on par with scoring with the dynamic duo of Brown and Tatum.

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Quote from: wheelz1200 on March 05, 2023, 03:31:34 PM

I don't like teams who are reliant on theor outside shooting.

But that was the thing now in the NBA that even big man is having a good outside shooting percentage.

It's not like before when "defense is the best offense".

However, comparing Bucks and Celtics, the former has the upper hand in terms of inside scoring and it's obvious that Giannis Antetoukoumpo's main forte' is always in the paint. Unlike in Boston Celtics, that mostly, their field goal always came from perimeter and rainbow area shooting. Now depends on how they will execute their respective strategy if they will faced each other in the playoffs.

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As for Ja Morant, wrong set of friends, yeah he could be under pressure of the limelight but this is not the way to do it buddy.

You are destroying yourself, flashing guns. He really need help, specially from his families.

That's not good for him, as he has lots of major sponsorships that gave him a lot of money. If he can't change his life, then I think his career with the NBA will be short. As a superstar, he has a big responsibility, which is to be a role model, and his actions have shown that he is not living up to that responsibility.

He's still a kid himself. He might be under the mentality that he made some money, screw everyone else. I hope he isn't because he really is a superstar player. Super exciting on the court and the grizzly fans would be losing one hell of a player.

The fame seem to getting to his head, I understand he's said to have a great work ethic and it is somewhat evident on the pitch with the way he react to losses especially when he's one of the reason they lost a game, but he's spending as much time as he spends practicing on social media and always often attracting the wrong attention to himself, he does a lot of trash talking, barely few minutes after any game, the next thing he does is to take it straight to twitter, but he's not done much that should make him think he's the next Kyrie Irving or Kevin Durant, players who have proved themselves for several years, it will be such a waste to throw away his beautiful career before it get started with these petty and stupid antics.

I just saw on ESPN that he's already deactivated both his Twitter and Instagram account, He's the face of a franchise and I think that might just be taking it way too far, he should instead have handled by a professional social media team, that can portray him as getting better and working towards redemption of his image, but if it's just a temporary break, then that's fine.

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Quote from: FanEagle on March 05, 2023, 03:05:25 PM

For east I still think that Bucks and Celtics are way too better compared to everyone else. Sure the wins may not look like the difference is staggering, but it is actually much bigger than what it shows there. First of all Bucks missed Giannis and Kris for a long time, so that is one reason, and Celtics had a coaching change at the start of the season after a finals year so that was one of the reasons as well.

All in all I am guessing that the best thing to do right now is to wait and see how they will be during playoffs because during regular season it's obvious that they are one level above everyone else. This is for only east conference of course, there are some good teams coming from west too.

Referring to the Eastern Conference, you are right that Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics are the considered team to beat and might likely end up in the Eastern Conference Finals or even reaching the NBA Finals once again. It's just a matter of what team will keep their consistency in showing good playing performance in the season and take it to the playoffs, and of course, being healthy throughout.

With that said about being healthy, the difference between the Bucks and Celtics is, if we will take out their main and key players, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown for the Celtics and Giannis Antetoukounmpo and Khris Middleton for the Bucks, the latter having the much advantage. There are several games already this season where the Bucks still dominate their opponent even without their key players.

Let's hope that once playoffs come, no more injury reports will happen and teams will come at their 100% healthy status, not ruining the competition and won't take injury-related situations why is the team not able to advance in the latter part of the playoffs.

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Quote from: wheelz1200 on March 05, 2023, 03:31:34 PM

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For east I still think that Bucks and Celtics are way too better compared to everyone else. Sure the wins may not look like the difference is staggering, but it is actually much bigger than what it shows there. First of all Bucks missed Giannis and Kris for a long time, so that is one reason, and Celtics had a coaching change at the start of the season after a finals year so that was one of the reasons as well.

All in all I am guessing that the best thing to do right now is to wait and see how they will be during playoffs because during regular season it's obvious that they are one level above everyone else. This is for only east conference of course, there are some good teams coming from west too.

The Bucks are definitely on top and record says what it is but I think the Celtics have holes. I don't like teams who are reliant on theor outside shooting. Too many series to get through, a couple cold games and they get booted. Will be an interesting game tonight Celtics vs knicks. Knicks defense has been great as of late. Might not have brunson which will be a huge loss for the Knicks. East I think it's Bucks tier one. Tier 2- Philly, Celtics, cavs and knicks. Tier 3: Atlanta, Miami Toronto. Then everyone else...yep including the Nets they will probably drop into the play in games.

I think Celtics holes could be their 3 point shooting, they fell in love with it, and so if their outside shots are not going in, they might have a problem with that. As for the Bucks, they obviously have Giannis, but if there is a player that can match his physicality like what Joel Embid did to him in their last game, putting a hard defense on him and bodied him specially in the 4th quarter, then they might lose a game which they did. The question is how many players in the league right now can match up against Giannis in the post?

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Quote from: FanEagle on March 05, 2023, 03:05:25 PM

For east I still think that Bucks and Celtics are way too better compared to everyone else. Sure the wins may not look like the difference is staggering, but it is actually much bigger than what it shows there. First of all Bucks missed Giannis and Kris for a long time, so that is one reason, and Celtics had a coaching change at the start of the season after a finals year so that was one of the reasons as well.

All in all I am guessing that the best thing to do right now is to wait and see how they will be during playoffs because during regular season it's obvious that they are one level above everyone else. This is for only east conference of course, there are some good teams coming from west too.

The Bucks are definitely on top and record says what it is but I think the Celtics have holes. I don't like teams who are reliant on theor outside shooting. Too many series to get through, a couple cold games and they get booted. Will be an interesting game tonight Celtics vs knicks. Knicks defense has been great as of late. Might not have brunson which will be a huge loss for the Knicks. East I think it's Bucks tier one. Tier 2- Philly, Celtics, cavs and knicks. Tier 3: Atlanta, Miami Toronto. Then everyone else...yep including the Nets they will probably drop into the play in games.

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Quote from: Russlenat on March 05, 2023, 03:40:53 AM

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As for Ja Morant, wrong set of friends, yeah he could be under pressure of the limelight but this is not the way to do it buddy.

You are destroying yourself, flashing guns. He really need help, specially from his families.

That's not good for him, as he has lots of major sponsorships that gave him a lot of money. If he can't change his life, then I think his career with the NBA will be short. As a superstar, he has a big responsibility, which is to be a role model, and his actions have shown that he is not living up to that responsibility.

He's still a kid himself. He might be under the mentality that he made some money, screw everyone else. I hope he isn't because he really is a superstar player. Super exciting on the court and the grizzly fans would be losing one hell of a player.

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Quote from: yahoo62278 on March 04, 2023, 11:22:45 PM

There was another player Gilbert Arenas years ago who was suspended for a year over bringing a gun to the lockerroom.

https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/arenas-suspended-after-bringing-guns-to-locker-room-1.531845

IMO the 2 situations are not the same, but I still expect the commissioner will likely step in and possibly issue a longer suspension or a very stern warning to Morant and the rest of the league over guns.

Yeah, I remember that. The incident with Arenas is a great example of how a stupid thing can ruin a player's career in the NBA. It's worth noting that Arenas was a very capable player, as he averaged 29 points per game in his prime. However, teams lost interest in him after that incident, and he ended his NBA career just two years later. As for Morant, you're right that the league management should suspend him for a longer period of time to discourage him from doing such things in the future.

Regarding Ja Morant's issue and suspension:

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"I’m going to take some time away to get help and work on learning better methods of dealing with stress and my overall well-being," Morant, who has deactivated his Twitter and Instagram accounts, wrote in a statement to ESPN and The Athletic.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/grizzlies/2023/03/04/grizzles-ja-morant-flashes-gun-instagram-live-nba-investigating/11398803002/

On the same article, it has been said that the NBA opened an independent investigation but it wasn't disclosed what will likely happen to Ja and what would be his punishment if he's proven guilty but some people are already speculating that it will lead to a much longer suspension. Poor kid, it doesn't have to be like this if only he wasn't surrounded by wrong people.

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For east I still think that Bucks and Celtics are way too better compared to everyone else. Sure the wins may not look like the difference is staggering, but it is actually much bigger than what it shows there. First of all Bucks missed Giannis and Kris for a long time, so that is one reason, and Celtics had a coaching change at the start of the season after a finals year so that was one of the reasons as well.

All in all I am guessing that the best thing to do right now is to wait and see how they will be during playoffs because during regular season it's obvious that they are one level above everyone else. This is for only east conference of course, there are some good teams coming from west too.

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Quote from: danherbias07 on March 04, 2023, 10:41:28 PM

About the Grizzlies, I think they survived even without Ja in the early season.

It is just a two-game suspension so they can weather this out until he comes back. Memphis is a strong team even without Ja Morant.

Quote from: Jating on March 05, 2023, 02:59:56 AM

Couple of upsets tonight:

Bucks losing to Philly, ending their winning streak. Joel Embiid put a sensational defense on Giannis in the fourth quarter and then together with Harden, outscored them in the final quarter, 48-31.

Sacramento losing to the Wolves - very close game between the two, but Anthony Edwards and former Utah Mike Conley seal the win for them Wolves.

They both lost at home. Not really an upset since both of their opponents are tough opponents but these games are the legs of my parlay and they both lost. That is what upsets me.

Quote from: Russlenat on March 05, 2023, 03:40:53 AM

That's not good for him, as he has lots of major sponsorships that gave him a lot of money. If he can't change his life, then I think his career with the NBA will be short. As a superstar, he has a big responsibility, which is to be a role model, and his actions have shown that he is not living up to that responsibility.

Well, he already posted an apology and admitted that he needs help. If he is sincere with what he posted, the should get help. It will be beneficial for his own career in the NBA if he gets straight. He got lots of potentials and it will be a shame if all that goes away just because of some silly mistakes.

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Quote from: EFS on March 04, 2023, 09:35:35 PM

I just saw the news about Ja Morant. Big contract, big endorsements, rising NBA career and he ends up doing silly things like this. I think he needs a good mentor before anything else.

After all, he is just a kid yet to be a man who got a huge contract worth $200 Million. So it's somehow expected that he will end up doing foolishness and buying some expensive things in just a whim or if he feels like it but I didn't expect that he would end up doing this. What he lack is a mentor that will guide him professionally and as an individual to avoid doing such thing again in the future.

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As for Ja Morant, wrong set of friends, yeah he could be under pressure of the limelight but this is not the way to do it buddy.

You are destroying yourself, flashing guns. He really need help, specially from his families.

That's not good for him, as he has lots of major sponsorships that gave him a lot of money. If he can't change his life, then I think his career with the NBA will be short. As a superstar, he has a big responsibility, which is to be a role model, and his actions have shown that he is not living up to that responsibility.

He should understand that thing.

He's not getting any younger and as a pro he should first consider his action before doing anything, Like
what you mentioned if he will not change this kind of attitude and lifestyle, his career will be ruined.

The pressure will be there for him and with such action he might lose all those sponsorships, even he's good and classified as one of the
The hottest stars, but with such an attitude, it will be nothing.

Need to have good guidance, especially from his family now.

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Quote from: danherbias07 on March 05, 2023, 08:27:43 AM

But let us not take the Cavaliers out of the picture too. That team is one hell of a strong team too. They are in 4th place with 40 wins, one win behind the 76ers.
They are one of the teams that I kept on betting on at the right time and failed me less. They are strong too with Mitchell leading and their big men.
Then, there's the Knicks who had an 8th streak winning game, still continuing. The addition of Josh Hart seems to be a big impact on them or maybe it's Jalen Brunson who felt more comfortable playing the game with his college teammate from Villanova around.
They will be up against the Celtics later at the TD Garden, this will cement how strong the Knicks are if they could beat them.

Well, one thing I wanted to say is about the record of the last 10 of the Knicks and Cavaliers. When we look at the record of the last 10 of the Cavaliers it does not look very out of the ordinary. But when we look at the Knicks, it is something quite extraordinary in my opinion.

Actually, in the last 11 games, Knicks have 10 wins and one loss. So that is something to keep in mind. I have to say that Knicks are improving probably faster than anyone. All they have to do is continue performing like this and perform consistently.

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Such progress in just one year is impressive, and it should be noted that it has been possible not only thanks to the efforts of the players but also the efforts of Mike Brown, who has been recently named the Western Conference Coach of the Month.

Actually, that's not a 1-year progress in the making for Sacramento Kings. The progress overall takes place over a decade.

The last time the Sacramento Kings established a winning percentage of over .500 is way back 2005-06 season and that's also the last time they make it to the playoffs. Just do the Math on how long they are not making the playoffs from 2006-07 until now. Although this season, that will be changed.

Sacramento Kings will surely be able to break the curse now and their home crowd will witness again the NBA playoffs.

They surely earned it and they had a fantastic run since the season started. Now, the Kings is just a game shy behind the Grizzlies, so it's really not that impossible to take the Grizz's place and do a swap on their current seat because the Grizzlies will surely have a lot of troubles in their next game as Ja Morant will be away for at least 2 games because of the issue he made on his live and then that certain issue where he beat up a kid.

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Ja Morant, on the verge of making his deal official with Powerade and launching a major PR blitz is on Instagram live posing with guns like he’s some sort of street thug. I’m starting to get the feeling that this Ja Morant story is going to end badly. He’s too small and too sheltered to be acting like this. I worry he’s going to run into real trouble with this act.

Bleacher Report is now saying that the Grizzlies have suspended Ja Morant for the next two games over what happened on his Instagram Live. I guess he was at a night club when he was displaying his gun, which I don’t believe was legal. It will be interesting to see if he’s going to get some consequences from Powerade as a result of this.

Edit: Looks like his IG and Twitter accounts are now both suspended.

And he won't be playing in the next two games,

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Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant will not play in at least the next two games after his Instagram Live video, in which he displayed what appeared to be a gun while at a nightclub early Saturday morning, prompted an investigation from the NBA.

The Grizzlies announced Saturday afternoon that Morant "will be away from the team for at least the next two games," meaning he will not play Sunday against the LA Clippers or Tuesday against the Los Angeles Lakers.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35782987/nba-investigating-ja-morant-displays-gun-instagram-video

This kid needs help, first the "laser incident", and then Ja Morant Accused Of Beating Up, Pointing Gun at 17-Year-Old.

Shannon Sharpe is right, he is no gangsta, the NBA should take this seriously before everything went out of control.

Yes, he indeed needed some help and to be fair, Ja Morant was humble enough to admit his mistakes and I forgot if he said this in an interview or in his twitter account before he deactivate it earlier this day, he said that he will be away for some time to get some help because he doesn't know what to do or what should he do to blow off some steam after a stress practice or game.

I also got some time earlier to read a some of criticisms about Ja Morant, one of them compared Ja to Lillard because the latter was the real gangsta but he didn't behave like one because it wasn't cool to act like it while you're like an icon to a specific sports and the other said that, how is Ja a gansta if he came from a suburb and did study in a private school Grin

Anyway, being professional inside and outside the game is a must especially in this modern era where eyes are everywhere.

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Quote from: yahoo62278 on March 04, 2023, 11:22:45 PM

There was another player Gilbert Arenas years ago who was suspended for a year over bringing a gun to the lockerroom.

https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/arenas-suspended-after-bringing-guns-to-locker-room-1.531845

IMO the 2 situations are not the same, but I still expect the commissioner will likely step in and possibly issue a longer suspension or a very stern warning to Morant and the rest of the league over guns.

Yeah, I remember that. The incident with Arenas is a great example of how a stupid thing can ruin a player's career in the NBA. It's worth noting that Arenas was a very capable player, as he averaged 29 points per game in his prime. However, teams lost interest in him after that incident, and he ended his NBA career just two years later. As for Morant, you're right that the league management should suspend him for a longer period of time to discourage him from doing such things in the future.

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They might likely meet again in the playoffs. This team getting to the ECF should be a good one. Sorry for skipping the Celtics, who are still the heavy favorites to win now, even in the championship odds. I guess the Bucks are an improved team this season, with their win streak as heavy evidence. But I also like the 76ers' chemistry; it looks like Harden has already found a home to stay.

Bucks, Celtics, and 76ers these three are in the best shape right now in my opinion. They are going to have good competition between themselves. 76ers are going to improve further if they continue playing the way they did in the last match. The team chemistry looked absolutely awesome.

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But let us not take the Cavaliers out of the picture too. That team is one hell of a strong team too. They are in 4th place with 40 wins, one win behind the 76ers.
They are one of the teams that I kept on betting on at the right time and failed me less. They are strong too with Mitchell leading and their big men.
Then, there's the Knicks who had an 8th streak winning game, still continuing. The addition of Josh Hart seems to be a big impact on them or maybe it's Jalen Brunson who felt more comfortable playing the game with his college teammate from Villanova around.
They will be up against the Celtics later at the TD Garden, this will cement how strong the Knicks are if they could beat them.

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Quote from: Reid on March 05, 2023, 05:45:49 AM

Splendid game in Milwaukee after the 76ers broke the streak record of the Bucks. The 76ers had been losing a lot of their games and this should bring their confidence back up after defeating the number 1 in the West. It's almost like a view of the Eastern Finals with the great display of skills from the number 2 of the MVP race Giannis and the number 4 Embiid as they go with other in the paint.
They never cease to amaze me and both players ended with a double-double. Giannis in points and rebounds and Embiid in points and assists which is surprising.

It was an absolutely all round performance from the Sixers. Everyone on the team played really well. And this certainly should bring them really good confidence. Everyone on the team Embiid, Harden, Maxey, and Niang performed really well. 76ers have not been consistent in recent times. But I hope they will be from now on.

Quote from: Distinctin on March 05, 2023, 05:54:39 AM

They might likely meet again in the playoffs. This team getting to the ECF should be a good one. Sorry for skipping the Celtics, who are still the heavy favorites to win now, even in the championship odds. I guess the Bucks are an improved team this season, with their win streak as heavy evidence. But I also like the 76ers' chemistry; it looks like Harden has already found a home to stay.

Bucks, Celtics, and 76ers these three are in the best shape right now in my opinion. They are going to have good competition between themselves. 76ers are going to improve further if they continue playing the way they did in the last match. The team chemistry looked absolutely awesome.

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