2023 running NBA playoffs thread

[poindexter]

Green out for Game 3 this is over.

WTF has green done in this series that makes him so valuable, besides the enforcer crap?

 

[poindexter]

The TV director was taking a cigarette break the entire second half. On the Draymond butt foul, they show the replay twice. And stop the footage immediately before the actual foul.

 

[Spartan Squad]

WTF has green done in this series that makes him so valuable, besides the enforcer crap?

He's their defensive leader and facilitator. Losing him will not be nothing.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Over the last two seasons he's missed 45 games and the Warriors have a losing record in those games.

 

[Bubbler]

Taking Shaq's cartoonish Inside tough guy act out of this, I understand what he's saying. Essentially, he's advocating a kind of old school, send-a-message-to-the-shirt-housing that Sabonis did definitely do in both games by grabbing Draymond's leg. I don't entirely disagree with it.

But part of that bargain is that if you do the crime? Do the time. Draymond knew he was being excessive. Knew it the minute he coiled back his leg and snapped it like a mole trap directly onto Sabonis' torso.

That's what makes it so stupid. Draymond could have waited and stuck an elbow into Sabonis or some other dirty shirt later on that wouldn't have been as obvious, nor seem as out of proportion in the moment to what he did to Sabonis.

His impulsiveness to stick it to Sabonis right then and there, and of course, his gasoline-on-the-fire reaction afterwards, will hurt his team when he's inevitably punished for it. As he should be punished because his message was out of proportion to the original sin. Go ahead and do the crime, but don't bench when you have to do the time.

I'm surprised the Warriors haven't come to the conclusion that Draymond's unbalanced nonsense is hurting them more than helping. I'm not talking in the short term of a playoff series, as presently constructed, they need him. I'm talking long term. He's not the only big forward in the NBA who can do the dirty work stuff he excels at. There's others out there who can do the same (my Bucks have one in Bobby Portis) ... without all of the bullshirt he brings to the table.

 

[qtlaw]

Sabonis was the instigator but Green has to know the line. He's ultra smart about everything else (why he's so valuable) but not controlling himself is stupid. Ws can still comeback but he gave part of it away last night.

 

[Hermes]

I can't even contemplate a Kings championship. My brain is confused by the concept.

 

[Vombatus]

As spnited said, you're either the story or the storyteller. You can't be both.

Fox News typo / massively shirtty editing:

 

[TigerVols]

We have watched the Dubs closely over the years and it's clear they haven't been the same since The Punch. It's fitting that Draymond end the season with stupid antics too.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Draymond ain't going anywhere. He has a $27 million player option for next season. If he opts out, is he getting a contract from anyone else that puts him close to that?

 

[TigerVols]

Lakers would.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Lakers would.

If the Lakers are throwing money at anyone this off-season it's Kyrie. Draymond will opt-in. No one's offering him anything close to $27m.