2026 NBA Playoffs Thread

[Brian in Mesa]

@Brian in Mesa

OKC is a machine.

And here are there three draft picks in the upcoming NBA draft.

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[Mainstreet]

And here are there three draft picks in the upcoming NBA draft.

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And OKC has a talented rookie big man, Thomas Sorber (20), who sat out the season injured.

 

[Mainstreet]

Ayton sucks and always will. Joke of a number one overall pick. Hayes came out and played tough.

I wonder if Ayton will pick up his $8 million player option for next season.

 

[GatorAZ]

OKC has Mitchell and McCain closing out playoff games and both combine for about $5m bucks.

 

[Mainstreet]

OKC has Mitchell and McCain closing out playoff games and both combine for about $5m bucks.

The Suns should hire their scouts.

 

[Hoop Head]

The Suns should hire their scouts.

Don't think it would be that easy. OKC has so many opportunities that they're bound to hit. There's a number of guys who don't pan out though. We traded for one when we did the Durant deal, Dario for Darius Baszley. He couldn't get off the bench here or in OKC.

I think we have good scouts now but we're picking so late that it'll take patience to see what the prospects have.

 

[Phrazbit]

Ayton sucks and always will. Joke of a number one overall pick. Hayes came out and played tough.

It's painful to watch him. He has the build and, quite often, displays the skill to be a phenomenal player. He's built like a freight train, he's got a really soft touch around the rim, he's a really good mid range shooter... yet, he uses those advantages to play utterly gutless basketball. He will have, literally, no one between him and the rim and he will do a floater, he will be covered by a guard and decide he needs to gather reeeeeeeeally low before going up with the ball and he gets stripped. And when things get sideways in a game (or series) he completely shuts down.

The talent and size of a sure fire star player... and the mentality of a meek, spoiled, child.

 

[leclerc]

FTA push off is a thing of beauty.

 

[leclerc]

I also have the feeling our scouting department has gotten better. We could have used these guys and girls earlier though. Could have had D'aron Fox instead of Josh James or whoever we picked after Boston selected Jason Tatum.

Maybe they would have gone with Dôncic instead of Ayton. Who knows. Too bad we can't improve the team through the draft this year. Thanks, James Jones and Bobby Saver. Thanks a lot!

 

[leclerc]

Good call by the league as a suspension was not warranted. One guy pulling his jersey and McDaniels pulling his arm. Gotta defend yourself if the refs don’t but since it wasn’t a basketball play the F2 was the right call.

Those clips of the sota puppies pushing and hitting Wemby should be looked at. Who do they think they are playing that physical? The OKC?

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

bye bye lebron

 

[Carolinacacti]

I also have the feeling our scouting department has gotten better. We could have used these guys and girls earlier though. Could have had D'aron Fox instead of Josh James or whoever we picked after Boston selected Jason Tatum.

Maybe they would have gone with Dôncic instead of Ayton. Who knows. Too bad we can't improve the team through the draft this year. Thanks, James Jones and Bobby Saver. Thanks a lot!

Suns could of had Jaylon Brunson I think

 

[leclerc]

Brunson was taken very late. A lot of teams missed on him. De'Arron Fox was projected a lottery pick on many draft boards. Our guy had red flags and obvious holes in his game. But you can't teach athleticism.

 

[Crimson Warrior]

GG Lakers.

 

[Carolinacacti]

Brunson was taken very late. A lot of teams missed on him. De'Arron Fox was projected a lottery pick on many draft boards. Our guy had red flags and obvious holes in his game. But you can't teach athleticism.

It would have been a second rd pick

 

[95pro]

Close but no cigar. Never got Luka back.

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It was never close.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

It was never close.

Last night's game was. That's all I was referencing.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

thank you deandre ayton - amirite?

 

[carrrnuttt]

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[carrrnuttt]

The nicknames I've seen around the interwebs:

Eliminayton
Vacayton

 

[Proximo]

OKC is just crazy.

They have the MVP and 3 other all stars in Holmgren, Jaylen Williams, and Ajay Mitchell. They have another guy in Jared McCain that might have all star level talent.

They have perhaps the 2 best role players in the league in Hartenstein and Caruso. And 4 more really good role players in the other Jaylen Williams, Dort, Cason Wallace, and Isiah Joe.

As if that was not enough they have the most picks of any team for the next 5 years.

I really don't see anyway this team can be stopped for years other than self destruction.

 

[Proximo]

Brunson was taken very late. A lot of teams missed on him. De'Arron Fox was projected a lottery pick on many draft boards. Our guy had red flags and obvious holes in his game. But you can't teach athleticism.

My memory is the Suns had it down to two possible picks Brunson and Elie Okobo - and of course went with Okobo.

He easily could have been a Sun.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

OKC is just crazy.

They have the MVP and 3 other all stars in Holmgren, Jaylen Williams, and Ajay Mitchell. They have another guy in Jared McCain that might have all star level talent.

They have perhaps the 2 best role players in the league in Hartenstein and Caruso. And 4 more really good role players in the other Jaylen Williams, Dort, Cason Wallace, and Isiah Joe.

As if that was not enough they have the most picks of any team for the next 5 years.

I really don't see anyway this team can be stopped for years other than self destruction.

okc has one mind - all the players you mentioned (and more) playing with one mind - i attribute this to sga - more than his play he keeps his team locked in - they all expect the best from eachother

 

[Mainstreet]

Don't think it would be that easy. OKC has so many opportunities that they're bound to hit. There's a number of guys who don't pan out though. We traded for one when we did the Durant deal, Dario for Darius Baszley. He couldn't get off the bench here or in OKC.

I think we have good scouts now but we're picking so late that it'll take patience to see what the prospects have.

The players are out there though, even if they are only role players like Lou Dort and Toumani Camara.

 

[Adrian]

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