2026 NBA Playoffs Thread

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JJ Redick confirmed Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves will be out for Game 1 on Saturday.
 

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He isn't an All NBA talent or a max guy but he's managed to make a career playing off of Steph. Without Curry it is fair to question how long he'd have made it in the league. Likely wouldn't have sniffed a starting role much less any accolades.

At absolute best he'd be a Jae Crowder or PJ Tucker without Steph and there's a good chance he washed our entirely. I can't think of another players whose success has been determined by another player like Draymond though. Even Bronny relies on Lebron less.
Except Jae Crowder isn’t close to the defender, rebounder, ball-handler and passer Draymond is. He’s a point forward.
 

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Trail Blazers President Dewayne Hankins says fans won’t receive playoff T-shirts for Games 3 & 4 at the Moda Center when they host Spurs #RipCity #NBAPlayoffs
 

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Really like Knueppel but so far it looks like he's hit the wall, struggled the last 10 games was bad in the first playin and already pulled in tonights game because he's off.

Meanwhile Melo Ball is taking utterly unmakable shots right now, talented kid but no conscience
 

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Enjoying watching hornets getting crushed due to the stupid slap melo received. Don’t deserve to make playoffs as team that moved on due solely to cheating and injuring beat player in opposing team.
 

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There have been rumblings that the Knicks are a fractured team, per
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“There are rumblings about some guys don't like Mike Brown or work with the coaches. There are rumblings that some guys are feeling they're not getting touches or there's over usage of Jalen Brunson. That seems to me like a team that could self-implode.”

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If the Rockets lose this series, I'm looking at ime udoka sideways,

Heck I'm doing that now that they lost game 1
 

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If the Rockets lose this series, I'm looking at ime udoka sideways,

Heck I'm doing that now that they lost game 1

It's not Udoka's fault they pulled a Suns and traded 2 starters plus for Durant. They also don't have a healthy VanVleet or Stephen Adams. I think they lose.
 

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If the Rockets lose this series, I'm looking at ime udoka sideways,

Heck I'm doing that now that they lost game 1
Yeah, I mean this Laker team is capital S sorry with the players they have available.

They should be easily the worst team in the playoffs.
 

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It's not Udoka's fault they pulled a Suns and traded 2 starters plus for Durant. They also don't have a healthy VanVleet or Stephen Adams. I think they lose.
To ancient man Lebron and Luke freaking Kennard - the journeyman 3 point spot up shooter??? You do realize Grayson is better than him right?

Amen Thompson and Sengun are far better players. Eason, Sheppard, and Jabari Smith are decent spot up 3 pt shooters. This shouldn't be hard post Sengun, or have Thompson drive and kick. They should easily beat the G-league Lakers.
 

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To ancient man Lebron and Luke freaking Kennard - the journeyman 3 point spot up shooter??? You do realize Grayson is better than him right?

Amen Thompson and Sengun are far better players. Eason, Sheppard, and Jabari Smith are decent spot up 3 pt shooters. This shouldn't be hard post Sengun, or have Thompson drive and kick. They should easily beat the G-league Lakers.

I forgot Luka wasn't healthy. If he plays then it's a toss up. I don't the Rockets are that good. Most of the team doesn't like KD and we've seen how quickly his squads can implode.
 

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Joel Embiid has NOT started basketball activity and he is unlikely to play in round-1 against the Celtics, per @Sedano
 

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I'm surprised Boston is letting Tatum play and he looks good. Maybe with a wide open Eastern conference it's worth the gamble.
 

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Detroit laying a massive egg tonight in game 1. Everytime they got close Orlando would run out. Crazy to see their defense let them down.
 

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They should easily beat the G-league Lakers.
G-League Lakers? You mean the 4th seed team that didn't have to win TWO play-in games to even play games that matter. Nice smack talk from a guy whose team just got routed by 35.
 

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Watching the Hawks comeback against the Knicks, down 1 now, man I saw it for years with the Warriors but if they can just get Kuminga to take good shots he's so much better. he's got 19 tonight, plus 8 he's been in the entire run to comeback and he's been a huge part of it at both ends, scoring, passing, a great block on Brunson. He's 7-12 and only 1 of those misses was what I would call a good shot. If you can just get him to stop shooting 3's unless late in the clock he's so much better.

his defense in the run has been huge he's even guarding KAT at times and doing a good job. Seen it before he's usually not able to do it consistently but he's been so good in the 4th quarter you can't help but wonder if you can just get him to take the right shots what might be
 
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