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Rockets beat Thunder 114-80 to take a 3-2 series lead.
 
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Lakers beat Trail Blazers 131-122 and win series 4-1.
 

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solid second round matchups if all goes to form:

Rockets v. Lakers should be an entertaining contrast in styles. Hoping Westbrook knocks the rust off before they start.

Clippers v Utah/Denver... meh.

Bucks v. Heat - lots of athletes, another contrast in style of size v. Small ball.

Celtics v. Raptors - just let a bunch of really great athletes get out and run.
 

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solid second round matchups if all goes to form:

Rockets v. Lakers should be an entertaining contrast in styles. Hoping Westbrook knocks the rust off before they start.

Clippers v Utah/Denver... meh.

Bucks v. Heat - lots of athletes, another contrast in style of size v. Small ball.

Celtics v. Raptors - just let a bunch of really great athletes get out and run.
I think the last two descriptions are spot on but id swap the first two, I feel like the Lakers are just going to blow through that team possibly 4-0 or another 4-1 series unless Westbrook is 100 %. The clippers series however could be very close depending on what playoff P shows up
 
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Nuggets getting Gary Harris back.

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Lebron gives the Suns a nod.

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It appears President Obama had an impact on the players decision to return to play.

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Brad Stevens and Danny Ainge are the premier HC/GM duo in the league right now.

until they win a championship I disagree. Haven’t really done anything honestly

SA and Toronto are pure first class
 
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I was watching the Mavericks and Clippers game during the first quarter when Morris committed the flagrant and was ejected.

The next thing I know the ball game is over.... I fell asleep.

Looks like Luka's ankle is okay because he put up 38 points and had 9 assists.

That had the makings of a nice series until the injury to Porzingis. George's shooting was never right.

Clippers win 111-97 and finish the series 4-2.
 
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Nuggets beat Jazz 119-107 to tie the series at 3-3.

Murray and Mitchell with insane 3-point shooting.
 
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Jamal Murray is on a different planet these playoffs.

Can we go back in time and draft Jamal Murray instead of Dragan Bender. A Booker-Murray back court would be phenomenal.
 

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Can we go back in time and draft Jamal Murray instead of Dragan Bender. A Booker-Murray back court would be phenomenal.
I’ve been wrong on a lot of draft prospects (I was not a Jaylen Brown fan in that very draft), but I absolutely loved Murray coming out of college.
 
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I’ve been wrong on a lot of draft prospects (I was not a Jaylen Brown fan in that very draft), but I absolutely loved Murray coming out of college.

Suns were thinking big went the league was going small. Murray was an astounding prospect.
 

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Don't get me going about Fox... that still hurts.
I loved Fox, I had him ranked right behind Jackson... whoops. I will say this though, that draft reminded me of something very important when scouting a player. I watched two full Kansas games that year and I wasn’t super impressed with Jackson. But then I fell in love with him after the season when I was reading all the hype and watching all the highlight videos. Goes to show, watch the games and trust your eyes.
 
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I loved Fox, I had him ranked right behind Jackson... whoops. I will say this though, that draft reminded me of something very important when scouting a player. I watched two full Kansas games that year and I wasn’t super impressed with Jackson. But then I fell in love with him after the season when I was reading all the hype and watching all the highlight videos. Goes to show, watch the games and trust your eyes.

Watching a player live in a game is the best way to scout a player for sure. It tells you a lot about about him against other players and teams you know.

Jackson wasn't a good outside shooter but if one looks at his college stats it doesn't really show it except for free throw shooting. This is why when I look at prospects I always look at their free throw shooting.
Assists to turnovers also help.
 

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I loved Fox, I had him ranked right behind Jackson... whoops. I will say this though, that draft reminded me of something very important when scouting a player. I watched two full Kansas games that year and I wasn’t super impressed with Jackson. But then I fell in love with him after the season when I was reading all the hype and watching all the highlight videos. Goes to show, watch the games and trust your eyes.

I remember really liking Fox, but the thinking was that the Suns weren't looking at PGs because they had Bledsoe.
 

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Can we go back in time and draft Jamal Murray instead of Dragan Bender. A Booker-Murray back court would be phenomenal.

Murray is actually the player I wanted at 4 in that draft. I was pissed when they drafted Bender.
 

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