NBA Playoffs thread

NBA Playoffs thread May 7, 2018 12:54:44 GMT harpospoke likes this

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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 7, 2018 12:54:44 GMT

May 7, 2018 12:21:49 GMT @screamingtreefrogs said:

May 7, 2018 12:09:11 GMT Rey Kahuka said:

Yeah I don't know what's happened to Simmons. He'll be fine in the long term, but he's a rookie and right now it's showing. I'm wondering how Philly fans feel when they see Tatum lighting it up the way he has been? So far it looks like the C's definitely won that trade.

Tatum is very impressive - it's not just his shooting - it's his toughness - he's going to the hole at will and is completely unphased if Embiid and another defender is in front of him and trying (and succeeding at times) to throw it down with authority. I thought the rap against him at Duke was he had no outside shot. I'm surprised - he's so poised - and he's been draining 3s too.

I wanted no part of him in the draft. He isn't what the Sixers needed - they needed a Combo Guard - Fultz was their man and they traded up to secure him.

Want to see how Fultz looks coming in next October - but it is worrisome.

Did you see that blank stare in his eyes (may have been Game #1 or Game #2)?

The camera panned to him sitting on the bench as Tatum was lighting it up - and he had this blank expression on his face and didn't blink for what felt like an eternity. There's just something 'off' - hope the kid gets his head on straight.

Well 20/20 hindsight and all that. Hope Fultz becomes a solid player but I'm afraid Philly fans will always wonder what the future could've been, had they taken Tatum instead.

And as you mentioned in an earlier post, it is an odd start time for tonight's game. Not sure what the logic is there but I doubt there will be many empty seats. Fans find a way, they always do.