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Gave Travis Knight a seven year contract. DeClerq a five year deal. Traded him for Potapenko and gave him six years. No wonder Billie King was able to hide in plain sight for so many years.

Or their own Rick Pitino? :p Doubt it has much to do with Stevens in all seriousness. They tried to hire Coach K after Phil Jackson left the first time. Hiring a college coach is not exactly novel. No idea if it'll work, but they would be wise/are wise to seek a coach for life beyond LeBron.

Was looking for Game 1 overreactions, was not disappointed. Think we've run the gamut, from series over TM to media persecution. Celtics played well. Over to you, Mavs.

Alternate names could be ''Eisley's shot was good'', or ''Dick Bavetta is a f*ckwit''.

Lakers throwing the kitchen sink at Dan Hurley to coach. peternorth will remember his brother Bobby, who was lucky to survive a car accident after being a lottery pick for a team who may be even more #cursed than the Lakers.

I don't see the Thunder going nuclear, at all. Did say previously that Hartenstein is somebody they'll look at to fill a roster niche, but from the sounds of it he might be getting pretty expensive. Seller's market there. I could see them flipping Giddey for someone like Atlanta's Bogdanovic...

Haven't seen much evidence that any of the big market teams are any better at building a roster around stars than Minny.

A trade to where?

Combination of a) not wanting to list all 16 teams, b) Dallas being in the lower half of the playoff bracket, and c) Dallas ranking relatively low on comedy value. Also included my Pels under 'other', and they justified my faith, or lack thereof.

Ah man, not Bill. He had some of the weirdest moments in sports broadcasting history, but it was hard not to like the guy.

Apropos of nothing, but it's been confirmed that it was Richard Jefferson who voted Sabonis for All-Defensive team. I want what he's having.

They're going OK. Frankly I thought they played better in the regular season than they have so far in the playoffs, but can't argue with the results. And understrength Miami and an understrength Cleveland each beat them in their own building though, and Indy should have. They don't look...

Indy should have won Game 1! Hardly played out like a fait accompli. They were like a 5% of winning the series anyway, probably 0.1% chance now Haliburton is injured. It sucks, but it is what it is. You were declaring Game 1 over in the first quarter though, almost like you were trying to speak...

Game 1 was anything but a snoozefest. I'm sorry the Knicks copped injuries, and yes the Pacers are almost certainly going down, but don't bring down the thread.

ITT - Celtics fans congregate and reach consensus that they're awesome. And yes, I'm kidding. Sorta. I doubt you'd find anyone who posts here regularly who didn't think Boston were winning the East, at a minimum. Been that way since December, if not July. You are lucky Billy King is an idiot...

Think he was referring to back to back championships. May or may not also be a reference to his beloved Lakers. And Tigers. Before each became cursed TM

Dannnnnnnnnn knows how to do it in the playoffs - talk softly and carry a big stick. Thrilled for you, mate. Really has found his Shangri-La. It is incredibly tough to be a #1 option as a perimeter based big. It's not even easy to be a #2, as Porzingis found. Wolves somehow found him an...

I dunno about being a disappointment, but they should definitely be disappointed. Had home court and a rest advantage on the Mavs, and no injuries to speak of, and they blew almost a 20 point lead today. Golden opportunity gone begging. Still well placed for the future, but so were the 2012...

Vince always had that jump shot, to his credit. I actually reckon his early Raptors years are underrated. Not from a highlight POV, but from pure production and effectiveness. I think Toronto went 16-66 the year before he was drafted, it's a big ask to transform that into a playoff team as a...

I love Josh Hart, but I can definitely foresee a Joakim Noah type career arc where his body breaks down badly, and quickly. Gerald Wallace was another, suddenly fell off a cliff. High motor guys are incredibly susceptible to it.

Actually feel bad for the Knicks. Wait 20 years to get a team with chemistry and ticker, and they all break down simultaneously. Celtics will be better rested come the Finals, but they might wish they'd gotten a series like the Denver/Minny one in preparation.

David Robinson was a bad defender because Hakeem went nuts in that one series. Thread's gone in an interesting direction.

Minny did a better job putting Ant in a position to attack, but reckon Denver won the game with that 8-0 burst in 20 seconds just before halftime. Don't think the Wolves ever got the margin under five in the second half, that was crucial. Hope the last three games deliver a couple of close...

Rockets got a nice bonus too. The Nets are the gift that keep on giving. Not a great day to be a Pistons or Raptors fan either.

Minny's best O is still its D. Denver negated that. Pretty physical game. I don't think the Pups managed to get Ant going downhill at all, maybe once or twice. Everything was on the perimeter.

You do need luck, and I'm not picking on the Bulls and saying they were extremely lucky. It's more just a general observation that teams in past eras seemed to be able to keep their players healthier in the playoffs more. I just looked back quickly, to make sure I wasn't looking at it with rose...

Well yeah, the regular season, absolutely. But the playoffs never used to see so many teams get decimated with injuries. I mean take for example the 90s Bulls - how many playoff games did Jordan or Pippen ever miss? And it wasn't just them - I can't even remember many role players ever missing...

It's not, but it ain't gonna help either. It's just odd, because you'd think sports science would help alleviate injuries, but it's going the other way.

I know, it's still stoopid though. They're having enough trouble having players play 70 games.

The underdogs strike back. Also, injuries are out of control. I swear it was never this big an issue 20-30 years ago. But sure, let's pack an in-season tournament into the overcrowded schedule, because quantity > quality, apparently.