Honestly makes more sense for Ben Simmons to play in game 3 tomorrow as it’s national Vag appreciation day

52 minutes ago, Blazehound said:

 

welp

Almost made it out of a first round without an injury. Oh well.

The thumb was best case scenario. Any of the middle fingers and it would be really bad. 

Now Doc has his excuse for the inevitable 2nd round exit

57 minutes ago, Blazehound said:

 

welp

 By the looks of the tape job he probably has a UCL tear and will get surgery in the off season. Really nothing to fear.

His thumb isn’t going to keep him out of these games. And clearly he can still shoot with it. Would be more of an issue if it was an index or middle Finger. 

4 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said:

I don't need to justify anything. Jokic did more for his team with less talent around him and  that really isn't a debate.

I'm glad you finally spelled his name right though. 

Kevin Durant, Shaq, and Magic Johnson disagree. I guess they don’t know much about basketball either.

5 hours ago, Alpha_TATEr said:

you can try to justify jokic all you want, embiid is the rightful MVP. you and a bunch of ray romano's are the only ones that disagree. 

He’s a moron.  Dude went into the Phillies thread, just to talk about how Soccer is going to take over baseball and admitted to not liking baseball.  Trolling.  

1 hour ago, nipples said:

His thumb isn’t going to keep him out of these games. And clearly he can still shoot with it. Would be more of an issue if it was an index or middle Finger. 

Yep.  Pain tolerance and treatment.  Quick and sound drubbing tomorrow will help.  

Butler down. Hope he is ok. 

11 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

Butler down. Hope he is ok. 

 

 

2 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

 

 

Who was he winking at 😂

Atlanta’s D is so pathetic. The Heat are getting easy a** buckets all series. Let’s see them score on us like that. Atlanta needs Clint back yesterday. 

Redick is a great play by play announcer. 

1 hour ago, Khani1 said:

Butler down. Hope he is ok. 

Has to be a rib, right?

I haven’t seen Young this timid before. 

The Heat have not impressed me at all. Atlanta is terrible. If we can keep Duncan and Herro to only 1-2 hot shooting games for the series, I think we can take them in 7. 

Who on the Heat can guard Maxey? And Butler can’t make 1/2 of his points in the paint, like he is now, because of Embiid. 

55 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

The Heat have not impressed me at all. Atlanta is terrible. If we can keep Duncan and Herro to only 1-2 hot shooting games for the series, I think we can take them in 7. 

In fairness the hawks are 20-3 in their last 23 home games. And since Jan 1 they are 20-5. They are tough at home. Also are 28-14 since the middle of January(Jan 17th). So they are an 8 seed but they are playing better down the stretch than how they started the season 17-24

5 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

In fairness the hawks are 20-3 in their last 23 home games. And since Jan 1 they are 20-5. They are tough at home. Also are 28-14 since the middle of January(Jan 17th). So they are an 8 seed but they are playing better down the stretch than how they started the season 15-25

Atlantas defense is like Ben Simmons offense, especially without Capela. The 45 point game from Butler, he scored at least 15 points on easy layups/dunks that would not be available with Joel on the court. 

5 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

Atlantas defense is like Ben Simmons offense, especially without Capela. The 45 point game from Butler, he scored at least 15 points on easy layups/dunks that would not be available with Joel on the court. 

I don’t think the heat are great team but the advantage they have in a series against the sixers is spolestra is a better coach than Doc. Id also add They have a deeper bench unit then us. So it would benefit the sixers if we got extra time off after this series to get our main guys rest. 

That said the hawks have been playing good basketball much like last year when they got hot down the stretch. They are an 8 seed but they’ve played much better than an 8 seed for over 3.5 months. Their 28-14 record to finish was one of the better records in the eastern conference. Frankly if i were Miami i would’ve been pulling for cleveland who had struggled more down the stretch. 

What's with Embid's thumb injury?  Woj is reporting its a concern and that he's getting an MRI when he gets back to Philly.

7 hours ago, Procus said:

What's with Embid's thumb injury?  Woj is reporting its a concern and that he's getting an MRI when he gets back to Philly.

It's likely a UCL tear/ game keepers thumb.

It requires surgery or you have no grip strength. But he's not a football QB who has to grip a ball in that way. This was the Drew Brees injury. In basketball he will be able to play through it,  as he did last game.  

He already said he will. 

He will just have surgery in the offseason.  And with new surgical technique it heals in a matter of weeks. The " fear" word which has been tweeted is sensationalized journalism.

Last year Embiid wasn't MVP because he 'didn't play enough games so Jokic had to win it'. This year he plays enough games and leads the league in scoring yet 'he's not as good as Jokic because the advanced metrics say otherwise'. 

9 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I don’t think the heat are great team but the advantage they have in a series against the sixers is spolestra is a better coach than Doc. Id also add They have a deeper bench unit then us. So it would benefit the sixers if we got extra time off after this series to get our main guys rest. 

That said the hawks have been playing good basketball much like last year when they got hot down the stretch. They are an 8 seed but they’ve played much better than an 8 seed for over 3.5 months. Their 28-14 record to finish was one of the better records in the eastern conference. Frankly if i were Miami i would’ve been pulling for cleveland who had struggled more down the stretch. 

Have you been watching this series? The playoff Hawks are really bad. They can shoot 3’s and that’s about it. Young can’t get passed Tucker who is a good defender but he isn’t Scottie Pippen. And without Capela, he has no floater or lob move. Also since they changed the rules, he doesn’t get calls similar to Harden. Their defense is really really bad, especially with Capela out. If they can somehow take Miami to 6, and we sweep today, that should give us nearly a week of rest while they might get 3 days. Now Chubby Hubby is out with a leg injury for Miami too, so it’s something to keep an eye on. And I don’t see anyone on their team being able to stay in front of Maxey. I think we win that series in 7.