2021-22 NBA playoffs, 2022 NBA off-season and 2022 NBA draft

[Kingspoint]

Alvarado!!!

[M2]

F-Embiid chants are reigning down in Toronto...he is so good at being the villain.

I think Embiid might have exorcised his Toronto demons tonight.

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Alvarado!!!

I'm telling you, he's on his way to being everyone's favorite player.

[Kingspoint]

If there was a Western Conference MVP this season, Chris Paul is it.

[Kingspoint]

Well, C.J. did not step up in the 1st Rd his first season with NO, though he deferred a lot on purpose to others. He stepped up during the regular season and the play-in games, but overall, he needed to do better in the 1st Rd against the Suns.

[Kingspoint]

Hell of a run by the Pelicans who get Zion next season, AND, they get their 1st Rd pick (of which, they actually get the Lakers' pick, a lottery pick, who gets the Pels' pick) thanks to them making the 1st Rd. Based on how well they did last season picking in the draft, that pick should be valuable.

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What a performance in this series by Chris Paul. Unbelievable!

[Kingspoint]

I've never seen Chris Paul this emotional before after a game.

[texasdave]

Chris Paul was nearly perfect tonight. 14-14 from the field. 1-1 from the 3-pt line. And 4-4 on free throws.

[Kingspoint]

UTA/DAL is so less physical than PHO/NOP.

Neither UTA or DAL are physical enough to get to the Western Conference Finals. PHO will eat them up, sweep either team that advances.

[M2]

Hell of a run by the Pelicans who get Zion next season, AND, they get their 1st Rd pick thanks to them making the 1st Rd. Based on how well they did last season picking in the draft, that pick should be valuable.

Do they want Zion? Would you feel good about blowing into the penalty for a guy who's played 85 games in three seasons and not at all this year? And he's not looking svelte on the sideline. They might do well to look into a trade. For instance, could they get Patrick Williams and Coby White off the Bulls for Zion and Kira Lewis? Those two, plus what they've got, plus maybe a scorer like Mathurin in the draft and that's a deep team.

I'm guessing a whole bunch of teams would lineup for Zion. Might make sense to make him someone else's headache.

[Kingspoint]

Do they want Zion? Would you feel good about blowing into the penalty for a guy who's played 85 games in three seasons and not at all this year? And he's not looking svelte on the sideline. They might do well to look into a trade. For instance, could they get Patrick Williams and Coby White off the Bulls for Zion and Kira Lewis? Those two, plus what they've got, plus maybe a scorer like Mathurin in the draft and that's a deep team.

I'm guessing a whole bunch of teams would lineup for Zion. Might make sense to make him someone else's headache.

Definitely something to think about, especially with the core they already have and their ability to draft well, a new HC, who will be here at least the next six seasons. The haul they could get for Zion is a ton, if they don't get greedy. But, it'd be tricky to put him on the market without Zion knowing. Trade him for Anthony Davis and bring Davis back to New Orleans.

[Kingspoint]

I don't see any playoff intensity in DAL/UTA.

[M2]

Bojan Bogdanovic, full shun. He's dead to the whole state of Utah.

[KoryMac5]

I don't see any playoff intensity in DAL/UTA.

Doncic looks pretty intense to me hitting 3's over Gobert and waving bye bye to the Utah fans...Dallas has such good ball movement when they go with their 3 guard line up.

[BuckeyeRed27]

Bojan Bogdanovic, full shun. He's dead to the whole state of Utah.

That was a tough shot to miss, but way down the list of things with this stupid team.

[Boston Red]

Bojan Bogdanovic, full shun. He's dead to the whole state of Utah.

There can't be many people in Utah who still actually cared about this team by the time that shot went up. He did Jazz fans a favor by putting this clown show of a season out of its misery.