With the conclusion of this year’s NBA Play-In Tournament, the field is now officially set for the 2025 NBA Playoffs.
The Oklahoma City Thunder, who hold the league’s best regular season record, will face off against the Memphis Grizzlies. The Houston Rockets will need to stave off an experienced Golden State Warriors rejuvenated by their deadline deal for Jimmy Butler. The new look Los Angeles Lakers take on Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Following a tumultuous season that ended with the firing of head coach Mike Malone, the Denver Nuggets will go head to head against the Los Angeles Clippers.
In the Eastern Conference, the first place Cleveland Cavaliers will host the Miami Heat. The Boston Celtics will begin their title defense against the Orland Magic. The New York Knicks face the upstart Detroit Pistons, while the Indiana Pacers battle the Milwaukee Bucks.
Basketball fans are welcome to join us in our NBA forum thread where we’ll discuss all the action live and around the clock until this year’s champion is crowned.
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Both 82-0 teams posted have Russ on it 🤔
Somethings 🐟🐟
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I think the algorithm only cares about per game numbers and nothing else, so Russ is perfect for this. 😆
Reactions 703 hwyIf you can get stat hogs, you're money. I didn't lie, my first go was 82-0. I haven't been able to replicate it since, though.
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Reactions youngwolf and Nike JordanHolzman was 53 when he won that 73 chip.
Holzman died during the 53rd NBA season.
Knicks and spurs played in the finals during that 53rd season.
Knicks are on a 53 years championship drought.
Knicks won 53 games this year.
Mike browns bday is March 5. (Some write it 5/3)
Holzman won 613 games with the Knicks. Game 5 is on 6/13 (if necessary)
Holzman career winning percentage with the Knicks is .536
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My first attempt.
Reactions DripNickFirst off I want to thank God, Lebron Raymone James, Gloria James, Savannah and Meth for without them none of this would have been possible. I have been able to witness the GOAT take the court in the NBA and shared in his accomplishments with my fellow Brothers in Bron on NT and for that I will be forever grateful.
We’re here because I WASHED KING, have been joked, ridiculed and imprisoned because I did not bend the knee to their Fraudulent favorites the GSW. I was called a NBA fan and NT poster who can not be taken seriously due to my takes. They laughed at my allegiance to KLUTCH and even discredited my basketball knowledge. To prove my takes being correct and to fight these allegations I created a folder on my desktop to store screenshots of other users I could use at later dates during arguments. Inspired by JD617 and Rusty post 2020 election.There was no animosity behind it, no later plans for the innocent new folder on my desktop.Little did I know what it would become.
Golden State proceeds to go on another run fueled by injuries to their opposition and terrible play by the Celtics in the Finals I am banned for a month due to a wager I made with the leaders of the anti-Washed Brigade addict4sneakers and antidope. (Bigger sections on these two soon to come). After the championship parade I am not allowed to discuss any basketball on NT for a whole month. They celebrate my loss, and dance on my grave. Other members even jump in to take their jabs as well. They kick me while I’m down like the front running ***** they are. But it’s nothing I can do. They post memes and jokes about the folder being useless. You would think it would stop after the parade and I’m banned? Nope they @ me even though I can’t respond. Spitting in my face.
During that month I thought about how Bron must’ve felt after 2011, and what he would have me do. I look at that folder icon on my desktop and I notice another notification from addict4sneakers @ me 3 times in a celebratory post with that waffle colored fraud. And something inside me snapped. At that moment I decided not only was I going to return to the NBA thread after my ban, I was going to double down. I was going to turn this folder into the biggest collection of anti-Lebron, ALA, pro-Steph propaganda NT has ever seen. And when GS flames out. I’m going to collect what’s rightfully mine.
Revenge.
This is what this is. Everyone gets their turn on the Summer Jam screen. Saving the best for last.
EXHIBIT A.) Pitiful Knicks fan Coupe’ It.
Coupe It holds the title of being the first poster on the chopping block. He would’ve been further down but being a Knicks fan and living in that terrible city I figured that was partial punishment. Nevertheless, let's cover his takes. Coupe It masquerades as an objective, honest basketball fan who appreciates the game of basketball. Due to this persona he can not resist opposing me and the truth I preach by pushing false narratives that have festered in the NBA thread. He’s an easily influenced poster, a pawn if you will. But to get the kings you have to take out the foot soldiers first.
CRIMES: KLUTCH Defamation 2nd degree.
First the disrespect. He was already on my radar but this take got him a place in “The Folder”.
Perpetrator B.) Freeze
Once a proud Laker Fan, Freeze gave up the purple and gold to cross over to the bay and become an irrational GSW fan and Steph apologist. Freeze has a special place on this list as one of the most lowdown GS fanboys because not only did he hop on the bandwagon he actively rooted against and prayed on the downfall of his once beloved Lakers.A true snake if I have ever seen one. Freeze has taken Wardell agenda pushing to a whole different level that is absurd, dangerous and criminal to the very essence of what holds this thread together. A career criminal like him could have a whole manifesto of evidence just about him but we’re keeping it to his recent crimes. Plus he goes to hoop after GS losses anyways and will see this on Freeze Time regardless. If we’re being honest Freeze never got over 2016. It put a hole in his GS and Steph love that will never be filled, deep down he knows those other rings don’t hold any real weight that’s why he lashes out at Bron and the Lakers the way he does. Look at Receipt 1 from 2016, He never let that go.
He hates Bron the same way I hate my ex-girlfriend, I know what a broken heart looks like Freeze. Acceptance is the first step. This current GS flame out should show you the light that it's ok, Bron is better than Steph. Always has been and always will be. Boosting Steph to unrealistic levels won’t make it true and it won’t take away that pain you feel about 2016. You said you weren’t afraid of the Lakers in March….well it looks like you should’ve been.
You will get through this. I believe in you.
CRIMES: 2 counts of Felony GS Agenda pushing, KLUTCH Defamation 1st degree (Bubble disrespect), Treason.
EXHIBIT C.) Varnell Hill
CRIMES: 3 counts of Felony GS Agenda pushing, KLUTCH Defamation 1st degree,Treason, Asterisk Assault .
Easily one of the most out of pocket members of ALA and GS fanboys bar none. Dude has been walking around like he’s Pac, replying with posts with more asterisks than actual words. I could fill up his section with just takes from this past series but he has some older gems that need to be talked about. Dude is the Brandon Marshall of the NBA Thread just loud and wrong. But let's not just just talk about him being wrong, let's look at it instead.
This one from October 22 is easily my favorite. Especially after watching the LAKERS eliminate his bum *** Warriors the arrogance in this post is what really makes it repulsive. Sorry y’all had to see that. Then he follows that up with questioning if the Lakers will make it out the play-in? His own beloved Warriors are floundering and he’s worrying about the Lakers. Talking about the play-in, that was cute I guess how does losing to a play-in team feel? (Also take note of who likes it, they can’t help themselves if they tried)
I know this section is about Varnell Hill but to make his next screenshot make sense I have to add context and bring out his big Homie Wavycrocket (ALA General) who set him up for this next post.
Just disgustingly wrong. Shirt off in the fall while GS getting packed up.
Perpetrators D.) The BiStephuals (Dman, Friscostylz, Moe, Dman)
This section is dedicated to Steph Curry’s loyal followers. They don’t do much but repeat other pro Wardell Propaganda they get from Addict, and Wavy. Basically this. Wavy is Scar.
All 3 of those rings y’all proudly boast over Bron are now clearly void and fake. Don’t yall ever fix your mouths to mention those chips again. Then y’all have had the nerve to dismiss KD like he wasn’t the sole reason y’all won those rings. I never want to hear about those fraudulent chips again. Steph ain top 10, never was. Time for your organization to go cry in the parking lot to KD again. Here is some screenshots of their best takes.GSWK, Golden Gate bridge is trash, That Corgi can kick rocks, No one likes those Trolley Cars, the 49ers suck.
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Reactions vaphenom06, don ramon, va757va and 53 othersI’ve been here for over half my life and this community has got me through a lot and taught me a lot. Appreciate y’all.
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Appreciate all my bruddas in here that been reachin out, and those who I needed their advice lmao
I told her, I’ll take a Bub jersey for my troubles in putting it together 😆
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Still need to do one more (pretty intense) treatment though to make sure it doesnt come back, but hey.
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Reactions vaphenom06, ill 949, the coolness and 35 othersTold y’all.
Told y’all.
Nope. Give AD his respect. That’s top 75 to you. And Klay “top 76” Thompson was trash all series.
Except when it mattered most, the lakers entire strategy was let’s hunt Steph on defense. That’s all they did in game 4 & 6. The Lakers strategy was attacking Steph over feeding AD and it worked. They couldn’t stop us.
best player in the series. Your only hope was injury the entire time and y’all knew it. AD is LIKE THAT.
GIVE AD HIS RESPECT. no other big man can break the warriors offense like he just did.
Told y’all.
Elite defender Steph got targeted every time. Again.
What was that?
What was that?
What excuses?
Steph and Klay ran out of gas. I told you, your team was the old one, not ours.
ad was the best player in the series. Like I said.
Bleh bleh bleh lakers in 6. Lakers dominated this team and y’all wanted to act like it didn’t matter.
I told y’all.
Evidence was there and y’all dismissed it like we were making **** up. I told y’all.
Summer Jam Screen? You were the one talking the most ****. Thanks for Rui. Hope you enjoy Lebron and AD on the tv while which ever bum *** team you’re rooting for at the moment enjoys Cancun.
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They had to front like he was “sick” because they didn’t want to officially bench him.
Who gets sick for over a week? That **** was lame af.
AD gave Looney THAT WORK.
Only chance he had was throwing forearms trynna injury my boy.
He was. Give him his respect.
He owns who?
Told y’all again 🔮🔮🔮
You one of the biggest lakers haters and Steph meat riders. Where you at.
Klay was the 3rd best laker. Shoutout to him.
Told y’all. 🔮🔮🔮🔮🔮
Only one team was tired. And it was the team with Steph and Klay. Told y’all.
Wrong.
TOLD YALLLLLLL
TOLD YALLLLLL
NOPE WE DONT KNOW THAT
AD BEST PLAYER OF THE PLAYOFFS
SHOW HIM HIS RESPECT
It’s going to be a fun couple of weeks for me in the bay :pimp:
WE LIVEEEEEEE
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Which team was the tired team?
This is my favorite quote out of all them :rofl:
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Anyway, no more rambling... I just wanted to share you all that I welcomed a daughter into the world on January 1st and that she and the mom have been happy and healthy and doing great ever since. I almost posted the next day 😆 as I was killing time in the hospital when they both were sleeping, watching bar rescue, reruns and a rocky Marathon. But yeah my first child, and I wanted to share it with the online community I've been a part of for majority of my life. Officially a father of a beautiful baby girl who I can't wait to see, grow and amazing things. Hopefully have some great hand-eye coordination And she can get some of this NIL money And make it to the league. Then let me retire so I can get my Tee Morant on and act a fool on the sidelines
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Actually...ALLLLLL Y'ALL
Alllll the refs (except Mark Davis)
:smokin
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