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@theblockspot Why Wolves at no chance?? Ant’s getting healthy. They got a great team around him

Can Win NBA Finals: 1. Thunder 2. Spurs Would Surprise Me: 3. Knicks 4. Cavs 5. Pistons Would Shock Me: 6. Sixers Absolutely No Chance: 7. Lakers 8. Wolves

I think Cavs might win the East

Raptors: - Find starting center - Get shooting - Build completely around Barnes and the young guys - Trade Poeltl/Ingram

How I would fix every team eliminated from playoffs so far 🧵: Round 1 edition: Nuggets: - Coach needs to build better sets for Jokic - Get younger, better on-ball playmakers to take off pressure from Jokic - Possibly trade Murray if offer is right

Trailblazers: - Keep Splitter - Find true starting center - Add 3 pt shooting - Find another good wing defender

Suns: - Trade Booker (Hard to do tbh but need restart) Get whatever you can - Build young players + through draft -Stay patient. They overachieved this year, not their time to compete yet

Rockets: - Not a huge fan of KD but his value is 0. Better to keep - See what you can get for Jabari - Get another PG (even though Vanvleet is returning) - Keep Reed as a SG - Add players who can shoot (means seeing trade value of Sengun) - ONLY trade Sengun if value is high

Hawks: - Get a playmaking guard who can score other than CJ - Trade Daniels - Find a starting center

Magic: - Fire coach, had horrible offensive sets - Get more 3 point shooters which means having to make tough decisions on key players (ex: Suggs, Carter) - I expect them to be better next year if they add shooting. Tbh, I don’t think they’re that far away

Celtics: Tatum will get healthier. Build around Tatum and Brown - Need a guard who can defend - Find a starting Center - Whole team except Tatum/Brown is trade-able depending on package

NBA Finals begins June 3rd?? And we haven’t started 2nd round yet

Smart move for Rockets is to not sign Amen to the max contract Would be a massive mistake

@XLJet @CuhWristChin__ *18 and 7. The game is much more about offense

@ballwordy @CuhWristChin__ amen averaging damn near 20&10 hell is u talmbout

Thompson twins were big misses for me. For a lot of us. But it's nearing the time to let go.

@TheDunkCentral @TheSteinLine Absolutely should be gone. Team got talent Their offensive sets have been terrible

Jamahl Mosley is expected to be the first to be blamed for Orlando’s collapse, per @TheSteinLine “The reality is that Mosley has been subjected to hot seat chatter for many months. The anticipation in NBA coaching circles is that he will be the first one blamed for Orlando's shortcomings.” (Via substack.com/redirect/2/eyJ…)

@esidery Keep Tatum and Brown. Build better around them instead

After a shocking first round exit, the Celtics become a very intriguing wildcard team if they want to enter the Giannis Antetokounmpo sweepstakes this summer. Boston can offer Jaylen Brown and draft compensation to Milwaukee for Giannis, which is a near identical salary match.

I’m honestly surprised the 76ers beat the Celtics this series

Tatum being out is good for the Celtics. Don’t want to risk him getting injured again Boston played without him for most of the season. They SHOULD be good enough to beat the 76ers We shall see…

I would book: Islam vs Garry Either have Prates wait and fight winner OR Prates vs Morales: #1 contender fight

Prates vs Morales would feed families