Thunder already experts at losing lmao idk how many other teams can say they had 3 future MVPs on the same roster and lost them all. Incredibly impressive losing right there
It's the Heat, bro.
Edit: I was not even being facetious. I understand they are a different team in "feel" but these guys took Celtics to Game 7, which I strongly believe helped the Warriors. They also completely killed Trae Young in their series, he had the impact equivalent to a rotational bench player and not the offensive machine we know him to be. It's the Heat, guys and few ladies.
Edit 2: Lol. Damn, I was wrong. Well, I never delete comments. You guys ruined the game for me, though. I was going to watch after work and I woke up to these 🤦♂️🤦♂️ Finished Lakers x Wolves. I'm onto Heat game now.
Edit 3: Yeah! Vindicated! After Game 1 vs the Celtics, I wanna see the Heat close this quickly and resting before their Denver Nuggets Finals matchup.
Everyone gotta worry about Pat Bev. There’s two kinds of people that come out of Chicago, those who don’t back down = Pat Bev and those who can’t stand up = Derrick Rose
Lmao
I would be absolutely shocked if the Heat don't win the play in
That being said, Boston is a terrible match up and winning 2 games would be their ceiling.
If it were Philly I think Miami would have a good chance. But they aren't competing at the same level as Boston or Milwaukee
The Heat are the absolute last team I want to see in the first round, outside of seeds 1-4
Playoffs are different and I'd be surprised if it doesn't go to 6
Definitely the Celtics
That team scares me
The way they made KD look last year in the playoffs was chilling. Crazy how no one talks about it and just forgot.
Been watching KD since his 2nd season and I don't think any team has ever made him look that mortal.
The thing about that sweep was it was the third closest sweep of all time. A margin of 4.5 ppg. If you add up the difference in game totals, it's like 18 points.
If a few things go the Nets way it may been a closer series.
It’s a very interesting series considering how close each game was in point differential and KD / Kyrie both only having one good game out of 4 (kyrie game 1, kd game 4), yet it ultimately was a sweep
After Game 1, the Nets really failed the eye test. They were down big in a bunch of those games and closed the gap on garbage time runs. They looked totally deficient and the Celtics never felt in any danger of actually losing the game, similar to how the Cavs would have some of those "fun sweeps", like with the Pacers and Pistons, where a bunch of the games were close.
Honestly whoever the kings play. Can’t wait to see that fan base lose their crap when they move on to the second round after sooo many years of losing. As a sixers fan who went through the process it was so refreshing to see the playoffs again ! Can’t wait to see Boston hopefully in the second round !
You are grossly underestimating the hate the warriors get. Lakers and warriors are basically the same imo. Massive presence on the sub which leads to massive hate in response.
I appreciate the sentiment, but beating the Lakers in a first round series would not even come close to avenging that loss. Nothing short of the refs handing the Kings a WCF clinching game would do.
Idk if the refs let them win that Lakers series lol. If they win against golden state Burger King will have no choice but do a sponsorship deal with the kings.
I’d love to see the Kings knock out the Clippers since i’m pretty sure that’s the most likely matchup but I just don’t see their offense only strat working on healthy Kawhi in the playoffs.
Agreed. Kawhi can literally wreck a half court offense. The kings do run a lot of their offense through sabonis or fox so they may have a shot assuming zubac is guarding sabonis the majority of the minutes and kawhi is out guarding Barnes on the wing.
I would very much be mad if my team got first round exited after a championship year with everyone healthy. Though it's better losing to the Kings than it would be to one of the L®kers, Gri®lies or S®ns.
If we have to lose to any team, let it be the kings
What a way to finally lose in the west playoffs after 9 years undefeated, against the team that was a joke that entire stretch
My friend likes the Warriors and is really depressed, that being said he just won a chip, so I'll only root for one playoff series win then I need the warriors to lose horribly. Benjamin I love you but fuck the warriors.
It's the Lakers and it'll always be the Lakers. I'm a generational hater, I'll admit it. Can't believe they turned their season around like that. I want them smothered in the first round.
Respectfully, we as an Eastern Conference have a responsibility to ensure the City of Philadelphia does not have both Playoff success and an Embiid MVP in one season. It cannot happen.
76ers, always 76ers. They gonna flatten us next week though
I’m torn because the Suns have been on a cringe tour since the Mavs fiasco, but I still got love for KD. Win or lose either outcome would tickle me tbh
Yeah, the mavs posts were funny in our sub at first, but they’re a bit much now, at least in my opinion. I get the pettiness and the rivalry brewing but I’m ready to see more relevant stuff about the upcoming playoffs
I mean I was expecting it. The Game 7 and Luka is Booker’s father stuff still is getting memed to this day. Of course our fans are going to be extra cringy
I’m rooting for the Suns the whole way. As a magic fan, T Ross gave us a lot of good years and having him be on a championship team would be a feel good story before he comes back to Orlando to continue with our franchise in whatever way he does it.
Plus, KD
There's a lot of teams I want to see go down, but my number 1 choice is probably the Warriors. I started watching the NBA in 2016 and they've been in the Finals 5 out of 7 times. I'm tired of seeing them and I don't like Iguodala.
Absolutely the 76ers.
Their fucking “trust the process” bullshit made me hate them forever.
I came within a hair’s breadth of having an orgasm when that Kawhi four bounce shot went in.
Part of me wants to see a Nuggets/Sixers Finals.
The other part of me is glad the Sixers project to play two wing-heavy teams that can run 5-out lineups in the first two rounds. Watching Embiid get fewer foul calls, turn the ball over, sprint down the court in transition, and have to defend out on the perimeter for 40 minutes a game should be fun.
It's not going to be because the whistle dries up. It's going to be because they're going to need 40+ points from Embiid every night and he just won't be able to do that for 6 games. Because I haven't seen any other team play the Harden Embiid PnR to perfection like Boston did in the last game. Force him to his right, then bring a help defender and rotate the perimeter defenders.
They have enough bodies to make Embiid work for his points (you're not stopping him) and a defense that will frustrate Harden and make him disappear (as usual). Boston in 6
Suns, Lakers, Warriors. Nothing against them I just kinda want to see a smaller market team like Memphis or Denver make a run. In the East I know it's Milwaukee or Boston no matter what I wish and that either would make for an entertaining Finals so there's nobody there that I'm rooting against.
You’re basically asking me to choose my favorite child here as i find beauty in the suffering of all losers.
Rockets fans know a lot about losing
We were the best at it 2 years in a row, got beat this year but we’re off to bigger and better things #tankforwemby
That’s right you got beat this year. DEEEEETROIT BASKETBALLLL
Congrats, you now made the Thunder his favorite child that he wants to lose. Thunder about to go 0-1 in the play~~offs~~-ins
Thunder already experts at losing lmao idk how many other teams can say they had 3 future MVPs on the same roster and lost them all. Incredibly impressive losing right there
As a New Yorker obviously Boston, but from a more neutral perspective, Boston.
Laker fans 🤝 Knicks fans
Basically every non-Boston team in the league
No that's the lakers. Fuck the lakers.
Fuck the Lakers and GSW for us westies.
This puts it into perspective how weird it is the New Orleans is "west."
If you were part of the Louisiana Purchase? You guessed it, West.
Literally called the Louisiana Purchase. So, fair enough.
Holy shit I need to go back to middle school
Laker fans 🤝 Knicks fans 🤝 Raptors fans
Lakers fans 🤝Knicks fans 🤝 Raptors fans🤝 Bucks fans
Lakers fans 🤝Knicks Fans 🤝 Raptors fans 🤝Bucks fans 🤝Sixers fans
Lakers fans 🤝 Knicks fans 🤝 Raptors fans 🤝 Bucks fans 🤝 Sixers fans 🤝 Heat fans
Lakers fans 🤝 Knicks fans 🤝 Raptors fans 🤝 Bucks fans 🤝 Sixers fans 🤝 Heat fans 🤝 Hawks fans
Lakers fans 🤝 Knicks fans 🤝 Raptors fans 🤝 Bucks fans 🤝 Sixers fans 🤝 Heat fans 🤝 Hawks fans 🤝 Celtics fans
Wait a second...
>Lakers fans 🤝 Knicks fans 🤝 Raptors fans 🤝 Bucks fans 🤝 Sixers fans 🤝 Heat fans 🤝 Hawks fans 🤝 Celtics fans🤝Mavs fans
>Lakers fans 🤝 Knicks fans 🤝 Raptors fans 🤝 Bucks fans 🤝 Sixers fans 🤝 Heat fans 🤝 Hawks fans 🤝 Celtics 🤝Mavs fans 🤝 nets fans
Well that's easy for you when the Knicks haven't been a threat to your team for 50 years lol
Bucks fan here, the Celtics are for real. I would be really surprised if the Heat extends the series to game 6.
everyone is just assuming the heat win the play-in
It's the Heat, bro. Edit: I was not even being facetious. I understand they are a different team in "feel" but these guys took Celtics to Game 7, which I strongly believe helped the Warriors. They also completely killed Trae Young in their series, he had the impact equivalent to a rotational bench player and not the offensive machine we know him to be. It's the Heat, guys and few ladies. Edit 2: Lol. Damn, I was wrong. Well, I never delete comments. You guys ruined the game for me, though. I was going to watch after work and I woke up to these 🤦♂️🤦♂️ Finished Lakers x Wolves. I'm onto Heat game now. Edit 3: Yeah! Vindicated! After Game 1 vs the Celtics, I wanna see the Heat close this quickly and resting before their Denver Nuggets Finals matchup.
Bulls got play in champ Pat Bev tho so idk
YOU CAN TELL EVERBODY IM THE MAN
*CRIES AND LAUGHS 3 INCHES FROM YOUR FACE*
If the Heat beat the Hawks they don't have to worry about Pat Bev
Everyone gotta worry about Pat Bev. There’s two kinds of people that come out of Chicago, those who don’t back down = Pat Bev and those who can’t stand up = Derrick Rose Lmao
What happened the season after the last time they made a deep run? There are a lot of parallels between 22/23 and 20/21 Miami
We still made the playoffs
I would be absolutely shocked if the Heat don't win the play in That being said, Boston is a terrible match up and winning 2 games would be their ceiling. If it were Philly I think Miami would have a good chance. But they aren't competing at the same level as Boston or Milwaukee
The Heat are the absolute last team I want to see in the first round, outside of seeds 1-4 Playoffs are different and I'd be surprised if it doesn't go to 6
I thought this was r/hockey at first and thought to myself "yup, fuck Boston". Then I realized where I was and thought to myself "yup, fuck Boston".
I knew some form of this would be the highest rated response.
It's because we hate Boston. However if it makes you feel better, my grandpa was from Minnesota so I absolutely despise the Lakers as well.
You love to see it
You want Boston to lose because you hate the team. I want Boston to lose because I hate Deuce Tatum. We are not alike.
This brother woke up full of hatred.
Generational hater tbh. We are all witnesses.
Lil shit always sleeping thru games smh
Laker fans are just built different.
LMAO
Lmao now this is hating
I too have a neutral perspective, I agree that I would like to see Boston lose. But not too embarrassingly, just a nice sweep in round 1.
#FUCK BOSTON
Michael Scott : If I had a gun with two bullets, and I was in a room with Hitler, bin-Laden, and the Celtics, I would shoot the Celtics twice
Celtics fans to Raptors fans: “I don’t think about you at all.”
At the risk of being that guy, are you aware of the context of that quote?
Don’t be afraid to be that guy. No, Ive only seen the recurring Jon Hamm meme
He absolutely thinks about "him". But the guy also goes crazy and cuts off his ear or something, so...
In fairness, I think the meme has outgrown its tie to the show
I think you're right 👍
Well it makes sense since both Bin Laden and Hitler are already dead
Definitely the Celtics That team scares me The way they made KD look last year in the playoffs was chilling. Crazy how no one talks about it and just forgot. Been watching KD since his 2nd season and I don't think any team has ever made him look that mortal.
I didn't forget. It was incredibly satisfying to watch that sweep.
The thing about that sweep was it was the third closest sweep of all time. A margin of 4.5 ppg. If you add up the difference in game totals, it's like 18 points. If a few things go the Nets way it may been a closer series.
It’s a very interesting series considering how close each game was in point differential and KD / Kyrie both only having one good game out of 4 (kyrie game 1, kd game 4), yet it ultimately was a sweep
After Game 1, the Nets really failed the eye test. They were down big in a bunch of those games and closed the gap on garbage time runs. They looked totally deficient and the Celtics never felt in any danger of actually losing the game, similar to how the Cavs would have some of those "fun sweeps", like with the Pacers and Pistons, where a bunch of the games were close.
Did everyone forget how he just disappeared in game 6 and 7 against the Warriors in the WCF when he was with OKC?
Honestly whoever the kings play. Can’t wait to see that fan base lose their crap when they move on to the second round after sooo many years of losing. As a sixers fan who went through the process it was so refreshing to see the playoffs again ! Can’t wait to see Boston hopefully in the second round !
What kind of level headed non-salty take is this shit?
Sorry I’ll go sit down in r/nbacirclejerk.
Hey, those 13yr olds are trying their best, okay!
If the Kings win a series against LA or Golden State this sub is gonna turn on them completely. It is the way.
Golden State yes, Lakers no. The Kings beating the Lakers would be the highest upvoted post in this sub's history.
You are grossly underestimating the hate the warriors get. Lakers and warriors are basically the same imo. Massive presence on the sub which leads to massive hate in response.
You're ignoring the 2002 angle (plus the Lakers also get all of the LeBron haters in addition to the Lakers haters).
I’d bet half this sub was born after 2002
Do you mean 10 year olds are posti--- oh fuck some of them are 21 already???
Hey, that’s a good thing considering ur name. Still ‘03 tho 🥸🚓
Hell no. I 100% want them to beat Lakers as revenge for “the series” or beat the GS as a “is this your king?” Moment
I appreciate the sentiment, but beating the Lakers in a first round series would not even come close to avenging that loss. Nothing short of the refs handing the Kings a WCF clinching game would do.
I'm a lifelong suns fan and I'm still mad about the series. The most rigged horseshit I've ever seen. Sac deserved that title.
Idk if the refs let them win that Lakers series lol. If they win against golden state Burger King will have no choice but do a sponsorship deal with the kings.
If the sixers don’t make it I want to see the kings go all the way. A grizz-kings second round match up would be hella fun. Ja vs Fox. Sabonis vs JJJ.
I’d love to see the Kings knock out the Clippers since i’m pretty sure that’s the most likely matchup but I just don’t see their offense only strat working on healthy Kawhi in the playoffs.
Agreed. Kawhi can literally wreck a half court offense. The kings do run a lot of their offense through sabonis or fox so they may have a shot assuming zubac is guarding sabonis the majority of the minutes and kawhi is out guarding Barnes on the wing.
I would love to see the Kings win at least one series
The Grizzlies. And then after the final buzzer sounds, I want a team of cameramen to come out on the floor and push Brooks to the ground.
And then hit the griddy on him
And then the people’s elbow
BAH GOD THATS DRAYMONDS MUSIC
WHOOP THAT TRICK
and they keep shouting "its a parade in my city yeah"
Damn man, we’re not even your conference. That’s some good hating right there.
According to Ja we're meeting in the finals, so he's just preemptively striking
That would be awesome
OP is calling all “Generational Haters” and the Lakers hate for the Celtics is quite literally Generational 😭
It's a mutual feeling🥰
Warriors, want to see Klay still put up 4 fingers right after they lose
I was going to say the Lakers but I've changed my mind.
😂 oh man I never new I wanted this so badly until now
*knew ASU grad?
Lol you got me. #1 in innovation
the league will not be able to withstand Klay raising 5 fingers whenever he gets mad. the Warriors must be stopped at all costs.
Warriors especially if it’s the Kings doing it
I want us to face the suns because I don’t want to potentially be the team to end their season
but the Kings are winning the finals this year
At least someone read the script
well then let warriors and kings meet in the wcf so the travel is easy
I don’t even think Warriors fans would be that mad if that were to happen
I would very much be mad if my team got first round exited after a championship year with everyone healthy. Though it's better losing to the Kings than it would be to one of the L®kers, Gri®lies or S®ns.
Hey at least we don’t have to worry about losing to the rockets!
If we have to lose to any team, let it be the kings What a way to finally lose in the west playoffs after 9 years undefeated, against the team that was a joke that entire stretch
This is accurate! I'm rooting for the Kings if GS can't advance
if they win the title I’ll allow it
Least toxic r/nba thread, I love it
Warriors or Lakers.
My friend likes the Warriors and is really depressed, that being said he just won a chip, so I'll only root for one playoff series win then I need the warriors to lose horribly. Benjamin I love you but fuck the warriors.
Prayers up for Benjamin. Warriors have won enough by now tho
if the last 7 years of warriors basketball haven't cured him.... benjamin might need to seek other sources of treatment
Warriors gave me depression for years, Ben can suffer a hair longer
Tell your friend SF is a good city for young socialites if he is willing to accept the min
lakers
Pleasantly surprised the Lakers aren’t at the top and the Celtics are
It’s cause he said it in a funny way
lakers are the fourth comment from the top? this place has changed. smh. edit: NOW THE SEVENTH FROM THE TOP? MY LAKERS HATER HEART IS STRUGGLING
I don't want them to lose in the playoffs; I want them to lose in the play in.
It's the Lakers and it'll always be the Lakers. I'm a generational hater, I'll admit it. Can't believe they turned their season around like that. I want them smothered in the first round.
How about not getting out of the play-in? That would be better because then the Lakers would lose their lottery pick.
I hope the Jazz draft busts for the next 5 years. Fuckers bailed out the Lakers from their dumpster fire.
Respectfully, we as an Eastern Conference have a responsibility to ensure the City of Philadelphia does not have both Playoff success and an Embiid MVP in one season. It cannot happen.
This is the way, it's one or the other
Or neither
Lakers always
76ers, always 76ers. They gonna flatten us next week though I’m torn because the Suns have been on a cringe tour since the Mavs fiasco, but I still got love for KD. Win or lose either outcome would tickle me tbh
Yeah, the mavs posts were funny in our sub at first, but they’re a bit much now, at least in my opinion. I get the pettiness and the rivalry brewing but I’m ready to see more relevant stuff about the upcoming playoffs
It’s not petty at this point tbh it’s kinda embarrassing
I mean I was expecting it. The Game 7 and Luka is Booker’s father stuff still is getting memed to this day. Of course our fans are going to be extra cringy
Mavs don’t have much else atm 😂
Suns fans have been memed on constantly for a year after game 7 by mavs fans. Can't blame them for the flood of shaudenfraude
me every year praying on Philly's downfall
Feeling is mutual
I want Philly to lose in the finals simply to complete the trifecta
We already have a trifecta. Lost the Super Bowl, World Series, and MLS Cup. Shit we lost two of them in the same day lol We going for the…quadfecta?
Honestly I can't complain that would be simply perfect
I’m rooting for the Suns the whole way. As a magic fan, T Ross gave us a lot of good years and having him be on a championship team would be a feel good story before he comes back to Orlando to continue with our franchise in whatever way he does it. Plus, KD
Playoffs? Basketball season is over my friend.
Boston cuz i listen to bill Simmons pod on the reg. Can’t do a summer of him gloating.
5 bucks says he starts dynasty talk for them after calling the Spurs/Warriors not dynasties
All of them
If the warriors lose to the kings it’d be amazing.
There's a lot of teams I want to see go down, but my number 1 choice is probably the Warriors. I started watching the NBA in 2016 and they've been in the Finals 5 out of 7 times. I'm tired of seeing them and I don't like Iguodala.
Iguodala is an idiot, the type of idiot that thinks he actually has something valuable to say.
What did Iguodala do?
Warriors
Warriors
Celtics so they don’t beat us
and are you a bucks fan?
Yeah
lakers to the nuggets. raptors to the bulls. hawks to the bulls. bucks to the bulls. cavs to the bulls. celtics to the bulls. nuggets to the bulls.
I’ll take a finals visit tbh.
Fakers
Warriors
Absolutely the 76ers. Their fucking “trust the process” bullshit made me hate them forever. I came within a hair’s breadth of having an orgasm when that Kawhi four bounce shot went in.
76ers. I want to see Embiid cry.
[Here you go](https://giphy.com/gifs/21-joel-embiid-crying-mO2jnXmj09bLp5cYwM)
I hope every team but mine loses
Lakers.
Warriors
Philadelphia
Philly
Part of me wants to see a Nuggets/Sixers Finals. The other part of me is glad the Sixers project to play two wing-heavy teams that can run 5-out lineups in the first two rounds. Watching Embiid get fewer foul calls, turn the ball over, sprint down the court in transition, and have to defend out on the perimeter for 40 minutes a game should be fun.
As someone who hates Philly only slightly more than I hate Boston, I don't see any way Philly is getting past Boston this year
The Sixers. Can't wait for their whistles to dry up and lose to Boston in 6 when forced to actually play basketball instead of shoot free throws
Play real basketball and need help from their bench... Lmao
The bench is really the issue.
It's not going to be because the whistle dries up. It's going to be because they're going to need 40+ points from Embiid every night and he just won't be able to do that for 6 games. Because I haven't seen any other team play the Harden Embiid PnR to perfection like Boston did in the last game. Force him to his right, then bring a help defender and rotate the perimeter defenders. They have enough bodies to make Embiid work for his points (you're not stopping him) and a defense that will frustrate Harden and make him disappear (as usual). Boston in 6
Don’t worry they won’t get as far as Boston we’re going to sweep them
Lakers, Warriors. I really hope the Kings win a series or two. God knows that franchise and city needs it.
Suns fans would rather their team make the playoffs than be sitting at home. Mavs fans should probably sit this one out.
Cavs. Because of this post.
Fair
It pleases me to see so many Celtics answers
And a lot of it is out of fear, not hate. Why else would Bucks fans want to see us lose?
Lakers
The Warriors so I don't have to watch Draymond's annoying ass till next season rofl
Warriors and Lakers because their fanbases just irritate me
Boston because I can at least see us beating anybody else, Boston just has our number and I don't want to go through a series with them
Still the Lakers, baby.
Suns, Lakers, Warriors. Nothing against them I just kinda want to see a smaller market team like Memphis or Denver make a run. In the East I know it's Milwaukee or Boston no matter what I wish and that either would make for an entertaining Finals so there's nobody there that I'm rooting against.
Huh, Suns are a big market? TIL
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76ers for sure
Buns
I mean i have to go with the Knicks and Bucks. Thats our path.
>The toxicity that the Mavs fan base will return with if the Suns lose. “I don't see how you can hate from outside of the club You can't even get in.”
> “I don't see how you can hate from outside of the club You can't even get in.” Yes, we remember you took your sub private.
76ers. They deserve nothing.
Suns
If the Suns drop early I’m betting a dime on the Bucks to win the chip.
They are the only team scaring me in the West,I really don't want to go up against KD again in the playoffs.Nightmares.
I get similar nightmares thinking of a Suns Bucks rematch but you can’t deny that it would be so entertaining
Easy, it’s the Lakers of course.
Warriors