It’s important to keep your guard up for pranks, hoaxes and scams.
Yet it’s also an opportunity for us to come together in this thread, two weeks and change away from the start of the NBA playoffs, and open the floor for bold declarations (which, granted, could also turn out to be foolish).
Who will win the championship? Who will they beat in the NBA Finals and how many games will it take? Get it on record here so no one can take it away from you.
If you dare.
The Stein Line is a reader-supported newsletter with both free and paid subscriptions available. Those who opt for the paid edition are taking an active role in the reporting by providing vital assistance to bolster my independent coverage of the league.
Suns win. East is a crapshoot but hard to vote against the bucks considering how Giannis has expanded his game even more. After sixers mgnt asks for ring for letting go Monty Williams and bridges and try to trade them for Doc and Harris.
I'm going boring - Bucks/Suns rematch, Bucks in 5. Giannis is the scariest player in a seven game series. When he decides to turn it on, I don't see how anyone matches up.
You said let's be fools, right? Are we not in the trust tree? Haha. I think Giannis eats Ayton alive and Holiday smothers CP3. Booker gets his, but Middleton evens it out just enough. Bucks are a bad matchup for Suns in a series.
I’m with you Marc. As much as i would like my Nuggets to come out of the west, i think both Phoenix and the Bucks will meet again. The Celtics have a shot in the east, but i think its the Bucks again
Its quite popular in the urban society, which has a more western influence - remnants of 300 yrs of colonial rule 😛 rural india - not so much, since it is more tradition and Indian in its outlook, and occasions like aoril fools day are looked upon as "foreign culture".
Now a days in social media, it has become a widely used mktng tool by youth oriented brands, similar to the western markets.
Suns win. East is a crapshoot but hard to vote against the bucks considering how Giannis has expanded his game even more. After sixers mgnt asks for ring for letting go Monty Williams and bridges and try to trade them for Doc and Harris.
I'm going boring - Bucks/Suns rematch, Bucks in 5. Giannis is the scariest player in a seven game series. When he decides to turn it on, I don't see how anyone matches up.
Bucks in five????? I said they'd win again but a 4-1 Finals rout?
You said let's be fools, right? Are we not in the trust tree? Haha. I think Giannis eats Ayton alive and Holiday smothers CP3. Booker gets his, but Middleton evens it out just enough. Bucks are a bad matchup for Suns in a series.
You’re right. I asked for bold/foolish. Forgot my own rules.
(I go into this knowing there's a 99.9% chance I am completely wrong.)
I have Miami, Philly and Golden State all as first round exits and I have Chicago reaching the EC Finals.
Aggressive!
Mavs over Bucks in 6. Jokic is the MVP, and it's not really close. Headed to see the Luka/KP reunion in DC in a few hours. 😎✌️
Come back after the game and share some Mavs/Wiz scene in here to tell us how it was.
Celtics over Suns in 7
Suns over Bucks in 6. CP finally gets his chip, Giannis comes back next year with that much more motivation.
Very plausible
Hey thanks Marc
I remind all that the Blazers are not mathematically out of the play-in game.
Noted
More comments from me to come after I host my 1 PM Spotify Greenroom
I am really really really having trouble resisting a Milwaukee-over-Phoenix rematch repeat ...
I’m with you Marc. As much as i would like my Nuggets to come out of the west, i think both Phoenix and the Bucks will meet again. The Celtics have a shot in the east, but i think its the Bucks again
Warriors over Nets in 6
Celtics vs Bucks on the East vs Grizzlies vs Mavs on the West... it all ends up on fate of injuries and bad luck for other contenders.
Suns over Bucks in 5. Chris Paul will be Finals MVP
Suns in FIVE?????
Spurs get the play in and race to the Finals - defeating the Celtics 4-3!!
Eloy ... would love to see Pop on the big stage one more time. But c'mon.
Suns over Heat in 6. Booker MVP
I expect to see the Suns picked more than anyone here.
As much as it pains me Celtics in 6 over Suns. Tatum MVP.
Breaking News:
Kendrick Nunn will finally be suiting up for the first time all season! 🙌🏽
“Season Starts Today,” said Coach Frank Vogel.
The Lakers' season indeed starts tonight. Everyone knows it.
Nets will make finals if they make it out of the play in which im not sure happens
Sacramento Kings
Tom Ziller today tweeted the Kings' conference finish for the past 16 seasons. I'm not sure I've seen anything sadder.
Of course it'll be the Los Angeles Lakers
(P.s. note the date 😉 )
Tamal ... how is April Fools' Day recognized in India?
Its quite popular in the urban society, which has a more western influence - remnants of 300 yrs of colonial rule 😛 rural india - not so much, since it is more tradition and Indian in its outlook, and occasions like aoril fools day are looked upon as "foreign culture".
Now a days in social media, it has become a widely used mktng tool by youth oriented brands, similar to the western markets.