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Capela out 4-6 weeks. That could be huge.
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2 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:
Another game, another record for Harden.
He's been playing out of his mind, but this is a record which should never be approached. He was 10 of 15 from inside the arc, but continued to jack up 3's? Gotta have better game awareness. I get it that his game is predicated on the 3 and shooters shoot, but there needs to be a point where he realizes he just doesn't have the touch. Guess not. Still scored 30+ but lost the game to a punchless Magic team. Should bounce back tonight on a b2b.
Such a dangerous game of chicken for the Lakers. Utah has seemingly shaken off their rough start and solidly in the playoff picture now. Think I read the Lakers have the 2nd toughest schedule the ROS with a banged up Lebron. I think they'll get in the playoffs and they'll probably trade KCP by the deadline but if they don't make anymore moves, hard to see the Lakers doing much. Maybe pushing a series deep or winning one, but I can't trust them to play enough defense to make a legit run. Then.... the fun part starts. The summer.
I see so many talk about how hard it is to play with Russ. Isn' t Harden the same thing just with a better shot? The Rockets have MANY possessions every game where Harden dribbles up top for 5-10 secs then steps back and shoots his three. I'm not sure about you but that doesn't seem fun to play with.
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33 minutes ago, aggie08 said:
Lakers are 3-7 in their last 10 w/o LeBron. Somebody's getting traded soon. But they have to keep their best assets (Ball and Ingram among them, I guess?) to pitch New Orleans in the offseason.
They're currently the 8 seed, but I think Utah, currently #9, is a playoff team. They have the point differential of a 4 seed, and Donovan Mitchell looks to be heating up finally. I also think that New Orleans will improve for no other reason than they have to. So that means one or two current playoff teams would have to slide out.
Only one I can see falling out is the Clips. I don't think the Pels get in.
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I love to see a ref's head explode if someone was to manage to do that during a game
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Donovan Mitchell on Javale McGee
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Victor Oladipo on Mario Heonja
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57 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:
Oh, but the match up works both ways. That's why last night's game was so entertaining. OKC seemed to have Grant on LA most of the night. Grant is a Sam Presti Special. Rangy defender, limited offensively, can guard multiple positions on the perimeter. LA backed him down and abused Grant. Took 33 shots and 16 FT's. Sure, the McHale's and Malone's of yesterday would have had problems on the perimeter, but the same stretch 4 has to deal with them on the block.
Agreed but after they swap 2 for 3 a few times the coach may not stick with it. I would love to get back to more post lay. I fear we are too far gone though
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50 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:
I still get warm and fuzzy when I see excellent back to the basket post play. Maybe because it's rarely used anymore but maybe because it's more of the thinking man's game rather than running down the court and chucking up another contested three like we saw in last year's WCF? A good post player with 2 or 3 moves is always keeping his man guessing. Turnaround jumper? Pump fake up and under? Hook shot? Pump fake to draw the foul?
What younger fans don't realize about comparing teams from the two eras is how much better post play was back in the day. Players like Kevin McHale didn't look athletic but they were excellent technicians of the game. Having a good post player was key to winning and if the other team didn't, they would go along with some physical defender type. In these hypothetical match ups, the teams from the earlier ears and their post play would dominate the modern teams. Look at the 2012 gold medal game. Spain had the Gasols, Ibaka, and a gaggle of spares and damn near won. We had great wing players but the Gasols working the high low game in their prime was artistic.
McHale would destroy in today's game but he probably wouldn't be able to stay on the floor cause he couldn't guard anyone on the switches/
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That game last night is kinda wild. SA shot 84% from 3, making their first 14 and got 56 pts from LA (without any 3s) and still had to go to overtime and have a weird call go in their favor to beat the Thunder.
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Just now, Aqua Buddha said:
Saw the highlights. I liked how old school it was. No threes and mostly back to the basket post moves. Good post players can still dominate a game but there's so few of them that know how to do it and have the skills.
Or teams that are willing to go to them consistently.
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1 hour ago, ztejas said:
This has to be a top 10 worst take on the entire 42 pages of this thread and that is a pretty fucking hard list to crack.
The discussion stops here. Wiggins is trash. A 40 point game doesn't change shit. I saw him play in person 10 days ago. He is trash. He doesn't play defense, he fucking sucks at rebounding, his shot selection is below G-League level.
If the Wolves hadn't given him that atrocious contract (which very well might be the worst contract in the league) he would be lucky to even be on a roster.
5 hours ago, Llogg said:Wait, are you suggesting that Wiggins could eventually reach the level of Green or Gay or that he is currently at their level? If the former I am uninterested in the speculation. If the latter you are simply wrong. Would San Antonio trade Gay for Wiggins straight up? Of course not. And this is Rudy post-potentially career ending Achilles injury.
To belabor the point, at age 23 Gay had a VORP of 1.9. Wiggins is currently -0.2 (and has not been positive in any season so far). Jeff Green's VORP at age 23 was 2.4.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gayru01.html#all_advanced
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wiggian01.html#all_advanced
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/greenje02.html#all_advanced
You guys can bring out the advanced numbers to show that he doesn't contribute to wins which is exactly what I've admitted from the start. However he scores more, rebounds similarly, and shoots comparatively to Rudy and Green. In a vacuum, he is equal or better individual basketball player IMO. If you want him to positively impact your team overall, look elsewhere. All I've said.
I think eventually he will figure it out and be solid role player in their mold after he bounces around for a while and more teams/coaches tell him about his deficiencies.
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3 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:
It's year 5 and he's still a fucking awful player. He's still trying to be Jeff Green and that's just sad. .32 WS/48 with a 12.8 PER and .500 TS% with a -0.2 VORP. All of that is disgusting and he still doesn't play a lick of defense. Rudy Gay? He's so far away from Rudy Gay at this stage, he can't even see him with binoculars. Yea, there's still time but it's running out. He's a terrible player.
Rudy had the same wrap a few years ago. He bounced around from MEM/TOR/SAC because of it. He was about 25-26 during that time. Prior to that he was just shot and put up decent numbers while doing nothing to really help teams win. Wiggins will be 24 next month.
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8 hours ago, Llogg said:
That's generous.
Its about on point. I like Jeff Green but Wiggins has already reached a higher ceiling than he or Rudy Gay as an individual player. He doesnt do a whole lot to actually help his team win. He's still pretty young though. He will never live up to the #1 pick but just like Rudy and Green he will probably settle in a decent role player for a team as he gets older.
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2 hours ago, Machinator said:
That's great news. That was VERY scary and could have been so much worse.
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35 minutes ago, aggie08 said:
In Hoiberg's ever-so-slight defense, Chicago brought him in to run a heavily motion-based offense centered on shooting and precision passing.....and then they saddled him with Jimmy Butler, Dwyane Wade, Rajon Rondo, Kris Dunn, and Jabari Parker.
I don't know whether or not Hoiberg can coach in the NBA, but I'm not sure anyone could have done much with Chicago these last few seasons.
I do remember that but its not like MIN is loaded with sharp shooters.
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League opening a review on the McCaw catch/release.
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7 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:
The fuck does this have to do with other executives? They did a favor for McCaw and his agent at the expense of the Warriors. His agent may remember that down the line.
Also, fuck the Warriors.yeah this is my thinking. This was a favor to the agent that I'm sure the agent will be expected to return in the future.
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So he didn't work out when he replaced thibs in CHI........................why would someone think it would work in MIN?
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1 hour ago, Patrick Bateman said:
You've just described 50% of NBA executives.....
So you're saying there's a chance?
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1 hour ago, aggie08 said:
Sometimes you can just ignore people without actually telling anyone that you're ignoring them (like I'm sure most people do with me when my first words in a giant block of text are "Golden State"). Food for thought.
BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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27 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:
seems to me harden is still in the warriors head after busting them up the other night.
doesnt mean a thing if its not done in the playoffs
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1 hour ago, NowThis said:
to me, looks like 3 steps
He absolutely walked but he is right. Harden does most of the time on his and its not called.
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Bring him on down here. Anyone but AG, Isaac, and Bamba can be had for him.