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Re: The NBA Begins by Roland17(m): 2:59pm On Feb 01 |
A40: Na fam, I won’t let you guys slide with that. The last time I checked Adrian was the problem. You can’t give what you don’t have. |
Re: The NBA Begins by larride(m): 7:20pm On Feb 01 |
Roland17: Doc Rivers on the beat. |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 8:43pm On Feb 01 |
Roland17:Wetin consign me whether you let it slide or not? You hire Papa Ajasco Doc Rivers as him replacement wetin you expect? |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 8:43pm On Feb 01 |
I know AD and LeNomad are not quitting on this team already We were told they were title favorites with their offseason moves and winning that calabash In season tournament. Don't tap out now. You're only 10 games away from the #1 seed 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by Roland17(m): 3:24am On Feb 02 |
We are struggling to defend the 3 point line against a historically poor 3 point shooting team. |
Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 4:00am On Feb 02 |
Hahahahahahahahaha!!! So the problem has been LeBron and AD all this while. Who would have thought? This is Reaves and DLo's team now. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 4:13am On Feb 02 |
Come on now, it's crickets in here . Don't go silent on me |
Re: The NBA Begins by larride(m): 4:22am On Feb 02 |
Jaylen Brown absolutely scammed Boston. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 4:42am On Feb 02 |
Fox, Sabonis and Trae Young would feel aggrieved that they were snubbed from the all-stars. But competition was rife. AD and Steph had to be there. Brunson and Maxey had to be there. I think I would have chosen Sabonis ahead of PG though. It's not as if PG is having one kind stellar year. |
Re: The NBA Begins by etidy: 5:40am On Feb 02 |
steady986: Today proves the point that the lakers supporting cast is very good, probably the best in the league. Several contenders including the bucks, Sixers, Celtics, timberwolves, Mava and Suns will all happily choose to have this lakers supporting cast. We saw how well these boys played last season after the all star brake and how well the lakers front office did during the offseason. Apart from a coaching change I don't think there is anything the front office can do to drastically change things. The other option maybe to trade Lebron and rebuild. 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by Skrrrrrrr: 5:58am On Feb 02 |
steady986: All of them go cluster themselves for western conference, Dame is an All start starter in the East in one of his worst years.. He took trae youngs spot. 2 Likes |
Re: The NBA Begins by FBS: 6:09am On Feb 02 |
Laker's supporting cast brought their A-Game and on the road too. 5 star performance! |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 2:20pm On Feb 02 |
What does LeDiva passive aggressive behind got to say now? No emojis?? I thought they were surrounded by bum players and a bum coach. This is a big STFU and play result by Darvin Ham and the rest of the squad. This was a team going into the season that Bronsexuals on TV and social media all unanimously agreed were big winners. Even when we told them the calabash LeMickey IST was deceptive they didn't listen. If you cannot make the top 10 with this squad and no injury excuses this time then maybe you're not as great as alleged 3 Likes |
Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 5:25pm On Feb 02 |
etidy: Old LeBron is part of the issue. He doesn't put enough effort on defense. That's why we need Vanderbilt back in the starting 5 and Gabe Vincent healthy. |
Re: The NBA Begins by etidy: 7:24am On Feb 03 |
If I am the warriors front office , there is no way I am trusting Steve kerr's judgement again. You have this stud (kuminga), perennial all star talent on your team but you will keep benching him for silly players like Anthony lamb and cory Joseph, the guy went a whole 3 quarters without missing a shot but you kept him on the bench while choking a 17 points lead. You didn't even give him a chance until he express his frustrations to the press. Moody is practically out of the rotation and I can bet that he's a better player than Klay Thompson right now. Kerr needs to go, same with klay and draymond, thanks for their service. 2 Likes |
Re: The NBA Begins by birdman(m): 8:22pm On Feb 03 |
steady986: How about a coaching change |
Re: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 9:11pm On Feb 03 |
A40: Did your analysis take into account the increase in 3pts shooting, a bigger emphasis is today's NBA on efficient shot selection, and IMHO the biggest factor which is the greater spread of scoring talent across teams in today's NBA. A look at the 2012-2013 scoring leaders list shows that 6 teams were represented 2x in the top 20 scoring leaders list, which leads to only 2 players averaging more that 20 FGA per game. while for last year only 2 teams had two representatives. With 9 players averaging over 20 FGA per game with a substantial amount of them being 3pt shots. So to me it's not surprising that more players are averaging over 20pts, because in today's NBA there is more emphasis on efficient shot selection, players take more 3pts shots and are on average better shooters overall, then finally because of the talent spread the scoring options on teams nowadays average more FGA than in 2012-2013, so all factors point to more players averaging over 20pts per game. |
Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 9:14pm On Feb 03 |
birdman: They need that too. That's their no. 1 priority |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 10:45pm On Feb 03 |
Khanben:How come all this efficiency and what not always vanish come playoff time? I don't see most of these scorers in the postseason. I'm telling you most of it is an effort issue. Physicality and defense has being legislated out of the game. The 3pt spamming is another factor. I don't know that there are better shooters what I know is that they are spamming more shots so it's incredibly hard to tell. I always use the Marc Gasol and Brook Lopez example. We would never know if they could shoot 3s if they didn't go from 0.5 one year to 5 the next The point is you're overstating the efficiency angle, I'm saying it's more of an effort and general lack of defense issue than anything else Last year's close out game finished 94-89 The leading scorer in the regular season went from 34 pts to 23 come playoff time. So much for better and efficient scoring 3 Likes |
Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 11:11pm On Feb 03 |
This Embiid injury don't know how I feel about it. If the reason was to meet up with the 65 game minimum thing then the Sixers only have themselves to blame. The pro load management crowd seem to think the anti load management crowd are pushing for players that are genuinely hurt to play regardless. No. The only thing that is penalized is your lack of availability. If a player misses 30-40% of the season how in the hell should he be eligible for awards at the end of the season? What job have you seen where employees who only show up 60% of the time are rewarded for it? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The NBA Begins by chic2pimp(m): 12:10am On Feb 04 |
Khanben: Social media calls them "Nostalgia Merchants" and I tend to agree. For some reason they think we did not watch those game ourselves. Heck even if you did not, you can easily re watch the whole game in it's entirety. |
Re: The NBA Begins by FBS: 4:08am On Feb 04 |
Bucks staging a comeback against the Mavs? Interesting watch |
Re: The NBA Begins by FBS: 4:10am On Feb 04 |
Middleton with a 3...boom! Bucks take the lead. 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by Roland17(m): 4:14am On Feb 04 |
DLO has been playing some good basketball since his name got on the trade block. 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by Roland17(m): 5:01am On Feb 04 |
AD with a spectacular defensive performance tonight. Excellent strategy by coach Hamm to blitz Brunson every time he touched the ball. The Knicks had no other facilitator or offense. 1 Like |
Re: The NBA Begins by FBS: 5:13am On Feb 04 |
And they never looked back from there. Bucks 129 Mavs 117. |
Re: The NBA Begins by afrodoc2: 5:27am On Feb 04 |
Roland17: DLO is like his friend KAT. The inner drive is just not there. Every time someone has to fire him up like an old model car. 2 Likes |
Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 8:36am On Feb 04 |
If the Lakers were a top 4 seed, AD would have been getting louder DPOY or even MVP shouts. But unfortunately the Lakers are trash That guy is a defensive beast. Look at that double block he had on Hart and then Brunson. Omo And suddenly the Mavs are looking like they'd be in the play-in fight this year as well. After starting the season so well. Omo, the more teams above lose, the better for my Lakers o. Because this point, we can't just depend on our winning, cos it comes scarcely |
Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 8:38am On Feb 04 |
afrodoc2: And DLo is as skilled as they come in the league. Just that drive and consistency that's lacking. |
Re: The NBA Begins by afrodoc2: 9:25am On Feb 04 |
steady986: Exactly. You will see flashes of his talent but he does not and cannot sustain it cos the additives the great ones have like focus, discipline, drive, sacrifice etc, are not there. 2 Likes |
Re: The NBA Begins by SmooshCHN: 12:25pm On Feb 04 |
etidy:I was sounding like a mad man when I said this in the off-season. Steph unlike Bron, is gentle and content with his talents wasting. |
Re: The NBA Begins by Khanben: 7:28pm On Feb 04 |
A40: Every metric and even the so called salty old heads all agree that if it just comes to shooting, the average nba player today is far better than it has ever been. People like you always talk about 3pts spamming, I tend to watch either scoring cuts or highlights of 90s 2000s or 2010 basketball and as far as I can see all the emphasis on 3pts has done is remove those stupid 19ft-22ft long twos and replace them with 3s. You watch and see more 3s, I watch and see less long 2s. Shooting a 19ft-22th midrange at 38% when you can take shoot 3s at 35% has always been the most stupid shoot selection choice I have ever seen. Also you act like Embiid is the first player who plays great in regular season games and then drop off in post season games, why didn't you name Luka, Jokic, J murray, Kawhi, Steph, Giannis,etc all players consistently raise their performance levels come playoff time. Peyton manning was and still is the greatest regular season QB of all time, but come postseason his play took a dip, same with Thierry Henry, greatest striker in EPL history, but he more often than not came up small in the biggest of games. So it is very possible Embiid has a big game block, hopefully he gets back healthy and puts that possibility to bed this season with a great playoffs run. PS: As for cherry picking games, a 90s finals game had a final scoreline of 96-54, not a first round or regular season game but a FINALS game. If any of today's star played on either side of a match-up of this they would be buried with abuse |
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