Butler with 16/10/10, Wade with 20/9/10. It's probably happened in recent history, but I'm guessing 2 teammates putting up a triple double in regulation doesn't happen very often.
2016-2017 NBA Game Thread
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They may be worse after the trade but not because of Boogie. It's because they have no players left and released Terrance Jones on top of it. They have to replace 65+ minutes a night with just Boogie. That team literally has nothing after Davis, Cousins and Jrue. The only young player they have is a PF, everyone else other than Davis is over 25, and the 2 who are 25 turn 26 before the season is over. It's not like there's hope for improvement on the roster internally.
The Rockets had eight (eight!!!) players in double digits for points. On the flip side, Thibs must be beside himself after this one. They were also 22-58 from deep. D'Antoni-ball>>>Thibodeau-ball.
Are they in the most hapless position of any sports franchise right now?
In the last 10 years?
3-0 actually, one without LeBron/Love, one without Kyrie/Love, and one where Taj Gibson (now gone) played the best game of his career. I wouldn't get too excited about the possibilities there.
is Embiid a lock to win ROY if he plays less than 40 games? If it isn't him, is it Dario Saric? If he continues his recent play, it's a lock. If not, ROY is pretty much up for grabs if it's not Embiid.
Brogdan would be my pick right now after Embiid. Saric isn't really close to be honest.
That was a terribly officiated game. At least seven techs, often for minimal contact! Ugh. But, the Thunder won, which is all good.
Do we really need another okay small guard for 15 minutes a game? Do we really need another low 20s first round draft choice? Do we REALLY NEED another competent big man?
In the opening minutes of the Warriors at Wizards game, Zaza Pachulia fell backwards and his gargantuan head hit Kevin Durant in the knee. Durant then limped to the locker room and is out for the game. At best it looks like a bad hyperextension.
Lowry is out in Toronto and while the Cavs have signed the corpse of Deron Williams and the picked-over carcass of Andrew Bogut but that still won't help get LeBron a ton of rest. There still exists a very decent possibility that the finals aren't the foregone conclusion we thought they were.
Lowry is out in Toronto and while the Cavs have signed the corpse of Deron Williams and the picked-over carcass of Andrew Bogut but that still won't help get LeBron a ton of rest. There still exists a very decent possibility that the finals aren't the foregone conclusion we thought they were.
In fairness to Zaza (and I hate this guy), Gortat basically tossed him right into Durant's knee. May have been some acting but hard to tell. Will be very interesting to see.
People are really sleeping on the Spurs. They are pretty quietly chugging along as they always do.
Good thing we didn't get Durant. He is obviously injury prone and can't stay on the court. Dodged a bullet with that one.
Curry just went down hard too and tweaked his knee.
And BSF, I wasn't blaming Zaza for that - you are right about Gortat shoving him. I actually like Zaza despite his virtual planetoid of a head. But because it killed Durant's knee, he may go home and cry himself to sleep on his big pillow.
And BSF, I wasn't blaming Zaza for that - you are right about Gortat shoving him. I actually like Zaza despite his virtual planetoid of a head. But because it killed Durant's knee, he may go home and cry himself to sleep on his big pillow.
So, what does Otto Porter get offered this offseason? One of the best 3nD players in the NBA - does he have the ability (handle) to expand his role if given a chance?
Max contract for him apparently is around $25.5.
Max contract for him apparently is around $25.5.
Certainly not identical players but I'd be perfectly happy if Jaylen followed Porter's trajectory starting with his 2nd season since his rookie year was basically a redshirt.
Porter is the "best" three point shooter in the league right now. 46% (rounded up.).
He will be maxed by Washington at midnight of the first day. Puts a lot of money in Wall/Beal/Porter, but, if they don't any team with the room will do it.
He will be maxed by Washington at midnight of the first day. Puts a lot of money in Wall/Beal/Porter, but, if they don't any team with the room will do it.
All of a sudden it looks like Andrew Bogut might beat GS to a second ring:
"The Golden State Warriors are bracing for the possibility that All-Star forward Kevin Durant could be lost for the rest of the regular season – or perhaps longer – with a left knee injury, league sources told The Vertical."
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources-warriors-durants-inner-circle-bracing-for-tough-news-on-knee-injury-085809477.html
"The Golden State Warriors are bracing for the possibility that All-Star forward Kevin Durant could be lost for the rest of the regular season – or perhaps longer – with a left knee injury, league sources told The Vertical."
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources-warriors-durants-inner-circle-bracing-for-tough-news-on-knee-injury-085809477.html
I think GS is still a favorite even without Durant. After all, it's basically last year's team.
Actually, no, GS gave up Harrison Barnes, Bogut, Speights, Ezeli, Barbosa, etc. when they signed KD. So, no, it's not last year's team. But, I agree that GS is still a favorite. For me, though, the NBA suddenly became more interesting.....
Yeah. Between Love, Lowry, and Durant things have gotten pretty interesting all of a sudden.
This is exactly why I was advocating going after a guy like Millsap when he was (briefly) available. If the cost had been something like a Celtics 1st and Rozier, the C's would be rolling into the playoffs with IT, Bradley, Crowder, Millsap, Horford with Smart, Olynyk, brown, Amir, etc. coming off the bench. And they'd still have all of their top assets. That's a very good, very deep team that could win a championship right now.
Indeed. I wonder whether the Cs would have had this same trade deadline outcome had this happened a week earlier. Of course we will never know. However this sort of thing is exactly why you don't stop trying to get better.
It now feels inevitable that LeBron is going to show some effects from averaging 37.5 mpg too.
Warriors seem to know that Durant is done. He probably failed the Lachman test as the team announced that they would honor their prior commitment to Calderon by signing him and immediately releasing him so he gets paid and/or can latch on to another playoff team for the purpose of signing Matt Barnes to replace Durant.
Alternatively, they could have given up Brown and a Nets first for Cousins and Cousins could have torn his ACL the first game for Boston. You can't bank on injury luck, you build based on what is in front of you at the time. Had Durant torn his ACL last week, that's a different story of course. Something like the Millsap deal would have made more sense, however.
Barnes to Barnes is probably the only net loss here.
I would take Pachulia and West over Bogut and Speights, and the rest of the bench has been replaced by competent younger guys like Clark, Looney, etc.
Sounds like Durant will be back.
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I like the cavs better than the warriors now as long as love is okay. Plus Jr is coming back and Deron Williams is going to be big for them off the bench. He takes the Delly role from last year, but he will be even better than him on the catch and shoot plays
Of course.
I'm not saying you plan for other teams to have injuries, I'm saying that if it's a good trade, fair value, etc. then "this doesn't make us better than Team X right now" shouldn't be a reason not to make deal.
I'm not saying Ainge did that, I'm saying that there were a bunch of posts that seemed to say that.
I actually like the Cavs better without Love. It allows more minutes for Korver who is lethal both as a shooter and as a decoy in this offense while having the ball in LeBron and Kyrie's hands more often. He's a much better fit for what they do in the playoffs imo.
Agreed.
The killer injury (aside from LeBron of course, who is indestructible anyway) is Kyrie. They lose Kyrie and it's game over. They'll be fine without Love.
Really? Better off without Love seems very hard to believe. http://nyloncalculus.com/2016/06/29/cleveland-is-better-off-with-kevin-love/ article does a nice breakdown, though admittedly not incorporating 2017 data. While he may not be elite at this point, he is still a net positive and veteran player with size and a very dangerous long game. That said, I'm definitely in agreement that Kyrie is much more valuable.
