Can they just go ahead and give Brad a 20 year extension right now. Small sample size but he seems to get way way more out of mediocre players than other teams do.
Sabonis is putting up 13/10 in his second season and Oladipo is well on his way to beginning his run of All-Star games........remember when this return was criticized as laughable for Paul George?
Yeah, I was one of the few who liked the return and that was without being that high on Sabonis. Oladipo is a far better player than he showed last year as he had to nerf his game to fit into a role. He's also improved his shooting every single year and should be more involved in the offense this year since he'll be able to use his play making skills and allowed to create his own shot more. He's not going to shoot .469 from 3 all year, but if you look closer at his numbers, he's been really good from 16+ the last few years so there is reason to believe he can build on the .361 mark from 3 last year. It's kinda remarkable actually, not only has he improved his shooting every year, he's basically done it from every single distance on the court. It's all linear progression.
Thompson, Curry and Durant scored 84 points off of 50 FGA and they lost. Insane.
Outrebounded the Pistons 40-37, too!
Porzingis has really emerged this year. The NBA is full of really talented big men now. Better than anytime I can remember, minus maybe the early to mid 90s.
Were you watching the game? Curious to know if Simmons hit a legit jumper. saw that he was 0-1 on 3P shots but ended up 10-14 otherwise.
He was 3/3 from outside the paint. Well, 3/4 if you include the 3. I saw bits and pieces but not the whole game.
Walker has gotten better every year he has been in the league and has been awesome so far. The funny thing is the knock on him was that since he was an "older" player in the draft it was thought he would be maybe the best player from the class as a rookie; but had a lower ceiling because he wouldn't be getting much better as his career progressed. If you did a redraft of the 2011 class today; he would definitely be taken higher than everyone that was drafted above him except Kyrie.
Celtics now tied for best record in the league as well.
That surprises me a bit less than the Raptors holding the Blazers to 6 points in the second quarter (4 Lillard FTs plus one FG).
Vucevic is shooting 5 times more 3s than last year, where he shot 75. Prior to that, his career high in 3PA was 9 in 2015-16. While he's probably not a .400 shooter, if he's hitting 36% of his 3's on 5 attempts a game, it makes him a completely different player. Same can be said of Gordon. They're still hitting all their shots though. They were 16-34 from three tonight. It'll be interesting to see what they do when Payton is back. This was one of the worst 3 point shooting teams in the league last year so it's remarkable to see.
Gordon is down to 59% shooting - on 3Ps.
Shoulda been 2-0 v. HOU if in the last game they hadn't somehow managed to blow an 8-point lead with 1:40 left and the ball!
At least the rebuilding bulls got some cash though. Not like they could use a young player like him or anything.
I think Bell is exactly what they need but I'm not as high on him in a situation where he's not surrounded by a bunch of future HOFers.
Heck, if you just limit it to players whose names begin with K, it's pretty killer:
Cash considerations for a rebuilding team with one of the least talented rosters in the league. Man I'd be pissed if I was a Bulls fan.
Lauri Markkanen has looked really good, so that probably takes some of the sting away.
I dunno, Bell is precisely the type of versatile big that I'd want to pair with Markkanen, given his defensive liabilities, and they could've had both of them. But it ain't my money.
