Like where the Rockets are headed Green, Wood, Tate is a dawg
but Kevin Porter Jr with 7 TOs and an asinine Tech in the 4th Quarter.
but Kevin Porter Jr with 7 TOs and an asinine Tech in the 4th Quarter.
2021-2022 NBA Game Thread!
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It will be a sad day when Westbrook loses that burst.
View: https://twitter.com/TheHoopCentral/status/1453195005074436098?s=20
View: https://twitter.com/TheHoopCentral/status/1453195005074436098?s=20
Mitigated if he is wearing a Laker uniform when it happens. But yeah, hard not to love his motor.
View: https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/1453203042094944259
This needs a few follow up questions.
This needs a few follow up questions.
Malik Monk is fitting in nicely with these Lakers. Each game he is growing more and more comfortable playing with 2-3 legends on the floor which is always a challenge for young players. Knowing when to be assertive and when to defer can really mess with their head. It looks like it’s going to work for him though.
Anthony Davis with a heroic performance, instantly recovering from his first career ending injury of the year:
View: https://youtu.be/aqr1CF9y6e8
He would miss no time.
View: https://youtu.be/aqr1CF9y6e8
He would miss no time.
what game should I watch right now. Watching utah/Denver but I’m bored. Wanted to watch Joker and he is out
Edit: just realized everything is over
Edit: just realized everything is over
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Not only did he not miss any time, the next play down on the offensive end they ran an alley oop for him. He’s definitely taken some classes at Bron’s drama school.
What do people think of Jaden McDaniel? He seems to be a great fit on the Wolves. He doesn't look to score but racks up blocks, steals, and boards. And fouls. He just turned 21 years old and this is his 2nd season. Last year, he shot the 3 at a 36.4% clip on 198 3s.
I like Naz Reid too. If Minnesota can stay healthy, they are actually a really good team and well put together.
I like Naz Reid too. If Minnesota can stay healthy, they are actually a really good team and well put together.
View: https://twitter.com/chrisgrenham/status/1453546294329360384
If the rotation guys aren't putting forth sufficient effort, maybe go with somebody else, no?
If the rotation guys aren't putting forth sufficient effort, maybe go with somebody else, no?
Barnes was having a huge start to the year before tonight. Guy is going off!!
View: https://twitter.com/worldwidewob/status/1453577557975060484?s=21
View: https://twitter.com/worldwidewob/status/1453577557975060484?s=21
Bane had another good night too. I'm not convinced the C's pick him anyway, but he'd look really good on the C's.
It's kind of depressing we are talking about AN and RL instead of Bane or two guys we just missed out on in Herro and Haliburton. Having just one of those guys would change things so much.
Ja had a pretty ugly performance tonight with 9 TOs.
The Cavs won in Clipperland playing bigs 123 minutes and point guards 94. Stevens received 21 minutes, the only non G/Big to play more than 4m. That was Osman. 4 other players played 1 minute.
I love it. There rotation is 4 bigs, 3 point guards and a wing. After starting 0-2 and giving up 132 and 123, they have given up 95, 87 and 79.
It helps that their 4 bigs are hardly traditional bigs, as has been discussed. This team is fun.
Miles Bridges had 31 points on 11/21, 5/10, 4/5 shooting with 6 rebounds and a block. Looking more and more real every game.
Bamba continues to look like someone abducted the real Bamba and replaced him with an alien clone, going 5/9, 2/4, 2/2 with 10 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. Wagner is doing better than I thought he'd be doing to.
If Isaac comes back fully healthy, they have a really young core that could develop into something if things go right. Isaac, Bamba, Wagner, Suggs, WCJ, RJ Hampton, Anthony. So much youth.
The start of the season is always fun!
It's kind of depressing we are talking about AN and RL instead of Bane or two guys we just missed out on in Herro and Haliburton. Having just one of those guys would change things so much.
Ja had a pretty ugly performance tonight with 9 TOs.
The Cavs won in Clipperland playing bigs 123 minutes and point guards 94. Stevens received 21 minutes, the only non G/Big to play more than 4m. That was Osman. 4 other players played 1 minute.
I love it. There rotation is 4 bigs, 3 point guards and a wing. After starting 0-2 and giving up 132 and 123, they have given up 95, 87 and 79.
It helps that their 4 bigs are hardly traditional bigs, as has been discussed. This team is fun.
Miles Bridges had 31 points on 11/21, 5/10, 4/5 shooting with 6 rebounds and a block. Looking more and more real every game.
Bamba continues to look like someone abducted the real Bamba and replaced him with an alien clone, going 5/9, 2/4, 2/2 with 10 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. Wagner is doing better than I thought he'd be doing to.
If Isaac comes back fully healthy, they have a really young core that could develop into something if things go right. Isaac, Bamba, Wagner, Suggs, WCJ, RJ Hampton, Anthony. So much youth.
The start of the season is always fun!
Miles Bridges is impressive - he's always had skills but it feels like he is leveling up in real time. It will be interesting to see how his year progresses and how Charlotte manages touches when everyone is healthy.
Washington is deep. Not sure what the ceiling is but they could potentially have a very good regular season record.
Are they really? I mean they have a superstar in Beal and a really good player in Dinwiddie but after that it's Harrell / Pope / Kuzma / Holiday / Bertans / Neto / young players. Sure Bertans can shoot but aren't the rest of these guys more or less considered fungible players?
The one it looks like they do is play hard every game. I guess in that sense they are kind of like last year's NYK (and maybe this year's NYK too).
I was responding to a post which said "Nice win over ATL on the second night of a back-to-back."
They have a solid core, a couple star players and veteran depth. This is a team that won 18 of their last 25 a year ago so it wasn’t like they were bouncing back off a 20-win season…….they were pretty good last year too, swapped Dinwiddie for RWB and added some attitude to their frontcourt with Harrell.
Yeah, they will get Bryant and Hachimura back which are two more players that offer a reasonable baseline with the chance for further improvement. I wasn't high on Washington going into the season because I thought their late-season surge was mostly just because Westbrook is an excellent floor-raiser for a middling team, but they have a great #1 scorer, a decent sidekick and some solid rotation players, including some veterans that have played in big games like KCP.
My big question for Washington is what they can get out of their recent draft picks. Avdija has looked completely overmatched by the NBA and Kispert can't get off the bench, which is a bad sign when you draft a 22 year old.
I had said last summer that Kispert would be playing in Turkey by 2026. I will hedge that a bit…..he could make it to Spain. One-dimensional shooters have a difficult journey to make it in this league the way today’s game is played today.
I don't really watch a lot of CBB outside of some tape on freshmen and the NCAA Tournament. Kispert was a consensus AA but isn't it possible he benefited a lot from playing on a loaded team that got him a ton of great looks against oftentimes meh competition? He wasn't exactly Buddy Hield, JJ Redick, Doug McDermott etc. who were dominant players. It's still early and it's possible he turns into Duncan Robinson, but its a rough start.
Very good college player. He could do a little more than shoot at Gonzaga due to his size giving him some advantages. I’m confident that those skills do not translate at all though against NBA size, length and athleticism.
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Agreed---I was really puzzled at why people always had him as a lottery/top 10 level pick. To me, his best-case scenario is a one-dimensional gunner who could maybe start on a strong team (duncan robinson-style) or be a rotation wing. And the more likely scenario is Spain. Guys like that shouldn't be lottery picks.
They were decent last year. Russ is out but they brought in five rotation players in that trade, with Spencer, Pope, Kuz, Harrell and Holiday. You say fungible but having competent NBA players can easily separate you from the dregs of the league.
You may well be right about Kispert, but what odds would you have given Joe Harris? At the end of his rookie season, the Cavs traded him (for a second-round pick) to Orlando, which then cut him.
Harris got traded to save $3m in luxury tax penalties (he was only making $850k). It was actually halfway through his 2nd season, but he was already out for the year after 5 games with a foot injury that apparently required the removal of a bone.
The Magic got cash & a top 55 protected '17 2nd & the Cavs got a top 55 protected '20 2nd (neither pick conveyed), & the Magic waived Harris immediately.
Not sure there is anything in particular about those circumstances that would be compelling as they relate to Kispert.
The Magic got cash & a top 55 protected '17 2nd & the Cavs got a top 55 protected '20 2nd (neither pick conveyed), & the Magic waived Harris immediately.
Not sure there is anything in particular about those circumstances that would be compelling as they relate to Kispert.
Since he's admittedly overdrafted at 15, & the '26 eurobasket thing is questionable to you, let's look at the '16 draft from pick 16 on...
#16 Yabusele - Playing in Spain
#17 Baldwin - Playing in Spain
#18 Ellenson - Playing in Spain
Lol I was not expecting that.
#16 Yabusele - Playing in Spain
#17 Baldwin - Playing in Spain
#18 Ellenson - Playing in Spain
Lol I was not expecting that.
2015 NBA Draft...
#3 Okafor - Unemployed
#5 Hezonja - Russia
#7 Mudiay - Lithuania
#8 Johnson - Unemployed
#17 Vaughn - Ukraine
#18 Dekker - Back from Turkey
#19 Grant - Italy
#21 Anderson - G League
#23 Hollis-Jefferson - Turkey
#25 Martin - Australia
#26 Milutinov - Russia
#28 Hunter - Australia
#29 McCullough - Puerto Rico
#3 Okafor - Unemployed
#5 Hezonja - Russia
#7 Mudiay - Lithuania
#8 Johnson - Unemployed
#17 Vaughn - Ukraine
#18 Dekker - Back from Turkey
#19 Grant - Italy
#21 Anderson - G League
#23 Hollis-Jefferson - Turkey
#25 Martin - Australia
#26 Milutinov - Russia
#28 Hunter - Australia
#29 McCullough - Puerto Rico
2014...
#5 Exum - Unemployed
#8 Stauskas - G League (back from Spain)
#9 Vonleh - China
#15 Payne - Turkey
#17 Young - Israel
#18 Ennis - Turkey
#20 Caboclo - Brazil
#21 McGary - Gave up basketball for bowling in 2017?
#22 Adams - Argentina
#24 Napier - Russia
#26 Hairston - Retired in 2018
#28 Wilcox - Retired from G League?
#29 Huestis - G League
I don't really have a point posting these, just kind of interesting catching up on where people have gone.
It shows a pretty high % of 1st rounders not really in the league while still in their prime.
#5 Exum - Unemployed
#8 Stauskas - G League (back from Spain)
#9 Vonleh - China
#15 Payne - Turkey
#17 Young - Israel
#18 Ennis - Turkey
#20 Caboclo - Brazil
#21 McGary - Gave up basketball for bowling in 2017?
#22 Adams - Argentina
#24 Napier - Russia
#26 Hairston - Retired in 2018
#28 Wilcox - Retired from G League?
#29 Huestis - G League
I don't really have a point posting these, just kind of interesting catching up on where people have gone.
It shows a pretty high % of 1st rounders not really in the league while still in their prime.