2017-2018 Around the NBA

[Jordan]

Valentine is anything but a bust. Guy is an amazing 3 shooter.

Dunn has showed a lot of improvement too. I actually like those youngsters.

Valentine shoots 48.3% TS%. He shoots a good percentage from three, but a lot of that is teams just do not see much value in defending him.

Dunn, at best, won't be anything more than a Delly-level player. I just do not see enough of an offensive game.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

Thunder choked again. They are officially WAY more of a mess than we are. Thanks for nothing, D-bags.

 

[Rich]

So this is how bad that Bulls roster is.

The Warriors were missing 2 of their 4 best players. And still they had,EASILY, the 3 best players on the court in Curry, Thompson, and Iguodala.

That's a sorry, sorry roster. One of the worst I've ever seen.

 

[CHIMOCHIS]

Must be nice that KD aka lil b can miss games for rest

I see pistons play Celtics soon

We getting that second seed soon

 

[czvo]

So that Orlando thing turned out to be a mirage... or am I too early to declare them a mirage?

 

[Rich]

So that Orlando thing turned out to be a mirage... or am I too early to declare them a mirage?

I still think Gordon is really good, but this career year stuff for the whole team wasn't gonna last. They still might be an 8th seed caliber team. But Vucevic was playing like all-star, Gordon was too, and SImmons looked like the 6th man. They're all coming back down a little.

 

[czvo]

I still think Gordon is really good, but this career year stuff for the whole team wasn't gonna last. They still might be an 8th seed caliber team. But Vucevic was playing like all-star, Gordon was too, and SImmons looked like the 6th man. They're all coming back down a little.

I'd say. Gordon is 9-40 from three since this losing streak started. That regression is hitting HARD.

 

[Adam]

So that Orlando thing turned out to be a mirage... or am I too early to declare them a mirage?

Teams have enough tape by now to throw together a simple game plan I think they just caught alot of teams off guard early on and built some momentum

 

[Rich]

So out of the 10 games the Thunder have lost they've led at the half of 5 of them, and were tied for another. Their largest loss of the season was by 9 points. That's pretty crazy for an 8 and 10 team to not have lost by double digits a single time yet.

By all rights, their record should be better than this, but they've been poor in close games. They give up leads, and they tighten up down the stretch. But you look at the numbers, and you still have to believe they start resulting in more Ws than Ls.

 

[The Wizard of Moz]

@ACisKING congrats on being the new best team in the NBA

 

[The Wizard of Moz]

OKC adds 2 'superstars'
Indiana gets 'robbed' in a trade

OKC 8-10
Indiana 11-8

That’s right jstock

Milk it for all you can now

Because in 2 months you’ll pretty much have to hope no one remembers your insistent drum beating on this topic

 

[Rich]

Man this Rockets team is just destroying everyone they come in contact with right now.

 

[godfather]

Boston's defense hasn't been that good. But they're still winning by 10, on the road.

Boston's Achilles heal will be their bench, but getting production out of Rozier. Who I thought was a bum, to be honest, is starting to look like an NBA player.

 

[David.]

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Man this Rockets team is just destroying everyone they come in contact with right now.

They're on like an 80-40 run

 

[godfather]

I'm starting to take Boston a little more serious as the second best team in the East.

I don't think by any chance they have a prayer against us. They don't match up against us, and LeBron James will be too much for them, once again.

You can't have no real inside presence when playing him. There's a reason why he destroys Al Horford teams when he's their center.

But they are pretty good though. Guys like Rozier and Smart aren't world beaters, but better than last year.

They don't have Brown or Morris tonight, and go into Indy, and beat them by double digits. That's a really good win, while not being that great defensively.

The problem with the Celtics, is they match up so awful against us, and they don't have the talent nor the depth to make up for it.

They don't have size and shot blocking up front. That killed them against LeBron last year.

Honestly, I think that'd be a clean sweep. Other teams would stand a better chance.

Doesn't mean Boston sucks, sometimes bad match ups are the determining factor more than anything.