2018-2019 Around The NBA thread

[Jake]

I see Dwane Casey and the Pistons beat the Raptors in Toronto. Close game. Felt good for the ex Raptors coach.

 

[macbdog]

I see Dwane Casey and the Pistons beat the Raptors in Toronto. Close game. Felt good for the ex Raptors coach.

Kawhi dribbled that ball of his own foot with the score tied and a few seconds on the clock.

 

[Rich]

Who do you think would beat them? Portland and Denver are the 2 and 3 seeds right now and LA has beat both of them. Houston is currently a mess. The Lakers' biggest problem has been their defense and adding Tyson Chandler has improved their D a bunch. If you think that LeBron has declined considerably then that position makes sense, but if one thinks he can still kick it into playoff LeBron mode I don't see the argument for 5 or 6 teams being able to handily beat them.

As for his team this year being better, I think there's a strong argument for that. In the playoffs last year the Cavs had ten players average 15 or more minutes per game: LeBron, JR, Kevin Love, George Hill, Jeff Green, Tristan Thompson, Larry Nance, Kyle Korver, Rodney Hood, and Jordan Clarkson.

The Lakers this year also have ten players averaging 15 or more minutes per game: LeBron, Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart, Lonzo Ball, JaVele McGee, Rajon Rondo, Lance Stephenson, Tyson Chandler, and Caldwell-Pope.

The second group is better than the first, imo. With all the spacing concerns the Lakers have 5 guys shooting at least 35% from 3 while in the playoffs last year the Cavs only had 2 guys do that.

Portland and Denver are not going to remain the 2 and 3 seeds.

They cant beat Houston, New Orleans, or Utah in 7. Eventually those teams will rise to the top.

 

[Rich]

Man Vucevic feels both over and underrated. How?

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

Man Vucevic feels both over and underrated. How?

Inconsistent? Sometimes takes bad shots? Bad defender at times?

He is clearly a talented offensive player. When he is on, he is great. He also plays on a bad team for ever now, so yeah.

 

[Dr. Claw]

Inconsistent? Sometimes takes bad shots? Bad defender at times?

He is clearly a talented offensive player. When he is on, he is great. He also plays on a bad team for ever now, so yeah.

I remember one night early in his career (might have been the infamous close-but-no-cigar game against the Heat) TT was going off and people on another board were saying he was "Vucevic-ing", since then, that's what I always think about when I see Vucevic mentioned

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

I remember one night early in his career (might have been the infamous close-but-no-cigar game against the Heat) TT was going off and people on another board were saying he was "Vucevic-ing", since then, that's what I always think about when I see Vucevic mentioned

Vucevic-ing is good! He can put up points in a hurry. But there are times where he just bricks everything and settles from 3/mid range which can be infuriating. So far he is having a very, very good season.

 

[Jstock12]

 

[JayDD1972]

One thing i will say about GS. Their depth seems to be at an all time low. Nobody coming off of their bench scares anyone. And Draymond is playing so bad right now. He's slowly becoming Ben Wallace on offense. They better hope one of the big 3 doesnt suffer a season ending injury because that could be the death blow in them.

 

[MediumBaller]

Hahahahahaha. Fuck KD.

View: https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1063311955082076160

 

[Dr. Claw]

LOL @ Donkeylips... and LOLOLOLOLOL @ the Melo-free Rockets dropping that GUILE on Golden Piss

man, Durant is gone. Don't know where to, but now that he has RANGZ, I hope it's somewhere hilarious

 

[Cavs Need To Win]

I'd love for the Boston Celtics not to get out of the second round of the playoffs. Everyone was like "Celtics almost got to the Finals last year playing against LeBron with Kyrie and Gordon out, now LeBron is out of the Conference and Kyrie and Gordon are back, Boston is a lock to win the East." It's a possibility they don't make it to the ECF.

 

[JayDD1972]

Well, I see Espn will lower themselves to come back to Cleveland one more time for the Lebron homecoming. I think i'll stick with Fred and Austin. Fuck espn.

 

[Nathan S]

Jaren Jackson dropped 27 points (and 6 boards, 4 steals, 2 blocks) tonight. Could've become the second-youngest player to score 30 in a game, but picked up his 5th foul in the middle of the fourth and never subbed back in.

 

[iMoeJoe]

The wizards are bad lol and have 3 max players.