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« on: August 23, 2021, 05:16:51 PM »
Discuss all things NBA. From off season activity....to the upcoming season.

Draft is complete. Summer League is over. The biggest moves in the off season perhaps already been realized.

I agree with Vmadera00....the most interesting topic moving forward is the Lakers chemistry. Will they implode at some point? I think if things are going WELL in the win-loss column...everything will be okay. But you have to wonder what might happen if Westbrook jacks up a lot of 3's at the most inopportune times (and bricks them)....how will Lebron react? He (Westbrook) seems to have matured SOME over the years, and last year wasn't quite as gratuitous from 3 point range as in previous seasons. But he's still a loose canon at times...so you wonder if this ideal opportunity to win a championship will temper his impulses. I'll reserve judgment for now.

The other high profile question is.....will Brooklyn stay healthy and unseat the defending champs in the Eastern Conference next year? I think the NBA would love to see the dynamics involved with Lakers vs Nets. The KD/Westbrook/Harden connection. And Lebron/Kyrie. Or will The Greek Freak and the Bucks still have something to say about that matchup? How will the upstart Hawks look? The Suns?

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« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2021, 08:46:00 PM »
I think Westbrook will work better with the Lakers than many think. 

The Bucks might be the most disrespected NBA champion I have ever seen.

I continue to laugh at people calling Kevin Durant the best player in the league now.  Part of being great and "the best" is being durable and available, and he has failed miserably in those two regards for a while now.

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« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2021, 06:51:52 AM »
Yeah, Durant is a great player, but I never thought of him as the best player in the league (not even on his MVP season).

Regarding Westbrook, I can see his playing style working well with Lebron and AD, but he will need some adjustments. I hope it does works, and that we see less injuries this year. Lebron is getting up there in age, and having Westbrook take on dribbling the ball could help both of their performance and open up the court a bit more for AD. We just need to wait and see.
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Re: NBA 2021-22...Beastbrook joins King James and the Unibrow
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2021, 07:36:49 AM »
Barring injury, I like the chances of a repeat.

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« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2021, 07:55:50 AM »
I think that Durant may very well be the best player if we assume 100% health and a shorter duration of time (one playoff series or even one game), but I'm not sure how fair it is to actually make those assumptions. Durant has missed more games than he has played over the past two years. Before that, he got injured in the playoffs twice. I think that Giannis is a much safer pick as the best player because he's pretty much guaranteed to give you a full regular season in addition to the postseason.

I'm interested to see what happens with LeBron. Does he succumb to another significant regular season injury, does he finally start to look old, or are we in store for a repeat of 2020 where he bounces back in a big way? In any case, there will be no dull moments. :lol
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« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2021, 08:21:01 AM »
That is the thing: if we are ignoring durability, then Lebron is still the best player, but durability does matter, and after a long career of being crazy durable, LeBron's hasn't been quite as durable the last three years, so he gets dinged a little.

Consider this: the All-NBA team every year has 15 players (5 on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams).

Giannis, the obvious pick right now for best player, is one of only two players to be All-NBA 1st team both of the last two years (Luka the other).  Durant wasn't on either team.  So, Durant wasn't one of the 15 best players in the league either of the last two seasons, but we are supposed to buy him as the best player in the league now? Hell no.


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« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2021, 09:36:01 AM »
Pre-season starts soon, really interested to see how teams and the league will handle unvaccinated players. A couple of them have been upfront saying they are not vaccinated (Bradley Beal being one of them). A couple more are rumored to not be vaccinated, but they aren't confirming anything.

Kyrie Irving wasn't available for Media Day, since he was not allowed inside of Barclays Center. There are rumors that LBJ is not vaccinated, though Lakers GM claims everyone will be fully vaccinated at the beginning of the season, so who knows. With all these uncertainty in player, this season (at least the first 2 months) will be very interesting.
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« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2021, 08:23:59 PM »

Kyrie Irving wasn't available for Media Day, since he was not allowed inside of Barclays Center.

Kyrie's been benched for the year. No vax, no play says the Nets. Also won't get paid for missed home games.
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« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2021, 02:52:26 PM »
Opening night!

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« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2021, 07:13:41 AM »
Opening night!

Raising the banner!

Time to defend the championship!

Didn't get a chance to watch the game but based on highlights, looks like the bucks had a good game.

Season is officially underway, lets see what it brings. Will Lebron pass Karl Malone on the All Time Scoring list? If he doesn't get injured, I'm going to bet that he does.
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Re: NBA 2021-22...Beastbrook joins King James and the Unibrow
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2021, 07:27:25 AM »
Danny Green's stat line last night @ Pelicans can be filed under the "What the f*** have you done out there" category... in 19 mins, ZERO in pts, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks... not even turnovers WTF?!  :lol

Also, what a game between the Celtics and Knicks! And I am glad Schroder is no longer a Laker, lol.  :lol
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« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2021, 02:04:37 PM »
I cannot, cannot wait until Ben Simmons is TF out of Philly.

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« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2021, 02:27:24 PM »
Loving that my Nuggets came back from 16 down to beat the Suns in Phoenix.  :coolio

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« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2021, 08:05:20 PM »
Danny Green's stat line last night @ Pelicans can be filed under the "What the f*** have you done out there" category... in 19 mins, ZERO in pts, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks... not even turnovers WTF?!  :lol


I believe Tony Snell pulled that off for the Bucks a few years back.
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« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2021, 08:59:54 AM »
Last night games, especially the first two were weird. The Bucks have several guys out injured... I watched a bit and decided to switch over to the Mavs @ Hawks... blow out again... I ended up watching the Broncos @ Browns instead. The Clippers @ Warriors was a good one though.
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« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2021, 08:56:05 AM »
Westbrook looks like a bad fit for the Lakers (so far).....and this dust up with Howard and Davis will likely send Dwight packing.

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« Reply #16 on: November 02, 2021, 09:16:17 PM »
Apparently there is a provision in the CBA that states a player’s salary cannot be withheld for failing to render services (e.g., practice and play) “if such failure has been caused by the player’s mental disability.” Simmons has been exploiting this loophole to the max.
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« Reply #17 on: November 03, 2021, 08:56:23 AM »
Westbrook looks like a bad fit for the Lakers (so far).....and this dust up with Howard and Davis will likely send Dwight packing.

I feel those that really follow the NBA knew Westbrook was a horrible fit for the Lakers, and it brings me joy they were dumb enough to acquire him.
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« Reply #18 on: November 03, 2021, 09:23:42 AM »
Celtics all ready in fighting for power and imploding at 2-5.  They need to change something.
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« Reply #19 on: November 04, 2021, 08:04:15 AM »
Celtics all ready in fighting for power and imploding at 2-5.  They need to change something.

What the hell is going on with you guys? I feel like you have a good roster but that you aren't taking advantage of it.
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« Reply #20 on: November 04, 2021, 08:43:31 AM »
Celtics all ready in fighting for power and imploding at 2-5.  They need to change something.

What the hell is going on with you guys? I feel like you have a good roster but that you aren't taking advantage of it.

There seems to be a power struggle with leadership. The top 2 guys(Tatum & Brown) and Marcus Smart are butting heads.  Hero ball with no passing and Smart called them out but the issue with that is Smart as a guard doesn't get assists and shoots too much as well so there is resentment growing between him and Tatum and Brown. 

First Kyrie stirred the pot, then the fight with Marcus Morris, get rid of Ainge, Team tuned out Brad Stevens, he moves into the GM roll and they bring in Udoka because that's who the players wanted and they are still acting shellfish.

What a prime time drama hurting this team right now.  No maturity.
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« Reply #21 on: November 04, 2021, 08:48:30 AM »
That's a shame. You guys could be playing some nice ball. Luckily Chicago seems to have gotten it's shit together and seems to be headed for the playoffs. The east has rebuilt nicely these last couple of years.
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« Reply #22 on: November 04, 2021, 09:06:09 AM »
Seriously. The team was built well but guys do not know their roles and limitations here.  I hope Udoka can turn it around.
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« Reply #23 on: November 06, 2021, 07:41:22 PM »
Holy crap! Ball would have suffered serious injury, if Embiid's fist connects Ball's face...  :omg:

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« Reply #24 on: November 07, 2021, 06:57:25 PM »
Shooting accuracy is unreal in the 4th qtr between the Cavs and Knicks. Rubio is having a career night off the bench... maybe he still remembers Thibs traded him and gave Jeff Teague $57mil  :lol Fun second half to watch.  :tup
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« Reply #25 on: November 10, 2021, 05:22:15 PM »
Jokic gets one game suspension for giving a front shoulder shiver to Markieff Morris. Considering the NBA typically frowns more on the retaliation, I would say Jokic.....and more importantly the Nuggets....will take that suspension and move on.

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« Reply #26 on: November 11, 2021, 06:50:15 AM »
Jokic gets one game suspension for giving a front shoulder shiver to Markieff Morris. Considering the NBA typically frowns more on the retaliation, I would say Jokic.....and more importantly the Nuggets....will take that suspension and move on.

Yeah, he got a pretty light suspension. I guess being a superstar does have it's privileges  :lol
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« Reply #27 on: November 11, 2021, 09:29:13 AM »
League was probably happy he did it, the Morris twins are as dirty as dirty can be.
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« Reply #28 on: November 11, 2021, 09:36:28 AM »
I know it is only 11 or 12 games into the season, but I am amused to find the Washington Wizards are sitting at the top of the eastern conference, and in a tie with the Bulls. I think with Dinwiddie, KCP, Kuz and Harrell to support Beal, the Wiz finally has a complete team to play both ends. Them, the Bulls and actually the young Cavs are the east teams I now somewhat follow. They are all quite fun to watch.
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« Reply #29 on: November 16, 2021, 11:20:22 PM »
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« Reply #30 on: November 29, 2021, 04:02:38 PM »
Kemba Walker benched in NY.  What a fall from grace for him.
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« Reply #31 on: November 30, 2021, 09:22:44 AM »
Kemba Walker benched in NY.  What a fall from grace for him.

This blows my mind. When he was in Charlotte he was an All Star. I can see why he didn't really explode in Boston where he had to share the ball with Tatum and Brown, but I expected him to take charge of that NY roster. Maybe he's having issues with Thibbs and his methods.
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« Reply #32 on: November 30, 2021, 09:27:18 AM »
His main issue in Boston was his knee. He was never healthy. It really wasn’t Brown and Tatum.
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« Reply #33 on: November 30, 2021, 12:11:10 PM »
Bucks sign Boogie Cousins. They are pretty thin at bigs with Lopez being out almost all season.

Not sure if Cousins has anything left in the tank, but for the minimum, why the hell not.
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« Reply #34 on: November 30, 2021, 02:14:32 PM »
If they can keep him out of trouble with the refs he could add some interesting depth to the roster. He is definitely talented, but his volatility can make him a liability pretty quickly. As you said, it is worth it if you're paying him the minimum.
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