-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
4. "lol makes sense saw he had a ridiculous line the other night in 17 mins" In response to Reply # 2
like 11 boards, 6 assists and a couple of points.
-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
Ive watched him play at least 200 times and he is quite good at putting the ball in the basket, and last year he was close to as good as he has ever been.
So you bitching about the first 5 games of the season comes across as pretty myopic.
Altho thats your whole posting style so i guess there is no point in paddling upstream here.
25. "I'll make this easy for you" In response to Reply # 19
Greg Monroe is great off the bench cause he has to be the center of the offense to do anything, which is why he's also a bad starter.
This year he's shooting 43% on 9 shots a game in 21 minutes. He also is getting 3 offensive rebounds in that same time. His offensive game consists of backing someone down, and either hitting a cutter or a spot up shooter, or taking the ball in, missing, getting his own board and going back up. That is what he's always done.
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41. "Russ is going to be 32 in 2020" In response to Reply # 16
>Russy >Giannis >Brow > >All on the same squad. > >Russ has matured and figured out 'speeds'. Giannis and Brow >are mature freaks and they all team up to try and win rings. > >You heard it here first lmao
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35. "This is going to sound very insulting" In response to Reply # 0
and my apologies since you appear to be a true Milwaukee Bucks fan, but dude deserves a Nobel Peace Prize if he actually stays with the Bucks for his entire career.
Hopefully the front office will get some great players around him so he doesn't waste his prime years getting next to no attention from national TV audience because the team itself is middling.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
36. "Not insulting if it's true" In response to Reply # 35
He's extended through 2021, at which point he'll be 25 and in or approaching his prime. Everything we know about the Bucks indicates that he leaves for a true contender at that point.
37. "He stays here, I will personally make him free smoothies for life in my ..." In response to Reply # 35
The reason I think there's a chance he stays is because of the work Herb Kohl put in to get his family visas. And the fact the organization has done everything possible for them to settle here.
Shit, the GM taught him how to drive. They care about him. ____________________
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40. "Am I the only person who thinks this team is going to be fine?" In response to Reply # 0
Right today, this team is .500. And that's with the re-animated corpse of Jason Terry playing serious minutes every night. They've got superstar Giannis, Parker, and some role-players with some upside. Delly will be... servicaeble. Add Middleton back to the mix, add there's a lot to be hopeful for.
If they draft well, there's no reason at all to think that this team is going to waste the Greek's talents. Especially considering that he is signed until 2021. There's not a lot of teams in the East that are built to last (obviously Cleveland, then like Toronto and Boston) and the Bucks really should be able to put something together during these next few seasons.
10th in PER 18th in win shares 20th in win shares per 48 5th in BPM 6th in VORP
he's right on the verge of that top echelon. boy is good.
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Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86672 posts
Sat Dec-17-16 10:43 AM
52. "I wonder what happened to Plumlee." In response to Reply # 50
He's always been a fine if unsexy option inside, but this year his efficiency is down in, like, literally every category. Really disappointing, especially as Mason keeps getting better and better.
dula dibiasi Member since Apr 05th 2004 21925 posts
Tue Jan-17-17 11:03 AM
66. "better than who?? giannis???" In response to Reply # 64
oh lord. come get ya mans, philly.
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68. "absolutely. dawg, teams are shooting 41 % within six feet when he's in." In response to Reply # 66
That's runaway best of any big in the league, including Gobert.
He can also actually stay with quick guards out on the perimeter on switches.
I just saw him last week not be able to be caught by a sprinting Ty Lawson, who he had just stolen the ball from, while running directly behind him dribbling on a break.
It takes the dude about two steps from in between the college three and the free throw line to get to the rim if he decides to go full stride to it.
He's 7'3" shoots 80% from the line and about two weeks ago was shooting 50% from three.
He scored the same amount of points as Giannis last night, with ten less field goal attempts, added five blocks and altered countless others.
I actually watched Batum take an up-and-down Friday night, rather than try to shoot a runner while driving on Embiid.
Not sure I've ever seen that on an NBA court before.
Every night he does something I've yet to see.
The Sixers headed into the weekend, were according to Zach Lowe, +12 for the season and something like -300 with him off of it (check the joint with Van Gundy for the actual number, it was comical).
He then went +25 Friday night and +13 yesterday.
In between, without him in DC on a back-to-back, they lost to the Wizards by 17 and were down 30 at points.
Joel Embiid has played less than 200 organized basketball games in his life, 28 at the NBA level, all while never playing more than 28 minutes due to the organization wanting to be extra cautious.
If you guarantee me both Embiid & Giannis' health, there is absolutely no way in hell that I trade JoJo for that guy.
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73. "if they wanna party over him being slightly better in like two offensive" In response to Reply # 72
categorical per-game counting stats, while averaging seven more minutes a night and in his fourth season in the league, congrats.
There is nothing dude is better than Embiid at that actually matters, already, 28 games in.
I don't blame them for not watching the Sixers enough to understand that yet.
I meant what I said and look forward to all y'all coming to see the light that your boy Nostrabombus tried to hip these cats to, EARLY!(c)Philadelphia Freeway
74. "he's not as good as giannis yet, if only because he can't play enough" In response to Reply # 73
there are other reasons too. Giannis is a top 10 player. But the gap is so much smaller that it has any right to be. healthy *forever knock knock knocking on heaven's wood* embiid is insane right now, and he's going to get better, and if you doubt it you haven't watched him.
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76. "he could, they're just not making him do so, which I'm fine w/right now" In response to Reply # 74
He's better.
Better shooter. Better defender. Bigger impact on his team's bottom line when he's on the court, with a far lesser cast. And he doesn't even really know how to fully play yet.
Embiid healthy will be the best player in the league within 2-3 years, with an impact on his team beyond what Giannis' will ever be.
78. "Kareem was. Moses was. You could prolly argue Magic or Bird." In response to Reply # 77
Shaq and MJ weren't but they were scoring champs in the discussion.
LeBron was by the time he was like 24, which Embiid would be, except he'd be 7'3" taking 14 free throws a night while knocking down 11-12 of them.
Nobody's ever played less before coming into the league and dominated more in less minutes in his first quarter of his first season either, so I really take nothing off the table if he's healthy.
By his third year LeBron is going to be 35 years old and playing in his fifteenth season.
I'm not worried about any of the other young big guys, Anthony Davis included, being better than Embiid by that point, the best guys right now will have already peaked, and it's on like Donkey Kong, feet and Basketball Gods willing.
69. "he not only played better, he is better." In response to Reply # 67
>but we had no answer for Giannis. Got just about every shot >he wanted. Foul trouble shut him down. > > >---------------------------- >Same as it ever was!
80. "If Giannis got that much rest, he'd be better too" In response to Reply # 69
The Bucks were coming home from Atlanta for the second of back-to-back afternoon games. That's something Embiid just hasn't had to deal with yet.
I'm not saying Embiid won't be awesome, but until he starts playing an actual NBA schedule I don't think he can say stuff like he's gonna be best in the league in three years.
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