Continuation from the other NBA post ,which hit 300 posts.


Clippers /blazers scored 140 in the first half , on pace for 280.

It’s crazy how both teams have so many players that can hit threes.

Scoring has slowed down in the second half...doc playing more bench players.

Over might not hit..crazy dudes were on pace for 280...now they will barely score 230!

And Shamet missed a freethrow.

Cats were sweating bullets!!

Missed 2 Free Throws with 15 seconds left.

He didn’t even try on those shots.

What the fock was that in the second half?

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Better. They win when he is not on the court. He can’t shoot or score.

1 game - Fouled out - philly won
2 game - Left the game due to injury - philly won
Last game - Didn’t play - philly won.

More spacing. Shake is defensively terrible, but he can score and so can Burks.

When they go small they can score in bunches

Shake-Burks-Richardson-Harris- Hortford

I think: Burks - Richardson -Harris -Hortford- Embid is the their best lineup.

You can run a spread floor offense because everyone can shoot, and still have some defense on the floor.

Philly could be a sneaky problem now.

No pick or screen

His first game back...dude looks gassed and might have re-injured himself.

2OT?

Everyone played their heart out. Mitchell was fucking insane.

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Top 3 most efficient players in the league TODAY. I watched this dude, and inside or out, just pure command of everything.

KD
Middleton
Warren

Lebron couldn’t do shit against this dude on defense. Also, Cook gotta get some tick. His three point shooting is needed. Lakers still don’t look good.

All the games today were amazing. Even though the Mavs won in OT, Bucks are ready.

Lopez is now giving them 20 points a game, so they have a mini big 4 in giannis, Middleton, Bledsoe and Lopez. Just need to clean up that three point defense. But I love what I see from them . 2 straight games where they went on a 20 point run on a team.

Lakers are in trouble. They have not looked good, no rhythm, no rotation . Most of the big teams are playing hard to have a rhythm and rotation going into the PO.

Utah and Denver have rounded into form.
Clippers and Portland are there.
Suns are undefeated.

Insane basketball being played

the games.

the broadcast and court setup.

the jokes.

new stars being born.

the beef spilling over to social media (even wives and sisters getting involved).

and the playoffs aint even started yet fam.

When they showcase the schedule for the upcoming matchups,
I'm like, "Damn, every one of those games is on point."

Tough twitter thumbs need to be tested.
Games and setup have been great though

I did like JVG’s idea tho of an uncensored version of the games lol


Where you can hear the guys cursing and stuff

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He has yet to run any specific plays for Derozan or Rudy, players who can get a mid range shot at any time. So many players are just taking long range shots, leading to the Pels to getting rebounds and going on a fastbreak

Do what you do best.

They were up by 17 at one point. Pels are a terrible team, finish them.

If I see Murrary take another weak ass shot, I tell you. Get Rudy down on that post like earlier. Pel are soft ass shit on defense.

Last two possessions, derozan scores of the block and rudy takes his man one on one for the dunk.

those should be the main scoring options to close out the game.

Philly without Simmons is a no brainer.

Unfortunately , they lost Embid. However, Burks can shoot, and Richardson gets more touches.

I told you guys, when they go small with Hortford at the 5, Harris at the 4, thybull at the 3 ,Richardson at the 2 and Burks at the 1 , they get three point shooting, speed, defense , and they aren’t that bad rebounding .

Teams can’t play Zone and are forced to play man to man. With Simmons on the floor . Teams pack in the box , and there is no spacing.

Bring shake. Robinson, and Korkmaz off the bench.

They took the L...but this team can really be good if the coach does the right thing.

Philly put up 122 points! Get Simmons out of there.

https://twitter.com/ZO2_/status/1292586024514785281

And mad

He actually had a nice season overall. But he’s been bad in the bubble, no way around that. And talking about next year, smh. He should’ve let that one go.

NUMBER ONE OVERALL ahead of Zo.

People COPPED PLEAS for Fultz in college talking about he didn’t have enough HELP meanwhile playing in the SAME conference Zo took some scrub ass white dudes to the Sweet 16

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4 dumb turnovers and too loose with the ball. Raptors got players that can flat out ball.

They are good at everything, ballhandling, shooting, passing, defense. No specialists . Just all around players.

Bucks ball handling is going to get them killed. Lots of 3 and D specialists...but passing and ball handling sucks. That shit bothers me.

If you’re wack at shooting or playing defense..I get it. But ball handling and passing? Ain’t no excuse for that shit. That shit would drive me nuts as a coach. That’s all fundamentals.

Most of the games today were kinda wack...too many players put on rest protocol. ...too many

But all starters are playing in this game.

Let’s go!

Nice little battle going between them.

Lakers offense looking better, but something still seems off.

AD getting it in earlier.

Can the lakers sustain this pace? This is the test.

Bulls drafted WCarter Jr. over him. Goddamnit.

I know, fam. I know. It’s heartbreaking. But the back issue scared them. They didn’t want another Scottie Pippen issue on their hands, being on pins and needles on if his back would go out. So I understand.

Funny thing, just like Scottie dude had back surgery in his rookie year. ..fock around and have the same stellar career.

Meanwhile you're lusting over a player whose spine is held together by Tinkertoys and duct tape because he put together five awesome games in an empty stadium? SMH

I also think Porter Jr. would be dope if we knew he'd be healthy. But his entire family's bodies fall apart on the floor. It fucking sucks but is what it is.

If you are, then cool.


Dude porter jr was the best high school senior on the planet, Mr basketball everything. Unfortunately, he didn’t play that much in college, but didn’t need to. His skill set is generationally.

Wendell will be a serviceable big man at best. It’s just obvious. Porter Jr is walking buckets inside and out, and has crazy rebounding and court vision ability. And has one of the purest shots in the league.

Just like with Pippen, the only question mark is his back....and if Pippen is his ceiling as far as all around ability goes, dude come on!

Pippen lasted and so can Porter Jr. so far Denver got a Fucking steal and if it doesn’t work out , oh well, they still got mad talent.

And , btw, before the pandemic he was coming on strong.

>Dude porter jr was the best high school senior on the planet,
>Mr basketball everything. Unfortunately, he didn’t play that
>much in college, but didn’t need to. His skill set is
>generationally.

I know. Except for the bad grammar, yes, I agree.

>Wendell will be a serviceable big man at best. It’s just
>obvious.

Near double double at 21 from a defensive big man is not something a team should take for granted. Especially a team whose best player is a 4 who can't defend. They're a perfectly matched pair.

Porter Jr is walking buckets inside and out, and has
>crazy rebounding and court vision ability. And has one of the
>purest shots in the league.

Yes, when he's on the court.

>Just like with Pippen, the only question mark is his
>back....and if Pippen is his ceiling as far as all around
>ability goes, dude come on!

Michael Porter Jr. will not be Scottie Pippen, because the Porter family has tendons and cartilage made of spent-a-week-on-the-counter mozzarella. It's fucked up. But it's true. And one can't really ignore that. (It's also grossly underselling Pippen or grossly overselling Porter. I can't tell which is happening here. But yes, Porter is very, very talented.)

>Pippen lasted and so can Porter Jr. so far Denver got a
>Fucking steal and if it doesn’t work out , oh well, they
>still got mad talent.

It was a great price at that position. No one is arguing the alternative. The mad talent Denver has is precisely why Denver was able to draft him and Chicago wasn't-- because even if he never played another game, Denver is fine either way. The majority of the top 13 teams in that draft were *not* in a position where they could whiff on a guy with his injury history. So Denver took him and, for a few games now, it's paid off nicely. If he stays healthy, it'll pay off further still. I hope he does stay healthy.

>And , btw, before the pandemic he was coming on strong.

No, that's wrong.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/portemi01/gamelog/2020

He had a hot couple of weeks in January... then he got hurt. Again. Missed more time and wasn't really in the rotation when the pandemic hit. Because the ankle sprain he said post-game was fine ended up lingering for longer than expected. Which, again, is par for the course for the Porter family. Jontay tore his ACL twice in two years. Bri had to retire after five (!!) ACL tears before college. Cierra medically retired from basketball for a spell too because her knee can't get right. They just can't get right.

I'm rooting for him to succeed. No one wants to see an injury-prone guy keep getting hurt. But he wasn't the right pick for the Bulls there, because the Bulls did not have the talent to afford a miss. Which is why several more teams passed on Porter too. It's revisionist history to suggest otherwise.

If I can set my 2K settings to no injuries, then of course, Porter Jr would've contended for the top pick. But that's just not how the world works. And Bulls fans shouldn't poo-poo the 21-year-old they have when MPJ is the human embodiment of every war movie land mine sequence.

Anyhow. I'm done with this convo, you can have the last word. I just wanted to correct the factually wrong thing for anyone else who may read this. Stay safe.

Your Duke bias is insufferable.

My last point isn’t wrong. He came on strong in the second half of the season, which was before the pandemic. That’s fact. And then he had the injury.

Also, during that stretch where he came on strong, he shot 52 percent from the field, and was named Denver Nugget of the month. That month also included two 20 point games, and he had ,what, 10 or 12 games of double digit scoring.

And , on the season , he is shooting 50 pct from the field and 42 pct from three.

So this isn’t some bubble routine from this kid. He is massively talented, and will be a superstar player if his back can hold up. Tonight, he shot 100 pct against the Lakers defense, and Lebron was guarding him.

And there is no need to talk about Wendell Fucking Carter, but since he is a Dukie, you would make some silly argument for him over Michael Porter Jr.

Wendell is a janitor center and nothing more. So take your duke bullshit somewhere else.

So thank you for that post.

"stretch 4" his usefulness will be limited

His three point shooting has been bad-- but it was honestly good at Duke, so that's a strange situation. Especially since his FT% has improved since arriving in the NBA. I think it's at least partially out of necessity-- Lauri is a stretch 4, so they're not going to play Wendell outside very much at the same time-- but that said, you'd think he'd get a couple more opportunities after picks or something.

He can be a good defensive big for a long time even if the offense never gets beyond 10-12 PPG, though. He's definitely quicker/more athletic than someone like Jah, and his instincts/timing on that end are really strong.

I actually thought his shot blocking was strong at Duke and showed nice promise as a rookie, but he took a step back some last year. Admittedly didn't watch enough games the Bulls played to determine whether that's a scheme thing or not-- but his defensive on/off numbers are the best on the team outside of any player named Kris Dunn. The thing he always had at Duke was knowing where to be, how to use his feet, and how to use his body. Even if he never becomes an elite shot blocker, I'd definitely trust him as a general paint protector, if not necessarily an above-the-rim type of protector. If that makes sense.

on a lot...

>I actually thought his shot blocking was strong at Duke and
>showed nice promise as a rookie, but he took a step back some
>last year. Admittedly didn't watch enough games the Bulls
>played to determine whether that's a scheme thing or not-- but
>his defensive on/off numbers are the best on the team outside
>of any player named Kris Dunn. The thing he always had at Duke
>was knowing where to be, how to use his feet, and how to use
>his body. Even if he never becomes an elite shot blocker, I'd
>definitely trust him as a general paint protector, if not
>necessarily an above-the-rim type of protector. If that makes
>sense.

Sexton had the big one I saw, but Carter's also done things like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Ky-dImJBk

He's always gonna challenge in the paint, which I think is a good thing. So yeah, he may get dunked on a few times, no doubt. Shit, AD's been dunked on-- if you're down there trying, folks are gonna get past now and again. But he'll also make people miss plenty of dunks and layups too. His defensive On/Off numbers are what they are for a reason.

a great positional defender that had a long NBA career even got a ring with Boston in 08 but while he was considered and elite defender for much of the 90’s in the the late 90’s and into the 2000’s when the Vince/Kobe type athletes that would go OVER you started to become more prominent in the league “positional” defenders started to become less valued.

Nowadays it seems like most bigs today are either shot blockers or “stretch” 4/5’s that can knock down the 3

But since he showed potential as a shot blocker last season and he showed potential at Duke as both a shot blocker and a stretch big, I think there's plenty there to build upon. Especially considering how well he fits with Lauri.

If he continues to not shoot and continues to not average even one block per game, then yeah, he'll probably become a journeyman, decade-plus long big man role player guy. I just think the potential is there for him to keep building-- especially since he just turned 21.

And going back to the original point, there's a reason he was ahead of MPJ on every single draft board-- because he was a healthy big man of strong defense and good mobility who averaged over 2 blocks a game and over 40% from 3. Not saying he's more talented or he'll be better going forward-- but the choice at the time was clear and the potential is there (especially with the Lauri fit) for him to develop into a terrific defensive anchor/double-double guy.

We know what Wendell is, and he will be a good serviceable big man. He is not wack, and nor is he a dumb player. It's just that his ceiling is pretty obvious.

And as Frank talks about Porter being made out of pasta noodles, Carter Jr has missed significant time two years in a row, and both injuries occurred around the same time within the year.

So as he mouths off about Porter being injury prone, Wendell Carter, Jr could possibly be sailing in a similar boat. Can he stay completely healthy in his third year or future years?

You keep ignoring the actual argument I made. Which is fine. It's your MO.

If lakers want a chance at winning a chip.
That offense flows much better and the spacing is better.

Really don’t know what Vogel is thinking. Too much of a defensive coach.

Mcgee-Davis-Kuzma-Green- Bron. It’s quite clear. Never understood kuzma coming of the bench.

Anyway fock lakers. Y’all look good tonight though.

Denver’ s bench running the lakers’ starters

Bol bol , pumlee, pj dozier, Morris!

Bron, Davis, Kuzma all on the court. Bron has zero rebounds.

Not Looking good in the 4th. Y’all better not lose this game.

Y’all niggas are so sorry. Needed a three by Kuzma to win in the last seconds
against denver’s Second and third stringers!

Your entire starting 5 was on the floor for the last quarter ....and bol bol was giving y’all the business! Y’all ran a zone to slow down some rookies.

That’s just pure sadness. Y’all finally got some offense and a win.


Y’all allowed the highest 3 point pct and fg pct in the bubble....Porter didn’t miss a shot.

Eventually you’ll learn to stop talking shit over stretches of play during a 48 minute game, when the team you’re trying to shit on wins the game.

"If you're trying to reason with allstah, you've already lost."

(I know as someone who's engaged with him way too often.)

What’s to reason with? They were getting their asses whooped by third stringers.. third stringers.

Pumlee, bol bol, Morris, PJ, and another third stringer. That’s who the lakers edged out in the 4th quarter.

Don’t twist this shit around... and none of the posters were around for the whole game ...sweating bullets for this game

It’s just sometimes he’s the only one posting.

Your delusional . I was giving your wack ass team pub for better offense

Stretches? Your team got its ass handed to them for most of the game by second and third stringers ...and needed a missed free throw by a rookie to win the game/.. and Kuzma hitting a game winning shot.

Your team played 5 starters in the second half to Denver’s third stringers ..and was still getting their asses whooped.

And you were ghost for the whole game until the end as usual

You ain’t getting out of the West... deal wit it .

You can’t get your ass kicked when you win.

And yeah, I didn’t want to talk to you while the game was going on. So what?

You really are delusional.

Have a good night. You can’t even be honest about your own damn team.

I watched the whole game from beginning to end.

Y’all gave up the highest fg pct and 3pt pct in the bubble for a game.

Y’all were getting ran off the court by rookies ...

Good night ....maybe one day you will be honest.

The Lakers won.

Have nightmares,mofo!

In order to deal with denver’s second and third stringers..

Lol this is comical.

This nigga was ghost the whole game ...sweating bullets.

Cancun for y’all real soon.

but hopefully it gets kuzma locked in

In defense of freaking Wendell Carter,Jr

“Meanwhile you're lusting over a player whose spine is held together by Tinkertoys and duct tape because he put together five awesome games in an empty stadium? SMH”

Porter just shot 100 pct against the lakers, and for the season is shooting 50pct from the field and 42pct from 3.

Pure Duke delusion.

he'd be mad as shit if someone said that about one of his guys' legit injury.

Jabari's got 1/10th of an ACL hanging on for dear life like the latch of a fat person's high heel shoe. You can't give him a long term deal for any reason-- even if he looks healthy and starts balling. It's fucked up-- as I said repeatedly up there-- but it is what it is. Once you're consistently injured like that, you're a huge risk.

There's a reason a guy with Top 3 draft pick talent in that class went all the way at 14. That's the point I was making above, and it's an unimpeachable point-- but allstah is gonna allstah.

If me trying to make light of an undeniably shitty situation came across the wrong way, that's my fault. Lord knows I find myself doing that a lot more these days, lol. But the point itself, the thing our resident ranter seems to be trying to spin, is clear and, as I said, fairly unimpeachable.

https://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_mesg&forum=8&topic_id=2717282&mesg_id=2717405&page=

It's pretty clear from the post that I'm defending Wendell Carter Jr. being drafted ahead of Michael Porter Jr. I did not say in that post that WCJ is a more talented player than MPJ. I said he's a young talent who matches very well with the Bulls's young star in the frontcourt, and the Bulls did not have the talent to make up for whiffing just in case MPJ's obvious injury concerns came to pass. It's pretty obvious from reading that discussion what I'm arguing. Painfully obvious, really.

But just in case you felt like listening to allstah in a moment of pandemic-related weakness, there's the context you need.

You jumped in a bulls conversation talking about we should be thankful of Wendell Carter, and that Porter Jr wasn't worth crying over because of his back injury,etc, etc.

You clearly dissed my man, hard. Yes, you did.

And you downplayed his coming out month, when it was as clear as day that he was ready to take off, which is exactly what he is doing.


It would be funny as hell if Wendell turns out to be injury prone throughout his pro career....because , you know, he has already been significantly injured two straight years in a row.

Michael Porter is getting busy and dropping efficient shots on elite defenders, but you in here talking about Wendell Carter, Jr.

Man, enjoy this wonderful nba bubble season....and stop with all that duke bullshit.

And the playoffs without home court vibe will be blah.

Still looking forward to it though! :-)

These games have been more intense than a normal regular season game,
and from a viewing standpoint, the energy and suspense is still there. The smaller, intimate surroundings make for good sports theater.

It’s going to become more intense once the playoffs start. The nba has greatly exceeded expectations.

these games have been good as fuck...and that's without there being some kind of stakes for every game. Once the playoffs start...sheeeeeeeit (c)Downtown Clay Davis I have not once though...man, sure wish there were real fans in there. To each his/her own, though.

Even though The NBA tried to fock them with that bogus schedule.

They have beaten:

Mavs
Okc
Heat
Clippers
Pacers

I think most want Portland As the 8th seed, because they are a huge threat to
the Lakers. However, I wouldn’t mind seeing them make PO.

Keep eatin’, Booker.

After Lebron, AD and Kuz, it is pretty bad

Their depth is real suspect - especially without Bradley & Rondo.

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Please use his full name when mentioning him, thanks.

This is why I don’t mention bum ass Duke players

I swear this dude gets google notifications whenever someone mentions a Duke player.

>Please use his full name when mentioning him, thanks.

Just making sure we put everything in there.

nigga, you stole my phrase!

how dare you.

>nigga, you stole my phrase!
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>how dare you.

PHOENIX VS LA

we aint tuned up enough to deal w/ Portland

this Suns team has never been this healthy all year long, and who is better offensively than Book right today?

AYTON IS COMING AROUND. MAYBE.

https://twitter.com/espn/status/1293287503948992512

the nba is nailing it.

These dudes are hooping against a Suns team playing its starters, who are fighting for a PO spot.


These boys are competing hard. I love it. They are only down by 5.



Boston is saying fuck that...we aint giving Griz an easy win, you're going to have to earn it. Boston starters are hooping.

Can Memphis come back?


Suns vs Portland for a play in game would be epic, and more exciting. I really don't want to see Memphis in the PO. Too many young'ins. It does not make for good basketball.

If the 76ers are somehow better w/o him, then that’s entirely on coaching and management for failing to best maximize his talent and surround him with more complimentary teammates.

And refuses to shoot. That’s a fundamental flaw. That’s on him.
This ain’t the 90s. Basketball is position less, every player has to be able to do everything.

Get that nigga off the court.

These Blazers would be a 4-5 seed if they had Nurkic and Collins all year.

Tell me what he’s doing wrong and why he’s bad for the game. Thanks.

https://twitter.com/NBCSNorthwest/status/1290866111597010944

Advanced stat needs can’t manipulate buckets.

>Advanced stat needs can’t manipulate buckets.
Advanced stat nerds*

except for the Wizards, etc....I’m loving the bubble. Almost all these games are good. Portland and Dallas are going AT IT. I love it.

shotmaking is on a different level

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If you don't have a team in these playoffs and you're a neutral I have no idea how you can't root for Dame and the Blazers.

Blazers make it in and they're going to give the Lakers all kinds of headaches.

And with Skinny Melo playing above average/good defense the matchup against LeBron shouldn't be a total L.

AD is another issue but the Blazers got big, somewhat mobile bigs to throw at him.

It would be 50/50 with Denver and Houston.

And they’d give the Clippers and Lakers all they can handle. They’re a legit top 5 team in the West when healthy, which they are now.

It’s gonna be a battle. Wish they were playing someone else so I could root for them.

The play should have been for a top of the key 3 or slightly off the key.
A running corner three that hit the side of the BB?

How much more time will he given to coach this squad? He is still
living off that 2012 championship. And the defense is trash.

See what Skip has to say about Dame tomorrow..... he will be silent as hell.

Got the Greek dude out there headbutting dudes

However, can’t blame them because they came into the
Bubble out of the playoff hunt. They totally stopped playing, and they
do have a good offense . They just suck defensively. Lord do they suck defensively.
Plus their playmaker is terrible. ish is more of a shooting PG

But Brown, Bryant, Bertrans,ish with Beal can put up points.

Now this is a team where Ben Simmons would be perfect for...give them playmaking and defense. Send John Wall to Philly.

Well, there goes their run.

Still gonna be an interesting matchup regardless

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1293537346550472710

this was always the plan. after round 1 you can bring folks in. they still have to quarantine for like 7-10 days before they are actually around players. nba got this licked

feels like a dumb move tbh

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29645758/memo-nba-players-prove-longstanding-relationship-non-family-members-enter-bubble

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - As the NBA prepares for the arrival of team guests into The Bubble for the start of the conference semifinals this month, the league is requiring players provide proof of "longstanding relationships" with non-family members, according to a memo obtained by ESPN.

The NBA and National Basketball Players Association negotiated terms that preclude players from hosting guests who'd be deemed as wholly casual in nature, including "known by the player only through social media or an intermediary," according to the memo.

Those without "an established pre-existing, personal and known relationship" won't be allowed into the Bubble, where each second-round playoff team has been allocated 17 hotel rooms for guests. The earliest guests could clear the quarantine process and join players: August 31, per the memo.

NBA to have seeding games MVP, all-bubble team
As one team general manager told ESPN, the issue of casual acquaintances "could create problems within your team - and maybe someone's else's too," and has been a significant topic of discussion among organizations hopeful to minimize internal drama as the playoffs unfold.

So far, the NBA has been thrilled with how they've been able to maintain a campus that's free of coronavirus infection and largely functional and collegial in nature. The league and union have been united in wanting to find ways to best preserve the elements that have made the environment workable, and still acknowledge the length of the stay for advancing teams makes the inclusion of family an important factor in the mental and emotional well-being of players.

The NBA and NBPA negotiated the broader inclusion of family and friends after the first-round of the playoffs during the league's shutdown, essentially agreeing to replace the population of exiting team traveling parties with as many as four guests per player, plus additional exceptions for children.

There was significant discussion and planning about how some guests could impact the league's environment, and that's reflected in the language of rules that also prohibit those with business relationships, including agents, chefs, trainers and tattoo artists, according to the memo.

Families and guests will be required to quarantine for seven days off-site from the Disney Wide World of Sports in Orlando, or three days in the team's market prior to take a franchise charter flight to Orlando, and then four more days on the Disney campus, the memo said.

Players are allowed one ticket per guest per playoff game, with an additional seat available to a child 32 inches or smaller, per the memo. In trying to control infection in the bubble environment, family members won't be able to move outside the campus zone and utilize Disney's theme parks.

are bum ass duke players.

Only thing Pelicans vs Kings was missing yesterday was coach K on the sidelines.

Giles, Parker, that bum ass nigga who used to play philly, etc....Jones and scrub ass grayson for the grizs.

Fatso Zion out here wasting our time..And every time Luka balls out, Marvin Bagley sheds a tear.

All them niggas need to be G leagued.

But Kentucky niggas are killing as superstars!....Booker.

That’s all I got

Wild to think about!

spacjng and movement is beautiful.

Pressure is off, and now they can just play as underdogs.

Burks, Korkmaz, Scott. Shake, hortford, Harris, Embiid, Richardson...
Robinson, Quinn, Thybulle.

Stroking threes , making other shots come easy.

I love what I’m seeing.

These boys are not going to lie down. I’m not saying they’re going to beat the bucks or the raptors.

But they are going to ball. Also Celtics are the perfect matchup. They have not been all that great in the bubble and their weakest position is the center position, and Kemba isn’t healthy.

I love underdogs and would love to see philly run these niggas

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>But they are going to ball. Also Celtics are the perfect
>matchup. They have not been all that great in the bubble and
>their weakest position is the center position, and Kemba
>isn’t healthy.
>

After a couple missteps they’ve looked very good and Kemba has too. The bigs are still a concern, but Not quite as much as I thought they’d be. We will get by the Sixers relatively easily.

Heat, bucks, trailblazers games ..they didn’t look good to me.

I’m not saying that philly is going to beat them. But I like the matchup, because Philly has speed and some good shooters. They will compete.

If Embiid is in a good mood it could be an excellent playoff.

Not sure if you have a championship caliber roster with a healthy Ben, but I'd argue that missing him isn't a death sentence as far as being competitive goes. Playoff Ben isn't really a thing.

Boston has shitty size. Playing through Embiid and having four shooters space the floor isn't the worst thing in the world.

but iono fam.

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Rooting for philly over C’s. I like the C’s squad, but the legend of Dr.J must live.

Rooting for OKC over Rockets. Want to see Billy the kid and CP3 do them in.

Rooting for Bucks out the east, but I’m an eastern conference guy, so even if they don’t make it I will root for an eastern conference squad.

Anyone out of the west will do, except the lakers.

Fock Lakers and Fock every last duke player on the planet, except Tatum.

Suns pack their bags and leave if Portland wins.

I love that this is happening so much. The playoffs are going to be unbelievable. Games all day long starting at like 1:00 PM, nothing starting at 10:30, nothing overlapping. This is a hoop junkie’s dream.

Pretty much ...the nba is the new ncaa

This team is tough, and all they need is to add Kevin Durant.

Allen- Durant- Harris- Levert-Dimwiddie

That’s squad ..straight up. And their bench is deep with cats who can score.

Joe, Levert and Allen ain’t focking around in this game .

I love hard working teams.... I hope we see some upsets ..ncaa style.

These dudes come to ball....

These dudes come to ball....

That’s bullshit....ain’t no need for resting.

FOH. Dude is killing the game, and it’s a close ass game.

Cats had 4 months off and have only played for 2 weeks.

That’s fucked up for booker and the suns

Okay, Levert is back!

No issue here.

Yes he did. Blazers got back in the game

He had already sat for awhile. He came back, then there was a foul and he went back to the bench after talking to the ref. They were up like 6 or 7 when he went to the bench .

He came back and that lead was gone.

Even Reggie was like is he done for the night? That’s what I was thinking at first because he was gone for too long.

Then Reggie said guess who is back in the game ...and that’s when he got the momentum back and started scoring in the paint.

You need your best player on the floor ...Lillard barely sat for the game.

He sat for the like the last 3 mins of the third, and then sat for like 7-6 mins in the 4th.

Too god damn long.

That was a lot of fun. As a bball fan, I wish it was Blazers/Suns playing for that last spot.

Same here. Nobody wants to see the Griz.

>Same here. Nobody wants to see the Griz.
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and not so much w/o JJJ

I'm ready to see Devin Booker in a play-in game head on against dame RIGHT NOW. he's ready ready

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

>and not so much w/o JJJ
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>I'm ready to see Devin Booker in a play-in game head on
>against dame RIGHT NOW. he's ready ready
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>www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

Suns went 8-0. Monty is a black coach!
You always screaming about black nba coaches not getting love.

Not understanding.

Oh, okay. You’re speaking on the political side.

I thought you were just straight up hating.

This is a new season in some ways. JJ hurt. As good as Ja is, the Grizz aren’t ready for any of this right now.

Lakers would wash either one of them, so I’m not worried about that. Just want to see an entertaining game.

the NBA wanted Zion in the playoffs, even gave the Pels the easiest schedule and they blew it because Zion wasn’t ready.

Memphis held down that 8th spot most of the year. Portland is basically getting a do-over getting Nurkic and Collins back.

That they could go to the bubble and win every single game and not even get a play-in chance.

Dude's an ace player and the Blazers can go to blazes this year.

Boy solid.

lol

How many effing times have they said that LeBron respects Caruso!

His inside outside game is crazy.
Lakers nervous as fock. Praying the grizs can get this one. They battling.

Nurkic Clark whiteside inside

Carmelo, McCollum, Dame, and Trent on the perimeter .

Griz hanging tough

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adam silver gotta win something mayne.

just the positive pr alone from everything the nba has done is worth an award.

That’s portland’s Huge issue....no defense.

And Griz are more physical.

Good ass game

Griz played hard and tough, but too many rookie mistakes by
Morant.

Lakers vs Portland ....god damn. It’s on.

>Griz played hard and tough, but too many rookie mistakes by
>Morant.
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>Lakers vs Portland ....god damn. It’s on.

Ja had 3 costly turnovers in those last 5-6 minutes
Memphish has a nice young core to build on
good game

then has to decide what to do with the ball.

Yeah...he did a lot of that. It was driving me crazy.

they didn’t guard him.

Hopefully CJ isn’t doing a Grant Hill.

I think the NBA got the first round matchup it wanted.

Yeah that CJ McCollum shit is crazy, but they said the fracture is stable. So I’m thinking its possible a hairline fracture. It’s definitely not a compression fracture.

I think he will be okay because the spine is a very strong collection of bones, so there tons of support.

>Yeah that CJ McCollum shit is crazy, but they said the
>fracture is stable. So I’m thinking its possible a hairline
>fracture. It’s definitely not a compression fracture.
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>I think he will be okay because the spine is a very strong
>collection of bones, so there tons of support.

but every series on the west side is highly interesting except for maybe utah/denver.

WEST
1. LAL vs. 8. POR
4. HOU vs. 5. OKC

3. DEN vs. 6. UTA
2. LAC vs. 7. DAL

EAST
1. MIL vs. 8. ORL
4. IND vs. 5. MIA

3. BOS vs. 6. PHI
2. TOR vs. 7. BKN

Damn what’s up with the east hate?

There are going to be some good ass games.

good.

In the West OKC vs Houston should very good.

but the 2nd round on should be very entertaining, maybe even moreso than the west.

HOU/OKC is the 1st round series I'm most looking forward to, although I wish Westbrook was healthy for it.

>but the 2nd round on should be very entertaining, maybe even
>moreso than the west.
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>HOU/OKC is the 1st round series I'm most looking forward to,
>although I wish Westbrook was healthy for it.

even without Russ for the start of the series. I could see them holding back on him, especially if they win the first game or two...seeing as they will really need him for a possible 2nd round matchup with the Lakers.

>even without Russ for the start of the series.

even with CP3 in revenge mode?

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I don’t went them to get bounced this early. I want that bucks vs lakers chip.

I’m such a contrarian. Once underdogs become favorites, I flip to the other side.
I love the underdog.

But hey, any time is the perfect time for the lakers to catch a L.
I just need Anthony Davis to go the fock off for fantasy.

https://sports.yahoo.com/jimmy-butler-running-20-cup-010053090.html

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2020/8/17/21371898/jimmy-butler-coffee-nba-bubble

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYWyraqq9-g

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He was hot in the first quarter, but there was some issues defensively..and grant and milsap got more tick. Not really a good defender yet, especially on screens and pick and rolls. They were targeting him.

Stop.

They were without Conley and Bogdanovic. That’s like 40 points, and he almost won them the game before overtime. They started a rookie at PG.

Marquez Fultz-

Beezo- best point guard in the draft
Brooklynwhat - good


Jason Tatum -

Beezo - journeyman at best
Brooklynwhat - sorry

Donovan Mitchell-

Frank Longo - scrappy guard off the bench.

That post is full of so much wrong... all them niggas thought Dennis Smith was going to be the truth....

Dig up your predictions and shit.

and “don’t talk shit later if you ain’t here now”??

And here comes all stah talking shit later while having made zero predictions of his own. SMH.

I do team predictions...and I face them if they turn out to be Ls.

Look man, I’m just focking with you no basketball knowing MFs. Lol

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but That zone shit in the nba is pussy. Wonder how the raptors would be if they could not play zone?

Brooklyn fighting back.

He’s like fuck that zone. Dropping dimes.

He has everything.

they could have easily packed it in when it was looking like a blowout.

Philly. Is lethal with that small lineup of berks, Richardson -thybulle- Harris- hortford .

Philly’s up by 4. Embiid on the bench.

Let’s go sixers!...

Brings in shake ..turns the ball over, momentum changes, now sixers down by 6

but i think its even harder with embiid taking himself out at random times too.

Agreed.

Berks is clearly the better PG..but they were actually playing better with Embiid on the bench ..they went up by six with that small lineup.
This game was there for them to take.

Embiid is talented as fuck, but I don’t think he is a bright player. No intensity.

Ben Simmons is smart, has intensity, but no offense
Embiid can ball inside out, but lacks intensity and brightness .

All fucked up.

agreed on embiid.

you see how the pelicans manage the minutes of an out of shape zion. so theres still a rhythm to the team and zion can go hard whenever hes on the floor.

embiid just be coming in and out whenever so its hard for the team to stay in the groove when he comes back in.

76ers made him (and Jimmy, but you could tell Tobias was the longterm play) such an important part of the 3rd turn of The Process and my guy is just not up for it. He needs to be in Charlotte putting up 24 points on 26 shots.


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just versatile for no damn reason at all.

He got hammered on the other end, gets called for a foul on a great block, and gets quickly Td up for his reaction. They screwed up all 3 of those - and it completely changed the momentum in the game.

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This is stupid. I’m turning it to the Dodgers. Refs ruined this one.

right into the Clippers hands, that's what they do

The league has no incentive to see them win. General NBA viewership isn't really checking for Kawhi and PG like that.

the tech was still bs tho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvyrdokvX7Y

Another great day of games.
I’m well rested, and ready to see some hoops. I ain’t touching politics for awhile. It’s all fucked up , and life is on Autopilot with covid restrictions still in place.

I want to see Milwaukee straight blaze Orlando. Gotta send a message.
I want a straight up battle game between Heat and pacers.

That’s huge. Takes a lot of air out of that series for me.

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Basketball for lunch, dinner, and bed please and thank you.

Because they can’t get points in the paint. They are one of the best shooting teams in the league, but they are flat and ineffective today.

First upset of the POs!

No excuses ...I don’t want to hear that early game shit.

Obviously, they do, but they look mad shaky at the end of games, sometimes.

Now that’s funny. They call him that down there?

Trying to figure out how I can make it a little less obvious I'm watching something during Zoom meetings though.

Fock all that shit, mang. Just have yo ass here for the lakers.

Peace. Bring popcorn.

I've spent many nights teaching online classes while watching NBA games. It takes practice, especially not to show emotions when the game gets exciting, and you have to be good at multitasking. Classes are more enjoyable though, for me at least.

Man. God they looked awful. They have actually looked bad this entire bubble. All those players are the same as far as personality goes..too complacent. Where is the player who is going to get up in your face?

They don’t look hungry. That’s the problem.

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Terrible matchup for OKC. They are doing what OKC does with to other teams.
Houston is nothing but a team with wings and guards who 3 and d.

Okc can’t match that on the front court end of things, because of slow ass Adams and Danilo. They are bigger, but slower. I mean Adams has to go out and guard the 3 point line against green or tucker....Fucking mismatch all night long.

And now Eric Gordon is healthy....just a bunch of 3 and d guys, and when they are hitting it can be murder.

But okc is tough in the 4 quarter. The best In the league in that quarter ..so they will fight

But the match up sucks... OKC is going to put have to put up a lot of threes to hang ,because the defense might not be enough. Plus no Dort.

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is next level.

Not to mention the dick shots.

It can be lethal when the shots are dropping, so if you’re not a huge three point shooting
team, and don’t have the speed to keep up, you’re going to get murdered. And when they substitute , they just bring in another player who can hit a three.

OKC ain’t used to launching threes like that....that’s where okc can’t matchup.

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Kentucky all up in these playoffs.

Dukies on the bench or at home watching.

I’d rather have Melo.

Players have to adjust.

Especially since Whiteside did such a solid job while he was out.

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This is going to be a physical ass series ...and Clark ain’t even out there yet

Bodies flying everywhere.

They kinda getting carried away with these fouls though

they can bang inside with the LA bigs

This ain’t college. Everybody out there needs to be able to get buckets.

Unleash Dion.

Unacceptable. Unleash Dion.

GTFOH.

Over 233??

Unless they call and ask for OT.

Lol

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I think this was his first game. I was like damn I thought he was sitting this out.

-‘That over turn was trash for the charge

- Lillard clearly gor fouled by Howard

- the nurkic foul

Let them play....don’t help the lakers

Come on ...let’s make this fair.

Let them ball.

You ain’t going to give me a foul?

Cool, three from the logo!!

Refs tried to steal this from them ..Dame said nope!!!!

Incredible.

Also, big time clutch 3 at the end by Gary Trent Jr. Yup.

All he does is stand in the corner and miss wide open 3s.

Could’ve had Melo for nothing, but instead we overpaid Danny Green and signed Jared Dudley - who would come off the bench on my YMCA noon hour league team.

Why didn’t the lakers bring in jr smith or waiters for three point shooting?

Dion would at least get to the bucket and put up double figures through.

Green has to make open shots. That’s his job on offense.

I don't think there's much harm in a game where your team is 15% from 3 giving him a couple of minutes and a couple of shots, just to see if he's on. Same for Dudley (39% 3PT career) and Cook (41% 3PT career)-- even if they are both usually worse players than your present rotation, if they can come in and knock down a 3 pointer off the bench, give them 4-5 minutes. And if they come in and look lost, it's an insta-bench after 2 minutes, no real harm done. That's gotta be better for you than a cold player who's missing all the shots and putting up like a -20 BPM.

You can’t have KCP/Caruso sharing a spot and going a combined 1-15, with Green struggling at the same time.

Would’ve liked to see Bron, Dion, Kuzma, Morris, Davis for at least a stretch.

Near the end of the game he opted to give it to Caruso instead of a wide open DG LOL

Their two biggest strengths, guard play and shooting, are the Lakers' two biggest weaknesses, and the Lakers' two biggest strengths - having LeBron and being big - aren't as heavily in their favor as the Blazers' are in theirs.

I'm not saying it WILL happen, but me and my Carmelo stock are over here drinking that Diet Coke with Chuck real calm like. Losing Bradley and Rondo is gonna loom large over this whole series.


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..Lakers looked out of sync, but pulled it together in the 4th, only to get gassed down the stretch.

Those 4 missed FTs by Bron & AD were crucial.

Dame gon' Dame.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

Bad shooting al around but the loss is on Vogel. Benched Kuz and AC for KCP and Green who couldn’t do shit offensively.

he gonna have to suck it up or he can gone somewhere w/ that pussy bullshit. mf aint crashing the glass. aint posting up. too content to shoot long 3s and wait for kickouts. get yo ass down low, STAY THERE, battle, and we'll win.
i was surprised to see he had 28/11 because it felt like he wasnt even out there. he made no real impact on either end.

as for lineup i'd go w/ Bron, Kuz, AD (there should never be a time when 2/3 of them arent on the court), KCP, Dion would be my closeout lineup.

3 bucket getters, AD as the ultimate cleanup man, KCP actually played alright defense.

He is far from your problem. He had a huge first half, and the lakers dominated the boards, especially on the offensive end. He led all players in offensive rebounds with 6.

To put it in perspective for you, lebron had 17 boards, 15 were defensive. Davis has 11 boards, and 6 were offensive. More than 50 percent of his board were offensive.

Look this ain’t the 90s, every position can shoot and score. 2 dominant players mean shit when there aren’t other players to contribute.

AD can score 40 points as well as Lebron and that still wouldn’t be enough.

You simply don’t have enough weapons. Portland didn’t even play well, but they have so many weapons it didn’t even matter.

And Lebron missed 2 free throws down the stretch. Stop blaming AD every time the lakers lose.

But if you closed out with some form of AD, Bron, Kuz, Caruso, and whoever is shooting well. KCP was 0-9 yesterday. Just awful. At least Green had some effect on D, but nobody we've got can guard CJ let alone Dame.

Need to stop fucking around with AD at the 4, IMO.

I don't know if I've ever seen a team *that* cold from all over the floor. Lakers have been the worst 3 point shooting team in the bubble - and shot 5-32 last night.

That won't get it done against anyone. Despite that - they still had a chance to take that game.

Vogel needs to be willing to play Waiters & JR more when the backcourt is ice cold. Bron becomes first player in history to go for 20-15-15 in a playoff game. Bananas.

AD needs to stop shying away from the inside and get to the hole. Settling for waaay too many long J's and floaters.

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this is only one game.

but once you start saying shit like that...you give your team an out.

Even against the clippers, the lakers bigs are able to do what they want, because the clippers have poor rim protection and interior defense, which is why they have no answer for AD.

That has always been the lakers MO: you may have the better perimeter players and backcourt, but we are going to out big you.

But now, they face a team that not only has the better backcourt and wing players, but also have the better bigs.

Nurkic can bang, and is a better shooter from the outside than AD, so that’s an even match up......But Collins and Whiteside are way more dynamic than Howard and McGee, and Collins didn’t even play. And you throw in that Kentucky kid. That’s 4 dynamic bigs.

And Collins more than likely is playing the next game. That’s 4 dynamic bigs who can eat up 20 fouls... just throwing bodies at you.

Just an absolute unit who isn't afraid to play physical. Only turning 26 this week too-- he could play like this for another 8-10 years easy.

Plus "The Bosnian Beast" is a fucking dope ass nickname.

> he could play like this for another
>8-10 years easy.

its possible but with his injury history its doubtful