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."

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.