Sixers vs. Celtics 7:30 p.m. TNT

Lakers vs. Warriors 10:30 p.m. TNT

Who you got?

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Warriors all over the Lakers.

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-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.

I hated his playing style / the way he played in Houston, he really gained my respect with how he played in BK until the hammy injury

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I thnk Philly is the team to beat in the EAst.

-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.

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in a game that actually "counts."

Wanna see how Wiseman, White Donte, etc fit in and how theu are using Kuminga, Moody.

Also looking to see if Klay is "all the way back." He looked better in the brief preseason action I watched.

Obviously gonna be looking out of my side eye to see how Dray and JP are, or are not, interacting.

Everything is silly with them


Bulls let’s go. Lavine is back, not a fan, but it is what it is.

5th-8th seed is the the target.

Start the season!

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Bulls list Zach LaVine questionable for opener vs. Heat
because of left knee injury management. Alex Caruso is
probable with a left calf contusion. Lonzo Ball obviously is out.

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those new wb/d cost cuts showing up?

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didn't really have an issue with them last year but they appear to be insufferable just a few minutes into the season

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Of course, a healthy AD makes that obvious, but it just looks like all these players are buying into Ham's defensive plan.

Offense is some shit. My GOODNESS this team cannot shoot for shit.

I have to think this gets better - but just seeing AD on a mission is great.

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This team is some shit. Trade Russ YESTERDAY.

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warriors are just shooting bad.

they picked it up and here you are.

Their offense just got...way worse. Plus, W's gonna W

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17x NBA Champions

Looks like the sixers could have used Thybul and his 10 ppg

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In a vacuum, PJ is just what Philly has needed for a while. But he’s also, like, quite old.


I wouldn’t be surprised at all if he’s due for a really bad year, analytics included.


It seemed like every preview I listened to/read talked about him like it was forever 2018 and more than any other obvious veteran need fulfilled I couldn't help but develop a gasface. I'd love to be wrong, but...homeless man's Barkley makes more sense sucking ass this year than even being a +/- goose egg with some morale-based intangibles.


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Curry was Curry. Klay and Wiggins looked good. Wiseman wasn't perfect, but there was a lot to like about his game time. He showed the potential that I'm hoping he fully realizes as the season goes on. I've said it on here before, but the Warriors haven't had an athletic big-man on both sides of the ball since... Robert Parrish? And he wasn't that good when he was on the Warriors, so it's really Wilt. We add something like that on a consistent basis, then watch out.

And I usually don't like to talk about opponents, but the Lakers looked bombed out and depleted, especially offensively. It's early, but Beverly looked like some shit. Which makes me smile, because I dislike him more than anyone else on the Lakers. Even Westbrook. Also, as my homeboy said, it doesn't look like Westbrook, James, and Davis pratice together. And after them, that roster is thin AF.

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Teams are going to go ham on them every night.

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They’re a chore to watch

Posters are going to go ham on him every night.

if klay is shooting comfortably like he has this game and the last preseason game...and wiggs is shooting over the top of the defense consistently...another title run coming up. i dont see how teams are gonna be able to deal with that spacing. and they cant double curry like that anymore.

jamychal green is looking like an upgrade over otto porter from 3 and also on the boards.

donte is an upgrade over gp offensively with adequate d.

this team wont be short on firepower.

and pat bev looked lost and useless out there most of the time.

russ has had his struggles but its really hard to see what pat bev adds to the first unit.

and they had to shoot relatively well in the 2nd half from the arc just to get to that figure after going like 2-20 in the first half.

Bron & AD actually looked quite fluid. Bron has an off-shooting night and still shoots ~50% high volume scoring with 31, 14 & 8. I was actually surprised how agile how he was moving. He blew by some young legs with his first-step tonight. Unfathomable in year 20.

But Lakers will not make any kind of run shooting the ball like this as a team, especially if they don't defend at a high level.

still quick slicing to the basket, shrugging off bigs like wiseman, still explosive getting up to the rim, etc.

its unreal the lack of physical decline at this age for somebody who has put the crazy amount of hard miles on his body like bron.

its a tragedy we dont get to see him in any suspenseful playoff runs anymore.

When you think of where the game's most elite scorers were at in this stage of their career, they were running on fumes. Malone was barely still contributing when he was chasing the scoring title. Kareem set the previous standard for longevity greatness, but is quickly being eclipsed by just how dominant LeBron still is *this* late in his career. Kareem was comfortably relegated to more of a role player late in his career.

LeBron? He's still carrying the load as the best/most consistent player on his team in year 20. Still playing at an MVP-level (he was the favorite to win MVP just a season ago until he went down with an injury) - and still is playing at an objectively elite level.

He's not just going to top Kareem's record, he's going to obliterate it, and will be looking fly while doing it.

>its a tragedy we dont get to see him in any suspenseful
>playoff runs anymore.

If Lakers can't compete this year (meaning a deep playoff run) - and they don't make the requisite moves that have to be made in order to give this team more of a competitive advantage, then Lakers and Bron should just part ways. There's absolutely no sense in having LeBron at this stage of his career if you're not doing everything you can to put a championship team around him and capitalize on the remaining time he has playing at this level.

You can't hedge. Either utilize the draft picks as leverage to land the best possible pieces to put around LeBron & AD - or blow the ship up. If Lakers want a hard rebuild - fine - but if you still have LeBron & AD you've got to be in a win-now mentality. It doesn't appear the FO is committed (or competent enough) to navigate this.


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and a billion dollars to spend on professional help then this is achievable.

I'd also see if Sac would come off of Kevin Huerter too

I still think they can fix the shooting problem with what limited assets they have left

the future is now. You wanna try to legitimately compete while you have the 2nd greatest player ever on your roster or not?

talking about it like dude is going to come in a be a world-beater and make us an instant contender even though he was coming off the bench for a bad Sacramento team last year lol

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the Lakers started 3 players last night that shoot 35+% from 3. The bench is trash, young doesn't necessarily mean good.

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in the off-season to maneuver before the trade deadline and get teams what they want/need in a potential Russ deal - but who knows if there was rhyme or reason to the acquisitions. But I do think they've got some attractive young/cheap assets to package to the right suitor (a team that will give up on this season *fast*, cut their losses, and initiate hard reset build to where nabbing that expiring Russ deal becomes attractive).

I agree that their shooting problems are fixable. We also haven't seen Dennis yet (who is out a month but has been a high % 3-point shooter), Troy Brown, or Bryant (all who can shoot the 3) yet due to injury -- and if you can deal for Hield & Turner, now you're assembling a team that can thrive off of the tried & true method of surrounding Bron with shooters and letting him create with AD off the pick and roll with ample spacing.


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that’s still not good enough to win it all.

And we supposedly didn’t have enough shooting in 2020 but when certain guys stepped up it didn’t matter.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

at 6-3 can have almost twice as many rebounds as 6-10 AD playing 5 less minutes

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>at 6-3 can have almost twice as many rebounds as 6-10 AD
>playing 5 less minutes

If there's one thing Russ will give you - it's effort. AD has been far too casual on the glass the past 2 years. I like the early signs from him in pre-season and game 1 - but he's still got a ways to go in terms of effort/assertiveness to be the 2020 AD that this team saw during the title run.


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breh also allergic to setting a solid pick because it's a health hazard
https://twitter.com/kingtisemedia/status/1582603629944455168

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i'm like, bruh, you used to be dominant.

but...maybe he feels like all that aggression is what got him hurt, and now he has a ring, so he's just gonna play out the string of his career and try to pocket as many millions as he can.

the fall off feels quick.

i was just thinking about this on my way to work this morning cuz they were talking bout him on something i was listening to.

just feels like his abilities have QUICKLY diminished.

You could just tell the Lakers knew they had no chance from the opening tip, and you could tell the Warriors were like "whenever we're ready to cut their throats..."

that being said, though still a bad team, Lakers did look better on defense overall.

They might limp into the play in, but i dunno. They got Bron and AD and pretty much nobody else, and both of them might get hurt at some point.

Brown looks like he added some handles to his bag and JT is dazzling to the eye, lol. He's so long, that he doesn't have to try to bull through defenders...he can just raise up with that silky J.

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Man...he's a beast. Just need to not wear out Horford before time lord comes back. Which should be doable...embird is match up. unique matchup.
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C's will be hard to beat....but I don't like their bench.

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Bron was on the bench chewing his fingernails….thinking about his next
hair transplant treatment!

Bwhahahahaha!

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I told you. I warned you. We should have let him walk, but you
kept ragging on that we had/have to do it.

He was never worth Giannis money…his game is one sided and he has
a bad knee that will only progress due to the wear and tear from
jumping as a dunker..


Bulls got serious money invested in two players with significant knee issues!

I ain’t even going to tell you to hold a L, because it’s a sad situation.

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including
GS
LAC twice
Den twice
Minnesota

it gets a lil cushiony after that

-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.

in a preseason game.

https://twitter.com/Ballislife/status/1582706121051017217

similar to russ saying his back was hurt after vogel benched him in the 4th quarter.

pretty clear message being sent.

this dude aint ever accepting a 'new role'.

and theyre literally playing 4 on 5 w simmons refusing to even TRY to score.

This team is going to be a big drama show (c) Gennady Golovkin all year long

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This is my first time seeing him back in action. I love every ridiculous thing about this man.


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https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1582902345876140032

after 20 minutes of playtime thus far, Ben Simmons:

2 points (1-1 FG)
5 rebounds
5 assists
3 turnovers
5 fouls

Pels lead by 22, 4:38 left 3Q.

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That’s unacceptable. He isn’t even trying to look for his shot. No way can
you be a NBA player and play like that.

No post ups. No back doors. There is no initiative from is end.


Either he is trolling, or he is beyond mentally defeated and has zero confidence in
his shooting.

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The way the 1Q was going, I thought the Bulls from the 2nd half of last season were back.

But that 2Q, the bench actually played really well. Especially Dragic.
Then DeRozan dropped 17 in the 3Q. He was killing 'em. Like he never left.
Heat were leaving Coby wide open in the 1st half, but dude woke up in the 2nd.
Another double double from Vucevic (although his shooting was trash).
I am willing to give Pat Williams to the all star break.
If he keeps playing like this, you gotta start Javonte Green.

How the Bulls/LaVine handled this knee injury is...disappointing.
All offseason and preseason both sides have been saying how good Zach feels.
Then the day OF the season opener he's out?
Something about that ain't right.
If he was just hurt, then just say that.

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Because they didn't do a good job managing expectations of Lonzo's injury too.

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Good way to start the season. NBA seasons are so long, I don't know how much I want to get invested early in the season. Last year I was trying to watch all the games at the beginning then got burned out as they started failing. Might try to check in only until around February then start watching games.

Good to see Ayo is still progressing well.

Last I heard was that they went hard at practice for a days with Zach and they didn't like how his knee reacted thus the rest. This was a while after they announced they were resting him the first two games. Still odd but maybe they caught something before it gets worse.

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only the 3rd player to debut w/ 25,5,5 behind Lebron and Kareem.

not bad company, i'd say.

An actual coherent team destroying a team full of narcissistic cry babies. *chef's kiss*

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Too bad that the Cavs dropped their opener to the Raptors, a team accurately described as a "team full of 6'9" (Matthew Dellavedovas) with a superstar whistle".

Cavs shot 50% from the field, 44% from 3, 81% from the line vs. 30something from the field, 30something from 3, 70something from the line.

The difference was situation, and in the case of FTs, Toronto had more than 2x the attempts.

Garland was eyepoked by Trent and will likely miss games.


Cavs don't have their rotations right, and the unexpected loss of Garland meant minutes for players that likely wouldn't have seen the court if not for Victory Cigar Time.

That being said. Donovan Mitchell was worth the trade. He routinely calmed the Cavs down like a veteran when the bullshit got to be too much. His passing is underrated. What he does, is a cut above anyone else the Cavs had on the floor tbh.

Caris LeVert is actually contributing just so as long as you don't ask him to be the primary ballhandler.

Dean Wade had a lot of quality minutes, as did Cedi (he plays well next to Don).

Sinclair Dino Lube fans out there shouting "F The Refs" when them MFs got 2x as many calls. SMH...

If the whole team is back on their next meeting, they getting SMOKED.


On the other side of the world:

LMMFAO @ Collin Sexton literally "hooving it" in ISO vs. Jokic and taking him to the hoop. Did that so much Jokic knocked him on his ass. Still got 20 in 21 minutes, 5 REB, 2AST 50% FG. He looks great after coming back.

Lauri Markkanen also showed out in his Jazz debut.

Ah, man. I'm gonna miss those guys.

Yes, I'm mad. Let's move on.

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stephs reaction was hilarious.

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but, this has been fixed. Man, it better be. It's enough he gets paid what he does and he's absolute food on the defensive end...but, not even wanting to put the ball on the deck and just standing in one spot for a catch and shoot...ugh.

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Lmfao

Yes, lets trade those future picks for a guy who gets injured more than AD

Hownit happened is irrelevant

The fact is, he’s always injured

Anyone who wants that deal to happen, doesn’t give a shit about the Lakers

It’s a terrible idea that WILL bite us in the ass if it happens

Guaranteed

Beat case scenario, Buddy actually makes good on his draft number as a late bloomer and becomes a 22 ppg 3 point assassin

We still aren’t winning a title

The best plan is to WAIT until mid season.

Myles ain’t it. This isn’t 2K, where you can magically turn off injuries.
The tantalizing potential doesn’t magically make those persistent injuries stop happening.


If they have to pull that trigger now, go to san antonio and get those role players.

dude is allegedly in better shape than usual...but he isnt in elite shape.

2nd half of the 1st game of the season and he was already wearing down and becoming less efficient.

doing this same dance year after year is gonna take an increasing toll on him.

during Eurobasket? was it Eurobasket? anyways, he looked notably slimmed down and even a bit faster.

last night, he kinda looked back to his usual, chubby-esque, NBA self far as my eyes are concerned

his arms MAYBE looked a bit more toned.

it feels weird commenting on dude's body like this, LOL, but it is always a question/curiousity w/ homie.

i love what i saw out of them last night w/ the addition of Wood.

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Obviously on a pretty bonkers shot from Lee but all the same, watching most of that game Phoenix really had no business winning, the Mavs should’ve had a psychological edge especially after Wood’s epic heater. I didn’t like how easy it seemed for Phoenix to overcome how best they looked most of the game, 64 win team or no.

Plus as much as I love Luka I feel like that deflated 35 foot prayer at the buzzer is his signature play in the NBA and has been for nearly 2 years now since he found the range.

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