2017-18 NBA Regular Season Game/Observation Thread
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As a side note, old MBPC friend Kendrick Perkins continues his comeback attempt for Canton of the G-League. Tonight he had 14 points on 6-8 from the field and four boards. Over 14 games, he is averaging 9.2 boards, 1.1 blocks and 10.8 PPG on 52.1% from the field. I wonder if one of the contenders tries him out before the playoffs begin...
Here come the Cavs on a 17-2 (soon to be 18 after a foul shot) run halfway through the fourth. So predictable
Ridiculous. Wade with a triple. As another side note, he is the only player in the NBA I simply cannot stand (I cannot forgive what he did to Rondo and never will). I would rather watch anyone else win another ring than him.
Cavs bench is an underrated weapon. Cavs go on a 25-2 run with LeBron/Love resting. Cavs up 2 with 5 mins left.
I agree. I can't think of another player that I dislike as much as him.
LeBron morphing into the long lost triplet of Ray Allen and Steph Curry as a shooter is a rather annoying development.
Fortunately, the Cavs’ defense pretty much remains a tire fire.
TCL!!
Fortunately, the Cavs’ defense pretty much remains a tire fire.
TCL!!
I think Harden was glad to get away from OKC when he had 2 other players that wanted the ball a lot. He just added Paul. I can't imagine he'd want LBJ there as well. That's be interesting.
Ah yes. It's next year, when it would be the worse of the Sixers or Kings, unless it's #1.
Milwaukee is disappointing. I thought they may surprise people in the East, especially with Bledsoe but they need more scoring. I suspect they will be buyers when the Lou Williams market heats up over the next few weeks
In fairness, they’re going to be getting a young 20ppg scorer back soon.
They are saying mid-February per tonight's broadcast on NBA TV. And he is going to need to show that last season's improvement from deep is for real. They still need more to make some noise imho.
My last NBA post of the evening. I thought this was amusing - please forgive me if others don't...
For those on mobile - from Ira Winderman who is the Heat beat writer:
"Dion Waiters said he threw up in the locker room after Monday’s first quarter. Said he got ill from eating too much spaghetti."
For those on mobile - from Ira Winderman who is the Heat beat writer:
"Dion Waiters said he threw up in the locker room after Monday’s first quarter. Said he got ill from eating too much spaghetti."
It's hard to see Lebron taking a discount to go to LA and, even if he did, there's no reason for LA to give up any talent or assets to get him. The sign and trade option is just the loophole that lets Houston acquire Lebron and keep their core intact. The options for the off-season that seem plausible at the moment are, he stays, he signs as a FA in LA or Philly, or he gets traded to Houston. Also, note, it's not a sign and trade. It's the Paul exception. He'd pick up his option, get traded before the start of the off-season, and be eligible for a super max in a year.
That's a really interesting example of a heat check, but I like his dedication to the form.
He finished 2-13. He was 3-15 the other night against OKC.
Only 25 times in league history has a player taken at least 13 threes and hit 20% or below, and Rob has two of them in his last three games.
Rockets cut it to 4 at the half. Kuzma still hasn't missed, 6-6 from 3, 9-9 overall, 24 points
And Lakers win. Goddammit
Edit : haha whoops. Checked the score online and thought there were 5 seconds left in the game.
94-89 after 3
Edit : haha whoops. Checked the score online and thought there were 5 seconds left in the game.
94-89 after 3
You sure that another game might not still be irritating you as well? Because you would not be alone...
The Rockets have been disproportionately terrible against teams that have been tanking on our behalf. They lost to the Nets twice last year I believe.
They fought back to tie the game at 100 and have proceeded to get outscored 10-1 since.
Capela, who is having a great season is out. However, unless you can give me a credible, statistics-based argument about the importance of both he and Luc Mbah a Moute in terms of stopping a team like the Lakers, I submit that the Rockets are nothing more than a regular season juggernaut. They may not make it out of the semis again this year.
And Kyle Kuzma is not a future fourth option. He has number three or two potential right now.
And Kyle Kuzma is not a future fourth option. He has number three or two potential right now.
Paul went out with a sore knee and barely played in the second half. They were pretty depleted, but your point stands.
Actually I didn't see the Paul injury - that is meaningful. However I would argue that his inability to stay on the court will also doom Houston. A healthy CP3 is a monster but the qualifier is increasingly less common over the past few years.
Warriors inactive list tonight probably beats 90% of NBA teams: Curry, Livingston, Iguodala, Green, Pachulia.
They still grit-and-grind out their 10th straight v. Memphis, 97-84, holding the Grizz to a total of 10 field goals in the 2nd half.
I'd feel bad for Memphis if not for the idiotic Fizdale firing. Marc Gasol lost a lot of respect (from me, anyway) with that debacle.
They still grit-and-grind out their 10th straight v. Memphis, 97-84, holding the Grizz to a total of 10 field goals in the 2nd half.
I'd feel bad for Memphis if not for the idiotic Fizdale firing. Marc Gasol lost a lot of respect (from me, anyway) with that debacle.
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Just for fun I'll point out that Gasol joined Magic, Bird and Jordan in getting his coach fired. Each situation is different, but just because a few people, including Brad, say Fizdale is wonderful doesn't mean he was faultless.
This. Managing star players is, perhaps, the most important part of a head coach's job. The NBA is filled with coaches who are great at schemes/sets yet somehow lack the ability to manage people or deal with the egos of star players.
I think Fizdale will get another shot somewhere but his most important job was keeping Gasol happy and he failed miserably in that regard. Take that for data and all that...
The Bulls are playing better since they decided maybe Justin Holiday shouldn't ALWAYS have the green light. Dunn has given them a real point guard and Mirotic has been great since returning. I want to like Denzel Valentine but I don't love his game, he plays too selfishly for his talent level. I think he can find his niche as a 3 and D guy because he is a good outside shooter. If LaVine can come back and be a 20 ppg scorer this team could end up finishing outside the bottom five.
Markkanen has been really good so far which warms my heart because I think the NBA is way more fun when he have giant Finnish players hooping it up. He's only shooting 32 percent from deep right now but I don't think there is any question he can shoot it. I think he is more mobile than he is given credit for and has already flashed the ability to exploit mismatches on the offensive end. He's just so smooth fundamentally for a seven footer; like Jayson Tatum but bigger. I know this is a highlight video but he does a bunch of great stuff against a premiere team:
Markkanen has been really good so far which warms my heart because I think the NBA is way more fun when he have giant Finnish players hooping it up. He's only shooting 32 percent from deep right now but I don't think there is any question he can shoot it. I think he is more mobile than he is given credit for and has already flashed the ability to exploit mismatches on the offensive end. He's just so smooth fundamentally for a seven footer; like Jayson Tatum but bigger. I know this is a highlight video but he does a bunch of great stuff against a premiere team:
The Nets are absolutely destroying the Wizards in BKNY tonight - 116-82 with just over a minute to go. Nice pick you have there Cleveland. Be a shame if something happened to it...
not sure who is better the Lakers or Nets?
Kuzma is making this much more difficult then we'd like, someone please page Team Gillooly, we have some work for them
Sam Dekker got packed by Ryan Anderson on ESPN tonight. That will be included in zero highlight packages including by their respective/agents and sponsors. Its the proverbial tree falling in a forrest with nobody around.
Meanwhile, with each shot, the cost of the Lou Williams Experience goes up more and more...
Meanwhile, with each shot, the cost of the Lou Williams Experience goes up more and more...