Yeah, Luka weirdly gets a defensive pass, relative to Trae. They've both had similar team playoff success, and Atlanta definitely had more of a chance to win their Conference Finals appearance.
2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread
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Much like TL, Mitchell Robinsons' defense/game depends upon extreme athleticism.
Getting ankle surgery is going to limit his effectiveness even if he makes it back by the playoffs this year.
I don't know if he gets a pass, everyone knows Luka is a bad defender. He's still miles ahead of Young, who is bad at basically every single aspect of defense. Luka still has size and rebounding, and when he tries he's not much worse than a typical below average defender (the type that is in every playoff rotation). Young might be the worst defender in the entire league (among players that get regular minutes), and even if he reached his full potential on that end, he'd still be a liability in the playoffs.
When he's making quick decisions and hitting his outside shot, he looks like the guy that has made all-NBA twice. When he's not, he looks like total trash. The sample isn't huge, but he's shooting .344 from the field and .283 from 3 in the playoffs and often has the demeanor of a guy who just doesn't give a shit.
Agreed. Placing both inside a huge tent marked 'bad' really obscures the degree of difference defensively. It's like claiming Payton Pritchard and Steph Curry are both good shooters.
This Miami team just can't compete physically with the Knicks. That plus Brunson makes me think this game won't be close for long.
Rozier has the shot selection of a guy who spent the last half decade playing for teams that absolutely do not care about winning.
Seeing a lot of this today and I really can't understand it:
View: https://twitter.com/NoTechBen/status/1751073482484621351?s=20
I guess it's all for the clicks or whatever? But if you've been watching NBA for a long time and prefer, I dunno, the wrestling matches between the Pistons and Knicks to the flow and incredibly shot-making of today's game, what is it about basketball that you like? Lotta curmudgeons out there.
View: https://twitter.com/NoTechBen/status/1751073482484621351?s=20
I guess it's all for the clicks or whatever? But if you've been watching NBA for a long time and prefer, I dunno, the wrestling matches between the Pistons and Knicks to the flow and incredibly shot-making of today's game, what is it about basketball that you like? Lotta curmudgeons out there.
I cannot wait until the games in the spring. Warriors, Mavs, Kings, Thunder, Suns
Seeing great players that don’t come often here
Seeing great players that don’t come often here
Heat up 23-0 in fast break points vs NYK, but are down double digits. <eyes emoji>
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on back to back possessions, Randle travels (3 steps after the gather), no call, then next time down he double dribbles right in the paint, no call.
I don't even know why I'm hate-watching this game. I'm rooting for a meteor to hit MSG.
I don't even know why I'm hate-watching this game. I'm rooting for a meteor to hit MSG.
Also sometimes looks like the zebras have never read rule book but here we are. A confluence of WTF did I just watch?
I lost money betting on Spoelstra having a hernia after the no-call. Thanks a lot, Erik.
Anyone who thinks the charge rule needs to be reworked (because of the injury risk to the offensive player in the air) is nodding furiously at that play by Jaquez on Randle.
That shot selection and his hellacious D will earn him $160 million. Incredible.
Was having this same thought.. given how man times Giannis shoots FTs how many minutes/hours has he increased Bucks games over the course of 1 season.. or the course of his career? I think it's ridiculous he's allowed to take that long on every FT.. especially when the entire crowd is counting the seconds for him. It's as if one guy has his own set of rules.. oh wait..
I wish some fan base would begin counting when he starts his routine without the ball. The ref always stands there and waits until GA is ready and calls for the ball. Reminds me of how Jeter used to put his hand up to the Ump and would lower it when he was ready for play to start.
View: https://twitter.com/dflattcollects/status/1751374519791399135
edit: and this is why it's so bizarre to me that everyone focuses on per-game averages for NBA players, instead of counting stats. It's too easy to game the system, and big-ego stars will gun for individual stats instead of focusing on measuring themselves like this.
edit: and this is why it's so bizarre to me that everyone focuses on per-game averages for NBA players, instead of counting stats. It's too easy to game the system, and big-ego stars will gun for individual stats instead of focusing on measuring themselves like this.
He's played 11 road games this year. Shocking that one of them was in Detroit.
Tatum has played 23 road games this season. Jokic has played 25.
What a fucking fraud.
No Maxey or Harris, either. Is there a sickness going around? That's a lot of points to be sitting in a game that's not a b2b.
I’ve stayed away from this discussion, but that’s honestly fucking embarrassing.
The PatBev/Reed PnR cannot be stopped.
Imagine being a Philly fan in Denver, your team finally comes to town and Embiid can't be bothered to play. I'd be pissed.
Imagine being a Philly fan in Denver, your team finally comes to town and Embiid can't be bothered to play. I'd be pissed.
I guess if you're going to take a fine from the league for sitting stars on a national broadcast, might as well get your money's worth.
JJ Redick on the broadcast going as close as he can to the line of calling him out without crossing over into bashing the product.
It's beyond ridiculous. I don't want to hear anyone talk about how he's the MVP, or the best player in the league, or even in that discussion. Until he plays like the MVP in May, he's a fraud. If I want someone to beat up on a lottery team in a home game in January, he's my guy. If I'm looking for someone to lead my team to a title, there are a dozen players better suited physically and mentally. Dude is the physical embodiment of "not rising to the challenge."
All Star starters, games played :
Haliburton 34 (despite significant injury)
Lillard 42
Tatum 42
Antetokounmpo 43
Embiid 33
Donic 38
SGA 44
Durant 38
LBJ 41
Jokic 45
Embiid plays a healthy season and has 5+ less games played than all other "All Stars" except for Haliburton who was/is out with injury for stretches of games... What a joke!
Haliburton 34 (despite significant injury)
Lillard 42
Tatum 42
Antetokounmpo 43
Embiid 33
Donic 38
SGA 44
Durant 38
LBJ 41
Jokic 45
Embiid plays a healthy season and has 5+ less games played than all other "All Stars" except for Haliburton who was/is out with injury for stretches of games... What a joke!
James Harden often sucks in big games, but at least he shows up. Embiid has a very long track record of this kind of baloney. The best players want the tough games—-he is not one of them because he does not.
And of course his stats are unreal. So we’re Wilt’s….and he won about as often when it mattered
Utah absolutely annihilating the Hornets. Miles Bridges is a -36 at the half, which is the worst +/- I’ve ever seen in a half
I watch a lot of their games. To a player, they all seem engaged and productive. They should scare everyone besides you.
This is my "favorite" team since the lou will team the year before Kawhi came in. They care and it shows
AD takes the ball to the rim, Draymond leaps up and knees Davis in the lowbrows. AD on the floor writhing in pain. Timeout.
Edit: AD's grundle is hurt. Headed to the locker room. Welcome back Dae Dae.
Edit: AD's grundle is hurt. Headed to the locker room. Welcome back Dae Dae.
Clips cause a lot of problems on defense, just like the Cs. Very athletic and very smart. Plus, KL is s monster. If they - well mostly KL - stay healthy, they will make a deep run and the DEN-LAC series will be epic.
Obi reserves those for special occasions. He did it 2-3 times at Dayton and maybe 6-8 times in the NBA and I've never seen him bobble one of them.
