Around the League: 2023-24 Season

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Brice Sensabaugh has been playing well as a starter. Game looked easy for him. He’s not getting the ball from the vets but he’s contributing in rebounding and assists. He’s gonna be one of the top players in last year’s draft if he’d be given an opportunity.

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Wild, same draft as Giannis.

[M2J]

Raptors were up 17 2 minutes ago and decided to give up the game going into the 4th up 5.

[76ciology]

The Suns' eight-man rotation looks interesting. They start with Beal, Booker, Grayson Allen, Durant, and Nurkic. Then, O’Neal, Okogie, and Eubanks come off the bench. Beal and Booker alternate running the offense, while O’Neal, Okogie, and Allen fill the wing positions. Eubanks backs up Nurkic. Additionally, they often play small ball with Durant at the 5 and O'Neal at the 4, and Beal, Booker, and Allen at the 1, 2, and 3 positions, respectively.

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Raptors were up 17 2 minutes ago and decided to give up the game going into the 4th up 5.

The Spurs have their pick, now projected at 7th overall

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Thybulle is doing a great job defending Jaylen Brown. This joke of Brown doesn’t have a left is real. Jerami Grant also struggles against Derrick White.

[76ciology]

Is it just me, or have there been an unusually high number of injuries lately? It seems like load management is rampant, and many second to third-string players are getting more playing time. Perhaps it's just recency bias from watching our team a lot.

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Cam Thomas since returning from injury (3 games):

27 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists

48.4% FG
52.4% 3PT
71.4% FT
59.3% TS

[Jailblazers7]

The conversation around Wendy this year does bother me a little bit. DPOY hype & discussion that this is one of the best rookie years ever. But the Spurs are gonna have a worse record than they did last year.

I get that the Spurs refused to play a PG for half the year & they’re tanking. But I’d like to see a bigger impact in the win column if we’re talking about all time rookie years.

[GoSixersBro]

Boston has Phoenix absolutely rattled. Hard to watch.

[76ciology]

Best Shot Defenders, 2023-24*
Points Per Shot Allowed On Contested Shots

1. Walker Kessler .......... 0.94
2. **Derrick White** .... 0.95
3. Rudy Gobert ............ 0.97

*Among Top 50 Most Active Shot Defenders

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“I know that Rudy (Gobert) has a very good chance of winning it this year, and it would be deserved. Let him win it now, because after that it's no longer his turn." - Victor Wembanyama

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[Kobblehead]

Dallas letting Brunson go might have cost Luka a championship during his tenure.

[ProcessDoctor]

I feel bad for Simmons at this point. I think his back issues are obviously real, but his attitude and approach will always associate him with the idea of him not wanting to play.

I think his career outcome is one of the more surprising ones in NBA history.

[ProcessDoctor]

Boston has Phoenix absolutely rattled. Hard to watch.

It’s insane how outmatched KD looks against Boston. He has good games, but it still feels like get dominated by them.

[Phila Tough]

I feel bad for Simmons at this point. I think his back issues are obviously real, but his attitude and approach will always associate him with the idea of him not wanting to play.

I think his career outcome is one of the more surprising ones in NBA history.

It's wild watching his Sixers highlights in contrast with what he is today. He was a very unique player and a menace on defense. That was fun as hell to watch and some of my fondest memories of the sixers. I know Ben regrets handling things the way that he did.

[ProcessDoctor]

I feel bad for Simmons at this point. I think his back issues are obviously real, but his attitude and approach will always associate him with the idea of him not wanting to play.

I think his career outcome is one of the more surprising ones in NBA history.

It's wild watching his Sixers highlights in contrast with what he is today. He was a very unique player and a menace on defense. That was fun as hell to watch and some of my fondest memories of the sixers. I know Ben regrets handling things the way that he did.

I believe if he continued to develop, we'd be talking about him as an MVP candidate today. He just never took those steps for whatever reason, with injuries to top it off.

We definitely had some fun years and games with him, especially his first two seasons.

[Eyeamok]

I feel bad for Simmons at this point. I think his back issues are obviously real, but his attitude and approach will always associate him with the idea of him not wanting to play.

I think his career outcome is one of the more surprising ones in NBA history.

It's wild watching his Sixers highlights in contrast with what he is today. He was a very unique player and a menace on defense. That was fun as hell to watch and some of my fondest memories of the sixers. I know Ben regrets handling things the way that he did.

I believe if he continued to develop, we'd be talking about him as an MVP candidate today. He just never took those steps for whatever reason, with injuries to top it off.

We definitely had some fun years and games with him, especially his first two seasons.

I would never wish Simmons ill physical health. And yes a player can want to leave a team and seek his fame and fortune elsewhere. But that whole mental illness thing, followed by the JJ Reddick interview where he was done "so wrong by the organization" was just wrong. I never believed the mental illness thing. Yes the back injury is real but that wasn't what was keeping him out when he was here. He acted like a spoiled brat who wanted to be traded and he got what he wanted.

[76ciology]

I feel bad for Simmons at this point. I think his back issues are obviously real, but his attitude and approach will always associate him with the idea of him not wanting to play.

I think his career outcome is one of the more surprising ones in NBA history.

It's wild watching his Sixers highlights in contrast with what he is today. He was a very unique player and a menace on defense. That was fun as hell to watch and some of my fondest memories of the sixers. I know Ben regrets handling things the way that he did.

I believe if he continued to develop, we'd be talking about him as an MVP candidate today. He just never took those steps for whatever reason, with injuries to top it off.

We definitely had some fun years and games with him, especially his first two seasons.

That's why this franchise also decided to let Jimmy Butler go because he was slowing down Ben's development, with Ben often relegated to the dunker spot when playing alongside Jimmy. When you have MVP-caliber players like Embiid and Ben, you just need a good fit for both, and Tobias was that guy—a player who could serve as a 50-40-90 release valve scorer when both Embiid and Ben were on the floor, while also being a second or third shot creator when one of them was absent.

Initially, we believed Ben was going to be the cornerstone player, which is why we turned down the Spurs when they inquired about trading Ben for Kawhi.

Ben has had a strong hype machine surrounding him, being compared to the second coming of LeBron. It's intriguing how much influence he wields on the teams he joins. At one point, he even managed to sway our front office to favor his side over Embiid's, convincing them of his greatness. Remember those league-leading assist stats for three-pointers? They were misleading, but everyone bought into it. When he joined the Nets, he continued to exert influence, shaping the team's offense around him, even when they had Kyrie and KD. This trend persisted even after Kyrie and KD left, with the Nets now being led by players like Cam Thomas and Mikal Bridges.