Around the NBA: 2020-21 Season

Post #1261 » by **Ice Man** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 6:15 pm

Little Nathan wrote:Still agree that Butler shouldn’t make it this year.

He won't make it, but he's having a fine year, averaging 19/8/8 per game. He remains the best player on the Heat. They collapsed when he was out of the lineup, going 3-8 during that stretch.

Andi Obst · Post #1262 » by **Andi Obst** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 7:04 pm

Ice Man wrote:
Little Nathan wrote:Still agree that Butler shouldn’t make it this year.

He won't make it, but he's having a fine year, averaging 19/8/8 per game. He remains the best player on the Heat. They collapsed when he was out of the lineup, going 3-8 during that stretch.

Yeah, he’s slowly starting to look really good again, but the efficiency is meh and he missed almost half their games. No question Jimmy at 100% is their best player, I‘d give it to Bam so far though. He’s been great.

R3AL1TY · Post #1263 » by **R3AL1TY** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:56 pm

The Brooklyn Nets are playing defense lately. If they can continue to do so and stay healthy while Kyrie humbles himself to James Harden, I can see them winning it all.

dice · Post #1264 » by **dice** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:58 am

MrFortune3 wrote:
DASMACKDOWN wrote:I think its a VERY good sign that Zach was 4th in East voting, 3rd in player and 5th in media. Its highly likely now that Zach will be voted in by the coaches.

Zach has improved in every season in which he has been healthy. He's an emerging stud and yet many still want to call him a bad play and claim he needs to be traded.

he arguably did not improve last season. but he's made up for it this season!

dice · Post #1265 » by **dice** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 1:01 am

cool007 wrote:
Chicago-Bull-E wrote:Will be interesting to see what happens with the Miami guys Butler and Bam. Has an 11 seed ever had 2 all stars? Their numbers are good, but you could argue neither deserve to be in with that record.

There is no way either would make the team.

There are players in the east having arguably better seasons and their teams have better records (like Lavine, Randle, Young etc).

coaches might reward jimmy for taking his team to the finals (which obviously didn't get factored into the last all-star voting)

Repeat 3-peat · Post #1266 » by **Repeat 3-peat** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:24 am

Jamal Murray with 50 points, 21-25 FG, 8-10 3pt, and zero free throws vs the Cavs.

Repeat 3-peat · Post #1267 » by **Repeat 3-peat** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:54 am

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Andi Obst · Post #1268 » by **Andi Obst** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:03 am

Norman Powell really is in a perfect spot right now. Former second-rounder who has already won a title, currently having his best season at age 27 and is about to hit free agency in a year where many teams that could really use his skillset have tons of capspace they wanted to use for guys who are already off the market. That man is going to get paid. He's really good, but he's almost certainly going to get overpaid.

Andi Obst · Post #1269 » by **Andi Obst** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:06 am

Repeat 3-peat wrote:

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That was incredible. Makes me a little sad that he did Yuta like that, but what a poster.

ZOMG · Post #1270 » by **ZOMG** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:14 am

Little Nathan wrote:
Repeat 3-peat wrote:

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That was incredible. Makes me a little sad that he did Yuta like that, but what a poster.

I also love the "Let me shoot some phone video of my TV screen" quality, where you can't tell which pixel is Edwards. :lol:

You know it's an all-time dunk when you just have to get it on Twitter ASAP.

Horrible call by the announcer though. I bet he wants that one back. "Anthony Edwards... that time, he does finish!" And "Put that on a poster!" :lol:

They'll be replaying this one for 15 years and each time that guy hears himself dropping the ball. Got to have your catchphrases ready.

Andi Obst · Post #1271 » by **Andi Obst** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:42 am

ZOMG wrote:
Little Nathan wrote:
Repeat 3-peat wrote:

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That was incredible. Makes me a little sad that he did Yuta like that, but what a poster.

I also love the "Let me shoot some phone video of my TV screen" quality, where you can't tell which pixel is Edwards. You know it's an all-time dunk when you just have to get it on Twitter ASAP.

Horrible call by the announcer though. I bet he wants that one back. "Anthony Edwards... that time, he does finish!" And "Put that on a poster!" They'll be replaying this one for 15 years and each time that guy hears himself dropping the ball. Got to have your catchphrases ready.

The one mistake that will never happen to Stacey. He’ll be annoying for 99.9% of the time, but he’s ready for moments like this.

ZOMG · Post #1272 » by **ZOMG** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:54 am

Little Nathan wrote:
ZOMG wrote:
Little Nathan wrote:
That was incredible. Makes me a little sad that he did Yuta like that, but what a poster.

I also love the "Let me shoot some phone video of my TV screen" quality, where you can't tell which pixel is Edwards. You know it's an all-time dunk when you just have to get it on Twitter ASAP.

Horrible call by the announcer though. I bet he wants that one back. "Anthony Edwards... that time, he does finish!" And "Put that on a poster!" They'll be replaying this one for 15 years and each time that guy hears himself dropping the ball. Got to have your catchphrases ready.

The one mistake that will never happen to Stacey. He’ll be annoying for 99.9% of the time, but he’s ready for moments like this.

Indeed. This is probably his finest hour. Just keeps relentlessly piling on Sampson and mocking him. THAT's how it's supposed to be done.

BTW, love how it's Garrett Temple in this clip defending Zach.

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Andi Obst · Post #1273 » by **Andi Obst** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:07 pm

ZOMG wrote:This is probably his finest hour.

No, it is and always will be Rose over Dragic.

ZOMG · Post #1274 » by **ZOMG** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:21 pm

Little Nathan wrote:
ZOMG wrote:This is probably his finest hour.

No, it is and always will be Rose over Dragic.

That dunk is naturally one of the best ever (Zach's doesn't come close) but I just like King's delivery a lot more in the Sampson dunk, although he does recycle some of his material there. It really sounds like he's trying to embarrass Sampson as much as possible, which is always great - particulary when it's a complete nobody we're talking about.

Note that the Sampson call is a great example of the chemistry between Funk and Stacey - Neil knew when to shut up and let King shine. That call couldn't happen today, you'd hear Amin giggling in the background or desperately trying to get his own joke in.

RSP83 · Post #1275 » by **RSP83** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:50 pm

ZOMG wrote:
Little Nathan wrote:
ZOMG wrote:This is probably his finest hour.

No, it is and always will be Rose over Dragic.

That dunk is naturally one of the best ever (Zach's doesn't come close) but I just like King's delivery a lot more in the Sampson dunk, although he does recycle some of his material there. It really sounds like he's trying to embarrass Sampson as much as possible, which is always great - particulary when it's a complete nobody we're talking about.

Note that the Sampson call is a great example of the chemistry between Funk and Stacey - Neil knew when to shut up and let King shine. That call couldn't happen today, you'd hear Amin giggling in the background or desperately trying to get his own joke in.

Neil and Stacey were an odd couple. Not a fan of Neil, but yes Neil know when to give Stacey his time.

MrSparkle · Post #1276 » by **MrSparkle** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 7:07 pm

Btw I knew the East was gonna blow again.

I say it every year — wish Silver killed conference playoffs. It’s unfair for both reasons; mediocre .500 (even sub-500) East teams keep overachieving and making post-seasons as 4-8 seeds. Now with the play-in, even scrubbier teams have a chance to out-scrub.

If the Kings and Pelicans were East, they would never sniff another top-5 pick. Zion would’ve never been a Pelican, because AD would’ve been a perennial 6-seed in the East.

Meanwhile you’ve got a good chance Luka, Zion, Morant or possibly Curry sit at home... so we can we watch Randle and Sabonis go at it, along with Justin Holiday and Elfrid Payton. Nothing against these teams doing well, but the conferences are a dead-end cycle.

I’d rather the Bulls get their fair pick (8-12) then overachieve with a #8 seed, while better teams out West get a lotto draw.

MrFortune3 · Post #1277 » by **MrFortune3** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:24 pm

dice wrote:
MrFortune3 wrote:
DASMACKDOWN wrote:I think its a VERY good sign that Zach was 4th in East voting, 3rd in player and 5th in media. Its highly likely now that Zach will be voted in by the coaches.

Zach has improved in every season in which he has been healthy. He's an emerging stud and yet many still want to call him a bad play and claim he needs to be traded.

he arguably did not improve last season. but he's made up for it this season!

He improved last year but his efficiency was not where it needed to be. Of course, Boylen screwed up a lot of players and things last season.

I've said it many times on this board, Zach needed to get back to his mid range game and be able to have that in his arsenal because just choosing the 3 or to the rim was not efficient.

The ball movement and rhythm of the offense under Donovan is great to see.

Jcool0 · Post #1278 » by **Jcool0** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:12 pm

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sco · Post #1279 » by **sco** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:28 pm

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Bring him here for the rest of the season...we have no backup. I'd be up for him alongside Carter too.

Post #1280 » by **HomoSapien** » Sun Feb 21, 2021 2:20 am

Houston literally guaranteed his contract yesterday. Why do this now? Either way, we could actually use him.