Around the NBA V: Live and Let Die

Old_Blue · Post #141 » by **Old_Blue** » Sat Jan 1, 2022 2:50 am

Miami has developed yet another undrafted player. Over the last 7 games, Turkish center Omer Yurtseven is averaging 13 boards / 9 points in Bam Adebayo's absence.

tarantism · Post #142 » by **tarantism** » Sat Jan 1, 2022 4:37 am

Some of the defense (or lack thereof) in this Portland/Lakers game is hilarious.

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Quazza · Post #143 » by **Quazza** » Sat Jan 1, 2022 4:48 am

oaktownwarriors87 wrote:LeBron has been following Karl Malones trajectory for a while, but he hasn't been as healthy.

LeBron vs Karl Malone at the same age

- PER: 25.5 vs 24.7
- WS/48: .190 vs .217
- BPM: 7.0 vs 6.3
- TS+: 111 vs 110
- NRtg: +9 vs +12
- PP100: 35.3 vs 34.7

Malone played 81 games and the Jazz finished with the 6th best record in the NBA and the 3rd highest SRS. LeBron and the Lakers won't sniff that. He's toast.

Just turned 37, 5 mins to go in the 2nd Q and he has 25 and 10

I'll take some of that toast thanks

tarantism · Post #144 » by **tarantism** » Sat Jan 1, 2022 5:03 am

Quazza wrote:
oaktownwarriors87 wrote:LeBron has been following Karl Malones trajectory for a while, but he hasn't been as healthy.

LeBron vs Karl Malone at the same age

- PER: 25.5 vs 24.7
- WS/48: .190 vs .217
- BPM: 7.0 vs 6.3
- TS+: 111 vs 110
- NRtg: +9 vs +12
- PP100: 35.3 vs 34.7

Malone played 81 games and the Jazz finished with the 6th best record in the NBA and the 3rd highest SRS. LeBron and the Lakers won't sniff that. He's toast.

Just turned 37, 5 mins to go in the 2nd Q and he has 25 and 10

I'll take some of that toast thanks

These Blazers are one of the worst defensive teams I've ever seen. Not saying LeBron isn't great but...let's take tonight's stat line with a grain of salt.

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Quazza · Post #145 » by **Quazza** » Sat Jan 1, 2022 1:48 pm

tarantism wrote:
Quazza wrote:
oaktownwarriors87 wrote:LeBron has been following Karl Malones trajectory for a while, but he hasn't been as healthy.

LeBron vs Karl Malone at the same age

- PER: 25.5 vs 24.7
- WS/48: .190 vs .217
- BPM: 7.0 vs 6.3
- TS+: 111 vs 110
- NRtg: +9 vs +12
- PP100: 35.3 vs 34.7

Malone played 81 games and the Jazz finished with the 6th best record in the NBA and the 3rd highest SRS. LeBron and the Lakers won't sniff that. He's toast.

Just turned 37, 5 mins to go in the 2nd Q and he has 25 and 10

I'll take some of that toast thanks
These Blazers are one of the worst defensive teams I've ever seen. Not saying LeBron isn't great but...let's take tonight's stat line with a grain of salt.

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He hasn't scored under 30 in his last 7 games, and all above 50% FG, with at least 7 boards (up to 14)

How about we just enjoy and appreciate him while we still can

wco81 · Post #146 » by **wco81** » Sat Jan 1, 2022 6:11 pm

Yeah remember after the Warriors beat the Cavs for the first title, there were questions whether Bron had too much mileage on his legs because in the regular reason he shot really poorly outside the paint, so midrange jumpers and 3-pointers.

That was 6-7 years ago.

He's clearly worked on his 3-point shot, so even if he's not as unstoppable going downhill, he's more of a threat from behind the arc.

oaktownwarriors87 · Post #147 » by **oaktownwarriors87** » Sat Jan 1, 2022 10:39 pm

Quazza wrote:
tarantism wrote:
Quazza wrote:
Just turned 37, 5 mins to go in the 2nd Q and he has 25 and 10

I'll take some of that toast thanks
These Blazers are one of the worst defensive teams I've ever seen. Not saying LeBron isn't great but...let's take tonight's stat line with a grain of salt.

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He hasn't scored under 30 in his last 7 games, and all above 50% FG, with at least 7 boards (up to 14)

How about we just enjoy and appreciate him while we still can

He's been beating up bad teams with his hand picked squad. They're 23rd in the NBA in SRS.

Quazza · Post #148 » by **Quazza** » Sat Jan 1, 2022 11:50 pm

ok cool you're right. He sucks.

I'll leave you to it

Old_Blue · Post #149 » by **Old_Blue** » Mon Jan 3, 2022 5:39 am

Josh Giddey with the first triple double of his young career...17 points, 14 assists and 13 boards. He's a keeper.

I'm guessing Quazza will be happy about this.

Scoots1994 · Post #150 » by **Scoots1994** » Mon Jan 3, 2022 6:24 pm

Old_Blue wrote:Josh Giddey with the first triple double of his young career...17 points, 14 assists and 13 boards. He's a keeper.

I'm guessing Quazza will be happy about this.

I had no questions about his raw game, what will be interesting is to see how he grows and how the league reacts to him as his team improves. The main questions of defense and shooting are still there.

wco81 · Post #151 » by **wco81** » Mon Jan 3, 2022 6:27 pm

Good problem to have if Giddey keeps developing.

But doesn't SGA mostly provide the same role, play make, get his own shots, all a jack of all trade but with the ability to score a ton?

Maybe OKC will look to trade one of them at some point.

But how is Giddey's efficiency and defense?

Scoots1994 · Post #152 » by **Scoots1994** » Mon Jan 3, 2022 8:27 pm

wco81 wrote:Good problem to have if Giddey keeps developing.

But doesn't SGA mostly provide the same role, play make, get his own shots, all a jack of all trade but with the ability to score a ton?

Maybe OKC will look to trade one of them at some point.

But how is Giddey's efficiency and defense?

To me it's more "Where will Giddey's efficiency and defenese peak?" ... because right now it's not good.

Old_Blue · Post #153 » by **Old_Blue** » Mon Jan 3, 2022 8:45 pm

Scoots1994 wrote:
wco81 wrote:Good problem to have if Giddey keeps developing.

But doesn't SGA mostly provide the same role, play make, get his own shots, all a jack of all trade but with the ability to score a ton?

Maybe OKC will look to trade one of them at some point.

But how is Giddey's efficiency and defense?

To me it's more "Where will Giddey's efficiency and defenese peak?" ... because right now it's not good.

Kid's just shy of 19 years, 3 months old. He's got plenty of time to make big strides. At this point, OKC has to be ecstatic with what he's already good at - passing and rebounding. Agreed though that he's got to improve his shot selection.

Scoots1994 · Post #154 » by **Scoots1994** » Mon Jan 3, 2022 11:33 pm

Old_Blue wrote:
Scoots1994 wrote:
wco81 wrote:Good problem to have if Giddey keeps developing.

But doesn't SGA mostly provide the same role, play make, get his own shots, all a jack of all trade but with the ability to score a ton?

Maybe OKC will look to trade one of them at some point.

But how is Giddey's efficiency and defense?

To me it's more "Where will Giddey's efficiency and defenese peak?" ... because right now it's not good.

Kid's just shy of 19 years, 3 months old. He's got plenty of time to make big strides. At this point, OKC has to be ecstatic with what he's already good at - passing and rebounding. Agreed though that he's got to improve his shot selection.

He turned 19 3 months ago, and I'll go for "optimistic" rather than "ecstatic"

Quazza · Post #155 » by **Quazza** » Tue Jan 4, 2022 7:54 am

Old_Blue wrote:Josh Giddey with the first triple double of his young career...17 points, 14 assists and 13 boards. He's a keeper.

I'm guessing Quazza will be happy about this.

was watching the game live:

Quazza · Post #156 » by **Quazza** » Wed Jan 5, 2022 3:10 am

Biyombo having another really nice game for Pho

Crazy-Canuck · Post #157 » by **Crazy-Canuck** » Thu Jan 6, 2022 5:34 pm

Quazza wrote:Biyombo having another really nice game for Pho

Suns are signing him for the rest of the season. They are just going to load up on size for the playoffs.

Coxy · Post #158 » by **Coxy** » Thu Jan 6, 2022 9:07 pm

Crazy-Canuck wrote:
Quazza wrote:Biyombo having another really nice game for Pho

Suns are signing him for the rest of the season. They are just going to load up on size for the playoffs.

Ayton, McGee, Jalen Smith, "The Tank" Kaminsky and now Biyombo, huge front line to roll out.

They have Saric to come back as well.

We have, Looney and Bjelica, with Green the spot centre and Wiseman to return.

tarantism · Post #159 » by **tarantism** » Sat Jan 8, 2022 12:14 am

I know he's a good and popular player but Embiid's egregious foul hunting really makes him tough to root for to me.

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Quazza · Post #160 » by **Quazza** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:13 am

I mean, that Ja Morant block may be the greatest block I've ever seen.

My fkn god