Around the NBA V: Live and Let Die

[DAWill1128]

Ryan Rollins has developed into a good NBA player. I wish we had not included him in the deal with Jordan Poole for CP3.

https://youtu.be/5tomWk5rBgM?si=_zA3pp8ev3gpYLIp

[Larry Ellison]

Think the 76ers are going to win the East. Maxey and Edgecombe are really fast and high motor, that's going to be tough to guard over the course of a series. Then backing them up you have Grimes and McCain who are both really good scorers, so they got bench scoring punch. The guard rotation is going to be tough for teams to defend over a 7 game.

Paul George just has to be steady, hit outside shots, manage the pace, facilitate the ball. Oubre was a bad fit here but he plays hard and can stand in the corner and shoot.

I think Embiid is basically at the stage Cousins was here physically. Some nights he helps, other nights he hurts.

The East is kinda wide open. The Bucks don't have much after Giannis. The Celtics and Pacers are both struggling without Tatum and Haliburton. The Hawks are what they are always are. Something with the Magic is missing, maybe its just a stronger bench. Pistons who knows till Ivey gets back to see if he has made progress.

76ers or Knicks is the East imo.

Sixers are better than people expected. Agree about the guard depth. Maxey will be an All Star. Embiid is not the same player he used to be but reports of his demise are greatly exaggerated. He is very crafty down low and can shoot from 3PT. He is a good passer. It's too soon to judge his season. The team is limiting his minutes and he is playing in a more ground bound style as he works his way back into shape. Putting aside the season opener when his shot was off, Embiid has been very good so far on a per minute basis. He will only get better, health permitting. Sixers have a lot to prove as a team and franchise. They are 4-0. Winning helps build chemistry. I like your prediction.

[watch1958]

Ryan Rollins has developed into a good NBA player. I wish we had not included him in the deal with Jordan Poole for CP3.

https://youtu.be/5tomWk5rBgM?si=_zA3pp8ev3gpYLIp

Yep. Also, there were several times when he was available after that trade. Maybe they looked into it and he didn't want to. But a nice backup point guard who can play defense and knows he is a backup sure would be nice. I'd bet that after his off court issue in DC they decided he wasn't a Warrior type of guy. If so, seems short sighted to me.

[AirP.]

How much has the NBA changed through the years... Moves that are normal now were illegal back in the day like the "Euro Step" which would have been used earlier in the NBA if it had been legal. For Giannis to even have a chance of his move to be legal (it wasn't called traveling) shows how the NBA rules have really moved to giving the offensive player as much of an advantage as it can. This is why it's so hard to compare players in different eras.

When I watch Podz pivot then take a step (a move he's good at), lifting his pivot foot and jumping off his other foot to make a layup, that was 100% a travel years ago, years ago you were supposed to go off both feet but nearly anytime you picked up that pivot foot if you didn't shoot or pass, it was going to be a travel. You can find instances where players did get away with some plays, but overall players did not get away with moves that are routine now in the NBA.

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[wco81]

Yeah the terminate the dribble and then take two steps after pivoting would be a travel on the playground.

I imagine now that Euro step was popularized, kids are doing it all the time.

[Chris Porter's Hair]

How much has the NBA changed through the years... Moves that are normal now were illegal back in the day like the "Euro Step" which would have been used earlier in the NBA if it had been legal. For Giannis to even have a chance of his move to be legal (it wasn't called traveling) shows how the NBA rules have really moved to giving the offensive player as much of an advantage as it can. This is why it's so hard to compare players in different eras.

When I watch Podz pivot then take a step (a move he's good at), lifting his pivot foot and jumping off his other foot to make a layup, that was 100% a travel years ago, years ago you were supposed to go off both feet but nearly anytime you picked up that pivot foot if you didn't shoot or pass, it was going to be a travel. You can find instances where players did get away with some plays, but overall players did not get away with moves that are routine now in the NBA.

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While I think the rules have drifted over time, I'm not sure that Giannis play is a good example. In any sane world that is a travel, yesterday, today, or tomorrow. I think that's just a blown call, plain and simple.

[AirP.]

How much has the NBA changed through the years... Moves that are normal now were illegal back in the day like the "Euro Step" which would have been used earlier in the NBA if it had been legal. For Giannis to even have a chance of his move to be legal (it wasn't called traveling) shows how the NBA rules have really moved to giving the offensive player as much of an advantage as it can. This is why it's so hard to compare players in different eras.

When I watch Podz pivot then take a step (a move he's good at), lifting his pivot foot and jumping off his other foot to make a layup, that was 100% a travel years ago, years ago you were supposed to go off both feet but nearly anytime you picked up that pivot foot if you didn't shoot or pass, it was going to be a travel. You can find instances where players did get away with some plays, but overall players did not get away with moves that are routine now in the NBA.

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While I think the rules have drifted over time, I'm not sure that Giannis play is a good example. In any sane world that is a travel, yesterday, today, or tomorrow. I think that's just a blown call, plain and simple.

Correct, but the point is with that example was not just is it traveling but in the modern game there's at least an argument about it being a valid play where as years ago there was no question that it was a travel.

[AirP.]

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