ATL - 20-21 Season Begins

jschligs · Post #1841 » by **jschligs** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 12:17 am

The Nets will light us up from deep between Durant, Irving and Harris

Chad34 · Post #1842 » by **Chad34** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 12:21 am

does durant look quicker than giannis right now

StickeeFingaz · Post #1843 » by **StickeeFingaz** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 12:24 am

Prez wrote:Yeeeah not sure I see anyone taking out this Nets team in the East. They're straight up scary when they lock in

Yep, hard to deny the Nets being the best team in the East. I didn't expect Durant to look like he hasn't missed a beat but here we are.

midranger · Post #1844 » by **midranger** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 12:25 am

Chad34 wrote:does durant look quicker than giannis right now

much.

Chad34 · Post #1845 » by **Chad34** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 12:25 am

StickeeFingaz wrote:
Prez wrote:Yeeeah not sure I see anyone taking out this Nets team in the East. They're straight up scary when they lock in

Yep, hard to deny the Nets being the best team in the East. I didn't expect Durant to look like he hasn't missed a beat but here we are.

hopefully kyrie will implode at some point

TD75 · Post #1846 » by **TD75** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 12:25 am

Chad34 wrote:does durant look quicker than giannis right now

Yes he does. This is the BIGGEST disappointment in Giannis' development for me. He seems much less agile now and it is not even close. It is even apparent when he needs to guard someone in the 3 point line. Half of the players blow by Giannis who depends on his length to recover.

coolhandluke121 · Post #1847 » by **coolhandluke121** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 12:26 am

Celtics really miss playing against the Bucks defense.

The idea of Brooklyn's defense potentially being better than the Bucks' defense is pretty scary for our title hopes, seeing as how Brooklyn was always going to be an offensive juggernaut if healthy.

Bucksfan28 · Post #1848 » by **Bucksfan28** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 12:27 am

Very much disliked BKNs jersey in pictures but they look pretty good live.

Chad34 · Post #1849 » by **Chad34** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 12:28 am

midranger wrote:
Chad34 wrote:does durant look quicker than giannis right now

much.

hopefully giannis metabolism doesn't stop working and he turns into shawn kemp 2.0 :lol:

maybe he needs to back off the weights a little

Chad34 · Post #1850 » by **Chad34** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 12:30 am

coolhandluke121 wrote:Celtics really miss playing against the Bucks defense.

The idea of Brooklyn's defense potentially being better than the Bucks' defense is pretty scary for our title hopes, seeing as how Brooklyn was always going to be an offensive juggernaut if healthy.

yeah watching this game makes me think how'd we lose and almost get blown off the court at one point against this team

Magic Giannison · Post #1851 » by **Magic Giannison** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 12:32 am

Damn they really got clapped by Nets, good stuff.

TD75 · Post #1852 » by **TD75** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 12:37 am

In case people really wonder how a real contending team looks like, they just destroyed the Celtics by 28.

blazza18 · Post #1853 » by **blazza18** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 12:53 am

The Nets will be totally fine as long as LeVert, Dinwiddie, Harris are ok with taking 6-7 shots each a game.

Magic Giannison · Post #1854 » by **Magic Giannison** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 12:56 am

blazza18 wrote:The Nets will be totally fine as long as LeVert, Dinwiddie, Harris are ok with taking 6-7 shots each a game.

i get the feeling we match up better vs Nets in general than vs Celtics

Magic Giannison · Post #1855 » by **Magic Giannison** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 12:59 am

Lakers vs Dallas, who you guys got?

Chad34 · Post #1856 » by **Chad34** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:05 am

Magic Giannison wrote:Lakers vs Dallas, who you guys got?

dallas, I hate the lakers :lol:

midranger · Post #1857 » by **midranger** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:07 am

TD75 wrote:
Chad34 wrote:does durant look quicker than giannis right now

Yes he does. This is the BIGGEST disappointment in Giannis' development for me. He seems much less agile now and it is not even close. It is even apparent when he needs to guard someone in the 3 point line. Half of the players blow by Giannis who depends on his length to recover.

Yes. The agility is down. As his hulk-ness has increased, his flexibility, agility, and conditioning has suffered. For better or worse (worse, imo), the NBA has decided to punish players who utilize strength to overwhelm opponents and reward players who are knocked off course by a strong breeze on the perimeter.

It's time to stop gaining mass. It was probably time in 2018.

Post #1858 » by **ReasonablySober** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:17 am

midranger wrote:
TD75 wrote:
Chad34 wrote:does durant look quicker than giannis right now

Yes he does. This is the BIGGEST disappointment in Giannis' development for me. He seems much less agile now and it is not even close. It is even apparent when he needs to guard someone in the 3 point line. Half of the players blow by Giannis who depends on his length to recover.

Yes. The agility is down. As his hulk-ness has increased, his flexibility, agility, and conditioning has suffered. For better or worse (worse, imo), the NBA has decided to punish players who utilize strength to overwhelm opponents and reward players who are knocked off course by a strong breeze on the perimeter.

It's time to stop gaining mass. It was probably time in 2018.

It's not a big deal if he simply plays like a damn big instead of Tall Russ. The Bucks have Middleton and Jrue to initiate the offense and do it a hell of a lot better than the iso-junk we've seen from Giannis the last couple seasons. Imagine an offense where we're running action to get Giannis the ball in the high post or in a mismatch on the block.

tonyreyes123 · Post #1859 » by **tonyreyes123** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:20 am

Nets look like a super team

ibanezjp · Post #1860 » by **ibanezjp** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:24 am

So is there anybody on here who thinks we can beat the Nets? I know they look great but surprised many think we don’t stand a chance.