Around the NBA (Part Four)

Klomp · Post #1341 » by **Klomp** » Wed Oct 21, 2026 11:15 pm

Subliminal messaging from the team at Media Day

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TimberKat · Post #1342 » by **TimberKat** » Wed Oct 21, 2026 11:19 pm

Klomp wrote:Subliminal messaging from the team at Media Day

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Knecht 4

Neeva · Post #1343 » by **Neeva** » Thu Oct 22, 2026 2:26 am

Wolves should have listened to me and gotten Ty Jerome as their backup pg, wtf did he have for breakfast today :lol:

Neeva · Post #1344 » by **Neeva** » Thu Oct 22, 2026 3:24 am

The smallish rookie guards all look really overrated won’t be surprised if two of Peterson, Acuff, Flemmings, Brown Jr end up being mid or busts. maybe all of them :lol:

BlacJacMac · Post #1345 » by **BlacJacMac** » Thu Oct 22, 2026 4:34 am

Grayson and Royce combined for 29pts, 9 for 15 overall and 7 for 13 from 3, 7 rebs, 4 assists

Miles Bridges had 8 points on 3/11 overall and 0 of 5 from 3, 4 rbs, 0 assists.

Neeva · Post #1346 » by **Neeva** » Thu Oct 22, 2026 4:55 am

Something is seriously wrong with Keegan Murray, maybe one of the worst contracts in the league, dude has forgotten how to
shoot completely.

Klomp · Post #1347 » by **Klomp** » Thu Oct 22, 2026 5:33 am

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Neeva · Post #1348 » by **Neeva** » Thu Oct 22, 2026 5:36 am

Has Lendeborg never seen Doncic play before? :lol:

TimberKat · Post #1349 » by **TimberKat** » Thu Oct 22, 2026 1:12 pm

I still don't trust the LA Celtics - an underside Bird, overgrown McHale and a trigger happy Ainge isn't going to work in the 2020s.

They need some real Showtime out West. So far:
OKC still most complete,
HOU are back with VanVleet,
Wemby still great when playing terrible,
Wolves are hungry and dangerous,
Blazers are racing to the front,
Nuggets will still be golden,
LA Celtics has a lot to prove,
GSW are waiting for Zinger's exit

jpatrick · Post #1350 » by **jpatrick** » Thu Oct 22, 2026 1:42 pm

Neeva wrote:The smallish rookie guards all look really overrated won’t be surprised if two of Peterson, Acuff, Flemmings, Brown Jr end up being mid or busts. maybe all of them

On day one Wagler looked the best. Definitely knows how to play the game. Long way to go for those guys though. A lot of them on completely dysfunctional teams, which doesn’t help.

BlacJacMac · Post #1351 » by **BlacJacMac** » Thu Oct 22, 2026 6:13 pm

GS might have the worst post defense in the league.

Walker Kessler went 12/12 from the field with 10(!) dunks.

jpatrick · Post #1352 » by **jpatrick** » Thu Oct 22, 2026 6:21 pm

BlacJacMac wrote:GS might have the worst post defense in the league.

Walker Kessler went 12/12 from the field with 10(!) dunks.

GS definitely lacks rim protection. But I think this is a testament to how good Luka is with a lob threat. The Lakers don’t have perimeter defenders, but much like that Mavs team that went to the finals, they are going to be a problem.

younggunsmn · Post #1353 » by **younggunsmn** » Thu Oct 22, 2026 11:11 pm

Portland looks very good and the Warriors look like absolute toast without Porzingis.
Jazz look like a team with a bunch of mismatched parts that don't quite fit.
Both should be improved on paper, only Portland showed it on the court.
Good for Nori. Let's see if he can keep all those guards who need minutes and touches happy.

The Mavericks should have sold off all their crappy overpaid roleplayers who were only there for Luka (Washington, Gafford,) instead of trading Davis for pennies on the dollar. They've done jack squat with that salary savings.
Compounded the worst trade of all time with another bad one.

Memphis might just be a lottery team and not a bottom five team.
Same for the Clippers.

Suns look really bad.
Ishbia's stupid Michigan St fixation threw a hatchet into what they built last year.

Julius vs Naz was an interesting first game.
Both looked good offensively but they were also defending each other lol.

TimberKat · Post #1354 » by **TimberKat** » Thu Oct 22, 2026 11:44 pm

Mario Hezonja looks good so far, maybe a better choice that Lyles

TimberKat · Post #1355 » by **TimberKat** » Fri Oct 23, 2026 12:01 am

Looks like Philly is in more desperate need of KLove than the Wolves

They feel small compared to the Cavs.

Neeva · Post #1356 » by **Neeva** » Fri Oct 23, 2026 12:22 am

Embiid is so washed, this won’t end well for sixers and their fans will turn on Lebron so fast when he leaves them high and dry :lol:

TimberKat · Post #1357 » by **TimberKat** » Fri Oct 23, 2026 1:16 am

Whatever they took during halftime is working. They look ten years younger in the 3rd qtr

Neeva · Post #1358 » by **Neeva** » Fri Oct 23, 2026 1:24 am

yea Peyton Watson has been beyond underwhelming pickup Denver probably dodged a bullet there by not overpaying him.

BlacJacMac · Post #1359 » by **BlacJacMac** » Fri Oct 23, 2026 1:33 am

TimberKat wrote:Mario Hezonja looks good so far, maybe a better choice that Lyles

Eh. I bet Lyles could score 10 points on 13 FGAs too.

TimberKat · Post #1360 » by **TimberKat** » Fri Oct 23, 2026 1:35 am

BlacJacMac wrote:
TimberKat wrote:Mario Hezonja looks good so far, maybe a better choice that Lyles

Eh. I bet Lyles could score 10 points on 13 FGAs too.

I bet Lyles can't even get 5 tries. Hezonja missed his last 4 attempts when the game momentum completely turned against Cavs. No one on the Cavs made any shots