"Around the NBA": 2020-21 Season Thread

GTR11 · Post #81 » by **GTR11** » Thu Jan 28, 2021 6:03 am

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GTR11 · Post #82 » by **GTR11** » Thu Jan 28, 2021 6:14 am

Saltics ready to crucify another pg :lol:

didn't they say Kemba is a true leader and everything Kyrie isn't

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Some sample, just go on their boards :rofl:

them clowns will make your day.

GTR11 · Post #83 » by **GTR11** » Thu Jan 28, 2021 6:35 am

Y'all seen how we went after Trea today right?

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What you think we going to do with washed up Kemba lol

GTR11 · Post #84 » by **GTR11** » Thu Jan 28, 2021 8:47 am

Our coaching stuff really good at exposing other teams weak links. Matt showed here few sets. Players like Robinson, Kemba, Trea etc can't guard chair, let alone Kyrie or Harden ( there are select few if any ).

https://youtu.be/kbPH3BbWw3g

Only thing that crippling us right now is shot blocking and chemistry. DJ contract can't end soon enough, trade should happen.

Prokorov · Post #85 » by **Prokorov** » Thu Jan 28, 2021 2:48 pm

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what a selfish cancer

Prokorov · Post #86 » by **Prokorov** » Thu Jan 28, 2021 2:50 pm

GTR11 wrote:Our coaching stuff really good at exposing other teams weak links. Matt showed here few sets. Players like Robinson, Kemba, Trea etc can't guard chair, let alone Kyrie or Harden ( there are select few if any ).

https://youtu.be/kbPH3BbWw3g

Only thing that crippling us right now is shot blocking and chemistry. DJ contract can't end soon enough, trade should happen.

Jordan has been really solid. for 20-25 mpg he can give you really good play. we just need a guy to giveyou the other 20-25

GTR11 · Post #87 » by **GTR11** » Thu Jan 28, 2021 6:23 pm

Prokorov wrote:
GTR11 wrote:Our coaching stuff really good at exposing other teams weak links. Matt showed here few sets. Players like Robinson, Kemba, Trea etc can't guard chair, let alone Kyrie or Harden ( there are select few if any ).

https://youtu.be/kbPH3BbWw3g

Only thing that crippling us right now is shot blocking and chemistry. DJ contract can't end soon enough, trade should happen.

Jordan has been really solid. for 20-25 mpg he can give you really good play. we just need a guy to giveyou the other 20-25

He could be friends with devil himself, if right deal comes around he's gone. You can get same production for vet min.

GTR11 · Post #88 » by **GTR11** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 2:17 am

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comment of the night right here.

GTR11 · Post #89 » by **GTR11** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 2:19 am

Saltics losing Hayward was huge. He was their glue guy that made offense look better than it is. They in trouble now.

This is talent I was talking about

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It's going to be huge issue. I'd love to get Saltics in a second round easy sweep here.

GTR11 · Post #90 » by **GTR11** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 3:53 am

I knew Saltics going to lose. Kemba missing game winner is cherry on top. I'm off to a Saltics blog oh it's going to be great read.

DarkXaero · Post #91 » by **DarkXaero** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 4:14 am

Kemba has been horrific.

therealbig3 · Post #92 » by **therealbig3** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:10 am

Kemba is a nice guy, so he won't get lambasted, but imagine if Kyrie was playing as poorly? Heck, he's getting criticized more for his on-court play than Kemba is right now, despite the fact that Kyrie has been a top 10 player so far.

I know I went on record last year saying I would rather have had Kemba because he's 90% the player Kyrie is without the injury issues, but that's clearly been proven wrong now given his knee injuries which look like they're chronic, and he's now no longer close to that 90% of Kyrie level.

Don't wish ill on him, but it's funny thinking back to how many Celtics fans swore that as a player (forget about leadership, forget about injuries), he was better than Kyrie. They'll deny it now though, but it was said.

I also lol at Celtics fans that thought Kemba was somehow an asset in potential trades (people were saying he could have been used to trade for Harden)...dude is on one of the most overpaid contracts in the league, you have to attach assets for a team to take him, let alone use him to get someone useful.

GTR11 · Post #93 » by **GTR11** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:43 am

Kyrie has a lot to prove and show us later come PO time, don't get that twisted guys. Dinwiddie will be resigned and be a luxury just because Kyrie is Kyrie.

He is home grown and forever be one of us. " best ability is availability ". Show me that for another two years and chip... boy will be god here.

My boys Din and Nic will show up. I know they will.

We don't speak much of Joe. How great hes been for us.

Jeff is a god now. We'll see if he can hold up.

MrDollarBills · Post #94 » by **MrDollarBills** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 12:14 pm

I like Kemba but it's clear that he's on a decline.

Oh well. Not our problem.

GTR11 · Post #95 » by **GTR11** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 2:54 am

Bobby freaking Portis busting some Blazer azz right now. Deflections on a perimeter, nearly two sreals on PnR and abusing that offensive glass. High energy guy that makes 3.8 mil with player opponent year. Would love him here.

GTR11 · Post #96 » by **GTR11** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 2:59 am

if some think Nets bad at defense, go check some Portland games. That's what bad defense look like. We play solid d, we just can't afford brain dead plays and no effort stuff. Wiz killed us just because of those reasons. 5pt lead with 12 secs to go should be W for any team, you have KD and Kyrie on your team it's an embarrassment not to close it. Teams around NBA will get up to play vs us, we can't afford to play half azz.

MrDollarBills · Post #97 » by **MrDollarBills** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 1:02 pm

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Why is the NBA allowing anything like this to happen??? Is Adam Silver stupid???

Shark · Post #98 » by **Shark** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 1:18 pm

That's what I was thinking when we were in Atlanta. And while I feel it's best for there to be no fans in the stands, the Hawks are playing with fire letting fans sit courtside. I don't think any other team that allows fans in the stands has had any sitting courtside. Silver should have killed that idea from the start.

Prokorov · Post #99 » by **Prokorov** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 2:53 pm

GTR11 wrote:if some think Nets bad at defense, go check some Portland games. That's what bad defense look like. We play solid d, we just can't afford brain dead plays and no effort stuff. Wiz killed us just because of those reasons. 5pt lead with 12 secs to go should be W for any team, you have KD and Kyrie on your team it's an embarrassment not to close it. Teams around NBA will get up to play vs us, we can't afford to play half azz.

i mean, we have statistically the worst defense of all time since the trade. i think while thats not the actual case, our defense is certainly poor. and its not just a weak link, we are bad across the board:

-we give up alot of second chance points/offensive rebounds
-we give up alot of points off turnovers/in transition
-we give up alot of points in the paint/lack rim protection
-we give up alot of open threes/dont rotate well

Alot of this is correctable to the point where we can be average-ish. but right now, we certainly are bad. even without that russ miracle three, we had still given up 140 points to the wizards.

We need to stop going small so often. we cant go small for 30+ minutes a game. its not going to work unless we want to pkay the big 3 36+ minutes a night and grind every other game down ot the wire.

MrDollarBills · Post #100 » by **MrDollarBills** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 5:11 pm

Shark wrote:That's what I was thinking when we were in Atlanta. And while I feel it's best for there to be no fans in the stands, the Hawks are playing with fire letting fans sit courtside. I don't think any other team that allows fans in the stands has had any sitting courtside. Silver should have killed that idea from the start.

It's gross, vile and disgusting and frankly the player's association is out of their minds as well.

That one interaction could infect both teams. Unbelievable. I really think the Hawks management is utterly stupid.

Let's be very clear: The type of people who will go to a basketball game in an indoors venue during a pandemic are the people who are least likely to take it seriously. I was watching the Jazz play the other night and they had fans in the stands with no masks on, the TV camera had to cut away quickly. You think that woman practices social distancing, proper mask wearing etc? I doubt it.

Adam Silver and the owners are playing with fire indeed. Last night should have been the end of it.