Around the NBA - 2024-25 Season Continued

[spree2kawhi]

I’ll go out in a limb and say that despite the obvious choices being OKC or Boston, I think a healthy Clippers squad might actually win it all or at least make a deep run.

Regardless of how unrealistic it seems even to me, I’m definitely rooting for a Knicks vs Clippers Finals. It’s great how there are no clear favorites outside of Boston, so I expect upsets left and right.

[Jeff Van Gully]

Taylor Jenkins must be smiling.

you know he's hating SO hard right now. if they lose the next one...

[Capn'O]

Taylor Jenkins must be smiling.

you know he's hating SO hard right now. if they lose the next one...

Jenkins had them at 44-29. They finished 48-34. Oopsie daisy.

[Jeff Van Gully]

Taylor Jenkins must be smiling.

you know he's hating SO hard right now. if they lose the next one...

Jenkins had them at 44-29. They finished 48-34. Oopsie daisy.

don't it always seem to go...

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Jenkins will be the next coach of the Spurs, you can see it coming a mile away.

Jenkins interned with the San Antonio Spurs basketball operations department during the 2007–08 season.[4]

[3toheadmelo]

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Peep this

The Reid-Randle minutes have been a real important offensive weapon to this team -- that would hurt to lose if you can't hold up with that frontcourt against Luka defensively.

The Wolves scored 115.3 points per 100 with Gobert on the floor this season (league-average). When Gobert was off the floor and Reid + Randle were on the floor, the Wolves scored 119.9 points per 100 (pretty high-end).

(Though, to be fair, that Reid-Randle pairing has been significantly worse defensively -- 108.6 with Rudy ON, 118.1 with Reid + Randle ON and no Gobert.)

On the other end, Gobert has been pretty great lately

Rudy Gobert missed the first 9 games after the All Star break with back spasms. Then, after returning, he averaged...
15.4 points (71% shooting)
12.5 rebounds (4.2 offensive)
1.5 assists (0.8 turnovers)

In those final 17 games of the season, the Wolves went 13-4 (albeit against a light schedule), and in that time were 3rd in the NBA on offense and 11th on defense.

That defensive ranking doesn't look all that great. But the defense with Rudy on vs. off the floor needs to he taken into account.

In the 557 minutes Gobert was on the floor during that stretch of time, the Wolves' defensive rating was 105.6. In the 227 minutes he was off the floor, the Wolves' defensive rating was 118.6. (That's like defending at the level of the Thunder this season vs. defending at the level of the Sixers this season -- actually better than the Thunder and worse than the Sixers.)

[3toheadmelo]

Taylor Jenkins must be smiling.

you know he's hating SO hard right now. if they lose the next one...

Jenkins had them at 44-29. They finished 48-34. Oopsie daisy.

That’s one of the reasons why I be scared of firing Thibs. Memphis chose some younger coach over Jenkins that apparently a lot of teams want and they look much worse. Its really risky.

[Capn'O]

you know he's hating SO hard right now. if they lose the next one...

Jenkins had them at 44-29. They finished 48-34. Oopsie daisy.

That’s one of the reasons why I be scared of firing Thibs. Memphis chose some younger coach over Jenkins that apparently a lot of teams want and they look much worse. Its really risky.

Right. You don't want to bring in somebody who sucks or needs a few years to get their feet under them. On its face, there are some concerns. I definitely would not have supported a mid-late season firing. You need to wait until after the season and you need to be damn sure you're making a great hire.

That said, Jenkins wouldn't be a fine hire imo.

[3toheadmelo]

Jenkins had them at 44-29. They finished 48-34. Oopsie daisy.

That’s one of the reasons why I be scared of firing Thibs. Memphis chose some younger coach over Jenkins that apparently a lot of teams want and they look much worse. Its really risky.

Right. You don't want to bring in somebody who sucks or needs a few years to get their feet under them. On its face, there are some concerns. I definitely would not have supported a mid-late season firing. You need to wait until after the season and you need to be damn sure you're making a great hire.

That said, Jenkins wouldn't be a fine hire imo.

I need to look into Jenkins more cause I think what I read was that he lost the locker room in Memphis and we already blew them out a couple times this season. Felt like Thibs out coached him every time. It’s really tough to even find a replacement for Thibs cause a lot of the options available seem suspect. So idk lol

[Capn'O]

That’s one of the reasons why I be scared of firing Thibs. Memphis chose some younger coach over Jenkins that apparently a lot of teams want and they look much worse. Its really risky.

Right. You don't want to bring in somebody who sucks or needs a few years to get their feet under them. On its face, there are some concerns. I definitely would not have supported a mid-late season firing. You need to wait until after the season and you need to be damn sure you're making a great hire.

That said, Jenkins wouldn't be a fine hire imo.

I need to look into Jenkins more cause I think what I read was that he lost the locker room in Memphis and we already blew them out a couple times this season. Felt like Thibs out coached him every time. It’s really tough to even find a replacement for Thibs cause a lot of the options available seem suspect. So idk lol

That's fair. I've barely had any time to dedicate to watching a lot of teams outside NYK so same. Just don't have a read on how he might fit but his results with the Grizz have always been quite good. He always seems to have a lot of guys in the mix and contributing, though maybe to a fault.

[3toheadmelo]

Right. You don't want to bring in somebody who sucks or needs a few years to get their feet under them. On its face, there are some concerns. I definitely would not have supported a mid-late season firing. You need to wait until after the season and you need to be damn sure you're making a great hire.

That said, Jenkins wouldn't be a fine hire imo.

I need to look into Jenkins more cause I think what I read was that he lost the locker room in Memphis and we already blew them out a couple times this season. Felt like Thibs out coached him every time. It’s really tough to even find a replacement for Thibs cause a lot of the options available seem suspect. So idk lol

That's fair. I've barely had any time to dedicate to watching a lot of teams outside NYK so same. Just don't have a read on how he might fit but his results with the Grizz have always been quite good. He always seems to have a lot of guys in the mix and contributing, though maybe to a fault.

I wouldn’t hate hiring him cause he is proven and has a couple of 50 win seasons under his belt

[Spree2Houston]

I like Jenkins. His offense is ahead of its time. It’s where the game will eventually go.

[nykballa2k4]

I’ll go out in a limb and say that despite the obvious choices being OKC or Boston, I think a healthy Clippers squad might actually win it all or at least make a deep run.

Regardless of how unrealistic it seems even to me, I’m definitely rooting for a Knicks vs Clippers Finals. It’s great how there are no clear favorites outside of Boston, so I expect upsets left and right.

Im a Wolves fan in the West this year.

Also hope Steven Adams ends Draymond

[spree2kawhi]

I’ll go out in a limb and say that despite the obvious choices being OKC or Boston, I think a healthy Clippers squad might actually win it all or at least make a deep run.

Regardless of how unrealistic it seems even to me, I’m definitely rooting for a Knicks vs Clippers Finals. It’s great how there are no clear favorites outside of Boston, so I expect upsets left and right.

Im a Wolves fan in the West this year.

Also hope Steven Adams ends Draymond

I understand that. I’ll root for Edwards too, but they’re obviously missing Towns and I think it’s better for this board that they won’t get too far.

[nykballa2k4]

I’ll go out in a limb and say that despite the obvious choices being OKC or Boston, I think a healthy Clippers squad might actually win it all or at least make a deep run.

Regardless of how unrealistic it seems even to me, I’m definitely rooting for a Knicks vs Clippers Finals. It’s great how there are no clear favorites outside of Boston, so I expect upsets left and right.

Im a Wolves fan in the West this year.

Also hope Steven Adams ends Draymond

I understand that. I’ll root for Edwards too, but they’re obviously missing Towns and I think it’s better for this board that they won’t get too far.

Honestly, they could win the chip and it would not impact how I feel about the trade.
Ant, despite that dumb comment about double-teams, might be the most Jordan/Kobe-like of our day. Pair him with a loaded roster of guys who have well meshed skills and it's a good squad.

Losing Towns for them was a bit of addition by subtraction because it's Ant's team, not KAT's team.
For us, we win because KAT will always be more valuable than Randle.

[mpharris36]

spo putting on a coaching clinic

[Najeem27]

Look at Giddey he's unstoppable against the knicks but here he cant even drive past anyone lol

[Worst_to_First]

Spo is dangerous in this type of games. I see the Heat beating the Hawks and providing some resistance vs the Cavs. Would be a good coaching test for Kenny Atkinson.

[knicks94]

They should skip the Heat regular season and only allow them to compete in the playoffs since that is the only time they ever show up.

[Nostrand Ave]

This is just the play-in games, but I can tell this years playoffs will have so many blowout games just like last years. SMH.