Around the NBA - 2024-25 Season Continued

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Cavs went 10 deep, Thunder went 9 deep and are missing Caruso / Chet.

[thebuzzardman]

Cavs went 10 deep, Thunder went 9 deep and are missing Caruso / Chet.

Good for them

[MrDollarBills]

Why does wemby have his hands in his drawers on his balls every play? It’s the grossest thing I’ve seen in the league. Does he face guard opponents with the smell still on his fingers?

This is pretty crazy to think about. So he does this in game.

And then he touches the basketball.

So now, his ball sweat, full of bacteria from everything that goes on around that region is all on the basketball. This could include fecal matter.

And then someone else touches the basketball, and now his ball bacteria is on their hands. And then they go to the bench, and put their hand on their face, or rubs their eye. Or picks at their teeth with their finger.

[Fat Kat]

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Hate this. Every coach should address this with the referees pregame.

[MrDollarBills]

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Hate this. Every coach should address this with the referees pregame.

That's actually a pretty smart move but I wish foul baiting would stop. These guys are too good to have to fish for a whistle

[Jalen Bluntson]

Cavs went 10 deep, Thunder went 9 deep and are missing Caruso / Chet.

Their benches played 70-80 minutes.

[RHODEY]

Cavs went 10 deep, Thunder went 9 deep and are missing Caruso / Chet.

They have 9 and 10 deep talent.

[Jalen Bluntson]

Cavs went 10 deep, Thunder went 9 deep and are missing Caruso / Chet.

They have 9 and 10 deep talent.

We certainly have Injury issues and could use a couple upgrades for sure. That doesn't excuse playing guys entire halves and having the worst 4th qtr team in the league. There is a middle ground. We got ran off the court by third stringers and g Leaguers as a result in ORL.

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[Jalen Bluntson]

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Too bad they can't afford to pay him. Beal holds the cards.

[RHODEY]

Cavs went 10 deep, Thunder went 9 deep and are missing Caruso / Chet.

They have 9 and 10 deep talent.

We certainly have Injury issues and could use a couple upgrades for sure. That doesn't excuse playing guys entire halves and having the worst 4th qtr team in the league. There is a middle ground. We got ran off the court by third stringers and g Leaguers as a result in ORL.

While I agree there's a middle ground, right now (IMO) nobody is looking 100% playable out of Deuce. Payne was great earlier but has come down back to earth, Shamet is decent in spurts, but after that its very stretchy. Kolek is potentialy great but perhaps versus big teams like ORLando he's be easily exploitable. Huk has looks good in spurts but perhaps there is areason Thibs doesnt trust him. Dadiet has always look extremely raw imo... Im going to reserve judgement on Thibs pending any incoming trades.

[Jalen Bluntson]

They have 9 and 10 deep talent.

We certainly have Injury issues and could use a couple upgrades for sure. That doesn't excuse playing guys entire halves and having the worst 4th qtr team in the league. There is a middle ground. We got ran off the court by third stringers and g Leaguers as a result in ORL.

While I agree there's a middle ground, right now (IMO) nobody is looking 100% playable out of Deuce. Payne was great earlier but has come down back to earth, Shamet is decent in spurts, but after that its very stretchy. Kolek is potentialy great but perhaps versus big teams like ORLando he's be easily exploitable. Huk has looks good in spurts but perhaps there is areason Thibs doesnt trust him. Dadiet has always look extremely raw imo... Im going to reserve judgement on Thibs pending any incoming trades.

Playing KAT 42 minutes and then leaving him in late in a blowout the following night playing 37 minutes led to his injury.

I can and have excused the bench issues with injury to an extent but, acting like Thibs isn't irresponsible and out of control at times with minutes is silly. That's where the middle ground is. Idc if we lose an extra couple of games. We need our starting five 100% for the playoffs. That should be the goal. Not chasing the one seed at all costs.

The bench has not had time to build any chemistry because they haven't all been available for more than 4 games. All 5 of our main bench players have missed time his year.

Payne-6
Deuce-10 and counting
Shamet-29
Precious-21
Mitch-38 and counting.

For the first 21 games we didn't even have Payne and Deuce healthy the entire time. Our bench was primarily Payne/Deuce/Sims before Precious came back 17 games ago. Payne missed his first game back. Shamet came back 9 games ago and we lost Deuce 5 games ago.

As much as people think our bench sucks, we haven't had any consistent rotation at all this season. We did play the rooks for very sporadic minutes early on but, we haven't tried to play more than 8 guys no matter who was healthy.

I don't care about trades as much as health this season. Payne/Shamet can go but, for who? Precious is a decent bench player but, he's a FA next year. Could use his salary in an upgrade if we wish. Who? We can't do any 2-1 trades because we need to maintain 14 regular contracts. Mitch has low value. What are we really getting for him?

It's a tough trade market with the apron rules now. Our bench suffers more from lack of availability than lack of ability. I know I have been extra the last few days about Thibs but, I have been giving him the injury excuse for the bench all year. It doesn't excuse all of his decision making at all though.

Hopefully we can see a healthy team in the coming weeks and the bickering over minutes can calm down.

[RHODEY]

We certainly have Injury issues and could use a couple upgrades for sure. That doesn't excuse playing guys entire halves and having the worst 4th qtr team in the league. There is a middle ground. We got ran off the court by third stringers and g Leaguers as a result in ORL.

While I agree there's a middle ground, right now (IMO) nobody is looking 100% playable out of Deuce. Payne was great earlier but has come down back to earth, Shamet is decent in spurts, but after that its very stretchy. Kolek is potentialy great but perhaps versus big teams like ORLando he's be easily exploitable. Huk has looks good in spurts but perhaps there is areason Thibs doesnt trust him. Dadiet has always look extremely raw imo... Im going to reserve judgement on Thibs pending any incoming trades.

Playing KAT 42 minutes and then leaving him in late in a blowout the following night playing 37 minutes led to his injury.

I can and have excused the bench issues with injury to an extent but, acting like Thibs isn't irresponsible and out of control at times with minutes is silly. That's where the middle ground is. Idc if we lose an extra couple of games. We need our starting five 100% for the playoffs. That should be the goal. Not chasing the one seed at all costs.

The bench has not had time to build any chemistry because they haven't all been available for more than 4 games. All 5 of our main bench players have missed time his year.

Payne-6
Deuce-10 and counting
Shamet-29
Precious-21
Mitch-38 and counting.

For the first 21 games we didn't even have Payne and Deuce healthy the entire time. Our bench was primarily Payne/Deuce/Sims before Precious came back 17 games ago. Payne missed his first game back. Shamet came back 9 games ago and we lost Deuce 5 games ago.

As much as people think our bench sucks, we haven't had any consistent rotation at all this season. We did play the rooks for very sporadic minutes early on but, we haven't tried to play more than 8 guys no matter who was healthy.

I don't care about trades as much as health this season. Payne/Shamet can go but, for who? Precious is a decent bench player but, he's a FA next year. Could use his salary in an upgrade if we wish. Who? We can't do any 2-1 trades because we need to maintain 14 regular contracts. Mitch has low value. What are we really getting for him?

It's a tough trade market with the apron rules now. Our bench suffers more from lack of availability than lack of ability. I know I have been extra the last few days about Thibs but, I have been giving him the injury excuse for the bench all year. It doesn't excuse all of his decision making at all though.

Hopefully we can see a healthy team in the coming weeks and the bickering over minutes can calm down.

Understood about Thibs. But I still think the bench is Mid at best right now.

[Jalen Bluntson]

While I agree there's a middle ground, right now (IMO) nobody is looking 100% playable out of Deuce. Payne was great earlier but has come down back to earth, Shamet is decent in spurts, but after that its very stretchy. Kolek is potentialy great but perhaps versus big teams like ORLando he's be easily exploitable. Huk has looks good in spurts but perhaps there is areason Thibs doesnt trust him. Dadiet has always look extremely raw imo... Im going to reserve judgement on Thibs pending any incoming trades.

Playing KAT 42 minutes and then leaving him in late in a blowout the following night playing 37 minutes led to his injury.

I can and have excused the bench issues with injury to an extent but, acting like Thibs isn't irresponsible and out of control at times with minutes is silly. That's where the middle ground is. Idc if we lose an extra couple of games. We need our starting five 100% for the playoffs. That should be the goal. Not chasing the one seed at all costs.

The bench has not had time to build any chemistry because they haven't all been available for more than 4 games. All 5 of our main bench players have missed time his year.

Payne-6
Deuce-10 and counting
Shamet-29
Precious-21
Mitch-38 and counting.

For the first 21 games we didn't even have Payne and Deuce healthy the entire time. Our bench was primarily Payne/Deuce/Sims before Precious came back 17 games ago. Payne missed his first game back. Shamet came back 9 games ago and we lost Deuce 5 games ago.

As much as people think our bench sucks, we haven't had any consistent rotation at all this season. We did play the rooks for very sporadic minutes early on but, we haven't tried to play more than 8 guys no matter who was healthy.

I don't care about trades as much as health this season. Payne/Shamet can go but, for who? Precious is a decent bench player but, he's a FA next year. Could use his salary in an upgrade if we wish. Who? We can't do any 2-1 trades because we need to maintain 14 regular contracts. Mitch has low value. What are we really getting for him?

It's a tough trade market with the apron rules now. Our bench suffers more from lack of availability than lack of ability. I know I have been extra the last few days about Thibs but, I have been giving him the injury excuse for the bench all year. It doesn't excuse all of his decision making at all though.

Hopefully we can see a healthy team in the coming weeks and the bickering over minutes can calm down.

Understood about Thibs. But I still think the bench is Mid at best right now.

Yeah. I agreed we could use upgrades. Unfortunately this isn't NBA2k so we are limited in what we can actually do. I would love to swap a better floor general who can score and a bigger wing with what we have now. Both of those spots are vet mini deals. Suggestions? Precious for who? Mitch for who? Every one of those trades has to match salary and roster spots. It's not just naming players we would rather have.

There's a lot to work around when talking about making trades now. We could greatly benefit from just having the players healthy at the very least. We cannot do two for one trades because we only have 14 players under contract. Upgrading the bench is easier said than done. Having them healthy would be an upgrade all by itself. Saying our bench is mid without having seen them play much doesn't really make sense.

[KnicksGadfly]

While I agree there's a middle ground, right now (IMO) nobody is looking 100% playable out of Deuce. Payne was great earlier but has come down back to earth, Shamet is decent in spurts, but after that its very stretchy. Kolek is potentialy great but perhaps versus big teams like ORLando he's be easily exploitable. Huk has looks good in spurts but perhaps there is areason Thibs doesnt trust him. Dadiet has always look extremely raw imo... Im going to reserve judgement on Thibs pending any incoming trades.

Playing KAT 42 minutes and then leaving him in late in a blowout the following night playing 37 minutes led to his injury.

I can and have excused the bench issues with injury to an extent but, acting like Thibs isn't irresponsible and out of control at times with minutes is silly. That's where the middle ground is. Idc if we lose an extra couple of games. We need our starting five 100% for the playoffs. That should be the goal. Not chasing the one seed at all costs.

The bench has not had time to build any chemistry because they haven't all been available for more than 4 games. All 5 of our main bench players have missed time his year.

Payne-6
Deuce-10 and counting
Shamet-29
Precious-21
Mitch-38 and counting.

For the first 21 games we didn't even have Payne and Deuce healthy the entire time. Our bench was primarily Payne/Deuce/Sims before Precious came back 17 games ago. Payne missed his first game back. Shamet came back 9 games ago and we lost Deuce 5 games ago.

As much as people think our bench sucks, we haven't had any consistent rotation at all this season. We did play the rooks for very sporadic minutes early on but, we haven't tried to play more than 8 guys no matter who was healthy.

I don't care about trades as much as health this season. Payne/Shamet can go but, for who? Precious is a decent bench player but, he's a FA next year. Could use his salary in an upgrade if we wish. Who? We can't do any 2-1 trades because we need to maintain 14 regular contracts. Mitch has low value. What are we really getting for him?

It's a tough trade market with the apron rules now. Our bench suffers more from lack of availability than lack of ability. I know I have been extra the last few days about Thibs but, I have been giving him the injury excuse for the bench all year. It doesn't excuse all of his decision making at all though.

Hopefully we can see a healthy team in the coming weeks and the bickering over minutes can calm down.

Understood about Thibs. But I still think the bench is Mid at best right now.

100%, and we should be seeing the bench’s minutes cut down in the playoffs. I’m even okay with us playing big minutes against top opponents like OKC.

[Jalen Bluntson]

Playing KAT 42 minutes and then leaving him in late in a blowout the following night playing 37 minutes led to his injury.

I can and have excused the bench issues with injury to an extent but, acting like Thibs isn't irresponsible and out of control at times with minutes is silly. That's where the middle ground is. Idc if we lose an extra couple of games. We need our starting five 100% for the playoffs. That should be the goal. Not chasing the one seed at all costs.

The bench has not had time to build any chemistry because they haven't all been available for more than 4 games. All 5 of our main bench players have missed time his year.

Payne-6
Deuce-10 and counting
Shamet-29
Precious-21
Mitch-38 and counting.

For the first 21 games we didn't even have Payne and Deuce healthy the entire time. Our bench was primarily Payne/Deuce/Sims before Precious came back 17 games ago. Payne missed his first game back. Shamet came back 9 games ago and we lost Deuce 5 games ago.

As much as people think our bench sucks, we haven't had any consistent rotation at all this season. We did play the rooks for very sporadic minutes early on but, we haven't tried to play more than 8 guys no matter who was healthy.

I don't care about trades as much as health this season. Payne/Shamet can go but, for who? Precious is a decent bench player but, he's a FA next year. Could use his salary in an upgrade if we wish. Who? We can't do any 2-1 trades because we need to maintain 14 regular contracts. Mitch has low value. What are we really getting for him?

It's a tough trade market with the apron rules now. Our bench suffers more from lack of availability than lack of ability. I know I have been extra the last few days about Thibs but, I have been giving him the injury excuse for the bench all year. It doesn't excuse all of his decision making at all though.

Hopefully we can see a healthy team in the coming weeks and the bickering over minutes can calm down.

Understood about Thibs. But I still think the bench is Mid at best right now.

100%, and we should be seeing the bench’s minutes cut down in the playoffs. I’m even okay with us playing big minutes against top opponents like OKC.

The bench hasn't even played this season. You couldn't possibly cut their minutes any more without playing he starting 5 the entire game. We play the least minutes of any bench the last twenty years and we haven't been healthy at all this season. Trying to evaluate a bench that doesn't exist is impossible.

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[kNicksGmen]

Boucher earned minutes for the raps in that garbage time performance and is cooking the Cavs.

[K_ick_God]

Quickley does nada when it counts … just doesn’t get involved

[Worst_to_First]

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Mitch’s b**ches.