2023-2024 Official Around the NBA Discussion Thread

[RookieStar]

Has Scottie given up? Scoreless in the 1st half against the *juggernaught* SAS???

Rap fans making trade scenarios for Scottie now that they have a real Canadian star in RJ lol

[SOUL]

Cavs would struggle against this broken Philly team..

[RookieStar]

Also... i know its bad of me to say this BUT i wish that it wasnt near AS break, the NYK with injured Randle OG Hart and Mitch is so vulnerable.

They could freefall like PHI and give us a chance to catch them.

[thelead]

Pacers lose. We are now tied for 6th.

[Knightro]

Pacers lose in Charlotte. Helpful for the Magic.

[RookieStar]

Pacers lose. We are now tied for 6th.

I like this feeling until we face OKC... then we drop again... probably..lol

[SOUL]

A lot of east teams are going through the injuries we went through early on.

[SOUL]

Hornets are lowkey kinda pesky now, which is nice but we also play them 3 more times.

A team full of a lot of vets who shoot threes? I do not like it lol.

[RookieStar]

A lot of east teams are going through the injuries we went through early on.

I know... it somehow absolves me of my guilty feelings.

SOUL i know you also frequent knicks board... you think we xan catch up or leapfrog them?

Somehow they are downplaying Randles injury but i think its worse than it is. Plus OGs surgery should take them out for a month. Mitch to me is goodbye season and Hart is a walking injury..

[eyriq]

Pacers lose. We are now tied for 6th.

I like this feeling until we face OKC... then we drop again... probably..lol

ESPN has our win probability at 44.4% and they tend to be the most pessimistic about Orlando. I like our chances and wouldn't even consider it an upset

[RookieStar]

Hornets are lowkey kinda pesky now, which is nice but we also play them 3 more times.

A team full of a lot of vets who shoot threes? I do not like it lol.

If Richards and Williams are out then i like our chances lol

[RookieStar]

Pacers lose. We are now tied for 6th.

I like this feeling until we face OKC... then we drop again... probably..lol

ESPN has our win probability at 44.4% and they tend to be the most pessimistic about Orlando. I like our chances and wouldn't even consider it an upset

Consisering what happened the last time we faced them... i dont like it. Unless of course the Shaq jersey gives us extra mojo or something.

Well if we do win, you can bet basketballrob would be in the GB saying i told ya so to the Chet defenders lol

[tooler]

Cavs couldn't get the job done in Cleveland. Buddy Hield coming up big again. They might actually stay ahead of us.

[RookieStar]

PHI squaked against CLE without Embiid? Now it looks like NYK can overcome HOU.

Also... Burks in NY looks totally useless. When he faces us however... prime Curry. Def a posterboy for Magic Killer.

[Residual-Heat]

Masai is definitely getting fired. They decided to risk it all and build around Scottie, and in the process traded two better players. OG is one of the best 3 and D players in the league. Pascal is very good too.

Is Scottie ever going to be much better than Pascal? They've been trash since the trade and they still might lose their pick this year. In a couple of years they'll have more than 110 million between Scottie, RJ, IQ, Poeltl. Whats this teams ceiling? Masai should be on his knees every night praying for a lucky draft outcome, otherwise he's done.

[RookieStar]

Masai is definitely getting fired. They decided to risk it all and build around Scottie, and in the process traded two better players. OG is one of the best 3 and D players in the league. Pascal is very good too.

Is Scottie ever going to be much better than Pascal? They've been trash since the trade and they still might lose their pick this year. In a couple of years they'll have more than 110 million between Scottie, RJ, IQ, Poeltl. Whats this teams ceiling? Masai should be on his knees every night praying for a lucky draft outcome, otherwise he's done.

Masai really lucked out in his Kawhi all-in throw. It was a lucky bounce to the ring away from blowing it in his face.

However, OG is good when healthy. As much as we rag on JI for his health, OG has missed quite a few as well. Yeah... his gamble on Poetl last season didnt work out.

[Residual-Heat]

Masai is definitely getting fired. They decided to risk it all and build around Scottie, and in the process traded two better players. OG is one of the best 3 and D players in the league. Pascal is very good too.

Is Scottie ever going to be much better than Pascal? They've been trash since the trade and they still might lose their pick this year. In a couple of years they'll have more than 110 million between Scottie, RJ, IQ, Poeltl. Whats this teams ceiling? Masai should be on his knees every night praying for a lucky draft outcome, otherwise he's done.

Masai really lucked out in his Kawhi all-in throw. It was a lucky bounce to the ring away from blowing it in his face.

However, OG is good when healthy. As much as we rag on JI for his health, OG has missed quite a few as well. Yeah... his gamble on Poetl last season didnt work out.

He couldve saved it last season if he had just traded Scottie to the Nets for KD. A core of KD-Pascal-OG could still have competed for the title for the next few years.

[The-Stallion70]

Masai is definitely getting fired. They decided to risk it all and build around Scottie, and in the process traded two better players. OG is one of the best 3 and D players in the league. Pascal is very good too.

Is Scottie ever going to be much better than Pascal? They've been trash since the trade and they still might lose their pick this year. In a couple of years they'll have more than 110 million between Scottie, RJ, IQ, Poeltl. Whats this teams ceiling? Masai should be on his knees every night praying for a lucky draft outcome, otherwise he's done.

Masai really lucked out in his Kawhi all-in throw. It was a lucky bounce to the ring away from blowing it in his face.

However, OG is good when healthy. As much as we rag on JI for his health, OG has missed quite a few as well. Yeah... his gamble on Poetl last season didnt work out.

He couldve saved it last season if he had just traded Scottie to the Nets for KD. A core of KD-Pascal-OG could still have competed for the title for the next few years.

The 2019 Raps guys just wanted to move on, they didn't have the same chance without Kawhi who stated that he wanted to return home to LA. I don't think they were lucky to win it all with Kawhi, it was well calculated and it worked, that team was stacked top to bottom and had what they needed to stop Giannis.

They have young players and cap flexibility going forward. The RJ contract doesn't look great and his talent overlaps with Scottie but he is still an asset and good young player.

The are poised to make a splash in fa or the draft. Masai is a good gm, he seems to me like he could find star talent in the mid first round like Miami consistently has.

[thelead]

I don't think we'll get there but it's pretty crazy that we're only 3.5 games out of a home-court advantage playoff spot this late into the season.

[Ugly0598]

I just can’t believe Fultz gets all these minutes and he only puts up 8.6 a game and is terrified to shoot 3s.