Around the NBA: 2017—2018

Pillendreher · Post #281 » by **Pillendreher** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 12:40 am

Dipo's FG% is higher than Russ' TS%.

Post #282 » by **ThunderBolt** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 3:40 am

Vic might be the best player on OKC and Indiana right now.

Storm1324 · Post #283 » by **Storm1324** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:21 am

All I know is after the experts said OKC stole the Pacers blind in the PG for Oladipo/ Sabonis trade , Vegas gave over under odds on Pacer wins at 31.5 tonight was Pacer win #16 in game #27.

Every expert said Victor would cool off after a few games now 27 games in he's scoring 24.5 ppg on 485 fg% , 44% on 3's, in addition Sabonis is avg a solid 12 ppg and 8,5 rpg off the bench.

Tonight was Vic's best game yet 47 points , 7 rebounds, 6 assist as the Pacers came from 19 down to defeat the Nuggets by 10 in overtime.

When PG takes the floor in Indy , he should get an ovation for letting the Pacers know he wasn't re-signing and setting the wheels in motion for the trade, which jump started the Pacers rebuild.

Osirus89 · Post #284 » by **Osirus89** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 9:31 am

Storm1324 wrote:All I know is after the experts said OKC stole the Pacers blind in the PG for Oladipo/ Sabonis trade , Vegas gave over under odds on Pacer wins at 31.5 tonight was Pacer win #16 in game #27.

Every expert said Victor would cool off after a few games now 27 games in he's scoring 24.5 ppg on 485 fg% , 44% on 3's, in addition Sabonis is avg a solid 12 ppg and 8,5 rpg off the bench.

Tonight was Vic's best game yet 47 points , 7 rebounds, 6 assist as the Pacers came from 19 down to defeat the Nuggets by 10 in overtime.

When PG takes the floor in Indy , he should get an ovation for letting the Pacers know he wasn't re-signing and setting the wheels in motion for the trade, which jump started the Pacers rebuild.

True. PG did them a solid by unequivocally telling them he would not resign. Completely different from how Durant and Hayward approached the same situation. Utah was very fortunate with how things turned out with Donovan Mitchell. We are still scrambling to fill the void that Durant left. PG helps immensely, but if he were to leave it would be right back to square one. However, we have lost most of the youth on the team and won't really have cap space. :noway:

spearsy23 · Post #285 » by **spearsy23** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 10:46 am

Osirus89 wrote:. However, we have lost most of the youth on the team and won't really have cap space.

We're going to be there eventually, it's just the nature of the beast. You take your shot and if you miss you have to reload.

Osirus89 · Post #286 » by **Osirus89** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 5:06 am

Philly is a good team. They are a fun team to watch. They always seem to make the right pass. I don't know if it is more BBIQ or coaching, but its refreshing to see.

Post #287 » by **bondom34** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 5:09 am

Osirus89 wrote:Philly is a good team. They are a fun team to watch. They always seem to make the right pass. I don't know if it is more BBIQ or coaching, but its refreshing to see.

I'm going Friday and can't wait. Been watching a few years here and they're the polar opposite of this team.

spearsy23 · Post #288 » by **spearsy23** » Thu Dec 14, 2017 2:40 am

Osirus89 wrote:Philly is a good team. They are a fun team to watch. They always seem to make the right pass. I don't know if it is more BBIQ or coaching, but its refreshing to see.

Brett Brown is an excellent coach and I hope he is around to see it come to fruition. Even when we had cupcake and they had nobody the Sixers were fighting us the entire game.

spearsy23 · Post #289 » by **spearsy23** » Thu Dec 14, 2017 2:57 am

Speaking of excellent coaching, it's interesting that Luke Walton with Golden State is the Next Great Coach, but Luke Walton with fringe talent is already being thrown to the wolves.

Osirus89 · Post #290 » by **Osirus89** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 4:32 am

Minny lost to Phoenix so no real ground lost with the loss tonight.

Things are still really tight in the fight for spots 4-8. Beating Denver on Monday would be a huge help. Next 3 games after that will be Utah, ATL, Utah. Pull some wins out in those games, and we could be 5-6 seed by the end of next week.

Keep hope alive :lol:

jambalaya · Post #291 » by **jambalaya** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 3:57 am

Lakers front office doing a lot of yakking. Doubt things are going to be as rosy as they talk. Trying to sell to others and themselves. Long, uncertain road to anything notable.

Old Man Game · Post #292 » by **Old Man Game** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 1:04 pm

The GIFS in this article are nuts. If those were assists then the league may need to review several of these triple doubles the last few years.

https://deadspin.com/are-these-assists-1821437746

Pillendreher · Post #293 » by **Pillendreher** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 7:54 am

My opponent in fantasy basketball this week has both Harden and Kuzma. Guess I'm punting points this week.

NaturalThunder · Post #294 » by **NaturalThunder** » Fri Dec 22, 2017 1:54 pm

Old Man Game wrote:The GIFS in this article are nuts. If those were assists then the league may need to review several of these triple doubles the last few years.

https://deadspin.com/are-these-assists-1821437746

That's a shame if plays like that are being scored an assist. I do know official scorers are a lot more generous with assists than they were 30, 40+ years ago.

Post #295 » by **bondom34** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 6:33 am

Crazy stat but NBATV said earlier that the Magic have trailed for something like 188 straight minutes.

RunOKC · Post #296 » by **RunOKC** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 7:20 pm

bondom34 wrote:Crazy stat but NBATV said earlier that the Magic have trailed for something like 188 straight minutes.

And we lost to them :lol:

Pillendreher · Post #297 » by **Pillendreher** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 5:45 pm

Warriors propaganda department has journalists on its payroll

Read on Twitter

Lol.

Pillendreher · Post #298 » by **Pillendreher** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 5:47 pm

Read on Twitter

Kanter lost his mind.

alessandrux · Post #299 » by **alessandrux** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 5:55 pm

Pillendreher wrote:

Read on Twitter

Kanter lost his mind.

I don't think so.

Yes, he should consider to opt out (irrational to not consider your options), but if he is well-advised he probably should not opt out.

But I think he could get an offer of 45/3, which might be a legitimate option for him.

Post #300 » by **ThunderBolt** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 5:58 pm

Pillendreher wrote:Warriors propaganda department has journalists on its payroll

Read on Twitter

Lol.

Defensive awards are always influenced by offense.