NBA Preseason Game Thread 2021

God Squad · Post #321 » by **God Squad** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 4:50 am

NO-KG-AI wrote:Trey Murphy is a stud already. He already looks like an elite shooter, and he’s a long 6’9 multi position defender. He’s going to give us so much lineup versatility.

NAW is ready to breakout.

He looked great in SL and is carrying it over to pre season. I thought he thoroughly outplayed the Magics rookies. Nice pickup by the Pels.

God Squad · Post #322 » by **God Squad** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 5:03 am

NAW looks much improved, especially his jumper. I hope he gets consistent minutes.

Ckay · Post #323 » by **Ckay** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 5:15 am

The High Cyde · Post #324 » by **The High Cyde** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 6:11 am

Not giving Draymond the benefit of the doubt on that, control yourself man

art_tatum · Post #325 » by **art_tatum** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 7:53 am

Draymond is still a donkey and his lack of offense bricking wide open layups and shots will cost the warriors. Sure he makes good decisions while 4v3 but its mitigated by his inability to score.

righterwriter · Post #326 » by **righterwriter** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 8:05 am

If GS can stay healthy, they're going to be lethal. Tons of big, versatile athletes between 6'5-6'9 that can shoot, pass, and play defense.

God Squad · Post #327 » by **God Squad** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 8:34 am

GSW are much improved compared to last year. That's not even including Klays potential return around Christmas or after all star break.

Kvothe22 · Post #328 » by **Kvothe22** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 9:28 am

Luka Samanic Will be good.

Jadoogar · Post #329 » by **Jadoogar** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 1:54 pm

Jordan Poole looks good, i was hoping to draft him in the last round of fantasy but i don't think that's going to be possible anymore

BlazersBroncos · Post #330 » by **BlazersBroncos** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 2:06 pm

Murphy is going to be so good. Not a 1-to-1 match but I think he can become one of those elite 4th option role players like OG and Mikal. He is just that good.

OrlMagic05 · Post #331 » by **OrlMagic05** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 2:37 pm

PrinceAli wrote:I’m sure Suggs will get better with experience and time, but for being the guy who was supposed to be the most NBA ready with his skillset the performances haven’t been impressive

Still have no doubt he’ll be good tho

I'll be honest I have been disappointed in his first 2 games, but its his first 2 games so not too worried. I really dont think hes a PG and will be better with Fultz next to him rather than someone like Etwaun moore or Gary Harris. Him not starting last night threw me off as well, but I think Mosley wanted to give the guys who didnt start the first game a chance. I think with a few games under his belt he wills tart to slow down and we will see some good performances out of him.

Mamba Mentality · Post #332 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 2:46 pm

Davion Mitchell might just be my favorite player in this draft class.

BYG-Jacob · Post #333 » by **BYG-Jacob** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 4:14 pm

God Squad wrote:NAW looks much improved, especially his jumper. I hope he gets consistent minutes.

He’s going to start

Wigginstime · Post #334 » by **Wigginstime** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 4:22 pm

Mickey8 wrote:Jokic is in the best shape of his life, never been leaner and stronger than right now.

The presence Jokic commands is amazing. I get that its preseason but the difference of Jokic on/off court is mindblowing.

In the first half he played only 15 minutes but put up 17/10 and had the Nuggets up by nearly 20 points in the first half. Jokic sat the 2nd half and it was obvious the Nuggets never had a chance.

OkcSinceSGA · Post #335 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 5:53 pm

Watch on YouTube

Didn’t think much of him, but apparently at one point he was supposed to be a top 5 pick or recruit? His offensive game reminds me of KD archetype where he can pull up over the defense, has nice handles but is also very weak (although far inferior). Very long, very fluid.

OkcSinceSGA · Post #336 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 5:55 pm

Wigginstime wrote:
Mickey8 wrote:Jokic is in the best shape of his life, never been leaner and stronger than right now.

The presence Jokic commands is amazing. I get that its preseason but the difference of Jokic on/off court is mindblowing.

In the first half he played only 15 minutes but put up 17/10 and had the Nuggets up by nearly 20 points in the first half. Jokic sat the 2nd half and it was obvious the Nuggets never had a chance.

Best player in the league right now.

BlazersBroncos · Post #337 » by **BlazersBroncos** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 6:41 pm

OKCfanSinceSGA wrote:

Watch on YouTube

Didn’t think much of him, but apparently at one point he was supposed to be a top 5 pick or recruit? His offensive game reminds me of KD archetype where he can pull up over the defense, has nice handles but is also very weak (although far inferior). Very long, very fluid.

Is he really only 6'5? In that clip he looked 6'8 if not taller. Maybe I am finally losing it.

Either way, kid looked smooth as hell. A ton of forced, overly difficult shots but he made them and didnt look luck making them either.

Post #338 » by **bisme37** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 6:46 pm

Hey I was just noticing that different teams have different numbers of preseason games. Like the Celtics only have 4 but the Lakers have 6. Kinda weird that it's not the same across the board imo. Does anyone have more than six or fewer than 4?

OkcSinceSGA · Post #339 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 7:36 pm

BlazersBroncos wrote:
OKCfanSinceSGA wrote:

Watch on YouTube

Didn’t think much of him, but apparently at one point he was supposed to be a top 5 pick or recruit? His offensive game reminds me of KD archetype where he can pull up over the defense, has nice handles but is also very weak (although far inferior). Very long, very fluid.

Is he really only 6'5? In that clip he looked 6'8 if not taller. Maybe I am finally losing it.

Either way, kid looked smooth as hell. A ton of forced, overly difficult shots but he made them and didnt look luck making them either.

Shot selection is his biggest weakness so far in preseason offensively. He’s taking some tough shots, not super efficient but at least he’s not afraid to get shots up. Can always improve efficiency. Can’t make guys more aggressive as easily.

JujitsuFlip · Post #340 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Thu Oct 7, 2021 8:18 pm

bisme37 wrote:Hey I was just noticing that different teams have different numbers of preseason games. Like the Celtics only have 4 but the Lakers have 6. Kinda weird that it's not the same across the board imo. Does anyone have more than six or fewer than 4?

Nope, 4 is the bare minimum which most teams opted for. 8 is the maximum but no team scheduled more than 6.