Friday 11/7 NBA Game Thread - NBA Cup Group Play

[Homer38]

What will it take for the Mavs to fire Nico?

[BelgradeNugget]

What will it take for the Mavs to fire Nico?

If he does some stupid trade like AD + pick for some fat ass player like Luka. They would downgrade their D that way and D wins it in the NBA

[Rdude22]

Credit to San Antonio but man that was a disappointing loss. Relied too much on the zone but mostly because we were too shook to go man-to-man.

The 5-game win streak was cool for building chemistry but a bit fugazi because the competition was trash… so this Spurs game and Sunday vs the Bucks were prime opportunities to see where our current floor was.

Shepard shot was falling but he basically gave it all back on defense. What we saw with KD… it’s an early lesson that we can’t have him out there facilitating from 30 feet out at 38 years old. That wasn’t his strength when he was 28.

[Rdude22]

when Shai goes for 30 but only takes 4FTs and Wilt HartinChamberlin goesfor 33, 19 and 3 blocks and 3 steals and Chet gets 10 and Jdub still out...it leads to me thinking they are indeed well coached and SGA just plays with the guys around them...does his job knowing that someone will have a good game...but has no idea who that person will be...but SGA will work within the system to let that happen...

They remind me of the Curry 2015-2019 Warriors and the Jordan 90s Bulls. Well-coached team, plug n play guys with assigned roles, all centered on a reliable 30/6/6 combo guard who can operate in and out of their elaborate system, and close the show when needed.

Kinda unfortunate for JDub that he’ll likely miss the minimum games requirement for awards and recognitions this year.

[Chuck Everett]

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One of these stats that you just don't realize until someone compiles the data. No wonder half of the posts in this thread were about food.

[Chuck Everett]

when Shai goes for 30 but only takes 4FTs and Wilt HartinChamberlin goesfor 33, 19 and 3 blocks and 3 steals and Chet gets 10 and Jdub still out...it leads to me thinking they are indeed well coached and SGA just plays with the guys around them...does his job knowing that someone will have a good game...but has no idea who that person will be...but SGA will work within the system to let that happen...

They remind me of the Curry 2015-2019 Warriors and the Jordan 90s Bulls. Well-coached team, plug n play guys with assigned roles, all centered on a reliable 30/6/6 combo guard who can operate in and out of their elaborate system, and close the show when needed.

Kinda unfortunate for JDub that he’ll likely miss the minimum games requirement for awards and recognitions this year.

Great for the Thunder's cap situation though. As long as he's healthy for the playoffs.

[The4thHorseman]

Really strange season so far. All of the projected "bad" teams are pretty much unwatchable. Indiana due to their injuries, the rest aren't even fun for future reasons. This seems like it's going to be another reminder that the old guard of the NBA is finished and it's time to move on.

I thought Ant was gonna take over Team USA and take the reigns like MJ did to Magic and Bird. The old dogs still had one more magical run in them, but we are firmly in the next era now.

Like why would you sit down to watch Sacramento, Washington, New Orleans, Utah, Charlotte or Brooklyn this year? Unless you were rooting for ping pong balls (oops, sorry Pels fans). I don't want to watch the Clippers, Dallas, Phoenix or Indiana (this one's a shame) either.

A third of the league not worth watching is unreal to me. I will contend that Phoenix and the Clippers could right the ship and prove to be watchable depending on the opponent, but everyone else I listed are just not worth much this season aside from watching the lowlights.

This is why I'm against expansion. If you want to relocate a team to an area that may draw high end free agents then I'm all for it, but no need for another franchise. If anything they need to do away with a few. That would help build more competitive rosters IMO.

[Wolfgang630]

This NBA cup thing starts too early into the season imo. Teams gotta get more games under them. I

[GeorgeSears]

AG wants to be an all-star this season.

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[The4thHorseman]

Was that Post who got posterized?

[Tnasty4l]

[quote="Tnasty4l"]Winners
Magic: Banchero 23pts 11rbs won
Rockets: Durant 22pts 8rbs lost
Bucks: Giannis 27pts 11rbs won
Nuggets: Jokic 24pts 11rbs 11asts won
Thunder: SGA 25pts 6rbs 5asts won
Heat: Powell 20pts 5rbs won
Cavs: Mitchell 28pts 6rbs 5asts won
Mavs: Washington 20pts 7rbs lost
Raptors: Ingram 22pts 6rbs won
Pistons: Cade 25pts 7rbs 11asts won
Wolves: Antman 23pts 8rbs 6asts won
9/11

[GeorgeSears]

Was that Post who got posterized?

Looks like it.

[cjx]

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