Thursday 10/26 NBA Game Thread

AussieCeltic · Post #41 » by **AussieCeltic** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:46 pm

Giannis no pass offence 3 with 16 seconds on the shot clock probably is such a dumb shot.

ArksNetsSince99 · Post #42 » by **ArksNetsSince99** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:46 pm

azcatz11 wrote:
heatwillbeback wrote:Night 3 and we already have teams openly defying the rest policy.

Players, teams and the league need to realize this is their money. Networks aren’t gonna pay for mostly crap games.

Who is resting?

Harden

PasswordisTaco · Post #43 » by **PasswordisTaco** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:46 pm

Geez it's hard to watch NBA after after watching International basketball a few months ago. Travels, carries, no defense, flopping, and stars are allowed to do whatever they want.
It's like comparing Olympic wrestling to WWE.

Post #44 » by **Mavrelous** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:47 pm

Lopez is such a great teammate..

Peregrine01 · Post #45 » by **Peregrine01** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:48 pm

What’s with Embiid’s conditioning? He looks tired already.

Post #46 » by **infinite11285** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:48 pm

Malik Beasley forgot he was a Buck and was inclined to take away the open shot from his own teammate.

BigGargamel · Post #47 » by **BigGargamel** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:49 pm

First time I've ever seen Malik Beasley play defense.

ArksNetsSince99 · Post #48 » by **ArksNetsSince99** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:49 pm

Bucks arena must be darkest in entire NBA , such a bad watching experience compared to others from yesterday

Post #49 » by **ThunderBolt** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:50 pm

MoneyTalks41890 wrote:
ThunderBolt wrote:It's absolutely amazing that the NFL can get their product on the field and the NBA can't get these wuss players out there on the second game of the season. This isn't a shot at any particular team. If Shai rests tomorrow I"ll say the exact same thing. These teams ALWAYS do this for the TNT and ESPN games. It's freaking unacceptable.

NBA RS is too long and too compact. Shorten the season, then crack down on rest.

Sure but game 2 on tnt? I can’t accept that. There are plenty of other games to rest.

djsunyc · Post #50 » by **djsunyc** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:50 pm

ArksNetsSince99 wrote:Bucks arena must be darkest in entire NBA , such a bad watching experience compared to others from yesterday

yeah some arenas just look awful on tv. bucks are one of them. detroit's another.

Inspektor1312 · Post #51 » by **Inspektor1312** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:50 pm

PasswordisTaco wrote:Geez it's hard to watch NBA after after watching International basketball a few months ago. Travels, carries, no defense, flopping, and stars are allowed to do whatever they want.
It's like comparing Olympic wrestling to WWE.

Yeah I always need a week or two to adapt to all the NBA shenanigans when the season starts.
The biggest issue for me are ghost fouls that refs would never call in FIBA basketball. The softest contact is automatically a foul if a star is involved.

djsunyc · Post #52 » by **djsunyc** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:51 pm

embiid is gonna have to go iso this entire season.

mattg · Post #53 » by **mattg** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:53 pm

AussieCeltic wrote:Giannis no pass offence 3 with 16 seconds on the shot clock probably is such a dumb shot.

Yeah it's a total wasted possession since no defense ever changes how they guard Giannis even if he makes a bunch of 3s in a game. The idea that he needs to take 3s to keep defenses honest has always been stupid.

Peregrine01 · Post #54 » by **Peregrine01** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:53 pm

djsunyc wrote:embiid is gonna have to go iso this entire season.

He never recognizes a double team. Constantly dribbling into 3 guys.

PasswordisTaco · Post #55 » by **PasswordisTaco** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:54 pm

Inspektor1312 wrote:
PasswordisTaco wrote:Geez it's hard to watch NBA after after watching International basketball a few months ago. Travels, carries, no defense, flopping, and stars are allowed to do whatever they want.
It's like comparing Olympic wrestling to WWE.

Yeah I always need a week or two to adapt to all the NBA shenanigans when the season starts.
The biggest issue for me are ghost fouls that refs would never call in FIBA basketball. The softest contact is automatically a foul if a star is involved.

Embiid and Giannis hunting for fouls by screaming lke they have been shot everytime the put up a shot is going to make me turn this off.

Post #56 » by **infinite11285** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:55 pm

Joel's conditioning looks pretty bad early.

WuTang_CMB · Post #57 » by **WuTang_CMB** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:55 pm

philly needs harden

djsunyc · Post #58 » by **djsunyc** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:55 pm

there's that nick nurse defense - switch, chase, scramble and leave the corner 3 open.

Peregrine01 · Post #59 » by **Peregrine01** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:56 pm

infinite11285 wrote:Joel's conditioning looks pretty bad early.

He’s barely making it past half court. Body language also looks terrible.

ArksNetsSince99 · Post #60 » by **ArksNetsSince99** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:57 pm

WuTang_OG wrote:philly needs harden

Harden needs lap dance as we speak

Who wins?