Thursday 10/26 NBA Game Thread

IG2 · Post #461 » by **IG2** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:25 am

I say this all the time but bears saying again. AD's the worst passing star big man I have ever seen.

monopoman · Post #462 » by **monopoman** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:26 am

G R E Y wrote:Dame has that FU mug and posture about him tonight.
Good to see the competitive spirit awaken.

He always had that the difference is he hasn't played with another all-star since LMA left. Despite that he dragged a pretty damn meh roster all things considered to the WCF.

kuclas · Post #463 » by **kuclas** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:27 am

PasswordisTaco wrote:As I predicted Dame hunted on defense - from a team without a Point Gaurd. When the Bucks play a team with someone who can control the floor, Dame going to be unplayable.

Refs clearly were told to make sure the Bucks win.

NBA is pretty much unwatchable compared to international basketball, or a league like the NBL. It's not sport - it's choreographed entertainment.

Boston will hunt dame down. The issue with Boston is they got too 3 point happy last year on offense and became predictable on offense (and streaky)

Wolfgang630 · Post #464 » by **Wolfgang630** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:27 am

We need to root for Phoenix to win this game

scrabbarista · Post #465 » by **scrabbarista** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:28 am

KD is so weak he makes Reaves look like a brick wall.

Scoundreldays · Post #466 » by **Scoundreldays** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:28 am

G R E Y wrote:
Scoundreldays wrote:
azcatz11 wrote:
It’s been horrible. We need robot refs

Need beginning of 2022 season reffing

Truly have zero recollection of it. Is this sarcastic or genuine?

I think it was start of the 2022 season. Remember refs were letting everyone play physical until the floppers started crying they weren't getting as many free throws.

jehosafats · Post #467 » by **jehosafats** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:28 am

DLo…

Wolfgang630 · Post #468 » by **Wolfgang630** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:28 am

I love Okogie. He’s one of my favorite players

Pattycakes · Post #469 » by **Pattycakes** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:28 am

Dame always been a goat and now he has what he needs to show off

Effigy · Post #470 » by **Effigy** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:28 am

jokeboy86 wrote:
djsunyc wrote:
djsunyc wrote:bucks are going to have issues defending boston. celtics can put tatum, brown, jrue, white, porzingis out there.

they can't play brook, giannis will be guarding porzingis on the weakside and dame will have to guard a ball handler which is a recipe for disaster. they're gonna have a really tough time hiding him.

counterpoint - how do you guard dame dropping 3's from 35 feet out tho lol

Ho-li-dayyy

I know there’s this idea that Holiday is a Dame stopper, but Dame’s averaged 25 ppg against Holiday.

CpttCanada · Post #471 » by **CpttCanada** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:29 am

Is LeBron injured? He looks like crap.

scrabbarista · Post #472 » by **scrabbarista** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:29 am

What's wrong with Booker?

jehosafats · Post #473 » by **jehosafats** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:30 am

Rui with the uprights block on KD

levon · Post #474 » by **levon** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:30 am

Lakers defensive rebounding is atrocious.

Wolfgang630 · Post #475 » by **Wolfgang630** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:30 am

Okogie with another offensive rebound and the team got 3 points from it. His hustle is so good

CpttCanada · Post #476 » by **CpttCanada** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:31 am

scrabbarista wrote:What's wrong with Booker?

I think they're resting him because they don't need him against the Lakers.

heatwillbeback · Post #477 » by **heatwillbeback** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:31 am

azcatz11 wrote:
heatwillbeback wrote:
azcatz11 wrote:
Who is resting?

Beal and Booker. Should have called it “player participation policy” rather than rest.

Read on Twitter
?s=46

That's ridiculous

Its a terrible rule. Arbitrary by nature. How do you prove somebody is sore enough to play?

But......... The tv contract negotiations are ongoing. Last year was absolutely ridiculous as a fan. Teams and players took it way too far, and made the product considerably worse. Significantly worse during high inflation where going to a game got a lot more expensive anyway.

Edit- Also significantly worse as a tv product during a time when most people are now streaming and cutting traditional cable.

So I think something had to be done. Even as stupid as this. Players and teams need to do better.

levon · Post #478 » by **levon** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:32 am

I'm **** livid man

cpower · Post #479 » by **cpower** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:33 am

djsunyc wrote:
djsunyc wrote:bucks are going to have issues defending boston. celtics can put tatum, brown, jrue, white, porzingis out there.

they can't play brook, giannis will be guarding porzingis on the weakside and dame will have to guard a ball handler which is a recipe for disaster. they're gonna have a really tough time hiding him.

counterpoint - how do you guard dame dropping 3's from 35 feet out tho lol

you don't . let him fire those 35 feet shots, he is making 28% of them.

scrabbarista · Post #480 » by **scrabbarista** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:34 am

Effigy wrote:
jokeboy86 wrote:
djsunyc wrote:
counterpoint - how do you guard dame dropping 3's from 35 feet out tho lol

Ho-li-dayyy

I know there’s this idea that Holiday is a Dame stopper, but Dame’s averaged 25 ppg against Holiday.

Holiday is an all-time perimeter defender, but that Pelicans series had more to do with Dame than Jrue. Go look at the numbers. It was Dame but not Dame. Watching it at the time, I said, "In this series, Dame is playing like an MK Ultra subject who's had his programming turned off." He looked like a completely different person. Mindboggingly passive.

Who wins?