2020-21 NBA Season Discussion

MartinToVaught · Post #1641 » by **MartinToVaught** » Sat Apr 17, 2021 3:15 pm

After last night, I'm pretty convinced that Embiid should be behind both Jokic and Gobert. He's getting James Harden-style officiating.

Peregrine01 · Post #1642 » by **Peregrine01** » Sat Apr 17, 2021 3:53 pm

MartinToVaught wrote:After last night, I'm pretty convinced that Embiid should be behind both Jokic and Gobert. He's getting James Harden-style officiating.

BBall Breakdown brought up a really good point comparing the two. If you play predominantly back to the basket, you're just not going to get calls even if you're getting bodied and fouled all the time. Embiid faces up a lot in the post so that he can throw his arms into defenders and gets cheap whistles. Jokic doesn't do that.

Colbinii · Post #1643 » by **Colbinii** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 3:36 am

I think it is fair to say Steph Curry is the best "tough shot" maker in NBA history.

HeartBreakKid · Post #1644 » by **HeartBreakKid** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 3:46 am

Colbinii wrote:I think it is fair to say Steph Curry is the best "tough shot" maker in NBA history.

you think he's better than me?

Peregrine01 · Post #1645 » by **Peregrine01** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 3:51 am

Best game of the year maybe. That or the GSW-DAL game.

falcolombardi · Post #1646 » by **falcolombardi** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 4:15 am

Colbinii wrote:I think it is fair to say Steph Curry is the best "tough shot" maker in NBA history.

he is the best shooter of all time, is good at handling thw ball and moving off ball and has a quick release

other than his size that is about a perfect profile to get a tough shot off against tight defense

not sure who could be comparable, i think ben taylor has said kobe or hakeem had impressive percentages at making bad shots since they were accostumed to taking them regularly

Peregrine01 · Post #1647 » by **Peregrine01** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 4:19 am

falcolombardi wrote:
Colbinii wrote:I think it is fair to say Steph Curry is the best "tough shot" maker in NBA history.

he is the best shooter of all time, is good at handling thw ball and moving off ball and has a quick release

other than his size that is about a perfect profile to get a tough shot off against tight defense

not sure who could be comparable, i think ben taylor has said kobe or hakeem had impressive percentages at making bad shots since they were accostumed to taking them regularly

I feel like he's only been taking tough shots this year and yet he's in the top 10 in the whole NBA in TS%, with guys who either only shoot open 3s or dunks.

Colbinii · Post #1648 » by **Colbinii** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 2:25 pm

HeartBreakKid wrote:
Colbinii wrote:I think it is fair to say Steph Curry is the best "tough shot" maker in NBA history.

you think he's better than me?

No, but you're not in the NBA :wink:

Homer38 · Post #1649 » by **Homer38** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 6:55 pm

Read on Twitter

why the Spurs but not the Nets or others teams?

Post #1650 » by **Clyde Frazier** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 9:45 pm

Homer38 wrote:

Read on Twitter

why the Spurs but not the Nets or others teams?

Raps got fined the same a few days ago.

MartinToVaught · Post #1651 » by **MartinToVaught** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:15 pm

So much for Bam being "soft":

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MartinToVaught · Post #1652 » by **MartinToVaught** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:22 pm

MartinToVaught wrote:I like the Hornets' broadcast crew. They always sound like they're having the most fun of anyone in the building.

Nice to see them finally getting some national love:

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eminence · Post #1653 » by **eminence** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:21 am

Race for the 1 seed in the East is more important to me than it seems like it is to either BKN or PHI.

Peregrine01 · Post #1654 » by **Peregrine01** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:21 am

We always wondered what Steph would look like if KD never went there. Well, no we got it. This is a show unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.

TheGOATRises007 · Post #1655 » by **TheGOATRises007** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:35 am

Peregrine01 wrote:We always wondered what Steph would look like if KD never went there. Well, no we got it. This is a show unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.

I mean we saw it the season before, so why wonder at all?

Post #1656 » by **bondom34** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:40 am

Don't care what anyone says, but nobody thought this possible even like 5 years ago and its going to happen and it's really cool.

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Peregrine01 · Post #1657 » by **Peregrine01** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 3:05 am

Eddy_JukeZ wrote:
Peregrine01 wrote:We always wondered what Steph would look like if KD never went there. Well, no we got it. This is a show unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.

I mean we saw it the season before, so why wonder at all?

I think he's taken shot creation to heights that is above what we saw in his 2016 season. He's playing with the worst spacing of any star in the league and facing more defensive attention than he ever has (which is saying a lot).

Some of us have imagined what Steph would look like in a D'Antoni/Morey system. With the way that he can scale his production and maintain absurd levels of efficiency with GSW's level of spacing and equal-opportunity ethos, I'm now thinking that he can obliterate any pre-conceived notion we may have about what's possible with individual scoring if he played in a ruthlessly pragmatic system like D'Antoni/Morey.

Post #1658 » by **bondom34** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 4:06 am

I'm sure this was posted somewhere but I didn't see it here. This was before tonight, by my count he's at 71 (edit: I'm wrong 72 per the NBA's twitter account) over his last 10 now, so the record:

falcolombardi · Post #1659 » by **falcolombardi** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 4:15 am

eminence wrote:Race for the 1 seed in the East is more important to me than it seems like it is to either BKN or PHI.

i hope sixers get it

i am really curious on a bucks vs nets series

unfortunately i am feeling unconfident old man tucker or old man brook would be anythingh but cannon meat against harden. i dont like what i have seen of brook and according to rockets fans tucker looked done ( last bucks games i watched tucker was injured, maybe he still is?)

i am still interested to (hopefully, crossing fingers) see giannis at center small line ups against nets

i hope budenholzer tries it

Post #1660 » by **bondom34** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 7:07 am

Kind of another note entirely, but thinking back to that top 10 thread, and think I did overreact to Durant a bit. The box score was there, but the APM isn't there yet and the sample was super small. Just going back and looking with a bit more sample and some other guys playing super well too but he might be the Nets 3rd best player even this year.

Also some bounce backs from guys who were thought done or really bad.