Around the NBA (Non-Celtics) 2020-21, Part 1

Post #1221 » by **Parliament10** » Mon Feb 1, 2021 8:35 pm

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playa-hater · Post #1222 » by **playa-hater** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 1:40 am

Max Struss with 17 points in the half for Miami..

GregB · Post #1223 » by **GregB** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 1:47 am

playa-hater wrote:Max Struss with 17 points in the half for Miami..

Dang. He was always a shooter who showed decent athleticism. Javonte definitely outplayed him last year but he was the last cut.

Either way he probably wouldn’t have that same success here. Miami is just next level at getting people to hit open 3s off screens. Whatever drills they are running are working.

Fierce1 · Post #1224 » by **Fierce1** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 3:11 am

Strus was outdone by a Monk!

Heat at full strength and still loses to the Hornets.

Not a good start to the season for the Heat.

playa-hater · Post #1225 » by **playa-hater** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 4:08 am

Watched the last 3 quarters. Miami has some bad defense. And while I would rather have T Herro than Romeo Langford because of his offense of course, T Herro's defense is as bad as almost every starter in the league (outside of Trae Young and maybe Duncan Robinson)

Now that Herro and Duncan start together, I don't see how Miami can contend again without making some sort of change.

ConstableGeneva · Post #1226 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 4:42 am

Huh. Heat lost 6 of 7. The one they won was by 1 pt vs Kings. How is it even possible that a team with one of the best coaches lose this much?? Cs fans would have Spo fired by now. Lost their 10-pt lead in two minutes. Had two timeouts and didn't call one for the last possession in regulation. Hornets won in OT while missing Rozier and Washington.

themoneyteam2 · Post #1227 » by **themoneyteam2** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 4:58 am

For as disappointed everyone is about being 10-8 with several close losses, the Miami Heat are 7-13 and under .500 with Butler in the lineup.

Post #1228 » by **Bleeding Green** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 5:19 am

ConstableGeneva wrote:Huh. Heat lost 6 of 7. The one they won was by 1 pt vs Kings. How is it even possible that a team with one of the best coaches lose this much?? Cs fans would have Spo fired by now. Lost their 10-pt lead in two minutes. Had two timeouts and didn't call one for the last possession in regulation. Hornets won in OT while missing Rozier and Washington.

Plus their first round elite shooting sophomore is shooting worse than Grant Williams and Carsen Edwards this year. Yikes. It's a good thing they may get a high first round pick this year. Oh wait, they traded it to Phoenix.

SMTBSI · Post #1229 » by **SMTBSI** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 5:30 am

The grass is not always greener. I'm not going to totally discount everything that happened in the bubble, because overcoming adversity is pretty much the whole point of sports, and Miami did that. But, I'm also not surprised one bit that some things are not carrying over.

Miami may still get things turned around, but I'll take our situation over theirs right now without hesitation.

Fierce1 · Post #1230 » by **Fierce1** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 5:35 am

SMTBSI wrote:The grass is not always greener. I'm not going to totally discount everything that happened in the bubble, because overcoming adversity is pretty much the whole point of sports, and Miami did that. But, I'm also not surprised one bit that some things are not carrying over.

Miami may still get things turned around, but I'll take our situation over theirs right now without hesitation.

So true.

Tatum and Brown will be the new Jordan and Pippen once guys like Lebron and Durant start to decline.

FlatearthZorro · Post #1231 » by **FlatearthZorro** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 6:05 am

playa-hater wrote:Max Struss with 17 points in the half for Miami..

For a "basketball genius" Riley is always in our ****.

CeltsfaninDC · Post #1232 » by **CeltsfaninDC** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 6:43 pm

I'm just here to laugh about Kyle Lowry getting a F1 for his box out on Aaron Gordon that led to Gordon decking him. The Raps fans are, as usual, in an uproar

Post #1233 » by **Bleeding Green** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 6:46 pm

Lowry ended Gordon's season last year with a cheap foul, I'd say Lowry got off easy. Was pretty fun watching Gordon lay him out the other night, probably had been thinking about it for months.

ConstableGeneva · Post #1234 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Wed Feb 3, 2021 2:22 am

Take a bow, FVV. Wow.

Bar Fight · Post #1235 » by **Bar Fight** » Wed Feb 3, 2021 2:40 am

Kyrie looks slimmer and more explosive than he was with us.

playa-hater · Post #1236 » by **playa-hater** » Wed Feb 3, 2021 6:37 am

the WTF LOL stat of the night.

Tim Kawakami
@timkawakami
·
56m
In 26 minutes with Oubre on the floor, the Warriors were -25.

In 22 minutes with Oubre off the floor, the Warriors were +21.
Justin Phan
@jphanned
·
53m
On the season-
Oubre ON court: -103
Oubre OFF court: +81

Post #1237 » by **Shak_Celts** » Wed Feb 3, 2021 7:10 am

playa-hater wrote:the WTF LOL stat of the night.

Tim Kawakami
@timkawakami
·
56m
In 26 minutes with Oubre on the floor, the Warriors were -25.

In 22 minutes with Oubre off the floor, the Warriors were +21.
Justin Phan
@jphanned
·
53m
On the season-
Oubre ON court: -103
Oubre OFF court: +81

I'd still take him. Park him in the corner on offense and make him use all his energy defending the better players on D.

Triple7 · Post #1238 » by **Triple7** » Wed Feb 3, 2021 9:25 am

It’s sad watching Kyrie and Kemba, and you realize that Kemba is nowhere near the skills of Kyrie, in terms of shot creating and making. Kemba misses a whole lot of open shots.

jmr07019 · Post #1239 » by **jmr07019** » Wed Feb 3, 2021 6:53 pm

Triple7 wrote:It’s sad watching Kyrie and Kemba, and you realize that Kemba is nowhere near the skills of Kyrie, in terms of shot creating and making. Kemba misses a whole lot of open shots.

Eh I always felt Kyrie is closer to Kemba than he is to Steph or Dame. He was a #2 with one of, if not, the greatest #1's ever. He's a #3 in Brooklyn.

London2Boston · Post #1240 » by **London2Boston** » Wed Feb 3, 2021 11:12 pm

Triple7 wrote:It’s sad watching Kyrie and Kemba, and you realize that Kemba is nowhere near the skills of Kyrie, in terms of shot creating and making. Kemba misses a whole lot of open shots.

We knew this already. But Tatum and Brown certainly wouldn’t be making the improvements they have if Kyrie was still here, so it balances out.