Around the NBA (and other Sports), 2023-24, Part 4: Son of daughter of nephew of Around the NBA thread

[Fierce1]

minny's gameplan for this series is an utter disaster. COY candidate my ass

Not to mention 4-time DPOY.

Lol. **** media turned Gobert into an all time great defender lol. What a joke. DPOY that’s a liability on defense haha.

True.

But to be fair, this is just a bad matchup for the Wolves personnel.

The PnR of Dallas and Luka is just suited for their defense.

[playa-hater]

I know some people Like Kyle Anderson but he is such a poor floor space and no threat on offense .. if he scores is because no one's even guarding him..

He seems like he should have played in the 1990s..

[BRUNiNHO91]

Alexander, Anderson and McDaniels just generate such little offense. It’s so bad..none of those guys are a real threat to create for themselves.

[Fierce1]

1st half ends with the score tied at 49 all.

That never happened with Indy.

The Pacers generated so much offense that I think both these two teams would have lost to the Pacers in a 7-game series.

[Fierce1]

Alexander, Anderson and McDaniels just generate such little offense. It’s so bad..none of those guys are a real threat to create for themselves.

It's the playoff pressure.

[JaMarco]

The Pacers offense is way better than the Wolves.

[Fierce1]

The rest of the world should be afraid of Jayson Tatum now.

He just lost the Larry Bird trophy to Jaylen Brown.

Of course he's happy for Jaylen, but don't be surprised if JT will be aggressive from the start.

JT's not gonna let that finals MVP trophy slip away.

[CelticFaninLBC]

KAT needs to show up.

[KamikazeK]

I wanted them to extend the series to make Dallas work harder before the Finals, but at this point, just put this joke team out of its misery.

[JaMarco]

This dude Edwards is NOT Jordan.

[BRUNiNHO91]

Gobert is like a poor mans version of Luke Kornet out here. This dude is so trash

[DK-All Day]

I’ve never seen a player that gets treated with such animosity like Gobert. Every time you look up, someone is trying this man lol. Wonder what’s the backstory there.

[meatball sub]

I’ve never seen a player that gets treated with such animosity like Gobert. Every time you look up, someone is trying this man lol. Wonder what’s the backstory there.

he started covid

[JaMarco]

This Wolves team is an embarrassment.

[King Of The 4th]

Towns is not a serious player

[Triple7]

How Rudy Gobert doesn't appear to have developed a single low post move in all the years of the NBA is Way beyond shocking to me.

Same as Dwight howard

Prime howard has some post moves. You don’t average 20 plus pts per game on 60% shooting without any offense on your own. Gobert is just awful.

[zoyathedestroya]

I don't think the Cs have much practice in blitzing. We rarely do that. Cs just don't like being in rotation.

[Triple7]

The rest of the world should be afraid of Jayson Tatum now.

He just lost the Larry Bird trophy to Jaylen Brown.

Of course he's happy for Jaylen, but don't be surprised if JT will be aggressive from the start.

JT's not gonna let that finals MVP trophy slip away.

I agree. He has a chip on his shoulder now. I think he will be aggressive on offense. His poor shooting cost him the award, and Doris lol. I would be extremely happynif he gets fmvp.

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

I don't think the Cs have much practice in blitzing. We rarely do that. Cs just don't like being in rotation.

Personally I don't think it's what we should do as plan A anyway.

Trust that Jrue/JB/JT can guard Luka well enough one on one to make mid-range shots difficult enough and stay home on outlets to make him primarily a scorer.

Switch everything and even allow White/Al/KP to be hunted. Then hunt Luka and Kyrie when attacking to tire them out enough to diminish their impact at end of games.

Accept that they will score and get theirs to a degree but that it will not be enough and that the role players don't get rhythm.

[Triple7]

Damn Gafford protecting the rim. Really need KP back. We don’t have that right now