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ConstableGeneva · Post #1901 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:23 am

Suns gonna be scary good on offense. Everyone is sharing the ball. Quick passes, lots of movement, floor is spread out. We might routinely see 70-pt 1st halves from these guys.

Post #1902 » by **Darthlukey** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:54 am

ConstableGeneva wrote:Suns gonna be scary good on offense. Everyone is sharing the ball. Quick passes, lots of movement, floor is spread out. We might routinely see 70-pt 1st halves from these guys.

Do we end up seeing a lot more KD at centre? That's a scary prospect to defend

zoyathedestroya · Post #1903 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 11:11 am

Darthlukey wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:Suns gonna be scary good on offense. Everyone is sharing the ball. Quick passes, lots of movement, floor is spread out. We might routinely see 70-pt 1st halves from these guys.

Do we end up seeing a lot more KD at centre? That's a scary prospect to defend

Thankfully they don't have an athletic stretch 4 type who can help him defend inside and rebound the ball. I think they'll still go with single big lineups (Nurk or Eubanks) but still play mostly 5-out with center initiating up top. Nurk can also hit the occasional three.

Hal14 · Post #1904 » by **Hal14** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:52 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:
Darthlukey wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:Suns gonna be scary good on offense. Everyone is sharing the ball. Quick passes, lots of movement, floor is spread out. We might routinely see 70-pt 1st halves from these guys.

Do we end up seeing a lot more KD at centre? That's a scary prospect to defend

Thankfully they don't have an athletic stretch 4 type who can help him defend inside and rebound the ball. I think they'll still go with single big lineups (Nurk or Eubanks) but still play mostly 5-out with center initiating up top. Nurk can also hit the occasional three.

Yeah they might experiment with Bol Bol at the 5 at times, too.

steefP2 · Post #1905 » by **steefP2** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:59 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:
Darthlukey wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:Suns gonna be scary good on offense. Everyone is sharing the ball. Quick passes, lots of movement, floor is spread out. We might routinely see 70-pt 1st halves from these guys.

Do we end up seeing a lot more KD at centre? That's a scary prospect to defend

Thankfully they don't have an athletic stretch 4 type who can help him defend inside and rebound the ball. I think they'll still go with single big lineups (Nurk or Eubanks) but still play mostly 5-out with center initiating up top. Nurk can also hit the occasional three.

Nurk helps them a lot in the sense he’s actually a good short roll passer so he’ll find the open shooters off the KD or book double but the trick is to try and make him finish where’s surprisingly poor. I expect a great regular season offense but not so sure about the playoffs; they’re a bit of a 1 trick pony in that they’re probably the best jump shooting team in the league but they don’t have a rim presence at all. We’ve seen how 1 dimensional offenses fare in Boston. Defensively; idk how a team where KD is those best defenders fares.

They’ll be a bear in the regular season but I’d love to see them in the finals if that matchup happens.

Post #1906 » by **bisme37** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:36 pm

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fallguy · Post #1908 » by **fallguy** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:50 pm

Are the Hornets really going to keep Miles Bridges? The dude seems like absolute human garbage.

BK_2020 · Post #1909 » by **BK_2020** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 7:30 pm

fallguy wrote:Are the Hornets really going to keep Miles Bridges? The dude seems like absolute human garbage.

They knew that already when they offered him another contract so not that surprising.

Post #1910 » by **SuperDeluxe** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 1:51 am

Giannis and Lillard are being pummelled by OKC.

KamikazeK · Post #1911 » by **KamikazeK** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:00 am

*looks at Lillard stat line*

This your guy, milwaukee? :lol:

playa-hater · Post #1912 » by **playa-hater** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:05 am

SuperDeluxe wrote:Giannis and Lillard are being pummelled by OKC.

If the Bucks Sucks and disappoints, Giannis is going to ask out next summer..

Giannis to OKC and team him up with Chet, SGA and Giddey.. OKC can give the Bucks a treasure chest of draft picks..

KamikazeK · Post #1913 » by **KamikazeK** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:14 am

playa-hater wrote:
SuperDeluxe wrote:Giannis and Lillard are being pummelled by OKC.

If the Bucks Sucks and disappoints, Giannis is going to ask out next summer..

Giannis to OKC and team him up with Chet, SGA and Giddey.. OKC can give the Bucks a treasure chest of draft picks..

Brown and picks for Giannis, who says no?

playa-hater · Post #1914 » by **playa-hater** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:26 am

KamikazeK wrote:
playa-hater wrote:
SuperDeluxe wrote:Giannis and Lillard are being pummelled by OKC.

If the Bucks Sucks and disappoints, Giannis is going to ask out next summer..

Giannis to OKC and team him up with Chet, SGA and Giddey.. OKC can give the Bucks a treasure chest of draft picks..

Brown and picks for Giannis, who says no?

playa-hater · Post #1915 » by **playa-hater** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:27 am

playa-hater wrote:
KamikazeK wrote:
playa-hater wrote:
If the Bucks Sucks and disappoints, Giannis is going to ask out next summer..

Giannis to OKC and team him up with Chet, SGA and Giddey.. OKC can give the Bucks a treasure chest of draft picks..

Brown and picks for Giannis, who says no?

I won't even allow myself to dream that..

zoyathedestroya · Post #1916 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:56 am

playa-hater wrote:
playa-hater wrote:
KamikazeK wrote:Brown and picks for Giannis, who says no?

I won't even allow myself to dream that..

I don't think it's even allowed in the CBA since Bucks are a second apron team. Salaries have to match almost dollar for dollar (buffer of $250K) without aggregation. Jaylen will make about $1M more than Giannis next season.

Post #1917 » by **Shak_Celts** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:04 am

KamikazeK wrote:*looks at Lillard stat line*

This your guy, milwaukee?

one thing they wont have to worry about is dame's shot. he's going to light it up eventually.

Post #1918 » by **bisme37** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 4:29 pm

Nuggets GM Calvin Booth really needs to put a sock in it lol. He made public comments painting himself as some kind of mega genius and insulting his own player MPJ and former players Bones Hyland and Bruce Brown. Now he says that wasn't meant for public consumption and it's not in his character to insult guys publicly. Which makes it sound like his character is to insult people behind their backs.

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/273294/Calvin-Booth-Says-Quotes-About-Nuggets-Werent-For-Public-Consumption

Post #1919 » by **bisme37** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 6:11 pm

I tried to resist saying anything since I don't want to jump to any stupid conclusions but I'm going to have my eye on Lillard to start the season.

He hasn't shot or played very well in preseason but even more so he looks really downcast and disengaged. I know he's going through a messy divorce and he didn't really want to be in Milwaukee when he made his trade demand. It seems like a great fit on paper but I can't tell if he's happy about it or not, and perhaps there will be some bumps in the road for him and the Bucks.

bigfoot_cryptozoology · Post #1920 » by **bigfoot_cryptozoology** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 6:32 pm

The Hornets are in good hands...

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