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

DerekS · Post #1941 » by **DerekS** » Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:38 pm

East is between Philly and Nets and Nets have no one to deal with Embiid , heck even Drummond dominated them last night. I’ll put my money on Phil.

robdog_5 · Post #1942 » by **robdog_5** » Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:16 pm

Nets are 4-5 in the games Harden doesn't play with KD and Kyrie.

sportfan6197 · Post #1943 » by **sportfan6197** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 12:45 am

DerekS wrote:East is between Philly and Nets and Nets have no one to deal with Embiid , heck even Drummond dominated them last night. I’ll put my money on Phil.

gladly will take the other side of that bet lol.

playa-hater · Post #1944 » by **playa-hater** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 1:16 am

Mo freakin Bamba is in the house. the man never really got a chance with Vuc around, people said he was a bust. to me a bust is when you play a lot and can't produce. have you guys seen his last 4 games?, especially his 3 point shooting??

2-5, 3-4, 2 -2 and tonight 5-6.. he is out playing W Carter overall. How many coaches are "Nesmithing" their own players..

Same with Gary Trent jr, 17 for 19 for 44 points last night.

bucknersrevenge · Post #1945 » by **bucknersrevenge** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 3:23 am

playa-hater wrote:Mo freakin Bamba is in the house. the man never really got a chance with Vuc around, people said he was a bust. to me a bust is when you play a lot and can't produce. have you guys seen his last 4 games?, especially his 3 point shooting??

2-5, 3-4, 2 -2 and tonight 5-6.. he is out playing W Carter overall. How many coaches are "Nesmithing" their own players..

Same with Gary Trent jr, 17 for 19 for 44 points last night.

That's what so many people fail to comprehend when they judge these players. Development is NOT linear. It's not predictable or consistent. It doesn't automatically happen at certain times of the year in certain conditions. It happens under different circumstances for different people. Just because a guy we have isn't producing now, who's to say that player doesn't figure it out later under different circumstances.

zoyathedestroya · Post #1946 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 3:41 am

Heat defense seems legit. Surprised Ariza can still walk, let alone defend guards.

Bam, Butler, Ariza, Iggy, whoever... Tough group to score against.

Post #1947 » by **Bleeding Green** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 4:43 am

Mo Bamba with a the -25 getting all of his minutes in garbage time. BEAST. Now a career 33.3% 3p shooter, which is higher than Aaron Nesmith. :lift:

NuckyPowell · Post #1948 » by **NuckyPowell** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 5:21 am

Capela really had no shot at contesting this. There's really only one man in the NBA that can stop Bridges when he gets a head of steam, and that man is Romeo Langford. Behold:

Watch on YouTube

Fencer reregistered · Post #1949 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 2:03 pm

Bleeding Green wrote:Mo Bamba with a the -25 getting all of his minutes in garbage time. BEAST. Now a career 33.3% 3p shooter, which is higher than Aaron Nesmith.

That sounds like a lot of garbage time.

Fencer reregistered · Post #1950 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 2:04 pm

Cs are 7-3 the past 10 games, tied for best in the East with the Hawks and Nets. But the top 4 teams in the West have all gone 8-2 ... the Nuggets' recent loss notwithstanding.

Post #1951 » by **Bleeding Green** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 5:48 pm

Fencer reregistered wrote:
Bleeding Green wrote:Mo Bamba with a the -25 getting all of his minutes in garbage time. BEAST. Now a career 33.3% 3p shooter, which is higher than Aaron Nesmith.

That sounds like a lot of garbage time.

It's the Magic and they lost by 37. Garbage-time starts at the tipoff for them now.

soxfan2003 · Post #1952 » by **soxfan2003** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 5:52 pm

Fencer reregistered wrote:Cs are 7-3 the past 10 games, tied for best in the East with the Hawks and Nets. But the top 4 teams in the West have all gone 8-2 ... the Nuggets' recent loss notwithstanding.

Celtics schedule softening up. Many and not just me predicted a better record to end the season simply because competition gets easier and then you will add in some tanking teams whose management doesn't even want to win games. I said 3-5 games over .500 weeks ago and there is at least a slight chance they even beat that by a game or two if the Celtics try hard the rest of the season.

It really comes down to who the Celtics face in playoffs. First round in the playoffs Celtics will have a decent shot to win if they play their best but after that I am not expecting much if the Celtics face a healthy opponent.

zoyathedestroya · Post #1953 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:21 am

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This also stuck with me during IT's stint in Boston. Same with Rondo. I haven't heard the same about Kyrie/Kemba/Jays.

zoyathedestroya · Post #1954 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Tue Apr 13, 2021 4:33 am

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Oof. Hope Murray's ok and it's nothing serious.

Curry broke Wilt's franchise scoring record while scoring 50 in this game.

GoCeltics123 · Post #1955 » by **GoCeltics123** » Tue Apr 13, 2021 4:39 am

zoyathedestroya wrote:

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Oof. Hope Murray's ok and it's nothing serious.

Curry broke Wilt's franchise scoring record while scoring 50 in this game.

It looked really bad. I hate to say it, but I think he tore his ACL

Captain_Caveman · Post #1956 » by **Captain_Caveman** » Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:06 am

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Murray was basically non-contact as he went to jump. Bummer.

And that Steph stat is **** incredible.

reload141 · Post #1957 » by **reload141** » Tue Apr 13, 2021 9:24 am

This Simmons stuff is just getting weird.

I've known the family personally for years and we have a lot of close contacts from when his dad used to play to Ben going through school to now.... I find it hard to believe for the family to be backing Sean up if the allegations weren't true.

Absolutely upstanding A-grade person his dad is, in particular.

zoyathedestroya · Post #1958 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:46 pm

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These are awesome.

The_Ghost_of_JB · Post #1959 » by **The_Ghost_of_JB** » Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:15 pm

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Nuggets were not contenders but this makes the playoffs a little less interesting.

BRUNiNHO91 · Post #1960 » by **BRUNiNHO91** » Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:32 pm

Feel bad for Murray. He was so amazing in last years playoffs. Nuggets were the favorites outside of the Lakers imo. They finally had a guy to throw on a LeBron or Kawhi also with the Gordon trade. Just a shame.

ACL tears are so frequent now.