Around the NBA (and other Sports) 2021-22, Part 3

Marvel · Post #1161 » by **Marvel** » Sun Dec 5, 2021 9:18 pm

playa-hater wrote:
Marvel wrote:Portland are the epitome of treadmill.

feels like we are not that far behind..

Feels like that at times :lol:

Bar Fight · Post #1162 » by **Bar Fight** » Sun Dec 5, 2021 11:07 pm

Starting to see teams like Cleveland and Washington coming back down to Earth. Man, if we didn't have so many bull losses so far we'd be sitting pretty

Saint Lazarus · Post #1163 » by **Saint Lazarus** » Mon Dec 6, 2021 1:24 am

Bar Fight wrote:Starting to see teams like Cleveland and Washington coming back down to Earth. Man, if we didn't have so many bull losses so far we'd be sitting pretty

If we didn't blow the huge lead to the Bulls and actually finished off the Spurs and Jazz after our fake comebacks :noway:

sam_I_am · Post #1164 » by **sam_I_am** » Mon Dec 6, 2021 5:30 am

Saint Lazarus wrote:
Bar Fight wrote:Starting to see teams like Cleveland and Washington coming back down to Earth. Man, if we didn't have so many bull losses so far we'd be sitting pretty

If we didn't blow the huge lead to the Bulls and actually finished off the Spurs and Jazz after our fake comebacks

Jazz game was a legit great effort and not fake at all. To play a top 4 team at him home without JB and to come down to last minute despite them shooting 80% or whatever from 3 is as impressive a loss as you can have. This team is turning a corner and the best is yet to come.

Hal14 · Post #1165 » by **Hal14** » Mon Dec 6, 2021 7:22 pm

Saint Lazarus wrote:
Bar Fight wrote:Starting to see teams like Cleveland and Washington coming back down to Earth. Man, if we didn't have so many bull losses so far we'd be sitting pretty

If we didn't blow the huge lead to the Bulls and actually finished off the Spurs and Jazz after our fake comebacks

The Bulls and Spurs games were bad. Those were really bad losses.

You can't really hate on the C's too bad though for the Jazz loss. We played them close for pretty much the whole game. The Jazz had a historic shooting game that won't happen again for a very long time.

Hal14 · Post #1166 » by **Hal14** » Mon Dec 6, 2021 7:23 pm

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Hal14 · Post #1167 » by **Hal14** » Mon Dec 6, 2021 7:26 pm

Marvel wrote:
playa-hater wrote:
Marvel wrote:Portland are the epitome of treadmill.

feels like we are not that far behind..

Feels like that at times

Difference is our 3 best players are are 23, 24 and 25.

Portland's 3 best players are 31, 30 and 28. If Portland blows it up, they'd be trying to trade for young talent - we already have young talent.

Post #1168 » by **Shak_Celts** » Mon Dec 6, 2021 8:12 pm

Hal14 wrote:
Marvel wrote:
playa-hater wrote:
feels like we are not that far behind..

Feels like that at times

Difference is our 3 best players are are 23, 24 and 25.

Portland's 3 best players are 31, 30 and 28. If Portland blows it up, they'd be trying to trade for young talent - we already have young talent.

Wait, smart is 27.

Hal14 · Post #1169 » by **Hal14** » Mon Dec 6, 2021 8:53 pm

Shak_Celts wrote:
Hal14 wrote:
Marvel wrote:
Feels like that at times

Difference is our 3 best players are are 23, 24 and 25.

Portland's 3 best players are 31, 30 and 28. If Portland blows it up, they'd be trying to trade for young talent - we already have young talent.

Wait, smart is 27.

according to most of the advanced stats / analytics, Rob is one of our top 3 players.

zoyathedestroya · Post #1170 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Tue Dec 7, 2021 3:35 am

This is the type of analytics most fans are looking for.

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Hal14 · Post #1171 » by **Hal14** » Tue Dec 7, 2021 9:16 pm

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Post #1172 » by **Shak_Celts** » Tue Dec 7, 2021 11:02 pm

Hal14 wrote:

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Pull up Cs, cuz they are doing fine without JB. Gotta give props to the guys out there stepping up and doing their job. If Ja is smart, he'll be happy for them, that way when he gets back they are still moving towards a playoff berth! Griz are looking good and I like some of their players, I hope they keep it up (when he comes back)!

Larry_Russell · Post #1173 » by **Larry_Russell** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:37 pm

Well, memphis needs to move Ja.

Suppose since we gifted them Bane we can take Ja off theor hands.

Fencer reregistered · Post #1174 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Thu Dec 9, 2021 12:31 am

Claim: The Rockets have been much better since switching to single-big lineups and relegating Theis from starter all the way down to DNP-CD.

viewtopic.php?p=95212833#p95212833

playa-hater · Post #1175 » by **playa-hater** » Thu Dec 9, 2021 1:56 am

Fencer reregistered wrote:Claim: The Rockets have been much better since switching to single-big lineups and relegating Theis from starter all the way down to DNP-CD.

viewtopic.php?p=95212833#p95212833

please don't get me started with Theis... I still hated watching Theis get all the starting time while Rob sat behind him for a couple of years..

Throw in T Thompson, Boston started 2 centers together last year that aren't even starting or playing on bad teams.. :nonono:

Ill News · Post #1176 » by **Ill News** » Thu Dec 9, 2021 2:59 am

sam_I_am wrote:
Saint Lazarus wrote:
Bar Fight wrote:Starting to see teams like Cleveland and Washington coming back down to Earth. Man, if we didn't have so many bull losses so far we'd be sitting pretty

If we didn't blow the huge lead to the Bulls and actually finished off the Spurs and Jazz after our fake comebacks

Jazz game was a legit great effort and not fake at all. To play a top 4 team at him home without JB and to come down to last minute despite them shooting 80% or whatever from 3 is as impressive a loss as you can have. This team is turning a corner and the best is yet to come.

Yup, the Jazz game was a fluke loss...9 times out of 10 we would have won the game with that kind of performance. I mean, the C's put up 130 points and forced 19 TOs. Just insanely hot shooting by the Jazz, with almost half of those threes coming from the hero ball variety.

Another fluke loss would be the OT game we lost to the Wizards, where we shot like 2-20 from three. They should've won that game, they played awesome defense but just couldn't get any three to fall. :banghead:

zoyathedestroya · Post #1177 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Thu Dec 9, 2021 3:26 am

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Gives me hope for Jaylen who's 20 months younger.

playa-hater · Post #1178 » by **playa-hater** » Thu Dec 9, 2021 3:30 am

zoyathedestroya wrote:

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Gives me hope for Jaylen who's 20 months younger.

does he play for the Warriors??

sorry didn't want to say but couldn't resist.

zoyathedestroya · Post #1179 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Thu Dec 9, 2021 3:52 am

playa-hater wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:

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Gives me hope for Jaylen who's 20 months younger.

does he play for the Warriors??

sorry didn't want to say but couldn't resist.

Soon.

Triple7 · Post #1180 » by **Triple7** » Fri Dec 10, 2021 7:14 am

playa-hater wrote:
Fencer reregistered wrote:Claim: The Rockets have been much better since switching to single-big lineups and relegating Theis from starter all the way down to DNP-CD.

viewtopic.php?p=95212833#p95212833

please don't get me started with Theis... I still hated watching Theis get all the starting time while Rob sat behind him for a couple of years..

Throw in T Thompson, Boston started 2 centers together last year that aren't even starting or playing on bad teams..

Yup Theis the only big who gets the ball inside with duncan robinson on him, still manages to pump fake him non stop and doesn’t shoot. Lol. Glad he’s gone!