2024 NBA Preseason Discussion & Game Thread! (October 4-18)

azcatz11 · Post #21 » by **azcatz11** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 4:46 pm

Westbrook is a mess. He’s bricking everything around the basket

Post #22 » by **Mavrelous** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 4:47 pm

Cancar dethroned Jingles from his title as "player most likely to be confused with security guard".

Post #23 » by **Clav** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 5:05 pm

Mavrelous wrote:Cancar dethroned Jingles from his title as "player most likely to be confused with security guard".

for me.... its Nurkic and if you remember Nikola Pekovic, I wonder if he's a bouncer these days.

Curmudgeon · Post #24 » by **Curmudgeon** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 5:07 pm

I wonder how those conservative muslims like the NBA dancing girls.

AleksandarN · Post #25 » by **AleksandarN** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 5:21 pm

Crazy shot by Jokic.

Read on Twitter

Post #26 » by **bisme37** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 5:28 pm

Is the game fun? I have it recording but I woke up with a killer headache and haven't turned the TV on yet. Gonna enjoy it in a bit hopefully.

1993Playoffs · Post #27 » by **1993Playoffs** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 5:41 pm

Basketball is back baby

JM00n69 · Post #28 » by **JM00n69** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 5:42 pm

bisme37 wrote:Is the game fun? I have it recording but I woke up with a killer headache and haven't turned the TV on yet. Gonna enjoy it in a bit hopefully.

It's an OK game. Good to some of the new faces/rotations for DEN. Also good to see an NBA game again. Hope second half is more close and we get a competitive end.

Post #29 » by **bisme37** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 5:49 pm

From the box score it looks like Payton Pritchard is having a game.

Mrakar · Post #30 » by **Mrakar** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 5:53 pm

Poor Jokic man. Murray is in worst shape of his life, he hasnt a single muscle showing when he takes his shirt of, looks more like mcdonalds worker then basketball player. Westbrook is even more out of control then he was with the Clippers(i didn't think that was possible). The only positive thing for Nuggets is that Hunter Tysons hot training camp shooting continues into this game.

JM00n69 · Post #31 » by **JM00n69** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 6:03 pm

Don't expect anything from Murray until February. He played injured last playoffs and instead of resting over the summer decided to play in the Olympics. I get the pride thing but he had **** all left in the tank in April.

Russ has been good I think. First game with a new team and he's come in to replace Reggie Jacksons minutes. No Denver fan expects a prime Russ here, just be slightly better than Regs

CodeBreaker · Post #32 » by **CodeBreaker** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 6:09 pm

AleksandarN wrote:Crazy shot by Jokic.

Read on Twitter

Normal jokic shot

Ckay · Post #33 » by **Ckay** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 6:33 pm

El Alonzo scowl · Post #34 » by **El Alonzo scowl** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 6:42 pm

Ah, so sportswashing has arrived in the NBA. Wait until one of those countries buys an NBA team and completely breaks the league's competitiveness by outspending everyone else because they have unlimited money. They then can't be sanctioned by league rules because they can hire the best lawyers and win any legal challenges to their supremacy. Just like in the Big 5 European fútbol leagues.

Edrees · Post #35 » by **Edrees** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 6:43 pm

Curmudgeon wrote:I wonder how those conservative muslims like the NBA dancing girls.

They are only pretend to be conservative in public. Deep down inside they love em - at least the men

Ckay wrote:

Lmao, they are delusional about westbrook

HotRocks34 · Post #36 » by **HotRocks34** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 6:44 pm

Westbrook 12/4/8, 2 TO, +4.
.......3/10 FG, 3/6 TH, 19m

Like how Russ looked although he bricked layups and had a lapse in the second half with a couple of TOs and some meh defense.

Can see the potential for him playing with Jokic though. Jokic found him on an easy cut that I think Russ blew. That should be there all year.

Denver's second unit often looked lost on defense. It'll improve, especially when Watson returns. Holmes really would have helped.

levon · Post #37 » by **levon** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 7:06 pm

HotRocks34 wrote:Can see the potential for him playing with Jokic though. Jokic found him on an easy cut that I think Russ blew. That should be there all year.

He'll definitely be blowing easy layups off cuts all year.

HotRocks34 · Post #38 » by **HotRocks34** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 8:40 pm

levon wrote:
HotRocks34 wrote:Can see the potential for him playing with Jokic though. Jokic found him on an easy cut that I think Russ blew. That should be there all year.

He'll definitely be blowing easy layups off cuts all year.

He is good at missing layups.

Curmudgeon · Post #39 » by **Curmudgeon** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 9:51 pm

Westbrook is good a faking fouls too. I never saw so many ticky tacky calls. Let's have 8th grade girls' basketball with a whistle every 10 seconds.

stoo · Post #40 » by **stoo** » Fri Oct 4, 2024 9:53 pm

Russ is missing a lot around the basket. at this point it's better he shoots more 3s

Strawther is an underrated defender.

Braun is a clear upgrade over KCP on defense, especially against most guys on contending teams, like Luka, Ant, Shai, anybody on Celtics and any Knicks' wing