2024 NBA Preseason Discussion & Game Thread! (October 4-18)
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Knecht had great showing !
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DLO will be traded come deadline andI can't wait, maybe even b4 the season starts If possible haha.
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Bronny's FG% up to 20! He's coming around!
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Tottery wrote:thelead wrote:Knecht was an absolute steal
Wonder if he will make GM's regret passing on him because he is 24 years old.
Yeah Lakers are boned, he can only keep this level up play up 11 more years before he declines

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Tottery wrote:thelead wrote:Knecht was an absolute steal
Wonder if he will make GM's regret passing on him because he is 24 years old.
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Not gonna make a huge deal about preseason but did teams really pass on this dude just because he's 23? That's it? No other reaon?
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Memories wrote:Tottery wrote:thelead wrote:Knecht was an absolute steal
Wonder if he will make GM's regret passing on him because he is 24 years old.
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And that’s lazy GMing. Lots of great players have come into the league at 22-23. Hakeem, David Robinson, Elgin Baylor, Dame etc.
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OriginalRed wrote:Not gonna make a huge deal about preseason but did teams really pass on this dude just because he's 23? That's it? No other reaon?
Yes. In this draft, there is no way he should have fallen out of the top 10 IMO.

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thelead wrote:OriginalRed wrote:Not gonna make a huge deal about preseason but did teams really pass on this dude just because he's 23? That's it? No other reaon?
Yes. In this draft, there is no way he should have fallen out of the top 10 IMO.
That's not true. He had/has questions about how he'd hold up athletically and defensively. I didn't think he'd fall to the Lakers, but I think the fit is near perfect. I thought he'd be picked 10-15.
But I agree if he was younger and had those same questions he'd be picked higher IMO.

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Cleveland starters STRUGGLING hard to secure the W to ensure they don't go 0-4 against Bulls players who won't sniff the court next week.
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meekrab wrote:Cleveland starters STRUGGLING hard to secure the W to ensure they don't go 0-4 against Bulls players who won't sniff the court next week.
I’m shocked that Kenny has his starters in this late.

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thelead wrote:meekrab wrote:Cleveland starters STRUGGLING hard to secure the W to ensure they don't go 0-4 against Bulls players who won't sniff the court next week.
I’m shocked that Kenny has his starters in this late.
new coach thats trying to implement a new system to a winning team. If they start poorly, im not sure how much grace he's gonna get, so he's probably just trying to force as much chemistry as he can here.
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And the game ends up in OT in the last game of the preseason for both teams.
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mademan wrote:thelead wrote:meekrab wrote:Cleveland starters STRUGGLING hard to secure the W to ensure they don't go 0-4 against Bulls players who won't sniff the court next week.
I’m shocked that Kenny has his starters in this late.
new coach thats trying to implement a new system to a winning team. If they start poorly, im not sure how much grace he's gonna get, so he's probably just trying to force as much chemistry as he can here.
I get that but the starters’ health, I would imagine, is more important to start the season. Either way, they blew the lead.

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Did Kenny Atkinson just challenge a call in overtime of a preseason game and have the result be WORSE for his team than before?
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I turn on the Warriors vs. Lakers pre-season game only to see (5-1) Duke beating (1-5) Florida St. at the game of Football.
Is this the twilight zone?
Is this the twilight zone?

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I think this is Bronny's first NBA start? Hard work pays off!
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"Harden's a guy that averages 26 in the NBA, but if he was on the playground with you he'd only average about 5 because they wouldn't let him get those free throws." --Scott Hastings, April 6, 2013

"Harden's a guy that averages 26 in the NBA, but if he was on the playground with you he'd only average about 5 because they wouldn't let him get those free throws." --Scott Hastings, April 6, 2013

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Clingan is awesome. Ayton has <6 months left on the Blazers
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Free Bronny? Ok let's go with that, Free Bronny!
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Green is dominating the lakers