Around the League: 2024-25 Season

tooler · Post #421 » by **tooler** » Thu Dec 5, 2024 3:49 am

Knightro wrote:The Lakers got BLASTED tonight.

41 point loss to the Heat who were only 9-10 coming into the game.

Whenever a team or player has a bad night, just look around the league the next day. It can always be worse.

Post #422 » by **Knightro** » Thu Dec 5, 2024 3:52 am

Indiana is 9-14 and 2-11 on the road

Post #423 » by **Knightro** » Thu Dec 5, 2024 4:05 am

Knightro wrote:The Lakers got BLASTED tonight.

41 point loss to the Heat who were only 9-10 coming into the game.

Lakers since losing to the Magic...

2-5 record and the five losses have been by 25, 27, 8, 29 and 41

pepe1991 · Post #424 » by **pepe1991** » Thu Dec 5, 2024 6:18 am

Knightro wrote:
Knightro wrote:The Lakers got BLASTED tonight.

41 point loss to the Heat who were only 9-10 coming into the game.

Lakers since losing to the Magic...

2-5 record and the five losses have been by 25, 27, 8, 29 and 41

They are 4th worst defense whole season vise, in last 10 they are 3rd worst offense.

That team is on free fall. Whole bunch of injuries also aren't helpful.

And at the end of a day whole team runs around AD ( best player) but also Lebron, who has been on massive decline despite fact he can mask it up with fat stats sometimes :dontknow:

By the rest of calendar year 2024 they will probably be below .500

JTG_92940618 · Post #425 » by **JTG_92940618** » Thu Dec 5, 2024 6:25 am

I feel that this is either Lebron's last season or he takes a trip to Germany to fix an injury and comes back looking a decade younger.

cedric76 · Post #426 » by **cedric76** » Thu Dec 5, 2024 6:34 am

JTG_92940618 wrote:I feel that this is either Lebron's last season or he takes a trip to Germany to fix an injury and comes back looking a decade younger.

Ledouche doesn't defend at all, just stat padding

RookieStar · Post #427 » by **RookieStar** » Thu Dec 5, 2024 10:27 am

JTG_92940618 wrote:I feel that this is either Lebron's last season or he takes a trip to Germany to fix an injury and comes back looking a decade younger.

Germany? I thought it was in Turkey or something

pepe1991 · Post #428 » by **pepe1991** » Fri Dec 6, 2024 7:14 am

Wizards won't win 10 games this year?!

The worst basketball team in nba in very long time.

byeganyo · Post #429 » by **byeganyo** » Fri Dec 6, 2024 11:56 am

pepe1991 wrote:Wizards won't win 10 games this year?!

The worst basketball team in nba in very long time.

We will have the worse of Washington and Phoenix pick in 2026. It's hard to imagine WAS becoming a playoff team in a year and Suns injuries should only pile up with age, so probably we are going to get another lottery pick in 2026.

pepe1991 · Post #430 » by **pepe1991** » Fri Dec 6, 2024 12:25 pm

byeganyo wrote:
pepe1991 wrote:Wizards won't win 10 games this year?!

The worst basketball team in nba in very long time.

We will have the worse of Washington and Phoenix pick in 2026. It's hard to imagine WAS becoming a playoff team in a year and Suns injuries should only pile up with age, so probably we are going to get another lottery pick in 2026.

If Suns suck in 2026, they have top 8 protection on that pick and Wizards can't swap, by default, Magic can't swap either.

byeganyo · Post #431 » by **byeganyo** » Fri Dec 6, 2024 3:38 pm

pepe1991 wrote:
byeganyo wrote:
pepe1991 wrote:Wizards won't win 10 games this year?!

The worst basketball team in nba in very long time.

We will have the worse of Washington and Phoenix pick in 2026. It's hard to imagine WAS becoming a playoff team in a year and Suns injuries should only pile up with age, so probably we are going to get another lottery pick in 2026.

If Suns suck in 2026, they have top 8 protection on that pick and Wizards can't swap, by default, Magic can't swap either.

No Washington has protection, Phoenix has none, so we get the 2nd best and Phoenix get the third, best case scenario Washington pick 1st, Suns pick 2nd, then we get the 2nd pick in the draft and give them our pick.

edit - to clarify - WAS owes a top 8 protected pick to NYK, so if they end outside top 8 in 2026, they have no pick and we directly swap with Suns.

pepe1991 · Post #432 » by **pepe1991** » Fri Dec 6, 2024 4:05 pm

byeganyo wrote:
pepe1991 wrote:
byeganyo wrote:
We will have the worse of Washington and Phoenix pick in 2026. It's hard to imagine WAS becoming a playoff team in a year and Suns injuries should only pile up with age, so probably we are going to get another lottery pick in 2026.

If Suns suck in 2026, they have top 8 protection on that pick and Wizards can't swap, by default, Magic can't swap either.

No Washington has protection, Phoenix has none, so we get the 2nd best and Phoenix get the third, best case scenario Washington pick 1st, Suns pick 2nd, then we get the 2nd pick in the draft and give them our pick.

edit - to clarify - WAS owes a top 8 protected pick to NYK, so if they end outside top 8 in 2026, they have no pick and we directly swap with Suns.

Yep, but Suns know they have no picks until 2030 and that's why they will continue to burn half of billion dollars on this roster :lol:

Tbh they aren't even bad team when Durant- Beal- Booker play, but it's always something with at least one of them. Hell, when all 3 play they have 63% win rate

pepe1991 · Post #433 » by **pepe1991** » Fri Dec 6, 2024 4:10 pm

Lakers lockdown defense vs Heat

Post #434 » by **eyriq** » Fri Dec 6, 2024 6:21 pm

We are in the quadrant of WOW

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pepe1991 · Post #435 » by **pepe1991** » Sat Dec 7, 2024 8:09 am

Healthy Hawks can pack some punch.

Post #436 » by **eyriq** » Sat Dec 7, 2024 1:26 pm

pepe1991 wrote:Healthy Hawks can pack some punch.

I quite like their team

pepe1991 · Post #437 » by **pepe1991** » Sat Dec 7, 2024 6:41 pm

Evan Mobley is having some game. Scored 24 points in 11 min vs Hornets 34 min to play. 50 points watch i guess.

tooler · Post #438 » by **tooler** » Sat Dec 7, 2024 7:00 pm

pepe1991 wrote:Evan Mobley is having some game. Scored 24 points in 11 min vs Hornets 34 min to play. 50 points watch i guess.

I can almost see the General Board thread bump now!

Post #439 » by **Bensational** » Sat Dec 7, 2024 7:14 pm

eyriq wrote:We are in the quadrant of WOW

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Bulls are better than their record, IMO. They’ve faced some tough competition already by SOS and they’re still hovering around .500. They might be this year’s Indiana as a run and gun no defense team.

Post #440 » by **Bensational** » Sat Dec 7, 2024 7:19 pm

eyriq wrote:
pepe1991 wrote:Healthy Hawks can pack some punch.
I quite like their team

Trae, Jalen, Dyson, Rizzler - they’ve got a really solid core in those 4. If they could turn Capela and Okongwu into a Gobert or Jarret Allen defensive anchor then they could become a real problem for the east.

Trae has his weaknesses but they’ve found some really great supporting cast to help hide those. I’m excited to watch them grow.