Saturday 10/25 NBA Game Thread

[Chuck Everett]

Paolo has looked very bad to start the season. Still too much ISO. Perhaps, they've reached their ceiling with Mosley and it's time to move on. Every year the team is bad at offense.

Mike Malone, Tom Thibodeau, or someone else?

We've had like 14 years of terrible offense so I don't even know what can fix it. Brought in new assistants too.

Believe it or not, I thought Thibs would be a good fit in Orlando. It's just he would lean on your best players hard. But as much as I want to root for Mose, if this team can't approach 50 wins with the East in this kind of flux, it may be time for him to go. Good development coach, but some guys don't have it to go to the next level.

Paolo should have been coached to play off the ball a little bit and stop with these contested shots. If he's incapable of getting him to stop, it's time for a new voice.

[meekrab]

Last night Orlando shot 29% from 3 (made 9 of them). And tonight they shot 12.5% from 3 (made 3). You're gonna lose a lot of games in today's NBA with that putrid of shooting. Bane only took 2 three point attempts. Way too low for him.

Paolo is now at 45.2 TS% through 3 games. Believe it or not, he was so putrid the first two games that this game (46.4 TS%) gave him a slight bump up!

You can't make that up...

Most players improve their numbers against the Bulls' defense...

[Patches Perry]

Perfect win for OKC. Everybody under 30 minutes. Really nice games for Chet, Shai, Ajay Mitchell and Hartenstein.

With OKC's guard rotation, we may not see Caruso until May lol.

[thelead]

Last night Orlando shot 29% from 3 (made 9 of them). And tonight they shot 12.5% from 3 (made 3). You're gonna lose a lot of games in today's NBA with that putrid of shooting. Bane only took 2 three point attempts. Way too low for him.

Paolo is now at 45.2 TS% through 3 games. Believe it or not, he was so putrid the first two games that this game (46.4 TS%) gave him a slight bump up!

You can't make that up...

Most players improve their numbers against the Bulls' defense...

I'm sure he'll be fine but I don't see how he gets to where he needs to be when it comes to efficiency when good shooters come to the magic and forget how to shoot. Top brass needs to monitor this situation closely. That said, we're only 3 games in so you have to be somewhat patient.

[NZB2323]

58 bench points for Chicago and no Coby White. 2-0 start. Billy Donovan remains an underrated coach in the NBA (IMO).

Only 31 more wins needed for those who bet the over!

[scrabbarista]

Cedric Coward is the best player in Memphis.

[RB34]

Watson just killed a man

[Chuck Everett]

Perfect win for OKC. Everybody under 30 minutes. Really nice games for Chet, Shai, Ajay Mitchell and Hartenstein.

With OKC's guard rotation, we may not see Caruso until May lol.

3-0 start with multiple guys out injured and getting everyone's best shot. Daigs staking a claim that he's a top 3 coach in the game (I'm still not convinced, but there's an legitimate argument).

[scrabbarista]

Kon Knueppel > Nick Nurse

[Chuck Everett]

Kon Knueppel > Nick Nurse

It seems like Kon's good enough to not be affected by the Hornets curse. I always thought he could play, but I was just worried about Charlotte. Seems like a new day in the Queen City.

[Patches Perry]

Perfect win for OKC. Everybody under 30 minutes. Really nice games for Chet, Shai, Ajay Mitchell and Hartenstein.

With OKC's guard rotation, we may not see Caruso until May lol.

3-0 start with multiple guys out injured and getting everyone's best shot. Daigs staking a claim that he's a top 3 coach in the game (I'm still not convinced, but there's an legitimate argument).

He deserves a ton of credit for the development of every one of these guys from Shai all the way down. Definitely the best development coach in the league imo. I always assumed they would need to upgrade once they were in title contention, but he has proven he can coach them all the way through to a title.

[Archx]

First time this season i turned on the stream for Denver game and 5 seconds in i see THJ is still dumb as a brick.

[Indomitable]

Last night Orlando shot 29% from 3 (made 9 of them). And tonight they shot 12.5% from 3 (made 3). You're gonna lose a lot of games in today's NBA with that putrid of shooting. Bane only took 2 three point attempts. Way too low for him.

Paolo is now at 45.2 TS% through 3 games. Believe it or not, he was so putrid the first two games that this game (46.4 TS%) gave him a slight bump up!

You can't make that up...

Most players improve their numbers against the Bulls' defense...

Blame it the coach

[Chuck Everett]

Edgecombe with the finish over Kalkbrenner. Sixers fighting back.

[Pykie87]

Edgecombe with the finish over Kalkbrenner. Sixers fighting back.

Jimmy Buckets Edgecombe

[BigDan245]

LaMelo is just not a serious player

[Hoop Hunter]

Holy Funk. Everyone knows Haliburton is out.

Now out. Nembhard, TJ McConnell, Mathurin, Furphy, Q.Jackson (who would be playing with those guys out.) Peter, the rookie that played a lot of minutes the 1st game is now out. 7 out of our top 8 guards are out. All we got left us probably our 5th best guard, Shepherd.

I don't know when we are gonna win just one game. With everyone healthy, but Hali, we're still pretty good.

[scrabbarista]

You can't spell LaMelo without LaMe.

[kane0801]

Grimes clutch 3

[Chuck Everett]

Hornets and Sixers throwing haymakers.