Around the NBA: Regular season edition

Post #1 » by **Nolan** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 1:00 am

Regular season finally starts tomorrow so its time for a new thread.

imagump1313 · Post #2 » by **imagump1313** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 2:36 am

I'm interested to see how Belinelli, Baynes and Ayers fit in this year and how having Belinelli on the roster affects Manu's play. The two seem to have great respect for each other and maybe that will help push Manu to have a nice comeback year.
Also, I hope no one burns themselves out trying to make up for last year too early. There is a lot of basketball between now and the playoffs.

Donald Kaufman · Post #3 » by **Donald Kaufman** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 11:37 pm

Caught Bulls-Heat and Clips-Lakers. Didn't bother with Pacers-Magic, even though I have two players on my fantasy league team (George and Tobias Harris).

Miami looked great. Just locked in defensively. No Oden or Super Cool Beas sightings though. Rose looked rusty, which was to be expected. Dunleavy was horrible. Booz had a great offensive night, but the Bulls still look like they're a legit scoring threat away from being on Miami's level.

The Lakers played really well. Gasol was down low early and looked like he was going to have a huge night. Same with Redick, he was lights out early on.

Post #4 » by **Nolan** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:48 am

Can't believe the Heat lost to the 76ers that's just embarrassing.

Post #5 » by **Nolan** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:51 am

And game. Great team effort tonight and a good start to the season.

devindixen · Post #6 » by **devindixen** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:31 am

Nolan wrote:Can't believe the Heat lost to the 76ers that's just embarrassing.

Evan Turner and MCW looked awesome. Started the game 19-0, even though Heat took control like 12 minutes after. It is B2B for Miami anyways and no Wade. You can just see the difference in energy level. 76ers was amped up.

Donald Kaufman · Post #7 » by **Donald Kaufman** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:30 pm

Klay Thompson 38 points! Got him on my fantasy team!

Caught second half of Pistons-Wizards. Damn Monroe is a beast. I like what Gortat gives the Wizards as well.

Post #8 » by **Nolan** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 4:25 pm

Rose has looked pretty rusty so far but he came up huge last night.

Donald Kaufman · Post #9 » by **Donald Kaufman** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 12:37 pm

He hit the game winner but he didn't really have a good game overall. It's going to take a while to clear the cobwebs that have built up over his 18 months being out. There are flashes of his MVP self but he clearly needs time to get back into it. This is why there was no point rushing him back for the playoffs last year.

Nets-Heat was a great game. A lot of intensity for an opening week game. Obviously these guys don't like each other. Heat 1-2 out of the gate.

Philly 2-0.

imagump1313 · Post #10 » by **imagump1313** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 3:36 pm

How about the Twolves opening up a can on OKC? Game was never really close. Rick Adelman will have them in the playoffs if they stay healthy.

Post #11 » by **Nolan** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 6:47 pm

imagump1313 wrote:How about the Twolves opening up a can on OKC? Game was never really close. Rick Adelman will have them in the playoffs if they stay healthy.

If they stay healthy they're going to be dangerous.

How about Bledsoe's shot against the Jazz?

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94RCwkjIIsc[/youtube]

That was either really ballsy or really stupid.

Post #12 » by **Nolan** » Sun Nov 3, 2013 1:27 pm

Brett Brown for COY? I can't believe that Philly is 3-0.

Donald Kaufman · Post #13 » by **Donald Kaufman** » Sun Nov 3, 2013 1:45 pm

Beat Bulls and Heat...tank fail.

Caught Memphis-Mavericks. Good to see Blair get quality minutes. He is a hardnosed player but man is he boneheaded at times, which is why I guess Pop benched him. The Mavs commentators were saying that DeJuan has the game vs us penciled in, apparently its December 26. I wish him well but he's a bit simple me thinks.

imagump1313 · Post #14 » by **imagump1313** » Sun Nov 3, 2013 5:09 pm

Nolan wrote:Brett Brown for COY? I can't believe that Philly is 3-0.

Philly will level off. Even some of the guys on their forum are saying "Ok, ok nice job! Now start losing some games!" It's great to see MCW playing like this but I can't believe he will keep this pace all season.

Donald Kaufman · Post #15 » by **Donald Kaufman** » Tue Nov 5, 2013 12:45 pm

Eastern powerhouse Philly lost today.

Post #16 » by **Nolan** » Wed Nov 6, 2013 6:36 am

Donald Kaufman wrote:Eastern powerhouse Philly lost today.

Hinke must be happy.

GS looked outstanding in that game. That team scares me.

Donald Kaufman · Post #17 » by **Donald Kaufman** » Wed Nov 6, 2013 12:40 pm

They've looked great so far. Healthy Bogut, and the addition of Iggy to shore up their D. I didn't like that they lost Jack but it doesn't seem to be fazing them much at this stage. They're a real threat.

So are the Clips. Dropping 137 on the Rockets?! Are you kidding me? They scored 59 in the second quarter!

imagump1313 · Post #18 » by **imagump1313** » Wed Nov 6, 2013 2:01 pm

Id rather these teams look like beasts in November instead of May. I'm more worried about the Clippers than GSW. GSW lives and dies by the three and that will only get them so far.

Donald Kaufman · Post #19 » by **Donald Kaufman** » Wed Nov 6, 2013 10:45 pm

With Klay Thompson and Steph Curry on your team, that might get you pretty far. They only need to catch fire for a playoff series and it's over. We saw that nearly happen firsthand in last year's playoffs.

Post #20 » by **Nolan** » Fri Nov 8, 2013 9:45 am

Donald Kaufman wrote:With Klay Thompson and Steph Curry on your team, that might get you pretty far. They only need to catch fire for a playoff series and it's over. We saw that nearly happen firsthand in last year's playoffs.

Then you add in Iggy, Lee, Barnes and Bogut and you have a very dangerous team that can do much more than just drain jumpers. Keeping everyone healthy is going to be their biggest problem though.