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Eoghan · Post #1201 » by **Eoghan** » Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:12 pm

You could tell me any Australian stereotype about Joe Ingles and I'd believe it. Got drunk and boxed a kangaroo? Sure. Wrestles crocs? Probably so.

Buzzzz · Post #1202 » by **Buzzzz** » Sun Oct 21, 2018 3:00 am

MCW just missed 2 FTs. Good to see some things don't change

MasterIchiro · Post #1203 » by **MasterIchiro** » Sun Oct 21, 2018 11:50 pm

Lakers are gonna suck this year. Plus with all the clowns nobody will want to sign there. Maybe Jimmy Butler.

Post #1204 » by **Diop** » Sun Oct 21, 2018 11:57 pm

I watched a lot of the Lakers games yesterday and saw Lebron spend a lot of time glaring and complaining to his coach about the team.

He can't be easy to coach.

I thought Rondo actually looked pretty good for them, especially with their young guys. Sometimes the team looked better with Lebron on the bench. Everyone just played their game.

Post #1205 » by **Diop** » Sun Oct 21, 2018 11:58 pm

trae young exploding, he has to have a good year for Atlanta not to look like fools.

If he does turn out, I would happily eat crow for them.

MasterIchiro · Post #1206 » by **MasterIchiro** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 12:14 am

I liked Trae Young. He was the Malik Monk who wasn't gonna fall. He's a good piece to build around. Don't forget they got a Dallas pick with top 5 protection. Still Doncic could be a franchise guy. I thought Dallas looked great in preseason, despite no Harrison Barnes. I think they're going to be much much better this season along with the Hornets, Pelicans and Bucks.

Buzzzz · Post #1207 » by **Buzzzz** » Tue Oct 23, 2018 3:41 am

Monk and Mitchell aren't all that different. They both shoot around the same percentage, Mitchell just chucks up more shots.

MasterIchiro · Post #1208 » by **MasterIchiro** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:50 am

Man, KD leaves and OKC turns into a toxic waste dump.

Post #1209 » by **yosemiteben** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 2:57 pm

Read on Twitter

Man will that team ever get it together?

Vanderbilt_Grad · Post #1210 » by **Vanderbilt_Grad** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 3:17 pm

I'm sure that once Dwight is healthy that he will bring harmony to the team the way he has in each of his last stops.....

Post #1211 » by **Diop** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 3:36 pm

so it's Porter that Beal and Wall are whinging about, lets trade Batum for him

catch20two · Post #1212 » by **catch20two** » Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:59 am

Nobody better for Klay to hang a record breaking 3pt night on than nut ass Cameron Payne and the Bulls.

Liver_Pooty · Post #1213 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:03 am

Buzzzz wrote:Monk and Mitchell aren't all that different. They both shoot around the same percentage, Mitchell just chucks up more shots.

Mitchell is better than Monk by a significant margin. For now anyway.

Post #1214 » by **fatlever** » Wed Oct 31, 2018 11:32 pm

ringer love
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/10/31/18047844/five-most-interesting-nba-teams-week-3

Charlotte Hornets (4-4)
You already knew that the Warriors owned the NBA’s top offense. Guess who’s second? Yep: James Borrego’s fightin’ Hornets, presently scorching the nets to the tune of 114.9 points per 100 possessions after busting up the Heat on Tuesday. Just as we all predicted coming into the season!

Kemba Walker’s done a lot of the heavy lifting there, sitting second in the NBA with a career-best 30.1 points per game on 46-41-84 shooting splits. (The NBA’s top three scorers entering Wednesday: Steph, Kemba, Damian Lillard. It’s almost like high-volume, pull-up 3-point jump-shooters are incredibly valuable nowadays.) But save some of the credit for Borrego, the longtime San Antonio Spurs assistant who got a second chance at the top job after a brief and unremarkable stint with the Orlando Magic, and who has wasted little time putting his imprint on the Hornets by completely reorganizing the team’s rotation in search of a modern offensive jolt.

Charlotte broke camp with three true centers, plus Frank Kaminsky, the 7-foot tweener drafted ninth overall just three years ago. But none of them get more than 22 minutes a game these days. With Dwight Howard gone, the message is simple: If you’re not doing something that helps us score, you’re not going to play. Cody Zeller starts, and all of the Hornets’ most frequently used non-starting units feature 6-foot-11 center Willy Hernangomez stretching the floor (11-for-32 career from 3-point range) and forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist as a small-ball center, where his playmaking, offensive rebounding, and defensive versatility all thrive.

It probably won’t be too long until Miles Bridges starts getting that kind of floor time too. The 2018 draft’s 12th pick just seems to pop whenever he’s on the court, whether skying for rebounds, attacking in the half court, or running the floor in transition:

The Michigan State product is shooting 60 percent from the floor and 7-for-16 from deep, and he’s got the size and athleticism to guard three positions. You get the feeling that it’s going to be tough for Borrego to keep him off the court when Charlotte’s looking for a little extra oomph.

Borrego found that oomph on the other end of the spectrum Tuesday. Rather than going with the youngster, he opted to lean more heavily on veteran backup point guard Tony Parker, whom the Heat just couldn’t keep out of the paint (24 points on 8-for-15 shooting with 11 assists in 25 minutes). Borrego even paired his two point guards, something he’d done for just 26 total minutes prior to the Heat game, to boost Charlotte’s offense late and fend off Miami’s last push in the fourth quarter. The Walker-Parker duo worked beautifully, outscoring the Heat by eight points in 13 minutes of shared floor time to help the Hornets salt the game away.

That combo might not be an every-game option—you need an opponent who can’t bully smaller guards, and Miami fit the bill—but for a team looking to wring every ounce of offensive juice it can out of a somewhat misshapen roster, it was worth trying. That’s the order of the day right now in Charlotte: throw a bunch of lineups and options at the wall and see what sticks. I’m not sure it’ll result in a team that’s much better than just OK. If nothing else, though, it’s offering a way more compelling watch than I expected before the season tipped off.

MasterIchiro · Post #1215 » by **MasterIchiro** » Wed Oct 31, 2018 11:43 pm

The three big changes

1) JB's system of spreading the floor, attacking the basket and launching threes
2) Kemba is top 10
3) Kemba sits and you have to face Tony Parker. That's devastating for second units.

HornetJail · Post #1216 » by **HornetJail** » Thu Nov 1, 2018 2:58 am

Derrick Rose

LofJ · Post #1217 » by **LofJ** » Thu Nov 1, 2018 2:59 am

BizGilwalker wrote:Derrick Rose

This is what sports is all about, I need video of Rose when he started to tear up.

HornetJail · Post #1218 » by **HornetJail** » Thu Nov 1, 2018 3:00 am

LofJ wrote:
BizGilwalker wrote:Derrick Rose

This is what sports is all about, I need video of Rose when he started to tear up.

https://streamable.com/s545b

LofJ · Post #1219 » by **LofJ** » Thu Nov 1, 2018 3:08 am

BizGilwalker wrote:
LofJ wrote:
BizGilwalker wrote:Derrick Rose

This is what sports is all about, I need video of Rose when he started to tear up.

https://streamable.com/s545b

I'm happy for Rose and Wolves fans, they needed and deserve this.

316Hornets · Post #1220 » by **316Hornets** » Thu Nov 1, 2018 3:17 am

D Rose dressed up like his former all-star self for Halloween. 50 points from a guy that hasn't been heard from in years. Ghosts are real.