Around The NBA: 2019-20 RESTART

Chi town · Post #301 » by **Chi town** » Wed Jan 1, 2020 10:06 pm

Ice Man wrote:
Chi town wrote:Me too. I see it as Bucks and Heat as the only teams that are serious about making it out of the East.

The Heat are getting exposed recently. They're winning, by semi-miracles, but a team can only be so good starting two undrafted kid guards and Meyers "The Stiff" Leonard. In December, they lost to the Wizards once and had to rally late another game. They lost to Memphis. The Hawks took them to overtime. The Bulls took them to overtime. They had one easy win the entire month, and that was the Knicks.

They need to get another stud, otherwise they will be remembered for the 2020 season as being a fun, overachieving regular season team that didn't have enough elite horses to get the job done in the playoffs.

You may be right. Jimmy hasn’t been injured yet either.

I expect Riley to get some strong buy out vets that push them over the jump though.

The Explorer · Post #302 » by **The Explorer** » Wed Jan 1, 2020 10:41 pm

Paxson's coveted man Daren Collison is eyeing a Feb return per Woj and is most interested in LA teams. I don't see how he is good for the Clippers with Beverley and Williams unless Beverley is out for an extended period. He makes sense for the Lakers.

Andi Obst · Post #303 » by **Andi Obst** » Wed Jan 1, 2020 11:38 pm

The Isaac injury really hurts. Had to turn off the game right there. One of my favorite young guys in the league. I just hope it's not as bad as it looked.

Post #304 » by **Michael Jackson** » Thu Jan 2, 2020 1:54 am

The Explorer wrote:Paxson's coveted man Daren Collison is eyeing a Feb return per Woj and is most interested in LA teams. I don't see how he is good for the Clippers with Beverley and Williams unless Beverley is out for an extended period. He makes sense for the Lakers.

The lengths he went to just not be a bull.

Leslie Forman · Post #305 » by **Leslie Forman** » Thu Jan 2, 2020 2:25 am

Ice Man wrote:The Heat are getting exposed recently. They're winning, by semi-miracles, but a team can only be so good starting two undrafted kid guards and Meyers "The Stiff" Leonard. In December, they lost to the Wizards once and had to rally late another game. They lost to Memphis. The Hawks took them to overtime. The Bulls took them to overtime. They had one easy win the entire month, and that was the Knicks.

They need to get another stud, otherwise they will be remembered for the 2020 season as being a fun, overachieving regular season team that didn't have enough elite horses to get the job done in the playoffs.

It should also be noted that they have been doing all of this without Winslow, though. He'd be playing well over 30 minutes a game for them if healthy.

Post #306 » by **RedBulls23** » Thu Jan 2, 2020 3:25 am

Michael Jackson wrote:
The Explorer wrote:Paxson's coveted man Daren Collison is eyeing a Feb return per Woj and is most interested in LA teams. I don't see how he is good for the Clippers with Beverley and Williams unless Beverley is out for an extended period. He makes sense for the Lakers.

The lengths he went to just not be a bull.

Fake retired so he wouldn't have to sign with the Bulls. :lol:

johnnyvann840 · Post #307 » by **johnnyvann840** » Thu Jan 2, 2020 3:37 am

Knicks are on fire. They win their 3rd straight and are now 6-4 in their last 10 games.

Post #308 » by **Michael Jackson** » Thu Jan 2, 2020 3:48 am

RedBulls23 wrote:
Michael Jackson wrote:
The Explorer wrote:Paxson's coveted man Daren Collison is eyeing a Feb return per Woj and is most interested in LA teams. I don't see how he is good for the Clippers with Beverley and Williams unless Beverley is out for an extended period. He makes sense for the Lakers.

The lengths he went to just not be a bull.

Fake retired so he wouldn't have to sign with the Bulls.

His real motivations are more personally disturbing to me so I prefer to believe this lol.

Dresden · Post #309 » by **Dresden** » Thu Jan 2, 2020 7:08 am

Suns are now 13-20. Only half a game better than the BULLS. I remember a fair amount of weeping and gnashing of teeth earlier in the year about why couldn't we be more like the Suns.

Post #310 » by **DASMACKDOWN** » Thu Jan 2, 2020 10:50 am

johnnyvann840 wrote:Knicks are on fire. They win their 3rd straight and are now 6-4 in their last 10 games.

Looking for the Bulls excuses. They won against GS, Washington, Kings, Hawks, and struggling Blazers team. Caught the Nets in their worst game at home all season.

Nothing to see here.

Post #311 » by **Ice Man** » Thu Jan 2, 2020 2:09 pm

DASMACKDOWN wrote:
johnnyvann840 wrote:Knicks are on fire. They win their 3rd straight and are now 6-4 in their last 10 games.

Looking for the Bulls excuses. They won against GS, Washington, Kings, Hawks, and struggling Blazers team. Caught the Nets in their worst game at home all season.

Nothing to see here.

The Knicks look to be moving one step up the ladder, as the Bulls have done. Improved from awful to just kinda bad.

RememberLu · Post #312 » by **RememberLu** » Thu Jan 2, 2020 6:19 pm

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johnnyvann840 · Post #313 » by **johnnyvann840** » Thu Jan 2, 2020 6:52 pm

DASMACKDOWN wrote:
johnnyvann840 wrote:Knicks are on fire. They win their 3rd straight and are now 6-4 in their last 10 games.

Looking for the Bulls excuses. They won against GS, Washington, Kings, Hawks, and struggling Blazers team. Caught the Nets in their worst game at home all season.

Nothing to see here.

No, they still suck. However, they have what I would call 3 quality wins this season. The Bulls have ZERO quality wins. But, you're right, nothing to see except a bad team that has managed to string together 3 wins in a row. Something the Bulls have failed to do.

FriedRise · Post #314 » by **FriedRise** » Thu Jan 2, 2020 11:25 pm

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Big blow for Orlando. Could be the difference between them vs us making the 8th seed.

Dresden · Post #315 » by **Dresden** » Thu Jan 2, 2020 11:35 pm

Zion went through first full practice today. I wonder how long before we see him in a game. And how many minutes they will let him play.

Dresden · Post #316 » by **Dresden** » Fri Jan 3, 2020 2:11 am

Michael Porter having himself a game- 2 min to go and he's got 25 points in 23 minutes on 11/12 shooting.

StunnerKO · Post #317 » by **StunnerKO** » Fri Jan 3, 2020 2:15 am

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Jcool0 · Post #318 » by **Jcool0** » Fri Jan 3, 2020 3:58 am

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johnnyvann840 · Post #319 » by **johnnyvann840** » Fri Jan 3, 2020 4:00 am

Dresden wrote:Michael Porter having himself a game- 2 min to go and he's got 25 points in 23 minutes on 11/12 shooting.

He was great tonight, no question. Best game he's ever had in his life. If he can do that he'll make me eat crow. Being a Nuggets fan I welcome it.

PaKii94 · Post #320 » by **PaKii94** » Fri Jan 3, 2020 5:20 am

johnnyvann840 wrote:
Dresden wrote:Michael Porter having himself a game- 2 min to go and he's got 25 points in 23 minutes on 11/12 shooting.

He was great tonight, no question. Best game he's ever had in his life. If he can do that he'll make me eat crow. Being a Nuggets fan I welcome it.

Yeah we need to see at least a couple consecutive months of good play from him before anyone eats crow... But even then his highschool/college game play wasn't very impressive and his injury concerns will continue to linger for a few years