NBA - The Re-Open: - Connaughton has Covid-19, pg. 94

MikeIsGood · Post #1661 » by **MikeIsGood** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 4:36 pm

emunney wrote:
crkone wrote:

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So he guards either Giannis or Brook?

This is a big problem mid- and long-term. Fortunately for us, they don't have guards yet.

Yeah, when I saw this, my immediate reaction was "****, they figured it out."

LuessiT · Post #1662 » by **LuessiT** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 5:16 pm

MikeIsGood wrote:
emunney wrote:
crkone wrote:

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So he guards either Giannis or Brook?

This is a big problem mid- and long-term. Fortunately for us, they don't have guards yet.

Yeah, when I saw this, my immediate reaction was "****, they figured it out."

I mean there is no way a professional sports organisation never thought about that, right. RIGHT?

awd4cy · Post #1663 » by **awd4cy** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 5:35 pm

Everyone nationally is freaking out that Khris hasn't touched a basketball in 4 months.

Post #1664 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 5:48 pm

Let them freak out. Let the board, some anyway, freak out if he doesn't light it up against Boston in game 1. He'll be fine.

theFireBlanket · Post #1665 » by **theFireBlanket** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 6:46 pm

Khris was working out the entire time. Regardless of shooting, I'd imagine his defense & stamina are going to be better. And the shooting is bound to come with reps.

MikeIsGood · Post #1666 » by **MikeIsGood** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 6:49 pm

awd4cy wrote:Everyone nationally is freaking out that Khris hasn't touched a basketball in 4 months.

Who is everyone? I haven't seen anything about this.

theFireBlanket · Post #1667 » by **theFireBlanket** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 6:50 pm

Simmons won't be able to stop Giannis, he's going to get destroyed head to head. He doesn't have the mentality to take him.

crkone · Post #1668 » by **crkone** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 6:57 pm

This does not look like fat Khris either:

Maybe the break helped his shooting. He was only shooting 29% on above the break 3s post allstar game. On a related note, Hill was 4 of 16.

Chuck Diesel · Post #1669 » by **Chuck Diesel** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:05 pm

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awd4cy · Post #1670 » by **awd4cy** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:18 pm

MikeIsGood wrote:
awd4cy wrote:Everyone nationally is freaking out that Khris hasn't touched a basketball in 4 months.

Who is everyone? I haven't seen anything about this.

I did a search on twitter. I shouldn’t have said everyone. Just many people are. Heard some blurb about Cowherd going off about it, but I try to ignore him.

awd4cy · Post #1671 » by **awd4cy** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:19 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:Let them freak out. Let the board, some anyway, freak out if he doesn't light it up against Boston in game 1. He'll be fine.

I agree, I think since it was said he hasn’t touched a basketball in 4 months, then people just assume he sat on his sofa eating junk food.

awd4cy · Post #1672 » by **awd4cy** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:21 pm

8 games will be plenty of time to shake any rust off.

Perishable517 · Post #1673 » by **Perishable517** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:28 pm

KidA24 wrote:
Matches Malone wrote:
emunney wrote:
This is a big problem mid- and long-term. Fortunately for us, they don't have guards yet.

Yes and no. The guard thing is very much true, but I don't think Ben will ever be able to guard Giannis in the post. He'll get moved around 9/10 times.

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jute2003 · Post #1674 » by **jute2003** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:51 pm

awd4cy wrote:
MickeyDavis wrote:Let them freak out. Let the board, some anyway, freak out if he doesn't light it up against Boston in game 1. He'll be fine.

I agree, I think since it was said he hasn’t touched a basketball in 4 months, then people just assume he sat on his sofa eating junk food.

Well....he does kinda have a history.

Hopefully he kept in good shape and hits the ground like a rocket. I'm much more interested in his conditioning.

Post #1675 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:52 pm

Kirk Goldsberry:

Bam Adebayo: Can he stop Giannis Antetokounmpo?

The Bucks might be the best team in the East, but if you can slow down Antetokounmpo and contain their 3-point shooting, you can beat them. And that's exactly what the Miami Heat did on March 2.

Antetokounmpo had his worst game of the season in a 16-point loss, scoring just 13 points on 18 attempts while his team shot a dismal 20.6% from 3. Was that a regular-season fluke? Maybe. But Miami is 2-0 against the Bucks this year, and the Heat's roster includes one of the only players in the NBA who can physically hang with the reigning MVP.

Adebayo is 6-foot-9, 255 pounds and built for contemporary NBA defense. He has a strong feel for the game while being big enough to rebound and block shots and quick enough to guard the perimeter -- compelling evidence to suggest he might be the best Antetokounmpo-stopper outside of Kawhi Leonard.

Check this out: Of the 15 defenders who have guarded Antetokounmpo at least 50 times this season, nobody has held him to fewer points per possession than Adebayo, per Second Spectrum tracking data. The reigning MVP posted nine points on 20 shots in those 66 matchups.

The samples are small, but Adebayo looks like the one guy who could slow down Antetokounmpo in the East. If the regular season is any indication, Miami has a chance to spoil Milwaukee's season early.

Khris Middleton: Will he show up when Antetokounmpo is off?

Milwaukee looks like one of the best teams in recent NBA history, but they do have one major flaw. If you can slow down the reigning MVP's offense, you can make the Bucks mortal. That's where Middleton comes in.

The All-Star wing isn't just Milwaukee's second-best player, he is their stopgap if and when an opponent is able to slow down Antetokounmpo.

Middleton has emerged as one of the league's most efficient volume jump shooters. He has been brilliant during the regular season, posting career highs in both points per game and shooting efficiency, but none of that will matter if it doesn't translate to the postseason.

Middleton disappeared when Milwaukee needed him most last year against the Raptors in the conference finals. In Game 3 -- a game Milwaukee lost by six points -- Middleton shot 3-for-16 and managed just nine points. In Game 5, another six-point loss, Middleton went 2-for-9 and scored just six points.

For this team to get to the next level -- and for them to entice Antetokounmpo to sign an extension -- performances like that can't happen this year. No pressure, Khris.

vegaspacker · Post #1676 » by **vegaspacker** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:59 pm

Vegas Hospitals are putting the clamps on visitors tonight again. Only birth/death exceptions will allow one visitor.

tski1972 · Post #1677 » by **tski1972** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 8:00 pm

Will the snitches get stitches?

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WeekapaugGroove · Post #1678 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:07 pm

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Looks like we're going to miss out on super cool beas in the bubble.

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Beorn · Post #1679 » by **Beorn** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:14 pm

In terms of entertainment,
Finding out the idiotic ways NBA players manage to get caught violating the Covid protocols>>> the actual pre-Playoff games in Disney

MissKhriddleton · Post #1680 » by **MissKhriddleton** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:28 pm

Super dissappointed that the Bubble isn't being turned into a Bravo reality show.