The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:Not this year. Milwaukee and Toronto are ahead of them team this year. On top of that you can't win with a bench this poor.
I like the reverse jinx!
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The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:Not this year. Milwaukee and Toronto are ahead of them team this year. On top of that you can't win with a bench this poor.
We certainly have all the pieces to be a championship contender. Offensively, we’ve got lots of different weapons, guys that we can go to, lots of playmakers to get a big bucket. I think that can be a blessing and a curse sometimes. We’re blessed as a team to have this many ball handlers. But I think that’s also a danger for our team, because we have so many guys who can do different things and make plays, and create shots for themselves. In some cases, we’ve basically just stopped moving the ball and instead kind of watched and taken turns. That’s when we get out of rhythm.
When you’re not the one handling it, you’ve got to find other ways to impact the game and try to help us win. If we’re playing an isolation game, and not hitting shots that night, it’s pretty easy to get beaten. So we just have to be careful of that, and try to make sure we’re keeping the ball moving side to side.
When we utilize everybody, and by that I mean, moving the ball, moving bodies, making it so we’re not just kind of standing and watching and taking turns, that’s when we’re at our best. Certainly, when we can get in transition, too—with the ability for anybody to bring the ball up, and how fast we can get up the court with the athletes that we have—we’re at our best, too.
That’s where we really have to really make it easy for ourselves on the offensive end—through good defense. When you’re able to get stops on defense and then run, you can get out and get easy baskets. Usually in those situations, the ball is moving because you have an advantage when you’re in transition, in some way or another. The reads are always pretty easy, and you’re able to make plays. Everyone is getting involved that way.
We definitely have shown this year—and I truly feel this—that we have the ability to be really, really good on defense, to lock people down just with how versatile we are. So it’s a big key for us, defensively, making sure that we’re focused on that end of the floor.
No, imo. It's just the way the league is structured. Top end talent. LA teams are the only two teams who are legit contenders, imo.ConstableGeneva wrote:Does reaching the Conference Finals and being among the last four standing make us "legit contenders"? Asking for a friend.
ConstableGeneva wrote:Does reaching the Conference Finals and being among the last four standing make us "legit contenders"? Asking for a friend.
Manocad wrote:I have an engineering degree, an exceptionally high IQ, and can point to the exact location/area of any country on an unlabeled globe.
chrisab123 wrote:They have a 25% chance to win the title. Thats legit
31to6 wrote:chrisab123 wrote:They have a 25% chance to win the title. Thats legit
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-nba-predictions/?ex_cid=rrpromo
60%, according to fivethirtyeight’s model which is for some reason basically humping our leg.
31to6 wrote:chrisab123 wrote:They have a 25% chance to win the title. Thats legit
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-nba-predictions/?ex_cid=rrpromo
60%, according to fivethirtyeight’s model which is for some reason basically humping our leg.
Manocad wrote:I have an engineering degree, an exceptionally high IQ, and can point to the exact location/area of any country on an unlabeled globe.