Around the League: 2020 Offseason

bball4life · Post #1341 » by **bball4life** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 6:55 pm

How can the Knicks continue to be so putrid at drafting lottery picks? Obi Toppin seems to have one discernable ability, jumping. He's awful at everything else. Half a game watching him and you can see he shouldn't be in the league. He can join RJ Barrett, Knox and Frank NLetters as the worst set of draft picks by any team by far in the last few years.

Negrodamus · Post #1342 » by **Negrodamus** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 7:11 pm

Man, Quickley has been, dare I say it, balling out recent.

76ciology · Post #1343 » by **76ciology** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 7:15 pm

Read on Twitter

Such a funny guy

Monix · Post #1344 » by **Monix** » Mon Jan 18, 2021 6:41 pm

Picnic Baskets released by Washington

youngcrev · Post #1345 » by **youngcrev** » Mon Jan 18, 2021 6:50 pm

76ciology wrote:

Read on Twitter

Such a funny guy

Wait til you see his list where he puts himself 4 times.

76ciology · Post #1346 » by **76ciology** » Mon Jan 18, 2021 7:09 pm

youngcrev wrote:
76ciology wrote:

Read on Twitter

Such a funny guy

Wait til you see his list where he puts himself 4 times.

Read on Twitter

Post #1347 » by **Stanford** » Mon Jan 18, 2021 7:13 pm

Channing is such boring normie

Negrodamus · Post #1348 » by **Negrodamus** » Mon Jan 18, 2021 7:50 pm

Watching my first T'Wolves action this season and it's pretty funny. DLo is so uncommitted on defense, so they surround him with strong defenders like Vanderbilt and Okogie, who can only do so much to cover for him.

76ciology · Post #1349 » by **76ciology** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:46 am

Are you guys watching the Bucks vs Nets game?

How can you defend 3 guys you can’t touch in transition? You can see here how the league will have to find a way to call the fouls if they’re playing.

76ciology · Post #1350 » by **76ciology** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 3:14 am

76ciology wrote:Are you guys watching the Bucks vs Nets game?

How can you defend 3 guys you can’t touch in transition? You can see here how the league will have to find a way to call the fouls if they’re playing.

Nets arent stopping any team from scoring (Deandre Jordan’s defense is bad) while teams would try to stop the Nets from scoring but it’s really difficult because of the handcheck. Specially on transition.

The intensity is just bad.

76ciology · Post #1351 » by **76ciology** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 4:42 am

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Kevin Porter Jr

76ciology · Post #1352 » by **76ciology** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 4:47 am

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Yup. He has high upside. I like what im seeing from him.

Negrodamus · Post #1353 » by **Negrodamus** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:55 am

The Nets keeping Joe Harris was so huge for them. Harden is going to rack up assists with the oop option to Jordan and the kick out to Harris, along with having 2 superstar scorers in Durant and Irving obviously.

76ciology · Post #1354 » by **76ciology** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:58 am

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Bad defense?

mithrandir17 · Post #1355 » by **mithrandir17** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:27 am

76ciology wrote:

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Bad defense?

76ciology · Post #1356 » by **76ciology** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:33 am

mithrandir17 wrote:
76ciology wrote:

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Bad defense?

Bad shot. Illusion the league sells to defenders.

Think about this.. and watch the clip.

You can’t hand check. So you sag a little back.

Players shoot like crazy nowadays.

Some dribbling move creates separation. You step back, thats as good as an open shot nowadays.

This is why Harden scores 1.2 points per possession on those step back.

AD’s got like 7’6” wingspan and 9’ reach.

“But that’s Steph Curry”

Who do you expect to face during the playoffs? Tyus Jones? Hahaha

Look how money Kemba’s stepback was during the playoffs.

sixers4real · Post #1357 » by **sixers4real** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:44 am

76ciology wrote:
mithrandir17 wrote:
76ciology wrote:

Read on Twitter

Bad defense?

Bad shot. Illusion the league sells to defenders.

Think about this.. and watch the clip.

You can’t hand check. So you sag a little back.

Players shoot like crazy nowadays.

Some dribbling move creates separation. You step back, thats as good as an open shot nowadays.

This is why Harden scores 1.2 points per possession on those step back.

AD’s got like 7’6” wingspan and 9’ reach.

“But that’s Steph Curry”

Who do you expect to face during the playoffs? Tyus Jones? Hahaha

Look how money Kemba’s stepback was during the playoffs.

So you’re saying defense won’t matter in playoffs?

76ciology · Post #1358 » by **76ciology** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:01 am

sixers4real wrote:
76ciology wrote:
mithrandir17 wrote:

Bad shot. Illusion the league sells to defenders.

Think about this.. and watch the clip.

You can’t hand check. So you sag a little back.

Players shoot like crazy nowadays.

Some dribbling move creates separation. You step back, thats as good as an open shot nowadays.

This is why Harden scores 1.2 points per possession on those step back.

AD’s got like 7’6” wingspan and 9’ reach.

“But that’s Steph Curry”

Who do you expect to face during the playoffs? Tyus Jones? Hahaha

Look how money Kemba’s stepback was during the playoffs.

So you’re saying defense won’t matter in playoffs?

It matters in general. But against elite offense and elite scorers, it matters really less.

Just think about it. Seth Curry was such a liability for the Mavs on defense againsy their series with the Clips. But Seth has the highest NetRtg among their guys.

I’d put it this way. To beat your opponent, you need to atleast be nearly as good as their offense. Then make the difference with your defense.

Mik317 · Post #1359 » by **Mik317** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:29 pm

sometimes dudes hit tough shots. Not sure why you are acting like its deeper than that lol. Great players simply hit more of those tough shots.

Kobblehead · Post #1360 » by **Kobblehead** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 3:31 pm

76ciology wrote:

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Yup. He has high upside. I like what im seeing from him.

Not a fan of Wiseman. People get so caught up on how he looks and how he moves. Caught up in the allure of a big, graceful athlete. When you boil it all down, though, he's not a great defender like Embiid and Davis were coming out. And that's the only valid excuse for taking a bigman over a creator.

Passing on LaMelo was inexcusable. He's already an elite defender at age 19 and 180 pounds. Imagine once he fills out. True two-way superstar in the making. The perfect player for Steph to pass the torch to.

Instead, they drafted another big in the Towns/Ayton spectrum of scoring bigs with unexceptional defense.