NBA Games Discussion Thread - Part 4

FAH1223 · Post #1941 » by **FAH1223** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:13 am

long suffrin' boulez fan wrote:Nets Bucks game was really good.

The Lakers are still the class of the league... but the East’s got its groove back.

Lakers choked away an 18 point lead

Read on Twitter

Post #1942 » by **Ruzious** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:06 am

nate33 wrote:Okongwu played his first game with Atlanta last night. It didn't look very good:

Watch on YouTube

Not exactly meaningful. I mean - Giannis has some awful highlights every game, and he's a 2-time MVP.

Post #1943 » by **nate33** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:47 pm

Ruzious wrote:
nate33 wrote:Okongwu played his first game with Atlanta last night. It didn't look very good:

Watch on YouTube

Not exactly meaningful. I mean - Giannis has some awful highlights every game, and he's a 2-time MVP.

I just thought it was noteworthy. He seemed more polished in college. He looked terrible that first game. But you are absolutely right that one game isn't enough to make any type of long term judgement.

pcbothwel · Post #1944 » by **pcbothwel** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:49 pm

nate33 wrote:
Ruzious wrote:
nate33 wrote:Okongwu played his first game with Atlanta last night. It didn't look very good:

Watch on YouTube

Not exactly meaningful. I mean - Giannis has some awful highlights every game, and he's a 2-time MVP.

I just thought it was noteworthy. He seemed more polished in college. He looked terrible that first game. But you are absolutely right that one game isn't enough to make any type of long term judgement.

Ehhh. He was going up against Gobert and Favors. That is a hell of intro for a Center that isnt skilled enough to stretch the floor.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #1945 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 3:56 am

FAH1223 wrote:
long suffrin' boulez fan wrote:Nets Bucks game was really good.

The Lakers are still the class of the league... but the East’s got its groove back.

Lakers choked away an 18 point lead

Read on Twitter

With the way the NBA relies upon three point shooting, I think Brooklyn now has the team to beat.

There is no way to cover all three of Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, and James Harden.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #1946 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 3:36 am

Clint Capela had 27 points, 26 rebounds and 5 blocked shots. Trae Young had 38 points and 10 assists. John Collins had 31 points and 10 rebounds.

The Hawks beat Detroit and they are 7-7.

queridiculo · Post #1947 » by **queridiculo** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:03 am

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:With the way the NBA relies upon three point shooting, I think Brooklyn now has the team to beat.

There is no way to cover all three of Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, and James Harden.

In the NBA playoffs it is still all about getting stops.

Maybe in the regular season you can get away with gimmick offense, but come playoff time, on shortened rotations, how do you expect the Nets to defend anyone?

I am looking at that Nets roster and there isn't anybody that plays a lick of defense.

I don't see them making waves when it matters.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #1948 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:14 am

queridiculo wrote:
Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:With the way the NBA relies upon three point shooting, I think Brooklyn now has the team to beat.

There is no way to cover all three of Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, and James Harden.

In the NBA playoffs it is still all about getting stops.

Maybe in the regular season you can get away with gimmick offense, but come playoff time, on shortened rotations, how do you expect the Nets to defend anyone?

I am looking at that Nets roster and there isn't anybody that plays a lick of defense.

I don't see them making waves when it matters.

Funny thing is that the two games without Kyrie, Durant and Harden had enough offense to win over good teams. Tonight they got drilled by Sexton and Cleveland’s super impressive bench players who came from the trade.

Jarrett Allen and Taurean Prince got revenge in short order.

Brooklyn lost to the Cavs and it reminds me of the Wizards losing to Chicago twice and Orlando. They’ve got offense with good interior two way players.

The Nets just lack depth. Double overtime is the greater story. The barely lost with no bench and nothing in the middle.

cwb3 · Post #1949 » by **cwb3** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:26 pm

Are the Wizards playing the Bucks tomorrow?!?

Benjammin · Post #1950 » by **Benjammin** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:38 pm

cwb3 wrote:Are the Wizards playing the Bucks tomorrow?!?

At the rate they're going they will never play again...

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FAH1223 · Post #1951 » by **FAH1223** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 2:44 am

Blazers blown out in Milwaukee

Watch em come blazing against the Bullets

closg00 · Post #1952 » by **closg00** » Tue Feb 2, 2021 3:26 pm

Referees Stop Lakers vs. Hawks After LeBron James Heckled by Spectator

https://www.si.com/nba/2021/02/02/lebron-james-heckler-game-stopped-lakers-hawks

I was surprised to read this, how-many teams have fans in the stands?/....don't make me Google-it

Post #1953 » by **Ruzious** » Fri Feb 5, 2021 11:04 am

Kelly Oubre - 40 points and made 7 of 10 3's, 8 rebounds, a great game. Thing is, he always follows great games with stinkers. Is he ever going to get over that and become a consistent quality player? The talent is definitely there.

closg00 · Post #1954 » by **closg00** » Fri Feb 5, 2021 1:15 pm

Ruzious wrote:Kelly Oubre - 40 points and made 7 of 10 3's, 8 rebounds, a great game. Thing is, he always follows great games with stinkers. Is he ever going to get over that and become a consistent quality player? The talent is definitely there.

Whoa!! Yes in answer to your question, he is only 25 and he says he is just now getting comfortable with a new system and teammates

Post #1955 » by **Ruzious** » Fri Feb 5, 2021 1:41 pm

closg00 wrote:
Ruzious wrote:Kelly Oubre - 40 points and made 7 of 10 3's, 8 rebounds, a great game. Thing is, he always follows great games with stinkers. Is he ever going to get over that and become a consistent quality player? The talent is definitely there.

Whoa!! Yes in answer to your question, he is only 25 and he says he is just now getting comfortable with a new system and teammates

I think it's related to him being immature, and by 25 - you generally are what you're going to be. I still see him preen way too much after good plays, and that - to me - means there's the same immaturity issue that he's always had. Let's see how he follows up the 40 point game. If he goes 2 for 10, I won't be surprised. You see the problem - his own team never knows what he's going to give them from game to game.

Dat2U · Post #1956 » by **Dat2U** » Fri Feb 5, 2021 2:52 pm

John Wall does nothing but win now and is doing so with a modestly talented roster.

Post #1957 » by **Ruzious** » Fri Feb 5, 2021 3:03 pm

Dat2U wrote:John Wall does nothing but win now and is doing so with a modestly talented roster.

Too bad that Wood got injured. They were looking good with everyone healthy and Gordon playing maybe the best basketball of his career.

Post #1958 » by **nate33** » Fri Feb 5, 2021 3:52 pm

Dat2U wrote:John Wall does nothing but win now and is doing so with a modestly talented roster.

Weird. He had a statistically awful game (6/17 FG, 7 turnovers) but finished with the best +/-.

pcbothwel · Post #1959 » by **pcbothwel** » Fri Feb 5, 2021 4:01 pm

Dat2U wrote:John Wall does nothing but win now and is doing so with a modestly talented roster.

Dat... If Russ put up the statline Wall did last night we would demand Brooks sit him down.

"He was a +34 and put up 22 & 8"...
But he took 17 shots to get those 22 points, he turned the ball over 7 times to get 8 assist

, and he grabbed a whopping 1 SINGLE rebound while not gathering any steals or blocks.

Dat2U · Post #1960 » by **Dat2U** » Fri Feb 5, 2021 5:24 pm

pcbothwel wrote:
Dat2U wrote:John Wall does nothing but win now and is doing so with a modestly talented roster.

Dat... If Russ put up the statline Wall did last night we would demand Brooks sit him down.

"He was a +34 and put up 22 & 8"...
But he took 17 shots to get those 22 points, he turned the ball over 7 times to get 8 assist , and he grabbed a whopping 1 SINGLE rebound while not gathering any steals or blocks.

Yep. Wall's real impact can be tough to measure. I remember many times where he's had stretches of TOs in a short span by just being sloppy, especially in situations that weren't high leverage.

Unfortunately Wall has an off switch unlike Westy where he can be on cruise control and it impacts his stats negatively.