Around The NBA : 21-22 Edition

Clocian · Post #821 » by **Clocian** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 7:43 am

BullChit wrote:
Clocian wrote:omg, magic is gonna blow this. someone tell the coach to tell the players to stop rushing shots. You don't need a quick shot, you was up and the game is winding down smh

EDIT: Magic pulled it off THANK YOU! Seriously though, when are the nets gonna play some good teams . They need to go on a nice little losing streak.

Could the same be said for the Cavs and there 6 game winning streak!

I admit they are playing better ball than anybody expected but who the hell are they winning against.

The GB got on me because I pointed out they defeated 3 +.500 teams and the Rockets with half their team missing, and the other 2 wins were against the kings and wolves.

Decent team, with a nice front court, but pump the brakes :lol:

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sco · Post #822 » by **sco** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 4:28 pm

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report-zion-williamson-skipped-rehab-191911141.html

Dresden · Post #823 » by **Dresden** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 5:01 pm

TyrusRose2425 wrote:AD out at least one month

That guy is made out of glass.

Dresden · Post #824 » by **Dresden** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 5:03 pm

I hope Wendell is ok, but he's also been very injury prone in his young career.

Clocian · Post #825 » by **Clocian** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 5:30 pm

Nets and Cavs catching a break having their games postponed tonight

madvillian · Post #826 » by **madvillian** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 6:14 pm

Can someone explain to me how LeBron and Westbrook cleared protocol so quickly? Wouldn't every player take "13 tests" or whatever LeBron claimed if it got them back quicker than 10 days?

kodo · Post #827 » by **kodo** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 7:47 pm

madvillian wrote:Can someone explain to me how LeBron and Westbrook cleared protocol so quickly? Wouldn't every player take "13 tests" or whatever LeBron claimed if it got them back quicker than 10 days?

Lebron most likely never had covid. His tests came back positive & negative, so he automatically got into protocol. They tested him multiple times in the next days and they all were negative. There was almost certainly just a false positive, since this was well before the Lakers covid spread.

I also don't think players can retest if they are symptomatic and many of them are. Sixers, Hornets, Bulls. I think Derozan was asymptomatic but it seems like most players in protocol have symptoms.

MrFortune3 · Post #828 » by **MrFortune3** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 6:50 pm

sco wrote:https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report-zion-williamson-skipped-rehab-191911141.html

That is such an odd situation.

BullChit · Post #829 » by **BullChit** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 8:29 pm

MrFortune3 wrote:
sco wrote:https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report-zion-williamson-skipped-rehab-191911141.html

That is such an odd situation.

It's turning into a George Costanza ploy to get out of a relationship

FriedRise · Post #830 » by **FriedRise** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 8:51 pm

MrFortune3 wrote:
sco wrote:https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report-zion-williamson-skipped-rehab-191911141.html

That is such an odd situation.

YOU try staying awake after consuming all that New Orleans has to offer.

Grodoboldo · Post #831 » by **Grodoboldo** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 9:36 pm

FriedRise wrote:
MrFortune3 wrote:
sco wrote:https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report-zion-williamson-skipped-rehab-191911141.html

That is such an odd situation.

YOU try staying awake after consuming all that New Orleans has to offer.

Or thin

Post #832 » by **Michael Jackson** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:03 pm

BullChit wrote:
MrFortune3 wrote:
sco wrote:https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report-zion-williamson-skipped-rehab-191911141.html

That is such an odd situation.

It's turning into a George Costanza ploy to get out of a relationship

I think it is really clear that is what it is to me. Might be wrong. His family was never behind it have been rumbling about it for over a year. I just don't think he wants to be there. If he did he would take better care of himself. I don't think it is just as simple as he is that lazy. NOP isn't a great situation and everyone wants out of there shortly it seems.

sco · Post #833 » by **sco** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:22 pm

Michael Jackson wrote:
BullChit wrote:
MrFortune3 wrote:
That is such an odd situation.

It's turning into a George Costanza ploy to get out of a relationship

I think it is really clear that is what it is to me. Might be wrong. His family was never behind it have been rumbling about it for over a year. I just don't think he wants to be there. If he did he would take better care of himself. I don't think it is just as simple as he is that lazy. NOP isn't a great situation and everyone wants out of there shortly it seems.

Yeah, I do agree that stars want out of NO. I think, despite it being a cool city, it lacks national media coverage/endorsement cache. That said, Zion was already a national media sensation, so I'm confused.

Part of me still thinks that he has never developed the nutritional discipline, and it's just that simple. He is/was a physical freak with great instincts and skills, but I never heard anything about his off-court effort that suggested that he was a hard worker. It may just be that simple.

Post #834 » by **Michael Jackson** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:35 pm

sco wrote:
Michael Jackson wrote:
BullChit wrote:
It's turning into a George Costanza ploy to get out of a relationship

I think it is really clear that is what it is to me. Might be wrong. His family was never behind it have been rumbling about it for over a year. I just don't think he wants to be there. If he did he would take better care of himself. I don't think it is just as simple as he is that lazy. NOP isn't a great situation and everyone wants out of there shortly it seems.

Yeah, I do agree that stars want out of NO. I think, despite it being a cool city, it lacks national media coverage/endorsement cache. That said, Zion was already a national media sensation, so I'm confused.

Part of me still thinks that he has never developed the nutritional discipline, and it's just that simple. He is/was a physical freak with great instincts and skills, but I never heard anything about his off-court effort that suggested that he was a hard worker. It may just be that simple.

A big part is on Zion no doubt. I don’t think he is a hard worker in that sense and that is why NOP is a bad spot for him, similar to AD. Jordan, Kobe or Lebron would have owned the city. MYbe not have stayed but still owned it. He seems to just be barely giving effort.

erlim · Post #835 » by **erlim** » Tue Dec 21, 2021 12:42 pm

Caught this Iman Shumpert interview. I love how he calls the Bulls ‘we’.

Watch on YouTube

jc23 · Post #836 » by **jc23** » Tue Dec 21, 2021 1:49 pm

erlim wrote:Caught this Iman Shumpert interview. I love how he calls the Bulls ‘we’.

Watch on YouTube

1:43 and then Shumpert response :lol:

BullChit · Post #837 » by **BullChit** » Tue Dec 21, 2021 2:03 pm

Hahaha I like Shumpert now hahaha

FriedRise · Post #838 » by **FriedRise** » Tue Dec 21, 2021 3:52 pm

Shumpman lobbying to get that next 10-day contract from the Bulls. He's only 31!

Would be a great addition especially if he's motivated but this roster just has so many defensive-minded guards like him that it'd be hard to justify the signing.

HoopsterJones · Post #839 » by **HoopsterJones** » Tue Dec 21, 2021 4:03 pm

Shumpert is from Oak Park and was a Bulls fan growing up. Maybe why he refers to the Bulls to we. I like it.

MrSparkle · Post #840 » by **MrSparkle** » Tue Dec 21, 2021 4:42 pm

Man , what in the hell is the deal with the disrespect all the Bulls' 90s opponents get?

Couldn't sweep Stockton/Malone/Sloan Jazz... just a walk in the park? WTF? Top-10 PG all-time and top-5 PF all-time, loaded supporting cast, HOF coach... made Barkley/Olajuwon want to go into early retirement... swept the 99 champion Spurs.. swept Shaq & young Kobe Lakers.

This podcaster was talking nonsense. Glad to see Shumpert clown him. :lol:

And what's he talking up the 12 Thunder? Harden, Durant and Westbrook were all children. Grandpa Perkins and Thabo would've gotten eaten alive.

The Heat were a super team but they never had "it." They underachieved to their 8x chip expectations, never got closed to sniffing 72 wins. I have no hesitation saying any of the 6 Bulls chip teams (probably even 93-95 squads) would've beaten them. I'll give them 1.5/8, Heat at their best with the Shane/Ray/Birdman re-enforcement and Bulls at their worst with MJ playing baseball.