2021-22 NBA Season Discussion

Dr Positivity · Post #1641 » by **Dr Positivity** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 6:11 am

Kyrie and Durant is a really nice combo shotmaking wise, it's too bad Kyrie is injured so often.

Harden has no more excuses if PHI flames out as a low chemistry stagnant team that just isos and tries to flop for fouls. Him and Embiid need to be better than the sum of their parts, not just guys taking turns.

70sFan · Post #1642 » by **70sFan** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 3:35 pm

I know it shouldn't matter in a total picture, but Harden's horrible performance tonight is inexcusable. I hope he'd learn a lesson from this coming into the playoffs, because Philly needs motivated Harden, not the horrible version of himself that was on the court tonight.

Peregrine01 · Post #1643 » by **Peregrine01** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 4:04 pm

70sFan wrote:I know it shouldn't matter in a total picture, but Harden's horrible performance tonight is inexcusable. I hope he'd learn a lesson from this coming into the playoffs, because Philly needs motivated Harden, not the horrible version of himself that was on the court tonight.

I'm pretty sure he's motivated. I just think he struggles a lot when he doesn't get to the line. When you design your game to get FTs and suddenly don't, there's not much else to go to. It's the same thing we see from him again and again in the playoffs. I think the blueprint on guarding Harden has been out for sometime but he's yet to show any significant adjustments to his approach.

parsnips33 · Post #1644 » by **parsnips33** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 5:17 pm

Brooklyn is going to be really hard to stop in the playoffs. Interested to see how Simmons slots into everything, but the shotmaking between KD Kyrie and Seth alone is ridiculous.

I also cannot wait to see a Steph-Poole-Klay-OPJ-Draymond lineup

Colbinii · Post #1645 » by **Colbinii** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 5:38 pm

parsnips33 wrote:Brooklyn is going to be really hard to stop in the playoffs. Interested to see how Simmons slots into everything, but the shotmaking between KD Kyrie and Seth alone is ridiculous.

I also cannot wait to see a Steph-Poole-Klay-OPJ-Draymond lineup

If you picture Simmons in the Bruce Brown role but simply better, that's what he will be doing. Or picture Westbrook in Houston but without a heliocentric offensive player like Harden and instead Kyrie/Durant.

parsnips33 · Post #1646 » by **parsnips33** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 5:52 pm

Colbinii wrote:
parsnips33 wrote:Brooklyn is going to be really hard to stop in the playoffs. Interested to see how Simmons slots into everything, but the shotmaking between KD Kyrie and Seth alone is ridiculous.

I also cannot wait to see a Steph-Poole-Klay-OPJ-Draymond lineup

If you picture Simmons in the Bruce Brown role but simply better, that's what he will be doing. Or picture Westbrook in Houston but without a heliocentric offensive player like Harden and instead Kyrie/Durant.

There was a play last night where KD had it on the block, draws the double, and throws it out to James Johnson who immediately turns it into a dribble hand-off for Kyrie against a scrambling defense. Simmons in that role is gonna be awesome

sp6r=underrated · Post #1647 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 6:23 pm

parsnips33 wrote:
Colbinii wrote:
parsnips33 wrote:Brooklyn is going to be really hard to stop in the playoffs. Interested to see how Simmons slots into everything, but the shotmaking between KD Kyrie and Seth alone is ridiculous.

I also cannot wait to see a Steph-Poole-Klay-OPJ-Draymond lineup

If you picture Simmons in the Bruce Brown role but simply better, that's what he will be doing. Or picture Westbrook in Houston but without a heliocentric offensive player like Harden and instead Kyrie/Durant.

There was a play last night where KD had it on the block, draws the double, and throws it out to James Johnson who immediately turns it into a dribble hand-off for Kyrie against a scrambling defense. Simmons in that role is gonna be awesome

If he's right mentally and able to get back into form quickly.

LukaTheGOAT · Post #1648 » by **LukaTheGOAT** » Sat Mar 12, 2022 3:48 am

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LukaTheGOAT · Post #1649 » by **LukaTheGOAT** » Sat Mar 12, 2022 3:49 am

Really great stuff!

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falcolombardi · Post #1650 » by **falcolombardi** » Sat Mar 12, 2022 4:24 am

LukaTheGOAT wrote:Really great stuff!

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awesome stuff

falcolombardi · Post #1651 » by **falcolombardi** » Sat Mar 12, 2022 5:50 am

lebron really is about to win his first scoring title at 37

GSP · Post #1652 » by **GSP** » Sat Mar 12, 2022 5:52 am

falcolombardi wrote:lebron really is about to win his first scoring title at 37

First? He won it in 08.......

falcolombardi · Post #1653 » by **falcolombardi** » Sat Mar 12, 2022 5:55 am

GSP wrote:
falcolombardi wrote:lebron really is about to win his first scoring title at 37

First? He won it in 08.......

ohh, my mistake. still pretty crazy stuff

he won it before and after his prime but never within it

Heej · Post #1654 » by **Heej** » Sat Mar 12, 2022 6:29 am

Peregrine01 wrote:
Heej wrote:
Clyde Frazier wrote:
Totally. Dwight at the top is pretty interesting/impressive too. The volume isn't super high, but high enough to mean something I think. I guess he's able to match Jokic's strength and still quick enough to make it hard on him? I'm not much of a post-prime Dwight fan, but yeah I'm impressed.

Dwight frustrated Jokic like crazy in the Bubble WCF

Jokic put up 22/7/5 against the Lakers on 62% TS. But he played only played 167 minutes in a 5 game series. It was foul trouble that frustrated Jokic more than anything.

Moreover, Jokic is a completely different animal right now. The biggest difference is how much more aggressive he's gotten. I don't think any version of Dwight handles current Jokic very well.

I don't think any great player gets handled by anyone lol. I was pointing out a series where I remember Dwight doing a good job making things difficult for him. That doesn't mean I expect him to be the first person to magically figure out how to neutralized Jokic this season.

LukaTheGOAT · Post #1655 » by **LukaTheGOAT** » Sat Mar 12, 2022 6:58 am

Heej wrote:
Peregrine01 wrote:
Heej wrote:Dwight frustrated Jokic like crazy in the Bubble WCF

Jokic put up 22/7/5 against the Lakers on 62% TS. But he played only played 167 minutes in a 5 game series. It was foul trouble that frustrated Jokic more than anything.

Moreover, Jokic is a completely different animal right now. The biggest difference is how much more aggressive he's gotten. I don't think any version of Dwight handles current Jokic very well.

I don't think any great player gets handled by anyone lol. I was pointing out a series where I remember Dwight doing a good job making things difficult for him. That doesn't mean I expect him to be the first person to magically figure out how to neutralized Jokic this season.

Colbinii · Post #1656 » by **Colbinii** » Sat Mar 12, 2022 2:26 pm

LukaTheGOAT wrote:
Heej wrote:
Peregrine01 wrote:
Jokic put up 22/7/5 against the Lakers on 62% TS. But he played only played 167 minutes in a 5 game series. It was foul trouble that frustrated Jokic more than anything.

Moreover, Jokic is a completely different animal right now. The biggest difference is how much more aggressive he's gotten. I don't think any version of Dwight handles current Jokic very well.

I don't think any great player gets handled by anyone lol. I was pointing out a series where I remember Dwight doing a good job making things difficult for him. That doesn't mean I expect him to be the first person to magically figure out how to neutralized Jokic this season.

While we're on the topic, thought I should share it.

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This is how the topic started...

LukaTheGOAT · Post #1657 » by **LukaTheGOAT** » Sat Mar 12, 2022 3:14 pm

Colbinii wrote:
LukaTheGOAT wrote:
Heej wrote:I don't think any great player gets handled by anyone lol. I was pointing out a series where I remember Dwight doing a good job making things difficult for him. That doesn't mean I expect him to be the first person to magically figure out how to neutralized Jokic this season.

While we're on the topic, thought I should share it.

Read on Twitter

This is how the topic started...

Missed that.

sp6r=underrated · Post #1658 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Sun Mar 13, 2022 8:03 pm

Does anyone have a link to a good writeup of what Mark Jackson did in GS that was so toxic?

I know there is a consensus among insiders that he was truly toxic but I've never read the definitive writeup of what he did.

GSP · Post #1659 » by **GSP** » Sun Mar 13, 2022 8:12 pm

In last 2 weeks........

Barrett 46pts
Ja 46pts
Ja 52pts
Bron 56pts
Tatum 54pts
Middleton 44pts
Jokic 46pts
Randle 46pts
Kyrie 50pts
Trent 42pts
Bron 50pts
Clarkson 45pts
Josh Hart???? 44pts
Kd 53pts

WTF :lol:

Im prolly missing some too

falcolombardi · Post #1660 » by **falcolombardi** » Sun Mar 13, 2022 8:13 pm

sp6r=underrated wrote:Does anyone have a link to a good writeup of what Mark Jackson did in GS that was so toxic?

I know there is a consensus among insiders that he was truly toxic but I've never read the definitive writeup of what he did.

he is accused of pitting players vs each other to create some sort of "chip on their shoukders" and making one player legitemely cry (nothingh bad about crying, just pointing out how bad it supposedly got to get him that affected) cause he got accused falsely of shittalking teammates behind their backs

also bogut seemingly disliked him because mark Jackson was annoying over his religión and got into players (like atheist bogut) faces over it

not Sure how true those are, there are lots of outlandish stories about those warriors teams

like iguodala story of telling warriors the denver playbook in their series when he was stll with the nuggets, then iguodala and warriors countering with accusations that they were planning to injure players

lots of weird stories all around from that era