Around the league 2017-2018

LongLiveHinkie · Post #1761 » by **LongLiveHinkie** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 7:03 am

He will never shoot well until he fixes that damn form. I said it a million times in the pre draft process. It's why I didn't want him. He's a good facilitator, well-rounded player, but he will never be a great scorer or shooter in the NBA with that jumper. It's freaking impossible and unnatural.

It's like trying to play competitive video console gaming hitting the triggers with your pinkies, or playing tennis and trying to hit the ball with the handle instead of the racket, or using a lefty hockey stick when you normally use righties. You can't shoot effectively from the opposite side of your head, it's ridiculous. Until that changes, he will never maximize his shooting percentages.

cksdayoff · Post #1762 » by **cksdayoff** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 9:51 am

everyday i thank the lord that lonzo ball wasn't anywhere near the sixers radar for the draft

Kolkmania · Post #1763 » by **Kolkmania** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 10:14 am

LongLiveHinkie wrote:He will never shoot well until he fixes that damn form. I said it a million times in the pre draft process. It's why I didn't want him. He's a good facilitator, well-rounded player, but he will never be a great scorer or shooter in the NBA with that jumper. It's freaking impossible and unnatural.

It's like trying to play competitive video console gaming hitting the triggers with your pinkies, or playing tennis and trying to hit the ball with the handle instead of the racket, or using a lefty hockey stick when you normally use righties. You can't shoot effectively from the opposite side of your head, it's ridiculous. Until that changes, he will never maximize his shooting percentages.

It's natural to him though, if you play with a lefty hockey stick your entire life then it's nearly impossible to change to a right one.

Ball tried to change his form in the preseason of UCLA, but shot abysmal and basically decide to stick with the shooting habit he developed throughout his entire youth. I don't really mind the weird shooting form that much, apart from the increase in difficulty when shooting going to the right more difficult.

I think it's the lower body that's going through an adjustment period to the NBA 3.

LloydFree · Post #1764 » by **LloydFree** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 12:13 pm

TTP wrote:I'm not going to comment on the trade up to #1, but when Mitchell is sitting there at 13, I have no idea how we don't top the Jazz' offer. I was hoping we could find a way to sneak back into the top 11 or so to get him. He was a very good prospect and would have been a really nice fit next to Simmons as a potential 5th starter or 6th man. I imagine he'd look much better right now in a role where he didn't have to do as much offensively.

Why would we top any offer for Mitchell? We had already flushed two lottery picks on the same position. They're going to spend all of their assets on two rookie PG/SGs to do perform the same role?

Post #1765 » by **Sixerscan** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 1:53 pm

LloydFree wrote:
TTP wrote:I'm not going to comment on the trade up to #1, but when Mitchell is sitting there at 13, I have no idea how we don't top the Jazz' offer. I was hoping we could find a way to sneak back into the top 11 or so to get him. He was a very good prospect and would have been a really nice fit next to Simmons as a potential 5th starter or 6th man. I imagine he'd look much better right now in a role where he didn't have to do as much offensively.

Why would we top any offer for Mitchell? We had already flushed two lottery picks on the same position. They're going to spend all of their assets on two rookie PG/SGs to do perform the same role?

Well unless the NBA starts requiring you play 7 people at a time I'm not sure how many roles the has has left that it doesn't have someone longish term in already. Looking at it from the perspective of the night of the draft, Once covington signs his extension you're going to have 4 of the 5 starting spots controlled for at least the next 4 years (counting bens rfa year.) Then you have Dario, TLC, Korkmas all locked in for 4-5 years if you want them. TJ and Holmes have 2 years then they may want an extension. Theres picnic baskets and the other Euros. There's still the 3 1st rounders we have in the next two years. Oh and there's also the max cap space next summer.

In the NBA only like 9 guys get regular playing time. And in the playoffs that really gets cut down to 7 or 8. I named more than 12 people above. They need to start consolidating the assets into an actual rotation or there just not going to have enough playing time for everyone.

I also don't think it would have taken anything crazy to top Utah's offer (lyles and a late first)

sixerswillrule · Post #1766 » by **sixerswillrule** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 2:14 pm

I know we may not have ended up with Simmons, but it's scary to think what this team would look like with Porzingis getting Saric and Holmes' minutes.

cksdayoff · Post #1767 » by **cksdayoff** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 3:38 pm

yea, porzingis is a monster. i'm more impressed with porzingis than i am of giannis. and i think it has to do with my low expectations of porzingis as a #1 option. realizing the guy is a legit 7'2 or 7'3 guy who can do everything on the court on offense and defense. i'm really amazed

Unbreakable99 · Post #1768 » by **Unbreakable99** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 4:27 pm

sixerswillrule wrote:I know we may not have ended up with Simmons, but it's scary to think what this team would look like with Porzingis getting Saric and Holmes' minutes.

We would have ended up with Simmons if we drafted Porzingis. Hinkie blew that. We should have Embiid Porzignis and Simmons. Hinkie flopped.

Unbreakable99 · Post #1769 » by **Unbreakable99** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 4:35 pm

cksdayoff wrote:yea, porzingis is a monster. i'm more impressed with porzingis than i am of giannis. and i think it has to do with my low expectations of porzingis as a #1 option. realizing the guy is a legit 7'2 or 7'3 guy who can do everything on the court on offense and defense. i'm really amazed

I said last year I’d take Porzingis over KAT and I’m saying that today. Porzingis is a beast an an MVP candidate TODAY! Harden Giannis LeBron Porzingis and Kyrie are my front runners for MVP so far.

Unbreakable99 · Post #1770 » by **Unbreakable99** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 4:57 pm

Read on Twitter

spikeslovechild · Post #1771 » by **spikeslovechild** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 9:08 pm

Lonzo should forget about the BBB and go to Nike.

Name the new shoes [Nike] Air Ball.

phiphan · Post #1772 » by **phiphan** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 9:30 pm

spikeslovechild wrote:Lonzo should forget about the BBB and go to Nike.

Name the new shoes [Nike] Air Ball.

LordCovington33 · Post #1773 » by **LordCovington33** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 9:48 pm

spikeslovechild wrote:Lonzo should forget about the BBB and go to Nike.

Name the new shoes [Nike] Air Ball.

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cksdayoff · Post #1774 » by **cksdayoff** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 10:14 pm

Gant wrote:

https://twitter.com/NBA_Math

josh jackson should just buy up a house in that section if he plans on living there

LordCovington33 · Post #1775 » by **LordCovington33** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 10:39 pm

cksdayoff wrote:
Gant wrote:

https://twitter.com/NBA_Math

josh jackson should just buy up a house in that section if he plans on living there

His next-door neighbors are Malik Monk and DSJ.

Unbreakable99 · Post #1776 » by **Unbreakable99** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 11:39 pm

Read on Twitter

Post #1777 » by **Sixerscan** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 11:48 pm

Sounds like a realgm poster complaining about a coach.

Kobblehead · Post #1778 » by **Kobblehead** » Mon Nov 6, 2017 11:52 pm

These graphs are so obnoxious to me, lol. I'm trying to zoom in and recognize faces.

Kobblehead · Post #1779 » by **Kobblehead** » Tue Nov 7, 2017 2:52 am

Kyrie is just too nice. He closed a tight game out in Atlanta tonight. Tatum hit a big shot down the stretch, as well.

Unbreakable99 · Post #1780 » by **Unbreakable99** » Tue Nov 7, 2017 2:53 am

Tatum is out here winning games for the Celtics in crunch time and was 3-5 from 3 lol. Keep balling out young man and show BC how dumb he was to trade up. People said he couldn’t shoot 3s and didn’t have the range. I thought his shooting was real. He might shoot over 50% from 3 this year. Tatum is playing great while Fultz forgot how to shoot. Great job BC. Big dummy.