ATL - 2021-22 Regular Season Begins

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #1841 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 4:40 am

Tucker putting up arguably his best stats of his career is mildly infuriating

Plossum · Post #1842 » by **Plossum** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 5:13 am

RiotPunch wrote:Bubble Boi getting Thunderstruck so far without Jimmy and Bam.

He looked pretty good out there...

RiotPunch · Post #1843 » by **RiotPunch** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 9:38 am

Plossum wrote:
RiotPunch wrote:Bubble Boi getting Thunderstruck so far without Jimmy and Bam.

He looked pretty good out there...

He eventually got it together, it was a rough start though.

I was mostly irked because I had him like 95% rostered in all of my DFS lineups. I needed to talk **** on a message board to motivate him, and it worked!

Post #1844 » by **MickeyDavis** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 1:09 am

Go Warriors

blazza18 · Post #1845 » by **blazza18** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 1:16 am

Kuminga plays way bigger than his listed 6'7.

benultimate · Post #1846 » by **benultimate** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 1:28 am

Every time I see Bjelica out there for the Warriors I think it's David Lee

Plossum · Post #1847 » by **Plossum** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 3:03 am

Wiggins has turned into a nice player. He's still overpaid for what he brings but he's at least become a solid contributor to winning basketball now. I'm not expecting much from Klay when he's back, but if he rounds into shape by Playoffs time, the Warriors will be hard to beat.

Can't believe we didn't make a run at Otto Porter. He would've been great here and was available for nothing.

Post #1848 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 3:10 am

I did not expect the Warriors to be anything close to this.

Baddy Chuck · Post #1849 » by **Baddy Chuck** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 3:29 am

Plossum wrote:Can believe we didn't make a run at Otto Porter. He would've been great here and was available for nothing.

The obvious counter argument to this is he simply chose to sign in GS for a year to rehab his value. I assume every team went at him for the minimum.

Post #1850 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:04 am

Read on Twitter

Wow.

Milbucks96 · Post #1851 » by **Milbucks96** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:19 am

ReasonablySober wrote:

Read on Twitter

Wow.

Staples center is so iconic, weird to see it go right in the middle of a season.

Not to defend the billionaires because at the end of the day **** them and their money, but stuff like this is why the warriors, lakers, nets etc… can have tax bills 2-4 times higher than ours and still look to add talent while competing for rings because they make so much extra money from just being in a big city or for being an iconic franchise.

Pachinko_ · Post #1852 » by **Pachinko_** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 6:51 am

Milbucks96 wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:

Read on Twitter

Wow.

Staples center is so iconic, weird to see it go right in the middle of a season.

Not to defend the billionaires because at the end of the day **** them and their money, but stuff like this is why the warriors, lakers, nets etc… can have tax bills 2-4 times higher than ours and still look to add talent while competing for rings because they make so much extra money from just being in a big city or for being an iconic franchise.

I personally think the amount of parity already achieved by the NBA, although far from perfect, is absolutely phenomenal. Because it has to fight those things you mentioned. Parity is unnatural in a way.

I will however tell you this: In Europe the situation is obviously opposite, big cities have big teams and big teams win everything, simple as that. No one even knows what parity is, let alone demand it. There was however a small town with a population of less than 200,000 in Croatia. And because they really loved and nurtured basketball for decades, eventually they got to have a team that included Toni Kukoc, Dino Radja and a bunch of other local underpaid guys you wouldn't know. And that team beat every big team in Europe and won absolutely everything for 3 years straight. Now that is something that if you are very lucky it happens once in a lifetime, but when it happens, and if you are a fan of THAT team, that feeling is something that **** allover any NBA title you can ever imagine.

Too much parity kind of ruins the best Cinderella stories for me a little bit. To slay giants you need to have some giants, you know what I mean?

Plossum · Post #1853 » by **Plossum** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 6:56 am

Yeah, I think the big vs small market in the NBA has become less of a thing over the years. The owners are all outrageously rich. It just comes down to their will to spend more than anything else. Gilbert spent big when he had Lebron on the roster, as have the Bucks to build a title winner.

The big markets will always have advantages over the smaller ones but it's less of an issue than it was 10-20 years ago.

Fotis St · Post #1854 » by **Fotis St** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 9:02 am

Told you I really like the Bulls in summer.
Alot here underestimated them.
You need to respect DeRozan's game eventually. His a high character guy in terms of working hard and trying to improve every year.
Only Vucevic is out of sync for the time being.
If Vuc syncs in, I don't want to face them at the playoffs till East Finals. They have alot of firepower and Lonzo+Caruso are glue tall guys that can guard Jrue. Jrue will have a hard time against em. We have advantage with our tall backcourt except few teams, one of them is the Bulls.

Ron Swanson · Post #1855 » by **Ron Swanson** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 2:54 pm

Despite all the offseason hand-wringing over how they were snatching up every veteran free agent, the Nets bench has been low-key awful. Patty and Aldridge have been their only consistent rotation guys. Blake can't shoot now and Bruce Brown is a PJ Tucker level offensive threat. Carter and Bembry are barely above G-league level dudes, Millsap and Johnson are washed, and if their young 20-21 year old guys (Claxton, Cam Thomas, Sharpe, Edwards) are ever forced to play real minutes, then they're gonna be in trouble. Kerr has managed to piece together a pretty respectable defense, but Durant is carrying them right now, and you know that he's gonna need rest/load management at some point.

chonestown · Post #1856 » by **chonestown** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 3:41 pm

Fotis St wrote:Told you I really like the Bulls in summer.
Alot here underestimated them.
You need to respect DeRozan's game eventually. His a high character guy in terms of working hard and trying to improve every year.
Only Vucevic is out of sync for the time being.
If Vuc syncs in, I don't want to face them at the playoffs till East Finals. They have alot of firepower and Lonzo+Caruso are glue tall guys that can guard Jrue. Jrue will have a hard time against em. We have advantage with our tall backcourt except few teams, one of them is the Bulls.

I find the told you so posts tiresome, but this is one of the exceptions in which it was well-deserved. Take your flowers, Fotis.

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #1857 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 3:47 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:Despite all the offseason hand-wringing over how they were snatching up every veteran free agent, the Nets bench has been low-key awful. Patty and Aldridge have been their only consistent rotation guys. Blake can't shoot now and Bruce Brown is a PJ Tucker level offensive threat. Carter and Bembry are barely above G-league level dudes, Millsap and Johnson are washed, and if their young 20-21 year old guys (Claxton, Cam Thomas, Sharpe, Edwards) are ever forced to play real minutes, then they're gonna be in trouble. Kerr has managed to piece together a pretty respectable defense, but Durant is carrying them right now, and you know that he's gonna need rest/load management at some point.

Not all white former guard coaches are the same...

chonestown · Post #1858 » by **chonestown** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 3:59 pm

Milbucks96 wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:

Read on Twitter

Wow.

Staples center is so iconic, weird to see it go right in the middle of a season.

Not to defend the billionaires because at the end of the day **** them and their money, but stuff like this is why the warriors, lakers, nets etc… can have tax bills 2-4 times higher than ours and still look to add talent while competing for rings because they make so much extra money from just being in a big city or for being an iconic franchise.

Wistful memories of when the local sportsplex carried the banner of an office supplies retailer, although I do lament the long-ago era when Adam and Eve was the prime underwriter for WTF.

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #1859 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 4:28 pm

chonestown wrote:
Milbucks96 wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:

Read on Twitter

Wow.

Staples center is so iconic, weird to see it go right in the middle of a season.

Not to defend the billionaires because at the end of the day **** them and their money, but stuff like this is why the warriors, lakers, nets etc… can have tax bills 2-4 times higher than ours and still look to add talent while competing for rings because they make so much extra money from just being in a big city or for being an iconic franchise.

Wistful memories of when the local sportsplex carried the banner of an office supplies retailer, although I do lament the long-ago era when Adam and Eve was the prime underwriter for WTF.

yeah I don't really get the outrage I'm seeing on the web. It is an unobtrusive way for companies to make money. It doesn't affect the game or broadcast in any way. It's not like its a name that has been around 100 years or a named after an individual (Lambeau) or group (Soldier Field). It's not even a Miller Park culture thing.....It was named after a giant company headquartered and founded in MA.

chonestown · Post #1860 » by **chonestown** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 4:53 pm

When "For the culture" refers to a multinational corp headquartered on the opposite coast. Plz Lebaron, write a sepia-toned piece for The Players Tribune about the Stapler and when Sedale Threatt was the toast of Orange County.

We here at Chonestown HQ stan for the KFC YUM! Center and for the KFC YUM! Center only.