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ShotCreator wrote:Horford is so good. Really reminds me of CP3/Dray in never taking a possession off mentally. Directing both ends on the court.
ShotCreator wrote:Man Philly is even better than I thought. No regression from Horford and their biggest question mark, the bench might be above average.
Raul Neto has quietly been a good two way player for a couple seasons now, O’Quinn is really solid big who isn’t just a rim runner. Very similar to Nene or David West at the end, good passer, screener and defender who can play the pick and pop game.
Ennis has lapses but is one of the highest motor players in the league, and Thybulle came out of nowhere as an all-league type defender.
I don’t even think an injury to any one non-Embiid player would take them out of contending.
Dr Spaceman wrote:ShotCreator wrote:Man Philly is even better than I thought. No regression from Horford and their biggest question mark, the bench might be above average.
Raul Neto has quietly been a good two way player for a couple seasons now, O’Quinn is really solid big who isn’t just a rim runner. Very similar to Nene or David West at the end, good passer, screener and defender who can play the pick and pop game.
Ennis has lapses but is one of the highest motor players in the league, and Thybulle came out of nowhere as an all-league type defender.
I don’t even think an injury to any one non-Embiid player would take them out of contending.
Yeah very glad I picked them to win the title. I don’t think any offense in the league is capable of scoring on them, certainly not in the East. I haven’t counted it out but they may have 5 of the best 25 Or so defensive players in the league. Their bench this year compared to last year is night and day.
Ennis’ motor is amazing except when it leaves him too far out of position to do anything, which is like 60% of possessions aha. He’s over-active but with coaching he might get there.
This is the Raptors all over again or the 04 Pistons. They can win a title just grinding games out 93-87.
Dr Spaceman wrote:ShotCreator wrote:Horford is so good. Really reminds me of CP3/Dray in never taking a possession off mentally. Directing both ends on the court.
Well, playoff Dray. Dray has taken almost every possession off the last three regular seasons.
I agree though on Horford. I almost want to say his screening alone is worth that contract.
Dr Spaceman wrote:ShotCreator wrote:Man Philly is even better than I thought. No regression from Horford and their biggest question mark, the bench might be above average.
Raul Neto has quietly been a good two way player for a couple seasons now, O’Quinn is really solid big who isn’t just a rim runner. Very similar to Nene or David West at the end, good passer, screener and defender who can play the pick and pop game.
Ennis has lapses but is one of the highest motor players in the league, and Thybulle came out of nowhere as an all-league type defender.
I don’t even think an injury to any one non-Embiid player would take them out of contending.
Yeah very glad I picked them to win the title. I don’t think any offense in the league is capable of scoring on them, certainly not in the East. I haven’t counted it out but they may have 5 of the best 25 Or so defensive players in the league. Their bench this year compared to last year is night and day.
Ennis’ motor is amazing except when it leaves him too far out of position to do anything, which is like 60% of possessions aha. He’s over-active but with coaching he might get there.
This is the Raptors all over again or the 04 Pistons. They can win a title just grinding games out 93-87.
clyde21 wrote:
just **** trash. Trash basketball. I cant stand this dude.
ShotCreator wrote:Westbrook was a -46 in 26 minutes.
As a fan of a perennial tanking team I don’t think I’ve ever seen defense this bad in Houston.
This is probably the worst defense of all-time so far.
Peregrine01 wrote:ShotCreator wrote:Westbrook was a -46 in 26 minutes.
As a fan of a perennial tanking team I don’t think I’ve ever seen defense this bad in Houston.
This is probably the worst defense of all-time so far.
Neither of these guys really fight through screens. I didn't even watch the game but I'd bet that Miami just picked them to death. They probably had a late night out in Miami too.
MisterHibachi wrote:Why is the Jazz offense so bad? Their top players aren't really bad offensive players.
E-Balla wrote:MisterHibachi wrote:Why is the Jazz offense so bad? Their top players aren't really bad offensive players.
It's 7 games in, Conley looked terrible most games so far, and they were only the 15th ranked offense last year so they weren't far above average anyway. They'll get back to around league average by the end of the season.
