OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: NOVEMBER 2023

Clarkson avg 32/4/3 last 4 games.
Player of the week nomination?

 

Mobley has +2 invisibility powers

 

Marcus Smart to miss 3 to 5 weeks after foot sprain

 

Another solid game for Kevin Knox for Detroit. Still baffling why we chose to sign Ish Wainwright over Kevin Knox.

 

Need more Tank Commanders. Losing on purpose is tough when you have a guy on the bench that wants to play well.

 

Miller had 28 tonight in a loss.

 

The Spurs and Wembanyama stinking it up with their 8th straight loss, to Memphis in San Antonio.
Wembanyama at times looks lost. Near
the end of the game, guarded by a much smaller player at the 3-point line, he threw a horrible pass into the lane which was easily intercepted.

 

Chet with a MONSTER game.

 

He had 2 turnovers and he’s one of the highest usage players in the league.

He also had 19/13/4 and 8 blocks.

 

* Dame & Giannis finally had good games in the same game. Giannis 40-15-7; Dame with 27 points and 12 assists. Bucks 9-2 when Dame plays

* I guess I hadn't been paying attention but Minny at 9-3?

* Warriors pick getting better. They are now 11th in the lottery

 

What about the quality of his offense?
He's 7' 4" and has shot 50% or better overall in 1 of the last 8 games.
Tonight he was 6 -17 which is 35. 3%
That sucks.

 

The Thunder trio of SGA, Chet and JW are going to be a problem for a LONG time. Will they use some of their picks to go all-in and get a veteran star?

 

Really happy to see Chet do well. Really wish we could of gotten him somehow. Thunder have a very bright future after so little time away from contending. Drafting well really helps that.

 

what helped the most was getting SGA in the PG13 trade

 

Look at that white American-born big overcoming his skin pigmentation @Mediocre Man

 

I'm so jealous of them.

Blazers need a way to matchup with Chet and Wemby long-term. I would take Alex Sarr #1 in a heartbeat for that reason. But hitting on the 12th pick with JDub was huge for them. Blazers could have a similar chance with that Golden State pick.

 

Rookies generally struggle with efficiency. Look at Scoot, Wemby, the Thompson twins, etc... Makes what Chet is doing even more impressive.

 

You can tell that Monty is a defense-first coach.

 

Yeah, his offense could certainly be better. The spurs aren’t helping him much on that end considering they don’t exactly have great floor spacing, and he is essentially being forced to shoot a ton with his crazy high usage rate. I mean, it’s kind of anticipated that he would be inefficient.

 

Chet also plays for a much better team than the rest of those guys. He also happens to play with an all-nba guard, so he is likely to get much better opportunities than those other guys.