Around the NBA (And Oregon High Schools) - January 2018

[Mediocre Man]

THERE IS A MOTHERFUCKING AROUND THE NBA THREAD! FUCKING BLOODY HELL!!!!!!!! THIS FUCKING PLACE IS GOING THE DRAIN!!!

Is going the drain our version of the ceiling is the roof?

 

[dviss1]

Markkanen is so good. Nba should have a lot more euro players

He didn't play well when we smashed them the other day. One game doesn't mean much.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

In response to "What about Meyers?"

 

[illmatic99]

Lou Williams damn. We need one of our guards to have a game like that.

Any chance Williams sniffs all star? He's averaging 23/4/3 on great percentages, and they're not too far out of 8th

 

[Boob-No-More]

OKC lost again and are now 8th in the West lol. I’m convinced it’s Westbrook.

He actually had a good game. Shot well, not too many TOVs, etc. But, everyone else pretty much sucked. The rest of their starters shot .288 FG% and they only got 11 points from their bench.

That's also their third straight double digit loss. They have lost five of their last seven, with their only wins coming against the Lakers and the Clippers.

Hey @HCP is that what you call "figuring it out"?

BNM

 

[kjironman1]

If you got time to be on here you have time to Vote!

 

[KingSpeed]

They were missing Steph and Klay.

So were the Clippers.

 

[handiman]

So were the Clippers.

To paraphrase Vin Diesel, you never had Steph and Klay.

 

[handiman]

I know Minnesota has a crazy bad record against the East this year, meaning they've been very good against the West, but I just looked at the standings and was surprised to see that they have the best Division (8-1) and Conference (22-6) record of any team in the league, just beating out Boston (7-1) and Toronto (17-5), respectively.

If that trend were to continue, talk about a weird team to project for playoff success. Run the table in the West and get slaughtered by any team in the East?

 

[kjironman1]

Absolutely Ridiculous!

 

[riverman]

MOTHERFUCKING AROUND THE NBA

We don't call it that here but....

 

[KingSpeed]

Wow. Isaiah Thomas is 0/10 at half in Toronto. I wonder if Toronto has a chance to reach Finals this year.

 

[speeds]

Wow. Isaiah Thomas is 0/10 at half in Toronto. I wonder if Toronto has a chance to reach Finals this year.

Watch what the refs do to us in the second half...

 

[KingSpeed]

DeRozen is 2/9, Lowry isn't playing, and the Raptors are up 33 on the Cavs.

 

[speeds]

DeRozen is 2/9, Lowry isn't playing, and the Raptors are up 33 on the Cavs.

Also minus suspended Ibaka

Cavs on a 12-2 run

 

[KingSpeed]

Also minus suspended Ibaka

Cavs on a 12-2 run

amazing. come on cavs, make this a game

 

[calvin natt]

 

[calvin natt]

LMA? Asking to be traded? No way!

 

[KingSpeed]

So Aldridge chooses to leave money on the table so that he can "go home" and join the San Antonio Spurs. Then, after a trip to WCF, he wants to leave? What a bum.

 

[rotary111]

Lakers vs SAS.


Is it ok to root for the Lakers....asking for a friend.

 

[THE HCP]

My Lakers are KILLING them right now! 12-8!

 

[jlprk]

So now Aldridge runs the team? The Spurs use the Aldridge system?

This happened when Bill Fitch stopped coaching the Rockets. Don Chaney failed, then rookie head coach Rudy Tomjanovich just let Olajuwon decide the system. The Hakeem system was the Fitch system. They won 2 championships. The stupid Lakers were impressed, so they hired Tomjanovich and he lasted half a season.

Is the Aldridge system the McMillan system, or the Stotts system?

 

[Chris Craig]

My Lakers are KILLING them right now! 12-8!

Traitor

 

[Chris Craig]

Lakers vs SAS.


Is it ok to root for the Lakers....asking for a friend.

No

 

[rotary111]

Ingram is so inconsistent.

 

[handiman]

This is reminiscent of AI being the first Georgetown player to leave early to go pro. That was the beginning of the end for John Thompson, IMO.

 

[THE HCP]

Ingram is so inconsistent.

Guys like 20 years old. These are just kids, no matter what number they were drafted at.

 

[THE HCP]

Would love opinions about these rookie season numbers. As much hate Ball gets around here, he isn’t looking that bad. I respect his game, I just ignore all the family drama.

 

[THE HCP]

I picked JKidd as a comparison. Only because since he burst onto the scene, he is the one whose game most reminds me of. Hadn’t ever looked at the numbers before, pretty damn close.

 

[BonesJones]

Would love opinions about these rookie season numbers. As much hate Ball gets around here, he isn’t looking that bad. I respect his game, I just ignore all the family drama.

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I dont understand this. Because Jason Kidd had a historically bad rookie season for someone that grew into a HOFer, it means that Lonzo is... fine? Not having an awful year too?