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If Green's injury is serious, their defense is going to be in trouble. But, Bell will probably get some minutes, so that will be fun at least.
 
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curiosity, what did you expect last season?


I see about 65.
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I don't know. I know this and I know this well. They won't win more than 65. They're too cocky and disinterested to win that many.
 
I don't understand this "they can't work together" notion. They scored plenty, and that was with Paul obviously not healthy. They shared the ball very well for the first 3 quarters. There were really only a few possessions where one froze out the other, and I imagine those will only become less common as they become more and more comfortable with each other over the course of the season.
 
Bell's defense was awful in this game.

He'll get better and landed in the best possible situation, but his flaws were apparent in this game.

He's a stiff short strider who still has no idea how to guard the pnr and makes decisions that make you question his IQ.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
I don't understand this "they can't work together" notion. They scored plenty, and that was with Paul obviously not healthy. They shared the ball very well for the first 3 quarters. There were really only a few possessions where one froze out the other, and I imagine those will only become less common as they become more and more comfortable with each other over the course of the season.
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I agree, they're both too talented for this not to eventually work and when it does... it's going to be a problem, the Warriors will have some problems imo. They're still the better team but I don't see them sweeping a team like the Rockets.
 
JDC said:
Bell's defense was awful in this game.

He'll get better and landed in the best possible situation, but his flaws were apparent in this game.

He's a stiff short strider who still has no idea how to guard the pnr and makes decisions that make you question his IQ.
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Saw the same things but he should still carve out a better career than most second rounders.
 
JDC said:
Bell's defense was awful in this game.

He'll get better and he landed on the best possible situation but I the same flaws were apparent in this game.

He's a stiff short strider who still has no idea how to guard the pnr and makes decisions that make you question his IQ.
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Yeah, definitely made a lot of rookie mistakes. Of course, he's a rookie, so those are to be expected.

If he's still doing the same stuff after, say, New Year's, then it will be completely within reason to question his BBIQ, but I wouldn't take too much from one game.

I do think Collins is probably more NBA ready than Bell though, despite all the preseason conventional wisdom to the contrary.
 
I feel for Celtics and Hayward. 5 mintues into his max deal with a new look Celtics that were really likely to go all the way in the Eastern Conference and his season is over. It's really a heartbreaker, like him or not.
 
BTW you might hate CP3 and Harden but Rockets are really fun to watch these days. The crucial time of tonight's game was a pure entertainment. They already were an offensive machine last year and I feel that adding Paul will make them much, much better as season develops.

I feel for Celtics, think I'm going to root for them in the East now and definitely when Hayward comes back. It'd be a great story if they could win Eastern Conference next year with full team. Tatum and Brown will be amazing.

This is going to be fun season!
 
Sarni said:
I feel for Celtics and Hayward. 5 mintues into his max deal with a new look Celtics that were really likely to go all the way in the Eastern Conference and his season is over. It's really a heartbreaker, like him or not.
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They have a lot of wings, so sucking for Hayward aside, they should be fine
 
Sarni said:
BTW you might hate CP3 and Harden but Rockets are really fun to watch these days. The crucial time of tonight's game was a pure entertainment. They already were an offensive machine last year and I feel that adding Paul will make them much, much better as season develops.

I feel for Celtics, think I'm going to root for them in the East now and definitely when Hayward comes back. It'd be a great story if they could win Eastern Conference next year with full team. Tatum and Brown will be amazing.

This is going to be fun season!
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If one hates Paul and Harden, how are they fun to watch? I thought they were horrible last night. Warriors are just worse.
 
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