OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD- February 2021

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The Lakers lost 3 straight and another one coming against Utah. Our game they get Shroeder back and they’re not losing 5 in a row
 
DDolla said:
The Lakers lost 3 straight and another one coming against Utah. Our game they get Shroeder back and they’re not losing 5 in a row
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THE HCP said:
Are you telling me they aren't as good when their second best player is out injured?!?!
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Oh sure, that's the common thread you're running with here?

If even Lebron can't win without his #2 guy, it's rather impressive how well we've fared.
 
THE HCP said:
Are you telling me they aren't as good when their second best player is out injured?!?!
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The Lakers don't have a backup to their 2nd best player that shoots just as well from '3' and plays better defense.
 
BlazerBeav said:
Oh sure, that's the common thread you're running with here?

If even Lebron can't win without his #2 guy, it's rather impressive how well we've fared.
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Portland has played the same with CJ and Nurk (8-5, 0.615) than without CJ and Nurk (10-7, 0.588). Still with the 28th ranked defense in the league.
 
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TBpup said:
The Lakers don't have a backup to their 2nd best player that shoots just as well from '3' and plays better defense.
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Gary Trent never looks to pass while CJ is an excellent passer. And the numbers say CJ is the better defender.

Oh and Gary was 4/18 tonight with 0 assists. CJ’s PER is Top 10 in the NBA.

The drop off from CJ to GT is STEEP.
 
OneSport3 said:
Portland has played the same with CJ and Nurk (8-5, 0.615) than without CJ and Nurk (10-7, 0.588). Still with the 28th ranked defense in the league.
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Yes but in the couple games before Nurk went down, he was finding his groove and our defense, as a result, was improving. If those guys don’t get hurt, I think we are two wins better. That’s 20-10 and only 1 game out of the 2 seed.
 
The Lakers do have Marc Gasol to back him up though. Davis is a huge loss for sure but they do have a rather talented back up Center that can play defense and can pass well. Gasol can also hit a three. If you don't guard him he will light you up.
 
KSF-ERIC said:
Gary Trent never looks to pass while CJ is an excellent passer. And the numbers say CJ is the better defender.

Oh and Gary was 4/18 tonight with 0 assists. CJ’s PER is Top 10 in the NBA.

The drop off from CJ to GT is STEEP.
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And yet the team until the last 2 games, had a higher winning percentage without CJ and after 2 straight losses, it is about the same with or without. So the STEEP drop off from a bigger picture, doesn't seem that big. Sure, Gary had a terrible shooting night. I don't have time to go through the stinkers CJ has put up in his career as a much older, more seasoned player than Trent. I would HOPE CJ is much better since he is getting paid 15X the salary Trent is.
 
So if the Lakers continue to struggle, one would think this would hurt LeBron's chances of winning MVP, right? Not that I give a shit about regular season accolades, but I think Embiid is in the driver's seat IMO.
 
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