2017-2018 NBA Regular Season Thread

[bksballer89]

Olynyk's minutes have been rather low recently. Hope that comes up.

Not sure if Spo like Olynk much against Milwaukee. Those were the only 2 games where his minutes took a significant drop. Prefers to go with Hassan

 

[LogicMan]

I am starting to really like Sabonis......................................if he starts being a serious 3 threat this kid is going to be something. And that Donovan Mitchell, out of nowhere . You can feel the new generation coming

 

[bksballer89]

Winslow shooting the 3 ball at 43%. Was 27% and 20% in his first 2 years. Huge improvement

 

[bksballer89]

Only 3 teams in the league with more road wins than Miami

 

[Mecca]

I could see this being true

Me too.

But, I'm not taking his word for it.

 

[Bolts]

Mitchell with 11 points, 2 assists, and 3 steals through 1 half....I guess he is pretty good.

 

[Bolts]

The Kings were much more enjoyable last game when Z-bo wasn't playing/starting.

 

[bksballer89]

The Kings were much more enjoyable last game when Z-bo wasn't playing/starting.

Kings are in great shape to get that top pick. Only real competition IMO is Orlando.

 

[Bolts]

Kings are in great shape to get that top pick. Only real competition IMO is Orlando.

Hawks are pretty bad too, but playing better than the Kings. If Z-bo and Hill get traded there's a small chance the young team plays well and wins their way out of the worst record, but it's hard to see them having a better record than anyone besides those 2 teams.

 

[Bolts]

Although I'm happy the Kings are gonna have a great chance at getting a top 3 pick or better, seeing them lose(and lose badly) so much still sucks. This rebuild needs to work out, please don't fuck it up again!
On the bright side, I just did 10 lottery sims on tankathon and the Kings moved up to #1 4 times!

 

[Bolts]

WCS with 26/10 and Bogdan scores a career high 25 including 6/6 from 3, so there's that.

 

[Bolts]

 

[wildturkey]

Looking at the standings, the playoff races are pretty settled already. Not expecting a lot of fireworks down the stretch. It's 9 teams for 8 spots in both conferences though I could see Utah maybe getting back into it if they can get all their people healthy. This season the league has basically evenly separated into 3 groups with a handful of teams up top, the bulk of teams in the middle all around the same record of a couple of games above .500 and then the bottom third who all seem to have the same record as well (like 15-28ish). That's about as much parody as you're gonna see in the NBA. What could provide some drama is say if you're 5th place and go one a small skid (like 2 or 3 losses) at the end of the season, you could be 9th real quick and left out in the cold

 

[Heatles84]

Winslow shooting the 3 ball at 43%. Was 27% and 20% in his first 2 years. Huge improvement

I'll keep him around for the long term solely on this. That was my one worry about him - poor shooting. 43% from 3 shows vast improvement.

 

[DJ]

I would have bet on Heat +3.5 vs the Bucks.

Damn bookie taking a personal day off

 

[DJ]

I am starting to really like Sabonis......................................if he starts being a serious 3 threat this kid is going to be something. And that Donovan Mitchell, out of nowhere . You can feel the new generation coming

He was an under-rated trade piece. I've loved that kid since he entered the League.

 

[DJ]

Mike Miller got a job with ESPN....fire the veteran people and bring in retired athletes who are cheaper.

 

[DJ]

58k!!!

 

[tlance]

Shitshow in Washington too.

@tlance, what is going on?

Well,

3 years ago Wall and Beal anointed themselves as the best backcourt in the NBA. They legitimately believe that crap, even after all the success of the splash brothers and their own inconsistency. They have always thought they were better than they really are and it impacts their effort. Especially against teams they should beat.

 

[Mecca]

Well,

3 years ago Wall and Beal anointed themselves as the best backcourt in the NBA. They legitimately believe that crap, even after all the success of the splash brothers and their own inconsistency. They have always thought they were better than they really are and it impacts their effort. Especially against teams they should beat.

Great answer, as usual.

I have them 2nd based on talent.

Splash, Wiz Kids, Blazers, Rox....

But, they don't put the work in like Dame and CJ and are not even in the discussion with Splash.

I think the Red Rox are gonna lap them when they get a good 30 games together.

I'm just not ready to rank them higher at this point , based on me being a hater, and the small sample size.