The King is gone and the throne in the East is vacant. Will Philly, Boston or Toronto step up to claim their stake? Meanwhile, in the West, the defending champs are hungrier than ever to three-peat and to cement themselves as the best team ever assembled.
Can anyone DETHRONE the Golden State...
Sore knee. Resting him to be cautious.
This might actually be a blessing in disguise because it'll give the other guys a chance to step up and compete.
To me Pete is the obvious choice but I'm going to start Chris Petersen if we're talking right now and what have you done for me lately
Petersen took over a program that was just getting out of the dark age of Husky football. And he has now established UW as a perennial national championship...
As for Lonzo. I know Jason Kidd is a first ballot hall of famer. I'm not saying Lonzo is going to be a hall of famer. Right now he is fighting for a starting job. But I don't think the comparison is that far fetched. Lonzo is 6'5, Kidd is 6'4. Both are great passers, rebounders, and shoots a low...
What I gather from all of the responses on this thread so far is that most people have not really watched Brandon Ingram play. I mean, actually watch him play and dissect his game. Because I'm fine with disagreement as long as you provide actual critique of the player's game or insight on why he...
Makes no sense! I'm also tired of having Andrew Romine on the team. He's 32 year old with no special attribute other than the fact that he can play short stop.
Your debate is with the other guy. I quoted your post about Mbah A Moute being nonexistent and I corrected you saying he was injured.
I then commented on JR not being a good defender and that's true and backed up by any defensive metric or eye test.
Check any defensive metric. JR Smith is not a good defensive player. And he never specialized in defense. He's a scorer that CAN play defense.
Ariza and Mbah A Moute are in the same category as Shane Battier. There's players that specialize in defense and there's players that can occasionally...
See now you're covering your tracks. You said he was nonexistent in the WCF meaning he didn't show up. Lol you were trying to make a point based on his lack of numbers until I reminded you he was hurt.
No one said he was a great player. He's a role player. But role players are key on...
JR Smith's defense was key in 2016. Him and Shumpert were relentless in their pursuit of screen actions and pick and rolls. Tristan was also great in that Finals series.
But 2017? KD was blowing past JR and dunking with no one within 8-10 feet of him.
2018? We all know what happened game 1.
And I agree. Boston is fricking stacked. If anything Gordon Hayward's injury was a blessing in disguise. It gave Tatum and Brown the opportunity to grow.
Remember that Lebron had the choice to team up with Simmons and Embid and he chose the Lakers.
Family and location certainly played a factor in his decision but he wouldn't choose LA if he didn't love the potential of the Lakers young nucleus.
The playoff run that ended at the hands of Lebron? Singlehandedly halted by one man?
And now the Celtics boogie man is in LA. Been having trouble sleeping lately?
We get it. You love Tatum and Brown. But I'll reiterate, Boston was a playoff team before Tatum was on the team and before Brown...
What are you talking about?
The Celtics were a playoff team before Tatum got there. Before Brown was even a contributor. Kyrie played 60 games. Him being their the first 2/3 of the season helped Brown and Tatum ease into their roles. Once he got hurt and was unavailable to play those guys were...
Brown and Tatum did lead Boston deep in the playoffs. But they also did it on a great team. To say that Ingram and Kuzma are not equivalent talent wise simply based on the fact that they didn't lead their team to the playoffs shows your bias.
Karl Anthony Towns did not lead his team to the...
Brandon Ingram and Kyle Kuzma are special young talents in the same breath as Jalyen Brown and Jayson Tatum is. Should I not glow about those guys?
Is Josh Hart not a promising young role player? Does Lonzo Ball not have talent and potential?
What part of the original post indicates that the Lakers are one of the very best teams in basketball? I think everyone here is projecting an early playoff exit and most are happy with this result given the circumstance.
All I'm doing is projecting Brandon Ingram and Kyle Kuzma's growth next...
Oakland has been a thorn in our behinds since the Tejada, Giambi, Zito, Mulder, Hudson days.
In 2000 when we won 91 games they beat us out for the division
In 2001 when we won 116 they won 102
In 2002 when we won 93 games they won the AL West with 103
In 2003 when we won 93 again they won the...
Defensively the Lakers match up well with the Warriors.
Lebron, Ingram, Hart, and KCP are all 6'5 to 6'9 and can guard multiple positions on the perimeter. Kuzma isn't a black hole on defense like Kevin Love was. Rondo is a tenacious defender when he chooses to be. I think they want to use...
Who is more important to Seattle sports?
We have Jerry Dipoto who took over with nothing in the cupboard and has completely changed the culture of Mariners baseball. Pete Carroll has taken us to two Superbowls and gave us our first Lombardi trophy. Meanwhile over in Montlake, the Huskies are...