2017-2018 NBA Regular Season Thread

[tlance]

Sorry @tlance but the Wizards are the kings of talking shit and never backing it up.

Wall is really struggling right now.

I have only watched 2 full games and small pieces of 2 others, but man, he is really forcing the issue. He is over dribbling into highly contested shots instead of simply taking the easy pull-ups that defenders have to give him. His shot selection has been awful in the games I have seen.

Wizards need Wall to be at his best if they have any shot against the better teams.

 

[tlance]

@Mecca and @bksballer89

Check out Brooklyn's upcoming schedule.

If they win 3 games in November, I will admit I was wrong about them. I think there is a chance they go 0 for the month though.

 

[trojanfan12]

actual Norse legend. sorry...

I could've went further. the ACTUAL Hela's body was dead on the left side, and she traveled from place to place on a ship composed of human fingernails...

now THAT'S nerd mode...

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Great win for Boston

Fun team to watch.
Also a team having fun while playing.
Kyrie looks the happiest.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

@Mecca and @bksballer89

Check out Brooklyn's upcoming schedule.

If they win 3 games in November, I will admit I was wrong about them. I think there is a chance they go 0 for the month though.

Concede...lol

They aren't as bad as Atlanta, Chicago....hell even Dallas.

But...like In said earlier in the week.

D'Lo is a mental midget and they need to take the ball out of his hands.

He is a two.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

actual Norse legend. sorry...

I could've went further. the ACTUAL Hela's body was dead on the left side, and she traveled from place to place on a ship composed of human fingernails...

now THAT'S nerd mode...

* nerdgasm*

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Booooooooooo...!!

got me AGAIN, dammit. saw it last night...

as far as Hela, history's wrong. she's Loki's daughter...

I hate when they switch shit for dramatic purposes.

When Odin said " sister " I was like Wtf?

X-Men movies do that shit often.

Havoc/ Psyclops, Mystique/Nightcrawler....where the fug is Quicksilver's Twin sister?

They had them both in Avengers. Why not X-Men?

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Lots of mileage on those tires.

Dude is COOKED.

 

[Demonjoe93]

Does your team ever play defense?

Not when Kent Bazemore, Mike Muscala, and Dewayne Dedmon are starters.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Wall is really struggling right now.

I have only watched 2 full games and small pieces of 2 others, but man, he is really forcing the issue. He is over dribbling into highly contested shots instead of simply taking the easy pull-ups that defenders have to give him. His shot selection has been awful in the games I have seen.

Wizards need Wall to be at his best if they have any shot against the better teams.

I get going small.

But, you can't have Porter at the 5 and Wall guarding LeBron and actually expect to win.

My shoulder would hurt too.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Oubre doesn't seem like a smart guy if you ask me.

Too emotional.

This shit still makes me laugh......



Washington Wizards baller Kelly Oubre is setting the record straight -- saying he's "NOT a lesbian" ... despite what some fans say.

The 21-year-old rising star was talking to CSN Mid Atlantic about some of the crap he gets from opposing fans ... and dropped this shocker.

"People call me a lesbian a lot. They think I look like a female girl or a teenage girl or something."

So, why the lesbian jabs? Oubre says he thinks he knows why ...

"I understand I'm a pretty dude. They might be mad that their wife likes me or something."

But to be clear -- "I'm not a lesbian. I'm a grown man."

"I've heard that multiple times. I guess it's something to try to get under my skin, but at the end of the day I know who I am."

And now you know.

 

[Bolts]

The Lakers being on TNT ALWAYS makes sense because the Lakers RULE!!

 

[True Lakers Fan]

In case anyone hasn't noticed - Kyle Kuzma has been the most consistent rookie I have seen yet on the Lakers squad. So far he has averaged 15.7 ppg 5.7 rpg and 1.4 apg in his first 9 games of the season. Luke Walton started him when Nance fractured his hand and in his first start scored 21 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist. I picked him as a free agent for two of fantasy teams several weeks ago and was really glad. Charles Barkley called him the best rookie of the Lakers. I still think Lonzo is a top player and will be valuable as a point guard, but It seems like to me that LB has issues with being a consistent scorer. That's the only area I think he really has a problem though.

 

[True Lakers Fan]

LOL - The Lakers draw numbers man - that's why they want them - but I don't like TNT for sports. I like the Time Warner channel considerably better with big game James and Robert Horry is in there as well.

 

[bksballer89]

https://deadspin.com/rambling-flat-earth-truther-suggests-tyronn-lue-lacks-1820143009

 

[LAD]

by the way, speaking of gangsta, 2 words. Black Panther...

the trailer for it is sick...

I'm intrigued by the cast...

 

[LAD]

Lots of mileage on those tires.

Probably why he doesn't defend on a regular basis anymore.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

https://deadspin.com/rambling-flat-earth-truther-suggests-tyronn-lue-lacks-1820143009

I heard Van Gundy talking about this yesterday.

He didn't actually say Lue was a imbecile.

Just that Stevens is mentally stimulating.

Yes, the implication was there when he said he craved it...like it was missing.

I got nothing against TY.

But, he only got the job because of LeBron.


....and how hard is it to draw up the play " give the ball to LeBron and go stand in a corner and wait"?

 

[LAD]

I heard Van Gundy talking about this yesterday.

He didn't actually say Lue was a imbecile.

Just that Stevens is mentally stimulating.

Yes, the implication was there when he said he craved it...like it was missing.

I got nothing against TY.

But, he only got the job because of LeBron.


....and how hard is it to draw up the play " give the ball to LeBron and go stand in a corner and wait"?

IMO he lacks cojones to lead that team even without LBJ's approval. It was blatant when he gave Wade the starting position. Come on, anyone with eyes knew that was a total mistake, yet he did it anyway. And if what they say is true, it took Wade to go to him and ask for the change before he did anything about it. What kind of leader is that?

 

[Vitamike]

Wow. I know we all pretty much see him as a Jason Kidd type...but that's ridiculous. Damn near identical.

Except in age.

Kidd 8 games in was 21-246
Ball 8 games in is 20-007

Nearly 2 years older, so Lonzo is way ahead of the curve IMO.