2018-2019 NBA Regular Season Thread

[WiggyRuss]

Do you drive by LeBron's mansion in Bath & cry now that he's not a Cav?

 

[Wamu]

wiggy the best part of the NBA threads is watching you trip over your own feet on a daily basis.

 

[bksballer89]

Only had to spend a half hour today at work thanks to that guy sending those bombs to random places.

3 day weekend!!!!

 

[CitySushi]

He missed 2 of the games and they played 2 of the top 4 teams in the league.

They'll be fine.

As @trojanfan12 said earlier, the surprising L came against the Kings

They need some damn shooters though. Just like 1 or 2 would make all the difference.

 

[Wamu]

wiggy's daily SportsHoopla schedule (in no order)

-talk shit about LeBron
-talk shit about Whiteside
-talk shit about Riley
-pass out rainbow & BS ratings to anyone that hurts his fragile feelings

 

[msgkings322]

Only had to spend a half hour today at work thanks to that guy sending those bombs to random places.

3 day weekend!!!!

That guy is in Florida....it's you isn't it?

 

[bksballer89]

They need some damn shooters though. Just like 1 or 2 would make all the difference.

For sure I agree with that

 

[bksballer89]

That guy is in Florida....it's you isn't it?

lmaoo nah. He sent a bomb to the post office on the block of my job this morning though. Got to work at 8 and was out of the office at 845

 

[CitySushi]

For sure I agree with that

They should really see what they can do to get Ryan Anderson.

 

[LAD]

He's right. He didn't play in 2 games and 2 were vs. the Warriors and Celtics. The only "unforgivable" loss was to the Kings.

Having said that...I wonder if PG is regretting his decision yet?

This just reiterates that the Lakers made the right choice by not trading the farm to get PG. He can't even put the team on his back & get a few wins while RW is out??? Clearly he's not a #1 option.

 

[Black Adam]

wiggy's daily SportsHoopla schedule (in no order)

-talk shit about LeBron
-talk shit about Whiteside
-talk shit about Riley
-pass out rainbow & BS ratings to anyone that hurts his fragile feelings

Talk shit about Ball was on there, too. but now the lying sack of shit doesn't wanna admit he dogged us all last season about the guy...

 

[DJ Fieri]

Win or lose, they're a helluva lot of fun to watch.

This.

McGee and Stephenson have been brilliant in their roles.

 

[LAD]

The problem with this and with determining whether or not a player was "worth" a high pick or not, is that it's very stats driven and doesn't really take into account what the players team needs from them.

For the Lakers, especially with Lebron on the team, Lonzo (so far) is providing exactly what the Lakers need. If he continues to do that, he's worth the #2 pick to the Lakers...especially if they start making deep playoff runs.

Lonzo isn't a point guard that sets guys up for shots by hanging onto the ball and dribbling around until he finds someone open. He's a guy who pushes the pace and a lot of that is done by passing the ball ahead (more of a "hockey assist").

So if, for example, Lonzo averages around 12-15 ppg, 8-10 apg and 7-9 rpg on a team with a lot of guys who can score/create their own shots and is a big part of deep playoff runs, it would be kind of hard to say he wasn't worth the #2 pick to the Lakers. Even if he may not have been to other teams or doesn't put up "eye popping" stats.

End of the day, we're 5 games into his 2nd year and he has a grand total of 62 NBA games under his belt. So, it's a a bit early to be making any predictions, imo.

He's obviously put in a lot of work in the off-season and I think the biggest determinant on where his career goes will determined by how hard he continues to work.

This is just my two cents - but I think Lonzo has a lot of work to do to make this Lakers offense what it actually should be. Here's what I mean.

Right now he passes early because he basically has no real "go-to" move in terms of shooting/scoring the ball. That has to change since he plays with LBJ. He needs to develop a shot because the defense just doesn't have to respect him right now. He should also learn to move without the ball.

Passing the ball too early plays right into the defense's hands. There is no guess work at that point. They know exactly what they need to do to defend (either disrupt the passing lanes and/or double on their offensive threat, which is usually LBJ). When the defense can do those things efficiently they have effectively forced someone with a lesser shooting % to become the scorer. Most defenses will take those odds more times than not.

 

[LAD]

It was really good.

Dude, do our know how fucking weird it is to say every time the Lakers desperately needed question bucket MCGEE came thru in the clutch?

Dude, I'm not even exaggerating...lol

I tried to tell ya'll he was actually better than what most people wanted to give him credit for. It is why I wanted to see him get more PT when he was in GS & why I was sad to see him leave.

 

[LAD]

There was a shot last night at the Laker game where Kobe was staring intently at the action and Rob was whispering in his ear.....





Telling him how he can fit in?

More like material for his "details" show.

 

[Raw_Bee808]

 

[bksballer89]

So tired of the Heat getting multiple days off.

They played once since last Saturday

 

[Raw_Bee808]

$2 tickets? Might as well start giving them away.

 

[Raw_Bee808]

 

[WiggyRuss]

wiggy's daily SportsHoopla schedule (in no order)

-talk shit about LeBron
-talk shit about Whiteside
-talk shit about Riley
-pass out rainbow & BS ratings to anyone that hurts his fragile feelings