2018-2019 NBA Regular Season Thread

[bksballer89]

Lebron to miss the next 3 games. Should result in at least 2 Lakers wins.

Better hope he is back after that though. Schedule gets real serious for about a month after the next 3 games

 

[DJ]

Man n cheese

I'm not here to judge.

 

[DJ]

Wade can still play....

 

[bksballer89]

Wade can still play....

We know

 

[DJ]

Winslow throws up a brick.

 

[Heatles84]

Winslow is the best player in the league. Suck it if you don't agree.

 

[bksballer89]

Spo going 11 deep tonight

 

[FakeBelieve]

In other news today Tim Tebow is engaged......finally gonna get some nookie. The man gets a cookie.

I hope he comes out of the closet before ruining some poor woman’s life.

Not homophobic just saying

 

[Heatles84]

Suck it @Wamu and @Gman . I fully expect to give up this lead.

 

[DJ]

Suck it @Wamu and @Gman . I fully expect to give up this lead.

I sure hope so.

 

[tlance]

One Dimension: Kyle Kuzma’s Just a Scorer for Now, but That’s Just Fine

What we want from players in today’s NBA, more than anything else, is versatility. Big men matter more if they can make defenses nervous from 25 feet away. Point guards matter more if they can defend their own position. Wings matter more if they can switch screens. Lockdown artists matter more—and, increasingly, only—if they develop a corner 3. The game is too fast and is evolving too quickly for role definitions to remain sedentary; the positional revolution has made polymathy a must, and woe betide the specialists, those who have found a way in this short life to get good at one thing.

And yet, we must always return to the words of the philosopher:



Millions of things can matter in an NBA game, but nothing matters more than the ability to repeatedly and efficiently put the ball in the basket. And holy hell, did Kyle Kuzma ever do that against the Pistons on Wednesday.

@tlance

a must read for you--- might get you to finally realize why Kyrie Irving is so valuable.

Kuzma is a shit rebounder, an awful defender, he cant really pass, but he is a very valuable NBA player because he can freaking flat out score.

You must be on drugs.

I have repeatedly said that I think Kyrie is overrated because he is a ball stopper and he doesn't defend. He has improved somewhat on both points in Boston, which is a big plus in his column.

I have also said that Kyrie is a top 2 scorer in the entire league, that he is highly valuable for that reason. Yet, at the same time his overall impact isn't as great as you think because of the first 2 claims.

The bottom line is that if we were to both rank the top 20 players in the NBA, I would place Kyrie about 2-3 spots lower than you. IMO Kyrie is a very good player and a highly valuable one. Just not a superstar level player because he isn't James Harden level dominant and he isn't a 2 way player.

This is the same damn semantical BS you always pull. Just likely the garbage with @Wamu. You take a small piece of a comment you don't like, exaggerate it, and beat the living hell out of it for years like your word is gospel and the other person doesn't know jack.

Well guess what? You are a trash poster. Nobody respects you because of these antics. And I have forgotten more about basketball than you will ever know.

 

[Gman]

Suck it @Wamu and @Gman . I fully expect to give up this lead.

Heh... we'll see... the Heat are playing well...

... the TNT team is really giving the Celtics the business tonight... and not just for getting their ass kicked in one half, either... they're just downing the C's as a team left and right.

Charles Barkley just said the Celtics have no one who does the 'dirty work' aside from Marcus Smart. Jeez...

 

[Heatles84]

I sure hope so.

Cheering for your rivals. Couldn't be me.

 

[Heatles84]

Heh... we'll see... the Heat are playing well...

... the TNT team is really giving the Celtics the business tonight... and not just for getting their ass kicked in one half, either... they're just downing the C's as a team left and right.

Charles Barkley just said the Celtics have no one who does the 'dirty work' aside from Marcus Smart. Jeez...

My heart hearing that, and I'm not even a Celtics fan.

 

[DJ]

Cheering for your rivals. Couldn't be me.

I got a bet on the Celtics tonight.

 

[Heatles84]

You must be on drugs.

I have repeatedly said that I think Kyrie is overrated because he is a ball stopper and he doesn't defend. He has improved somewhat on both points in Boston, which is a big plus in his column.

I have also said that Kyrie is a top 2 scorer in the entire league, that he is highly valuable for that reason. Yet, at the same time his overall impact isn't as great as you think because of the first 2 claims.

The bottom line is that if we were to both rank the top 20 players in the NBA, I would place Kyrie about 2-3 spots lower than you. IMO Kyrie is a very good player and a highly valuable one. Just not a superstar level player because he isn't James Harden level dominant and he isn't a 2 way player.

This is the same damn semantical BS you always pull. Just likely the garbage with @Wamu. You take a small piece of a comment you don't like, exaggerate it, and beat the living hell out of it for years like your word is gospel and the other person doesn't know jack.

Well guess what? You are a trash poster. Nobody respects you because of these antics. And I have forgotten more about basketball than you will ever know.

I need to come on this board more often.

 

[Heatles84]

I got a bet on the Celtics tonight.

Ghey

 

[Heatles84]

Have I mentioned Winslow's the best player in the league yet?

 

[Heatles84]

Whiteside with the hustle play? Whuuuuuut?!?!?!

 

[Gman]

The Heat have thrown up a ton of air balls for a team that's kicking @ss.