2018-2019 NBA Regular Season Thread

[cooljack]

Oh, I am... Horford is perennially undervalued, but not by me.

He is starting to show his age a lil... but I think he will still be an asset come playoff time.

Yes he will. The Hawks were stupid to let him get out of here.

 

[Black Adam]

Leave her alone.

We're all wrong on here.....to some degree.....some worse than others.

I'm not...

 

[DJ]

Believe they beat the Lakers in that 11-16 stretch.....

Not a single person expected the Clips to keep on winning 68% of their games lol.

Also during that 11-16 stretch, they played quite a few games without Lou is probably one of their top 2 players. Different team with Lou

Reality is they're not as good as 15-6 would suggest and not as bad as 11-16 would suggest.

Probably somewhere in between, like a .500 team and that won't get them in the playoffs.

 

[Mecca]

The Clipps were top 4-5 about a month ago......and they are 4-6 in their last 10.....same as the Lakers......you add James and the Lakers should beat out the Clipps.

The Clipps are coming back down to earth.

Clippers were without Lou and are now without Gallo.

* Surprise, surprise about Gallo, said nobody...ever *

Let's not act like they have been full strength.

Plus, we always get up for the Lakers and usually win the last few years.

 

[Mecca]

Probably somewhere in between, like a .500 team and that won't get them in the playoffs.

Yeah.

Sounds about right.

 

[Mecca]

Believe they beat the Lakers in that 11-16 stretch.....

Not a single person expected the Clips to keep on winning 68% of their games lol.

Also during that 11-16 stretch, they played quite a few games without Lou is probably one of their top 2 players. Different team with Lou

Reality is they're not as good as 15-6 would suggest and not as bad as 11-16 would suggest.

Yeah, people don't watch the Clippers.

Especially this incarnation.

Most teams struggle when 2 of their top 2 scorers are out.

 

[bksballer89]

Probably somewhere in between, like a .500 team and that won't get them in the playoffs.

We'll see. They have a favorable schedule and 43-45 games may be good enough.

 

[bksballer89]

Next 3 are against the Bulls, Kings, and Hawks.

Solid chance they're 29-22 after those games.

I love their schedule from March 1st to end the season. The most important thing for them is to survive February and still be in a playoffs position entering March.

From February 2nd-March 1st, they play 10 of 12 on the road during that stretch but not a lot of games against teams who are clearly better than them.

 

[LAD]

@bksballer89

And you clearly have a big ol Harden poster on your ceiling.

I know he has to do this, I just hate his game. It's the opposite of beautiful basketball. Totally ISO, ball stopping, add in the flops and bullshit foul inducing. No thanks.

He gets all these accolades but he's not a fun player to watch. So I'm ripping him, as is my Jordan-given right.

The description is spot on!

 

[wildturkey]

Do they? I think they should keep losing games. LeBron can take the rest of the season off, rest up for 2020.

You're right. We're officially Tanking for Zion. Lakers gonna mysteriously win the lottery with only the 11th or 12th best odds. Good luck defending that Lebron/Zion screen and roll in 2020!

 

[LAD]

Y'all remember how I kept saying Paul George wasn't a alpha and wasn't capable of being a #1 option?

So far, this Season, that was a bunch of bullshit.

#WrongLikeAMofo

Yea and I wonder how much longer can PG13 outshine RW before RW loses his $hit & ruins it all

 

[CitySushi]

Yea and I wonder how much longer can PG13 outshine RW before RW loses his $hit & ruins it all

As long as Russ is getting his numbers, he should be fine.

 

[bksballer89]

As long as Russ is getting his numbers, he should be fine.

Yeah I don't recall Russ ever making any issue about being outshined.

All things considered, his teammates love him. Even when they leave OKC, they say great things about him. See Oladipo and Lamb as examples of this.

 

[bksballer89]

It's not PG fault that Russ is struggling shooting this year either so yeah I can't see that happening.

Hard to lose your shit when you're getting the same amount of shots nightly as PG basically.

Russ is at 20.1 attempts per game and PG-13 is at 20.3

 

[Wamu]

As long as Russ is getting his numbers, he should be fine.

Westbrick's #'s look great if you don't pay attention to his shooting %. .418 from the field (worst since his rookie year). .243 from downtown (worst since his 2nd year in the league). And a pathetic (for a PG) .650 from the charity stripe (worst of his career).

 

[CitySushi]

It's not PG fault that Russ is struggling shooting this year either so yeah I can't see that happening.

Hard to lose your shit when you're getting the same amount of shots nightly as PG basically.

Russ is at 20.1 attempts per game and PG-13 is at 20.3

I think it's actually beneficial to the situation as a whole that Russ is struggling to shoot. Lame game opportunities, you know where the ball should go and even Russ couldn't deny that. The problem might come when Russ starts hitting and then it becomes a my-turn, your-turn situation again.

 

[CitySushi]

Westbrick's #'s look great if you don't pay attention to his shooting %. .418 from the field (worst since his rookie year). .243 from downtown (worst since his 2nd year in the league). And a pathetic (for a PG) .650 from the charity stripe (worst of his career).

We know his shooting is attrocious. But he's still averaging a triple double and he's getting 20 shots a game. I was saying his numbers are good for his own ego, not necessarily proving worth to others.

 

[Wamu]

We know his shooting is attrocious. But he's still averaging a triple double and he's getting 20 shots a game. I was saying his numbers are good for his own ego, not necessarily proving worth to others.

Maybe he should try to improve on his shot selection? Until I looked his #'s up I didn't realize how bad they are this year. Still a helluva hoopster though. And there aren't many teams in the league that wouldn't want him.

 

[CitySushi]

Maybe he should try to improve on his shot selection? Until I looked his #'s up I didn't realize how bad they are this year. Still a helluva hoopster though. And there aren't many teams in the league that wouldn't want him.

100% needs to improve shot selection, as has been the case his entire career. He's just not a good enough shooter throughout his career to justify the type of shots he's taking. I wonder what his catch and shoot percentages are versus his dribble pull ups. That'd be interesting to see.

 

[shopson67]

Oh, I agree.

But, it didn't appear that way to some because the Mavs had 2 guys putting up 24 ppg or more.

So, he didn't have to score.

The Lakers didn't have that luxury.

Which just made Lonzo look passive.

And truly, Lonzo has too often been passive in looking for his own shots.