2019-2020 Official Regular Season Thread

[dtgold88]

Last season? The last time you took your stupid pills & hopped on your menstrual cycle you were bitching that I said I've never seen you disagree with anything wiggy has said. I even told you if you have had an issue with wiggy in the past I have never seen that happen. That doesn't mean something like that hasn't happened, but I still don't care. That wasn't last season. That was last week you nitwit.

This was about the AD comment from last year you cry about every month or so. speaking of cycles, aren't you due again?

 

[dtgold88]

Quote the post where I said you never admit to your mistakes.

quote the many mistakes I have consistently made.

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

quote the many mistakes I have consistently made.

Are you going to keep playing this pathetic game or do I have to pull up your gif again?

 

[Wamu]

This was about the AD comment from last year you cry about every month or so. speaking of cycles, aren't you due again?

I already told you why I mentioned that. It was an example of how you took my comment outta context because I didn't agree with you on that topic. You should know this by now. I've told you the same thing multiple times. Yet you choose to ignore it.

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

I already told you why I mentioned that. It was an example of how you took my comment outta context because I didn't agree with you on that topic. You should know this by now. I've told you the same thing multiple times. Yet you choose to ignore it.

He does that a lot.

Shocker!!!

 

[flyerhawk]

I wonder if those who got on me for commenting about a game and not seeing the game will call you out. Actually, I don't wonder. They wont.

I'm not one of those people.

Isn't to say I don't think you can have an opinion without seeing the game. But there is more to the game than shooting %, right? 13 rebounds, I believe with 5 offensive. 4 assists. And also was assigned to limit Giannis' scoring and he shot even worse.

Again, I was speaking to the stat line. Since I didn't see the game I can only go by the stat line.

20 posts about a guy getting an 17/13 stat line is ridiculous though so I'm done. It was an amazing night for TT. Well done.

 

[Black Adam]

He does that a lot.

Shocker!!!

it's what the guy does. debating is one thing, but he DOES take it to another level...

 

[bksballer89]

20 posts about a guy getting an 17/13 stat line is ridiculous though so I'm done. It was an amazing night for TT. Well done.

Cavs fans for you

 

[msgkings322]

Are you going to keep playing this pathetic game or do I have to pull up your gif again?

You are both playing this pathetic game

 

[msgkings322]

Cavs fans for you

Not much else to get excited about with that team. Oh look TT is productive! Kevin Love is a good rebounder! Sexton and Garland might make an all-star team in 2027!

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

You are both playing this pathetic game

And what game are you talking about?

 

[bksballer89]

Dallas/Denver should be fun

 

[dtgold88]

Are you going to keep playing this pathetic game or do I have to pull up your gif again?

The "you got me again, dt" GIF?

Yeah...probably about time for it.

 

[dtgold88]

I already told you why I mentioned that. It was an example of how you took my comment outta context because I didn't agree with you on that topic. You should know this by now. I've told you the same thing multiple times. Yet you choose to ignore it.

If true, like you knew what I meant in my comment about the burnt jersey (as the entire country knew a jersey was burnt).

Did I make excuses for my poor wording? Nope.

 

[msgkings322]

And what game are you talking about?

Um...I was quoting you.

 

[dtgold88]

I'm not one of those people.



Again, I was speaking to the stat line. Since I didn't see the game I can only go by the stat line.

20 posts about a guy getting an 17/13 stat line is ridiculous though so I'm done. It was an amazing night for TT. Well done.

I realize you are not one of those people (and again I'm OK you commented based solely on stats)...but would bet they've seen you commenting on game based on the stat line only without seeing the game.

Wasn't it you who called that taboo, @bksballer89 ?

Since you are talking about the stats and the shooting, make note of Giannis as TT was assigned often to D him up.

 

[dtgold88]

Not much else to get excited about with that team. Oh look TT is productive! Kevin Love is a good rebounder! Sexton and Garland might make an all-star team in 2027!

oh, look, we finally showed a pulse sound better?

 

[flyerhawk]

I realize you are not one of those people (and again I'm OK you commented based solely on stats)...but would bet they've seen you commenting on game based on the stat line only without seeing the game.

Even the most dedicated among us only watch our own team and occasionally other random games when we have time. There is only some much time in the day. So for about 95% of games, we are all going on stats during the regular seasons.

Since you are talking about the stats and the shooting, make note of Giannis as TT was assigned often to D him up.

I've already conceded that TT had an amazing game last night. Truly one for the ages.

 

[dtgold88]

Even the most dedicated among us only watch our own team and occasionally other random games when we have time. There is only some much time in the day. So for about 95% of games, we are all going on stats during the regular seasons.




I've already conceded that TT had an amazing game last night. Truly one for the ages.

Better at least get a few all star votes from you then.

As to your first comment I said I agree. Just don't let bks know about this if you plan to comment.

 

[WiggyRuss]

oh, look, we finally showed a pulse sound better?

Tristan Thompson’s goal is to make first team All-Defense -- and he’s off to a strong start

As the Cleveland Cavaliers devised their game plan for Monday night’s matchup against the formidable Milwaukee Bucks, it was clear they had few options to defend reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Starting power forward Kevin Love is too slow. Cedi Osman isn’t strong enough. John Henson, Antetokounmpo’s former teammate, didn’t make the trip because of a strained right hamstring that will sideline him for possibly a month. That left Tristan Thompson....

While some may rue having to defend a burly, fast, athletic marvel whose nickname “Greek Freak” couldn’t possibly be more fitting, Thompson took the opposite approach. He actually asked for that assignment.

" I want to make their night tough to gain that respect defensively around the league. Goal of mine is to make first team All-Defense. The way you do that is guarding the best players. It starts with the MVP of the league.”

The result: Antetokounmpo, who entered the night averaging 29.5 points, finished with 14 on 5-of-15 from the field. It was his fewest points in a regular-season game since Jan. 15. His field goal percentage hasn’t been that poor since Dec. 22, 2018.

In the opener against Orlando, Thompson contested 13 shots, the most of anyone on the roster.

A few nights later in the home opener, he helped Cleveland hold Indiana to 99 points on 44.8 percent shooting. With Thompson on the floor, the Cavs had a defensive rating of 89.9. He also blocked three shots and repeatedly won his individual matchup, which is one of the primary principles of J.B. Bickerstaff’s defense.

In the team’s lone win this season, Thompson guarded budding youngster Domantas Sabonis for about half the night. During Thompson’s defensive possessions against Sabonis, the $70 million power forward scored just four points on 1-of-5 from the field. Thompson also stymied Indiana center Myles Turner. Guarding him 26 percent of the time, Thompson held Turner scoreless, missing all three shot attempts and committing a turnover. Even T.J. Warren, brought to Indiana this off-season for his scoring punch, struggled against Cleveland’s anchor. Warren scored just two points on 1-of-3 from the field.

He’s the relentless rebounder, menacing screen-setter and deft roller. As Thompson likes to say, he brings the lunch pail and punches the clock every night, playing with the same effort and energy no matter what. He’s also got nimble feet to switch onto smaller players and hold his own. While he’s smaller than most centers and isn’t the prototypical rim protector, Thompson’s other traits have helped him become the linchpin at that end of the floor -- a role he’s lived up to with his stellar play early this season.

According to NBA.com stats, Thompson defended Antetokounmpo nearly 42 percent of the time, holding him to five points on 2-of-7 from the field.

“That’s why we call him the m-----f------ Double-T,” Love told cleveland.com.