2021-2022 NBA Season

[bksballer89]

The record isn’t really close when you look at how their team’s perform vs good teams (.500 or better).

Not the way this works

 

[Wamu]

Also, I didn’t say the Nuggets were a bad team. I was speaking to the idea that stats will be compiled regardless. When you remove players from the squad that need the ball, you’re increasing the opportunity to stuff stats for someone like Jokic.

If you think Jokic is stat-stuffing this season because two starters are out then why did he average 26.4/10.8/8.3 last season when Murray & MPJ were healthy? This season he's averaging 26.8/13.7/8.0. Pretty similar numbers. Or was Jokic also stat-stuffing last season?

 

[tlance]

This is wild. I lived in the Sacto area during the White Chocolate/Webber era and they were a super entertaining and talented team. They were robbed later in that highly questionable playoff series versus the Lakers that was likely rigged by refs and have never sniffed the playoffs since.

That is honestly very difficult to do.

Pretty amazing.

 

[bksballer89]

Also, I didn’t say the Nuggets were a bad team. I was speaking to the idea that stats will be compiled regardless. When you remove players from the squad that need the ball, you’re increasing the opportunity to stuff stats for someone like Jokic.

This is a horrible post. Jokic didnt just become a passing big this year. Been at 7+ apg for the last 4 years now. Quit acting like he is chasing stats. He was avg 5 apg by year 2

 

[wildturkey]

LOL. More proof this guy has no clue how the salary cap works. Only way DeRozan gets there with all those people Magic talking about is if DeRozan took the MLE, which was never fucking happening.

 

[trojanfan12]

LOL. More proof this guy has no clue how the salary cap works. Only way DeRozan gets there with all those people Magic talking about is if DeRozan took the MLE, which was never fucking happening.

And to be fair...while DeRozan is having a great season...no one saw what he's doing coming.

He's a career 29% from 3. 3 point shooting was something the Lakers needed that he wouldn't provide. He had given no reason for anyone to think he'd jump up to 36% this season.

 

[fightinfunbags]

So you're saying the Sixers lose more often to bad teams? That's better?

I’m saying the Sixers are 28-22 vs teams .500 or better and the Nuggets are 20-23 vs teams .500 or better. Embiid’s team has the better record vs the more challenging schedule.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Isn't Embiid in the same situation for most of this season?

How so? I thought the Joker argument is that his team around him is complete ass.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Not the way this works

Correct. It’s 2022. Now the way this works, we have casuals do math problems to determine MVP

 

[Wamu]

How so? I thought the Joker argument is that his team around him is complete ass.

Jokic is stat-stuffing this season right? That's exactly what you said.

Also, I didn’t say the Nuggets were a bad team. I was speaking to the idea that stats will be compiled regardless. When you remove players from the squad that need the ball, you’re increasing the opportunity to ->stuff stats for someone like Jokic.<-

You gonna explain yourself?

His numbers last season. 26.4/10.8/8.3

His numbers this season. 26.8/13.7/8.0

Last season he had Murray & MJP. This season he doesn't yet his numbers are almost the same.

So how is he stat-stuffing this season?

 

[shopson67]

LOL. More proof this guy has no clue how the salary cap works. Only way DeRozan gets there with all those people Magic talking about is if DeRozan took the MLE, which was never fucking happening.

Not true. DeRozan was available (and rumored) via trade well before the Westbrook trade took place.

Spurs would reportedly be willing to help DeMar DeRozan get to Lakers in sign-and-trade for Kyle Kuzma

A sign-and-trade for DeMar DeRozan would hard cap the Lakers, who would likely send out Kyle Kuzma to entice the Spurs to help DeRozan come home.

www.silverscreenandroll.com

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Ramona Shelbourne looks like....bleh

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Not true. DeRozan was available (and rumored) via trade well before the Westbrook trade took place.

Spurs would reportedly be willing to help DeMar DeRozan get to Lakers in sign-and-trade for Kyle Kuzma

A sign-and-trade for DeMar DeRozan would hard cap the Lakers, who would likely send out Kyle Kuzma to entice the Spurs to help DeRozan come home.

www.silverscreenandroll.com

Will give @DJ credit.. he wanted Derozan

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Scottie Barnes looks like he's 12

 

[Shanemansj13]

And you wonder why Bickerstaff was bitching at the refs. The game was 107-106 Sixers and Garland would get 2 FT's. Instead they don't call a clear foul and Harden shoots 2 FT's. Huge difference

 

[Iggloo]

No

Chandler Parsons?

 

[trojanfan12]

And you wonder why Bickerstaff was bitching at the refs. The game was 107-106 Sixers and Garland would get 2 FT's. Instead they don't call a clear foul and Harden shoots 2 FT's. Huge difference

One thing I would like to see the league do, is have the officials explain what they saw, or thought they saw, on plays like that. I don't think it will ever happen, but it should. If nothing else, it might give fans a different perspective as well as maybe illustrating just how impossible the job is.

Similar to how we sometimes get explanations from coaches/players on what they saw/were thinking on a big play.

 

[Wamu]

And you wonder why Bickerstaff was bitching at the refs. The game was 107-106 Sixers and Garland would get 2 FT's. Instead they don't call a clear foul and Harden shoots 2 FT's. Huge difference

That's just fucked up. The league saying ooppss a day later doesn't fix anything.

I can't begin to imagine what will happen if a missed call or two in a playoff game costs a team a win.

And if that would ever happen the league will have a mess to deal with.

 

[Wamu]

One thing I would like to see the league do, is have the officials explain what they saw, or thought they saw, on plays like that. I don't think it will ever happen, but it should. If nothing else, it might give fans a different perspective as well as maybe illustrating just how impossible the job is.

Similar to how we sometimes get explanations from coaches/players on what they saw/were thinking on a big play.

I would never question how tough it is to be an NBA ref.

To try and correct missed calls that could have a direct hand in the outcome of a game would another refs on the court be a possibility?

All I really know about NBA refs is Tim Donaghy fucked up & Joey Crawford wanted to fight Duncan. That was the game that Crawford threw TD out of for laughing on the bench at a couple of his foul calls.

 

[trojanfan12]

That's just fucked up. The league saying ooppss a day later doesn't fix anything.

I can't begin to imagine what will happen if a missed call or two in a playoff game costs a team a win.

And if that would ever happen the league will have a mess to deal with.

That's part of why I think the league should have the refs give an explanation about what they saw or how they understood a rule. The NBA putting out calls they got wrong, doesn't change the outcome and undermines the refs.