2021 NBA regular season thread

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

R.I.P. Paul Westphal

Hall of Famer, Suns icon Paul Westphal dies at 70

Paul Westphal, who guided the Suns to the 1993 NBA Finals as a coach and was a five-time All-Star as a player, has died at the age of 70, it was announced Saturday.

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Paul Westphal - Wikipedia

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[Shaqdaddy11]

R.I.P. Paul Westphal

Hall of Famer, Suns icon Paul Westphal dies at 70

Paul Westphal, who guided the Suns to the 1993 NBA Finals as a coach and was a five-time All-Star as a player, has died at the age of 70, it was announced Saturday.

www.espn.com

Paul Westphal - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Goddammit. I had a lot of respect for Westphal.

Seems like 2020 is seeping into 2021 too....

 

[bksballer89]

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Goddammit. I had a lot of respect for Westphal.

Seems like 2020 is seeping into 2021 too....

Yeah...pretty sad.
The 2020 repercussions will likely be felt for at least a few more months on many fronts and areas.

 

[dtgold88]

I've worked 40 straight days with a high ankle sprain and I walk probably 8 miles a day. Granted I wouldn't be cutting through offensive lines but I still walk faster than my employees.

Sometimes you gotta gut the shit out to bring the money home.

Or trying to keep up with kind of fast humans, trying to lift your arm to make a tackle, block a pass, etc.

 

[YourFriendGannon]

NBA teams mostly stopped giving chances to aging boomer head coaches after Westphal's final stint as coach in Sacramento.

 

[bksballer89]

John Wall looks amazing

 

[msgkings322]

John Wall looks amazing

Another career ended by an Achilles injury.

 

[Black Adam]

Happy New Year!!!

R.I.P. Paul Westphal

Hall of Famer, Suns icon Paul Westphal dies at 70

Paul Westphal, who guided the Suns to the 1993 NBA Finals as a coach and was a five-time All-Star as a player, has died at the age of 70, it was announced Saturday.

www.espn.com

Paul Westphal - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

represented all the way back to Aviation High School out here in Manhattan Beach...

sorry to see him go...

 

[bksballer89]

Christian Wood is avg 24/11

 

[bksballer89]

3 underdogs won tonight

 

[WiggyRuss]

3 underdogs won tonight

Sexton outplayed Young tonight.

He really looks good. Solid win for the Cavs.

Cavs only shot 24% from 3 in that game as well. People are going to have to start giving Colin Sexton some love sooner than later.

 

[msgkings322]

Sexton outplayed Young tonight.

He really looks good. Solid win for the Cavs.

Cavs only shot 24% from 3 in that game as well. People are going to have to start giving Colin Sexton some love sooner than later.

I think you have it pretty well covered yourself

 

[DJ Fieri]

 

[msgkings322]

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Pretty good list but I would put Shaq instead of Kobe. Mainly because Kobe was basically Jordan Lite.

Those 4 (LeBron, Curry, Shaq, MJ) plus Magic are the most uniquely dominant players in modern history IMO. No one has really been like them before or since.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Or trying to keep up with kind of fast humans, trying to lift your arm to make a tackle, block a pass, etc.

He is the only one that has formally stated what his overall status is. Unlike Markelle Fultz when everyone thought the dude was a bum but had thoratic syndrome.

Call me cynical but I find it odd that some of the best doctors in the world called him day to day five months ago and yet here we are and the dude suddenly can't lift his arm?

If he comes back and proves me wrong I will he glad to admit it but I think this dude ends up being a scrub his entire career.

 

[Shanemansj13]

I think you have it pretty well covered yourself

Sexton is a beast for his size...definitely better than Oubre or Wiggins LOL

 

[msgkings322]

Sexton is a beast for his size...definitely better than Oubre or Wiggins LOL

Ah yes forgot you, you can help Wiggy out

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Pretty good list but I would put Shaq instead of Kobe. Mainly because Kobe was basically Jordan Lite.

Those 4 (LeBron, Curry, Shaq, MJ) plus Magic are the most uniquely dominant players in modern history IMO. No one has really been like them before or since.

If I had to pick a 5th player for that list...It would definitely be the big fundamental (Tim Duncan)..without a doubt.

 

[wildturkey]

John Wall looks amazing

Christian Wood is avg 24/11

This is gonna make trading James Harden easier to swallow, especially if they can sucker a team into giving them draft pick hauls like teams got in the Davis, George, and Westbrook (to Houston) trades.