2021 NBA regular season thread

[thunderc]

I don't think Jokic gets the recognition he deserves nationally. He's not flashy. Looks like he's lumbering up and down the court all the time. Doesn't have monster dunks. If he's not the most complete C in the league who do you think is? Just wondering.

Agreed, he just goes to work every day. A quality that is not valued nearly enough.

 

[thunderc]

Kyrie wants to be a leader. He better step up

Are you sure he wants to be a leader?

 

[DJ Fieri]

Next 4 games without KD.

Utah
Philly
@ Memphis
OKC

 

[Wamu]

Are you sure he wants to be a leader?

Of course he wants to be a leader. Have you already forgotten about his epic playoff series against the Bucks in the semi's two seasons ago? Oh wait a minute. It was epic already. Just for all the wrong reasons.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Kyrie wants to be a leader. He better step up

Without Dinwiddie and now KD.....he'll put up 30 FGA's.

 

[DJ Fieri]

It's Monday and there's no MNF.....feels weird.

 

[Wamu]

Next 4 games without KD.

Utah
Philly
@ Memphis
OKC

Utah- Kyrie has a great game
Philly- Kyrie has an okay game
Memphis- has a terrible game (more TO's than buckets)
OKC- calls a press conference to tell everyone he's not talking to the media and rules himself out for the game

 

[Wamu]

It's Monday and there's no MNF.....feels weird.

Where's the CFL when we need it? Said nobody ever.

 

[Wamu]

Without Dinwiddie and now KD.....he'll put up 30 FGA's.

And hopefully misses 29 of them.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Are you sure he wants to be a leader?

I mean that’s why he left Bron right?

 

[trojanfan12]

I think its fair to say if you switched Giannis and LeBron the Lakers still win and the Bucks still lose last year.

lol

none of those teams would prefer Butler over their guys.

Booker is 24, coming into his prime.

Embiid is probably the best big man in the league beside Davis and maybe Jokic.

Sabonis took a huge leap to all star level last year when he went for 21, 9 and 7 while shooting about 57% from the field. As big as that jump was- it looks like he is taking another jump this year.

Jimmy Butler got hot for 3 weeks during the freak-show against teams that suffered major injury issues to all star caliber players. Probably a top 20 guy- but towards the back of it, and less valuable than Booker, Embiid or Sabonis.

I am shocked that you would suggest he is better than Embiid. Maybe- at 24 years old- you can make an argument for Booker or Sabonis.

But Embiid is clearly better.

Ill be the first to rip on Kyrie's craziness and off the court BS- and i have- but the fact is the guy is basically unstoppable on offense. If you want to ding him for his past injury concerns i can listen to that- but hes basically 25-7-5 with great efficiency when healthy. -- hes not quite 50/40/90 shooting but he is damn close on a lot of volume. thats crazy.

lol

 

[trojanfan12]

So exactly what year will the Cavs be better than the Heat? Only ask because you did say the Cavs will turn everything around before the Heat.

Doesn't matter since none of us will live to see it.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Where's the CFL when we need it? Said nobody ever.

After the SB.....I'm going to be missing the XFL....

 

[DJ Fieri]

And hopefully misses 29 of them.

Calling it now.

Irving makes 10 of 30 FGA's vs the Jazz. 33.3%.

 

[DJ Fieri]

What would you like a youngster.....like Embiid or Booker......or a seasoned vet that took a young Miami Heat team to the Finals?

In a landslide......Butler.....because he is flexible enough to play SG or SF if you already 1 of the other on your team.

 

[Wamu]

After the SB.....I'm going to be missing the XFL....

Not me.

 

[Wamu]

Calling it now.

Irving makes 10 of 30 FGA's vs the Jazz. 33.3%.

Sounds good to me.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Calling it now.

Irving makes 10 of 30 FGA's vs the Jazz. 33.3%.

ill bet you his true shooting is over 44% for the game.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Not me.

I was liking that League when it got shut down because of Covid.

 

[bksballer89]

Jimmy Butler got hot for 3 weeks during the freak-show against teams that suffered major injury issues to all star caliber players. Probably a top 20 guy- but towards the back of it, and less valuable than Booker, Embiid or Sabonis.

What team suffered major injuries?

Pacers got SWEPT by the Heat. They're not winning that series with Sabonis. Maybe they get a game. TJ Warren was a bubble god and was supposed to eat up the Heat....Remember you picked Pacers in 7 KNOWING Sabonis was out right? Stop the BS

Heat were up 3-0 on the Bucks before Giannis got hurt.

As for Celtics, they beat the Raptors who damn near everyone considered better than the Heat WITHOUT Gordon. Hayward came back and played 4 of the 6 games in the ECF.

Just say you hate Jimmy Butler and move on because this reasoning is stupid.