2021 NBA regular season thread

[bksballer89]

What's wrong with the Raptors

 

[Sparhawk]

Tyrese Maxey was an absolute steal as the 21st pick in the draft. Really enjoy watching him on the court.

No pressure role.
Building confidence.

Like Matisse last season when he was hitting high 40s on 3s before getting hurt.

Still, one quality win vs ORL.
Other 5 Ws are against .500 teams or less.

Defense looking great.

 

[Sparhawk]

What's wrong with the Raptors

Might be a bit of a drop off from Gasol/Ibaka to Baynes/Len???

Odd side note, but aren’t all 4 internationals?

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Might be a bit of a drop off from Gasol/Ibaka to Baynes/Len???

Odd side note, but aren’t all 4 internationals?

Just a touch

 

[flyerhawk]

No pressure role.
Building confidence.

Like Matisse last season when he was hitting high 40s on 3s before getting hurt.

Still, one quality win vs ORL.
Other 5 Ws are against .500 teams or less.

Defense looking great.

Yeah I'm not planning the championship parade just yet.

We'll have a better idea about the team in general next week. But winning the games you were supposed to win is a good start. Win against the Wizards and then hunker down and get some wins against better competition.

One huge difference so far this season is that with Curry and Maxey the team has more than one ball handler.

 

[bksballer89]

RJ Barrett is really good

 

[Sparhawk]

Yeah I'm not planning the championship parade just yet.

We'll have a better idea about the team in general next week. But winning the games you were supposed to win is a good start. Win against the Wizards and then hunker down and get some wins against better competition.

One huge difference so far this season is that with Curry and Maxey the team has more than one ball handler.

I expected some growing pains with the new coach/system.
You can only play the teams on the schedule, so every win against struggling/bad teams is a must.

I would also add Shake to that list, as he's our best scorer off the bench right now.

 

[bksballer89]

The Knicks look like a real basketball team. Salute to Thibs and his coaching staff

 

[bksballer89]

Pelicans/Pacers and Mavs/Rockets coming down to the wire in the 4th

 

[Sparhawk]

Pelicans/Pacers and Mavs/Rockets coming down to the wire in the 4th

All of a sudden, NO up 10 with 2 to go.

Damn! IND with 2 threes in like 10 seconds.

Tied with 8 seconds to go.

 

[bksballer89]

All of a sudden, NO up 10 with 2 to go.

Damn! IND with 2 threes in like 10 seconds.

Tied with 8 seconds to go.

Just turned it back....Stunned to see it was tied

 

[YourFriendGannon]

Ngl, I would love to see Brogdon do that to the Bucks in the playoffs.

 

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[Shanemansj13]

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Damn Draymond is a BEAST

 

[wildturkey]

What's wrong with the Raptors

A gradual decline in talent. Over the last two years, they lost Kawhi, Danny Green, Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka. They didn't really replenish it either. They've got a couple of younger players that could be good role players down the road, but they aren't there yet.

 

[msgkings322]

Damn Draymond is a BEAST

He's basically Rodman...great D, very little scoring. Much less rebounds much more assists. Gets in players heads. High basketball IQ

 

[tlance]

It isn't a terrible take. Sabonis is really good. He is top 3 IMO.

Too 15 overall in the NBA though?

No way.

He is attributing Indy’s success to 1 player. They are a team that does well because they have a balanced attack with 5 good players sharing the court together.

Sabonis is their best offensive player. But is he even their best player overall? A strong case can be made for Brogdon or Oladipo.

 

[bksballer89]

Too 15 overall in the NBA though?

No way.

He is attributing Indy’s success to 1 player. They are a team that does well because they have a balanced attack with 5 good players sharing the court together.

Sabonis is their best offensive player. But is he even their best player overall? A strong case can be made for Brogdon or Oladipo.

Yeah he aint top 15 yet. Probably closer to 25. Speaking of Oladipo, he looks closer to his old self which means I'll gladly take him in Miami this summer

 

[bksballer89]