2021 NBA regular season thread

[Sparhawk]

Wizards putting up 51/50/72 against the Sixers.
Only down 18.

Beal with 55 and not the 4th yet

Krikey, I nearly cursed us!

Beal had 2 points in the 4th quarter until that free throw with 4.4 seconds left.

 

[bksballer89]

Julius Randle is doing his best to make an AS team this year. That guy is balling

 

[flyerhawk]

Krikey, I nearly cursed us!

Beal had 2 points in the 4th quarter until that free throw with 4.4 seconds left.

Frigging Wizards had 26 3s.

 

[bksballer89]

Damn well at least he signed that contract

 

[Sparhawk]

Damn well at least he signed that contract

That sucks.
Was curious to see how he did this year and wish him a speedy recovery.

 

[Gman]

Damn well at least he signed that contract

That sucks... I was kinda rooting for him at this point.

 

[bksballer89]

That was a bummer. Come back to tie the game after being down by 10 with about 70 seconds left....the least they could have done was get the game into OT

 

[Gman]

That was a bummer. Come back to tie the game after being down by 10 with about 70 seconds left....the least they could have done was get the game into OT

That was an entertaining regular season game.

Celtics blowing that lead in no time flat was brutal... gave a chance for young Payton Pritchard to further cement his status as a Boston cult hero, though.

 

[DJ Fieri]

It's still early but the Knicks are 5-3 and looking like a solid team.

 

[thunderc]

Nice win for the Thunder in New Orleans tonight. Adam’s put up a triple double.

 

[bksballer89]

Miami schedule this first half is brutal. Must be the toughest schedule in the East

I just want to make to the 2nd half with a top 3 seed within striking distance as that'll be an accomplishment

They already played Milwaukee (2X) and Dallas.

Starting tonight, the rest of January looks like this

Boston-play boston 2X in 5 days
mini series vs Toronto, Philly, and Brooklyn ( all on the road btw lol)
Home games vs the Clippers and Nuggets.

The other 4 games in January are against Washington, Sac, and Detroit (2X).

In February, they have a 7 game road trip that includes games against 4 of the top 6 probably in the West.

 

[bksballer89]

Nice win for the Thunder in New Orleans tonight. Adam’s put up a triple double.

Bazley looks pretty solid. Thunder likely not a top 10 team in the West but they're no pushover. You have to come ready to play or they'll sneak up and possibly beat you

 

[Sparhawk]

Miami schedule this first half is brutal. Must be the toughest schedule in the East

I just want to make to the 2nd half with a top 3 seed within striking distance as that'll be an accomplishment

They already played Milwaukee (2X) and Dallas.

Starting tonight, the rest of January looks like this

Boston-play boston 2X in 5 days
mini series vs Toronto, Philly, and Brooklyn ( all on the road btw lol)
Home games vs the Clippers and Nuggets.

The other 4 games in January are against Washington, Sac, and Detroit (2X).

In February, they have a 7 game roundtrip that includes games against 4 of the top 6 probably in the West.

There's not much I can say about the Sixers schedule.
I'm still not sure what exactly is going on.
It's so weird having a competent head coach.....

 

[The Q]

That was a bummer. Come back to tie the game after being down by 10 with about 70 seconds left....the least they could have done was get the game into OT

yeah. Y’all gotta finish that

 

[thunderc]

Bazley looks pretty solid. Thunder likely not a top 10 team in the West but they're no pushover. You have to come ready to play or they'll sneak up and possibly beat you

Really like what I’m seeing, they will be fun to watch. I still don’t understand why they didn’t leave the skinny kid overseas for a year or two but I’m not sure how all that works. Going to get a good draft pick this year no doubt.

 

[bksballer89]

 

[msgkings322]

Curry with only 5 in the first half but Ws down only 1

Clippers defense is legit. He ain't getting to 62 on them.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Top 15 NBA Players Right Now

1. Giannis
2. Durant
3. LeBron
4. Luka
5. Kawhi
6. Davis
7. Damion
8. Jokic
9. Kyrie
10. Harden
11. Curry
12. Tatum
13. Booker
14. Emiid
15. Sabonis

Honorable Mentions: Beal, Young, Gobert, Mitchell, Butler, McCollum, George, Paul

fuck.

I probably ranked Embiid way too low.

really coming into his prime at this point.

Tatum without a doubt has earned his spot here too. And i gotta say--- probably gotta add Jaylen Brown to the "honorable mentions" at this point in his growth.

 

[WiggyRuss]

well it certainly helps that all he does is shoot 3's. Everyone of those other players does tons of things well.

He is an amazing 3 pt shooter - and he is going to get paid very well this offseason. He will prob. get 18-22M per year (everyone of those otehr guys is a franchise level max player).

i knew he was only in the NBA for his 3rd year---- was surprised to see that he will be 27 in April

 

[WiggyRuss]

Miami schedule this first half is brutal. Must be the toughest schedule in the East

I just want to make to the 2nd half with a top 3 seed within striking distance as that'll be an accomplishment

They already played Milwaukee (2X) and Dallas.

Starting tonight, the rest of January looks like this

Boston-play boston 2X in 5 days
mini series vs Toronto, Philly, and Brooklyn ( all on the road btw lol)
Home games vs the Clippers and Nuggets.

The other 4 games in January are against Washington, Sac, and Detroit (2X).

In February, they have a 7 game road trip that includes games against 4 of the top 6 probably in the West.

yah there are just not that many bad teams in the NBA now a days. I agree its a tough schedule-

but usually there are like 12 teams that are just bad in the league

right now the only team that is just hopeless is the Pistons.

The Cavs, Hornets, Bulls, are not great-- but even the Cavs and Hornets arent pushovers when healthy.

The Knicks, Kings, Grizz, Wizz are certainly not great--- but they can win any game on any night vs. just about any team- esp. when healthy. Grizz kinda suck right now with JJJ and Morant out. Cavs are pretty sucky right now with Love, Garland, Windler, Porter, Exum, Okor, Delly missing time.

Wiz arent good but they have freaking Beal and RW. Kings arent great but they have Fox and some guys.

most teams in the NBA are pretty damn competent right now. Right now 4-3 and 3-4 in the West encompasses teams 4 through 12.