2021 NBA regular season thread

[trojanfan12]

KAJ in 1983: 21.8 ppg on 58.8% and 15.5 att/g in 32 min, 7.5 reb, 2.5 ast, 0.8 stl, 2.2 blk
Lebron: 25.5 ppg on 49.6% and 18.8 att/g in 33 min, 7.8 reb, 7.5 ast, 0.4 stl, 0.9 blk

Pretty comparable, really.

 

[DJ]

Hmmmmmmm.......Kuzma got a lot of FGA's, kind of like they were featuring him last night (without AD).....could their be a trade on the horizon?

 

[shopson67]

A lot of quiet from the Lakers folks on this one

Wasn't on, didn't see it. Bad loss in January with AD sitting on a back to back. Harrell didn't play well (still banged up?), which hurts more with AD out. SG play was poor, getting little production from KCP and Matthews. How much longer can they keep TH-T buried behind those two? Heck, playing Caruso more

 

[DJ]

A lot of quiet from the Lakers folks on this one

2nd night of a back to back and AD was out.

Now, if AD was there and it wasn't the 2nd straight game.....little more concerning.

The Pistons have won 2 of their last 3.....against the 76ers and the Lakers.

 

[DJ]

Wasn't on, didn't see it. Bad loss in January with AD sitting on a back to back. Harrell didn't play well (still banged up?), which hurts more with AD out. SG play was poor, getting little production from KCP and Matthews. How much longer can they keep TH-T buried behind those two? Heck, playing Caruso more

THT is a baller.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

2nd night of a back to back and AD was out.

Now, if AD was there and it wasn't the 2nd straight game.....little more concerning.

The Pistons have won 2 of their last 3.....against the 76ers and the Lakers.

Don't get me wrong. Pistons are still terrible

Just funny

 

[DJ]

Don't get me wrong. Pistons are still terrible

Just funny

Griffin had a good game....

Ellington has been a sniper for them.

 

[bksballer89]

2nd night of a back to back and AD was out.

Now, if AD was there and it wasn't the 2nd straight game.....little more concerning.

The Pistons have won 2 of their last 3.....against the 76ers and the Lakers.

Pistons were also on the 2nd night of a b2b

 

[DJ]

Steph has outscored the other 4 GS starters 3 times this season?

Daaaaaaaaaaaamn.

 

[bksballer89]

 

[bksballer89]

You can't use the b2b excuse when your opponent is also on the 2nd night of a b2b.

 

[msgkings322]

I see him as similar to TT. He's not really worth the overpay to any team other than the Warriors. But like TT with the Cavs, he important for what they do.

Great point. Overpaying only hurts if you have an owner unwilling to pay luxury tax and the Warriors have shown they don't mind if that's what it takes.

Plus he got some of that money as a thank you for past performance. It's part of sports you reward your main guys and you get a rep as a team that takes care of its players and FAs want to go there.

 

[tlance]

Yet you didn't give a name of an actual player or an asset you thought could be moved in such a deal that's a better option than Garland that is somewhat realistic. Guess maybe the Twolve pick if GS not so confident Klay can come back healthy and come close to old form.

and I suspect like you they'd be tanking if they unload Beal, but not crazy they'd want Drummond.

Happen to agree with Sushi that NO might be an interesting team to get involved.

Colin Sexton, Tyler Herro

I could go on. But I don’t need to.

Because a trade involving Beal is likely to include multiple future assets. His idea didn’t.

 

[DJ]

Great point. Overpaying only hurts if you have an owner unwilling to pay luxury tax and the Warriors have shown they don't mind if that's what it takes.

Plus he got some of that money as a thank you for past performance. It's part of sports you reward your main guys and you get a rep as a team that takes care of its players and FAs want to go there.

Yep, all the Cavs fans act like TT deserved that contract.

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

A lot of quiet from the Lakers folks on this one

My facepalm in post #5589 was all that needed to be said.

Plus, I don't usually post between 9pm and 11am PST

But yeah, the Lakers played bad, played tired, missed a lot of shots and got their ass beat. No excuses - they need to get their shit together.

 

[DJ]

Pistons were also on the 2nd night of a b2b

There was a shortened offseason or that suddenly doesn't matter? You were talking about this all pre-season.

How it's going to effect the teams and players.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

 

[bksballer89]

There was a shortened offseason or that suddenly doesn't matter? You were talking about this all pre-season.

How it's going to effect the teams and players.

Lol im just saying if both teams are on the 2nd night of a b2b then it is irrelevant. Both team had to fly to Detroit and get in probably midnight or later. Pistons were the better team last night. Losing to crappy teams happens in the marathon that is the nba season

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Detroit could easily have 8 wins or so. Theyve blown a lot of leads. They aren't good but they aren't the Sixers during "the process" bad

 

[tlance]

Detroit could easily have 8 wins or so. Theyve blown a lot of leads. They aren't good but they aren't the Sixers during "the process" bad

Yes!!!

So maybe the Wizards truly are the worst team in the league?

Seriously though, the bad teams really are a lot less bad then they have been pretty much any year I can recall in recent memory. Usually there are 5-8 that are just really bad. That isn’t the case at all this year.