2021 NBA regular season thread

[bksballer89]

Lakers look flat

Denver by 12 at the half

 

[WiggyRuss]

No Lillard (or McCollum) for the Blazers and they beat up the Sixers?

thats a bit surprising.

 

[CitySushi]

Forgot to mention that he is a legit defender. I don't know why CitySushi hates him so much.

I don’t hate Oubre I think he’s still just a terrible fit for this team. He had an incredible game tonight. I didn’t get to see it but everything I’ve seen on Twitter has given him his props.

But I stand by my opinion that he’s not a great fit for this team and as constructed he will generally not be ideal for success.

 

[CitySushi]

Wiggins Dray Wiseman Oubre are all plus defenders

Wiseman is not a plus defender yet. Has potential but he’s still learning where to be and making rotations on defense. The reason he was taken out of the starting lineup and replaced with Looney wasn’t because Looney was better offensively.

 

[msgkings322]

I don’t hate Oubre I think he’s still just a terrible fit for this team. He had an incredible game tonight. I didn’t get to see it but everything I’ve seen on Twitter has given him his props.

But I stand by my opinion that he’s not a great fit for this team and as constructed he will generally not be ideal for success.

I doubt he's on the team next year.

 

[msgkings322]

Wiseman is not a plus defender yet. Has potential but he’s still learning where to be and making rotations on defense. The reason he was taken out of the starting lineup and replaced with Looney wasn’t because Looney was better offensively.

Fair point. I guess I meant potential with him, with the length and all.

 

[bksballer89]

Seems like Morris and Matthews are no longer in the Lakers rotation

 

[TheLonestarDUCK]

No Lillard (or McCollum) for the Blazers and they beat up the Sixers?

thats a bit surprising.

No Nurkic or Collins either. Huge surprise

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

Lakers look flat

Denver by 12 at the half

This didn’t age well

 

[bksballer89]

This didn’t age well

Did I make some type of prediction that I missed? . Just stated they were flat in the 1st half which was a true statement That is not something anyone who watched the first half would deny.

They woke up in the 2nd half and handled their business.

 

[bksballer89]

 

[wildturkey]

Seems like Morris and Matthews are no longer in the Lakers rotation

Vogel has a tendency to mess around with line ups a lot.

 

[wildturkey]

Dallas is struggling this season. Can’t just assume a team will just keep being good consistently every year, they are seeing some growing pains and their defense is an issue. Losing one of the best shooters in the NBA is a bigger loss than they imagined

The Curry/Richardson swap has been a disaster. Curry really bolstered minutes for them without Luka on the floor. They don't have that anymore. Richardson sucks ass and looks like he was more a product of Miami's system than anything else as he struggled in Philly as well. Some of their other players have dipped as well like DFS. A lot of those struggles has led to frustration and that's led to them just not giving a shit on defense. Luka is constantly complaining about stuff all game long. The team is miserable right now.

 

[msgkings322]

Inb4 "MJ was better"

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Seems like Morris and Matthews are no longer in the Lakers rotation

Trez fills the Morris role

 

[seattlefan75]

I think there has not been a more disappointing team this season than the Dallas Mavericks. I guess the Miami Heat would be in that conversation but all the hype around Luka and Kristaps coming back healthy to be losing this many games

 

[tlance]

This didn’t age well

They were flat in the first half.

Then they made the Nuggets look like a high school team in the 2nd.

 

[thunderc]

Inb4 "MJ was better"

Doesnt change the fact that he was

 

[tlance]

Doesnt change the fact that he was

More of MJ’s contemporaries are coming around.

Last night, Reggie Miller said on air, if he was in a pick up game and had first pick, he is taking LeBron. If he was a fan and paying money to watch, he would pay to see MJ.

That is the heart of it. It is why MJ get the unconditional love he does. Fans like him more.

 

[thunderc]

More of MJ’s contemporaries are coming around.

Last night, Reggie Miller said on air, if he was in a pick up game and had first pick, he is taking LeBron. If he was a fan and paying money to watch, he would pay to see MJ.

That is the heart of it. It is why MJ get the unconditional love he does. Fans like him more.

Well Reggie never won and he was a competitor so no he is not going to join the guy that always beat him.