2021 NBA regular season thread

[thunderc]

They may be a GOAT caliber team

Not all time but up there

So the goat of not all time?

 

[flyerhawk]

So the goat of not all time?

The GONAT

 

[bksballer89]

Is anyone even going to give the Zags a game?

Yeah Michigan on Saturday followed by Baylor on Monday

 

[Stakesarehigh]

So the goat of not all time?

Yep lol

 

[DJ Fieri]

So the goat of not all time?

LOL.

 

[flyerhawk]

Yeah Michigan on Saturday followed by Baylor on Monday

Or not.

 

[bksballer89]

Clippers led Orlando 91-82 with under 4 to go. Orlando won 103-96

 

[tlance]

It is hurting his legacy ultimately. He could be seen talent wise as a top 10 all timer but from a leadership standpoint hes not even in the same stratosphere as Kobe, MJ, lebron, Bird, Magic

There is no question.

He is probably more talented than anyone outside of LeBron, Shaq and MJ. Those are his peers talent-wise.

 

[tlance]

Is anyone even going to give the Zags a game?

Baylor can give them a game if they play well.

Even then, I think decent chance the Zags roll over them too.

 

[tlance]

They may be a GOAT caliber team

Not all time but up there

I said on the other thread, this is as good as any team in the 1 and done era. They will never measure up to teams from the 80s when everybody had superstars stay for 3+ years, but what they are doing is impressive as hell.

 

[tlance]

I don’t often complain about players missing games for weak seeming injuries because you never really what the athlete is experiencing.

But...

Victor Oladipo is missing his second straight game and posting his Miami debut with a cold.

Seriously?

 

[bksballer89]

I don’t often complain about players missing games for weak seeming injuries because you never really what the athlete is experiencing.

But...

Victor Oladipo is missing his second straight game and posting his Miami debut with a cold.

Seriously?

Yeah it is really freaking lame. Missing 3 days of work over a cold isn't a good look

 

[bksballer89]

Love me some russ

 

[Sparhawk]

Decent article :

Red-Alert Numbers for the NBA’s Title Contenders

All eight teams with a real shot at a ring have at least one glaring flaw. We run through each weakness, and what the league’s best did at the deadline and in the buyout market to try to fix them.

www.theringer.com

Talking about the 'turnover' issue for the 76ers :
"This problem both hampers the 76ers’ offense and allows for more transition opportunities for their opponents."

The context :

2023-24 NBA Team Differential Stat Leaders - ESPN

ESPN is the place for NBA stats! Find a list of the Differential team stat leaders for the 2023-24 NBA Regular Season.

www.espn.com

Lazy writing question :
How does the other team get more transition opportunities if the Sixers average turning the other team over as much as they cough it up????

 

[trojanfan12]

Yeah Michigan on Saturday

Oops.

 

[Heatles84]

Love me some russ

Westbrook is soft. Stephen A. didn't say anything offensive or untrue about Westbrook. Facts are facts, Westbrook's game has never changed and he's always put up stats. But it's never translated to winning. I knew Russ had played with some talent, but when Stephen A. listed all of the players that Westbrook has had as teammates, you can't say that Westbrook has never had any help; he's had a ton of help.

 

[trojanfan12]

Love me some russ

 

[bksballer89]

Westbrook is soft. Stephen A. didn't say anything offensive or untrue about Westbrook. Facts are facts, Westbrook's game has never changed and he's always put up stats. But it's never translated to winning. I knew Russ had played with some talent, but when Stephen A. listed all of the players that Westbrook has had as teammates, you can't say that Westbrook has never had any help; he's had a ton of help.

Lol the only time you can sort of blame russ is the years with pg and even then i wouldnt blame him as PG went MIA. Putting the blame only on him for the thunder not being able to beat those Warriors team or that 2012 Heat team is crappy. Those teams were simply better....also Serge Ibaka and Reggie Jackson are from great players

 

[Heatles84]

Lol the only time you can sort of blame russ is the years with pg and even then i wouldnt blame him as PG went MIA. Putting the blame only on him for the thunder not being able to beat those Warriors team or that 2012 Heat team is crappy. Those teams were simply better....also Serge Ibaka and Reggie Jackson are from great players

Serge Ibaka was a really good player his time with the Thunder. Reggie Jackson I'll give you that one. But notice that Westbrook doesn't exactly move the needle for the teams he's on. When paired with Harden in Houston, they didn't get any better. When paired with Beal in Washington, they didn't get any better. Russ makes over $200 million, with that money, you warrant criticism when your team isn't playing better with you on there. And Russ was playing with 2 other 1st ballot HOF on the Thunder. Them not winning a title is really on all of them, but KD at least put himself in a position to win a title (you can argue his methods which is valid). But again, where's the flaw (outside of Reggie Jackson) in Stephen A's analysis? Because there isn't any. Hence why Westbrook's tantrum is laughable.

 

[bksballer89]

Serge Ibaka was a really good player his time with the Thunder. Reggie Jackson I'll give you that one. But notice that Westbrook doesn't exactly move the needle for the teams he's on. When paired with Harden in Houston, they didn't get any better. When paired with Beal in Washington, they didn't get any better. Russ makes over $200 million, with that money, you warrant criticism when your team isn't playing better with you on there. And Russ was playing with 2 other 1st ballot HOF on the Thunder. Them not winning a title is really on all of them, but KD at least put himself in a position to win a title (you can argue his methods which is valid). But again, where's the flaw (outside of Reggie Jackson) in Stephen A's analysis? Because there isn't any. Hence why Westbrook's tantrum is laughable.

You know how many great players don't win titles? That's why Stephen A comments was so shitty. I don't Russ had an issue about his other comments. The title comments was just bad because he's the same one who gets mad when superteams are built. Can't have it both ways.