2021 NBA regular season thread

[WiggyRuss]

I actually bet that they would cover the spread.

DJ- third time i am asking

i will bet you the Lakers do not make the Finals.

you game?

cmon out under that rock and respond.

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

DJ- third time i am asking

i will bet you the Lakers do not make the Finals.

you game?

cmon out under that rock and respond.

Lol at one-nut telling people to "cmon out under that rock"

 

[flyerhawk]

Yeah, I'm not buying the bubble excuse. Everyone was in the same bubble. The teams that played well and advanced, had their best players and their coaches all on the same page.

For example, I remember hearing that any time there was some doubt about the bubble, the Lakers and Heat's best players and their coaches all had the same message of basically..."We're here, it sucks, but since we're here, let's make the best of it and try to win". Not all teams took that approach and a sizable chunk of that falls on the coach.

I'm not trying to say there should be some asterisk or anything like that. But it was a strange season. I think that sometimes it also falls on the players. When you have Lebron as a teammate, you are likely going to stay in line.

To be clear, it's entirely possible that Doc should have done other things last year. I really don't know. All I know is that it was a weird year.

 

[flyerhawk]

You think Phil would have accepted Kawhi's lackluster attitude last season? Pat Riley? Hell, he tried it with Pop and got his ass shipped out.

Wow. Talk about re-writing history.

 

[bksballer89]

DJ- third time i am asking

i will bet you the Lakers do not make the Finals.

you game?

cmon out under that rock and respond.

Dj should only accept the bet if it is voided if lbj or ad gets hurt

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

Wow. Talk about re-writing history.

You mean you don't want to answer that because it makes Doc look even worse...

 

[SteelersPride]

Im not NBA savvy.........

So educate me.

Are the 76'ers that good?
Whats up with the celtics, i thought they were better?
Could the pacers be a sneaky high seed that no one wants to play?
How are the raptors so bad?
Does the east stink as bad as I think?

Is the west ALOT better, because I think it is.
5-6 strong teams.

Better pure scorer? curry or kd

 

[Black Adam]

Lol at one-nut telling people to "cmon out under that rock"

This goof talking outta his ass again? Thought he finally learned his lesson...

 

[Black Adam]

You mean you don't want to answer that because it makes Doc look even worse...

Gotta say I've always felt that Doc was a bit overrated...

 

[bksballer89]

Wiz stopped the Jazz 24 game home win streak

 

[bksballer89]

Steph may get 60

 

[Stakesarehigh]

And ftr, yes...Doc has had stacked teams. There may have been a team or 2 that was more stacked, but that doesn't mean his weren't.

I don't think anyone would accuse Rivers as being as good a coach as Riley either.

He's obviously better than Brown though lol

 

[bksballer89]

Hoping that Murray injury isn't as serious as it looked

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Hoping that Murray injury isn't as serious as it looked

Doesn't look good

 

[shopson67]

Poor effort from the Lakers tonight. After the solid Nets game, right back to the excessive turnovers from the Heat game. Kuzma played, but not well. Schroder started well, but reaggravated his tailbone, maybe he should stop taking charges for a while.

 

[wildturkey]

Im not NBA savvy.........

So educate me.

Are the 76'ers that good?
Whats up with the celtics, i thought they were better?
Could the pacers be a sneaky high seed that no one wants to play?
How are the raptors so bad?
Does the east stink as bad as I think?

Is the west ALOT better, because I think it is.
5-6 strong teams.

Better pure scorer? curry or kd

1) Yes
2) No one knows. It looks like they've just tuned their coach out and they need a teamwide shake up.
3) No
4) Lost talent over the last couple of years (Kawhi, Danny Green, Gasol, Ibaka). Also, some internal friction. For example, Siakam had some blow ups with the coaches
5) I don't know, how bad do you think it is? Top 3 teams could win the Finals. That's better than most years.
6) It's still pretty good yes. Unless you have the #1 seed, every other playoff match up in round 1 could be brutal. Like do you really want to play a healthy Mavs team as a #7 seed in round 1? That's tough. Even tougher, a #6 seed fully healthy Lakers team
7) Pure scorcer? KD. Pure shooter? Curry

 

[msgkings322]

Kareem
Magic
McAdoo
Worthy
Wilkes

I just didn't want to be the only one who didn't answer.

Mitch Kupchak
Chuck Nevitt
Kurt Rambis
Maurice Lucas
AC Green

 

[Stakesarehigh]

1) Yes
2) No one knows. It looks like they've just tuned their coach out and they need a teamwide shake up.
3) No
4) Lost talent over the last couple of years (Kawhi, Danny Green, Gasol, Ibaka). Also, some internal friction. For example, Siakam had some blow ups with the coaches
5) I don't know, how bad do you think it is? Top 3 teams could win the Finals. That's better than most years.
6) It's still pretty good yes. Unless you have the #1 seed, every other playoff match up in round 1 could be brutal. Like do you really want to play a healthy Mavs team as a #7 seed in round 1? That's tough. Even tougher, a #6 seed fully healthy Lakers team
7) Pure scorcer? KD. Pure shooter? Curry

This

 

[msgkings322]

So if they weren't to blame, how did they blow a double digit lead in both those games?

Who is to blame?

The ones who blew the lead with their poor play...Doc didn't take a single shot.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Props to Steph Curry.

Curry drops 53, tops Wilt as Dubs' scoring leader

Humbly admitting that he "got a lot of buckets" through the years, Stephen Curry became the all-time leading scorer in Golden State Warriors history on Monday, the same night he posted his third 50-point game of the season.

www.espn.com