2021 NBA regular season thread

[Wamu]

This is sad. Scottie Pippen's oldest son Antron has passed away at 33. He had chronic asthma.

 

[trojanfan12]

Hell yeah, sounds good. I got some 200mg fruit punch and some wax (chem # 4 OG- 84% & some blue dream- 82%). The blue dream, finally found a sativa strain that agrees with me. Only took more than 10 years.

Blue dream is probably my favorite sativa.

I leave work early tomorrow for my vaccine. After that, just gonna be a haze of smoke. lol

 

[Heatles84]

I agree but that year they made the conference finals, they possibly make the finals out east. I do wish they could have done more to find a legit 3rd scorer but don't think there's a big difference between Milwaukee and Portland outside of one conference being more difficult

I think Milwaukee would win that series in 5. Milwaukee has at least put some quality pieces around Giannis.

 

[Wamu]

Blue dream is probably my favorite sativa.

I leave work early tomorrow for my vaccine. After that, just gonna be a haze of smoke. lol

I got it all set up so I don't have to go anywhere in my car tomorrow. Gonna start the day with a true wake 'n bake. Haven't done that since last year.

I go back for my 2nd shot on 5/10. Only side effect was a sore arm for about a day and half. No different than getting a flu shot.

 

[Heatles84]

And that is my point.

You are blaming the organization for something that they realistically should not be expected to accomplish.

Because the duo that they have “wasted” isn’t an elite duo. They are simply a very good one.

They're the 2nd best back court in the last several years to Steph and Klay. Who are the quality pieces they've put around Dame and CJ in that time span?

 

[Heatles84]

AD and LeBron are a lot better than Lillard and CJ.

Giannis is better than Lillard.

Tell me, in the last 40 years, how many teams have won titles with a PG as their best player?

I can think of 2. The ‘16 Warriors and the Billups Pistons.

And, Lillard probably isn’t even the best PG in the league.

You keep saying they should have gotten more talent, but how? Why is a free agent going to pick Portland over the chance to play with LeBron or Kawhi in LA, or Durant/Harden in Brooklyn.

They aren’t. They are going to do the best they can with players like Covington, Nurkic, etc around Lillard and CJ.

And that is enough for a very good team. Not a championship team though.

AD and Lebron are better than Dame and CJ? Who would've thought?
Giannis is better than Lillard? Of course.

Where did I say any of this wasn't true.

Milwaukee is able to keep Giannis in Milwaukee of all places. NY (Knicks) has the best market around and can't get players to sign with them.

It's called direction of your organization.

 

[trojanfan12]

I got it all set up so I don't have to go anywhere in my car tomorrow. Gonna start the day with a true wake 'n bake. Haven't done that since last year.

I go back for my 2nd shot on 5/10. Only side effect was a sore arm for about a day and half. No different than getting a flu shot.

I work from home...so wake and bake will definitely be happening here as well. lol

I've never gotten a flu shot. I'll be interested to see how my body reacts. I almost never get sick. So watch, I'll be one of the ones who end up having a bad reaction. lol

 

[tlance]

They're the 2nd best back court in the last several years to Steph and Klay. Who are the quality pieces they've put around Dame and CJ in that time span?

How are they supposed to get those quality pieces?

They draft in the 20s and they aren’t a feee agent destination. CJ and Lillard aren’t good enough to draw top free agents to Portland.

Being the “2nd best backcourt” in a league dominated by wings doesn’t mean a whole lot.

 

[tlance]

AD and Lebron are better than Dame and CJ? Who would've thought?
Giannis is better than Lillard? Of course.

Where did I say any of this wasn't true.

Milwaukee is able to keep Giannis in Milwaukee of all places. NY (Knicks) has the best market around and can't get players to sign with them.

It's called direction of your organization.

You are placing unrealistic expectations around what the Portland organization should be able to do.

They have built a consistent winner around 2 6’4 guards.

 

[msgkings322]

If I remember what I heard explained correctly.

#7 and #8 play each other, #9 and #10 play each other.

Winner of each game, plays each other and the winner of that game is the 7 seed.

The loser of the #7/#8 game plays the loser of the #9/#10 game and the winner is the 8 seed.

Close. Winner of the 7-8 game does not have to play again, they are the 7 seed. Loser of the 7-8 game gets another chance vs the winner of the 9-10. Makes it much better to finish 8 instead of 9 as it should be

 

[trojanfan12]

Close. Winner of the 7-8 game does not have to play again, they are the 7 seed. Loser of the 7-8 game gets another chance vs the winner of the 9-10. Makes it much better to finish 8 instead of 9 as it should be

Yeah, I realized I hadn't remembered it correctly with tlance's post. That way makes a lot more sense than how I remembered it,

 

[Black Adam]

Blue dream is probably my favorite sativa.

I leave work early tomorrow for my vaccine. After that, just gonna be a haze of smoke. lol

me and the mrs got ours last Friday. 2nd one's on May 7th...

#who'safraidofcovid

 

[Heatles84]

How are they supposed to get those quality pieces?

They draft in the 20s and they aren’t a feee agent destination. CJ and Lillard aren’t good enough to draw top free agents to Portland.

Being the “2nd best backcourt” in a league dominated by wings doesn’t mean a whole lot.

Man, you really won't let this go?

There are a few options you can do, if you can't recruit because you're not a destination city - do better in draft evaluation or develop better.

Again, what has Portland done outside of having Dame and CJ the last several years? The answer, nothing.

My point was Portland has wasted Dame (more specifically) prime years by not surrounding him with better players.

 

[Heatles84]

You are placing unrealistic expectations around what the Portland organization should be able to do.

They have built a consistent winner around 2 6’4 guards.

Or.....the two guards have covered the blemishes in the organization.

 

[Wamu]

Man, you really won't let this go?

There are a few options you can do, if you can't recruit because you're not a destination city - do better in draft evaluation or develop better.

Again, what has Portland done outside of having Dame and CJ the last several years? The answer, nothing.

My point was Portland has wasted Dame (more specifically) prime years by not surrounding him with better players.

Portland's done nothing? I disagree. Did you forget they picked Melo up? Wait, that's not what I meant. They brought in former slam dunk champ & Runnin' Rebel Derrek Jones Jr.

#UNLV

Okay you're right, they've done nothing after thinking about it. My bad.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Portland's done nothing? I disagree. Did you forget they picked Melo up? Wait, that's not what I meant. They brought in former slam dunk champ & Runnin' Rebel Derrek Jones Jr.

#UNLV

Okay you're right, they've done nothing after thinking about it. My bad.

Don’t rip my boy Derrick! I taught him his Sophomore year in high school. Kid leaped over all 5’9’’ of me when he was 16 years old to dunk, haha. Thinking about what his jumper used to look like, I’m glad he’s made himself into an NBA role player. Great kid but hated school. I was very excited that he could take care of his family though.

 

[Wamu]

me and the mrs got ours last Friday. 2nd one's on May 7th...

#who'safraidofcovid

Before I got my first shot last week I had to be convinced there wasn't a track chip in the vaccine.

#wait, what, huh?

 

[Wamu]

Don’t rip my boy Derrick! I taught him his Sophomore year in high school. Kid leaped over all 5’9’’ of me when he was 16 years old to dunk, haha. Thinking about what his jumper used to look like, I’m glad he’s made himself into an NBA role player. Great kid but hated school. I was very excited that he could take care of his family though.

I would never rip on a former UNLV player, I root for all of them. Was a Runnin' Rebels season ticket holder when I lived in the Vegas area. That's cool you taught him when he was in HS.

 

[tlance]

Man, you really won't let this go?

There are a few options you can do, if you can't recruit because you're not a destination city - do better in draft evaluation or develop better.

Again, what has Portland done outside of having Dame and CJ the last several years? The answer, nothing.

My point was Portland has wasted Dame (more specifically) prime years by not surrounding him with better players.

I won’t let this go?

Interesting since you brought it back from the dead after like a week.

You made your point. I made mine.

You keep saying they should have drafted better. Ok, great. Cant expect players drafted in the 20s to be more than role players. Portland isn’t that close because as good as Dame is, he isn’t a super-elite championship cornerstone type guy.

 

[bksballer89]