2021 NBA regular season thread

[bksballer89]

Portland can make a nice early season statement if they can beat a very angry Clippers team on Wednesday assuming Kawhi is over his cut lip and able to play......

 

[wildturkey]

Looking like a blazers win

Caruso didn't play. Doesn't count.

 

[tlance]

Memphis isn't a solid team without Morant....they are below average without him.

You are right.

And no matter how deep they are, no team is above average without their 3 best players.

 

[tlance]

Duncan Robinson

I think Joe Harris is a better all around player though.

Agree Duncan is probably the slightly better shooter.

Depends on how you assess that comment.

 

[trojanfan12]

Sure you were. The Lakers are deeper IMO.

@trojanfan12 was here, he saw it.

He said that the Nets were the deepest team and the way he initially phrased it, did make it sound like he was saying that they were the best team. A little later he clarified that he just meant deepest. He also picked the Lakers to beat them in the finals.

The Lakers have a case for being the deepest team (especially if THT keeps playing well). But a healthy Nets are deeper than a healthy Lakers.

 

[YourFriendGannon]

I wonder if Spencer Dinwiddie will replace Mike James' status as perceived poster child for least impressive players to average 20 PPG in a season.

 

[Retroram52]

The Lakers fade in the fourth to lose to the Blazers on a B2Ber. Early in the season still and the schedule is sort of weird with these stay-in-one-place-and-play-the-opponent-twice, covid-related silliness games.

 

[bksballer89]

The Lakers fade in the fourth to lose to the Blazers on a B2Ber. Early in the season still and the schedule is sort of weird with these stay-in-one-place-and-play-the-opponent-twice, covid-related silliness games.

How is that silly? I think it is a great idea to limit the travel during the pandemic. If you're in LA then yes you should play the Clippers and Lakers. If you're in NYC then you should play the Knicks and Nets

 

[bksballer89]

Cavaliers' Love out 3-4 weeks with calf injury

Cavaliers forward Kevin Love will miss at least the next three to four weeks with a calf injury, the team announced Tuesday.

www.espn.com

 

[CitySushi]

If the Warriors are able to win tonight against the Pistons, they'll be able to have come away from this initial road trip 2-2. Given the opponents of the first two games (the total score not withstanding) I think that would have been the plausible outcome from the beginning.

I want to see three things tonight from the Warriors:

1) Defensive energy from the jump.
2) More high on-ball screens for Steph.
3) Oubre to knock down a 3, just for his confidence.

 

[CitySushi]

How is that silly? I think it is a great idea to limit the travel during the pandemic. If you're in LA then yes you should play the Clippers and Lakers. If you're in NYC then you should play the Knicks and Nets

Have to take the context of the season and the pandemic into account. Scheduling is more important this year more than ever to ensure that the league is able to maximize game opportunities.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Love out 3-4 weeks....that didn't take long.

 

[DJ Fieri]

If the Warriors are able to win tonight against the Pistons, they'll be able to have come away from this initial road trip 2-2. Given the opponents of the first two games (the total score not withstanding) I think that would have been the plausible outcome from the beginning.

I want to see three things tonight from the Warriors:

1) Defensive energy from the jump.
2) More high on-ball screens for Steph.
3) Oubre to knock down a 3, just for his confidence.

Lee should be starting....Oubre off the bench as a 6th man makes sense.

 

[DJ Fieri]

I wonder if Spencer Dinwiddie will replace Mike James' status as perceived poster child for least impressive players to average 20 PPG in a season.

Dinwiddie is a far better player than James ever was.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Cavaliers' Love out 3-4 weeks with calf injury

Cavaliers forward Kevin Love will miss at least the next three to four weeks with a calf injury, the team announced Tuesday.

www.espn.com

Nobody is surprised. Great locker room guy and just a guy in general but the Cavs have pretty good depth and I love Nance in that PF/SF role. I will say the position with the least depth on the roster is PF. Would like them to at least look for a possible trade even if they don’t get much in return, best bet would be looking next offseason though, might be a lost cause at this point

 

[Shanemansj13]

Lee should be starting....Oubre off the bench as a 6th man makes sense.

They didn’t pay Oubre $15M to come off the bench...it’s been 3 games

 

[dtgold88]

After 2 games you were saying the Nets would make the Finals....LMAO.

I mean, most of us made Finals' predictions before seeing any games.

 

[dtgold88]

Nobody is surprised. Great locker room guy and just a guy in general but the Cavs have pretty good depth and I love Nance in that PF/SF role. I will say the position with the least depth on the roster is PF. Would like them to at least look for a possible trade even if they don’t get much in return, best bet would be looking next offseason though, might be a lost cause at this point

I think Nance will definitely play a D. Green role...but will shoot better and not be a loon. I doubt they do anything to improve the PF spot and will just keep playing Wade and Nance there. Teams will also go small at times and could have Osman or even Okoro at the 4.

 

[Shanemansj13]

I think Nance will definitely play a D. Green role...but will shoot better and not be a loon. I doubt they do anything to improve the PF spot and will just keep playing Wade and Nance there. Teams will also go small at times and could have Osman or even Okoro at the 4.

Yep better shooter than Green but Green a better defender. Still Nance makes those little plays that don’t get much attention. His shot has been SO improved.

Nance is the definitely of a glue guy, in case @HurricaneDij39 wanted to know.

 

[dtgold88]

Yep better shooter than Green but Green a better defender. Still Nance makes those little plays that don’t get much attention. His shot has been SO improved.

Nance is the definitely of a glue guy, in case @HurricaneDij39 wanted to know.

agree with the first comment. Guess difference is Nance is a quality defender while Green an awful shooter.