The 2023-2024 NBA Season

[msgkings322]

Meanwhile the Warriors showed some heart fighting back in the 2nd half but fell short

 

[msgkings322]

Bad night for Steph though, the team is really scuffling

 

[wildturkey]

LeBron time taking over the end of the game

Kinda painful to watch him basically erase the large deficit by himself only to seal the loss with a couple of bad plays down the stretch. Those fake comeback suck. I'd rather lose by double digits than to come back, think you have a chance, and then lose it

 

[msgkings322]

Kinda painful to watch him basically erase the large deficit by himself only to seal the loss with a couple of bad plays down the stretch. Those fake comeback suck. I'd rather lose by double digits than to come back, think you have a chance, and then lose it

To a non Laker fan it's just a pleasure to watch that guy play, to command the spotlight still. The Warriors look very old now and he is still this guy.

 

[msgkings322]

That was a lot of basketball today

 

[msgkings322]

Early of course but 20% in...look at the surging youth movement, top records for Magic, Thunder, TWolves

 

[tlance]

as usual. time vindicates @tlance

This might be the funniest thing you have ever posted.

As usual time vindicates?

Bro, you are like 2-37 in these against me.

You are correct that time usually vindicates.

But not for you!

 

[tlance]

anyone with a brain could have seen Allen was ascending while Harden was clearly descending and had a million miles on him.

Of course.

It was your timeline I took issue with.

And as good as Allen is, he is a role player. There is an obvious ceiling there he is never breaking through.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Right.

The timeline on your comment wasn’t 4 years.

Which is my point.

So you aren’t right.

And besides, Hurricane has Harden ranked in the top 25 in his top 50 for the current season while Jarrett Allen is outside the top 50.

And since his list is pretty much factually true, it must mean that Harden is still better.

it's kind of all relative. Allen will never be remotely as impactful as Harden even is now but he's 25 years old and more affordable.

It wasn't a one for one anyway. I'm not sure the point of this

I'm sure there is one.

 

[thunderc]

Of course.

It was your timeline I took issue with.

And as good as Allen is, he is a role player. There is an obvious ceiling there he is never breaking through.

I bet within the next decade Michael Jordan will just be an average basketball player, he will be approaching 70.

 

[fightinfunbags]

How funny is it that it’s Scott Foster and CP3. Foster just leans into that shit.

 

[fightinfunbags]

How funny is it that it’s Scott Foster and CP3. Foster just leans into that shit.

There’s an Internet conspiracy theory that you hate CP3, Scott Foster.

Scott Foster:

 

[fightinfunbags]

Everyone except the pistons improving

Knew the Magic would be improved but they look damn good relative to the league not just “Hey, you aren’t dog shit anymore.” They showed signs of this at the end of the season last year.

 

[fightinfunbags]

They're wasting their time with Dwane Casey. Game passed him by long ago

They fired him already. Monty Williams is their coach now.

 

[Gman]

Foster may indeed hate CPIII... but CPIII kept at it and was asking to get tossed (IMO).

Furthermore: what the cuss was CPIII complaining about in the first place? He clearly fouled KD on the drive there.

NBA players pleading with the refs after they clearly foul somebody is pretty annoying... (and so many NBA players do it).

 

[thunderc]

Knew the Magic would be improved but they look damn good relative to the league not just “Hey, you aren’t dog shit anymore.” They showed signs of this at the end of the season last year.

Looks like we waited all this time for Jonathan Isaac to barely be good enough to compete for back end minutes.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Looks like we waited all this time for Jonathan Isaac to barely be good enough to compete for back end minutes.

You’re gonna have that during a rebuild. Luckily for them they have one Isaac. I lived through MW3, Jahlil Okafor, Markelle Fultz, and Zaire Smith.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Pleasant surprise.

Lot of analysts and draft experts thought he was too slow and unathletic to be a serious contributor his rookie season.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Pleasant surprise.

Lot of analysts thought he was too slow and unathletic to be a serious contributor his rookie season.

Heat are cheating. They used to not draft these guys and then they’d come out of nowhere. Now they draft them and they come out of nowhere. But to your comment, he’s a 4 year college guy. If he didn’t come in right away and contribute he likely was never going to. There may be a little more ceiling for him to attain but usually who a 4 year guy is coming into the league that’s who he is going to be for 5-6 year career in the NBA.

 

[thunderc]

Heat are cheating. They used to not draft these guys and then they’d come out of nowhere. Now they draft them and they come out of nowhere. But to your comment, he’s a 4 year college guy. If he didn’t come in right away and contribute he likely was never going to. There may be a little more ceiling for him to attain but usually who a 4 year guy is coming into the league that’s who he is going to be for 5-6 year career in the NBA.

Very true, I do think Jalen Williams with the Thunder is going to be the exception to this though. He is still improving and he has a very high ceiling I think.