**OFFICIAL 2019 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD**

[Moheezy]

Horford does agood job on Emibid too.

Yup
He really earned my respect after watching them go at it. He held his own.

 

[MajinZuub]

Worst form iver ever seen. And his name taco

Taco Fall child mixtape legend

 

[HIM]

The looks have been there all year, contrary to what some were saying about Stevens’ sets and offense. Good to see the shots finally falling.

@100027 may have some words for you

 

[JD617]

Past 2 years:

Significantly lower than guys like Dwight and Drummond and Ben Simmons who shoots with the wrong hand. Once LeBron comes back, I'd hack Lonzo at times until he proves he can make them.

 

[D StaXX]

Speaking of, any new developments on Fultz?

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Speaking of Utah, I see Donovan Mitchell went 8-24 with 26 points last night. 1 assist

Started off pretty well too

“With seven minutes remaining in the third quarter Monday, Mitchell appeared to be on his way to a career shooting night; he was 7-for-14 from the field, having hit 5-of-7 from behind the arc and sitting only two 3-point makes away from tying his career high. He was carrying his team on offense. It looked familiar.”

He’s played a nice stretch of games since the 1-10 against Portland

His shot selection is awful and doesn’t get to the line like a first option should

 

[B Sox]

Elite defender Kyrie

 

[amitt5504]

Worst form iver ever seen. And his name taco

Alma mater with more Ls lol his form was never that bad before. He should stick to engineering

Speaking of, any new developments on Fultz?

One day this week. Probably to be evaluated in 3 weeks again

 

[smedroc]

Can you shoot free throws anywhere behind the line??

Zo might aswel shoot 3 balls if it's permissible.

 

[abematic]

Mitchell would have these scoring spurts where he would take over the 2nd half, like scoring 24 in the second halves or offensive explosion with 18 4th quarter points.

Random.

 

[lawdog1]

Worst form iver ever seen. And his name taco

Speechless...

 

[carver]

7 games but still .. Only turned 23 a couple months ago

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Rubio and exum are our too so Mitchell will need to fill that role with Neto

 

[carver]

Worst form iver ever seen. And his name taco

@lonzoball @markallefultz

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

What I tried to tell this nba thread before the season started. That he need help and ain’t ready to carry the load. So he’s forced to take a lot of bad shots. Ricky and lucky lefty ain’t it for Mitchell to thrive.

Historically it (second year player as the first option making a playoff run) doesn’t happen often, so expectations shouldn’t have been so high

Last season they definitely overachieved on strength of their defense and a great matchup with okc

With that said I still believe they have elements to be a legit team in the next few years, obviously with some tweaks

 

[MVP]

Can you shoot free throws anywhere behind the line??

Zo might aswel shoot 3 balls if it's permissible.

It's in his head obviously but from a technical standpoint he's rushing. Barely takes a pause between the dribble and shot. Similarly I think that's what's happened with Russ.

 

[friscostylez]

Historically it (second year player as the first option making a playoff run) doesn’t happen often, so expectations shouldn’t have been so high

Last season they definitely overachieved on strength of their defense and a great matchup with okc

With that said I still believe they have elements to be a legit team in the next few years, obviously with some tweaks

Historically, how many times has a second year player as the first option made the playoffs after doing so his rookie year?

 

[lightweight champion]

Can you shoot free throws anywhere behind the line??

Zo might aswel shoot 3 balls if it's permissible.

Nick Van Exel used to shoot damn near the arc of the FT line so he didn’t have to alter his mechanics. Lonzo’s problem is not the distance, his mechanics are reaching Chuck Hayes level type of bad.

 

[frink85]

Nick Van Exel used to shoot damn near the arc of the FT line so he didn’t have to alter his mechanics. Lonzo’s problem is not the distance, his mechanics are reaching Chuck Hayes level type of bad.

beat me to it.

plus, NVE was a good FT shooter just had to adjust for it being long/too strong. Zo has some mechanics + consistency issues it wont matter where he stands, just pick a spot and work on it from there.

 

[Moheezy]

Can you shoot free throws anywhere behind the line??

Zo might aswel shoot 3 balls if it's permissible.

He should take note from Nick Van Exel

 

[Moheezy]

lol @ everyone with the Van Exel reference

 

[Moheezy]

Nick Van Exel used to shoot damn near the arc of the FT line so he didn’t have to alter his mechanics. Lonzo’s problem is not the distance, his mechanics are reaching Chuck Hayes level type of bad.

Chuck Hayes free throws are damn near travels

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Historically, how many times has a second year player as the first option made the playoffs after doing so his rookie year?

Probably even more rare. Like I said, they overachieved last year. Mitchell still has a lot of promise, he has a lot of kinks to work out of his decision making and the roster probably has to be tweaked

As an aside on their team as a whole: The league changing their pace and shot distribution so drastically was also mostly unforeseen. That along with how competitive the west is all play a role in their subpar start

 

[Moheezy]

7 games but still .. Only turned 23 a couple months ago

This guy is C Webb 2.0. Maybe not as good of a passer, but everything else reminds me of him. Even his ceiling.

 

[pmatic]