**OFFICIAL 2019 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD**

[buc em]

It’s become extremely apparent to me that Brett Brown will refuse to make any changes to the way he coaches no matter what. Same plays, same substitutions, same game plan no matter who is playing and what team we’re playing. Everything is exactly the same as last year except he’s slid an All-Star wingman into the Robert Covington role, Chandler into the Dario role, Shamet into the Belinelli role and Muscala into the Ilyasova role. Teams know every single night exactly when our substitutions are going to take place because it doesn’t matter what the matchups or score is....Brett Brown will still stick with the exact same subs no matter what. It’s insanity.

 

[JD617]

Jeremy Lin needs more minutes, like at least 30/game, especially with the way he and Trae Young been playing.

It was funny to watch last night. Every time Lin would come into the game, ATL would go on a run. And every time Trae would replace him, the Celtics would go on a run. Top is Trae, bottom is Lin:

Now obviously Lin isn’t in their long term plans and Trae is. And they don’t necessarily want to win right now anyway. But yeah, if you’re Trae and you’re shooting 22.6% on threes, maybe don’t pull off the dribble 5 feet behind the line like Steph. Guy is shooting a lower % than Marcus Smart. That’s gotta be demoralizing as a teammate.

 

[ballinsam23]

Lin was always a super underrated player. Dude seems to always produce when he's on the floor.

 

[everysingletime]

I was mad that someone beat me to that Jeremy Lin waiver pickup.

And Noah doesn't deserve a spot in the nba. He's like Ben Simmons in terms of he's afraid to shoot at all times, except he doesn't have anything else to offer.

 

[friscostylez]

Welp, Grizz are done. Jo Noah of all people...crazy times in the NBA...

 

[B Sox]

Said from the jump that Trash Young plays like Steph but shoots like Marcus Smart.

 

[100027]

Lin was always a super underrated player. Dude seems to always produce when he's on the floor.

Because people don't realize that after Linsanity died down he became a really consistent rotation player.

 

[B Sox]

I feel the same way about Chandler Parson ***** ***, Evan Turner, etc, I think STAT could be a good “locker room” guy. Real talk, I always thought he should’ve been able to leave on his terms.

Nah can’t have Evan Turner slander. Very solid player when used properly as a lead ball handler.

 

[100027]

Nah can’t have Evan Turner slander. Very solid player when used properly as a lead ball handler.

I think he's open to slander. Yeah he's found his role but its so damn specific for a #2 pick.

 

[everysingletime]

Lol at Harden

 

[100027]

Lol at Harden

Atrocious from Durant as well.

This is definition of a small sample size though.

 

[B Sox]

Lol at Harden

Why is Harden being the one singled out from this list?

 

[Quincy McCall]

Why is Harden being the one singled out from this list?

I think he's saying that shooting so many 3's is a bad thing somehow

 

[nick.]

This probably won’t last long, but I’m going to enjoy the moment...

Clippers missing the playoffs now.

Trust me, I know from experience.

 

[B Sox]

Booker, Klay, and JJ’s percentages are far more egregious than Harden’s.

Harden shooting that volume of 3s is ultimately what opens up the rest of his game.

 

[friscostylez]

I think he's open to slander. Yeah he's found his role but its so damn specific for a #2 pick.

Ain't most #2 not really doing much more in the league tho?

 

[Quincy McCall]

 

[Quincy McCall]

 

[B Sox]

Over the last 15 games...

 

[everysingletime]

Kinda crazy that Josh Richardson went from having zero basketball aspirations, to making plans to go to medical school when he was in college, to performing at an all star level in the nba

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Man Utah is garbage. We played a terrible game and they still couldn't do ****.

 

[B Sox]

I think he's open to slander. Yeah he's found his role but its so damn specific for a #2 pick.

Not his fault he was drafted that high. He has the same issues/deficiencies now that he had in college.

 

[ill steelo]

The difference a coach can make. Going from Kidd to Bud was a massive upgrade for Milwaukee

I was surprised Kidd let the game pass him by as a coach when it never did as a player. Even with the Knicks he was still having an effect on winning, and that was his 21st season.

 

[D StaXX]

Over the last 15 games...

Dude was pulling from Steph range clanking everything lol

 

[buc em]

Aaron Baynes, Vucevic, Olynyk, Marcus Smart and Dinwiddie off the bench.

Would blast us by 40 every game.

Meanwhile we’d beat 12 Anthony Davis’s in 5 games.