OFFICIAL NBA 2017-2018 Off-Season Thread

[SupremeBeing5]

Nobody forced Fultz to play. As far as we/they know it's just a sore shoulder and he's been compensating for it by not taking any jumpers and changing his form so he could keep playing.

- we drafted Noel AFTER he hurt his knee at Kentucky and everybody knew he was going to miss most or all of his rookie year otherwise he was the clear cut #1 pick

- Okafor only missed 19 games his rookie year

- drafted Embiid while he was already injured

- Holmes landed on Simmons foot in a training camp practice, could have played probably the entire second half of last season but they held him out instead

- too early to tell with Fultz. He could come back in a few games and be right back to normal how he was in summer league

- Dario has never missed a single game due to injury

Never draft an injured player. That's what caused the curse.

Jahlil played 53 games his rookie season foo.

I got google too.

 

[jsindaa]

Against non Phoenix Suns teams

Clippers - 3 points, 1/6 fg, 1-3 3pt, 1/2 ft

Pelicans - 8 points, 3/13 fg, 2/2 ft, 0/5 3pt

Wizards - 6 points, 2/11 fg, 2/3 ft, 0/5 3pt


5.6 PPG on 20/07/71

His scoring is valid concern.

Thought he'd be a better finisher but even that is concerning right now. Getting denied at the rim a ton

 

[SupremeBeing5]

Also the rest sound like a curse to me

 

[Lovetohate3000]

Thibs gotta go man

no idea why he hasnt been canned already. hes not working there .

 

[SupremeBeing5]

Fultz ceiling at first was Harden/CJ now its Nick Young/JR Smith

 

[SupremeBeing5]

no idea why he hasnt been canned already. hes not working there .

Thibs is an assistant coach not a head coach.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Yo we can blame Thibs but the past two games it’s been the Wiggins/ kat show, they’ve been blown out by mediocre teams.

Imaginary franchise players

 

[wavycrocket]

Fultz ceiling at first was Harden/CJ now its Nick Young/JR Smith

This don't make any sense on a couple of levels

 

[Lovetohate3000]

Yo we can blame Thibs but the past two games it’s been the Wiggins/ kat show, they’ve been blown out by mediocre teams.

Imaginary franchise players

i wanted wiggins to be great ... both of those dudes are really bad defenders. disappointing

 

[LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs]

Free jimmy

 

[SupremeBeing5]

This don't make any sense on a couple of levels

I got some words for you. Hold up...

 

[hardens beard]

Thought he'd be a better finisher but even that is concerning right now. Getting denied at the rim a ton

The biggest problem is how he's getting his shots. @leemelone is right with Luke not doing him any favors.

83% of his FGM's are unassisted, that's ridiculous for a young player to have that burden.

They desperately need a secondary ball handler to get him easier shots

 

[JD617]

This made me chuckle

 

[LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs]

Lmao

 

[SupremeBeing5]

The biggest problem is how he's getting his shots @leemelone touched on it, with Luke not doing him any favors.

83% of his FGM's are unassisted, that's ridiculous for a young player to have that burden.

They desperately need a secondary ball handler to get him easier shots

Yeah but Dennis Smith is doing just fine.

 

[nick.]

The biggest problem is how he's getting his shots @leemelone touched on it, with Luke not doing him any favors.

83% of his FGM's are unassisted, that's ridiculous for a young player to have that burden.

They desperately need a secondary ball handler to get him easier shots

Hm....

 

[bballkid11]

The biggest problem is how he's getting his shots. @leemelone is right with Luke not doing him any favors.

83% of his FGM's are unassisted, that's ridiculous for a young player to have that burden.

They desperately need a secondary ball handler to get him easier shots

Dlo

 

[EddieDoyers]

You guys are acting like Clarkson and KCP aren’t secondary ball handlers

Lonzo is just missing his shots

 

[ValarMorghulis]

Early surprises:
Clippers, Jazz and Grizz are still good if not better

Was expecting all 3 to take steps backwards to the rest of the pack

 

[Lovetohate3000]

kcp and clarkson arent what i would consider "playmakers"

 

[hardens beard]

To put the numbers in context James Harden career high is 81% unassisted FGM.

And he's had more ISO possessions than anyone in the NBA since he's been a Rocket.

 

[hardens beard]

You guys are acting like Clarkson and KCP aren’t secondary ball handlers

Lonzo is just missing his shots

Neither one of them are adequate at playmaking for others.

 

[kdslittlebro]

You guys are acting like Clarkson and KCP aren’t secondary ball handlers

 

[Based Jesus]

You guys are acting like Clarkson and KCP aren’t secondary ball handlers

Lonzo is just missing his shots

I'm not sure if either of them have ever averaged more than 3 assists per game.
They need a secondary ball handler who looks for more than his own shot.

 

[jsindaa]

KCP and Clarkson are both black holes and not really what anyone would describe as secondary ball handlers. Lonzo is missing shots in part because he isn't getting good looks. I don't know why y'all refuse to look at things plainly in your face and accept them. It's ok to be a fan and also recognize issues.