The Official NBA Season Thread: Business is about to pick up 🗣️

[osh kosh bosh]

SGA has the kinda game you can't teach.

I remember seeing him in high school and thinking this unorthodox stuff probably won't work at the next level.

Couldn't have been more wrong.

 

[rbk93]

Hartenstein is one of them players that just does everything right. Good fit for any teams.

Surprised he’s bounced around so much

He's serviceable.

 

[thekillerj23]

First game was great, this was big trash

 

[addict4sneakers]

Depends on who we go after.

If we hit the home run of Durant(lol), who knows?

Don’t think Durant is young enough to carry this team in the playoffs, as great as he is.

 

[lawdog1]

Hartenstein is one of them players that just does everything right. Good fit for any teams.

Surprised he’s bounced around so much

His improvement is part of why he’s moved in the last few years. The Clippers wanted to bring him back but could afford to pay him what he was worth.

 

[elpablo21]

SGA would win MVP if they still gave it to the best player on the best team.

Russ and Jokic stat padding 6th place MVPs set the wrong precedent

Now the only shot SGA got is Jokic voter fatigue

Best player on the best team was the wrong lazy precedent set to begin with

Booker and Jaylen Brown would have MVPs by this logic

 

[pmatic]

SGA trying to embarass Brooks off the dribble.

 

[QU!K]

Best player on the best team was the wrong lazy precedent set to begin with

Booker and Jaylen Brown would have MVPs by this logic

Which year? Jaylen over Tatum? Booker over KD?

Anyway, Steve Nash, Duncan, Allen Iverson, all deserving MVPs

 

[pmatic]

Kerfuffle!

 

[lawdog1]

I like the chippiness.

 

[nikekid6]

Refs buggin

 

[bonafide101]

 

[lawdog1]

Gianny v the OKC defense should be interesting. The Bucks got nobody to stop SGA.

 

[MajinZuub]

That Brooks 3 at the end was horrendous. Eason and Thompson need to be closing out games

 

[pums]

Good to see the rockets play in a playoff intensity type game. They really need another player they can’t ****house wins against good teams consistently

 

[osh kosh bosh]

That Brooks 3 at the end was horrendous. Eason and Thompson need to be closing out games

no way you are scoring down the stretch with both of them. Need brooks's spacing.

 

[ALNotSure]

I still can’t tell if Dillion Brooks is throwing the ball at the rim or he’s shooting the ball at the rim.

 

[nike4kja05]

They gotta move Green. He’s a cone on defense. Amen’s offense will catch up to his defense, shot is still kinda flat but I think he can get that right.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Best player on the best team was the wrong lazy precedent set to begin with

Booker and Jaylen Brown would have MVPs by this logic

the unwritten 50 game winner requirement made sense given the history of the NBA.

- the best players player more minutes back in the day
- lower depth of skill meant the most talented players had a bigger impact on winning and losing
- we didn't have the ability to watch all the games
- we had more primitive statistics.

but it's 2024, we have the footage, we have all the stats. we can use our brains and figure out who should win the MVP .

we don't need any "best player on the best team" heuristics anymore.

 

[B Sox]

Rockets have no go-to come crunch time. It’s ok during regular season but gonna be a major issue come playoff time.

 

[elpablo21]

Which year? Jaylen over Tatum? Booker over KD?

Anyway, Steve Nash, Duncan, Allen Iverson, all deserving MVPs

22' Suns, last year Celtics

Every guy you named didn't win MVPs simply being the best player with the best record

Whole reason why they used to vote that way was because most voters didn't or couldn't watch as much as they do now and just standings watched

 

[elpablo21]

the unwritten 50 game winner requirement made sense given the history of the NBA.

- the best players player more minutes back in the day
- lower depth of skill meant the most talented players had a bigger impact on winning and losing
- we didn't have the ability to watch all the games
- we had more primitive statistics.

but it's 2024, we have the footage, we have all the stats. we can use our brains and figure out who should win the MVP .

we don't need any "best player on the best team" heuristics anymore.

 

[polosanddunks]

They gotta move Green. He’s a cone on defense. Amen’s offense will catch up to his defense, shot is still kinda flat but I think he can get that right.

Why would they move him when they got him on that team friendly deal right now. It’s his time to show and prove. Hes gotta be the one to close out games.

 

[B Sox]

I would move FVF and Brooks and picks for another vet before touching Green.

 

[freeze]

I enjoyed that game a fair amount.

Not enough to care, but I was entertained.

A casual viewer watching today...probably won't watch again and say basketball is mid.