The Official NBA Season Thread: I’m like Jayson Tatum in the Olympics I'm not playing

[HIM]

So the Knicks have the worst defense in the NBA, huh?

And the slowest pace in the NBA. I feel like that's a bad combination

 

[geno90221]

Not feeling this version of ant man

4 kids in 1 year will do that

 

[JMB10215]

Jalen is also shooting a ton of threes this season, but so far he's been hitting them. I wonder if its the analytical guys in the front office that are changing these players shot diet? Guys this athletic should never be settling for that many 3's.

 

[blakep267]

Zions offense while effiecient is too predictable for todays NBA. Its gonna be hard to be a top 10 player without any 3 point shooting ability. And im a huge Zion fan, but he's got to expand his game. Especially since he's not as athletic as he was in his Duke days.

Yea. Like add a little mid range jumper to keep people guessing. Works for Joel

 

[blakep267]

As for the t-wolves ant and surprisingly Randle are fine. But you can’t have Conley and gobert giving you nothing in the offensive end

 

[WASHED KING]

Taking more 3's > shooting mid range jumpers

Ant is playing smarter. If it's not a dunk or layup shoot the 3.

 

[ill steelo]

Someone like Ant should be consistently killing folks from midrange with his skillset instead of running off picks and jacking up as many 3's as everyone else

He’s nearly doubled his 3 point rate while still drawing fouls, and mostly without the baiting we see from Dame & Trae. His scoring has been great.

By far his biggest issue offensively is he’s a terrible passer. By any metric he’s somehow gotten worse at it compared to last year.

Randle & Conley are carrying that load right now, which is fine but eventually Ant will need to learn how to pass

 

[elpablo21]

Wanting Ant to become Demar Derozan in 2024

 

[JMB10215]

I understand the math part of it, but its a rhythm to basketball. Especially as a scorer. The threat of the mid range will open up drives and the threes. But going 1-9 for three instead of taking some middys is insane to me. The ball needs to go in the hoop

 

[pmatic]

 

[JMB10215]

When Lebron or Luka miss 2-3 jumpers in a row, its almost a guarantee the next basket is gonna be a post up or a drive. for a layup or freethrows. Sometimes you just gotta see somethin go in
Edit: I guess this is just new age hoops.

 

[elpablo21]

I understand the math part of it, but its a rhythm to basketball. Especially as a scorer. The threat of the mid range will open up drives and the threes. But going 1-9 for three instead of taking some middys is insane to me. The ball needs to go in the hoop

This is assuming they can even hit middy at a rate to justify it to begin with

You're asking players to be KD for it to even make sense

 

[ill steelo]

So the Knicks have the worst defense in the NBA, huh?

C’s rang them up for 150 per 100 so that’s gonna skew any of their metrics for a little while

I think they’ll ultimately be ok. They defended well enough to win last night even with Garland going crazy. The offense is just gonna take some time to come along.

 

[HIM]

 

[WASHED KING]

Wanting Ant to become Demar Derozan in 2024

The Jordan/Kobe infatuation has done more damage than good.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Someone like Ant should be consistently killing folks from midrange with his skillset instead of running off picks and jacking up as many 3's as everyone else

Modern Basketball.

Evolution.

 

[JMB10215]

This is assuming they can even hit middy at a rate to justify it to begin with

You're asking players to be KD for it to even make sense

A mid range shot is way closer to the rim than a 3. If you can get that shot, it opens up the game. Its not that difficult. Im not saying spammed them. Im just saying add some diversity. There's a reason these guys numbers go down in halfcourt basketball. No midrange.

 

[JMB10215]

Kawhi, KD, Bron all got mid ranges. Relying on the 3 is why there is so much variety in these guys scoring outputs. One game they got 40, and the next 15

 

[addict4sneakers]

The focus should have been 8+ FTA per game, not 13 3Pa

 

[addict4sneakers]

Le cuz must have got dunked on by Jalen Johnson in practice

 

[worldbeefreeg]

Knicks fans were in here saying Brunson was a plus defender.

It’s really hard to construct a good defense with a ****** in the lineup.

 

[WASHED KING]

Knicks fans were in here saying Brunson was a plus defender.

It’s really hard to construct a good defense with a ****** in the lineup.

Really wish I knew what the asterisk stood for

 

[picasso swerve]

Probably the quietest #1 pick coverage in years, or ever. I dont hear anything, good or bad, about dude. This class was that bad?

 

[antidope]

I am not with trend identifying after four games to this degree.

 

[rolaholic]