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

[WASHED KING]

Mission accomplished. Game’s been boring since he entered the league.

Bron already suffers from this. Year 20 averaging 29 a game at 38 years old and folks act like its normal.

 

[waukeganwill]

Im straight on Matt Barnes and his front facing camera stories..

 

[lawdog1]

I’m sure there’s lots of people who have thought about punching Skip in the face, but I kind of doubt Matt Barnes had to talk someone out of actually running up and teeing off on a 70 year old public figure.

 

[pmatic]

Eligible for a four year-$77M extension. Risky for both sides.

 

[smedroc]

Probably Russ

Not sure who the coach would be.

 

[Based Jesus]

Im straight on Matt Barnes and his front facing camera stories..

According to him he's the most important man in sports

 

[blakep267]

You were just allowed to play defense differently. Nowadays if offensive players initiate contact it's a foul on the defense, unless it's egregious or the defender flops, which is a gamble because if you don't get the call there it's now 5v4.

How do you defend someone that's already a high-level scorer and still gets the beneficial whistle when they throw themselves into you? You can't. Especially if they're a star, it's either a bucket or a whistle.

Yup. You literally can’t touch joel or Zion when they are barreling to the lane. Just have to let it happen

 

[blakep267]

Soooo...it's easier to score now with the spacing? I do also believe the overall skill level of guys has elevated as well.

Yes and no. You are seeing more players have a good 3 point shot and ball handling , however tons of players still can’t hit an open mid range shot if their lives depended on it. It’s either drive to the lane or jack up a 3

 

[WASHED KING]

Yes and no. You are seeing more players have a good 3 point shot and ball handling , however tons of players still can’t hit an open mid range shot if their lives depended on it. It’s either drive to the lane or jack up a 3

Most mid range jumpers are taken off the dribble, with a defender in close proximity or contesting hence the difficulty of the shot.

Very few times do players get stand still wide open mid range jumpers.

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[ill steelo]

Nice.

Wonder if ill steelo was at the game too?

Missed that one. Had tickets but sold them after xmas + NYE plans came out of nowhere. Been OT since the 23rd, just got back.

Hopefully next year we luck out again & the Lakers have at least 1 day off before the game.

ill steelo i need your thoughts on this 2 PG system

DeJounte has mostly been inconsequential. So the teamwide issues are the same as last year.

Trae lifts the offense but hurts the defense, not so much with the starters but particularly when he’s out there without DeJounte and/or Hunter. We normally have 2, sometimes 3 holes on the perimeter in those cases. Capela/Big O are good, not historically great to cover all that up.

The team has lost Trae’s minutes in almost half of his games, which is insanely poor

Then when Trae sits, the defense improves but the offense tanks. That’s where you’d like to see more from DeJounte, and he’s been disappointing in that regard.

I’ll cut up the clips later on but that’s the gist. Again, same issues as last year

Its abundantly clear. I don’t think people actually watched the games from the 90s - early ‘00s.

Stockton just dribbling at the top of the key not even looking at the rim when his man is sitting on the free throw line.

That clip in practice from the Last Dance with almost the entire Bulls roster airballing 3s from the hash.

Kobe/Mac/Chuck having to take all those long 2s because 3 sometimes 4 of their teammates are all inside the arc

A stretch 4 used to mean you had “range” out to 15 feet

The help rotations are significantly longer now.

 

[akajae]

Jordan, Kobe, Lebron, Steph

y'all can keep them ol heads.

 

[amitt5504]

Bronzo skipping the game to get that reup. WE ain’t stupid

 

[pmatic]

 

[had pants]

 

[datznasty]

The amount of superlatives from this game was ridiculous

Last time the Celtics gave up 150 was in 1979

Only 7x I think have 5 teammates had more than 20 (iirc?)

150 is an all time Thunder high, 149 happened once in 2ot

Celtics high for points allowed this season was 24 hrs prior at 123, Thunders had 122 end of the 3rd

37 pts the highest lead for OKc and highest deficit for Boston

I forget the rest lol I was listening to a pod about it this morning

 

[ballinsam23]

Thunder will be in the playoffs next year.

Chet being out for the year is more of a blessing than a curse. Those 2nd year rookies are legit.

 

[dman14]

eating Lunch and this guy blasting the skip and Shannon segment on his phone

 

[Nipsey3000]

Eligible for a four year-$77M extension. Risky for both sides.

Good luck trying to trade a player nobody wanted when he was a rocket

 

[ballinsam23]

I wonder if the Raptors bite on a Wood + fillers + draft picks for Siakam deal.

 

[HIM]

Did the Raptors lose the Kawhi trade?

 

[Nipsey3000]

Mj is still #1 based on talent and accomplishments etc...

But folks don't want to have the discussion regarding how much his partnership with Nike contributed to him being considered "far and away."

The fact that lebron has approached the close 2nd/1B conversation is remarkable

Even with everything he's done in the game

imo

 

[Blue Mamba]

Did the Raptors lose the Kawhi trade?

You mean getting Kawhi or him leaving in free agency?

 

[antidope]

GSW playing well. Time to ruin it.

 

[Raji Lowenthal]

He probably shouldn't have put hands on the kid but I understand. Some of these 17-19 year olds like to "troll" thinking nothing is gonna happen.

That's why he has to do it to him. 17-19 yr olds got it twisted.