The Official NBA Season Thread: Season Starts Now

[getback]

Only one player can win with Kyrie.

And yall know who he is.

Giving Kevin Love too much credit TBH

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Definitely going up weak right now. Hey at least he's getting into the paint though

But yeah even in college his 2P and rim efficiency were red flags

He's stiff and doesn't have any sauce. That isn't a dealbreaker but he has a lot of work to do

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

They should, but it seems like they’re doubling down. If I’m them I think I’m happy replacing my lost 1sts at this point and starting over. Gotta let Marks go too though.

Udoka hire signals they will do none of that though

The Udoka thing is like a mad scramble to salvage the season. I think if this thing really flames out they'll have the easy choice to rebuild in the Summer. Whether that's with Udoka or not

 

[HOU$TON]

I knew smiths 2P would be putrid for the first few years but his 3P is lower than I’d hoped

He has a lot of glaring issues since predraft but I still think he’s going to end up a winning in the playoffs type rotation player

I’ve been hard on him but he is being underutilized on offense and defense. Silas has been giving him son run at the 5 which I think is great but then he has him playing drop defense. Playing jabari in drop takes away what makes him a special defender with his ability to switch 1-5. He’s not comfortable shooting if he isn’t set, so movement shooting is out of the question. They don’t run any plays for him either, not even a simple PnP. It’s just all bad but Tari looks good. He needs more minutes

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Thought harden tweaked his hammy late in the game but turns out it was his foot. Philly doesn't really have another point guard

 

[elpablo21]

BIG LEEMELONE Let me know if you want that cash now or wait. Harden ain't catching up

 

[earldagoat]

 

[rolaholic]

Kd needs to come back to okc and finish his career here when we decide to start going for it. Maybe has to force a buyout though, but Id love to see it. I know he said some of the fans and people in the organization acted some type of way towards him when he came back as a Warriors and that severed a relationship he was going to try to maintain. But bygones

Giddey Shai KD Chet Wembanyama all time wingspan team

Id give up half of our 38 draft picks we hold over the next 7. Raw even

Better than than a 'homecoming' in DC

 

[WASHED KING]

Kyrie is dumb.

But now I have to ask, why do they want Kyrie in line so badly. Stop putting a mic in dude face.
You can't feed these free thinkers it puts a battery in their backs.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Got it.

One recurring theme with athletes nowadays is getting themselves in trouble thru social media. All self inflicted i just dont get it smh

No upside in having an account.

None whatsoever.

 

[storm2006]

Will be using "its not all peaches and cream" if there is any criticism during my end of year review in a few weeks

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Horrible coaching decisions. They're playing small ball and Doc put a 6.6 PJ tucker on Porzingus. Paul Reed was the only one giving him problems yet Doc only played him for 5 mins even with Embiid out. Reed was a +4 and Trez was a -9 yet Trez ate up the backup C mins...he had 0 points...

The Sixers are held hostage to Doc's coaching decisions.

6'6" Tucker guarding a 7-footer? Lmao

Doc bout to get fired for not using Bigs

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Solid Big Man work. Lakers need to trade for that man

 

[rolaholic]

Will be using "its not all peaches and cream" if there is any criticism during my end of year review in a few weeks

That and D-Wade dropping that 'the high road has run out of real estate' bar will have to be added to my lexicon

 

[Based Jesus]

Wait...so Kyrie is muslim AND Jewish? He still observing Ramadan this year or has he switched to Pesach now since he's a "real jew"? I better not see him using technology during Sabbath.

 

[storm2006]

That and Wade dropping that 'the high road has run out of real estate' bar will have to be added to my lexicon

As a matter of fact, I am getting a call tonight or tomorrow about a position that I really don't want so I will break both of these out. I will definitely report back about how that goes with the higher ups

 

[ballinsam23]

NT convinced me Jabari Smith was a Klay type shooter. Dude shot terribly from the field in college now we’re surprised he’s struggling against real length and girth?

Hope he gets it together, but another overhyped NT prospect.

Is his defense transitioning atleast?

 

[Coupé It]

 

[earldagoat]

 

[ballinsam23]

As a matter of fact, I am getting a call tonight or tomorrow about a position that I really don't want so I will break both of these out. I will definitely report back about how that goes with the higher ups

What I do in these situations is counter with a ridiculously high offer. I don’t want it, but if you pay me this much I will. Worked a couple times but I still didn’t take it.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

NT convinced me Jabari Smith was a Klay type shooter. Dude shot terribly from the field in college now we’re surprised he’s struggling against real length and girth?

Hope he gets it together, but another overhyped NT prospect.

Is his defense transitioning atleast?

I know you got fish to fry with folks on here lol but like one person put Klay in the same sentence as Jabari

Other than that I think the consensus was that he was a rich man's 3 and D. That's why actually a lot of folks were more down on him as a #1 guy. Also being the #1 guy doesn't mean folks automatically pencil him in as All-NBA or MVP candidate

I don't think anyone was overhyping him at all, unless you have receipts

 

[a-friend]

Kd needs to come back to okc and finish his career here when we decide to start going for it. Maybe has to force a buyout though, but Id love to see it. I know he said some of the fans and people in the organization acted some type of way towards him when he came back as a Warriors and that severed a relationship he was going to try to maintain. But bygones

Giddey Shai KD Chet Wembanyama all time wingspan team

Id give up half of our 38 draft picks we hold over the next 7. Raw even

Strong Co-Sign.
When he left GSW it should have been right back to OKC, no stops.

 

[100027]

NT convinced me Jabari Smith was a Klay type shooter. Dude shot terribly from the field in college now we’re surprised he’s struggling against real length and girth?

Hope he gets it together, but another overhyped NT prospect.

Is his defense transitioning atleast?

Having watched a few Jabari games I think he looks good /shrug. He moves well. His form on everything looks nice. Their offense doesn’t really work and he’s missing but he should be an asset.

 

[storm2006]

What I do in these situations is counter with a ridiculously high offer. I don’t want it, but if you pay me this much I will. Worked a couple times but I still didn’t take it.

To be honest, if they threw THEE bag at me and it was short-term then I could do it. They already know I am not going to do what I don't want to do, though. Early in my career they tried to send to me to Huntsville, Alabama for 3 months (the guy who ended up going was there over a year). I sent the ****tiest biography of myself so they wouldn't pick me then my manager asked me to write a better one. I slightly upgraded it and then strategically sent out out-of-office notices - one or two days per week for the next few months meaning I couldn't take the position. My boss was hot but it worked and I still flourished

 

[lobotomybeats]

It's just odd that she would be exposed to 9 times according to her lawyer yet why not stop seeing him after the first or second time? Not even joking, like, if that was my wife and she told me that happened, I would strongly suggest for her not to see him ever again

Why is she subjecting herself to it that many times?

She's a doctor. If she is treating him for past sexual trauma, I could see how she would think that she could help him. It seems that he's chalking up his behavior to trauma, I could see a doctor trying to see this through. It just became too much.