The Official Off-Season NBA Thread

[danikerhino]

Booker shot poorly, the Suns are missing their sixth man, and the Suns will have homecourt

I want them to meet in the playoffs. At the rate you guys going, I hope y'all can get out of the first round.

We will. We'll lose a few stupid games, but we'll definitely get through the first round. Honestly, the only thing that hampered us a bit is getting Klay back in the mix comfortably, which we still have yet to do. Add to the fact that he still refuses to just catch and shoot yet, continues to play hero ball. Klays woes are more on him choosing bad shot selections mixed in with teams closing in on him a bit more.

 

[dman14]

Smokes them? That’s an extreme. It’ll be a competitive series.

suns barely beat a stephless team with dray and iggy still coming back
klay and wiggins been struggling

the other win was steph having one of his worst games in his career and they barely won

poole plays well vs the suns
they have no answer for him

 

[WASHED KING]

He's primarily a shooter. You don't need much athleticism to shoot so I'm sure he'll age gracefully. Defensively, he still doesn't have it. But is it really wise to put final a judgment on a players sub-par performances in 2 months time coming back from an injury and playing with a modified offense and roster?

It would be more sensible to evaluate him next season after he's had some sufficient practice and playing time with the team.

I would agree if he was younger but he’s not. Klay as an elite perimeter defender is a thing of the past.

Is the value he’s bringing to the roster going to be worth what they’re paying him? Why not just move him when you can get something in return instead of rolling the dice and hoping he goes back to pre-injury Klay?

 

[RustyShackleford]

Booker shot poorly because of defense man. Cam Johnson a dog, he doesn't equal curry output though.

So the plan is this team locking Devin Booker up in four games.

Well...

 

[moe200069]

if there’s one silver lining from today’s game, it’s that the warriors left chiozza back in memphis

zero minutes of cardio dribbling. hallelujah

 

[freeze]

So the plan is locking Devin Booker up in four games.

Well...

Like we haven't seen it before lmao. Jrue clamped that boy. He struggles with elite defenders his size or larger. He's not overwhelming physically like a Bron to really get whatever shot he wants. He'll just start scheming for calls, like tonight, majority of his points came at the line and he'll start chucking and law of averages, some will go in and he'll make his faces and talk his ****. But he ain't really like that.

 

[WASHED KING]

Booker a fraud?

 

[dman14]

numbers don't lie
if you watch the game, you can see how badly he struggles
league so watered down with bad teams, book can get off vs them and have people thinking he will do that vs elite defenses

 

[freeze]

numbers don't lie
if you watch the game, you can see how badly he struggles

But hey, what do I know.

 

[elpablo21]

All four games been lit between these two. 7 more please

 

[wavycrocket]

Robert Eggers is god tier so far

You gotta check out the piece the new Yorker just did on him for Northman

Robert Eggers’s Historical Visions Go Mainstream

“The Northman” may be the most accurate Viking movie ever made. It may also be the most ambitious.

www.newyorker.com

Oh ****, that’s my man that did the Witch & Lighthouse! Didn’t peep that. Def looked a bit more mainstream. But he a hell of a director.

I’m in. **** rey be FYE

 

[danikerhino]

I would agree if he was younger but he’s not. Klay as an elite perimeter defender is a thing of the past.

Is the value he’s bringing to the roster going to be worth what they’re paying him? Why not just move him when you can get something in return instead of rolling the dice and hoping he goes back to pre-injury Klay?

I see your perspective, but I still disagree. If he continues to play the way he is, than you're right. But, we will see.

 

[freeze]

Klay just had some really good games. Averaging 25 the last 7. Including 1 at 37. Just had a bad night and then that's all people remember. He'll be aight.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Like we haven't seen it before lmao. Jrue clamped that body. He struggles with elite defenders his size or larger. He's not overwhelming physically like a Bron to really get whatever **** he wants. He'll just start scheming for calls, like tonight, majority of his points came at the line and he'll start chucking and law of averages, some will go in and he'll make his faces and talk his ****. But he ain't really like that.

Jrue did a great job on Booker, especially in game 6, and down the stretch of a couple of games Won't deny that

But Booker averaged 28 points in the finals on horrible 3pt shooting. He dropped 40 in back-to-back close loses, shooting over 50% in each. His consequential bad games was 3, where he got hurt and game 6. (he was bad in game 1 but they won)

So this is the outcome that will be optimal for the Warriors?

Also, who defends the perimeter as well as locked-in Jrue on this Warriors team?

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

numbers don't lie
if you watch the game, you can see how badly he struggles
league so watered down with bad teams, book can get off vs them and have people thinking he will do that vs elite defenses

Steph: 22-68= 32% vs. the Suns this season

 

[freeze]

Jrue did a great job on Booker, especially in game 6, and down the stretch of a couple of games Won't deny that

But Booker averaged 28 points in the finals on horrible 3pt shooting. He dropped 40 in back-to-back close loses, shooting over 50% in each. His consequential bad games was 3, where he got hurt and game 6. (he was bad in game 1 but they won)

So this is the outcome that will be optimal for the Warriors?

Also, who defends the perimeter as well as locked-in Jrue on this Warriors team?

They made him shoot very poorly tonight, from inside and outside...or are we not gonna give them props and he just had a bad night? How about the other games he played against them this season? Are they all anomalies? He playing coy?

 

[friscostylez]

Imagine believing in any cp0-led team


Couldn't be me

 

[jpzx]

Jokic was in the top ten for all these in March, first to do it in a single calendar month since Kareem. Jayzus.

 

[freeze]

Joker is one of the best I've ever seen. He's so good it's weird.

 

[elpablo21]

 

[danikerhino]

Joker is one of the best I've ever seen. He's so good it's weird.

Sometimes, I'm like "how is this big so damn pin-point accurate?" with his assists.

 

[freeze]

Ohhh Kerry don't give them ammo to talk **** bro

 

[QU!K]

How Wiggins and Draymond make the all-star team again?

What happened to all that DPOY talk?

What happened to all that MVP talk?

 

[RustyShackleford]

They made him shoot very poorly tonight, from inside and outside...or are we not gonna give them props and he just had a bad night? How about the other games he played against them this season? Are they all anomalies? He playing coy?

First, I thought the regular season doesn't matter?

Second, Booker has only played one other full game against the Warriors this season. When they played twice in one week he pulled his hamstring after playing only 15 mins, and then he missed the next game.

So really it is just X-Mas and tonight

 

[elpablo21]

HaterMuse cooking Klay