THEE OFFICIAL 2019-2020 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: VICTORY LAP

[amitt5504]

German Reggie isn’t a wing
Roberson has played 1 game in over 900 days
CP3 isn’t a wing
Dortz is good but he isn’t what you think of when you say okc has playoff level wings
SGA is my man

not seeing this okc wing depth at all

I never said they were “good”. Just bodies you can throw out to matchup with teams like Houston and LAC. They can go smallish and push the pace to keep up

 

[N41D]

To fully unlock Giannis, he'll need a playmaking guard to run the pick and roll with him.

If only there were a team with max space a year from now who had an elite young playmaking guard who excelled in pick and roll situations...

Pipe dreams, but still.

 

[lawdog1]

I’ll hold my giannis takes for the playoffs. The trajectory of the team has improved every season since he’s emerged

Fair enough, especially since I think match-ups could play a big role in these playoffs.

 

[MVP]

Bucks need to avoid the Heat in the 2nd rd at all costs their defensive ability combined with the Bucks propensity to give up so many wide open threes to a team who shoots a great percentage has upset written so over it.

 

[getback]

Bucks need to avoid the Heat in the 2nd rd at all costs their defensive ability combined with the Bucks propensity to give up so many wide open threes to a team who shoots a great percentage has upset written so over it.

And the C's need to avoid Philly in the 1st

 

[aepps20]

Torn ACL for Issac

Why can't Libs leave us alone and let us be great? Very proud of Issac for standing up for law enforcement and the troops. Hopefully our President ELECT will give him a call and cheer him up.

 

[amitt5504]

And the C's need to avoid Philly in the 1st

I want yall now lol

 

[MVP]

If Russ don't make an all NBA team this season, that's a real robbery.

 

[nick.]

If only there were a team with max space a year from now who had an elite young playmaking guard who excelled in pick and roll situations...

Spoiler

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[Armada]

If only there were a team with max space a year from now who had an elite young playmaking guard who excelled in pick and roll situations...

Pipe dreams, but still.

I want to believe I know I shouldn’t but I wanna believe

 

[reformeDWS]

72 hours into official bubble gameplay and Rockets fans decided to be THAT fanbase. This is going to be good.

every day in here its "small ball don't work, they're going to get run out the gym by teams with size" etc etc etc. when we lose it's "see i told you so". when we win it's "well wait until the playoffs".

since we've gone small, we've beat the mavs twice, lakers, celtics twice, jazz twice (they won 1 on a buzzer beater), and milwaukee. let us enjoy our wins if yall are gonna clown the losses

James Harden was ALWAYS a good 1 on 1 defender when engaged. His help defense is what's bad.

in OKC he showed he could be a good 1 on 1 defender. his early years in houston, he really didn't care to be one. he'd often let offensive players go right by him and try to poke the ball out from around them. adding to how often he fell asleep off ball, he was a bad defender. he's improved significantly over the years though. he's had some pretty good defensive moments against KP, Luka, and Giannis in the bubble so far.

 

[MVP]

Heat would be perfect for Giannis if he leaves the Bucks

 

[B Sox]

Those 2 losses were pretty tough for Dallas. Don't think they are going to be able to get out of that 7 seed. They need to pray that LAC falls to the 3 seed.

Also feel like Houston is going to want to stay in that 4/5 and not go up to 3 or fall to 6.

 

[nick.]

 

[P C H]

 

[B Sox]

And folks tried to make fun of Mark Jackson for praising the crowd in the one game yesterday

 

[Based Jesus]

Sounds like this is what happened to Jimmy

 

[Armada]

 

[MVP]

 

[N41D]

Those 2 losses were pretty tough for Dallas. Don't think they are going to be able to get out of that 7 seed. They need to pray that LAC falls to the 3 seed.

Also feel like Houston is going to want to stay in that 4/5 and not go up to 3 or fall to 6.

Yeah, they're all but stuck at 7.

Best case for them is literally anyone other than the Clippers. Clips will sweep them outta R1.

Could see them being competitive with Denver, at least.

 

[pums]

Heat would be perfect for Giannis if he leaves the Bucks

Bam and Jimmy can’t shoot. That would be a terrible fit on offense.

Dallas would be perfect for him. He would fix their defensive issues

 

[B Sox]

Decent slate of games today.

Raptors/Heat should be good.
Nuggets/Thunder has seeding implications.
Grizzlies/Pelicans is a must win for the Pels to stay in it.
Lakers/Jazz should be good. Seeding implications for Utah.

 

[B Sox]

Bam and Jimmy can’t shoot. That would be a terrible fit on offense.

Dallas would be perfect for him. He would fix their defensive issues

Yeah I don't think Giannis/Jimmy/Bam all on max contracts + Herro + nothing else is even better than the Bucks right now, let alone if the Mavs added Giannis.

 

[MVP]

Bam and Jimmy can’t shoot. That would be a terrible fit on offense.

Dallas would be perfect for him. He would fix their defensive issues

Bam would help Giannis as a playmaker. Having Giannis not have to be the sole creator on offense leads to more opportunities to be a slasher and finisher where he's unstoppable.

Those 2 in particular may not be able to shoot the 3 but everybody else on that team can, the Heat lead the league in 3 pt percentage.

And the ability of that trio of Bam, Buckets and Freak defensively, well good luck trying to score on them.

 

[N41D]

Bam and Jimmy can’t shoot. That would be a terrible fit on offense.

Dallas would be perfect for him. He would fix their defensive issues

The fit with Dallas is pretty damned ideal as far as personnel goes.

But I'll believe we're gonna lure an elite free agent when I see it.