THEE OFFICIAL 2019-2020 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: VICTORY LAP

[jjs07]

I still got the Wizards between 25-35 wins this year. There will be a ton of growing pains, but they’re going to be a tough out on most nights. Thomas Bryant was a dog last night. Gave Adams fits just about everywhere on the floor. Also, I love that Rui has extreme confidence in shooting the rock. He’ll get more efficient for sure.



*chris paul...sheesh

 

[thekillerj23]

When they get it right, That Lebron/AD pick and roll is pretty much unguardable .

That Kyrie right elbow 3 is always money!

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

• Dating back to 2017-18 season, Davis is one of 95 NBA players to attempt at least 150 uncontested shots outside of the paint. Of that group, he ranks 89th in efficiency, with an eFG% of just 46.3%. That's just a hair above Ricky Rubio.

 

[Cashflow]

 

[IATT]

Lebron really need to let it go...

 

[spacedoodoo]

Agree. Conley and Bogdanovic were good pick-ups for them, but they still lack a true Number 1 guy. I like Mitchell, but he’s not that.

terrible take

 

[dacomeup]

Where will the Porzingis trade rank in all time bad trades?

It's definitely going to be up there.

I was a fan of his at NC State. But man our coach killed any confidence he had.

Dennis Smith just doesn't understand how to contribute to winning a basketball game.

 

[dacomeup]

I think Lowe and Windhorst threw that out there too on their pod

Getting Zhaire Smith back? P U.

 

[antidope]

I just saw the end of the Suns game... That's a goaltend

 

[D StaXX]

 

[Quincy McCall]

Don't believe this, but uncanny if true

 

[had pants]

 

[IATT]

 

[BIG FISH]

Let’s talk about my son KAT addict4sneakers

 

[lawdog1]

terrible take

OK. Please elaborate. I’d really like to hear your reasoning for saying that.

 

[nick.]

 

[addict4sneakers]

Let’s talk about my son KAT addict4sneakers

No more kitten. He’s a full grown KAT.

 

[dacomeup]

Let’s talk about my son KAT addict4sneakers

Gambling pod had him as a sneaky MVP candidate and 538 was high on them this year. Interested in seeing how that plays out.

 

[headdetective]

CP3 washed.

Hate to see it

 

[picasso swerve]

They're missing their second best scorer but yeah it was awful. Conley looks weirdly shook

Conley looked off, confidence wasnt there. Jingles needs to get his offense going.

 

[spacedoodoo]

OK. Please elaborate. I’d really like to hear your reasoning for saying that.

You say Mitchell isn’t a legitimate number 1 option but yet that’s all he’s been since his rookie season. On a team that’s made the playoffs the last 2 years and gradually improved last season as well.

Now the jazz made offseason moves to provide more spacing by bringing in Conley and Bogdonovic and getting smaller with Ed Davis and Jeff green. In a matchup against OKC on Wednesday, Mitchell had excellent spacing and put up an efficient 32 points.. Dude didn’t even take a shot in the 1st Q of that game and completely took over in the 2nd half.

last night the offense struggled but Mitchell was still effective. He was the jazz offense in the 3rd Q. I’m not sure how you watched that game and have the nerve to criticize Mitchell’s performance when the rest of the supporting cast played poorly, I’m not sure.

It’s going to take chemistry, growth and more games for the jazz offense to come together. The jazz need a more balanced supporting cast that will score secondary to Mitchell and that’s exactly why they traded for Conley and signed bojan.

 

[B Sox]

Hasn’t Utah gotten off to slow starts in the last few seasons?

 

[tay1]

 

[HOU$TON]

 

[lawdog1]

You say Mitchell isn’t a legitimate number 1 option but yet that’s all he’s been since his rookie season. On a team that’s made the playoffs the last 2 years and gradually improved last season as well.

Now the jazz made offseason moves to provide more spacing by bringing in Conley and Bogdonovic and getting smaller with Ed Davis and Jeff green. In a matchup against OKC on Wednesday, Mitchell had excellent spacing and put up an efficient 32 points.. Dude didn’t even take a shot in the 1st Q of that game and completely took over in the 2nd half.

last night the offense struggled but Mitchell was still effective. He was the jazz offense in the 3rd Q. I’m not sure how you watched that game and have the nerve to criticize Mitchell’s performance when the rest of the supporting cast played poorly, I’m not sure.

It’s going to take chemistry, growth and more games for the jazz offense to come together. The jazz need a more balanced supporting cast that will score secondary to Mitchell and that’s exactly why they traded for Conley and signed bojan.

All good points. And I should have been more clear that my comment was more with the post-season in mind than the regular season and also thinking about how deep the West is.

I expect Utah to win a lot of games this season and probably be a Top 4 seed, but I think their ceiling is a 1st or 2nd round playoff exit. And party of that is, when I think about Mitchell against the other Number 1 players on West teams, I feel like he’s easier to contain because of his size and the fact he’s not a good, but not lights out shooter.

Maybe adding Boggers and Conley gives them enough additional offense that isn’t as important anymore, but I have my doubts.