THEE OFFICIAL 2019-2020 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: VICTORY LAP

[Maximus Meridius]

Lol at him stuttering.

Stumbling and fumbling to defend his style not working in the postseason

 

[bballkid11]

I don't see the Pistons being close enough to trade a 23YO guard who looks to be figuring things out for a guy that doesn't put them in the same category as Philly, Boston, Milwaukee. Especially when that guy's Demar.

Just can't do it.

I mean, we are not getting any Free Agents, but I get what you are saying. Idk Demar is nice to me so maybe that is Biased haha

 

[lawdog1]

Am I remembering correctly that Harden actually was viewed as a good defender during his OKC years? Seem to remember him guarding Kobe a lot when the Thunder and Lakers played...

 

[N41D]

I mean, we are not getting any Free Agents, but I get what you are saying. Idk Demar is nice to me so maybe that is Biased haha

I like Demar... But he's not a difference maker at the level the Pistons need.

TBH, if I'm them, I'm probably more focused on milking whatever value I can get out of Blake and Drummond. No good way to build around them at this point.

I'd hit the reset button if I'm them.

 

[do work son]

#sametier

We've won and Russ has contributed in spots, but he's been overwhelmingly bad. MDA has to be better about running a legit offense when Russ is on court. Spam dribble handoffs and force the defense to do anything other than just sag into the paint and dare Russ to shoot.

 

[JD617]

These small sample size Net Ratings, +/- numbers being thrown around for star duos this early is kinda silly.

This is true but I'm just making fun of a couple of the MLGA doofuses who were convinced they were right about it being Russ's team after the first game of the season.

 

[chrisftdot]

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Tried to told y’all about my son FVV

After he cooked Steph in the finals everybody became a believer.

 

[N41D]

We've won and Russ has contributed in spots, but he's been overwhelmingly bad. MDA has to be better about running a legit offense when Russ is on court. Spam dribble handoffs and force the defense to do anything other than just sag into the paint and dare Russ to shoot.

I'd be more concerned about whether or not you actually can run a real offense when Russ is on the court...

 

[B Sox]

Dudes were really saying the Rockets were Russ team

 

[Maximus Meridius]

I think the warriors poor play exposes Draymond more than Kerr imo

If Draymond could step up then GS could maybe stay afloat but he's *** if he has to be the number one or two guy

Both of 'em getting put out there but it's more on Steve Kerr to me. I knew Dray can't create his own offense consistently but when your team is getting the dog **** beat outta them from the tip-off that's a lot on coaching.

 

[antidope]

The Spurs couldn't even get OG for Kawhi Leonard.

Yeah, we can't give up Kennard, he is becoming really good and killing it.

Luke might be the one untouchable finally looking like the guy from Duke

Let me dream!

 

[addict4sneakers]

After he cooked Steph in the finals everybody became a believer.

You were late

 

[everysingletime]

Both of 'em getting put out there but it's more on Steve Kerr to me. I knew Dray can't create his own offense consistently but when your team is getting the dog **** beat outta them from the tip-off that's a lot on coaching.

Idk. I think there's only so much a coach can do when your first or second best player can't reliably score.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

I don't even know if dudes was serious by saying the Rockets are "Russ team" but either way having your team lead by Harden or Russ ain't a good thing.

 

[lawdog1]

I’m kind of perplexed as to how the Coach’s Challenge rule has been implemented so far this season. I’ve seen calls get upheld when it looked pretty clear that they were wrong and calls get reversed when there wasn’t clear evidence the refs blew it the first time. Weird.

 

[everysingletime]

I’m kind of perplexed as to how the Coach’s Challenge rule has been implemented so far this season. I’ve seen calls get upheld when it looked pretty clear that they were wrong and calls get reversed when there wasn’t clear evidence the refs blew it the first time. Weird.

It just makes me have less faith in the refs. At least before you can tell yourself 'OK maybe they had a bad angle, they don't have the benefit of instant replay like we do, etc.'. Now they have no excuse and they're still getting calls wrong. Some of these refs make six figures calling these games. They don't deserve that salary.

 

[MVP]

 

[everysingletime]

I think there should be a third party - a committee of unbiased people that review all coach's challenge post game. If they come to a conclusion that a ref still made an erroneous call despite the benefit of instant replay they should have their salary deducted.

 

[shogun]

So Kerr isn’t a good coach now because his best players are injured and the rest of the roster are a bunch of young, g-league level players? Basketball fans love sounding dumb and ridiculous.

I remember a bunch of people laughing that the celtics are gonna suck. After their first loss they’ve been playing real well but the critics wanna ignore it or treat it like a fluke. Now that Hayward’s injured and if they’ll struggle a but they’ll act like they were right.

 

[ahat]

Might try to cop for collection purpose

 

[pmatic]

Wonder why they didn't partner with Nike with the league partnership.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Wonder why they didn't partner with Nike with the league partnership.

Kyle Lowry

 

[addict4sneakers]

Ole Stevie . This goin be good!

Nash saying they slowed down the Suns team because of the pressure was real talk. Ironically it was Steve Kerr who didn’t make the same mistake with the warriors.

 

[amitt5504]

I swear Adidas only uses the AM4 silhouette when doing collabs. Still a dope shoe