Random NBA Observations 2016 - 2017

[street heat]

the mavs are going to end up in that 8th spot

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

The refs calling a bunch of bullshyt in this Suns/Clippers game

 

[Rekkapryde]

the mavs are going to end up in that 8th spot

If Carlisle had more talent

 

[42 Monks]

we should be down 50

warriors some hoes

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

The Bucks are going to have to go ahead and throw Jason Kidd in the bushes. A few of you mentioned this before about his 3 point scheme but it was really bad tonight. Jazz just got wide open corner 3 after corner 3. SMH

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

Is it some kind agreement that NBA players have made amongst themselves where they refuse to play someone hard or give them a hard foul...

I'm telling y'all just 8-10 years ago someone would foul Steph Curry hard just to see where he heart is at....it's like players refuse to do that now. I remember Jordan going into the paint and getting brutalized...

This is just wrong. Go look at how the Cavs have played him over the past 5 or 6 games to see how physical they've gotten with him. They've pretty much pushed the limits of what's allowed today. You can't just mug a guy anymore in this NBA without getting kicked out or getting suspended. The NBA certainly isn't going to let you mug their biggest star.



This is what the Cavs do to shut down Steph Curry

Check this out (I can't figure out how to embed this video) but RJ basically hip checks him

http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/3u7...ds/chorus_asset/file/7809165/steph_decked.gif

 

[Big Mel]

Steph byke

 

[NatiboyB]

This is just wrong. Go look at how the Cavs have played him over the past 5 or 6 games to see how physical they've gotten with him. They've pretty much pushed the limits of what's allowed today. You can't just mug a guy anymore in this NBA without getting kicked out or getting suspended. The NBA certainly isn't going to let you mug their biggest star.



This is what the Cavs do to shut down Steph Curry

Check this out

https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/3u...ds/chorus_asset/file/7809165/steph_decked.gif

This is why the cavs won if you ask me...They played them tougher...especially after those first few games....I would think more teams would notice that....but your right times have just changed and the refs won't allow that style of play anymore.

 

[Diddly Drogba]

russ coming in the game down 20+ to stat pad

 

[Meadz]

yo, did rus just come back into the game to get a triple double?

 

[Tony D'Amato]

@pete clemenza thats our soft mulatto

 

[nomoreneveragain]

this is pretty awesome btw

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

This is why the cavs won if you ask me...They played them tougher...especially after those first few games....I would think more teams would notice that....but your right times have just changed and the refs won't allow that style of play anymore.

OKC were more physical with Curry than any other team over the last two postseasons (noticeably more than Cleveland) - Warriors still won and Curry dominated in the back half of that series. It was more to do with the Cavs forcing Barnes and the rest of the role players to beat them.

 

[street heat]

@pete clemenza thats our soft mulatto

wow. never seen anything like that in a game

 

[ISO]

It's the threat of the three, it has changed everything for smaller players, last year he took 5.7 a game, this year he takes 8.1.

The three point barrage has me wondering how NBA teams are going to adjust? The leaguewide dRtg is way up this season.

So much of modern defenses was predicated on zones and lots of switching which led to some of the greatest defenses of All-Time like the '11 Bulls. Locking down the paint and forcing long twos was the name of the game but threes are destroying these zones. Kidd's scheme used to force a lot of TO's on the Nets and had the Bucks as one of the best defenses but now it just gives up a ton of corner threes. How will the NBA respond to modern offenses?