Random NBA Observations 2017 - 2018

[Tony D'Amato]

 

[hiya tiger]

Time for a Pre-season thread?

#LakeShow vs the the Not-so-Timberpups is on tonight.

 

[ISO]

All jokes aside I understand the Pels aren't "deep" but it's very possible that they make the playoffs. Clips, Jazz got weaker, and most of the teams that got stronger were already playoff teams

I think they should be an elite defensive squad. They are starting Rondo, Jrue, T. Allen, AD, and DMC. The spacing is going to be trash, AD and DMC are going to have to be elite shooters on pick and pops, and Jrue needs to have a career year from three.

Jordan Crawford averaged 14 points in 23 minutes through 19 games last year, man can score the rock. This team going as far as the Twin Towers can take them, I'm rooting for them.

 

[LinusCaldwell]

Cousins to Cleveland?

 

[hiya tiger]

Cousins to Cleveland?

why would the Pels want to do that?

as long as the Pels have AD, they don't want picks, they want players that can help them in the playoffs.

 

[BVII]

How do you guys feel about Boston's current roster? Just looking at the roster it looks incomplete like something is missing.

 

[Adebisi_Said]

 

[Leavingtheecstasy]

Where's the OKC thread?

 

[42 Monks]

How do you guys feel about Boston's current roster? Just looking at the roster it looks incomplete like something is missing.

Their frontcourt is soft as fukk and they're going to have to hope there's no big adjustment period on defense with the Bradley and Crowder moves.

 

[kash10003]

Wolves Lakers, any of the starters expected to play?

 

[ISO]

Lue talking about starting Love at the 5

 

[SchoolboyC]

Their frontcourt is soft as fukk and they're going to have to hope there's no big adjustment period on defense with the Bradley and Crowder moves.

Losing Bradley & Crowder will hurt, but also people have to account for the fact that Isaiah is gone. He was arguably the biggest defensive liability in the league, the Celtics defense last season literally went from being one of the worst in the league to the best when he went to the bench. So yeah losing two of your 3 best defensive players is gonna hurt, but also losing Isaiah is addition by subtraction. Kyrie isn't exactly Gary Payton but he's still miles ahead of Isaiah.

And yeah, the frontcourt depth is awful. Baynes is the only thing close to an interior presence and ideally he's not someone you want playing more than 15 MPG. Morris is a tweener, Horford is soft inside and the rest are all rooks.

 

[hiya tiger]

Losing Bradley & Crowder will hurt, but also people have to account for the fact that Isaiah is gone. He was arguably the biggest defensive liability in the league, the Celtics defense last season literally went from being one of the worst in the league to the best when he went to the bench. So yeah losing two of your 3 best defensive players is gonna hurt, but also losing Isaiah is addition by subtraction. Kyrie isn't exactly Gary Payton but he's still miles ahead of Isaiah.

Kyrie was in the same percentile of Poor defense as I.T.

 

[street heat]

Lue talking about starting Love at the 5

probably trying to insert another shooter into the lineup to make up for the broke outside shooting of Drose and wade.

im guessing

rose
wade
crowder or smith
bron
love

 

[VegetasHairline]

I just wanna see Demarcus Cousins finally experience playoff basketball brehs. Is that asking for too much?