Random NBA Observations 2017 - 2018

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

It didn’t matter because the points came after the game was out of touch.

He scored 2 points (out of 35 points) when the game was "out of touch" in that Game 6. Why are you making up shyt?

 

[Bigblackted4]

He scored 2 points (out of 35 points) when the game was "out of touch" in that Game 6. Why are you making up shyt?

He had 17 after we were up by 18 and the game was never down to single digits. I guess I used the wrong phrase with out of touch but the game was never close. He put up a lot of points in a blow out with no pressure down 18 you go into to fukk it mood. In games One and two of that serious he shot 28 percent. But I’m not about to go back and forth with you over an overrated player. He will never be an all time great like Chris Paul is and not worth my response until he can shoot above 40 percent in every game of a serious like all great point guards today do.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

He had 17 after we were up by 18 and the game was never down to single digits. I guess I used the wrong phrase with out of touch but the game was never close.

His scoring was the main reason why the Raptors were within reaching distance:

He scored 12 points in the first half (his last bucket cut it down to an 11-point margin)
He then dropped 18 points in the 3rd quarter - 12 points which came in the last 1.35 to cut it down to a 12-point game

He was the main reason why the Raptors were still within reach at the end of the 3rd quarter. DeRozan was the only other Raptor who scored in double-digits - I repeat DeRozan was the only other Raptor who scored in double-digits in that game. Lowry ended up scoring more points than both Kyrie and LeBron.

Like I said, you don't know what the fukk you're talking about.

 

[Serious]

The next game is 2/9 @ 4p EST

I kinda wanna see Love v. Embiid tho

That aint no fukking match up.
That's a massacre

 

[7th Letter Specialist]

That aint no fukking match up.
That's a massacre

But they just beat them on the 28th w/ the same lineup

 

[Paradise50]

What got him in the game was his size and ability to let Kemba do his thing off ball. I think it was against Washington and Cleveland that he really got everyone to support him - and it was because he was providing what the old/healthy Batum was doing before by getting us some good passes off of mismatches. He was also playing GREAT defense at the time too.

Since then? No lies detected in those last 5 games. He's done in this league if he doesn't turn it around soon. All it takes is Monk getting hot again for 10 minutes and its a wrap for him.

Honestly I wish Batum got the surgery because he looks like shyt. I'd rather just tank and let Monk/Bacon get their shine on. MCW signing fukkING sucked. We didn't go after Nelson as aggressively as we should've. The team needs to part ways with Frank. It was a dumbass pick then and Jordan dumbass fell for his good tournament run. We could've had Booker


I don't mind them wanting to turn Monk into a combo pg/sg BUT let him go through his growing pains. Playing MCW more mins over him is


I'm fed up w/ this shyt. Luckily I've followed the Celts low key since the big 3 and more heavily when they got Brad Stevens so that at least balance out this bullshyt


Also I'm glad CP3 got away from the Clippers. Hated seeing him on that team over the past few seasons. Blake/DeAndre combo held them back. It was never Chris fault like the media narrative.

 

[Serious]

But they just beat them on the 28th w/ the same lineup

didn't see that matchup.

Might have to watch it before friday

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

 

[7th Letter Specialist]

didn't see that matchup.

Might have to watch it before friday

I'm fcukin w/ u breh. Even tho they lost he dropped 33 on that boy.

...but a W's a W

P.S. I just took a L on 2K cuz I was tryna write this shyt before you looked @ the box score. Had the shyt on too long

 

[Recca Gatsby]

WHAT

Literally NO ONE said that shyt. Not a soul.

 

[42 Monks]

Honestly I wish Batum got the surgery because he looks like shyt. I'd rather just tank and let Monk/Bacon get their shine on. MCW signing fukkING sucked. We didn't go after Nelson as aggressively as we should've. The team needs to part ways with Frank. It was a dumbass pick then and Jordan dumbass fell for his good tournament run. We could've had Booker


I don't mind them wanting to turn Monk into a combo pg/sg BUT let him go through his growing pains. Playing MCW more mins over him is


I'm fed up w/ this shyt. Luckily I've followed the Celts low key since the big 3 and more heavily when they got Brad Stevens so that at least balance out this bullshyt


Also I'm glad CP3 got away from the Clippers. Hated seeing him on that team over the past few seasons. Blake/DeAndre combo held them back. It was never Chris fault like the media narrative.

Man everybody could've had Booker I blame Calipari more than anyone else for Booker slipping so far in the draft. Booker is one of the best PnR guys in the league but who the hell knew that was doing to happen since Kentucky had the twins doing all the ball handling there. Booker barely put the ball on the floor. People need to redirecting that energy towards us NOT falling for the hype regarding Justice Winslow.

Have yal seen Justice Winslow lately? Word? I think we good.

Now, I still hate Frank. Not because he's inconsistent, but because I KNOW he'll be 16/5/3 guy somewhere else in the league and it irritates the fukk out of me. Everyone can see it here. shyt, the main reason he shoots all these 3s anyways is because Clifford wanted him out there to space the floor to get Kemba more room to work. He goes to a high post or low pnr offense, or even the princeton and he'll be back in his comfort zone. Defensively he can't switch like the rest of our team does. That's not his fault, that's our staff again asking people to do shyt they just can't do.

MCW is ..... man, he wasn't supposed to come back this soon. His good play hurt him more than it did us. Now we're asking him to do shyt that was clearly a rare instance. Either way, he's still better than Ramon Sessions. Ask NY how he looks this season.

Monk fukking deserved the bench though. I'm not even tripping. You guys had to really see what he was doing out there. Kris Dunn DOGGED this man just trying to get the ball across the half court line. Monk can shyt on kids like Frank Ntik up in NY, or even those garbage men called PGs in Milwaukee, but against any kind of stronger framed, filled out NBA PG he is not ready at all. And you let a guy get shell shocked into developing bad habits, you're doing them more harm than good.

Monk would probably be getingt Lamb's minutes right now, but Lamb's having his best year as a pro - and with Batum looking like a shell of himself, we cant afford to screw over his potential replacement. It also makes sense to let the guy keep playing well in order to be a good trade piece. Monk didn't play tonight for example because who's he gonna guard? We lost, yeah, but our defense did a damned good job on GS especially considering we lost two centers in less than 20 minutes tonight. The offense, well, Hubie took it apart better than I ever could. All that perimeter stuff isn't gonna work for us if we don't go to the rim and give the big the ball first.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

To add on -

He will never be an all time great like Chris Paul is and not worth my response until he can shoot above 40 percent in every game of a serious like all great point guards today do.

I'm not arguing about who's had the better career. I'm talking about the state of their respective play right now (and the last couple of seasons). Lowry's been on the same level as CP3 over last couple of years - I'd even argue that he's been better when he's been healthy. Lowry averaged 22.4 ppg on 62 TS% last season, arguably a better scoring-season than CP3 has ever had.

 

[Darealtwo1]

So was Trey Burke.





It goes by quick. Enjoy it while you can, breh.

nah...i was never sold on trey burke or that weak draft......frank mason is better than fox

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

To add on -

I'm not arguing about who's had the better career. I'm talking about the state of their respective play right now (and the last couple of seasons). Lowry's been on the same level as CP3 over last couple of years - I'd even argue that he's been better when he's been healthy. Lowry averaged 22.4 ppg on 62 TS% last season, arguably a better scoring-season than CP3 has ever had.

You think Lowry and Harden would be 18-4 right now atop the West?

 

[Paradise50]

Man everybody could've had Booker I blame Calipari more than anyone else for Booker slipping so far in the draft. Booker is one of the best PnR guys in the league but who the hell knew that was doing to happen since Kentucky had the twins doing all the ball handling there. Booker barely put the ball on the floor. People need to redirecting that energy towards us NOT falling for the hype regarding Justice Winslow.

Have yal seen Justice Winslow lately? Word? I think we good.

Now, I still hate Frank. Not because he's inconsistent, but because I KNOW he'll be 16/5/3 guy somewhere else in the league and it irritates the fukk out of me. Everyone can see it here. shyt, the main reason he shoots all these 3s anyways is because Clifford wanted him out there to space the floor to get Kemba more room to work. He goes to a high post or low pnr offense, or even the princeton and he'll be back in his comfort zone. Defensively he can't switch like the rest of our team does. That's not his fault, that's our staff again asking people to do shyt they just can't do.

MCW is ..... man, he wasn't supposed to come back this soon. His good play hurt him more than it did us. Now we're asking him to do shyt that was clearly a rare instance. Either way, he's still better than Ramon Sessions. Ask NY how he looks this season.

Monk fukking deserved the bench though. I'm not even tripping. You guys had to really see what he was doing out there. Kris Dunn DOGGED this man just trying to get the ball across the half court line. Monk can shyt on kids like Frank Ntik up in NY, or even those garbage men called PGs in Milwaukee, but against any kind of stronger framed, filled out NBA PG he is not ready at all. And you let a guy get shell shocked into developing bad habits, you're doing them more harm than good.

Monk would probably be getingt Lamb's minutes right now, but Lamb's having his best year as a pro - and with Batum looking like a shell of himself, we cant afford to screw over his potential replacement. It also makes sense to let the guy keep playing well in order to be a good trade piece. Monk didn't play tonight for example because who's he gonna guard? We lost, yeah, but our defense did a damned good job on GS especially considering we lost two centers in less than 20 minutes tonight. The offense, well, Hubie took it apart better than I ever could. All that perimeter stuff isn't gonna work for us if we don't go to the rim and give the big the ball first.

I saw the mins he had against Dunn...that shyt had me


I wasn't on here but I was vouching hard to get Booker. Frank was fools gold to me at that spot. It ain't Calaperi fault at all. Jordan just looks at college results and ignores the big picture

Folks who saw Booker play knew he had the potential to be deadly


I think Monk will be ok but Mitchell's 6' 10" wingspan could've been apart of our offense. Instead these mfers draft Monk and then take him out his element by making him learn the PG position ......in the long run I get it but if you truly want him to be a ball handler then you have to let him struggle since that ain't his natural position.


Hornets need to part ways w/ Cody & Frank. I'm tired of these tall useless cacs