NBA Week 3 Thread

[peternorth]

Lebron and KD meet for the first time in an in season tournament.

Clutching at headline straws nba.

AD is probable for todays game. Which means he plays a few minutes if any.

Lebron requires ONE MORE turnover to accrue the magical 5000 TOs milestone.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

The pre season games went way too long and there is too many back to backs scheduled already this season plus Gollum (Adam Silver) has threatened teams who do 'load management'

Those are probably factors in why so many injuries have happened already, although in the case of the Pelicans, they are just cursed as a franchise.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Kendrick Perkins is a real pain in the ass to listen to these days

Celtics lost two close games in a row to two of the top 5 teams in the NBA right now (away) and we're struggling ?

Lol

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

How come Bum Simmons never plays against the Celtics anymore ?

It's it because he is a chicken ? Cluck Cluck

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Wemby starting to heat up against the Wolves

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

LaMelo has put up a final quarter for the ages against the Wiz.

 

[DT_35]

Clippers are f****** horrendous

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Clippers are f****** horrendous

Bill Simmons was right. The Harden trade sunk em.

 

[Gak Attack]

We're getting absolutely dicked by the refs in this one. Guys getting fouls for being in the same postcode as Zion.

 

[hamG]

Bill Simmons was right. The Harden trade sunk em.

Except Harden's numbers are grea. Their 2nd unit has been garbage. Powell is -34 from 10 minutes ouch.

Edit: Quoted wrong post

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

KAT getting his offensive game going again is huge for the Wolves. Hopefully he can get this rhythm going for an extended period of consistency

 

[stewie griffen]

Clip lol

 

[stewie griffen]

How come Bum Simmons never plays against the Celtics anymore ?

It's it because he is a chicken ? Cluck Cluck

I mean maybe because he's been out with a hip

 

[stewie griffen]

In the 10 quarters they’ve played with James Harden in the lineup, the Clippers have been out-scored by 47 points.

Is this bad

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Coming next 'battle of the refs pets' - Austin Reaves vs Devin Booker ...

Who will flop more and be rewarded with unjust trips to the FT line ?

Time will tell, it always does.

 

[stewie griffen]

Decent fight back from the spurs. Wolves just look to have too much in the locker right now

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Luka on 50 point plus watch vs The Clips.

Could even crack 60 really it Kyrie lets him.

 

[Sonny Hayes]

Luka on 50 point plus watch vs The Clips.

Could even crack 60 really it Kyrie lets him.

surely doesn’t play enough of the 4th to happen. 42/6/6 on 80% (16/20) shooting in 3 quarters is just incredible though

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

surely doesn’t play enough of the 4th to happen. 42/6/6 on 80% (16/20) shooting in 3 quarters is just incredible though

Seems like that unfortunately. Regardless, probably undoubtedly in my opinion that he is the 2nd best player in the league, esp with Dallas' hot start to the season.

Assuming he doesn't go all Cray Cray and post paranoid conspiracies and inflammatory comments on social media again, Kyrie is definitely the best team teammate Luka has ever played, and probably the best roster he has had.

Definitely need to start watching more Mavs games on League Pass.

 

[Sonny Hayes]

Seems like that unfortunately. Regardless, probably undoubtedly in my opinion that he is the 2nd best player in the league, esp with Dallas' hot start to the season.

Assuming he doesn't go all Cray Cray and post paranoid conspiracies and inflammatory comments on social media again, Kyrie is definitely the best team teammate Luka has ever played, and probably the best roster he has had.

Definitely need to start watching more Mavs games on League Pass.

It’s still a flawed roster but is a big upgrade over last years. I think they probably level out at a 4-5 seed but will definitely be a play off team.

hopefully they are good enough to allow Luka to be in the MVP discussion because team success is the only reason he hasn’t been a real contender the past few years.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

It’s still a flawed roster but is a big upgrade over last years. I think they probably level out at a 4-5 seed but will definitely be a play off team.

hopefully they are good enough to allow Luka to be in the MVP discussion because team success is the only reason he hasn’t been a real contender the past few years.

Probably a bit unfortunate they play in the West. The Celtics under the Jays always have had problems/issues playing against Luka, they would most likely be an perennial top 3 seed in the East every year.

They actually have a fairly good bench now, Dante Exum had been a wonderful surprise, both as an Aussie and NBA fan in general.

Think the Mavs have done pretty well assembling this roster esp given Cuban doesn't seem to want to pay the luxury tax AFAIK (Dallas fans feel free to correct me)

Obviously their main worry is Joker and the Nuggets, but every other team has that same problem

Early days but the West definitely looks stronger and the East weaker (aside from Philly) this season.

45 wins may not enough be enough to secure to a play in spot in the West this season

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

At this point I wouldn't trade AD for Luke Kornet. Another soft, lazy and inefficient first half for The Brow

 

[fidstar]

No one other than Steph has scored more than 20 points in any game for the Warriors this season.

Just by the law of averages that seems like a statistical anomaly.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Nice comeback win against odds for your Rockets hotchilli

Ime is a great coach, just keep him away from fraternising with the wives of the owners and mint ice cream

 

[peternorth]