The 'Get better soon nufan' Week 20 Official Thread

[djrossie16]

Bucks are winning again. Middleton back in the swing of things makes them look a whole lot better. A real blessing him getting back as Jabari went out. They're still in the mix. A very talented squad.

 

[stewie griffen]

Turrrrrrrrrrrrrible defence Washington

 

[stewie griffen]

so fine the other teams as well.

Can you imagine the farce the league would become if all the top teams just conceded an away game throughout the season to their top rival and only faced up in the finals.

Then we end up with guys missing games because of 'injury' instead of just saying rest

 

[Drummer_19]

Never forget.

 

[Messenger]

 

[nahnah]

Needs to buy some new jeans while he's out shopping

 

[Gak Attack]

I couldn't believe how many bandwagoners were in Minnesota. I get them being in other cities but Minnesota?

 

[Son of Skeletor]

Yeah nice brain.

Nice and simple for you.

Sure bro. Maybe I need to dumb it down for you.

Guess we found the resident guy who talks a lot of crap but doesn't watch basketball.

Yeah didnt know I had to explain to a drool that James Jones situation is different than TT.

You're a real charmer, aren't you?

 

[Andrew3737]

thanks

 

[FreoRicci]

Best backcourt in the league right now! Beal and Wall showing who's business.
BB3 with 38 pts and 12 rebounds.
Wall with 25 pts 10 assists

Loving this Washington team. Optimism galore.

 

[Son of Skeletor]

With top 5 picks you're hoping for a multiple all star, yes he is a good player and a champion but he's still not worthy of being taken top 5.
Players taken after him:
Kawhi
Butler
Kemba
Vucevic
Isaiah
Klay

I think this is pretty close to the mark.

Thompson is a bit like Cody Zeller - useful enough, but more of a safe late lottery pick. With a top 5 pick you'd probably want to aim for something more.

 

[DaveyBoy123]

Interesting decision to rest the guys against the spurs tomorrow

Spurs get the tiebreaker with a win

If it hasn't already been said, no Kawhi & Parker either. Kawhi is on concussion watch, or whatever they call it over there.

 

[Andrew3737]

hindsight is nice

 

[Son of Skeletor]

Bucks are winning again. Middleton back in the swing of things makes them look a whole lot better. A real blessing him getting back as Jabari went out. They're still in the mix. A very talented squad.

Middleton is class.

Caught some of their game the other day and his decision-making was top notch, really underrated passer.

Best backcourt in the league right now! Beal and Wall showing who's business.
BB3 with 38 pts and 12 rebounds.
Wall with 25 pts 10 assists

Loving this Washington team. Optimism galore.

This was my main beef with Randy Wittman - in 2015 he had Wall/Beal averaging a combined 33 ppg. This year they're averaging 56 ppg.

That potential was always there, you could see it during the 2014 & 2015 playoffs... the shackles just had to be released.

Whatever else they say about Scott Brooks, the man certainly knows how to unclog a toilet.

 

[jdz101]

 

[jdz101]

No team is perfect at the draft. I can understand cavs guys passionately defending Tristan as he was an important piece of a championship team.

So many Celtics people got so mad at me calling Perk garbage after his knee injury, which he was, but there was still a lot of respect for what he did to help the Celtics during that playoff run.

Doesn't matter where Tristan was drafted or what he's paid. If he's helping by being an important cog in a championship roster then who gives a flying *. He's far from a complete bust if he's giving you that.

 

[Andrew3737]

im not even a cavs supporter. however judging players' current ability and saying "they should have gone way earlier" or "lol they passed on IT @ 4" is a terrible way of thinking. you really think any team is passing on kawhi @ 1/2 if they know how he turns out right now. or isaiah, who got passed on by 29 teams twice, if they know he goes 29/4/6, per of 28 in his 6th year. hindsight bias is stupid.

 

[nahnah]

I was gonna say I thought I was the cavs supporter

 

[nahnah]

im not even a cavs supporter. however judging players' current ability and saying "they should have gone way earlier" or "lol they passed on IT @ 4" is a terrible way of thinking. you really think any team is passing on kawhi @ 1/2 if they know how he turns out right now. or isaiah, who got passed on by 29 teams twice, if they know he goes 29/4/6, per of 28 in his 6th year. hindsight bias is stupid.

Yes that's nice and all, doesn't change the fact Thompson isn't a bust. If the cavs put him up for trade they wouldn't get pick 4 in return probably not even pick 10

 

[nahnah]

To me it seems you are more arguing why he was a bust rather than why he isn't a bust

 

[Son of Skeletor]

im not even a cavs supporter. however judging players' current ability and saying "they should have gone way earlier" or "lol they passed on IT @ 4" is a terrible way of thinking. you really think any team is passing on kawhi @ 1/2 if they know how he turns out right now. or isaiah, who got passed on by 29 teams twice, if they know he goes 29/4/6, per of 28 in his 6th year. hindsight bias is stupid.

It depends though. There are safe picks, and then there are speculative picks.

Antetokounmpo is the obvious example of the latter, even at a lowly pick 15 in a poor draft. Of course nobody knows how any prospect will turn out, but there are some players who are less of a gamble to draft than others. Gambling was exactly what the Wizards were doing with Jan Vesely two picks later.

Thompson's pretty much been the player he was advertised as being; great rebounder, mobile defensively, non-entity offensively. He and Cleveland are just fortunate (or really, really prescient) that the league has gone small, because he'd be much less effective as a true PF.

 

[stewie griffen]

No team is perfect at the draft. I can understand cavs guys passionately defending Tristan as he was an important piece of a championship team.

So many Celtics people got so mad at me calling Perk garbage after his knee injury, which he was, but there was still a lot of respect for what he did to help the Celtics during that playoff run.

Doesn't matter where Tristan was drafted or what he's paid. If he's helping by being an important cog in a championship roster then who gives a flying ****. He's far from a complete bust if he's giving you that.

Darko milicic was also a vital cog in a championship

 

[Son of Skeletor]

Darko milicic was also a vital cog in a championship

And he had those nice blonde frostbites going on.

 

[stewie griffen]

Foresight bias told me drafting Jonny Flynn was ridiculous

 

[Son of Skeletor]

Foresight bias told me drafting Jonny Flynn was ridiculous

Most Syracuse alumni tend to be busts