The Official Bigfooty NBA Week 9 Thread.

[DaveyBoy123]

It's not quite AFLW Conference level of disparity, but this is just happening season after season now...

Current win/loss records between conferences are:

West: 220-181
East: 186-225

The (6th in the West) Spurs would be equal 2nd in the East... The 9th placed Grizzlies would miss the playoffs in the West, but are equal for a home court playoff in the East!

 

[Marcel Proust]

It's not quite AFLW Conference level of disparity, but this is just happening season after season now...

Current win/loss records between conferences are:

West: 220-181
East: 186-225

The (6th in the West) Spurs would be equal 2nd in the East... The 9th placed Grizzlies would miss the playoffs in the West, but are equal for a home court playoff in the East!

The big 3 in the east are as good as the better west teams.

They next level the east is probably better too;

Pacers very solid.
Boston not bad when pull finger out.

Etc.

 

[BigBreakfast]

The Knicks and hornets around 500

Raps and heat have been smashed by the pandemic and are better teams that the win/L shows.

Magic got almost it's starting 5 out

The spurs are a nothing team. Ditto warriors this season. I am not convinced by Portland but could be wrong. The bottom half of the west is rubbish currently

Keep drawing...

 

[Marcel Proust]

Keep drawing...

The Canadian team literally relocated cities I think they have a few excuses.

Miami. Boston. Toronto are proven decent teams.

 

[DaveyBoy123]

The big 3 in the east are as good as the better west teams.

They next level the east is probably better too;

Pacers very solid.
Boston not bad when pull finger out.

Etc.

That might be so, but it's not really the point I was making... Because the conferences are overall so lopsided, the Eastern teams can cruise to not just a playoff spot, but also a home court playoff spot. The Sixers have lost 3 in a row and could probably lose another 5 in a row & still get home court advantage in the playoffs. Meanwhile, in the West, a team could lose 3 in a row & drop from say 4th to all the way out of the playoffs. The Knicks are 6th in the East ffs.

 

[BigBreakfast]

The Canadian team literally relocated cities I think they have a few excuses.

Miami. Boston. Toronto are proven decent teams.

Might be best to let this one go. There is a clear disparity.

 

[Marcel Proust]

That might be so, but it's not really the point I was making... Because the conferences are overall so lopsided, the Eastern teams can cruise to not just a playoff spot, but also a home court playoff spot. The Sixers have lost 3 in a row and could probably lose another 5 in a row & still get home court advantage in the playoffs. Meanwhile, in the West, a team could lose 3 in a row & drop from say 4th to all the way out of the playoffs. The Knicks are 6th ffs.

The Knicks have the best d in the nba..

They are playing alright

 

[Marcel Proust]

Might be best to let this one go. There is a clear disparity.

Outside of the la teams the west is dodgy.

Like shaq says utah is overrated.

Phoenix maybe a good team probably not

It's gets more suss the further down you go

 

[BigBreakfast]

Outside of the la teams the west is dodgy.

Like shaq says utah is overrated.

Phoenix maybe a good team probably not

It's gets more suss the further down you go

Absolute rubbish.

Power Rankings, Week 9: Jazz jump Lakers for No. 1 spot; Suns enter Top 5 | NBA.com

See where all 30 teams rank after the first eight weeks of the 2020-21 season.

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7 of top 19 from West including the top 4
6 of the bottom 10 from Least.
Similar result in Bleacher.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Absolute rubbish.

Power Rankings, Week 9: Jazz jump Lakers for No. 1 spot; Suns enter Top 5 | NBA.com

See where all 30 teams rank after the first eight weeks of the 2020-21 season.

www.nba.com

7 of top 19 from West including the top 4
6 of the bottom 10 from Least.
Similar result in Bleacher.

That's nice I'm just giving my opinion Milwaukee. Philadelphia. Brooklyn are at least as good if they have their players fit.

The pacers are very solid.

Boston. Miami. Toronto. Are better than they have shown.

There is a lot of upside in the like of young. Barrett. Lamelo. Issac. Etc

 

[BigBreakfast]

That's nice I'm just giving my opinion Milwaukee. Philadelphia. Brooklyn are at least as good if they have their players fit.

The pacers are very solid.

Boston. Miami. Toronto. Are better than they have shown.

There is a lot of upside in the like of young. Barrett. Lamelo. Issac. Etc

Of course there is and those arguments make sense. Right now, and in the immediate past, the Bestern Conference is better than the Least.

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

The big 3 in the east are as good as the better west teams.

They next level the east is probably better too;

Pacers very solid.
Boston not bad when pull finger out.

Etc.

So for example Phoenix have beaten all of these teams, except Brooklyn whom they play tomorrow. Have also beaten Utah.

Outside of the la teams the west is dodgy.

Like shaq says utah is overrated.

Phoenix maybe a good team probably not

It's gets more suss the further down you go

Now you say Phoenix is probably not a good team which doesn’t really add credit to your argument about the strength of the East.

 

[kozi]

Hate the man all you want but respect him for always having the balls to speak the truth.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Hate the man all you want but respect him for always having the balls to speak the truth.

On the other hand drummond is getting paid 40 million dollars for a shortened season so it's hard to feel that sorry for him.

Will be a nice fit at Brooklyn.

Dray makes some good points

 

[Marcel Proust]

So for example Phoenix have beaten all of these teams, except Brooklyn whom they play tomorrow. Have also beaten Utah.


Now you say Phoenix is probably not a good team which doesn’t really add credit to your argument about the strength of the East.

I like the suns but jury still out if they are a meme team or good. That they are the 4th best team in the west is a worry

 

[Son of Skeletor]

Outside of the la teams the west is dodgy.

Interesting proposition. Let's see where you're going with this...

Like shaq says utah is overrated.

You're basing this on... Shaq? That's the 'analyst' you're going with?

Phoenix maybe a good team probably not

As they say in maths, show your working.

It's gets more suss the further down you go

That's not the only thing that's "suss" around here...

 

[fidstar]

AD out for 2-3 weeks according to sources close to the situation. Calf strain. Sigh

I've heard that before. It didn't end well.

 

[fidstar]

Wow the Heat are crazy bad right now...

Don't worry, they get to play us next trying to get to 3 games over 500.

We're 0-6 (and counting) in those situations so far this year.

 

[fidstar]

I can't believe that there's a real argument going on that West might not be better than the East. smh.

Anyway let me tell you that Westbrook is a better shooter than Steph.

 

[fidstar]

Why are Sexton and Garland paying 40+ minutes in a 30 point loss?

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

Suns playing Nets without Kyrie and KD.

Danger game if I’ve ever seen one peternorth

 

[Memphis]

Here on the basketball board, we are a close knit family. We are there for each other when the free throw count is against us, when questions like “do you even basketball?” are posed and of course we are there to mediate when posters bounce menacingly towards each other.

So it’s in this spirit that I put out a call to our missing Celtics fans
Elmer_Judd
Memphis
Bostonian
Jack Richards
srobbo

Please let us know you’re alright. This is a safe space.

Yours in basketball,

L2M4G

Appreciate the concern tbh I have been MIA on all my usual threads i attend, been caught up with work, uni etc but nonetheless yes we are doing sh*t atm most likely will lose to the nuggets today so waiting for a lifetime for ainge to use that 28mil exception but seems unlikely to happen.

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

Appreciate the concern tbh I have been MIA on all my usual threads i attend, been caught up with work, uni etc but nonetheless yes we are doing sh*t atm most likely will lose to the nuggets today so waiting for a lifetime for ainge to use that 28mil exception but seems unlikely to happen.

Good on you mate. We appreciate the check in.

 

[peternorth]

I've heard that before. It didn't end well.

He's so injury prone Bring back Ingram!

Suns playing Nets without Kyrie and KD.

Danger game if I’ve ever seen one peternorth

Like a wounded beast, watch out for Harden/Harris. How many points they giving you?

 

[peternorth]

Appreciate the concern tbh I have been MIA on all my usual threads i attend, been caught up with work, uni etc but nonetheless yes we are doing sh*t atm most likely will lose to the nuggets today so waiting for a lifetime for ainge to use that 28mil exception but seems unlikely to happen.

Your posting history confirms your absence from the site.
Well done on turning up!