2018/2019 NBA Thread

23scidoo

Congrats Magic!!.. what a game!!

Wobbie

only one game, but some shockers.

HesCalledDyer

8 points in the 3Q... Indiana.

No Coder

tempo_n_groove said:

No Coder said:

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23scidoo said:

tempo_n_groove said:

23scidoo said:

MVP!!!!

https://instagram.com/p/Bv4-5hDH_pG/embed/

I find it hard to believe he actually said this?

He is this years MVP though but I do like that Westbrook is averaging a triple double for the THIRD STRAIGHT SEASON!!!

I hate Westbrook like most of you hate Harden..

I am starting to love him more as I do Harden and his traveling ass.

Westbrook plays hard and he distributes the ball so he isn't this "me, me, I , I" player everyone makes him out to be.

I am enjoying real ball players rather than people like John Wall.  Now his counterpart, Beal, he can team ball.

I am not a Westbrook fan, although I do appreciate his athleticism, passion and determination.

For me the Triple Double is fast becoming the most over rated stat in basketball. Having watched basketball for nearly 40 years, what constitutes an assist in today's game is becoming looser and looser. I've seen assists awarded for a pass to a player on the 3 point line, who then dribbles, crosses a player and then drives to the basket. No way in hell was that ever an assist and it wasn't as little as 10 years ago. And this is not a go at Westbrook, but the league. I've seen ridiculous assists awarded to multiple players lots of times this year, who's passes should not have been awarded an assist.
Look at the frequency that triple doubles are occurring across the whole league, Eflrid Payton had 4 games in a row with Triple Doubles!!
And any team that allows their PG to get 20 boards, is playing for stats. The OKC players box out, with no intent on getting the rebound, unless Russ can't get to it. When the figures came out about 2 weeks ago on what Westbrook needed to average a Triple Double again for the year, I was sure that he would do everything he could to get those numbers, and I was right. 
He is a VERY good player, and absolutely in the upper echelon in the NBA, but for me, he's not even the best player on his team and would not currently be in my Top 10

Who are your top 10 in the NBA?

Currently  they'd be - 
Not in any order
Giannis
Curry
Harden
Durant
AD
Kawhi
Embiid
PG
Lebron
Jokic

Lillard/Irving/Westbrook/KAT are all in the next group of players

No Thompson?  Dude should be in there before Embiid, PG or Jokic.

Westbrook should be in there before Jokic or PG.

But eh.  We have different opinions.

I think Beal is a stud too.

Thompson is a great SG, but not a top 10 player. 

PG has been the difference make for OKC this year. I'm not big on Westbrook, as discussed in earlier posts. Great player, but cannot see him winning a title playing like he does currently.

Beal is a stud, but has never won anything. I'd like to see the Wizards build around him properly and hand him the keys as the number 1 option.

But as you say, everyone has their own opinions. Anyone being considered for the Top 10 is a great player, so not knocking them, just think other players are better

23scidoo

Congrats to Clippers for the biggest comeback on playoff history..

23scidoo

https://twitter.com/i/status/1118700514043224064

Wobbie

with my jazz looking dead, I’m going bucks.

23scidoo

Green broom..

Wobbie

most unlikeable teams in the playoffs?

I’m going:

rockets (harden paul)
okc (westbrook)
philly (embid and their fans)
celtics (irving)

Wobbie

edit : OKC....forgot about the self proclaimed “playoff p”

last game winner he made was in a gatorade commercial.

Poncier

Wobbie said:

most unlikeable teams in the playoffs?

I’m going:

rockets (harden paul)
okc (westbrook)
philly (embid and their fans)
celtics (irving)

I'd have to put Jazz and their racist fans atop the list 

tempo_n_groove

Poncier said:

Wobbie said:

most unlikeable teams in the playoffs?

I’m going:

rockets (harden paul)
okc (westbrook)
philly (embid and their fans)
celtics (irving)

I'd have to put Jazz and their racist fans atop the list 

Shots fired!

Wobbie

I’m sure there are no racist fans on OKC, houston, boston or philly. riiiiiiight.

crookedcross

Wobbie said:

I’m sure there are no racist fans on OKC, houston, boston or philly. riiiiiiight.

Hahahaha

crookedcross

Houston looking like when they lost to the Warriors last year.  3s not falling catching up down the stretch.. keep shooting them anyway. Almost 50 3s now. 

tempo_n_groove

crookedcross said:

Houston looking like when they lost to the Warriors last year.  3s not falling catching up down the stretch.. keep shooting them anyway. Almost 50 3s now. 

The game is won and lost by the 3 now.  Popovich hates that.

I love when GS gets some good ball movement going and starts raining 3's.  It's demoralizing.

There was a game that Cleveland set the record for 3's and I was like "finally" they get it.  They do this on a regular basis they can beat anybody.

Well, they never did that again...  So they didn't "get it"...

cutz

https://twitter.com/drewdavis71/status/1120542428283506690?s=03

tempo_n_groove

cutz said:

https://twitter.com/drewdavis71/status/1120542428283506690?s=03

That is one hell of a +/- stat!

So Mitchells balls get rebounded and put in?

Wobbie

cutz said:

https://twitter.com/drewdavis71/status/1120542428283506690?s=03

does ben simmons stop at a car accident to offer aid?

no, he and embid probably giggle.

cutz

Wobbie said:

cutz said:

https://twitter.com/drewdavis71/status/1120542428283506690?s=03

does ben simmons stop at a car accident to offer aid?

no, he and embid probably giggle.

Hook line & sinker>LOL!!

23scidoo

Bye bye

Ο χρήστης NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) έγραψε το Tweet:

DAME WAVED GOODBYE TO OKC AFTER DRILLING THE GAME-WINNER! 👋👀 https://t.co/ss0z3znNfa

https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/1120919171506655232?s=17

The Juggler

BEAT IT WESTBROOK!

The Juggler

tempo_n_groove said:

crookedcross said:

Houston looking like when they lost to the Warriors last year.  3s not falling catching up down the stretch.. keep shooting them anyway. Almost 50 3s now. 

The game is won and lost by the 3 now.  Popovich hates that.

I love when GS gets some good ball movement going and starts raining 3's.  It's demoralizing.

There was a game that Cleveland set the record for 3's and I was like "finally" they get it.  They do this on a regular basis they can beat anybody.

Well, they never did that again...  So they didn't "get it"...

It is weird that Popovich hates the three as much as he does because the Spurs were one of the first teams to utilize the three point shot the way most teams do today. And they've had more success with it than most too. 

pjhawks

shockingly looks like the NBA 1st round is going all chalk.  the higher seeds are currently 29-7 with only one lower seed winning more than 1 game so far.  is this interesting?

Indifference71

pjhawks said:

shockingly looks like the NBA 1st round is going all chalk.  the higher seeds are currently 29-7 with only one lower seed winning more than 1 game so far.  is this interesting?

No.  It isn't interesting at all.  Give me the NHL playoffs any day over the NBA nonsense.

23scidoo

23scidoo

RIP SIR

https://youtu.be/J4fTjcJwImw

23scidoo

Poncier

Giannis should be getting his golf clubs re-gripped, gonna need them soon.

tempo_n_groove

23scidoo said:

RIP SIR

https://youtu.be/J4fTjcJwImw

RIP Hondo...