NBA Season - now 24/25
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@canefan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
Mark Cuban screwed up letting Steve Nash leave years before. And before the Mavs' new ownership let Luka go there was Jalen Brunson.
'The Wonder Boy': How the Mavericks lost out on Jalen Brunson
An excerpt from Tim MacMahon's book "The Wonder Boy: Luka Doncic and the Curse of Greatness," which hits shelves Tuesday.
Amazing how Cuban never learned his lesson (in the Brunson instance, Luka did not happen on his watch
I love reading all these pundits opinions because there’s always some truth in what they say, but purely on the eye test there’s no way they Brunson becomes the player that he has if he we’re still playing with Luka.
Brunson is ball dominant so wasn’t going to be able to settle as a catch and shoot guy or just running the second unit. Plus he’s not Kyrie in the way that Kyrie can play off the ball and that was pivotal in getting to the big show last year.
So in my estimation not paying Brunson paid off because it opened the door for Kyrie.
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Josh Giddey in a real purple patch.
Almost recorded a quadruple double the other night against the Lakers in LA - with both LeBron and Luka playing.
Backed it up today with 26, 8, 9 and the W against the Jokic-less Nuggets
Not only the numbers, but the efficiency and the fact he’s confident in taking the 3 ball despite his funky action.
They will be in the play in so who knows. Big thing is whether the Bulls will pay him because with this run there will be other teams willing to pay him.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
@canefan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
Mark Cuban screwed up letting Steve Nash leave years before. And before the Mavs' new ownership let Luka go there was Jalen Brunson.
'The Wonder Boy': How the Mavericks lost out on Jalen Brunson
An excerpt from Tim MacMahon's book "The Wonder Boy: Luka Doncic and the Curse of Greatness," which hits shelves Tuesday.
Amazing how Cuban never learned his lesson (in the Brunson instance, Luka did not happen on his watch
I love reading all these pundits opinions because there’s always some truth in what they say, but purely on the eye test there’s no way they Brunson becomes the player that he has if he we’re still playing with Luka.
Brunson is ball dominant so wasn’t going to be able to settle as a catch and shoot guy or just running the second unit. Plus he’s not Kyrie in the way that Kyrie can play off the ball and that was pivotal in getting to the big show last year.
So in my estimation not paying Brunson paid off because it opened the door for Kyrie.
I forgot about Kyrie. That is fair
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Josh Giddey for the game! Crazy finish with the Bulls down 1 and Giddey takes a last second shot from beyond halfway and hits it. Sent the Lakers packing after the Bulls came back from 18 points down.
Triple double for Giddey and the longest game winning shot in Bulls history. Boy is on fire and he and Coby White are playing like they are a top 5 backcourt in the league
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And for all the purists out there, the Pacers scored 162 today and beat the Wizards by 53.
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@nonpartizan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
Duke into their first final four since Coach K retired..... They are red hot favs to win the tournament, only lost one game since November and have only trailed for 5 minutes in the entire tournament.
Their star player Cooper Flagg is most likely going to be the number one pick this year.
Watched their game yesterday against Alabama. Just too tall, too skilled, and they play as a team on offence and defence.
In the women's game UConn looked very good against Oklahoma. After trailing by 3 or 4 at the break they locked them down on D and Paige Bueckers shot the lights out to win by close to 20
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@nonpartizan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
@canefan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
@nonpartizan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
Duke into their first final four since Coach K retired..... They are red hot favs to win the tournament, only lost one game since November and have only trailed for 5 minutes in the entire tournament.
Their star player Cooper Flagg is most likely going to be the number one pick this year.
Watched their game yesterday against Alabama. Just too tall, too skilled, and they play as a team on offence and defence.
Hopefully Houston can give them a run for their money.
I'm looking forward to the final 4 matchups- all 4 #1 seeds made the final 4 for the first time since 2008.
All four semi finalists are also from the south, be curious to know if that has ever happened before, my guess is no, or once or twice at most. I can imagine this will be something of a new norm in college basketball as mid major programs and colleges from the north east and mid west will struggle to compete with the financial muscle of the southern schools.
Unintended consequences of NIL and the transfer portal
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Fan of Duke but I have Florida to win the Men’s in my ESPN bracket.
UCLA to win the womens.
Duke’s defence against a red hot Alabama offence was excellent. Houston are physical and have athletes. Should be a fun game.
The Auburn vs Florida game is also two teams with very contrasting styles. Auburn play inside out with their All-American Carlos Boozer lookalike Broome. He was huge today against a very good Michigan State team.
Florida and Duke to win to face off in the big dance.
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@nonpartizan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
@canefan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
South Carolina's women's team squeaked by Duke, who couldn't finish them off in the final 5 minutes or so
South Carolina are the powerhouse in the women's game right?
Yup. Fifth consecutive trip to the final four
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@nonpartizan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
@canefan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
@nonpartizan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
@canefan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
South Carolina's women's team squeaked by Duke, who couldn't finish them off in the final 5 minutes or so
South Carolina are the powerhouse in the women's game right?
Yup. Fifth consecutive trip to the final four
Do you follow WNBA by chance? I never got into it tbh but you can't not have heard of Caitlyn Clark here in the US and it got some mainstream coverage and made waves on social media.
Not much. I do watch a few of Clark's games. I like to watch the WNCAA because it feels more relatable in terms of the skills. UConn and Duke are great to watch because they play team basketball. Whereas often in the NBA it's iso ball
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https://www.bbc.com/sport/basketball/articles/cz95w8e137do
First the Malice in the Palace, now this. The Pistons are involved again
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The amazing games continued in the WNCAA. UCLA avenge a Sweet 16 loss last year against LSU. LSU had a couple of pure scorers who I thought would win out with a few minutes to spare. But UCLA got contributions from the whole team including two guards that scored 10 3s between them when their starting center had to sit on the bench for most of the first half with foul trouble
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@canefan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
South Carolina's women's team squeaked by Duke, who couldn't finish them off in the final 5 minutes or so
Duke played a lot better than I expected. Did an excellent job in keeping it a low scoring game. SC average 80 ppg and Duke held them to 54. Duke were killing them on the boards but just couldn’t hit shots despite getting so many second chance opportunities. They’ll be kicking themselves because they really should’ve won that.
UConn and Paige B take advantage of a Juju less USC. Paige dominated the game from inside and out.
Again like the Men’s, there are some heavyweight clashes to look forward to.
