NBA Season 2017/18
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OKC follow that great win over GSW with a 1 pt home loss to a good Pistons team and then a big away defeat to the woeful Mavs. No consistency yet.
@bovidae said in NBA Season 2017/18:
OKC follow that great win over GSW with a 1 pt home loss to a good Pistons team and then a big away defeat to the woeful Mavs. No consistency yet.
I’m officially on the Detroit “no names” Pistons bandwagon.
OKC still haven’t won a close game this season. There’s a few issues still about what happens at the close of a tight game. Russ was jacking up a lot of bricks in this game. Was tough to watch.
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Im sure behind the scenes there's a lot of talk already but they need to decide who gets the ball in the clutch. I'd give it to Melo. Thats a big thing for me to say as i consider him an offensive black hole but he is the guy. Russ does not have the temperament for the close out. The problem is these guys, PG and Melo, say its Russ's team. They need to squash that shit and jump to the part where they have 4 real scoring threats on the court and the longer they are all on the court at the same time there's no need to do shit in the clutch, because they'll be up by 10-15pts like the GSW.
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A big game from Adams and George today as OKC gets a much-needed win over the Towns and the Timberwolves.
Adams had a career-high 27 pts on 11-for-11 shooting and 5/5 from the FT line.
But still signs of the inconsistency that has plagued OKC's season to date.
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A big game from Adams and George today as OKC gets a much-needed win over the Towns and the Timberwolves.
Adams had a career-high 27 pts on 11-for-11 shooting and 5/5 from the FT line.
But still signs of the inconsistency that has plagued OKC's season to date.
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@canefan said in NBA Season 2017/18:
Blake Griffin has been traded to the Detroit Pistons. Let the rebuild begin
Cavs will probably trade for Deandre Jordan. I don't know if Griffin is happy or sad to be going to the Pistons. He posted this when news broke:
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From LA to Detroit. That's rough.
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@bovidae said in NBA Season 2017/18:
OKC follow that great win over GSW with a 1 pt home loss to a good Pistons team and then a big away defeat to the woeful Mavs. No consistency yet.
I’m officially on the Detroit “no names” Pistons bandwagon.
OKC still haven’t won a close game this season. There’s a few issues still about what happens at the close of a tight game. Russ was jacking up a lot of bricks in this game. Was tough to watch.
@act-crusader said in NBA Season 2017/18:
@bovidae said in NBA Season 2017/18:
OKC follow that great win over GSW with a 1 pt home loss to a good Pistons team and then a big away defeat to the woeful Mavs. No consistency yet.
I’m officially on the Detroit “no names” Pistons bandwagon.
OKC still haven’t won a close game this season. There’s a few issues still about what happens at the close of a tight game. Russ was jacking up a lot of bricks in this game. Was tough to watch.
I remember when you made this comment, the Pistons were coming 2nd in the East, now they're 9th.
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James Harden appears to have had quite the day out
Elsewhere the Warriors got a bit pumped, which sort of makes everyone happy these days. Cavs lost again too
Spurs hanging in there without their best player. Not really a factor this year though.
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@act-crusader said in NBA Season 2017/18:
@bovidae said in NBA Season 2017/18:
OKC follow that great win over GSW with a 1 pt home loss to a good Pistons team and then a big away defeat to the woeful Mavs. No consistency yet.
I’m officially on the Detroit “no names” Pistons bandwagon.
OKC still haven’t won a close game this season. There’s a few issues still about what happens at the close of a tight game. Russ was jacking up a lot of bricks in this game. Was tough to watch.
I remember when you made this comment, the Pistons were coming 2nd in the East, now they're 9th.
@dice said in NBA Season 2017/18:
@act-crusader said in NBA Season 2017/18:
@bovidae said in NBA Season 2017/18:
OKC follow that great win over GSW with a 1 pt home loss to a good Pistons team and then a big away defeat to the woeful Mavs. No consistency yet.
I’m officially on the Detroit “no names” Pistons bandwagon.
OKC still haven’t won a close game this season. There’s a few issues still about what happens at the close of a tight game. Russ was jacking up a lot of bricks in this game. Was tough to watch.
I remember when you made this comment, the Pistons were coming 2nd in the East, now they're 9th.
Blake about to turn it all around. Good win against the Cavs without Harris or Blake. I think we’ll see Drummond become a more dominant player with another genuine scorer in the team.
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@dice said in NBA Season 2017/18:
@act-crusader said in NBA Season 2017/18:
@bovidae said in NBA Season 2017/18:
OKC follow that great win over GSW with a 1 pt home loss to a good Pistons team and then a big away defeat to the woeful Mavs. No consistency yet.
I’m officially on the Detroit “no names” Pistons bandwagon.
OKC still haven’t won a close game this season. There’s a few issues still about what happens at the close of a tight game. Russ was jacking up a lot of bricks in this game. Was tough to watch.
I remember when you made this comment, the Pistons were coming 2nd in the East, now they're 9th.
Blake about to turn it all around. Good win against the Cavs without Harris or Blake. I think we’ll see Drummond become a more dominant player with another genuine scorer in the team.
@act-crusader until he realises that Blake is a cancer in the locker room. Plenty being said about Doc Rivers and his son being problems but Griffin is a punk.
OKC are a bitch to watch this year. 8 game streak snapped by a John Wall-less Wizards and then they let Jokic geta triple double from centre!. fair enough he is probably this most skilled C in the game but sending Adams out to the perimetre repeatedly to guard Jamal Murray was ridiculous. Every time I think Billy Donovan's coaching has turned a corner he comes up with bonehead shit like this. Adams will be in every highlight reel the NBA puts out this week. And Shaqtin a fool. On the plus side Paul George is emerging as the player OKC really need. It's Russ's team but man I wish it was PGs.
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@act-crusader until he realises that Blake is a cancer in the locker room. Plenty being said about Doc Rivers and his son being problems but Griffin is a punk.
OKC are a bitch to watch this year. 8 game streak snapped by a John Wall-less Wizards and then they let Jokic geta triple double from centre!. fair enough he is probably this most skilled C in the game but sending Adams out to the perimetre repeatedly to guard Jamal Murray was ridiculous. Every time I think Billy Donovan's coaching has turned a corner he comes up with bonehead shit like this. Adams will be in every highlight reel the NBA puts out this week. And Shaqtin a fool. On the plus side Paul George is emerging as the player OKC really need. It's Russ's team but man I wish it was PGs.
@raznomore said in NBA Season 2017/18:
@act-crusader until he realises that Blake is a cancer in the locker room. Plenty being said about Doc Rivers and his son being problems but Griffin is a punk.
OKC are a bitch to watch this year. 8 game streak snapped by a John Wall-less Wizards and then they let Jokic geta triple double from centre!. fair enough he is probably this most skilled C in the game but sending Adams out to the perimetre repeatedly to guard Jamal Murray was ridiculous. Every time I think Billy Donovan's coaching has turned a corner he comes up with bonehead shit like this. Adams will be in every highlight reel the NBA puts out this week. And Shaqtin a fool. On the plus side Paul George is emerging as the player OKC really need. It's Russ's team but man I wish it was PGs.
What's the alternative? Going under the screen on Murray? Hell no. It's a better % play to switch. The problem Donovan has is whether to keep Adams in the game late in the piece when several teams go small or have a stretch 5 in the lineup - like Denver has with Joker.
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Holy cow, the Cavs have made two massive trades, most significantly IT and Shumpert to LAL for Larry Nance Jr and Jordan Clarkson, a three way trade that sends Wade home to MIA and George Hill to CLE. I'm gonna need a pen to work out who their top 7 are now!
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So is there anyone left on the Cavs from 24 hours ago apart from Lebron and Kevin Love?
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So is there anyone left on the Cavs from 24 hours ago apart from Lebron and Kevin Love?
@sneakdefreak Tristan Thompson and some scrubs? Their starting five has basically been gutted. CLE starting 5 I guess is
Hill
Korver
LBJ
Love
ThompsonClarkson will provide some bench scoring, Nance is an athletic bench option, don't know about Hood. CLE definitely got a bit younger and more athletic. Still not enough to beat the Western champ though
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@sneakdefreak Tristan Thompson and some scrubs? Their starting five has basically been gutted. CLE starting 5 I guess is
Hill
Korver
LBJ
Love
ThompsonClarkson will provide some bench scoring, Nance is an athletic bench option, don't know about Hood. CLE definitely got a bit younger and more athletic. Still not enough to beat the Western champ though
@canefan said in NBA Season 2017/18:
@sneakdefreak Tristan Thompson and some scrubs? Their starting five has basically been gutted. CLE starting 5 I guess is
Hill
Korver
LBJ
Love
ThompsonClarkson will provide some bench scoring, Nance is an athletic bench option, don't know about Hood. CLE definitely got a bit younger and more athletic. Still not enough to beat the Western champ though
Didn't know Lyndon was still around. Someone needs to let him know his Vietnam policy was naff.
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ESPNs Brian Windhorst reports that if the Lakers can trade Luol Deng, perhaps using the newly acquired first round pick as bait, they will have enough cap room to sign 3 max players
@canefan said in NBA Season 2017/18:
ESPNs Brian Windhorst reports that if the Lakers can trade Luol Deng, perhaps using the newly acquired first round pick as bait, they will have enough cap room to sign 3 max players
Was watching Charles Barkley talk about the Lakers aiming to sign Lebron and Paul George in the offseason and he brought up a valid point (he predicts the Lakers will miss on any big signings). Players don't want to sign with storied franchises these days when they can go to another team (with less history) and become the franchise themselves (Cleveland, Miami, Golden State etc).
If Lebron and Paul George want to team up in LA, they will go to the Clippers instead of the Lakers. At the Lakers they are merely following in the footsteps of giants.
