NBA Season - now 24/25
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And we're back today with 7 games.
These days the season only really gets going now. 23-game sprint to the playoffs. And with Chris Paul now out until at least the start of the post-season, it's looking wide open everywhere.
Good luck picking who comes out of the East.
In the West it's still looking like it's either the Suns or the Warriors. But in all honesty, i am starting to think the Warriors might be cooked, so as long as they get Paul back, they are still the team to beat. -
Warriors going deep into the playoffs rests on Draymond’s health/availability. His defence and game management is irreplaceable. Plus a lineup of Green, Looney, Wiggins, Curry, Klay has every single base covered and at a high level.
Paul’s injury sucks. I’m not a huge fan, but he has had some tough luck throughout his career. Booker played Kobe-esque today.
The Memphis v Minnesota game was fun to watch today. The T-Wolves have talent and when D-Russ and KAT are locked in with their supporting cast playing well, they are a genuine spoiler team.
On paper the Nets (when heathy) have a ridiculous roster. Rated in order (with their two decent rookies that get time).
1-KD
2-Kyrie
3-Simmons
4-Aldridge
5-Seth Curry
6-Harris
7-Drummond
8-Mills
9-Blake
10-Johnson
11-Dragic
12-Claxton
13-BrownBut chemistry is going to be a massive problem with limited time together of some of these guys. Patty Mills has gone completely cold too which is not great.
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@act-crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
Warriors going deep into the playoffs rests on Draymond’s health/availability. His defence and game management is irreplaceable. Plus a lineup of Green, Looney, Wiggins, Curry, Klay has every single base covered and at a high level.
Are we sure that's still a great play off team? Draymond isn't what he used to be, he's been a sub-300 3pt shooter for years now which has resulted in a massive loss in confidence and spacing has shrunk. He now takes just 1 per game. Add to that Looney has been played off the court in serieseseses before, and Wiggins is, well, Wiggins. I like Poole, but I dunno about this team going deep. They certainly feel a few steps behing the Sun's, and I wouldn't feel comfortable backing them against Dallas, Denver, Memphis even. Maybe even a healthy LA!
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It'll be real interesting now to see how we go without Paul. I like to think the impact he's had on the roster isn't just via his own on court performances and we'll see a more mature team cope without him. It's certainly a deep enough roster and there are still some older heads especially among the bigs. Yesterday Book posted some big numbers vs OKC and Cam Johnson stepped up for Paul on offense so looks good at the moment.
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@voodoo lol a healthy LA
Even healthy that roster is fucked
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@voodoo lol a healthy LA
Even healthy that roster is fucked
Is he talking about the Clippers? Because the Lakers are a busted flush
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@voodoo lol a healthy LA
Even healthy that roster is fucked
I wouldn't want to meet them in round 1. They could still be anything.
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@voodoo your dislike of Steph coming through 😃
Healthy LA might make some noise in a play in game 😎
Draymond was easily the r best defensive player in the league before he got injured. His confidence had returned from what we saw last season where he was low on it. But he was playing the house down and influencing the game in so many ways.
Not concerned about his 3pt game given Wiggins is so proficient these days and they have a small lineup that includes Poole who likes to light it up.
Add in the other bench pieces and their system, they have the defensive game to trouble those offensive teams like the Suns and Memphis.
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@act-crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@voodoo your dislike of Steph coming through 😃
Healthy LA might make some noise in a play in game 😎
Draymond was easily the r best defensive player in the league before he got injured. His confidence had returned from what we saw last season where he was low on it. But he was playing the house down and influencing the game in so many ways.
Not concerned about his 3pt game given Wiggins is so proficient these days and they have a small lineup that includes Poole who likes to light it up.
Add in the other bench pieces and their system, they have the defensive game to trouble those offensive teams like the Suns and Memphis.
Get out of here, I love Steph, and I love Klay more. Draymond is still a very good passer, and instrumental in there game, but when he only shoots 1 x 3pg, he hurts their spacing. It's not about someone else making 3s, is about people leaving him alone on the perimeter and collapsing on the others. He's also sub-600 for FT% which isn't particularly good...
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bit of chat around the quality of the product on offer after a couple of games over the weekend where the last minute of clock time took around 30 minutes of actual time.
Lakers v Clippers had endless fucking reviews (one apparently took 8 minutes!) while the Nets v the Bucks was all subs and free throws.
The stats for the Nets game are insane. 21 seconds of clock time. 17 minutes of real time. 2 timeouts. 33 substitutions. 8 fouls. 19 free throw attempts. 1 field goal attempt.
That is a terrible terrible way to finish a game of basketball.
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@mariner4life expect to see more of it too as we get closer to the end of the season and things tighten up for playoff (and play-in) spots. The East in particular is very close and teams will be desperate.
I watched the whole second half of that Bucks and Nets game and it had a playoff feel to it. Big plays, uncharacteristic mistakes under pressure, missed free throws etc.
That Lakers review play was just stupid. I reckon the Lebron factor was at play there. They took so much time because of him. Sounds stupid but it was basically a ‘superstar review’. Get on those Clippers 😉
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@voodoo said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
This kid is going to be good one day, you heard it here first
geeeeeeeeeeet fucked. that's ridiculous.
He's a fucking cheat code quite frankly.
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@dice said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
After complaining about the play-in last year, I bet Lebron's happy it's around this season.
getting smoked by the Pelicans at home is pretty funny
Golden State with an epic choke 4th quarter lose to the Mavs
Suns lose
The Harden/Embiid sixers roll on -
@dice said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
After complaining about the play-in last year, I bet Lebron's happy it's around this season.
At this point LeBron is just a stat padder - basically zero effort on defence, awful body language. Just puts up a bunch of empty stats.
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@kiwimurph said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@dice said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
After complaining about the play-in last year, I bet Lebron's happy it's around this season.
At this point LeBron is just a stat padder - basically zero effort on defence, awful body language. Just puts up a bunch of empty stats.
legacy!
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@kiwimurph said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@dice said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
After complaining about the play-in last year, I bet Lebron's happy it's around this season.
At this point LeBron is just a stat padder - basically zero effort on defence, awful body language. Just puts up a bunch of empty stats.
He's waiting for a possible reload next season I guess. This one is over
