The Official NBA Regular Season Thread—-20/21 Edition

[Dame]

Woof. Can’t beat a Wizards team playing on a B2B.

[oshmeehan]

Originally Posted by drobfan8

BOS just scraping by to DET, yikes.

I'm not sold on them at all this season. Brown and Tatum have been pretty good to great so far and they've had a lucky shot vs MIL, had their pants pulled down by BKN. A split with Indy and another with a horrible Pistons team.

As a Bucks fan, the Celtics dont really scare me. They havent been able to stop Giannis the past two seasons and they did nothing to improve on that for this season should they matchup in a playoff series at some point.

Miami and Philly scare me the most in the East.

[thenightman]

Originally Posted by Bronconation24

Other than JB, who else looks good this year? A lot of stars are underperforming so far in this young season

Achieving:
JB
Jokic
KD
JA (before injury)
Kyrie
sexton
wood

dissapointing:
Zion
booker
siakim
AD
Luka
Butler

Malcolm Brogdon quietly putting up 22/4/6 on a nightly bases. Also, Julius Randle putting up 21/10/7. Both have to be in the discussion.

[yankeesfan24]

Originally Posted by daeve

KD choking vs the Wiz.... yikes

Two game winners he has missed this year that he makes at a 50+% clip. Have to hope that regresses to the mean at some point. Larger concern was that rebounding continues to be an issue, giving up far too many second chance points.

[Dame]

Originally Posted by JMarchand1981

Something about this nets team just doesn't look right. It's like if it isn't Kyrie or KD, it just isn't happening. I don't know how to explain it.

They shouldn’t worry much about regular season. It’s all about making sure they peak at the right time. I had them at 6th during preseason, and that should be a non issue because HCA doesn’t exist.


People thought the Nets are going to dominate out of the gate, as if their best player isn’t 32 coming off a torn ACL who missed a full season. Nets now lost 4 out of 5 and I expect those losses to pile up with load management coming up.


They’ll always be the most dangerous team in the playoffs though which is all that matters.

[Akphillips86]

Jazz just destroying the Spurs with the three-ball. It’s Bogdanovic’s night, but glad to see Mitchell feeling his shot from distance again here. He is deadly when he’s got his shot going because it opens up his drive as well.


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[thenightman]

Zach LaVine gonna put up 50 tonight.

[kd the sniper]

Originally Posted by yankeesfan24

Two game winners he has missed this year that he makes at a 50+% clip. Have to hope that regresses to the mean at some point. Larger concern was that rebounding continues to be an issue, giving up far too many second chance points.

If they could grab a defensive rebound, they would of won easily.

[theleica]

Originally Posted by Dame

They shouldn’t worry much about regular season. It’s all about making sure they peak at the right time. I had them at 6th during preseason, and that should be a non issue because HCA doesn’t exist.


People thought the Nets are going to dominate out of the gate, as if their best player isn’t 32 coming off a torn ACL who missed a full season. Nets now lost 4 out of 5 and I expect those losses to pile up with load management coming up.


They’ll always be the most dangerous team in the playoffs though which is all that matters.

Torn Achilles.

The Nets will be fine. Players have to adapt to new roles this season along with everyone meshing together. It will take some time.

[KhalDrogo]

2010 Heat started 8-7.

[drobfan8]

Disagree with all the Nets excuses.

The Wiz have been horrible all season and BKN are SOFT.

I made the comment the other day. They need a banger 4 man because KD is not the best 4 man. Maybe he needed Draymond in his life all along.

No idea why you run a play for a Kyrie 3. How can you not get a guy to switch and gain an advantage??

[drobfan8]

Would love to see a bounceback GS win here

[WallySparks]

Are the Bulls using PGA commentators?
These guys are borin..zzzzzz....

[marvelfan2019]

When will Thomas Bryant get some recognition? I've always been a fan of his play.

Yes I know "big guys" don't get any love, but I've always loved his passion and how hard he plays, plus he's only 23.

[n1nesports]

Curry with 21 points in the 1st quarter, just let him take all the damn shots.

[daeve]

Murray came alive tonight. Good games from Jamychal Green and Campazzo as well, resulted in them finally putting away a winnable game.

[MikawlBBC]

Originally Posted by n1nesports

Curry with 21 points in the 1st quarter, just let him take all the damn shots.

Lavine with 29 at the half

[spurs50fan]

Originally Posted by Akphillips86

Jazz just destroying the Spurs with the three-ball. It’s Bogdanovic’s night, but glad to see Mitchell feeling his shot from distance again here. He is deadly when he’s got his shot going because it opens up his drive as well.


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Look a couple pages back...Spurs 3 pt defense is abysmal. It’s like nobody misses and seems like none are contested. That’s how the Lakers pulled off the win and the game before Matthews who was 0-8, went 6-6

[PKIPP]

Originally Posted by Akphillips86

Jazz just destroying the Spurs with the three-ball. It’s Bogdanovic’s night, but glad to see Mitchell feeling his shot from distance again here. He is deadly when he’s got his shot going because it opens up his drive as well.


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Wrist-brace Bogey is another level. He could not miss.

The way Mitchell was slinging the rock reminded me of the 1980’s.

That is the way to start out on a 7 game roadie.


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[MikawlBBC]

Originally Posted by Bronconation24

Other than JB, who else looks good this year? A lot of stars are underperforming so far in this young season

Achieving:
JB
Jokic
KD
JA (before injury)
Kyrie
sexton
wood

dissapointing:
Zion
booker
siakim
AD
Luka
Butler

Add Colby White to disappointing. After tonight, maybe Lavine to achieving?

[KhalDrogo]

Mavs cannot rebound.

[ninjacookies]

'Is it time to talk about Daniel Gafford yet?'

3-3. HOF confirmed.

Bust out them Prizms, boyos.

[ninjacookies]

For all the constant vitriol Trae's garnered for his matador D....it's surprising to see BO worship Dame during his annual hot production stretch...while Curry drops 45 on his watch.

[RogerGodahell]

Originally Posted by oshmeehan

As a Bucks fan, the Celtics dont really scare me. They havent been able to stop Giannis the past two seasons and they did nothing to improve on that for this season should they matchup in a playoff series at some point.

Miami and Philly scare me the most in the East.

I kind of disagree. I think MIA was lucky more than anything to get as far as they did last year. They're a good team don't get me wrong but BOS is a stronger all around team if they can get it together. They need to cash in that $28M TPE though but who is there to get right now thats available? Personally i think they're gonna hold it until next offseason.

The Hayward loss doesn't really bother me but Walker's knee problems and missing so many games is a real issue. Tatum and Brown and some of the younger guys are gonna have to step up. They've got about 6 first round picks over the last 3 years that don't even play much. Im hoping at least 1 or 2 of those guys can produce. Trade them for something if you dont have faith in them. Get some value. I still believe they'll get it together by the end of the season though. Tatum and Brown are both going to average about 25+ PPG each this season. And they both play pretty good defense. Any team that's got 2 players like that usually does pretty good. And if they can get a healthy Walker averaging 20+ for a post season run they'll be fine. Don't discount Smart either. He's not a great offensive player but he's one of the best at his position on defense.

[JustinVerlander07]

Watching Curry just put the Warriors on his back, what a delightful sight.