NBA Opening Night Thread!!! - Page 20

daeve · 10-30-2018, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by tjforce

Again, not a positive thing to say.

Thanks for proving my point.

Oh is there a shortage of Simmons investors on this sight?? Between the Magic and LeBron comparisons I couldn't really tell. If you need another cheerleader that's not me, sorry bud. What I can tell you is that he's a great defender. And when I posted the clip of him locking down Doncic in the pre-season, I caught just as much flack as I do when I post negative things, so you know - that's not very much positive reinforcement for me to continue posting things he does well. And besides, that's pretty well covered here. But again, congrats on him really doing well against the Hawks and Bulls.

daeve · 10-30-2018, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ninjacookies

Bucks are looking good early, but I still have my reservations on if they can be a legit threat to either of those 2 aforementioned teams. I kind of still place them in that Philly 2nd tier of teams in the East. But they could very well prove me wrong.

Boston and Toronto just have ridiculous depth from the bench which will be hard to overcome.

I do expect Boston to continue to get better. It's like the Lakers...it's going to take time for everyone to get used to their new roles and lock down.

Yeah Boston's depth is unreal, Toronto flashes their depth on a nightly basis and they still might not be as good as Boston. And good point about LA - who by the way, I'm not worried about just yet. It's Lebron, just give him some time, and Lonzo hasn't looked too bad tbh. I still think they'll likely grab the 5 seed.

ninjacookies · 10-30-2018, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by daeve

Yeah Boston's depth is unreal, Toronto flashes their depth on a nightly basis and they still might not be as good as Boston. And good point about LA - who by the way, I'm not worried about just yet. It's Lebron, just give him some time, and Lonzo hasn't looked too bad tbh. I still think they'll likely grab the 5 seed.

Agreed. Boston does have the slight nod in overall talent, but man....we've seen what kind of monster Kawhi can transform into come the postseason. He's a top 3 player when he's in his groove. Perhaps even top 2.

broncomanning18 · 10-30-2018, 09:50 PM

Dang Kawhi and the raptors look good, I am shocked they are looking this good

drobfan8 · 10-30-2018, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ninjacookies

Agreed. Boston does have the slight nod in overall talent, but man....we've seen what kind of monster Kawhi can transform into come the postseason. He's a top 3 player when he's in his groove. Perhaps even top 2.

Well if by some chance TOR got to the finals and had to play GS or even GOAT LeBron. Kawhi would give them a pretty great chance as he'll guard KD or Bron, Bronny in particular would really struggle and wouldn't guard Kawhi at the other end now he's getting so slow.

If Kawhi is at his best, damn he could be no. 1

dasiegel · 10-31-2018, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by dasiegel

I'm predicting the following bold outcomes/stats for tonight:

Monk goes for 20+ NAIL IT ON THE NOSE!!
Jonathan Issac goes for a double double, Orlando beats Sacto Not so much here
Trae Young goes off for 35, outplays Sexton badly Trae outplayed Sexton but 24 points and not badly
Detroit beats Boston in Boston, Drummond 20 rebounds 12 bloards in a loss
Kawhi goes for 30 and the Raptors beat Philly Off by 1! 31 in a win
Portland beats Houston in a shootout with Lillard and harden nope, Harden still out
Washington's woes continue, lose at Memphis this was an easy one
Russ and PG both finally get on the same page and blowout LAC crushed this one too, both with 32 in a win

pretty good night of guesses 4-8 including some on the dot

COMCMax · 10-31-2018, 12:37 AM

Went back and deleted all my Kawhi comments from the past year. Wish he would have handled the situation a bit better ,but damn he can ball.

broncomanning18 · 10-31-2018, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by COMCMax

Went back and deleted all my Kawhi comments from the past year. Wish he would have handled the situation a bit better ,but damn he can ball.

haha, right though, its like damn, that stuff went crazy, but dude can still straight up ball

ninjacookies · 10-31-2018, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by drobfan8

Well if by some chance TOR got to the finals and had to play GS or even GOAT LeBron. Kawhi would give them a pretty great chance as he'll guard KD or Bron, Bronny in particular would really struggle and wouldn't guard Kawhi at the other end now he's getting so slow.

If Kawhi is at his best, damn he could be no. 1

It's disappointing to me that Lebron shies way from guarding the opposing best player. Never really been his thing.

But yeah, Kawhi presents some major problems on both ends. If Lowry and Pascal can keep playing well, that's a scary proposition.

Plus Toronto is deep down low. JV off the bench is a double double threat, and Monroe could actually be somewhat decent if he managed to pull his head out of his ass.

10-30-2018, 09:50 PM	#479
broncomanning18 Banned Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 6,469	Dang Kawhi and the raptors look good, I am shocked they are looking this good

10-31-2018, 12:37 AM	#482
COMCMax Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 8,912 Maximoose	Went back and deleted all my Kawhi comments from the past year. Wish he would have handled the situation a bit better ,but damn he can ball.