2023-24 NBA Season Thread

[daeve]

Suggs blew it with taking that heavily contested shot when he had Banchero right there.

[Nomad]

Originally Posted by Ferg1945

Pacers unveiled their Tournament court.

Not gonna lie... I don't hate it.

Guessing they will all look the same.

you can do your swimming laps and run a very narrow lane.

[daeve]

After 4 games the Denver Nuggets have trailed only 4 minutes and 17 seconds out of 192 possible minutes.

decent start

[drobfan8]

Originally Posted by gomiamigo

The MVP had 35-15-7 and 6 blocks. Embiid still the best player in the league, and he does it on both ends.

Until the 2nd round of the Playoffs

[JustinVerlander07]

Originally Posted by drobfan8

That Simmons hate thread is awfully quiet. What happened? You guys said he was broken/ded.


Cam Thomas looks like the MIP.

Start of the season has been great so far.

I just hope Luka gets his MVP

Gonna use the great Zach Lowe's line here:

Is he still afraid to get fouled? (yes). Nothing else matters then.

[jcardstore]

This might be the worst play I've ever seen. Would you rather have Jordan Poole or Jalen Green?

https://twitter.com/UsherNBA/status/1719135524001071523

[daeve]

Originally Posted by JustinVerlander07

Gonna use the great Zach Lowe's line here:

Is he still afraid to get fouled? (yes). Nothing else matters then.

This is straight from the Simmons' apologist playbook - talk him up whenever he's not literally cowering in a corner or being benched. I actually had to double check the standings to make sure I wasn't missing something and the Nets weren't 3-0 or something, lol. Nope, just an 11-10 double double and huge W vs the mighty Hornets. He's looking like the 8th or 9th best PG in the East so you gotta let drob have this victory.

[mfw13]

Originally Posted by ninjacookies

These flagrant foul reviews are getting downright ridiculous.

They always have been.

They do nothing but slow down the game and disrupt the flow.

Should be reviewed after the game and sanctions assessed by the league office.

[daeve]

Originally Posted by jcardstore

This might be the worst play I've ever seen. Would you rather have Jordan Poole or Jalen Green?

https://twitter.com/UsherNBA/status/1719135524001071523

Jalen ten times out of ten

https://streamable.com/9cro5x

[jcardstore]

Originally Posted by daeve

Jalen ten times out of ten

https://streamable.com/9cro5x

Any reason why?

They're essentially the same player. Is it an age thing or the mystery element of Green that he might just figure out that there's other stuff you can do on the court that doesn't involve shooting?

They're both similarly terrible from an efficiency perspective, neither plays any defense (though I would say Green is definitely worse), Jordan at least passes the ball occasionally.

This season Green has passed the ball 121 in 106 minutes, those have led to 5 assists and 15 points created. Poole has passed the ball 97 times in 87 minutes leading to 9 assists and 27 points created. So pretty much both of them are only passing out of drives.

[asujbl]

Nikola Jokic on Chet Holmgren: "I think he needs to be a little bit fatter, to be honest."

Chet: "It’s hard to get fatter when you’re not fat. Got to start somewhere, I guess."

[spurs50fan]

Originally Posted by daeve

Wagner > Reaves

I’ll give him a pass for now since he played over the summer BUT I don’t know what fans thought he was going to be. His play comes in flashes and he will struggle for 2-3 games at a time.

[yiguiri2002]

Originally Posted by jcardstore

Any reason why?

They're essentially the same player. Is it an age thing or the mystery element of Green that he might just figure out that there's other stuff you can do on the court that doesn't involve shooting?

They're both similarly terrible from an efficiency perspective, neither plays any defense (though I would say Green is definitely worse), Jordan at least passes the ball occasionally.

This season Green has passed the ball 121 in 106 minutes, those have led to 5 assists and 15 points created. Poole has passed the ball 97 times in 87 minutes leading to 9 assists and 27 points created. So pretty much both of them are only passing out of drives.

You can go with Jalen being slightly better at getting to the line, a little less turnover prone and improving while Poole looks like he's getting worse.

I would think Jalen would be perfect for the Wizards though. I also wouldn't mind him if/when the Bulls decide to tank.

[yiguiri2002]

I don't get the Simmons hate. He's gone from worst contract in basketball to overpaid (assuming he keeps it up). That's progress at least.

[jcardstore]

Originally Posted by yiguiri2002

You can go with Jalen being slightly better at getting to the line, a little less turnover prone and improving while Poole looks like he's getting worse.

I would think Jalen would be perfect for the Wizards though. I also wouldn't mind him if/when the Bulls decide to tank.

How has he improved though? I legit don’t see it

Now of course I already thought Jalen was way overrated by everyone and I’ve never thought he was any good but still. Just looking at the raw stats or any advanced metrics he doesn’t look any better.

I guess you could say he got a little better at drawing fouls?

[ninjacookies]

Originally Posted by yiguiri2002

You can go with Jalen being slightly better at getting to the line, a little less turnover prone and improving while Poole looks like he's getting worse.

I would think Jalen would be perfect for the Wizards though. I also wouldn't mind him if/when the Bulls decide to tank.

I feel like they'll ultimately be the same player once all is said and done.

These Jordan-Clarkson-With-Volume types rarely go on to achieve anything of note.


I seriously don't even know what's going on in Houston anymore. There is no possible way CWhit is worse than most dudes coming off the bench, especially considering he crashes the boards and actually plays defense.

[daeve]

Originally Posted by jcardstore

Any reason why?

They're essentially the same player. Is it an age thing or the mystery element of Green that he might just figure out that there's other stuff you can do on the court that doesn't involve shooting?

They're both similarly terrible from an efficiency perspective, neither plays any defense (though I would say Green is definitely worse), Jordan at least passes the ball occasionally.

This season Green has passed the ball 121 in 106 minutes, those have led to 5 assists and 15 points created. Poole has passed the ball 97 times in 87 minutes leading to 9 assists and 27 points created. So pretty much both of them are only passing out of drives.

I see flashes of potential and I think he's a harder worker than Poole. He basically had a developmental mulligan last year with how bad the direction/coaching was. He's still only 21... give him a little time with an actual coach and pg before we write him off. I think as they continue to develop running the offense through Sengun he will improve with some consistency. He apparently greatly improves Sengun's numbers when he's on and not vice versa.

I also watched most of the ending of the game the other night vs GS and still saw the same potential flashes I did last year.

[ninjacookies]

Feels like Slim Weeper's on a personal crusade to eliminate the ludicrous comparisons tonight.

[duron]

Seeing the SKIMS logo on the Suns court tonight reminds me that magic is indeed real.

[ninjacookies]

Sisqo really out here chucking one-handed from the charity stripe....

[escapegoat]

maybe the cavs players are trying to hint mgmt about their coach

[ninjacookies]

Nasty ISO baseline j...and Slemby played great defense there.

[ninjacookies]

Did Shaq just throw down the Bol^2 gauntlet?

[daeve]

lmaoooo KD

[spurs50fan]

Yuuuup lol