love the craft
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 18:30 (three years ago) link
Remember when people thought the hornets signing Hayward was a huge blunder
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 January 2021 18:30 (three years ago) link
into the contract!
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 January 2021 18:31 (three years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 18:43 (three years ago) link
Hayward was awesome last season, continues to be awesome. Seems like a good thing for the Hornets.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link
the big downside risk for the hornets is hayward is injury prone, other than that hes good player paid like a great one which for this hornets team thats prob not going to need him to generate quality looks in big playoff games is fine
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 18:49 (three years ago) link
i don't think anyone ever questioned the quality of his play. it is a question of whether a. he can stay healthy b. it's worth it for the hornets to get a 7-10 seed, lose in the first round of the playoffs a few times and end up w/ a bunch of non lottery picks to build their future around lonzo
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 January 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
yeah being bad this year prob wouldve been a better plan
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 18:52 (three years ago) link
i mean kyrie is a team cancer obvs, but inability to fit in in the nba doesnt mean youre a bad person
― lag∞n, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 12:38 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
otm
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 12 January 2021 18:52 (three years ago) link
it's not that the other side of the hayward argument -- that making the playoffs a few times and having a very competent professional player like hayward around their young players -- is completely unfathomable or anything... but not sure we can call it either way after 11 games
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 January 2021 18:53 (three years ago) link
― lag∞n, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 1:52 PM (one minute ago)
and yeah honestly w/ the way this draft is shaping up they prob should've bottomed out again in a season w/ no fans to begin w/ and gotten one of these studs in the top 5
The Boston Celtics-Orlando Magic game on Wednesday is expected to be postponed, sources tell ESPN.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 12, 2021
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 18:57 (three years ago) link
also i'd be remiss to not point out that so far this season...
PER
gordon hayward - 19.50nic batum - 16.90
win shares
gordon hayawrd - 1.2nic batum - 1.2
538 war
gordon hayward - 0.7nic batum - 1.6
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 January 2021 18:58 (three years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 18:58 (three years ago) link
I know it sucks that Hayward’s wife is fash and all but he’s as good as ever
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 19:22 (three years ago) link
Sources: NBA and NBPA working through a minimum two-week window of protocol tightening that includes: *No hugging or interaction of rival players on court pre and post-game.*Reducing social interactions during games, including tapping hands during free throws.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 12, 2021
guys they are finally trying my idea of banning handshakes
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 12 January 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link
glad that they're focusing on the really impactful stuff
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 19:38 (three years ago) link
they should probably either do the bubble or suspend the season but selfishly I wanna see how the handshake thing looks, maybe it’ll stick
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 12 January 2021 19:45 (three years ago) link
So apparently the nuggets this season are the 2nd best team with Jokic on the floor and one of the worst teams in NBA history with him off the floor
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 19:47 (three years ago) link
yeah you don’t need stats to tell you that lol
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 12 January 2021 19:52 (three years ago) link
the bench is an absolute mess. definitely need to make a trade or two assuming this season continues
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 12 January 2021 19:53 (three years ago) link
So do you guys think the Warriors are figuring it out, or just fluked their way into a few wins?
― DJI, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 19:57 (three years ago) link
i think steph curry will sometimes score a lot of points and they will win
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:00 (three years ago) link
that they're 6-4 despite curry running decently below his career numbers is a good sign i guess
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:03 (three years ago) link
you can tell how hard it is for the warriors to beat really good teams -- the clippers were steamrolling them until steph went supernova -- but against like half the teams in the league they will have easily the best player on the floor every night and that should at least take them into the playoffs imo
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:06 (three years ago) link
If Oubre somehow gets his shot back, it would help!
― DJI, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:07 (three years ago) link
They’re figuring some things out for sure but they aren’t an upper tier team atm. The defense looks pretty sound in the starting unit. Good sign that They won the last game where curry was 2/16 fg.
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:10 (three years ago) link
I’ve always maintained that a healthy curry and draymond is enough to compete on any night
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:11 (three years ago) link
the first 10 games have to be taken with a massive grain of salt but somewhere in the mix for the 7-10 seeds is probably reasonable.
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:12 (three years ago) link
could see them getting bonked to 9th if the rockets get their shit together and all of last years offs teams repeat other than OKC -> PHX
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:16 (three years ago) link
I’m not trusting anyone in the west outside of the LA teams at the moment
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:17 (three years ago) link
The suns started 7-4 last season too. They are better for sure but it’s the suns... so we need to see more.
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
Wiggins has been pretty solid since I spoke ill of him. Starting to hear some "is he the third best player on the team" talk.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:30 (three years ago) link
well... who else would it be
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:30 (three years ago) link
i could see the argument for just leaving that spot empty and going right to fourth best player...
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:31 (three years ago) link
1st team all defense baby
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:31 (three years ago) link
oubre surely will make a couple shots at some point right... RIGHT?
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:32 (three years ago) link
when would be a good time for us to revisit the conversation from the offseason about whether kelly oubre was too much to give up for chris paul
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:37 (three years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, January 12, 2021 3:30 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
damion lee?
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:40 (three years ago) link
― k3vin k., Tuesday, January 12, 2021 12:33 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
forgot to say congrats to kev for this big moment in ilh history. every time i see players hi5 after a shot i think of this idea so it will be awesome to see it play out in games. how many will reach for hands out of muscle memory? Are the refs authorized to give techs if they do it?
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 21:00 (three years ago) link
we'll see if things get bad enough that the league is forced to roll out my related idea "the lane is lava"
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 12 January 2021 21:03 (three years ago) link
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 21:04 (three years ago) link
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/nba-player-ratings/
tiny sample size but jokic lapping the field, especially in on-off RAPTOR
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 12 January 2021 21:11 (three years ago) link
many xps and whatevs but:"and what’s your searing insight on this situation forks?"i already made it, yours was "don't care" so it shouldn't shock you if i shrug back
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 21:35 (three years ago) link
it's kind of funny that in a game where guys end up rubbing their full bodies against each other in a scrum under the basket and face up against one another while breathing heavily, the NBA thinks that the danger of COVID is in players dapping each other up
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link
kinda weird to see collins on there xxp.
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link
Nwaba must be really good on defense to make that list
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 22:13 (three years ago) link
confidence inspiring
Nets coach Steve Nash was asked if he's confident Kyrie Irving will be back this year. He replied, "sure."— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) January 12, 2021
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 23:00 (three years ago) link
lol, welcome back steve
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 23:09 (three years ago) link
haaa
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 23:18 (three years ago) link