couple of embarrassing losses in a row for the nuggs, not great stuff
― k3vin k., Thursday, 18 February 2021 03:36 (three years ago) link
this is a cursed season for so many good teams
― class project pat (m bison), Thursday, 18 February 2021 03:43 (three years ago) link
uhh losing to the celtics is not "embarrassing"
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 February 2021 03:57 (three years ago) link
Those fouls by Jamychal at the end of the game were tough scenes
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 18 February 2021 04:08 (three years ago) link
dame with 43 & 16 assists and the game winning and one not bad
― Clay, Thursday, 18 February 2021 04:29 (three years ago) link
And Zion with 36 on 12-18 shooting and like 5 straight clutch FTs... and again doesn't touch the ball once on the final possession while Zo and Ingram brick horrible selfish shots back to back. Coaching staff, FO, and the players on that team better wake up and realize who the man undeniably is on that team sooner rather than later...
― Sabre of Paradise (trevor phillips), Thursday, 18 February 2021 04:33 (three years ago) link
Absolutely inspired Kent Bazemore game.
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Thursday, 18 February 2021 06:41 (three years ago) link
Good highlights on that pdx/nop game. Dame is a legit mvp candidate rn
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Thursday, 18 February 2021 06:51 (three years ago) link
I’m loving Baze.
― DJI, Thursday, 18 February 2021 07:04 (three years ago) link
speaking of good teams having cursed seasons and suffering embarrassing losses, heat just lost to the clippers w/o PG, kawhi or pat bev and then lost to the warriors w/o draymond in a game where steph shot 5-23 from the field. they have the kings tomorrow night on a b2b in the midst of a 7 game road trip and if they lose that one too it will be very messy
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 18 February 2021 08:02 (three years ago) link
they were up by 15 in the 4th. weird team
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Thursday, 18 February 2021 08:33 (three years ago) link
butlers performance or focus doesnt seem to be stable. he had some uncharacteristic lapses
― micah, Thursday, 18 February 2021 08:44 (three years ago) link
putting aside the lakers who have the most superhuman basketball player ever the three other teams who made the bubble conference finals are a combined 40-44 so far this year
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 18 February 2021 15:48 (three years ago) link
i know some of this is bc of fanlessness, but honestly with the dissolution of the superdubs and with an influx of young talent, i think some of this is driven by parity driven by improvements in 3-point shooting.
― class project pat (m bison), Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:22 (three years ago) link
*and by
weird seasons
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
bubble wasnt normal and this season isnt normal
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
true
― class project pat (m bison), Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link
bubble was excusable even admirable tbh but this year giving teams less time to practice before and during the season is not great, they really were just trying to get it over with which from a business perspective fine, but the basketball has suffered
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link
i wldnt really blame the celtics struggles on that tho, they lost hayward and have had a bunch of injuries, and their depth was very poor before all that
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:29 (three years ago) link
There was some officiating in the past two Nuggets games that was kind of embarrassing. Not like biased or anything but just incompetent. The whole season has this loose feel.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:32 (three years ago) link
yeah it does
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:33 (three years ago) link
im sure the players are generally not performing at their very highest level what with *gestures* all this
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:36 (three years ago) link
good year for some team to fuck around and win. like the league-leading jazz.
― class project pat (m bison), Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:36 (three years ago) link
yeah if i were them id go ahead and win, great opportunity
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:38 (three years ago) link
kinda funny theyre clicking what with having the big virus drama
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:39 (three years ago) link
right now i’m not sure we have any reason to believe this year is more “real” than the bubble & honestly i might argue the opposite
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link
i’m wondering how much the lack of offseason is affecting those three teams
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:41 (three years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, February 18, 2021 11:40 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
agree w/this
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, February 18, 2021 11:41 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
im sure the answer isnt not at all
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
also bubble had a compressed schedule and this season has a compressed schedule so its a short offseason with more games than usual on either side
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link
also anthony davis is having some sort of achilles issue...
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link
i haven’t watched the celtics or nuggets as closely but the heat have just looked raggedy and kinda out of it all season
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:50 (three years ago) link
i have watched the celtics and nuggets and raggedy and kinda out of it pretty much captures it
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
most notably the celtics have been at least a good defensive team the whole brad stevens era and they are just a mess on that end this year
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:53 (three years ago) link
Bucks are another one, they haven't looked like themselves since the bubble started really
― frogbs, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:56 (three years ago) link
feel like the bucks are experimenting a bit this season? probably a good idea.
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:01 (three years ago) link
new players, good chance to explore the studio space
― class project pat (m bison), Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:01 (three years ago) link
Cam Reddish on the ASG coming to Atlanta: "I don't know if it's the greatest thing on the planet, but can't hurt. Good luck."— Chris Kirschner (@ChrisKirschner) February 18, 2021
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 18 February 2021 19:22 (three years ago) link
lmao
― lag∞n, Thursday, 18 February 2021 19:27 (three years ago) link
somehow the banged-up Blazers are three full games ahead of the Nuggets. Dame has been ripping it up lately.
― Compromise isn't a principle, it's a method (Aimless), Thursday, 18 February 2021 20:43 (three years ago) link
dame gonna murder luka next time they meet up
― Clay, Friday, 19 February 2021 00:30 (three years ago) link
crazy it went to the fan vote on the tie instead of like... team wins
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Friday, 19 February 2021 00:42 (three years ago) link
Luka has been better tbh
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 19 February 2021 02:21 (three years ago) link
What you're calling honesty is just another ILH opinion. It's not an easy comparison. The Mavs aren't very good and Luka handles the ball constantly, carrying nearly the whole load of their offense. Even with Nurkic and McCollum hurt, Dame has still run the Blazer offense very smoothly and efficiently and he gives up the ball early and often.
imo, Dame asserts control over games in ways Luka doesn't -- or should I say, tbh?
― Compromise isn't a principle, it's a method (Aimless), Friday, 19 February 2021 02:38 (three years ago) link
their stats are pretty close except dame shoots significantly better from three and the line, dame leads the league in game winning shots, dallas sucks ass while portland is good despite missing their 2 best players who aren't dame, tbh
― Clay, Friday, 19 February 2021 02:54 (three years ago) link
guess we know the answer as to whether a euro can be a nba celebrity now
― lag∞n, Friday, 19 February 2021 03:02 (three years ago) link
There are growing indications that if you remove Ant Davis from the current Lakers roster, they may regress to become rather similar to the playoff-evading Lakers of Lebron's first season.
― Compromise isn't a principle, it's a method (Aimless), Friday, 19 February 2021 05:07 (three years ago) link
funny how taking a top 10 player off a team will do that
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 19 February 2021 13:50 (three years ago) link