part two of the nba 2020-21 anything but regular season

the hayward signing also didnt makes sense tho at least hes not on the celtics anymore, on the other hand the celtics kinda suck since hes gone

wonder if the hornets wldve passed on hayward if they knew lamelo was gonna be this good, that they had something to live for

really tho they shouldve passed to get a shot at this years best draft ever

have you guys watched cade cunningham my god he is just good at everything and very composed looks like a seven year nba vet out there calmly dismantling his opponents

yeah i respect the hornets wanting to not be a trainwreck and they’re def like.... a pretty decent team. but they really picked the wrong year to not have a top 5 pick. they could’ve set themselves up for a long time if they got one of these guys

it's a pretty unpredictable situation. even the analysts who were super high on lamelo thought he would basically suck this year.

Pretty wild that the hornets landed the best pick and the best free agent really

jazz have had a top defense for the whole gobert era of course but this is the first time they've had a top offense too. maybe they're real this year

i think theyre legit contenders tho mitchell prob needs to be a little bit better than he has been so far for them to go all the way

I’m not buying in yet. Although everything could be open if brows injury lingers, and KDs.

it's a pretty unpredictable situation. even the analysts who were super high on lamelo thought he would basically suck this year.

the jazz are really good. they can put out an impressive amount of shooting. it's just tough for the team that has no major holes but also no top-5 to top-10 player. they have to succeed on their terms and they don't have a backup plan or second gear to go to.

so far (and it's insanely early) the 2020 draft looks like it was assessed pretty well. everyone said it was low on stars but pretty good on role players/depth. i am guessing it will end up on the low side for a metric like all star appearances by the draft class, but will have a bunch of guys who play well for 10 years.

i feel like sometimes when ppl think it’s a down draft it turns out to be better than that, but when ppl think it’s good it’s usually good
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, March 16, 2021 11:44 PM (seventeen seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

the andrew wiggins draft was supposed to be the best ever lol

amazing to see wiggins-jabari parker go 1-2 then scroll down to 41 when jokic pops up, the nba draft not an exact science!

that's a rough one. jabari and exum never really having any continuity in their careers sank that draft (along with wiggins)

so much of it is going to come down to the seeding but i think they’re good enough to beat the clippers in round 2 and then go 6 or 7 in the west finals vs the lakers. i don’t think they will be able to beat lebron unless brow’s achilles thing is a true problem... but even then i’d prob just assume lebron is getting there. some smart NBA media people think the clippers are a bad match up for the jazz bcuz they stress the jazz’s wing players, but something about the clippers still just feels off to me

im sorry the lakers will not be advancing to the nba finals without anthony davis

the jazz having no plus wing defenders will be a problem in the playoffs, i don't think there's any question about that. will be a matter of matchups and luck tbh

they should try to do a trade

god damn i love damian lillard

I MEAN... WUT pic.twitter.com/zg4efbeSnH

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) March 17, 2021

that was really bad lol. you’d almost call it inexplicable except it just felt the entire time like the pelicans were in slow motion collapse that was going to end with smoking rubble

50 spot from dame bringing the blazers back from 17 down putting the blazers on his back the entire fourth quarter... i love some vintage dame post-midnight

he’s really just one of the treasures of the NBA in many ways

The Blazers were down by 17 points with 6 minutes left. They went on a 25-7 run to win the game.

Damian Lillard scored or assisted 18 of those points. He finished with:

50 PTS
10 AST
13-20 FG
6-13 3P
18-18 FT pic.twitter.com/npELwpXxgF

— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 17, 2021

Damian Lillard scored 50 points on 20 shots tonight.

That’s the second most points on 20 FGA or fewer since 1983. pic.twitter.com/4QjXibuDr4

— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 17, 2021

i meant to put that in the stats thread

in any event

Damian Lillard is in a different world right now. pic.twitter.com/IGWEo3rrLK

— ProCity Hoops (@ProCityHoops) March 17, 2021

ingram clunking midrange j after midrange j while melo is on Zion and the pelicans can’t get a bucket is...............

it’s a problem. they can’t go either or at the end of games it needs to be zion every possession

as much as i would like to continue the thread in praise of damian lillard, i just read this and i think we will have to talk about it

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/adrien-brody-pat-riley-hbo-lakers-series-1234931961/#!

show sounds pretty tight honestly

i mean there is a 100% chance i will watch the hell out of it, especially if it turns out terribly

I’m in.

he has the appropriate douchebag face for it

— trae young’s floor is kyrie irving

wait you think his floor or ceiling is kyrie? i thought you were not a trae fan

ha k3vin said trae young’s floor is kyrie which i thought was absurd

rating how good kyrie is is pretty hard tbf

ah well, if we're pulling receipts, you did suggest the Hawks maybe made a mistake taking Herro over Trae

'scuse Trae over Herro

did i say herro was better? those were different drafts tho

rating how good kyrie is is pretty hard tbf

― lag∞n, Wednesday, March 17, 2021 11:44 AM (two minutes ago)

it's true, almost impossible

i even made Herro one of my keepers in my fantasy league bc i trusted you :(

lmao

im just glad ive never said anything wrong about basketball but also im magnanimous so i will not point out the mistakes of others

No I forget exactly what you said but it was along the lines of Herro may turn out to be better in the long run or something. it was a crazy time though. COVID was challenging all of our assumptions

Hawks have won 6 straight and Trae has scored under 20 in the 3 of those. love to see it

ball movement is the true winning formula in the nba + having a guy who can get a decent shot when ball movement doesnt work + good defense + and if all else fails having lebron james

J0rdan S. wrote this on thread ( ( ( ( ( nba bubble ball 2020 ) ) ) ) ) on board I Love Hoops on Sep 24, 2020

i've been posting this like once a week per playoffs basically but everyone knew going into the 2019 draft that it was shit after the top 2 and like a dozen GMs still let one of the 5 most elite shooters in the NBA almost slip out of the lottery. idk how you could have watched herro shoot and take step backs and be like, give me coby white. it's unconscionable. the hawks took two players who are worse. the t wolves traded up for a shooting guard who might not make it to his second contract. the cavs drafted a shooting guard who is demonstrably worse than herro. this is how bad franchises stay terrible.

J0rdan S. wrote this on thread ( ( ( ( ( nba bubble ball 2020 ) ) ) ) ) on board I Love Hoops on Sep 24, 2020

how much better is trae young than tyler herro serious question

J0rdan S. wrote this on thread ( ( ( ( ( nba bubble ball 2020 ) ) ) ) ) on board I Love Hoops on Sep 24, 2020

i feel like if you put herro on the hawks and gave him trae young's role he would average 29-10-5 w/ better efficiency

i went back and found these posts... i have no recollection of posting any of this haha. this was the day after herro put up 37 in the east finals which, in my defense, is still a more meaningful performance than anything trae young has done in his NBA career so far. but certainly i was under the influence of his cherubic stylings. de'andre hunter really challenging my statement in the first post, i'm curious to see how that one plays out over time.

herro has had a pretty mediocre year tho his counting stats are still pretty good for a bench player. i'll be interested to see how he looks in the playoffs this year bcuz often these sorta lou williams, jamal crawford style sixth men are less valuable in the playoffs than in the regular season but herro flipped that on its head in the bubble

fuck i fell asleep at halftime of Blazers Pels last night, natly televised shootout, shouldve known Id miss a vintage Dame game.

Watching the first half though, it seems clear that Brandon Ingram has got to go for Zion and the team to reach their potential. the eye test really makes him look like a classic good stats bad team guy, looking for his own shot, hyperactive out there. they should trade him for a more deferential #2 option while they can still sell high. also in the course of thinking about Pels trades I looked at Eric Bledsoe's b-ref page, and his nickname is Mini-LeBron dating back to when he was making waves in his first couple years. funny how that one worked out

"i have no recollection of posting any of this" should be the official tagline of this board