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

at the end of the day you gotta have "the touch"

He’s at 48/40 splits but something is definitely off with his game

THE TIMBERWOLVES HAVE WON TWO GAMES IN A ROW!

D-Lo really played great tonight

gotta hand it to Chris Paul I was one of the naysayers who thought he'd be out of the league by now

Michael Porter Jr. is a talented young man

MPJ at 25.7 ppg on 55/54/82 since the Jamal injury. Turns 23 this summer and missed almost 2 full years of games during important developmental ages.

— Ross Homan (@Ross_homan1) April 27, 2021

yeah this season is a bummer now but I'm super sanguine on his future. gordon is still a mystery to me but it seems to be working

prob take gordon a minute to figure out how to operate as more of a secondary system player where his whole career in orlando it was kind of just do whatever, tho i think his ideal role on the nuggs is pretty obvious and normal so he should get there

being selectively aggressive is tricky, requires good quick judgement

he’s also never been a very good offensive player, doesn’t possess any exceptional skills aside from leaping ability, which is why being the fourth or fifth best offensive player in a line up was a good fit for him. he’s probably overstretched now tho his three point shooting will prob tick back up

saw some in depth breakdown of his numbers and it basically came down to in pretty much every situation hes really bad at creating for himself but otherwise pretty good, so denver should be a great fit

and on defense hes pretty much exactly what they need

if mjp can realize his defensive potential they could be great together roaming around switching and whatnot

Malone said something a few weeks ago about how Gordon was feeling worn down and he was trying to limit his minutes a bit, seems like maybe he’s pushed through that

I don’t really know what to say about how well MPJ is playing. He seems to have a chase down block in every game now and just absolutely shoots the shit out of the ball.

shooting the shit out of the ball is maybe the best single thing you can do in nba

I was told the dunk was better, by you iirc. You’ll have to make up your mind.

the world famous dunk... *nervously* is a type of shot

Hmm idk about all that

in all seriousness dunks are still the best but theyre too hard to get how many points can one score off dunks in a game like 8, you can get 20+ from the 3 point shot alone, so while the dunk is still the best shot, shooting the shit out of the ball is maybe a better all around behavior, unless youre zion

lag∞n at 5:54 27 Apr 21

in all seriousness dunks are still the best but theyre too hard to get how many points can one score off dunks in a game like 8

not with that attitude

you know what youre right thanks coach

wilt dunked 50 times in a single game to famously achieve 100 points and then created the 💯 emoji, one simply needs imagination

damn... something to think about

you can tell the regular season should have ended two weeks ago because the biggest story right now is the knicks having a team roughly as good as any of several recent indiana pacers teams

draymond guarding luka is gonna be good viewing

ooof Golden State getting killed

lol of course I'm like everyone is talking about Steph I should watch and bring my bad Wolves ju ju

wow now theyre really getting killed

willie cauley stein's neck tattoos sometimes look like they are part of some kinda weird super beard

ive never loved the look of neck tats but i guess guys just run out of room

the warriors rotation right now is really awful and i say this as a celtics fan

Two rotation guys out (Lee, bazemore) with covid related stuff and paschal has been out for a few weeks with a leg thing. Dubs are just your average 500 club. Can beat anyone on any given night but can also get blown out. It is weird that Oubre and Wiggins have basically had zero games where they both play well. It’s always one or the other... or neither like tonight

you can tell the regular season should have ended two weeks ago because the biggest story right now is the knicks having a team roughly as good as any of several recent indiana pacers teams

its pretty funny that the nets are contenders and no one cares

thats new york baby the big apple

such an odd season, we're only 60+ games in and yes, it feels like the cream is fully separated and all that needs to be done is to jump into the playoffs before there are injuries and yet we're still not playing the full 82. Then we do playins before playoffs? Curious to see if the standard leap in intensity/quality of play that always accompanies the playoffs is there or if rest days didn't do enough to prepare everyone for the home stretch.

The play-in sounded fun when it was just Bill Simmons cooking up a fun though experiment. Now it just seems like a way for hopeless teams like the Warriors to hurt their players trying to get to the play-in.

though=thought

im totally in on the play in. i think those games will be fun. more high stakes games please.

altho maybe next year they can just trick all the players and call the regular season 'the play-in tournament' and see what happens.

"play in tournament" except its just the first round consisting of the 3-6 4-5 teams playing 5 games series to see who plays the 1-2 teams in the second round

actually 3 game series, be done in a week

i... don't like a single elimination format? too much weird stuff can happen in a single game and one turned ankle could alter a whole season. Best out of three seems more reasonable.
NB: I am not a college hoops guy.

last year they did lower seed has to win two games higher seed just one right are they doing that again

i think i like the play in, there is at least some intrigue to this part of the season now also with teams trying go get to 5-6 and avoid the play in. and the games themselves should actually be fun esp in the west... from a competitive standpoint it also gives the top 5 teams the week off which adds an extra bonus for continuing to try. bcuz the schedule is compressed this year it’s maybe a bit different in terms of guys pushing themselves to play back to backs, three in five etc but once the schedule normalizes next year i don’t think there will be many if any drawbacks

One of Wizards/Bulls/Toronto may wind up in the play-in at like 10 games under .500

last year they did lower seed has to win two games higher seed just one right are they doing that again

ah thx

That’s correct.