2017-18 NBA REGULAR SEASON THREAD PART 1 ALL OF AMERICAS FAVORITE TEAMS ARE BACK

Josh Jackson vs Fox was fun for a minute there

Whenever really old guys (zbo) switch teams I’m tempted to believe they’re washed

i think managerial/roster/contract factors have more to do w/it than the player's actual talent level at that time

Zbo been pretty washed for a bit now

Is this bogdonovic Bro supposed to be good?

guys "washed" isn't a useful description, like what do you expect from a 36 y.o. forward? his shooting dropped off a little bit last year but he still has value in a limited role

Bogdan looks good to me yeah

i think managerial/roster/contract factors have more to do w/it than the player's actual talent level at that time

chris webber's first full year as a sixer was fine and in line with his previous two years (one of which contained a major injury (unlike z-bo)), so that's some impressive foresight or something

Unusual scenes at the end of this suns game

Garret temple can’t miss

chris webber's first full year as a sixer was fine and in line with his previous two years (one of which contained a major injury (unlike z-bo)), so that's some impressive foresight or something

Because he’s better than all of their big men
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, October 23, 2017 10:47 PM (yesterday) Bookmark

yeah but they're gonna be the worst team in the conference regardless plus bender/chriss need to play, and josh jackson should prob be getting minutes at the 4 too

i'm more of a mudiay fan than most & i think they could do worse than getting him but faried would basically just be in there for salary matching and would impede the development of multiple lottery picks

fox looks good but you'll pardon me if i hold my expectations for rookie guards after three games

― call all destroyer, Monday, October 23, 2017 11:52 PM (yesterday) Bookmark

his athleticism is off the charts for a PG imo, if he's already capable of scoring like this he could be borderline unstoppable once he gets more experience

I’ve pretty much written off bender and Chriss tbh

also fox is averaging 5 boards per game and has 4 steals in 4 games. hard not to be really excited about him.

I’ve pretty much written off bender and Chriss tbh

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, October 24, 2017 12:32 AM (fifty-two seconds ago) Bookmark

chriss was way overdrafted... i was a bender fan. regardless the suns would gain nothing from obtaining and playing kenneth faried is all i'm saying... i don't think they'd even be able to flip him for much

also kinda think phoenix and mudiay would be a terrible fit... he would not get better as a player there

how about bledsoe and an unprotected first for markelle fultz and salary filler

suns have two extra firsts from miami in the dragic trade...

the suns in a classic psyched abt coach getting fired game give up only 115 points

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty0g9BPvxfc

it wld be very funny if the sixers traded fultz 4 games into his rookie season after drafting him #1

fultz is a lost cause lol

the process never ends.......

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— Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) October 24, 2017

The thing about Fultz is can you name a guy who started off his career this bizarrely bad and turned out to be better than ok?

coach should be fined for flopping

The thing about Fultz is can you name a guy who started off his career this bizarrely bad and turned out to be better than ok?

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, October 24, 2017 1:09 AM (five minutes ago) Bookmark

d'angelo russell?

nobody was really paying attention to him but gary harris was completely awful his rookie year

It’s not that he’s bad it’s that it’s WEIRD

https://youtu.be/dvQPafKPns8

lol why did he decide to change his shot to "jumping bill cartwright"

ive never seen anything like this what is going on over there

trust the process

weren't all you guys really high on fultz before the draft btw lol, you guys watch college right was his jumper not weird then?

it was maybe slightly mechanical by modern standards but it wasnt like this!

it's not the prettiest shot ever but it's normal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEEP-uTR01I

fultz was a good shooter in college

isn't shooting the thing that least reliably translates to nba

That is definitely an injured guy trying to shoot without tweaking his shoulder, I cannot come up with any other teams explanation

He's either thinking through this weird form he invented or trying not to hurt himself or both, which is why he can't even get the shot away before he's coming down. So weird

Strike "teams" there, iPad getting a little aggressive trying to fill in words there lol

I'm not gonna pretend to know more than Carlisle but this seems dumb:

Just matchups,” Rick Carlisle said about Noel’s minutes after the game. “You can’t put him out there on Draymond Green. It’s just one of those nights. Houston played these guys opening night and they just told Nene before the game, it’s not a good night for you and he didn’t play at all. He could play tonight with Zaza Pachulia out there and JaVale McGee. David West is a bad matchup because of all the picking and popping. That’s the reason, pretty simple.”

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2017/10/24/16532800/nerlens-noel-mavericks-minutes-rick-carlisle-nba-why

That is definitely an injured guy trying to shoot without tweaking his shoulder, I cannot come up with any other teams explanation

― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Tuesday, October 24, 2017 12:58 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

good call

http://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/10/24/markelle-fultz-free-throw-form-temporary-result-of-shoulder-injury/

seems like hed be better off sitting until that heals

yeah the messaging coming out of philly is strange....he's injured enough that he can't shoot but not injured enough to sit and heal? this isn't the nhl, he doesn't need to play through it for no reason.

philly may have an issue with its medical/training staff just an observation

all their young players seem to be constantly injured which is weird

philly should trade Jahlil Okafur and a 2nd for the Phoenix Suns medical staff

wld be a steal

lol didnt hinkie try to majorly science/computer their training staff he mustve right