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

cutting his hair fixed marcus smarts shooting and now he is perfect

Steph is unstoppable with his new do.

lol

d wade having a couple nice moments late in this game

pelicans -_-

Spurs comeback was amazing

so maybe jamal murray is good

nuggs league high 146 pts

brow got concussed?

espn has been including lonzo lowlights in their highlight packages

https://i.imgur.com/m0rswm7.png https://i.imgur.com/pGNqW3b.png https://i.imgur.com/dOZDgiL.png

aaron gordons new shot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIG-gfl_TLI

Band of Brothers, watch it sometime Lonzo pic.twitter.com/Onq2kMzQAv

— Rob Perez (@World_Wide_Wob) November 18, 2017

Having a psycho for a dad might change your standard for getting excited.

LaVar is cool again.

(CNN)Days after President Donald Trump touted his role in the release of three UCLA basketball students who were arrested in China, LaVar Ball, the father of one of those players, suggested the President had little to do with the matter.

"Who?" Ball told ESPN when asked about Trump's involvement in the situation. "What was he over there for? Don't tell me nothing. Everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out."

🤔

Anthony Davis leaves game with concussion after colliding with Nikola Jokic pic.twitter.com/YCy8cHlDQU

— Delay of Game Hoops (@delayhoops) November 18, 2017

LaVar is cool again.

On the theory that when a dickhead acts like a dickhead to someone you hate, it cures them of dickheadedness?

Brow concussed on the flop is what happened. Whipped his head back to fast trying to sell it.

76ers just hung 47 in the 1st vs the warriors

tatum is going super saiyan

the boston celtics have won 15 games in a row

76ers just hung 47 in the 1st vs the warriors

tatum is going super saiyan

― ciderpress, Saturday, November 18, 2017 9:13 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hes evolving by the day

that lil inside out dribble at the 3pt line

EVERYONE GET ON THE JAYSON TATUM TRAIN WE'RE FLYING TO THE MOOOON pic.twitter.com/jBhMtG7qO2

— John Karalis 🇬🇷 (@RedsArmy_John) November 19, 2017

and then the next play

JAYSON TATUM IS MY ROOKIE AND I'M THE HAPPIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD!!!! pic.twitter.com/3yFMHmMqyA

— John Karalis 🇬🇷 (@RedsArmy_John) November 19, 2017

yeah those were the plays that prompted my Post

That warriors 3rd quarter was too good. Had the 76ers all out of sorts.

this has gotta be the best rookie class since 03 or whatever

Yah very good play from the rooks

portland is second in defensive efficiency whats goin on over there

Portland's main personnel differences from last year are adding Nurkic late last season to replace Plumlee, and dumping Crabbe off to the Nets in the offseason. Most of Crabbe's minutes were given to two backup guards: Connaughton and Napier. A rookie power forward, Caleb Swannigan, has broken into the rotation, too.

All of these add small increments of defensive improvement, but not enough to account for that big a jump in efficiency. Their schedule has probably been as big a factor. I'd look for some regression, but not all the way back to the bottom.

The Heat are down 105-81 despite getting 7 three pointers from Wayne Ellington. I think this is remarkable.

Greg Monroe is gonna put up sick numbers for the suns

What is Jamal Murray good at

free throw shooting

Jamal seems crazy inconstant. It’s either like 30 points or 5 points

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21476052/nba-power-rankings-our-expert-panel-unveils-rankings-week-6

this celtics thing is weird. that roster (sans gordo) seems like a .500 team at best tbf.

theyve got two allstars and and are stacked with guys who play great defense! i mean theyre def not actually the best team and are winning a lot of close games but that roster is well better than .500 on paper

the biggest surprise to me is how well theyre rebounding, theyre getting boards from every position, tho maybe it shdnt be considering how big they are on the wings

theyve got two allstars and and are stacked with guys who play great defense! i mean theyre def not actually the best team and are winning a lot of close games but that roster is well better than .500 on paper

― lag∞n, Monday, November 20, 2017 2:44 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i guess? but not sure that couldve been predicted. Dont think anyone thought Jaylen and the rook would be THIS good already. And Kyrie playing defense wasnt really something anyone was banking on. And you lost Bradley/Crowder to of your best defenders. idk

all the metrics disliked bradley and the eye test disliked crowder. losing those guys has not been nearly the issue some thought it would be.

def everyone is playing better than expected (except kyrie whos playing a lil worse) but still i wldve expected like 48 wins out of this group then then throw in a few more for the brad effect, which tbf is p far off their 80-2 pace which no one predicted, so not saying what theyre doing isnt coming out of the blue just their roster is p dece

worth noting this win streak is entirely predicated on defense, theyre 21st in offensive efficiency, which seems like something they shd be able to improve on but its tough when youre giving smart and rozier big minutes

imo bradley is a very cool player but crowders D was def slipping last year

(except kyrie whos playing a lil worse)

on one side of the ball, at least.

Bradley is exactly who the pistons needed

im not too surprised kyrie has picked up his defensive effort tbh clevelands entire team wasnt playing D, he had something to prove coming to boston, brad generally gets good effort from players, and hes demonstrated an ability to play some D before, def dont think hes any sort of stopper but hes out there trying so cant complain

he has good hands and can get steals. he'll never be very physical or good on pick and rolls but he can still contribute.

It’s either like 30 points or 5 points

It's not that irregular. If I started him he gets 5 points. If I benched him he gets 30.

lol

the regular season rewards cohesion and playing hard and all the stuff the celtics excelled at before kyrie... add a superstar scorer to that mix & them having the best record in the east isn't a shock. they'll fall back a bit obv.

the question is just whether they're more like those hawks teams that got steamrolled by lebron in the playoffs nonetheless. the cavs themselves are a huge question mark so who knows, it will be an interesting thing to track over the course of the season.

yeah kinda think the east is anyones to take, just a big celtics/cavs/wizards/raptors/bucks pack