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

yo lillard is getting ROASTED

yeah man, just walking into the lane for free layups

nice steeal there tho

harden legit could not be stopped at all tonight

blazers offense looked less gross than usual with nurk out

james harden, pretty good

pdx has no shooting outside of their starting back court and a streaky aminu

that's a rough loss for them. got beat 40-19 in the 4th

lower back bruise for covington btw nba should maybe address those concrete/metal steps around the first couple of rows

*myers leonard terrified backpedaling*

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

harden mvp

otm

Wiggins *trash emoji*

its weird because he promised to get better at basketball

let these rumors flyyyyyy

Rumor: NBA executives think Rockets have shot at signing LeBron James https://t.co/M5jcJVBls0

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) December 11, 2017

never say never, but houston would have to seriously gut their roster to make cap room. i mean, you'd trade eric gordon and ryan anderson (and probably let Ariza go in FA, maybe capela??) in a heartbeat to do it, but they'd be very thin.

also, while researching this, i learned that miami has $144 million in payroll committed in payroll next year WHAT THE FUCK

lebron could take the vets minimum and the rox owner could just venmo him a lil extra on the side.

last year of bosh's deal (26.8m), whiteside (24.4), tyler johnson's extension kicks in (19.1), dragic (18.1), james johnson (14.4), dion (12.7), kelly o (11.1), josh richardson's extension kicks in (9.1)

someone should check on riles cuz the man's sick

xp

prediction: lebron will play the rest of his career in cleveland

the heat are def overpaying for a lot of players but Bosh wont hit their cap fyi

yeah i figured, but even without it theyre over the cap and stuck with a bottom half of the east playoffs ceiling

a bunch of players that kinda are who they are and wont be getting any better. i do they think theyre underachieving this year so far. they have a run in them. whiteside has to get healthy tho.

btw the plucky pistons ran into a tough part of their schedule and now theyre on a 6-game losing streak, woof. 4 of those in a row were by an average of 4 points.

theres been a lot of regressing to the mean the last 10-15 games.

i am here for the bron/harden/paul superteam

no way wade doesnt get in on that as well.

the banana boat will happen

http://sportsmockery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/bananaboatcartoon.png

hello friends

aw

the cavs dont have a single defender now who can stick with a fast guard. theyre best hope at the moment is jr and oladipo was blowing past him with ease. doesnt help that there is also no rim protector on their roster

yeah their backcourt is insanely bad defensively, and IT hasnt even played yet

they really need to find a trade

their best future prob looks like IT crowder and thompson regaining form and a trade for a guard who can defend the 1 and 2 well

if theyre willing to move that nets pick they have all sorts of possibilities if not theyre prob stuck with hoping their guys improve + small trades

obvs its all about if bron is gonna stay, the fact that they nuked a trade for paul george in the offseason over pick protection made it clear that they thought he was leaving then, who knows if anything had changed, if not theres no way theyre trading that pick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymP_nu8o-to

lol this thunder situation is so dire

really starting to believe the westbrook naysayers

it's weird how the celebrated okc culture doesn't seem to celebrate quality fundamental basketball. so many of those clips coach nick pulled demonstrate guys playing shitty basketball for no reason other than no one is telling them not to.

they should can donovan and get fizdale on board, stat

its really hard when yr star player isnt really interested in playing good

the thunder looking like this and oladipo suddenly turning into like a borderline all star has been a mega exposure for us westbrook defenders

and also validates KD leaving once over

really tho i don't necessarily think that what the thunder are going thru is that unusual, the problem is that they pieced together 3 guys who didn't choose to play together and one of which who can leave after this season so the incentive to really truly figure it out is what?

Oladipo is for sure an all star right now.

really tho i don't necessarily think that what the thunder are going thru is that unusual, the problem is that they pieced together 3 guys who didn't choose to play together and one of which who can leave after this season so the incentive to really truly figure it out is what?

― J0rdan S., Monday, December 11, 2017 10:16 AM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah I think ILH got this right. I remember saying their defense was gonna be really good. and they will win on nights where 2 of their 3 big dogs shoot well enough. but three primary ball stoppers (who think theyre at their best playing iso ball) that have never had to play a team role isnt going to work. and yeah theres not much incentive, paul george is gonna get wined, dined and paid no matter what he does this year so he may be happy just going at it like 85% and staying healthy. Those clips of Melo are really bad tho, he's lost his legs. Might need to work on that #summerbody

the thunder looking like this and oladipo suddenly turning into like a borderline all star has been a mega exposure for us westbrook defenders

― J0rdan S., Monday, December 11, 2017 12:15 PM (fifteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

and also validates KD leaving once over

― J0rdan S., Monday, December 11, 2017 12:15 PM (fifteen minutes ago)

yes and yes

though i firmly believed that he wasn't the best choice for MVP last year because of many of the bad habits and playing style that make him less impactful than the box score would indicate, he's definitely become a caricature of himself this year

he breaks all of the advanced metrics that are based on box score stats

I still have an irrational love of Westbrook but I understand that this is an indefensible position from smart hoops and winning games perspectives

I assume I said at least faintly positive things about the thunders acquisitions but I know I'm also glad the c's did not push their chips in on pg and I hate any melo besides Olympic melo