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

also it was kinda obvious he was gonna struggle

I think the lakers being tragically preordained to take Lonzo painted them into a corner that even a time machine couldn't get them out of.

if we eliminate the inevitability of dumb teams doubling down in a second draft and weigh things a lil more on the side of adjusting to new and valuable information mitchell wld def be in the top 10 so youd have to push someone out j collins is prob in there too, so likely at least a couple of ball jackson fox ntil isaac are out, kuzma cld def displace someone too

also the #1 pick fultz??? who even knows where he goes

remember that guy

bam adebayo too cld see him rising into the single digits

I can't help but wonder how well the current Spurs front office would do if they ever had a lottery pick. I think they've been picking at #20 or lower ever since they picked Timmy.

they traded to take kawhi at #15 is a pretty good answer

OG might be really good too. Dudes built like a linebacker and loves his short shorts and can shoot.
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Who knows with fultz knowing the 76ers we may not find out til the 18-19 season.

nice shorts salute og

Josh Jax is so bad, haven’t even really seen glimpses of what he can be. Fox has been bad too but at least he’s shown flashes and who knows what the Kings are trying to do with their rotations and player development.

has josh jackson fixed his shot at all? it's really hard to watch

Nope

why do so many young dudes have bad shots these days you think with all the systems and institutions it’d get fixed by age 12 or something

the systems and institutions are bad! its 90% petty coaches who just want to win games

in europe u show any talent and they throw u right in a skills academy, in america u play 5000 aau games instead

yeah I guess I should remember my 90s nyc boroughs basketball culture books

and that was prob even better than the dollar sign eyes dads of today

meanwhile jason tatum was working with a basketball trainer who has nba clients since he was in jr high 😎

Athleticism, speed and height still trumps skills in the aau system.

yeah if youre built like josh jackson youre gonna dominate the mortals youre playing against basically until u get to the nba when suddenly everyone is a 6-7 elite athlete

Ya and confidence and ‘drive’ (self motivation) seem to be hard for scouts to scout. Like these kids are used to being ‘the guy’ and being clearly the best on whatever team they play on so how will they respond to sucking as a rookie or being in the doghouse or w/e.

you’d just think a 23 year old well meaning assistant coach would be like hey bud maybe don’t shoot in a way that is extremely fucked up it’ll cause u problems down the road but I guess said coach would lose his job bc this country is v v dumb

Yah don’t criticize the kid or they’ll pout and bounce to another program that panders to them

steph and klay having nba dads and being two of the greatest shooters ever is p interesting

not every nba player can coach but they all can prob teach skills better than any lower level coach, especially if youre 10 and have to listen to them

Athleticism, speed and height still trumps skills in the aau system.

― Spottie, Sunday, December 31, 2017 3:40 PM (seventeen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah if youre built like josh jackson youre gonna dominate the mortals youre playing against basically until u get to the nba when suddenly everyone is a 6-7 elite athlete

― lag∞n, Sunday, December 31, 2017 3:43 PM (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah these posts are key I think

lol smart bricks a dunk what a player man

i think he's the only player whose shooting % has no correlation with distance

lol

Rn it feels like the TWolves will get a nice seed in the playoffs and go tits up in 4-1 against any fairly decent opponent.

This looks like that Lebron move we were in arms about the other week except cp adds his little flare to it at the end

THIS Chris Paul pushoff is absurd pic.twitter.com/T4ZPZB5iYL

— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) January 1, 2018

Lmao more cp being cp

Yoooo dyingg. PJ Tucker forces game-saving turnover, CP3 comes running over telling him to inbound, PJ tells Chris Paul GTFOH go away 😩😭 pic.twitter.com/7zSR6speHv

— Rob Perez (@World_Wide_Wob) January 1, 2018

happy new year to the best board in the world btw I love you dummies

Indeed! HNY

happy new year to my fellow hoops likers, may our enemies struggle and our teams thrive in 2018!

yes long live hoops

some new kyrie jumbotron infos, the question was what would you be if you werent a basketball player, the other celtics all struggled to come up with one job, not kyrie

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btw note which letter was left out of the teacher alphabet lol

Kyrie lol

hahaha

I think I've done a 180 on kyrie

growing into one of the great nba weirdos

he was all "man theres just so many things" as if he cld list jobs he wants to do all day, which he prob cldve

feel like kyrie shd take some time to backpack around asia in the offseason, stay in hostels, meet an israeli girl

lotta aussie girls out there, too

true and aussies are great ppl dont get me wrong but if u hang out with them youll end up getting bit by a monkey or falling down a waterfall, just as a people not a lot of appreciation for physical well being

rip steve irwin
btw, is kyrie saying he's not a buddhist, but if he weren't a baller he would be?

i believe so yes, also it wld be his job