NBA 2020-21 reg season 1st half thread

xp they REALLY miss gasol's playmaking and D, and ibaka, too. their roster took a step back replacing them with baynes and boucher in the rotation.

yeah thats a pretty big downgrade

i know the raptors have the right to extend the game as long as possible for like a 2% win probability, but it is extremely annoying to watch

Really liking late career serge

Hey so Doncic is still really good

He should only go up from here once he plays himself into shape a bit more

Anyone watched any pels yet? Their record is good but they looked so bad in the bubble I kinda cooled on wanting to watch them. Fools gold?

i haven't seen much but sounds like a strong starting unit/suspect bench type of team

like their defense absolutely tanks any time steven adams is off the floor

zion continues to put up big numbers while mostly looking like hes just loafing around

brandon ingram is one of the best scorers in the league

they have a lot of talent, it doesn't fit incredibly well but they're going to be competitive most nights and will def be in one of the play in games at least

nurse mad

Nick Nurse, asked about Malachi Flynn: "He was OK. I think my bigger thing is that, if you wanna be honest about it, he didn't really do much out there. And if you wanna be honest about it, Norm hasn't played very well this year, TD hasn't played well, Matt hasn't played well."

— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) January 5, 2021

the raps were playing mad in the 4th. but he needs to put siakam and all his big men on that list.

the way the pels flamed out in crunch time just now does not instill confidence in their coaching

Just saw the end of the game pacers pels highlights lmao they threw that game away

Pacers do the unthinkable to force OT against the Pelicans. 😮

(🎥: @NBA)pic.twitter.com/e3SDHrwOcO

— theScore (@theScore) January 5, 2021

This Pacers-Pelicans ending was wild 😳

Malcolm Brogdon called game. pic.twitter.com/tyB3lnkZ9I

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 5, 2021

i dont even know what lonzo was doing with the ball at the end of the 4th - passes it to reddick who is getting trapped in the corner, then forgets he can drive right past mcdermott of all people??

it's probably time to start wondering why luke walton still has a job

Draymond is a basketball genius man alive

it's probably time to start wondering why luke walton still has a job

the kings aren't some kind of desultory, untalented team. they have some ok players and some depth and he doesn't do anything to elevate it.

They’ve had two starters ask to leave in the last 12 months haha

i love how everyone apparently can't stand dave joeger but dave joeger got them to play like a coherent basketball team with a system in the one year they sniffed the playoffs.

kings are a clear situation where the owner has no idea what he's doing and the constant dysfunction of the organization reflects that. it's impossible to win when you're set up like that

Yah the issues run deep

I see a couple Zion defense lowlight clips after every game:

Come on man. pic.twitter.com/woDgnk00Fc

— Dave DuFour (@DaveDuFourNBA) January 5, 2021

has no idea how to be active and engaged, maybe it will some/maybe it won't

30/8/8 through 3 for Steph warriors look completely different with draymond back and getting his lungs back

and playing the kings who look absolutely terrible

has no idea how to be active and engaged, maybe it will some/maybe it won't

feel like zion relishes being physical on offense but is the exact opposite on defense. that said i don't think it's unusual for young players of his stature (esp ones who are so offensively gifted) to take a while to really become defensive beasts, like 3 years at least in lots of cases. at some point in his career i would expect him to be in better shape and throwing his body around on defense in a scary way

Hawks quickly losing back to back against the knicks and cavs. They have some serious defensive issues

def a number of suspect defenders on that roster

their uniforms have looked really great

otm

feel like they haven’t gotten much out of bogdanovic, at least relative to what they’re paying him, and gallo basically hasn’t played. been getting decent production from capela. when you watch them it’s still really trae, huerter, reddish, hunter, and collins — who all have looked pretty good! just still so young idk how much you can expect, def on the defensive end

i like their guys. feels like a primordial version of a future good offense-first team kinda like what the nuggets were 3-4 years ago

i like them too they need more playmaking besides just trae tho

bogdan & gallo will help in that dept but it will be interesting to see how they weave it all together rotation wise especially with reddish & hunter looking pretty good and needing to play. rondo has also been in and out of the rotation for them. there’s a lot to work with they just need to figure out the right combos

thinking more long term, their core etc...

reddish could maybe grow into it

seems unlikely

i really like the potential 2nd unit of rondo, huerter, gallo, bogdan and fernando

watching portland struggle to hang with the bulls is encouraging, they're one of the best teams in the east right

somehow this season is weirder than the one they played inside a bubble

spurs just beat the pg-less clips. kawhi missed a potential game-tying 3.

Pdx blew a 20 p lead to the bulls yikes

Bulls have won 4/5 ok then

things are actually going well for the blazers this was the plan all along

weird night of games in general