NBA 2019-2020 season thread

[SparzWizard]

sixers lose again. are they they most overrated team in the league this year? 7-5

sure, its early in the season but issues that people had pointed out before the season are creeping in...lack of 3 point shooting and losing reddick has hurt them.

Raptors, bucks, heat and celtics all have better records in the east...

The 76ers were supposed to come out of the East though lol!

[nickagneta]

Guys guys guys!

...we're one loss at Cleveland away from getting to call Philly the 7-6ers.

 

Okay, you earned a few TPs for this. Well played!!!

[footey]

Guys guys guys!

...we're one loss at Cleveland away from getting to call Philly the 7-6ers.

 

Awesome TP

[Phantom255x]

sixers lose again. are they they most overrated team in the league this year? 7-5

sure, its early in the season but issues that people had pointed out before the season are creeping in...lack of 3 point shooting and losing reddick has hurt them.

Raptors, bucks, heat and celtics all have better records in the east...

they are truely missing the points of Reddick and Butler .  Those guys were always good for 15-20 a piece most EVERY NIGHT.   Not occassional scorer like scary Terry .   They should have kept those two i stead of Al.

Philly could be a lottery team ...IF. ...Embiid was to miss several months.  Simmons can't carry a team and neither can Al at this point in his career .

Yep, you absolutely nailed it. Reddick and Butler are pretty big losses as they were the Sixers 2 best pure shooters on the team. I felt Butler was consistently their best player during the playoffs last season too. Their bench has been and remains hot garbage. And for all the hype about Ben Simmons and his "development" on this blog, I don't see it.

And for all the talk about guys being overpaid, even on our team... do we really think Tobias Harris is a 180M player? Lol.

We lost to them Opening Night, but since then we've won 10 straight and PHI has stuttered. Can't wait to play them again. 

[SHAQATTACK]

sixers lose again. are they they most overrated team in the league this year? 7-5

sure, its early in the season but issues that people had pointed out before the season are creeping in...lack of 3 point shooting and losing reddick has hurt them.

Raptors, bucks, heat and celtics all have better records in the east...

they are truely missing the points of Reddick and Butler .  Those guys were always good for 15-20 a piece most EVERY NIGHT.   Not occassional scorer like scary Terry .   They should have kept those two i stead of Al.

Philly could be a lottery team ...IF. ...Embiid was to miss several months.  Simmons can't carry a team and neither can Al at this point in his career .

Yep, you absolutely nailed it. Reddick and Butler are pretty big losses as they were the Sixers 2 best pure shooters on the team. I felt Butler was consistently their best player during the playoffs last season too. Their bench has been and remains hot garbage. And for all the hype about Ben Simmons and his "development" on this blog, I don't see it.

And for all the talk about guys being overpaid, even on our team... do we really think Tobias Harris is a 180M player? Lol.

We lost to them Opening Night, but since then we've won 10 straight and PHI has stuttered. Can't wait to play them again.

I wondered about Harris .  Clippers were consistently better without him .  Myself ,  i would have kept Bulter and Reddick over Harris ...SMH . and ...Al s ,  both salary seems like an overkill ,  two guys that they really did not need .   

The guy they needed from Celtics was Smart.  If they dumped Harris , Kept Butler , took Smart , not Al ....they would be run away EC champs . 

[Phantom255x]

sixers lose again. are they they most overrated team in the league this year? 7-5

sure, its early in the season but issues that people had pointed out before the season are creeping in...lack of 3 point shooting and losing reddick has hurt them.

Raptors, bucks, heat and celtics all have better records in the east...

they are truely missing the points of Reddick and Butler .  Those guys were always good for 15-20 a piece most EVERY NIGHT.   Not occassional scorer like scary Terry .   They should have kept those two i stead of Al.

Philly could be a lottery team ...IF. ...Embiid was to miss several months.  Simmons can't carry a team and neither can Al at this point in his career .

Yep, you absolutely nailed it. Reddick and Butler are pretty big losses as they were the Sixers 2 best pure shooters on the team. I felt Butler was consistently their best player during the playoffs last season too. Their bench has been and remains hot garbage. And for all the hype about Ben Simmons and his "development" on this blog, I don't see it.

And for all the talk about guys being overpaid, even on our team... do we really think Tobias Harris is a 180M player? Lol.

We lost to them Opening Night, but since then we've won 10 straight and PHI has stuttered. Can't wait to play them again.

I wondered about Harris .  Clippers were consistently better without him .  Myself ,  i would have kept Bulter and Reddick over Harris ...SMH . and ...Al s ,  both salary seems like an overkill ,  two guys that they really did not need .   

The guy they needed from Celtics was Smart.  If they dumped Harris , Kept Butler , took Smart , not Al ....they would be run away EC champs .

Horford was a good addition for them. The Sixers frontcourt is a strength and having Horford allows them to limit Embiid a bit during the season to keep him fresh for playoff time.

But their real problem is the shooting. I felt like Reddick often saved that team with his perimeter shooting and a few years ago, they added some sharpshooters who helped them off the bench. They don't have that anymore.

I saw a bit of that overtime yesterday, and there was a long stretch where OKC kept hitting shots and the Sixers were just ice cold.

PHI was better off keeping Butler and letting Harris walk. Keep in mind, Butler was also one of their best defenders last season. The Sixers defense also isn't a strong unit outside of their frontcourt.

[Phantom255x]

D'Lo apparently got hurt last night. Out 2 weeks. Lol what is left of this Warriors team??

[Ogaju]

D'Lo apparently got hurt last night. Out 2 weeks. Lol what is left of this Warriors team??

they still have Curry acting like a clown at court side.

[saltlover]

D'Lo apparently got hurt last night. Out 2 weeks. Lol what is left of this Warriors team??

Down to 9 healthy players.  They’re required to have at least 8, but they’re also right up against the hard cap.  I don’t know what happens if they reach the hard cap and are still struck by injuries.

[CelticsPoetry]

D'Lo apparently got hurt last night. Out 2 weeks. Lol what is left of this Warriors team??

Down to 9 healthy players.  They’re required to have at least 8, but they’re also right up against the hard cap.  I don’t know what happens if they reach the hard cap and are still struck by injuries.

Can't you always sign minimum contracts?

[saltlover]

D'Lo apparently got hurt last night. Out 2 weeks. Lol what is left of this Warriors team??

Down to 9 healthy players.  They’re required to have at least 8, but they’re also right up against the hard cap.  I don’t know what happens if they reach the hard cap and are still struck by injuries.

Can't you always sign minimum contracts?

Not with the hard cap.  The Warriors don’t have a full roster because they can’t afford it.

[jambr380]

D'Lo apparently got hurt last night. Out 2 weeks. Lol what is left of this Warriors team??

Down to 9 healthy players.  They’re required to have at least 8, but they’re also right up against the hard cap.  I don’t know what happens if they reach the hard cap and are still struck by injuries.

Can't you always sign minimum contracts?

Not with the hard cap.  The Warriors don’t have a full roster because they can’t afford it.

Here is an interesting article on the Warriors cap situation in regards to signing players. I thought it was relevant to the discussion. Some pretty creative situations at play:

https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/how-warriors-can-navigate-hard-cap-sign-two-buyout-players-march

[CelticsPoetry]

D'Lo apparently got hurt last night. Out 2 weeks. Lol what is left of this Warriors team??

Down to 9 healthy players.  They’re required to have at least 8, but they’re also right up against the hard cap.  I don’t know what happens if they reach the hard cap and are still struck by injuries.

Can't you always sign minimum contracts?

Not with the hard cap.  The Warriors don’t have a full roster because they can’t afford it.

If I'm not mistaken, if there are enough guys injured, there are some exceptions kicking in. Think it happened to Miami () couple of years ago

[saltlover]

D'Lo apparently got hurt last night. Out 2 weeks. Lol what is left of this Warriors team??

Down to 9 healthy players.  They’re required to have at least 8, but they’re also right up against the hard cap.  I don’t know what happens if they reach the hard cap and are still struck by injuries.

Can't you always sign minimum contracts?

Not with the hard cap.  The Warriors don’t have a full roster because they can’t afford it.

Here is an interesting article on the Warriors cap situation in regards to signing players. I thought it was relevant to the discussion. Some pretty creative situations at play:

https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/how-warriors-can-navigate-hard-cap-sign-two-buyout-players-march

Yep.  The issue is what happens if they need to start signing players in November.  The March buyout market isn’t going to be something this team cares about.

[gouki88]

Pacers seem to be in a weird weird spot right now. A few wins against weak teams like Chicago and Washington, but then a solid win here and there. Oladipo isn't back yet, and who knows how long he will take to return back to form. Brogdon isn't playing against the Bucks, and they're getting their butts kicked.

Sabonis is killing it this year. Warren is doing what he's done for the last 3 years. Not sure what to make of Turner. Feel like he could be awesome on another team.

Holiday brothers are starting today, which is cool. Just no idea what to make of them though. Are they a legit chance to come out of the East? I thought they had a solid chance to be, depending on Oladipo's return, but I can't tell right now.