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Re: NBA Season 2023-24
« Reply #1500 on: December 15, 2023, 08:21:52 PM »

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The two biggest moves he's made was trading for Harden, and trading away Harden.

I had an end-of-year-review at work once where I got credit for solving a problem I created lol.

Well done, sir!   ;D
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Re: NBA Season 2023-24
« Reply #1501 on: December 15, 2023, 09:26:45 PM »

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Pacers have come crashing back down to earth getting smoked by the Wizards tonight

Re: NBA Season 2023-24
« Reply #1502 on: December 15, 2023, 09:33:59 PM »

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Pacers have come crashing back down to earth getting smoked by the Wizards tonight

Fans are critizising the Pacers for not playing defense. No kidding. Giving up 137 points to the Wizards is impressive. Making Jordan Poole look like a star. That's sympathetic.

Re: NBA Season 2023-24
« Reply #1503 on: December 15, 2023, 09:48:03 PM »

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Pacers have come crashing back down to earth getting smoked by the Wizards tonight

Fans are critizising the Pacers for not playing defense. No kidding. Giving up 137 points to the Wizards is impressive. Making Jordan Poole look like a star. That's sympathetic.
They haven't been playing defense the whole season.  Opponents are averaging 126 pts against them.  That's easily 2nd worst in the league behind Washington.  They aren't a playoff threat. 

Re: NBA Season 2023-24
« Reply #1504 on: December 15, 2023, 09:56:46 PM »

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Spurs about to end their 18 game losing streak with a win against the Lakers.  :D
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At some point you have to blame the performance on the court on the players on the court. Every loss is not the coach's fault and every win isn't because of the players.

Re: NBA Season 2023-24
« Reply #1505 on: December 15, 2023, 10:01:09 PM »

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IST Champion and runner-up lose to Spurs and Wiz tonight - two teams with combined 7 wins.  Lakers/Pacers 1-4 since Vegas. Celtics are 3-0.

Re: NBA Season 2023-24
« Reply #1506 on: December 15, 2023, 10:04:13 PM »

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IST Champion and runner-up lose to Spurs and Wiz tonight - two teams with combined 7 wins.  Lakers/Pacers 1-4 since Vegas. Celtics are 3-0.

Actually 4-0 - Knicks, Cavs x2, and now Orlando.
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Re: NBA Season 2023-24
« Reply #1507 on: December 15, 2023, 10:05:30 PM »

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IST Champion and runner-up lose to Spurs and Wiz tonight - two teams with combined 7 wins.  Lakers/Pacers 1-4 since Vegas. Celtics are 3-0.

Actually 4-0 - Knicks, Cavs x2, and now Orlando.

Oh yeah - thanks.

Re: NBA Season 2023-24
« Reply #1508 on: December 15, 2023, 10:08:10 PM »

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Hawks won against the Raptors by crashing the boards (60-38 in rebounds). Their whole starting frontcourt had a double-double (points and rebounds): Capela (18/15), Okongwu (14/11) and Bey (10/10). With one assist short, which would have been cool, their whole backcourt also would've had double-doubles: Murray (18/9) and Young (38/11).

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« Reply #1509 on: December 15, 2023, 10:39:47 PM »

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IST Champion and runner-up lose to Spurs and Wiz tonight - two teams with combined 7 wins.  Lakers/Pacers 1-4 since Vegas. Celtics are 3-0.

IST champs didn't have Anthony Davis tonight.

But still, you don't need Anthony Davis against a 3-20 team lol


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Re: NBA Season 2023-24
« Reply #1510 on: December 15, 2023, 11:21:39 PM »

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Hawks won against the Raptors by crashing the boards (60-38 in rebounds). Their whole starting frontcourt had a double-double (points and rebounds): Capela (18/15), Okongwu (14/11) and Bey (10/10). With one assist short, which would have been cool, their whole backcourt also would've had double-doubles: Murray (18/9) and Young (38/11).

Those are some pretty crazy stats.
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Re: NBA Season 2023-24
« Reply #1511 on: December 16, 2023, 01:56:38 AM »

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People say Dillon Brooks is a villain. I think the big villain is Draymond Green. Can't seem to get his name off the headlights.


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Re: NBA Season 2023-24
« Reply #1512 on: December 16, 2023, 07:31:37 AM »

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People say Dillon Brooks is a villain. I think the big villain is Draymond Green. Can't seem to get his name off the headlights.
I don't pay much attention but I can't recall any off-court incidents that Draymond has had.  If Draymond is controlling himself off-court, why can't he do so on-court?   

Re: NBA Season 2023-24
« Reply #1513 on: December 16, 2023, 07:53:08 AM »

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I don't think the Cavs have the right balance on their team yet particularly at their SF position with Strus, LeVert and Okoro. I consider all 3 to be wrong for this position.

Strus is a SG. Not a SF. He does not provide the wing defense or rebounding the Cavs need at SF alongside two small guards in the backcourt. It makes Cleveland too lightweight. Strus would be a good backup combo guard for CLE but not fit to be a starting SF.

LeVert is a nice player but he is fit dependent. He doesn't work everywhere. He has good ball skills but is a low efficiency player. This can work well on offensively limited teams who can get a positive value out of a player. On a team with a good offense, he is simply a drag. He requires too much time on the ball and too much shot attempts. This is true of his role in Cleveland. He also does not provide the wing defense they need. He would be better off elsewhere.

Okoro is the strong defensive wing & rebounder that Cleveland but his offensive game is too limited. He is a limited and unreliable floor spacer. A limited ball-handler and passer. He rates as one of the worst offensive players among starting SFs in the league. He is not fit to be a starter. He is closer to our Lamar Stevens than he is a starting SF.

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I would love to see Cleveland keep their nucleus together and concentrate on getting the right piece around their star players. Around Garland, D Mitchell, Mobley and J Allen. They have a nucleus there that can be a title contender but they do not have the right supporting cast in place for them to be a title contender. They are a non-contender, a pretender, as currently built.

Re: NBA Season 2023-24
« Reply #1514 on: December 16, 2023, 08:03:59 AM »

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People say Dillon Brooks is a villain. I think the big villain is Draymond Green. Can't seem to get his name off the headlights.
I don't pay much attention but I can't recall any off-court incidents that Draymond has had.  If Draymond is controlling himself off-court, why can't he do so on-court?   

He was arrested years ago for slapping a guy at a club, and he sent some pictures of his junk that went public.  That's all I recall.



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