2024 NBA Season and Playoffs

[radiohead]

Wow, Denver is also losing big to Minny.

[trickybilly]

Lol, Denis Schroeder v Lillard early in 4th: 11 assists, 9/13, 24 points

[jpotter33]

Milwaukee let Toronto get 130....

[DefenseWinsChamps]

Memphis down 25 points in the second quarter. I'm not trying to dog Smart too much, but you'd think a guy who won the defensive MVP two years ago, a guy who can run an offense credibly, a guy who was supposedly the leader of a contending team for years, could stabilize this freefall.

[blink]

Milwaukee let Toronto get 130....

Giannis and Lillard with a combined 31 points.  Those two guys need to bring it EVERY night for the bucks or I guess this happens.

[jpotter33]

Yeesh, Heat got beat at home by the Nets tonight, too, even with 30 from Herro. Denver on their way to a first loss, too. Good night for us. Throw a Dallas loss in there, too, and it'd be perfect.

Memphis down big yet again. Man, they're a mess right now. Poor Smart.

[SHAQATTACK]

Heat fans want to blow up the team.

Trade all assets for Brogdon…..LOL

1-4 ……LOL

Punks

[Celtics Mike]

I see Raptors destroyed Bucks in the paint. The Giannis Dame partnership still having teething problems

[tazzmaniac]

I see Raptors destroyed Bucks in the paint. The Giannis Dame partnership still having teething problems

It has only been a few games.  Much harder to integrate a player like Dame than a player like Jrue.  They'll start playing better but I do think they are more likely to be 2nd tier in the East with the Sixers than 1st tier with the Celts. 

[CelticSooner]

Memphis down 25 points in the second quarter. I'm not trying to dog Smart too much, but you'd think a guy who won the defensive MVP two years ago, a guy who can run an offense credibly, a guy who was supposedly the leader of a contending team for years, could stabilize this freefall.

Smart isn’t that guy, he’s a role player. That team has bigger problems than him though. Chris Vernon will keep saying the opposite though lol

[jpotter33]

Of course you couldn’t count on the Bulls. Blowing the game to the Mavs at the end 🙄

[SparzWizard]

Lakers hanging on with the Clippers. AD 20 and LeBron 21pts so far.

[ozgod]

It's still very early. Perhaps Milwaukee's offense comes around to make up for the defensive deficiencies, particularly on the perimeter. But I don't think there's any fixing the perimeter defense issues, which is a killer in today's NBA. But even offensively, it's still not a natural fit with both players needing the ball in their hands and Giannis being a non-shooter.

Miami was clearly a better fit for Lillard, as they could better cover for his weak perimeter defense.

I bet they wish they had a strong defensive guard, a guy like Holliday

I feel like  they signed Dame more to keep Giannis happy than to really improve the team...their offense improved but their defense got a lot worse, and I think it was a net loss. But Giannis demanded a major signing, the head of Bud wasn't enough.

Early days but it also looks like Griffin is struggling to find his feet, they have a new team and new staff

[ozgod]

Of course you couldn’t count on the Bulls. Blowing the game to the Mavs at the end 🙄

They may blow up that team at the deadline, maybe we can get a piece or two, we do have some tradable pieces for our bench

[ozgod]

Memphis down 25 points in the second quarter. I'm not trying to dog Smart too much, but you'd think a guy who won the defensive MVP two years ago, a guy who can run an offense credibly, a guy who was supposedly the leader of a contending team for years, could stabilize this freefall.

He's only one person and I think their issues right now go beyond what one person can fix