2024 NBA Season and Playoffs

[Who]

DEN, MIN and NOP are the three most impressive teams in the West thus far.

[Birdman]

I am happy to see Max Christie start at SG for LAL. It doesn't look like he played that well but I like him as a part time starter (16-22mpg) at SG if Austin Reaves continues to come off the bench.

Gabe Vincent is a strong alternative. Start Gabe and D Russell together in the backcourt. Go with two combo guards. That is probably their best option if they want to go with Reaves as a 6th man.

I have not liked LAL's bigger lineups where they have played a SF like Cam Reddish at SG. Not enough ball-handling, passing or shooting. Too deficient in each of those areas. Also in speed & quickness.

Dont ever be happy for any Laker player lol..want them lose every game

[Birdman]

Popovich gotta get lot of blow back..if I was there, I would boo louder, fans pay money so there right to boo & cheer in any sport

[Phantom255x]

Suns are starting to figure it out. 5 straight wins. If they can get Beal back and stay mostly healthy they'll be the best team or 2nd best in the West for sure.

Clippers have also won 3 straight and are finding their groove a bit.

[Vermont Green]

Suns are starting to figure it out. 5 straight wins. If they can get Beal back and stay mostly healthy they'll be the best team or 2nd best in the West for sure.

Clippers have also won 3 straight and are finding their groove a bit.

I noticed that the Suns had 52 FTA!  52 to GSW 29.  What a crazy disparity.  Couldn't have been a fun game to watch with all the whistles.

So long as Durant is healthy, Durant + Booker is enough to keep the Suns in the hunt.  I am not sure how much Beal is going to add at this point.  I never liked the fit in any case.

Also, aren't Durant and Booker more or less parallel to Tatum and Brown as a top 2?  Basically a forward'ish wing and a guard'ish wing?  If Durant and Booker can figure it out, why do some people think Tatum and Brown can't?

[cman88]

And why wouldn't spurs fans be allowed to boo Kawhi?

He literally sat out a season totally healthy for no reason at all just to push himself out of town. Killed his trade value so spurs couldn't get much for him and left the team in ruins. Their plan was to build around him.

Imagine Brad coming out at half court and telling the garden not to boo Kyrie? Or nick nurse telling Philly fans not to boo Harden?

Sometimes I think pop comes off like a know it all think he's better than everyone else.

[RodyTur10]

Suns are starting to figure it out. 5 straight wins. If they can get Beal back and stay mostly healthy they'll be the best team or 2nd best in the West for sure.

Clippers have also won 3 straight and are finding their groove a bit.

I noticed that the Suns had 52 FTA!  52 to GSW 29.  What a crazy disparity.  Couldn't have been a fun game to watch with all the whistles.

So long as Durant is healthy, Durant + Booker is enough to keep the Suns in the hunt.  I am not sure how much Beal is going to add at this point.  I never liked the fit in any case.

Also, aren't Durant and Booker more or less parallel to Tatum and Brown as a top 2?  Basically a forward'ish wing and a guard'ish wing?  If Durant and Booker can figure it out, why do some people think Tatum and Brown can't?

Booker is a better playmaker than Tatum and Durant is a better playmaker than Brown. Also Durant is much more efficient as a scorer than Brown as a secondary option. If both Booker and Durant are healthy the Suns are dangerous to any team. They are much more complementary than Tatum and Brown. However Beal is superfluous as a starter. Their challenge lays on the defensive end. The Celtics have more balance.

So in short the comparison to make here is Tatum/Brown vs Booker/Beal. In both cases it's difficult for the secondary (or third option so you will considering Porzingis and Durant as more efficient volume scorers) guy to add a lot of value with the style they're used to playing. The optimistic part is that Brown has the size, athletic ability and versatility as tools to change his game a bit and become a more integral part of the team.

[Phantom255x]

Wow I didn’t realize but while it’s a 4-way tie at 10-5, Orlando is considered the 2nd best team in the East now. Good start for them this season and I also think they’ll be a playoff team

Big game against them tomorrow night with the tournament as well

[Birdman]

Orlando done a great job of drafting & signing the right players to that team

[RPGenerate]

Anyone hearing this stuff about Josh Giddey and an underaged girl? What the hell, man. So weird.

[Phantom255x]

Anyone hearing this stuff about Josh Giddey and an underaged girl? What the hell, man. So weird.

Yeah, Wander Franco. Now this guy? Yikes. What a way to throw your careers away too

[Donoghus]

Anyone hearing this stuff about Josh Giddey and an underaged girl? What the hell, man. So weird.

Yeah, Wander Franco. Now this guy? Yikes. What a way to throw your careers away too

Based on what I’ve seen & read, he might be going to jail

[Moranis]

seems like he met her at a club. 

[Phantom255x]

Anyone hearing this stuff about Josh Giddey and an underaged girl? What the hell, man. So weird.

Yeah, Wander Franco. Now this guy? Yikes. What a way to throw your careers away too

Based on what I’ve seen & read, he might be going to jail

The age of consent in Oklahoma is 16. The girl is 15, though it's also not explicitly known when those pics/vids were taken so it could have even been earlier. It definitely looks like Giddey though, unless there's actually someone who looks just like him. I'm sure they're investigating and finding more information as not many major news outlets have talked about this, but yeah it doesn't look good at all IF this is true. I wonder if he could try to act like he didn't know her true age, but then again most of her social media according to reports actually show her still in high school with posts from there so...

[Ed Monix]

The best players in the NBA this season according to Hoops Hype ratings.