NBA Season 2024-25

[SparzWizard]

Lakers and LeBron still looking sneakily good and Davis playing at an MVP level...top 3 team in the West. Hanging around with the bloodbath West; they're hungry for #18.

Also trying to prove, like their LA counterpart, the Dodgers, that they can win outside of a pandemic.

[trickybilly]

Lakers and LeBron still looking sneakily good and Davis playing at an MVP level...top 3 team in the West. Hanging around with the bloodbath West; they're hungry for #18.

Also trying to prove, like their LA counterpart, the Dodgers, that they can win outside of a pandemic.

Helps that Knect is playing like a pro.

[Birdman]

Lakers and LeBron still looking sneakily good and Davis playing at an MVP level...top 3 team in the West. Hanging around with the bloodbath West; they're hungry for #18.

Also trying to prove, like their LA counterpart, the Dodgers, that they can win outside of a pandemic.

They be fighting for a playoff spot at season end?both will get tired and injured at some point

[Larry for 3]

lol @ the Lakers. Not impressed @ all. They don?t have a snowballs chance vs any1 in the top tier of the west like OkC. Sure as long as Davis plays like that they can beat lesser teams but come on now. Look at all their wins. None vs any true contenders. Unless you want to count Minnesota and that was opening night. I don?t count that. Nothing to see here.

[tazzmaniac]

D Fox has 26pts at halftime against Utah after droppin 60pts the night before.

No D Sabonis. No DeRozan. No M Monk.

Update: Fox is up to 44pts in the closing minutes. 104 points in two games.

Update: Now 107pts in two games. Kobe Bryant apparently holds the record at 110pts according to the commentators. How doesn't Wilt have this record with his 100pt game? That doesn't make sense to me.

The 107pts in two games is a Kings franchise record. More than Oscar Robertson or Tiny Archibald.

Make that 48pts for 108pts in two games for D Fox. Game over.

He became the second Sacramento player to score at least 100 points in a two-game span, with the other being DeMarcus Cousins in 2016 when he scored 104. Fox is just the third player in NBA history to score at least 109 over two days, joining Kobe Bryant (2007) and Wilt Chamberlain (17 different times).

[Goldstar88]

For all Giannis great stats, it doesn't translate well to wins. I don't mean to go as far as empty stats. Not by any means. But more like they are 70-80% of what you would expect rather than 100%.

I have always thought Giannis is a difficult player to play with because of how much he likes to handle the ball and attack by drives from the perimeter (so on-ball threat) and also how badly he plays off-ball away from the basket with his inability to make jump-shots.

Budenholzer was the best thing to ever happen to Giannis. He built the entire offense around both his strengths and to limit his weaknesses. It has not worked as well since Budenholzer left / Lillard joined. It also was hard to make work prior to Budenholzer with Giannis' earlier teams which all underachieved. As are his teams post-Budenholzer.

I mean, look at his stats. He is putting up a league leading 33ppg on 61% FG%. He is getting to the foul line 10 times a game on 21 shot attempts. He has a TS% of 63%. He is 5th in the league at rebounding with 12.1rpg. He averages 5.5apg which must be among the league leaders at his position at PF. He is a strong defensive player. These are prime-Shaq type numbers but no prime-Shaq level impact.

It just feels less impactful than a guy should be who is putting up numbers like this.

He?s like a PF version of prime Russell Westbrook.

[DefenseWinsChamps]

For all Giannis great stats, it doesn't translate well to wins. I don't mean to go as far as empty stats. Not by any means. But more like they are 70-80% of what you would expect rather than 100%.

I have always thought Giannis is a difficult player to play with because of how much he likes to handle the ball and attack by drives from the perimeter (so on-ball threat) and also how badly he plays off-ball away from the basket with his inability to make jump-shots.

Budenholzer was the best thing to ever happen to Giannis. He built the entire offense around both his strengths and to limit his weaknesses. It has not worked as well since Budenholzer left / Lillard joined. It also was hard to make work prior to Budenholzer with Giannis' earlier teams which all underachieved. As are his teams post-Budenholzer.

I mean, look at his stats. He is putting up a league leading 33ppg on 61% FG%. He is getting to the foul line 10 times a game on 21 shot attempts. He has a TS% of 63%. He is 5th in the league at rebounding with 12.1rpg. He averages 5.5apg which must be among the league leaders at his position at PF. He is a strong defensive player. These are prime-Shaq type numbers but no prime-Shaq level impact.

It just feels less impactful than a guy should be who is putting up numbers like this.

He?s like a PF version of prime Russell Westbrook.

A few things on this:

1. That's more of a compliment to Westbrook than it is a diss to Giannis. I've always thought their play style was similar. The difference is that style and attack points are are better as a forward than a guard. When the Rockets played Westbrook as a small-ball forward, he had a very positive impact.

2. The idea that Giannis' stats don't translate to winning is silly. He's been in the league for  12 years, and his prime years have always been on good teams. Could it be that the organization is at fault? Lillard hasn't played winning basketball in several years. They have no young talent. Middleton is always injured. And Lopez was heading toward a Kornet-type of a role after his stint with the Lakers a several years back until Bud found a role that worked for him. That team is without talent.

[Who]

Bam shooting almost 3 threes per game to start the year. He is only shooting around 30% but looks like he is going for it. Shot it well for Team USA in the summer.

9-29 from three in 12 games.

By the way, those new Indiana jerseys are horrendous.

[Phantom255x]

Looks like it'll be a fireworks-filled Tuesday night. Celtics vs. undefeated Cavs at TD Garden

[SparzWizard]

Looks like it'll be a fireworks-filled Tuesday night. Celtics vs. undefeated Cavs at TD Garden

Cavs are probably gonna be favored at the Garden

[Goldstar88]

Looks like it'll be a fireworks-filled Tuesday night. Celtics vs. undefeated Cavs at TD Garden

Cavs are probably gonna be favored at the Garden

 

[SparzWizard]

Hm. The Kansas City Chiefs won 15 in a row before losing to Buffalo today.

Cavs are currently 15-0 and are headed to Boston.

Could be a sign for things to come folks.

[radiohead]

Looks like it'll be a fireworks-filled Tuesday night. Celtics vs. undefeated Cavs at TD Garden

Cavs are probably gonna be favored at the Garden

 

It?s Boston -4 at the moment.

[LatterDayCelticsfan]

How long till Doc Rivers gets thrown under the bus?

[angryguy77]

How long till Doc Rivers gets thrown under the bus?

At this rate it's going to be a steamroller.