NBA Season 2024-25

[SparzWizard]

Rockets are near unbeatable when Jalen Green plays like this.

35pts 6ast 4reb 3stl on 12-23 FGA including 7-16 3PTA with 4-5 FTAs.

Houston have 14 wins 1 loss on the season when Jalen Green gets them 30+pts. That scoring explosion they need alongside their top level defense & rebounding.

I sure hope this Jalen Green shows up next round against LAL. Esp now that Jimmy Buckets is injured, hard to see the Warriors win this series now

[A Future of Stevens]

Rockets look great when they can score.

[celticinorlando]

And Butler is hurt. Predictable.

[SHAQATTACK]

And Butler is hurt. Predictable.

Too many miles on that body .

[Donoghus]

And Butler is hurt. Predictable.

Too many miles on that body .

The irony is that Draymond was most responsible for it.

[Who]

Minny's newspaper Twin Cities with an article about Gobert's positive impact defensively in the first two games.

One thing has been consistently excellent for Minnesota through the first two games of its Western Conference quarterfinal series with the Los Angeles Lakers - the defensive end.

The Timberwolves are surrendering just 94.5 points per game. Defense is the primary reason Minnesota won Game 1 and was the sole reason the Wolves had a prayer at the end of Game 2.

Driving the bus on the defensive success - Rudy Gobert.

And yet the center keeps being framed as a liability in certain matchups in this series. Luka Doncic hit a ridiculously tough baseline jumper over Gobert in an isolation situation in the second quarter Tuesday in Los Angeles.

After the shot tickled the twine, Doncic turned to the Wolves' bench and signaled for Minnesota to sub out the center.

That's not likely to happen. Because while "SportsCenter" seemingly aired that Doncic play on a loop, and while the Lakers' home crowd came alive whenever Los Angeles got Gobert switched onto a perimeter player in isolation during the first two games of the series, the numbers suggest Gobert continues to hold his own.

The NBA's matchup data shows Lakers players are 8 for 29 from the field (28%) against Gobert thus far this series. Minnesota is giving up just 99 points per 100 possessions with Gobert on the floor, the team's best defensive rating through two games.

"So his impact on the floor remains pretty strong," Wolves coach Chris Finch said.

"He's doing a great job of just working and trying to force guys into tough reads, tough shots,? Wolves guard Mike Conley said. "Yeah, they're going to score every now and then. But he has done a really good job with just being active and trying to know everybody's tendencies when he is out there guarding those guys.

"We want to use him out there. For the most part, we're going to continue to try to game plan around it. And if he gets up in iso, we trust him and anybody else that's out there."

Gobert noted before the series started that he will get beat at times in isolation, and those plays will be clipped and widely shared on social media. But over a large sample size, he believes he'll win out.

[Birdman]

Look like Green push Thompson..Green dirty played backfire

[Phantom255x]

I'm actually laughing. Warriors fans online are crying about Amen Thompson, despite having Draymond on their own team 

[Who]

I was reading that Kris Dunn was ineligible to make the All-Defensive team despite playing 74 games. There is also a minutes stipulation for 20+min in 65 of them. He didn't make the minutes requirement.

Dunn had 5 games with 10-15min and another 12 games with between 17min - 19min30sec. I presume they round up. The league allows 2 games with 15+min if they have 20+min in all the other ones. This despite Dunn averaging 24.1mpg for the season. So well over the 20min mark on average (120%). But since he didn't have the i

I was reading that due to both the games played + the minutes stipulation, only 84 players cleared the requirement to be eligible for post-season awards this season. Roughly 15% of the league. Someone made a list of the 84 players who were eligible

https://fadeawayworld.net/nba-media/84-nba-players-eligible-awards-20-stars-ineligible


That is a bummer for Kris Dunn. I thought he had a strong case for a selection to one of the All-Defensive teams at guard. Terrific defender.

I did not know there was a minutes requirement on top of the games requirement to be eligible.

[Redz]

I was reading that Kris Dunn was ineligible to make the All-Defensive team despite playing 74 games. There is also a minutes stipulation for 20+min in 65 of them. He didn't make the minutes requirement.

Dunn had 5 games with 10-15min and another 12 games with between 17min - 19min30sec. I presume they round up. The league allows 2 games with 15+min if they have 20+min in all the other ones. This despite Dunn averaging 24.1mpg for the season. So well over the 20min mark on average (120%). But since he didn't have the i

I was reading that due to both the games played + the minutes stipulation, only 84 players cleared the requirement to be eligible for post-season awards this season. Roughly 15% of the league. Someone made a list of the 84 players who were eligible

https://fadeawayworld.net/nba-media/84-nba-players-eligible-awards-20-stars-ineligible


That is a bummer for Kris Dunn. I thought he had a strong case for a selection to one of the All-Defensive teams at guard. Terrific defender.

I did not know there was a minutes requirement on top of the games requirement to be eligible.

I've been pretty fascinated with his return to the league and finding himself a way to stick around after it looked like he'd washed out.  I give the guy a ton of credit for being honest enough to reinvest in himself in a way that could keep him employed and thriving in a role as opposed to the star player he must have once felt he would be as such a high pick.

[Vermont Green]

I was reading that Kris Dunn was ineligible to make the All-Defensive team despite playing 74 games. There is also a minutes stipulation for 20+min in 65 of them. He didn't make the minutes requirement.

Dunn had 5 games with 10-15min and another 12 games with between 17min - 19min30sec. I presume they round up. The league allows 2 games with 15+min if they have 20+min in all the other ones. This despite Dunn averaging 24.1mpg for the season. So well over the 20min mark on average (120%). But since he didn't have the i

I was reading that due to both the games played + the minutes stipulation, only 84 players cleared the requirement to be eligible for post-season awards this season. Roughly 15% of the league. Someone made a list of the 84 players who were eligible

https://fadeawayworld.net/nba-media/84-nba-players-eligible-awards-20-stars-ineligible


That is a bummer for Kris Dunn. I thought he had a strong case for a selection to one of the All-Defensive teams at guard. Terrific defender.

I did not know there was a minutes requirement on top of the games requirement to be eligible.

Interesting that Brown, Holiday, and Porzingis did not make the "cut".  I get what they are trying to do with this, but having a hard limit does not seem to be working as intended.  Not sure the answer.

[Redz]

I was reading that Kris Dunn was ineligible to make the All-Defensive team despite playing 74 games. There is also a minutes stipulation for 20+min in 65 of them. He didn't make the minutes requirement.

Dunn had 5 games with 10-15min and another 12 games with between 17min - 19min30sec. I presume they round up. The league allows 2 games with 15+min if they have 20+min in all the other ones. This despite Dunn averaging 24.1mpg for the season. So well over the 20min mark on average (120%). But since he didn't have the i

I was reading that due to both the games played + the minutes stipulation, only 84 players cleared the requirement to be eligible for post-season awards this season. Roughly 15% of the league. Someone made a list of the 84 players who were eligible

https://fadeawayworld.net/nba-media/84-nba-players-eligible-awards-20-stars-ineligible


That is a bummer for Kris Dunn. I thought he had a strong case for a selection to one of the All-Defensive teams at guard. Terrific defender.

I did not know there was a minutes requirement on top of the games requirement to be eligible.

Interesting that Brown, Holiday, and Porzingis did not make the "cut".  I get what they are trying to do with this, but having a hard limit does not seem to be working as intended.  Not sure the answer.

It would seem that a combo of the games played and an average of minutes played would protect the integrity enough.  The minimum eligible qualifying minutes seem unnecessary.

[Celtics2021]

I was reading that Kris Dunn was ineligible to make the All-Defensive team despite playing 74 games. There is also a minutes stipulation for 20+min in 65 of them. He didn't make the minutes requirement.

Dunn had 5 games with 10-15min and another 12 games with between 17min - 19min30sec. I presume they round up. The league allows 2 games with 15+min if they have 20+min in all the other ones. This despite Dunn averaging 24.1mpg for the season. So well over the 20min mark on average (120%). But since he didn't have the i

I was reading that due to both the games played + the minutes stipulation, only 84 players cleared the requirement to be eligible for post-season awards this season. Roughly 15% of the league. Someone made a list of the 84 players who were eligible

https://fadeawayworld.net/nba-media/84-nba-players-eligible-awards-20-stars-ineligible


That is a bummer for Kris Dunn. I thought he had a strong case for a selection to one of the All-Defensive teams at guard. Terrific defender.

I did not know there was a minutes requirement on top of the games requirement to be eligible.

Interesting that Brown, Holiday, and Porzingis did not make the "cut".  I get what they are trying to do with this, but having a hard limit does not seem to be working as intended.  Not sure the answer.

It would seem that a combo of the games played and an average of minutes played would protect the integrity enough.  The minimum eligible qualifying minutes seem unnecessary.

I would just make it a season total of minutes, rather than this game/minutes combo.  2000 minutes is approximately half the minutes available to any player (82 games x 48 minutes = 1968), and if you?re playing less than half the time you aren?t eligible for a season-long award.  Availability should matter, as should the acknowledgement that it is easier to play aggressive defense for 15 minutes a night than 25-30 minutes a night.

This year that would have made 91 players eligible, including guys like JB and Franz Wagner.

[keevsnick]

Interesting note, through two games the C's are only averaging 106 ppg. But that's largely just becasue the games have been very slow, very low possession games. The C's offensive rating through two games is 120.5 which is the 3rd best of the 16 playoff teams.

[Celtics2021]

Interesting note, through two games the C's are only averaging 106 ppg. But that's largely just becasue the games have been very slow, very low possession games. The C's offensive rating through two games is 120.5 which is the 3rd best of the 16 playoff teams.

I believe the Celtics and Magic were 29th and 30th in pace this year, so it is not surprising the games have so few possessions.