NBA Season 2016-2017

[jpotter33]

The lakers are good. Crazy.

Better than last year? Sure. They are lottery team again tho. LeBron has to be licking his chops watching the Warriors play. Man they are all about the 3 ball now. The ball doesn't move towards the paint.

Yeah, I noticed that, too. Last year there were at least times of inside-out basketball and/or penetration and looking for layups, but it's just perimeter pass to perimeter pass to three point shot anymore.

[CelticSooner]

If I were a betting man I would put heavy money on a Spurs/Cavs Finals matchup.

[alldaboston]

The lakers are good. Crazy.

Better than last year? Sure. They are lottery team again tho. LeBron has to be licking his chops watching the Warriors play. Man they are all about the 3 ball now. The ball doesn't move towards the paint.

Hmm, let's see.

If LarBrd is the Philly lover/defender on here, I have to admit, I'm the Lakers lover/defender. I love how they play. I love most of their young players. I wanna play them in the Finals soon. It would be a great series.

[CelticSooner]

The lakers are good. Crazy.

Better than last year? Sure. They are lottery team again tho. LeBron has to be licking his chops watching the Warriors play. Man they are all about the 3 ball now. The ball doesn't move towards the paint.

Hmm, let's see.

If LarBrd is the Philly lover/defender on here, I have to admit, I'm the Lakers lover/defender. I love how they play. I love most of their young players. I wanna play them in the Finals soon. It would be a great series.

They definitely have some nice young players but unless Walton is the next great young coach it's going to take them at least another year or two.

[SparzWizard]

Luke Walton outcoaching Steve Kerr seemed like a fun sight.

[LakersFan_33]

What's funny is that with all of our players, the player most other teams would want the most is Nance.

[kraidstar]

They may not be championship contenders but... who would have thought The Mavs and Wizards would be contesting the 76ers for last team in the NBA to win a game?

Mavs are looking like the team I'd hoped they'd be last year 

[Endless Paradise]

They may not be championship contenders but... who would have thought The Mavs and Wizards would be contesting the 76ers for last team in the NBA to win a game?

Hell, Pelicans are down 3 in OT in New Orleans to Phoenix. If they lose this one, they'll be 0-6.

I'm really praying for the totally unrealistic scenario that the Pelicans are bad enough that Davis just ultimately wants out of New Orleans.

The scenario that the Pelicans are bad enough that Davis tries to force a trade isn't unrealistic.

What's unrealistic is that the Pelicans would even humor a trade demand at this point; he's signed for four more years.  It's the same reason the Kings have taken their sweet time to entertain any Boogie trades.

[tazzmaniac]

The lakers are good. Crazy.

Better than last year? Sure. They are lottery team again tho. LeBron has to be licking his chops watching the Warriors play. Man they are all about the 3 ball now. The ball doesn't move towards the paint.

Hmm, let's see.

If LarBrd is the Philly lover/defender on here, I have to admit, I'm the Lakers lover/defender. I love how they play. I love most of their young players. I wanna play them in the Finals soon. It would be a great series.

You must be closing your eyes when they play defense.   

[tazzmaniac]

What's funny is that with all of our players, the player most other teams would want the most is Nance.

Not me,  I want Ingram.  If I were the Sixers, I would have offered Okafor (or Noel) and their 1st back for Ingram.   

[jpotter33]

Some more interesting games to watch tonight:

Chicago at Indiana - Perhaps Chicago can pull another one out to further show Bird how much he needs to trade George to us for assets/players that better fit Turner's timeline 

Sacramento at Milwaukee - Already 2-4 with Boogie already showing plenty of signs of frustration with his team/teammates, and they have an extremely rough next 10 games - @ MIL, @ TOR, vs NOP, vs LAL, @ POR, vs SAS, vs LAC, vs TOR, vs OKC, vs HOU. That's a pretty tough five game homestand that they might get swept on lol At best they're 5-11 after this stretch; at worst they're probably 3-13.

LA Clippers at San Antonio - Just a good game to watch

[LarBrd33]

You guys still don't think the Lakers are forreals? They're killing the Warriors of all teams lol.

They look scary good.

randle has Allstar potential.  Russell and ingram have superstar potential.  Am I wrong or would trading Jordan Clarkson for nerlens Noel be a great move for both teams?  Noel would be a perfect fit for the Lakers next to randle.  Clarkson could play point for the 76ers and eventually transition to off-ball shooter when Ben Simmons arrives.

[LarBrd33]

My God.... Embiid just LeBron-Blocked LeBron.

https://twitter.com/CSNPhilly/status/795044484417368064

It hit the backboard, though... should have been a goaltend. 

[jpotter33]

You guys still don't think the Lakers are forreals? They're killing the Warriors of all teams lol.

They look scary good.

randle has Allstar potential.  Russell and ingram have superstar potential.  Am I wrong or would trading Jordan Clarkson for nerlens Noel be a great move for both teams?  Noel would be a perfect fit for the Lakers next to randle.  Clarkson could play point for the 76ers and eventually transition to off-ball shooter when Ben Simmons arrives.

Would be good for both teams, but I doubt the Lakers would ultimately do it without more added to the pot.

[jpotter33]

Pacers stomping the Bulls in Indy. Second night of a back to back for the Bulls. Wade looks tired, and obviously their shooting has dramatically dropped from the start of the season.

I ultimately think they'll compete for one of the last playoff spots in the East, but they're not going to be toward the top of the conference like many pundits and fans were claiming after their hot start.

Hopefully we avoid them in the first round, because they'll definitely be a tough playoff out. I'd love for them to play Cleveland in the first round and give them a good run. They're actually set-up pretty well to defend Cleveland; the question will be whether or not they can score and shoot consistently.