NBA Season 2016-2017

[celticsclay]

Lakers win without Russell over Hawks back into tied for 8th. We are getting close to 25% of way into season now

[jpotter33]

Lakers win without Russell over Hawks back into tied for 8th. We are getting close to 25% of way into season now

Lakers being a playoff contender is good for us, because A) it means Philly doesn't get another high pick from them, B) it means yet another team in front of Sacramento in the playoff race, and C) it means they don't get their pick.

[celticsclay]

Lakers win without Russell over Hawks back into tied for 8th. We are getting close to 25% of way into season now

Lakers being a playoff contender is good for us, because A) it means Philly doesn't get another high pick from them, B) it means yet another team in front of Sacramento in the playoff race, and C) it means they don't get their pick.

i said this in another thread, but I kind of think the Kings bottoming out is a dream. They play the Suns,lakers,nuggets, mavs, wolves, Pelicans, nets and 76ers 28 times (plus the other weaker eastern teams like wizards, magic etc. 38 wins keeps you in playoff contention deep into the season with how the west looks. You really think they bail on the season in a new arena a few games out of a playoff spot?

[Csfan1984]

Lakers win without Russell over Hawks back into tied for 8th. We are getting close to 25% of way into season now

Lakers being a playoff contender is good for us, because A) it means Philly doesn't get another high pick from them, B) it means yet another team in front of Sacramento in the playoff race, and C) it means they don't get their pick.

i said this in another thread, but I kind of think the Kings bottoming out is a dream. They play the Suns,lakers,nuggets, mavs, wolves, Pelicans, nets and 76ers 28 times (plus the other weaker eastern teams like wizards, magic etc. 38 wins keeps you in playoff contention deep into the season with how the west looks. You really think they bail on the season in a new arena a few games out of a playoff spot?

No but they should. No way can Kings compete with Warriors, Spurs, and Clippers. Then Lakers and Wolves already have a jump on them in rebuilding. They are screwed unless they can pull off a Spurs tank job for the second pick. They need another star to compete.

[CroCorvus]

Funny stats of the night:

Aaron Gordon went 0 from 12 scoring zero points and his team lost.

Clips turned the ball over 11x in the first quarter (20 total) and lost by 20 to Indy.

[LooseCannon]

Lakers win without Russell over Hawks back into tied for 8th. We are getting close to 25% of way into season now

Lakers being a playoff contender is good for us, because A) it means Philly doesn't get another high pick from them, B) it means yet another team in front of Sacramento in the playoff race, and C) it means they don't get their pick.

i said this in another thread, but I kind of think the Kings bottoming out is a dream. They play the Suns,lakers,nuggets, mavs, wolves, Pelicans, nets and 76ers 28 times (plus the other weaker eastern teams like wizards, magic etc. 38 wins keeps you in playoff contention deep into the season with how the west looks. You really think they bail on the season in a new arena a few games out of a playoff spot?

No but they should. No way can Kings compete with Warriors, Spurs, and Clippers. Then Lakers and Wolves already have a jump on them in rebuilding. They are screwed unless they can pull off a Spurs tank job for the second pick. They need another star to compete.

I think the Kings are the sort of franchise that should just care about maximizing their playoff appearances and not be focused on contending for a title.  I'm not sure that hanging onto Cousins helps that lower goal.

[tazzmaniac]

Lakers win without Russell over Hawks back into tied for 8th. We are getting close to 25% of way into season now

Lakers being a playoff contender is good for us, because A) it means Philly doesn't get another high pick from them, B) it means yet another team in front of Sacramento in the playoff race, and C) it means they don't get their pick.

The Lakers will also lose their 2019 1st (rather than two 2nds) is they don't end up with a top 3 pick this season.   

[green_bballers13]

Funny stats of the night:

Aaron Gordon went 0 from 12 scoring zero points and his team lost.

Clips turned the ball over 11x in the first quarter (20 total) and lost by 20 to Indy.

I never got the allure of Aaron Gordon. People were convinced that he was a Shawn Marion type talent who was super athletic. While he may be that, he doesn't seem like a very good basketball player. I wasn't impressed by him at Arizona, and he doesn't seem like he's going to move the needle for Orlando. Did they acquire Ibaka and Biyombo for mentorship, or is there a chance that Orlando already notices Gordon's limitations?

[tazzmaniac]

Lakers win without Russell over Hawks back into tied for 8th. We are getting close to 25% of way into season now

Second time they've beaten the Hawks.  With Young, Williams and Clarkson, Russell being out doesn't really hurt them.  Their defense is still poor but they've got quite a lot of offensive firepower.  Definitely playing better than I expected.  Walton deserves a lot credit.  If they make the playoffs, he ought to get coach of the year. 

[LatterDayCelticsfan]

With approximately 20% of games played. Gay and Airasian say this is a big enough sample to be representative my observations

- Chicago are a legit playoff team
- Toronto have been sucked into the quagmire in the middle of the Eastern Conference playoff seeds
- Lakers just needed better coaching
- Dallas' instant gratification approach in free a has caught up with them

[ayer]

With approximately 20% of games played. Gay and Airasian say this is a big enough sample to be representative my observations

- Chicago are a legit playoff team
- Toronto have been sucked into the quagmire in the middle of the Eastern Conference playoff seeds
- Lakers just needed better coaching
- Dallas' instant gratification approach in free a has caught up with them

I maybe reading this wrong but I thought Lakers is doing fine with current coach compared to wolves.

[ederson]

I think it means that the lakers last year had a decent roster and all they needed was better coaching which they got in walton

[LatterDayCelticsfan]

I think it means that the lakers last year had a decent roster and all they needed was better coaching which they got in walton

Byron Scott as coach is a tanking move 7 days a week and twice on sunday

[jpotter33]

Potentially Celtics related news. Drummond just got ejected for a flagrant 2 foul on hibbert for elbowing him in the back of the head. I'm guessing there will also be a game suspension for him, and we play Detroit tomorrow.

[SHAQATTACK]

Automatic suspension for Drummond