NBA Week 3 Thread

[stewie griffen]

take that for data

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Is it just me or has Josh Giddey regressed/gone backwards this season ? (granted I haven't seen many OKC games tbh)

 

[stewie griffen]

Wyd Phoenix

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Phoenix Suns - most mentally soft team in the NBA.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Credit where credit is due, LeBron was fantastic and literally willed the Lakers over the line..

He is far from a spent force (unfortunately)

 

[peternorth]

Not over yet. If anyone can beat the Lakers its Vogel

 

[peternorth]

Phoenix Suns - most mentally soft team in the NBA.

Not over yet.

 

[peternorth]

Lakers win! Wow! What a game!

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Not over yet.

Yes it is. Anyhow I forgot for a second they were without Booker, so it was an unnecessarily harsh assessment of mine.

AD came good when they needed him, D Lo Contributed and of course LeBron was amazing. Great win by the Lakers all things considered (Ham did outcoach Vogel I feel in the final quarter)

Suns and their lack of quality interior defensive presence came back to haunt them.

Lakers have the contracts and cap space to trade for another proven scorer like Pascal Siakam, or even Malcolm Brogdon, if you can pull that off, you definitely are a legit title contender again.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Is it just me or has Josh Giddey regressed/gone backwards this season ? (granted I haven't seen many OKC games tbh)

Chet taking the defensive boards from him which is lowering his touches. Not a fan of Charlotte this way either. Need the PGs to clean up the defensive board to pitch some touchdown passes to a few under the basket

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Not sure if it's been that long, but the Rox have been refreshingly fun to watch and a breath of fresh air this season..

 

[LukeHodge15]

At this point I wouldn't trade AD for Luke Kornet. Another soft, lazy and inefficient first half for The Brow

Geez ur same old same old takes shit canning the Lakers gets so old every time you post. Give it a rest ffs

 

[Son of Skeletor]

Did Definitely-Not-Prousty already get himself suspended again?

Bless his cotton socks.

Chet taking the defensive boards from him which is lowering his touches. Not a fan of Charlotte this way either. Need the PGs to clean up the defensive board to pitch some touchdown passes to a few under the basket

Not sure that's it, they're playing the exact same pace and he's shooting the exact same number of shots as last season, he's just shooting really poorly.

Also they've pretty much been the worst rebounding team in the league over that time, so the team's not rebounding enough, far from squabbling over the rebounds they get. Holmgren is really impressive offensively, but to the naked eye he needs to work on boxing out and/or bulking up a bit.

 

[BeinPurplenGreen]

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Im surprised someone has to tell Ty Lue that a Westbrook/Harden backcourt wont work in 2023. Why is this a shock to him exactly?

Move Westbrook to the bench immediately

 

[Toffee Lion]

Bucks are so disappointing this season. Crap HC, Dame injured and Middleton looks hella washed.

At least Giannis is locked away and we can get trade value when he demands a trade.

Just such a boring team now. I miss the late 10’s, early 20’s Bucks team with Holiday and Bud.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Bucks are so disappointing this season. Crap HC, Dame injured and Middleton looks hella washed.

At least Giannis is locked away and we can get trade value when he demands a trade.

Just such a boring team now. I miss the late 10’s, early 20’s Bucks team with Holiday and Bud.

Something really iffy was coming from Milwaukee days before the season starting with Terry Stotts quitting as an assistant.

Anyhow the season is way too early to write the Bucks off, your once lauded defence is really struggling so far (Jrue obviously a big loss)

 

[Toffee Lion]

Something really iffy was coming from Milwaukee days before the season starting with Terry Stotts quitting as an assistant.

Anyhow the season is way too early to write the Bucks off, your once lauded defence is really struggling so far (Jrue obviously a big loss)

Not writing them off but Dame/Giannis hasn’t really worked so far and I’m not a Griffin fan at all. Dude just looks so out of his depth.

Downgraded at the coach position and gave up on a defensive PG who can allow Giannis to control the ball. I think a lot of Bucks fans saw Dame coming and expected it to paper over the cracks but so far there’s no paper and all cracks.

Move on Griffin ASAP and maybe clear some bench depth for an upgraded starter.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Not writing them off but Dame/Giannis hasn’t really worked so far and I’m not a Griffin fan at all. Dude just looks so out of his depth.

Downgraded at the coach position and gave up on a defensive PG who can allow Giannis to control the ball. I think a lot of Bucks fans saw Dame coming and expected it to paper over the cracks but so far there’s no paper and all cracks.

Move on Griffin ASAP and maybe clear some bench depth for an upgraded starter.

Giannis shooting F/T's like Shaq so far this season doesn't help either.

Don't like him, but I feel like the Bucks are missing Grayson Allen and the energy he brought to your team.

 

[Toffee Lion]

Giannis shooting F/T's like Shaq so far this season doesn't help either.

Don't like him, but I feel like the Bucks are missing Grayson Allen and the energy he brought to your team.

Meh, Allen was a liability in the playoffs and not great defensively.

Biggest issue right now is our head coach is probably the worst in the league and our two superstars aren’t meshing as comfortably as people predicted.

Get a head coach with real experience who can fix our defensive woes and help make Giannis/Dame work together and we’ll be a threat again.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Jaylen Brown got his mojo back ! Really fun to watch

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Raptors need to blow it up ASAP/tank or run the risk of being in treadmill/NBA purgatory hell for years to come, like the Wizards and now Chicago.

Unfortunately Spurs have their first round (likely lotto) pick this season unless they luck out and finish in the top 6.

I don't think Scottie Barnes can ever be a franchise player/number 1 option on a team either. Raptors Organisation and fans are overrating him from that perspective.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Jaylen Brown needs to be in this season's dunk contest. Give the contest some prestige again

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Okay Joe, pull the starters out now !

We enjoyed the Jays Show but it's a back to back and up by 30.

 

[Memphis]

Up by 27 and joe calls for a review omg that is embarrassing lmao.