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Smellyhead
Jun 20, 2003
Cabbages smell funny too.
That Harden guy is kinda good huh.

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AggressivelyStupid
Jan 9, 2012


milquetoast rear end motherfucker

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/796551471529607168/video/1

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
Wolves got outscored in the 2nd half again, but got a huge lead in the 1st half to not make it matter.

Only they blown that kind of situation before, and it's really worrying. Is it an endurance thing?

milk milk lemonade
Jul 29, 2016
It's mostly the fact that they're just not that good and right now that fact is generally laid bare in the second half. They'll start losing games in first half too, just gotta wait for a bigger sample size

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

R.D. Mangles posted:

what did we do to deserve rajon rondo

They really can't keep playing him, right?

Bush Did Outer Heaven
Jan 18, 2005

The Sweetest Payne

Niwrad posted:

Is Hoiberg the worst coach in the league? I'm being serious here. I can't find a coach from another team that I wouldn't take over him.

nobody actually knows anything about brett brown, but he might be really bad.

Please Eat A Vegetable
Jun 26, 2002
Lord of Primate Booty

Shear Modulus posted:

hahahahaha


LeBron would have been a better candidate for President than Hillary

He would have carried OH and maybe FL...

Just crawling out of my hidey hole to discover that Embiid tweet and Stan rant. I love this league for so many reasons.

Cool Buff Man
Jul 30, 2006

bitch

Niwrad posted:

Is Hoiberg the worst coach in the league? I'm being serious here. I can't find a coach from another team that I wouldn't take over him.

Gentry doesn't seem so great either, but yeah Fred for sure baby

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


Niwrad posted:

They really can't keep playing him, right?

rondo's weaknesses:

guarding
switching
shooting
dribbling around the key 900 times and then passing up wide open layups to try to get ASSISTS
jacking dumb threes even though he can't shoot at all

strengths:

being an alpha
running the break
looking like a dang turtle

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

Tae posted:

Wolves got outscored in the 2nd half again, but got a huge lead in the 1st half to not make it matter.

Only they blown that kind of situation before, and it's really worrying. Is it an endurance thing?

I think it has a lot more to do with making adjustments and depth. That's mostly on the players, I think Thibs is getting them used to being coached as a veteran team.

Still, tonight was a win by 16 so the quarter by quarter numbers aren't that important.

Henchman of Santa
Aug 21, 2010

R.D. Mangles posted:

rondo's weaknesses:

guarding
switching
shooting
dribbling around the key 900 times and then passing up wide open layups to try to get ASSISTS
jacking dumb threes even though he can't shoot at all

strengths:

being an alpha
running the break
looking like a dang turtle

There are a lot of turtle men in the NBA but he looks more like Kif from Futurama

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

Please Eat A Vegetable posted:

He would have carried OH and maybe FL...

Local deplorable Florida native PFZ hates him so I think Florida gets routed. California would be in okay too.

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

For Wolves fans, the 62-win Bulls team in 2010-11 started off like 9-8. Takes a little while to learn his defensive system and for him to figure who will and won't run it properly. They'll have a top-10 defense by season's end. He's already made strides in that area from last year.

AggressivelyStupid
Jan 9, 2012

What is the first team all NBA turtle lineup?

Spite
Jul 27, 2001

Small chance of that...

AggressivelyStupid posted:

What is the first team all NBA turtle lineup?

Al Harrington for sure.

Also you missed Rajon's clearest strength: Connect 4.

Codependent Poster
Oct 20, 2003


Myles Turner is so fun to watch.

Also, Stan Van Gundy owns. I wish he were my coach.

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
Rockets are starting off the season pretty respectably aside from the defense.

It's early days yet, but Dekker's 3 point shot isn't half bad. He can't drive for poo poo at the NBA level though.

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


hoiberg looks exactly like the first sheriff's deputy to get eaten by the monster

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd

AggressivelyStupid posted:

What is the first team all NBA turtle lineup?

Melo at the 3 or the 4

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

Niwrad posted:

They really can't keep playing him, right?

I mean any coach with a spine wouldn't keep playing him so...


Gonna wait til Jimmy gives the OK to trade him.


Any decent point guards available on the trade market?

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun
Jim Harden: 24/15/12/1stl.

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


Dexo posted:

I mean any coach with a spine wouldn't keep playing him so...


Gonna wait til Jimmy gives the OK to trade him.


Any decent point guards available on the trade market?

Michael Carter-Williams

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

R.D. Mangles posted:

Michael Carter-Williams

oh gently caress right forgot about him.




When we get MCW back it's gonna be like acquiring a Rookie of the Year via trade.

Carlosologist
Oct 13, 2013

Revelry in the Dark

chunkles posted:

Jim Harden: 24/15/12/1stl.

PG Harden is an amazing fruitful experiment, that offense looks a lot cleaner without Dwight in the post

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003


1995 Dana Barros does have the third best shooting PG season ever. Behind 2015 and 2016 Curry.

euphronius posted:

Rod Strickland is still the best Washington pg ever

Most of the stats point to Gilbert Arenas as #1.

kiimo posted:

Kentucky fans ripped us for a year straight for comparing him to Hakeem.

DO YOU SEE IT NOW ASSHOLES

I'm waiting for a quadruple double.

Libertine posted:

Why are the Pacers so bad? I kind of expected them to be Top 4/5 in the East; however, they have a pretty poo poo record and point differential. Their schedule so far hasn't been insanely difficult either so.

I haven't seen them play yet this season, I'm genuinely curious what the deal is.

They don't have the greatest roster continuity from last year.

CRISPYBABY
Dec 15, 2007

by Reene

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Papercut posted:

Lillard has been finishing MUCH better at the rim this year than any previous year. Here's a graphic. Early of course, but it's still been really nice to see.

2015-16


2016-17


He's also currently 3rd in the league in free throw attempts and makes. He's playing his mind out (on offense at least!). It's fun to watch.

Lillard is the #1 scorer this year.


Justise Winslow is the #409 scorer.

EvanTH posted:

"how dare you"

"vote for me I'm better than the other guy"

Leading up to the 1828 election Andrew Jackson was calling John Quincy Adams a "pimp" because he was offering virgins to a visiting Russian czar. Andrew Jackson won.


The US Presidents 1 - 43:

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Papercut posted:

"Talk to my wife, I'm not allowed to talk about politics anymore." gently caress the gently caress off, Tom Brady.

gently caress yes, it's NBA season and and basketball is wonderful.

:lol:

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

R.D. Mangles posted:

Michael Carter-Williams

At least he will play some defense. I'd rather they just cut Rondo and let MCW/Dinwiddie play PG with Butler doing the same in stretches. The Bulls are actually not a bad team when you remove Rondo from the equation.

https://twitter.com/hungarianjordan/status/796515809053044738

ChickenMedium
Sep 2, 2001
Forum Veteran And Professor Emeritus of Condiment Studies

Niwrad posted:

At least he will play some defense. I'd rather they just cut Rondo and let MCW/Dinwiddie play PG with Butler doing the same in stretches. The Bulls are actually not a bad team when you remove Rondo from the equation.

I guess three Alphas is one Alpha too many.

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

McDermott's had one 3-pointer in his last 5 games. The guy can't defend at all. So how about running a play that gets him an open look? Hoiberg is just so clueless. Still can't figure out offensive/defensive subs late, still doesn't understand the NBA timeout rules, still doesn't understand anything about his personnel.

Cool Buff Man
Jul 30, 2006

bitch
https://twitter.com/BDawsonWrites/status/796398870448271360

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

37 points and 7 threes last night for Zach :allears:

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Minne has got a great young core and interesting veterans like Dunn and Rubio

I wonder if they are going to be .500 this year

MOVIE MAJICK
Jan 4, 2012

by Pragmatica

lol

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

euphronius posted:

Minne has got a great young core and interesting veterans like Dunn and Rubio

I wonder if they are going to be .500 this year

If Rubio can get back soon and survive any more hits put out on him then yeah, I think so. Also Tyus continues to get more minutes than Dunn :lol:

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.
James Posey my rear end.

Wiggins is TS% is 57% on almost 30% Usage. He is hitting 2 3s a game only take 3.1, meaning HE IS LEADING THE LEAGUE IN 3 POINT PERCENTAGE AT 63% (after 7 games). Please do not look at his rebounding or assist numbers, thanks.

LaVine is putting up some border-line all-star numbers to start the season as well, hitting 3 3s a game at 49%.

But, young team and things are taking a while to click. Nice to see blowouts in wins and close games in losses.

IcePhoenix posted:

If Rubio can get back soon and survive any more hits put out on him then yeah, I think so. Also Tyus continues to get more minutes than Dunn :lol:

Tyus has probably been the Timberwolves best point guard this year.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

I'd like to see minne go two point guard with kat at C but I don't think thibs rolls like that.

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Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

euphronius posted:

I'd like to see minne go two point guard with kat at C but I don't think thibs rolls like that.

If Rubio comes back they might, Dunn/Tyus makes no sense but Rubio/Tyus would or Rubio/Dunn sort of does if you want to try death by cutters with Wiggins and Shabazz. Brandon Rush has been total trash so Thibs might start getting creative.

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