2017-18 NBA REGULAR SEASON THREAD PART 1 ALL OF AMERICAS FAVORITE TEAMS ARE BACK

i think that's arguably not even a personal foul on melo. it was called a foul on nurkic on the floor then reversed and assessed a flagrant 2 in review. i was losing it, atrocious call, hope the league rescinds it entirely.

idk, i cant see why he would take the ball way out from the basket like that

he was trying to draw contact, i could see it being an offensive foul but a flagrant?

i assume the rationale was it looked like he moved his arms deliberately so that they got in the way of nurk's face, a foul sure but flagrant 2 is too much.

He's trying to go up and under a block attempt that ends up coming in at a weird angle but both their movements are totally normal they just happen to be on weird trajectories and Melos elbow ends up in his face. Melos not even looking that way so idk how that ends up a flagrant! If you green screened out nurkic melo would look exactly how he does on thousands of similar moves. Refs wilding out for sure

Yeah I don't get this pump fake = traveling thing either I think they're trying to crack down on the harden style get a man in the air and get fouled by leaning under him and throwing up a trash shot but they've overcorrected and destroyed a useful offensive move

i would need to see some examples but in theory i would be for calling more travels when ppl switch pivot feet on pump fakes

theyre calling it mostly on extremely minor and often phantom shuffles on the perimeter when guys pump in prelude to a drive, its pretty lame, tho one wld think its just one of those early season things theyll forget about

feel like theyve been calling that one super tight for the last couple years tbh. annoying, most of the time it's not a travel.

would much rather see them use that energy to watch the switching pivot feet kev mentions

just finished that hawks/cavs game and yeah, the cavs look atrocious. the hawks were just getting to the rim with no problems.

cavs are last in defensive efficiency, celtics are first

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i finally looked at what tpa is and its based on box plus/minus smh i still like the faces on the graphs tho

i was like how is jason tatum scoring 14 on 50/50/80 and grading out as average offensively... oh of course

i think the regression based BPM stats are legitimate if that's what TPA is

ah it's not

the appeal of the stat to end all stats is obvious but its also kinda a fools errand

i like PER cuz i understand what it means

per is good cause its based on box score stats so u cn be like this guy is the best at the box score and u already understand the context of that

did you guys know kevin love is a banana republic model now

yeah we knew

lol

kyrie irving is the man who is good at dribbling

Kyrie with the sweet split. pic.twitter.com/782Cm5ICpJ

— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) November 7, 2017

Moves on top of moves. Geez. pic.twitter.com/dtbGxqp1UV

— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) November 7, 2017

this is a good game. the hawks are kind of a tough out despite their record

apparently Tatum is gonna be the goat

tatum it was obvious from his first game that he wld be an nba success

YESSSSSSSS
https://www.instagram.com/p/BbLakZ_hRY7/?hl=en&taken-by=kingjames

lol

:O

the drama i crave it

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Whitesides body language is so weird

this is a good game. the hawks are kind of a tough out despite their record

― Spottie, Monday, November 6, 2017 9:50 PM (yesterday)

yeah this was fun. bud's end of the game lineup was terrible.

Whitesides body language is so weird

― Spottie, Monday, November 6, 2017 9:47 PM (fifty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he's 1/9 so far and hasnt exerted himself once this whole game.

yeah this was fun. bud's end of the game lineup was terrible.

― Heez, Monday, November 6, 2017 10:24 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tank mode

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2) pic.twitter.com/hfsqOMo5G5

— Austin (@ChefTrillie) November 7, 2017

is that a screencap of a screencap

Suns finalizing deal to send Eric Bledsoe to Bucks, league sources tell @ZachLowe_NBA and me.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 7, 2017

as predicted by ilh

reasonable, nice job not including brogdon

Phoenix finalizing deal to send Eric Bledsoe to Milwaukee for Greg Monroe and a first-round draft pick, sources tell @ZachLowe_NBA and me.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 7, 2017

that's a pretty good haul for a player phx didn't want

hes a good player

New "Arthur" meme theory: LeBron knew about the Bledsoe trade last night and is salty/angry.

— J.E. Skeets (@jeskeets) November 7, 2017

gonna miss the Moose but I love this trade very much

Going to see them play on Saturday Bledsoe is gonna light them up

nice

Don't try to convince anyone it happened. No one will believe you. pic.twitter.com/t03c4pGgi1

— 8-3 and they LIED 🍤 (@jacobjbg) November 7, 2017

So do the bucks start brogdon / bledsoe and sit snell or bring brogdon off the bench

surprised they ended up getting a first for him... also monroe has been kinda ok for the bucks in stretches no?

yeah Monroe has been good and a fan favorite but I don't think anyone really wanted him to exercise his option