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

My ankles are pretty much in pain to varying degrees at all times. I can't do some moves on the court cause the left one is so weak. Having a body sucks tbh.

sub optimal def

I'll take ankle pain or any ligament/tendon/muscle pain over nerve pain tho

true

during last nights game it was mentioned that the bucks D has been top 5 since acquiring bledsoe fwiw, not sure where thats at after allowing the celtics to shoot 55% but anyway seems like theyve seen some improvement at least, their D still doesnt look great tho imho

bledsoe got a little roasted by kyrie last night not that there's much shame in that.

thunder making this a game

idk where that "Top 5" metric comes from, it can't be in points scored nor points/possession

read this yesterday
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2017/12/4/16732390/bucks-defense-giannis-antetokounmpo-deandre-jordan

can the thunder pull out a close game?

they did it

ugly game but good finish by the thunder

ugh

Devin Booker carried off floor with no ability to put weight on anything after non-contact injury pic.twitter.com/bopfNnhuuX

— Rob Perez (@World_Wide_Wob) December 6, 2017

fuck

adductor strain--no idea how long those usually take

dealing with one myself so i can speak to that! doc said anywhere from a month to six months... of course i imagine if you are a professional athlete getting paid millions of dollars with a full-time trainer staff, you might be on the shorter end of that timeline.

uh wow Bradley Beal went to workkkkkk

i like watching these nba tv games where they just announce the game from the studio, it's very realxed

getting blown out at home by the wizards w/o wall is more evidence that portland isn't nearly as good as their record

i can't really make sense of the blazers this year, i think it's just someone rolling dice behind a curtain

i think theyre a good team adding nurkic really helped them a ton and theyve also been playing over their heads a bit

they defend the three really well

theyve got a bunch of scorers and so forth

*or they were playing over their heads a bit til recently now they overall for the whole season are prob playing about at their heads

They’re good in defense which seems kinda weird. Lillards been only ok this year idk i feel like they can sustain this. They just got Aminu back and he is one of those Swiss Army knives that kinda held things go for them.

a team that prioritizes defending the three point line needs a big guy like nurkic hanging around the basket to cleanup all those attacked closeouts is how i break it down

by allowing the system to work it encourages buyin by previously indifferent defenders like portlands backcourt for instance

like mccollum may be at a physical disadvantage defending the 2 but theres no reason dame cant be a good defender

ive heard rumors of improved defense by CJ this year but havent looked into it.

lowe on dubs life w out curry and the kd vs curry debate
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21682752/zach-lowe-kevin-durant-golden-state-warriors-stephen-curry-nba

Here's the weird truth: even in this halcyon era, the Warriors never quite figured out offense with Curry on the bench. They've scored at around a league-average rate, or worse, with Curry resting in each of the past four seasons, per NBA.com. They have never really locked on a non-Curry identity. They move around without purpose, in cluttered space. Green shoots and distributes more, and can get a little wild. Thompson shoots more, and a little less accurately.

Golden State scored 115.4 points per 100 possessions when Curry played without Durant last season, and 108.7 with Durant as the lone alpha. The splits this season: 116 points per 100 possessions with just Curry, 107 with just Durant.

They remain historic with Curry as soloist. They are normal-good with Durant alone -- so far.

kinda makes u wonder abt drays legendary point forward abilities :P

crazy how dray's lineup numbers are consistently on in the top 10 of the league then!

weird there seems to be something abt lineup numbers in general i cant quite put my finger on

even the ones that adjust for teammates ;)

that said lineup data over less than a third of the season is probably quite meaningless

the famously good adjustments that definitely understand basketball

*extremely stats guy voice* its a bit noisy over the course of a career

here for this: http://hoopshype.com/2017/12/06/tom-thibodeau-and-timberwolves-players-may-have-chemistry-issues/

yessss

The team currently has four guys in the top 10 for most minutes played this season,

lol who coulda predicted.

KATs numbers/usage are way down, seems like he should be able to sustain even with the addition of Jimmy B. #FreeKAT #FireThibs

some good blazer stuff in here
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/blazers-core-question-has-damian-lillard-cj-mccollum-pairing-already-peaked/

Booker has a left groin strain and the projected recover time is 2-3 weeks according to Suns GM Ryan McDonough.

— John Gambadoro (@Gambo987) December 6, 2017

Was gonna try to go to wiz phx tomorrow but f that no wall or book

that lowe kd vs curry article was interesting in its detials but the premise is kinda tautological and not actually that compelling, like hes asking whos most valuable but just as easily couldve asked who is the offense built around and the answer to both is the offense is built around steph, of course one could also build an offense around durant, and maybe the warriors should or at least build it around steph and kd since they have them both

its like when ppl trip over the value part of mvp theyre mistaking the context for the conclusion

i do think lowe prob knows that, it was just a half assed attempt to have a flashy headline

yeah solid points

i'm sure he didn't write the headline but i find lowe's articles have a way of circling around points rather than just getting to them.

the stuff about steph driving more and taking more midrange stuff was interesting though. i wonder how much the injured finger is causing him to avoid lower-percentage 3s.

Teams are just chasing him off more is how I’ve seen it.

not sure i can watch the hawks if they're gonna give minutes to miles plumlee

Jimmy Butler says he needs to talk to Thibs about playing 40 minutes pic.twitter.com/a8MgqPboKO

— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) December 7, 2017