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

Re fire Kidd: they were w out their mvp tonight

still blew an 18 point lead midway through the 3rd by thanks to their entirely exploitable brand of defense

oh lol did not know ok #firekidd

it was a common preseason claim in the area that llllard, mccollum, and nurkic were the best top 3 combo in the nba

You must have been talking to The Onion's notorious Area Man.

― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, December 23, 2017 8:03 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

idk man a lot of delusional local fans bought into the idea of nurkic as some kinda proto-shaq bc he had like five good games last spring

respect to manu for attempting that 3/4 court heave and getting stuffed, NBA needs to instate my rule heaves don't count as shots unless they go in

What about they don’t count unless they hit rim
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, December 23, 2017 11:03 PM (twenty-two minutes ago)

feel like this wouldnt do enough to encourage ppl to let it fly

i kinda like how it is cos you gain more respect for the players that let it fly.

this explains the warriors tonight
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRyGWwvVwAEIJ3V.jpg:large

During one cold stretch, the Warriors missed 20 consecutive 3-pointers, from 11:39 in the first quarter until Nick Young finally ended the drought at the 1:51 mark of the third.

i don't know which part of this sentence is most embarrassing.

peak nba doldrums, all that ends tomorrow with official start of the season tho

love the nba christmas special

no grincho but games tomorrow are...ok

Dubs w out curry is just not the same.

kinda ruins christmas doesn't it

Yes.

Although embiid trolling msg is fun so far

yes

merry christmas, ILH

You too! Love y’all.

merry xmas guys!

This is a great game

kD tryin to get kicked out in the first q. Chill dude jeez.

/it was a common preseason claim in the area that llllard, mccollum, and nurkic were the best top 3 combo in the nba

You must have been talking to The Onion's notorious Area Man.

― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, December 23, 2017 8:03 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink/

idk man a lot of delusional local fans bought into the idea of nurkic as some kinda proto-shaq bc he had like five good games last spring

Did Love make an adjustment on his jumper?

not sure, but he’s pretty much back to his t-wolves self. looks really good this year

hes back to his old cavs self but shooting 30% better make of it what u will

prob just running hot or cld be experiencing a rare stretch of good health

both of those could be true, could also be that he’s getting better looks, more plays being run for him and so forth, tho his usage is the same as last year

they shd trade him now lol

wld be weird if he were getting better looks considering hes moved up the scoring hierarchy from 3rd to 2nd option

hes back to his old cavs self but shooting 30% better make of it what u will

I can’t remember if it was the last year or the year before but Love became one of the top 5 guys on jump hooks and it’s continued, which was an unthinkable thing when he was on the wolves

its not like he was ever a great shooter more in the category of acceptable for a high volume guy

Well in Minnesota he shot 37%+ taking very difficult three pointers and then he shot 37% in Cleveland taking wide open ones which didn’t make sense

ya fair

McCaw and Bell balling out warms my heart.

#purchasedpicks

havent watched a ton of cavs this year but loves def looking pretty spry out there im going with the health theorem + maybe a lil feeling more comfortable playing w one fewer ball dominant teammate, and some randomness

wld be weird if he were getting better looks considering hes moved up the scoring hierarchy from 3rd to 2nd option

― lag∞n, Monday, December 25, 2017 4:20 PM (seventeen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah idk it’s interesting to think about this, on one hand being a less prominent offensive option might mean defenses are paying less attention to you, but otoh maybe he quality of looks you get is worse because you’re getting lots of busted plays, not having plays run to get you open specifically, things of that nature

Love seems the same to me just on a hot streak. Did this last year on a couple stretches too iirc.

esp given catch and shoot iirc wasn’t love’s strong suit coming into cleve, he was used to scoring as the primary option, tons of pick and rolls with rubio as the guy passing him the ball, etc

battle of the hoops unicorns

btw everyone vote in the unicorn poll

Love isn’t just on fire from 3 tho, he’s setting a career high from 2

seems like hes moving real good to me and being more aggressive too, for so much of his cavs time hes looked totally tentative and out of place

loves numbers gonna dip when IT2 comes back?

lmfao u guys catch that adidas thought leadership commercial my lord

Had to mute it lol

it was insanely brutal wow

Check out Kyrie's new ad for Nike that he directed 👀

(via @Nike / YouTube) pic.twitter.com/MDliBuJ7YY

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) December 25, 2017

kyrie monetizing the brand lol

Rolls eyes at the flat earth

bron 10 fga thru 3Q setting over/under for fga in 4q at 8

remember when bron cldnt hit a shot outside 10 feet for a whole season

one thing to consider with love is it cld just be a different guy

I have a hard time believing all four of these people are Kevin Love@World_Wide_Wob @kevinlove pic.twitter.com/ssrCupZqXM

— Tom Hoefel (@TomHoefel) December 25, 2017