It is the years 2018-19 in the National Basketball Association (NBA) - The Regular Season

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25156914/magic-johnson-admonishes-luke-walton-los-angeles-lakers-slow-start

"I've assembled an insanely stupid roster why can't you win with it?"

lolkers

niice

lol we called this mess. good luck finding any coach to convince lebron to try on defense in the reg season.

those luka highlights are interesting. there's one play from the 3rd i think where he's going coast-to-coast and is maybe at top speed. it doesn't seem like he has a great first step but also looks like he's going slower at times so he can scan and find guys for dimes. also i think he takes that floater sometimes b/c he doesn't want to try and power through defenders at the rim. he certainly has the size and frame to get stronger if he ever wants to be more physical down there.

it does seem like he has a lot of room for floaters and whatnot because everyone is staying home and taking away passing lanes. should be fun to watch him evolve.

yeah hes def a cool player, seems like a natural point forward, tho obvs playmaking is a lil trickier if you cant get past the second level of D

wtf is going on the kings are hella fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKNW0b4f6zk
that simple cross to burn bazemore and the shot at 4:30

im mad about this via that draft pick the celtics own, im sure theyll come back to earth but theyve already banked 6 wins and are prob just not awful

otherwise its p cool tho i like fox

i took the kings over back in august when the projections got posted here and ppl thought iw as crazy

its so easy to win more than 25 games

just gotta hoist

hoisting is key

buddy hield might not do much else but he can hoist with the best of them

he's good imo

coach nick has a new weekly video series on the athletic. first one is for matt a
https://theathletic.com/625099/2018/11/02/inside-coach-nicks-brain-how-giannis-antetokounmpo-has-been-able-to-dominate-in-the-nba-without-a-jumper/

one thing i noticed watching giannis last nite is a ton of his baskets are from post moves but not post ups really instead he dribble drives into them so the defense doesnt have time to read the situation

harden gets to the rim like crazy man

one thing i noticed watching giannis last nite is a ton of his baskets are from post moves but not post ups really instead he dribble drives into them so the defense doesnt have time to read the situation

I saw a couple of his spin moves cut together and it’s disgusting, he starts a half step in from the three line and over a two step spin move he’s at the basket

Feeling pretty good about my Giannis will be mvp within a few years prediction a year or two ago

I’ve been off the grid with a renovation going on and the internet being a trash fire but I’m back I heard there were some hoops

Rockets are good right lol

they are not

they will lose to the brooklyn nets tonight

actually the much more surprising one to me is that the kings are kinda good? Who can explain what is happening there

Starting to see some Kings gear in Oakland recently...

they are just playing fast and hoisting, and have stacked enough talent, all if which have improved since last season.

play fast and hoist hard

Joerger is the best coach they've had since Malone

Oh yeah jeorgers good hm Milwaukee went and got a good coach too seems like there’s something to this

...and you will know bron by the trail of dead

Brian Windhorst @WindhorstESPN

In the last week the Cavs: fired their coach, fought with assistant over becoming interim, had JR Smith ask for a trade, landed 2022 All-Star Game, had Kevin Love go down for 6 weeks with surgery, got sued by a former coach & then flamed the former coach & his lawyer

xp just saw the kings play for the first time last night but they can really defend. fox in particular is always going at it

That’s true but he’s slow so how does he do that and could a 19 year old Luka Doncic maybe get better at it

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, November 2, 2018 2:39 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

possibly but if hes slow and doesnt have the knack idk

lmao yes please

Chris Broussard @Chris_Broussard

If Luke Walton takes the fall in Lakerland, keep an eye on these two names as possible replacements: Jason Kidd and Mark Jackson.

omg please no

Please take Mark Jackson out of the booth. Give me both Van Gundys

Please take Mark Jackson out back and put him down imo

i don’t actually think chris broussard knows anything but omg yes please.

max drama

this jokic foot speed improvement could be a major development

I know George Hill has lost a step over the last few seasons, but Nikola Jokic looks quicker this year. Improving his foot speed was an emphasis throughout his summer workouts and it looks like its paid off so far. pic.twitter.com/ZPs4xYBFoi

— Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) November 2, 2018

That’s true but he’s slow so how does he do that and could a 19 year old Luka Doncic maybe get better at it
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, November 2, 2018 2:39 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark

im too lazy to find it now but i remember reading or hearing somewhere that harden is elite elite at deceleration, so he's stopping and then starting back up again before defenders can catch up to him

harden's athleticism is underrated tho... he may not be fast but he can jam on guys and stuff. luca does have a similar body tho

feel like getting to the hole is kinda a knack thing too some guys have that creativity

Chris Broussard @Chris_Broussard
If Luke Walton takes the fall in Lakerland, keep an eye on these two names as possible replacements: Jason Kidd and Mark Jackson.

― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Friday, November 2, 2018 5:16 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i know broussard famously doesnt know anything but this is hilarious

it belongs in the lolz thread prob

why don’t they get ty lue

magic def wld hire a former ~floor general~

let boban shine

BOBAN block on the move. pic.twitter.com/snSXCFzGbU

— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) November 2, 2018

This night is my rubicon.... Boban this is it ... let’s do this

i don’t actually think chris broussard knows anything but omg yes please.

― call all destroyer, Friday, November 2, 2018 5:29 PM (three hours ago)

yeah I was gonna say...chris broussard

watching my first game this season and

the Wizards are not good