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

First game with Dray and KD back on court together is gonna be @Houston. Things could get juicy.

jerebko > draymond

gsw def suffer when they run two non shooting bigs

Damion Jones is really bad. He should be out of the rotation by Christmas.

It appears that the lowly Houston Rockets are poised to beat the future NBA playoff winning Denver Nuggets.

Underrated part of KD vs. Dray:

”That’s why I’m out” 🧐 pic.twitter.com/ukEsbKNgMv
— Thomas Duffy (@TJDhoops) November 14, 2018
― lag∞n, Tuesday, November 13, 2018 9:50 PM (one hour ago)

the evidence is inconclusive imo

the fuck is up with the nuggs, couldn't watch tonihgt

i had it on but wasn't watching closely. they seem a little listless.

They need to start monte for one.

trae young came into the league with a rep as a shooter but playmaking is his most nba ready skill hes a real good passer and is shooting 28% from 3

Isaiah Thomas at halftime broke down the warriors last play and was otm.

Trae has elite court vision. Luckily he shoots from the correct side of his head so the shot should get better.

hed prob be fine with just better shot selection tbh

how come all these young guys have such fucked up shots

trae shooting 52% from 2, just needs to stop taking 30ft stepback pretty much

trae young came into the league with a rep as a shooter but playmaking is his most nba ready skill hes a real good passer and is shooting 28% from 3

― lag∞n, Wednesday, November 14, 2018 12:00 AM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there was a fair amount of predraft commentary suggesting that his passing was way ahead of his shooting. he's been getting to the rim a little more than i thought he would for a guy who doesn't seem hugely athletic which has helped his game. i still can't figure out where his ceiling is but he's at least interesting.

Trae Young has a lot of problems, too small, weak, maybe not a good shooter. But if he just calms the fuck down he’ll have a nice career just dropping dimes

Still, they passed on bamba which is just dumb

this will be in the past like a ponytail

I think it was an old school pimp that said: 'You can't climb a mountain if it's smooth.'

thompson and strauss articles are really good

https://theathletic.com/653085/2018/11/14/thompson-the-future-of-the-warriors-dynasty-is-in-serious-jeopardy-now/

https://theathletic.com/653527/2018/11/14/durant-vs-draymond-theories-on-why-these-two-warriors-stars-are-fueding/

the athletic auto-renewed me recently, really would be hard to go back to not having it

I love it

it is good.

cn someone post those articles plzzz

(shd prob just subscribe)

the content i really desire is the espn draft coverage but i hate them so much and dont want to give them $5/m

theyve collected like every draft guy and put them behind that wall is devious

i'll start a separate thread for Athletic stuff, cool?

sounds good 2 me

i refuse to pay for espn+ mainly cos im still mad they thought launching with a KOBE DETAIL series would be a good idea.

this warriors stuff has me hella depressed tho damn

feel like the media is failing to connect the dots re drays decline, not that theres conclusive proof that hes permanently declining but its gotta be on managements mind, theyre reporting it as beef between franchise cornerstones but likely management is looking at it more as beef between a superstar and someone who might not play at a consistent allstar level again, which is prob one of the reasons why they came down on him so much harder than they have for past hijinks

repeatedly calling a teammate a bitch in front of the whole world is also just plain extremely bad, its the sort of behavior that under different circumstances can lead to violence

i mean even if dray is not in decline, the idea that durant and green are or have ever been comparable talents, it's not even close

thats a big part of the strauss piece

also the fact that this particular hijink was one that seemed like a fuck-you play aimed at KD, and one that maybe cost them the game

you guys are reading the play wrong jeez. watch it from the broadcast angle dray had 4 seconds and just got the ball and pushed like he always does. was expecting kd to come up and trail or fill a lane.

(obv this whole thing is not about that play and wouldve bubbled up at some point anyway)

idk i didnt see him looking for anyone, also he took the rebound away from kd

i mean kd def shdve run but im not sure what dray was doing on that play

he was doing what he always does! he grabs rebounds and pushes!

idk he had a couple guys with him and didnt seem to be looking to pass, i mean im sure it was all innocent obvs 4 seconds is not a lot of time but he didnt do anything coherent with it

seems like Dray kind of cut in there when KD was positioned for a rebound! i guess possibly it wasn't intentional (keeping in mind this is a man who was scolding for nut kicking and decided it would be a good idea after that to swing his arm into LeBron's nuts and lose a title) and the problem is Dray thought he could be the hero when he hasn't shown he's capable recently.

IT otm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pvSiLCh57w

you think dray cares about being a hero? he was never looking to shoot that EVER

it was a bad play but nothing really to get upset about theres lots of bad plays every game driving into quadruple coverage with one second left usually doesnt work out

i cant listen to isiah talk about leadership tho thats waking nightmare

also grant hills beard is kinda freaking me out

yeah its way too fake looking.