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

the lakers might still make a move which could change things but their indicators do not have them as being serious contenders and they are not going to have the luxury of beating up on the pacers/hornets/knicks or whatever flavor of the year east 8th seed lebron has feasted on for a decade

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its true the second seed is kinda up for grabs in the west and the lakers have lebron but idk............

id say i like the nuggs better but im suspicious of their ability to keep playing D at the level they have

houston cld def come around, okc is an extremely good defensive team but russ shoots 22% in the playoffs

lakers roster outside lebron seems pretty exploitable

i haven't and won't watch the thunder enough to really speculate if they're for real

morey prob wants to make a splashy move but the not-enough-basketballs thing will always be a problem with that roster imo

they really just need to add a wing defender or two

lakers roster outside lebron seems pretty exploitable

― lag∞n, Tuesday, December 25, 2018 10:04 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is it to me, like no one else on this team is remotely scary in the playoffs

harden is doing insane things again this year everyone hates him but he is very good, hes shooting 40%+ on unassisted 3s!

and the rockets O is rolling massively

need to learn defense tho

i mean harden will fail in the playoffs ultimately but he might take out the lakers first

he came one cp3 hammy from (very possibly) winning it all last year

yeah but he shot 40% (and 30 from 3) in the playoffs and i'm counting on nothing from cp3 this year.

obva if the rox want to make noise they need cp3 to do something and tbh i wldnt put it past that little bastard to have one last run in him

hardens slow 1on1 style of ball tho yeah isnt built for the offs, gotta keep the ball swinging if you want to beat good D

“the little bastard” would be a great nickname for cp3 too bad he’s cooked already

he is the little bastard, nothing more nothing less

this is funny to me

I'm not really convinced that the Warriors are in trouble—we have them at even money to win the title—but a *lot* of our forecast's optimism is based on Cousins coming back and being reasonably effective. Boogie may be more of a necessity than a luxury. https://t.co/AOrx3xBIJi pic.twitter.com/O4ZJ8MqW5B

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 26, 2018

he came one cp3 hammy from (very possibly) winning it all last year

― lag∞n, Tuesday, December 25, 2018 10:10 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

zach lowe was talking on his pod last week about the insane number of people who seem to be convinced that this wasn’t the case and that the warriors were always bound to win it

dubs just got run off the floor by rondo and the lakers bench

andre iguodala led that game with those rosters in scoring

i think kuzma is a great fit next to lebron offensively... and i like hart and lonzo around him too. they prob need to make another move.

i just don't see a team other than the warriors i would pick to beat lebron and this cast rn... rockets and okc would be close. i don't think denver is ready for that.

lonzo shoots from the wrong side of his head

zach lowe was talking on his pod last week about the insane number of people who seem to be convinced that this wasn’t the case and that the warriors were always bound to win it

― k3vin k., Tuesday, December 25, 2018 10:24 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

some analysts that i generally like beat this drum...like i'm sorry, if you're losing going into the second half of a game 7 you technically had a significant chance of losing.

reasonable point

Joel Embiid regularly gave Kyrie a whole lot of space tonight: pic.twitter.com/yD7C4Thcjz

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) December 26, 2018

not sure but i think this gobert guy might be cheating

some analysts that i generally like beat this drum...like i'm sorry, if you're losing going into the second half of a game 7 you technically had a significant chance of losing.

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, December 25, 2018 10:47 PM (yesterday)

like uhhh especially when the other team's 1B player is out and they missed 27 straight 3s???

it's like people don't watch the games which tbf might be true

i wish i hadn't watched that game

Opposing defenses have always sagged off Draymond Green, but, starting in Utah the other night, they're taking it to an extreme. This is before four misses today. pic.twitter.com/jUILAe1XUx

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) December 26, 2018

I was so right about Zubac

lonzo shoots from the wrong side of his head

― lag∞n, Tuesday, December 25, 2018 10:33 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Continue to wonder if the real diagnosis for a lot of these favorite oddshot players is due to cross eye dominance that forces them to mangle their shooting form (and keeps them from managing / changing). A few players, Larry Bird and LeBron IIRC, have always shot with their off-hand, which I think accounts for Bird's funky over-the-head form, which just kept his hands/ball outside out of his field of vision, rather than just trying to evade a shot-block; Bron's shooting has improved the higher his shot release has gotten over the years as well.

Not sure how effective dominant eye training is, but wonder if at some point NBA teams/players might invest in having an optometrist around. Like, it's no suprise that Ben Simmons is cross dominant as well, as are a ton of the other disgusting shooters.

Also very curious if there's ever been a more competitive conference over a season than this year's WC. Almost at the halfway point and basically every non-Suns team is not only in contention for the playoffs but honestly also within striking distance of Golden State (Pellies only 7.5g back atm).

yeah well

76ers center Joel Embiid: ‘I don’t like shooting 3s’ https://t.co/43AQNqVcEE

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) December 26, 2018

simmons really fucks up phillys whole ability to scheme

they cld eat off the jimmy/joel pnr except theres a guy on the court the defense can cheat off of so instead they use the stagnant laborious embiid post up and hes exhausted by the 4th quarter

he really shd be the best (or second best) roll man in the league but philly runs the pnr the least of anyone

#tradesimmons

literally their point guard cant do the pnr cause he cant shoot

A few players, Larry Bird and LeBron IIRC, have always shot with their off-hand, which I think accounts for Bird's funky over-the-head form, which just kept his hands/ball outside out of his field of vision, rather than just trying to evade a shot-block;

― ヽ（´ー｀）┌ (CompuPost), Wednesday, December 26, 2018 11:18 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

was just thinking about birds funky off center form, stockton shot his 3s over his shoulder too, fwiw using yr off hand as more than just a guide aka thumbing is way more common in good shooters than the purists wld have u think, just watched a bunch of birds shots and he def didnt do it all the time more of a situational adjustment which also give the lie to the shoot the same all the time rule which is ridiculous as it doesnt account for context like yr gonna need to do different stuff to get a shot off in different situations

i do get some scott brooks/OKC vibes off the way the sixers play at the end of games, but brett brown is in an unenviable situation in that regard in several ways

yeah good chance this is his last season w the team not sure its his fault tho

i mean this is their bench

https://i.imgur.com/nkU963I.png

celtics werent guarding mcconnell from 3 either

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--njRMffTK--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_center,h_900,q_80,w_1600/wnt79mde5ooqfbkzptyq.jpg

#tradesimmons

― lag∞n, Wednesday, December 26, 2018 12:10 PM (fifty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what if they traded simmons and some stuff for KD and dray