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

pretty sure that's his 4th dunk of the year

he was cruising lol

nuggets getting their roster back. milsap and harris back and barton around the corner.

spurs beasting on toronto while demar scores a triple double was the best meal ive had in a long time

that was therapy for spurs fans for sure

https://i.imgur.com/Ai70wbv.png

these are the best rockets unis

kawhi defected to canada he is a traitor and should be put on trial

god bless the nba

@YourManDevine wow with the Cam Payne waive, the Bulls Eddy Curry trade is finally complete. My flowchart can finally end. pic.twitter.com/pTzRGq1m3Z

— NBA Sweatpants (@NBASweatpants) January 4, 2019

Klay just scored on Capela, stole it from him, and scored on him again.

that was therapy for spurs fans for sure

― тпсбlack (Spottie), Thursday, January 3, 2019 9:37 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

cool things about this game:
-- spurs starting 5 is legit a great lineup top to bottom. forbes-derozan-white-gay-aldridge.
-- derrick white is the third best player on the spurs now. white at 6'5" is long enough to bother wings of any size (save KD) and even tho kawhi shot well, he denied him opportunities to facilitate (5 asts and 3 TOs for KL) and forced him into contested jumpers. he can run the offense with pick and rolls, he can make buckets from anywhere on the floor, and he doesn't make a lot of mistakes. it's going to be a good problem when dejounte murray is healthy and lonnie learns the nba game because the spurs will be loaded in the backcourt.
-- first nba minutes for lonnie! and he hits a 26-footer. had this RIDICULOUS behind the back at full speed and nearly knocked down the tough layup in traffic. it was garbage time but this dude is gonna be gooooooooooood.
-- if the spurs can play like this the rest of the season, they're finishing top 5 in the west.

forbes-derozan-white-gay-aldridge

wow can we please leave the identity politics to ile

OT gs vs rox

this game is nuts

something about hthe rockets makes durant take bad shots

lmao KD took like three steps out of bounds and never came back in and saved the ball one of the worst non calls ive ever seen

moterh f HARDEN

game of the year where is everyone

Brutal but the rox deserved the win after that call.

Rockets should protest this game considering Curry knocked down a basket off of this save. All time terrible miss by a ref crew pic.twitter.com/Bjz7xuHsNo

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) January 4, 2019

warriors suck on national tv now. up 6 with 1:10 left and lose.

Warriors are now 3-5 in games decided by 3 or fewer points, and 0-4 (!) in OT

— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) January 4, 2019

Crazy game for sure. Dubs had two empty possessions near the end of OT. A Curry 3 and then a Durant 3 (with lots of time on the shot clock I think). If they convert one of those...

Harden’s last shot though. Damn. Love him or hate him, he’s something else.

Warriors have issues at the center as far as defense. When Looney got into foul trouble, Capela roasted the defense on pick and roll.

they miss zaza and javale for sure.

the new rotation kerr has been doing is not working either.

i know Harden's game annoys people but i swear sometimes i think he's the most skilled offensive player ever

Yeah, Kerr’s getting a lot of heat on Twitter tonight regarding some post game comments about his current rotations.

been thinking about it and IMHO james harden is against the law

you cant just do this stuff and expect to get away with it

im still a harden liker

this isnt a value judgement just a clear eyed reading of the law

"You could argue for him as the best offensive player of all time," Rockets general manager Daryl Morey told ESPN. "To be able to say that with a straight face, and not have it be GM speak or coachspeak, is pretty amazing. There's a whole bunch of ways to measure it, but he's for sure in the conversation as the greatest offensive player ever."

just as long as you dont measure the playoffs haha

"You could argue for him as the best offensive player of all time," lol i guess you could but why would you

i just can't get past the foul hunting. even that game winner last night, I haven't broken it down Zapruder style to see if he actually got contacted but obviously he did wind up on his ass, leading me to believe he was hoping for a bailout call if the shot hadn't gone in.

that said, I really enjoyed this piece from the Ringer yesterday:

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/1/3/18166695/james-harden-3-pointer-archetype

it's pretty much the most basic thing ever but I don't think it can be emphasized enough, that if you can make a reasonable percentage of threes, there's really no reason not to push the upper limit of how many you take per game. just duh-simple math that if you take 20 a game and make 7, you've done better than making 10 out of 20 twos.

"There's a whole bunch of ways to measure it, but he's for sure in the conversation as the most offensive player ever."

the best argument against hardens game is that it isnt built for the offs which punish ball holders, if he can hit those step back 3s at ~40% wldnt he with some ball movement get easier 3s which he cld hit at a higher rate which wld also be more playoff ready, also he naturally doesnt get as many calls in the playoffs

his game has a hacked-the-nba quality but really hes hacked the regular season

i know Harden's game annoys people but i swear sometimes i think he's the most skilled offensive player ever

idk man he has like 2 moves. he's really effective at them tho! and so doesn't need any more variety. when I think of "most skilled" I think of someone with a huge repetoire (shoutout to marv albert).

his touch around the basket is tbf pretty much supernatural

he is v v v good scorer

he only has 2 moves because he only needs 2 moves

exactly!

visionary passer too feel like that part of his game is underrated

I consistently get outperformed by guys who have 1 or 2 moves but execute them well, while I struggle to decide which of my 50 mediocre moves to implement oh whoops it's too late they stole the ball from me

i'm saying i don't think variety is a measure of skilled, but that's just imo.

i'd like to see him have a great playoffs one of these years just b/c the excuse-making, speculation, etc. is getting tedious.

the blazers are all coffee snobs http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25667397/the-game-day-caffeine-routine-keeps-portland-trail-blazers-nba-most-well-traveled-team-running

i thought he had a good playoffs last year but just checked the numbers...

didnt realize he hasnt eclipsed 30% from 3p for the last two playoffs
http://i68.tinypic.com/65wykm.png

the blazers are all coffee snobs http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25667397/the-game-day-caffeine-routine-keeps-portland-trail-blazers-nba-most-well-traveled-team-running

― call all destroyer, Friday, January 4, 2019 1:15 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol nice

man hardens playoff efg%s woof

harden getting the 3pt line changed instead of the warriors would be a good twist

hah

So we doin the #BirdBoxChallenge during NBA games now huh 🤔

— Chris Paul (@CP3) January 4, 2019

that was maybe the worst call ive ever seen