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

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yeah i mean defensively there'd be nothing like it but like idk they'd have to really mess with their current group of guys to have an offense that works on paper

i mean i'm sure it'd be fine i am basically concern trolling here

I would love to see those guys together, it could actually lead to some pretty sweet drama too. changing my vote to philly

phillys biggest problem is that they have no depth, their second biggest problem is their stars dont fit together that good, their third problem is that their stars are lunatics

gotta love it

to reach his full potential Brow needs to get yelled at by Jimmy

him and jimmy can wear matching headbands and call themselves "the ultimate defenders"

harden's 30 point game streak looks like it's in jeopardy, 20 points on 6/21 shooting through 3Q

anthony, welcome to what we humbly call "the cool dudes club"

hahaha oh god I forgot about the headbands, Jimmy is such a gem

apparently the pels just own the rockets

lol harden got to 30 in borderline garbage time

so happy jahlil okafor is having a renaissance. 25-12-2-2 blks, 10-14, 5-5

he looked v formidable on defense, too

Dewayne Dedmon reportedly drawing trade interest from 76ers https://t.co/f6uegLIuj7

— Peachtree Hoops (@peachtreehoops) January 30, 2019

he shoots threes now it's weird

got him mixed up with biyombo for a sec who would be very weird shooting 3s. dedmon i can see it

wld be a good add for the sixers

their bench is dire

we should celebrate jrue more than we do

40 seconds of Jrue Holiday taking James Harden's lunch pic.twitter.com/9ol9LLxtTy

— Justin Jett (@JustinJett_) January 30, 2019

ya hes a great defender and plays super solid offense too

he pwnd dame so hard in the offs last year.
https://i.imgur.com/zhGh0os.png

damnn

I'm here for all defensive highlights and ownings

love jrue, huge jrue fan here

too bad he doesnt have any help on that team.

shd demand a trade

Okafor has been legit good

beasley looks like a legit player. the nuggets roseter is so stacked

god jokic is such a fucking boss

two straight reverse layups in crunch time

total no brainer

Report: Pelicans considering shutting down Anthony Davis for rest of season if they don’t trade him https://t.co/cXARR3T6m9

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) January 31, 2019

Wel there goes my fantasy team

cj had 20 i the 1st on 9-9 shooting

jokic is already the best passing big of all time right?

don't think it's close

http://bkref.com/tiny/LQbhg

on behalf of the Dallas Mavericks I will give all players except Luka, plus all draft picks, for brow

good old tom boerwinkle

i forgot about that one season where Noah was dishing like crazy.

a lot of alltime stats being put up lately lol........

it stands to reason that NBA players are just a lot better at basketball overall now than they've ever been, tbh. the game done changed

a lot better at offense, at least. if they were proportionally a lot better at defense as well then the numbers wouldnt change

i do feel like the refs call more stuff fouls now that used to just be defense but i dont have evidence

the rules and the way the games are called dictated a change in play style that lends itself to buffed stats . there is also been advances in training protocol and sports medicine stuff , dudes overall care more about preparation too maybe.

also just ppl realized that taking as many 3s as possible is good if youre at at all above average at shooting them which increases variability & range of results

funny how long it took people to figure that out .. shit the 3pt line used to be closer even

i do feel like the refs call more stuff fouls now that used to just be defense but i dont have evidence

― ciderpress, Thursday, January 31, 2019 12:49 PM (forty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

def a huge factor imo, also pace

like even u cldnt get off all those threes w/o the tight officiating which has been an evolving situation over the last ~15 years and this year they even have been calling it tighter w a point of emphasis being grabbing/holding off the ball

i am in general in favor of opening things up for the offense but i think they may have gone a little too far over the last few years and produced not that great outcomes like hardens hack the league schtick, general ridiculous levels of hoisting, and basically made it impossible to play shutdown D

also rendered the once holy concept of a triple double a cheap joke, and made the stats of today m/l incomparable to the stats of just a few years ago

trip dubs are pretty standard now but i still like when dudes who dont hunt for them get them. or unicorns like big honey. dennis smith junior got one last night and that seems kinda cool idk.

i am in general in favor of opening things up for the offense but i think they may have gone a little too far over the last few years

Fer sure. Pendulum needs to swing back a bit. Current state is def preferable to late 90s/early 00s tho.