part two of the nba 2020-21 anything but regular season

classic rwb decision making

game on the line just wait for Westbrook’s reaction when he realizes nobody flared out pic.twitter.com/A4IZF6ATck

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) March 18, 2021

giannis tricking himself into thinking he should be taking threes in big moments might be a good longterm investment for the sixers in the end

otm, his shot still sucks

curry to the locker room. hopefully just a bruised tailbone

Damn hope Steph Curry is alright
pic.twitter.com/II5YNTJqTm

— 🏀 (@dribblecity) March 18, 2021

classic rwb decision making

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incredible

Brook Lopez actually looking alright since the ASG

grayson allen is satisfyingly terrible at NBA basketball

shouldn't be taking 13 shots against anybody

on tonight's espn broadcast i learned that jeff van gundy has 4 cats and that mark jackson is so afraid of cats that he made jeff lock them away somewhere before he would enter jeff's house, which only increases my opinion of the first broadcaster and decreases my (very low) opinion of the second.

grayson allen is a measurably worse version of matthew dellavedova

well, they’re both white

Michael Porter Jr. in the last 5 games:

🔥28 PTS - 13 REB - 65% FG
🔥20 PTS - 8 REB - 60% FG
🔥23 PTS - 8 REB - 78% FG
🔥21 PTS - 9 REB - 62% FG
🔥24 PTS - 11 REB - 64% FG pic.twitter.com/F6V464kVEX

— Elite Media Group (@TheEliteMedia_) March 18, 2021

well one less thing to worry about now that i know mark jackson won't come into my house

it’s a great feeling

cat down? man down.

Mama there goes that manx

MPJ can fucking SHOOT. Guys his size with that kind of shooting are so rare.

jokic-mpj-murray makes a lot of sense (offensively)

would you take john collins over mpj?

idk mpj prob more upside but also more risk

i feel like it depends on whether you feel like you can actually play collins with a 5 longterm or if he’s really a small ball 5 masquerading as a 4. bcuz at least with MPJ you know you will be able to play him with a center who can theoretically help clean up the mess. i feel like collins doesn’t have a clear role on defense whereas MPJ does even if he isn’t very good at it. i don’t have a great handle on how the collins-capela pairing has worked tho. maybe it’s feasible?

collins is an animal on offense but if ultimately he’s a small ball 5 if it’s a tougher fit than MPJ who is a classic 3/4 hybrid in today’s game

MPJ is improving pretty rapidly on defense tbh.

The nuggets could use more rim protection at the 4, which is why they picked Bol I presume. But Porter’s potential defensively to guard 3s and 4s would be more useful.

don’t think there’s much evidence that bol bol is an NBA player tbh

The Collins/Capela combo has been really good mostly bc Capela is a beast. He’s having a ridiculous year. Okongwu might be the long term answer at the 4, but I think they’ll need to max Collins bc Okongwu is a ways off

id be worried that collins is a raptors era derozan type where he is good enough to play big minutes but his deficiencies cap the teams ceiling

i harbour the same concern for sabonis fwiw

I’m more concerned about Trae’s ceiling in that regard

at least trae is a pg where his crap defence is less important

wizards on a b2b beat the jazz. jazz 5-6 their last 11

ol thibs might still know a lil something abt the famous round ball

also

In the Knicks' last three games, Julius Randle has sat for a total of 7.5 minutes in the second half.

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) March 19, 2021

oh i guess that was the other thread we were talking about randle but anyway

randle seems like a rugged dude, he can take some extra minutes

https://www.truehoop.com/p/some-nba-players-feel-covid-effects

Anthony "The Lad" Edwards has been playing well

Campazzo won that game basically

[bernie meme] I am once again expressing mild concern about jokic’s workload

imo they should pick a spot for him to sit out a game

grayson allen is satisfyingly terrible at NBA basketball

I was impressed with the Bulls last night. Obviously Lavine is having an insane season but they’re more than the sum of their parts. Very scrappy and connected on defense to my eyes. Still will never watch them against any other team.

they absolutely shit the bed v the spurs the other night, had a 23 pt lead at one point and still lost

Lebron ankle injury didn’t look great. He’ll prob miss like 1 game

i wonder if he's actually hurt. it basically never happens but that looked like one where you miss a week or two to me

Yah he punched a chair or something on the way out

Hawks 8 wins ina row. 4th in the east. And just starting to get healthy.

lakers should be fine without him haha xp

High-ankle sprain for LeBron James, out indefinitely, source tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 20, 2021

Nothing angers and saddens me more than not being available to and for my teammates! I’m hurt inside and out right now. 🤦🏾‍♂️. The road back from recovery begins now. Back soon like I never left. #ThekidfromAKRON🤴🏾

— LeBron James (@KingJames) March 21, 2021

doesnt sound great!

gonna be a tough first round match up for the clippers or nuggets lol