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

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

rough scene for the nba national tv schedule

Jokic MVP hype is officially on

seems to me that he's the clear favorite now, especially when you consider games missed

yeah the competition falling out

Lillard should be MVP runner-up to the Joker.

lamelo out for the rest of the season :[

lame!

hmmm

NO WAY.
Blake Griffin, who has not dunked since 2019, first bucket as a Brooklyn Net IS A DUNK

we have been bamboozled pic.twitter.com/l4hzz9AApa

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) March 22, 2021

Obi Toppin maybe not good in the nba

didn't understand the theory of him at all.

he’s like an actor playing frankenstein who they put in the NBA

i’ve seen him score in only one way which is to pump fake a three and get by a guy and go to the rim... he’s not a bad finisher. i just can’t understand how a team in the top 10 would pick a guy who moves around like that. people are giving way too much credit to the knicks front office, the toppin pick foretells doom to me

He just had back to back 0-0-0-0-0 games

yeah i mean they haven't really done anything except hire a competent coach. i feel this way about the bulls front office too (although they made a better pick this year). when these administrations have to make some significant decisions it could get ugly.

Only positive thing I see with the knicks is Randle having an amazing season

luka is melting my face rn