lamelo is good the combo of scoring and playmaking could be pretty unstoppable
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 14:17 (two years ago) link
feel like that combo despite evidence maybe cause its rare is not really appreciated they way it should be
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 14:32 (two years ago) link
like would luka be a great scorer if he was only an average passer kinda dont think so
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 14:34 (two years ago) link
lebron would still be a great scorer
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 14:47 (two years ago) link
jokic who was a great passer long before he was a great scorer no
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 14:49 (two years ago) link
who else is there steph, trae
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 14:51 (two years ago) link
TRAEGP MIN FG% 3P% FT% REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS73 34.9 45.9 38.3 90.2 3.8 9.7 0.1 1.0 1.6 3.9 28.2
LUKAGP MIN FG% 3P% FT% REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS62 35.6 45.6 35.3 74.4 9.1 8.7 0.5 1.2 2.3 4.5 28.3
― Heez, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 15:05 (two years ago) link
cool players, we are blessed
― Heez, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 15:10 (two years ago) link
trae is really good he needs to find a way to not be the worst defender in the league tho which is gonna be tough cause he just so small and i do think hes prob also gonna always have problems vs playoff defense for that same reason
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 15:10 (two years ago) link
frank van vleet is small. its all about being in good position and not being lazy. trae is generally just very lazy on defense, hits a screen and dies on it, etc.
― jammin on the dud (Spottie), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 15:23 (two years ago) link
"fred" van vleet is really strong hes prob 40lbs heavier than trae
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 15:25 (two years ago) link
but i mean yeah trae should play better D too, tho it might not help that much, or it might not be worth it from an energy expenditure perspective, would be cool for atlanta if they had another guy who could dribble score and so forth
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 15:28 (two years ago) link
trae's actually showed a lot more effort on D this year, but yeah the physical limitations are what they are. he's really having an incredible season and it's a shame people don't get to watch him more
― Heez, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 15:31 (two years ago) link
i would think steph would be a better model than fvv for trae to look to as a model for where he needs to go defensively. of course as you said lagoon steph has benefited from getting to conserve energy playing with other great players
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 17:06 (two years ago) link
steph is also several inches taller than trae and prob 20 pounds heavier. i feel like eventually most small thin offense first PGs can generally get to a point in their careers where they aren’t outright killing their teams on defense. my understanding of trae’s defensive issues is that it’s not just the physical limitation but also the mental aspects of how he should play, position himself etc so as to minimize the damage as much as possible & i feel like that stuff generally comes with a half decade or whatever of experience
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 6 April 2022 17:15 (two years ago) link
steph & dame are interesting comparison points tho as one has played on teams that were some of the best defensive teams in basketball and the other has always been on teams that were fatally flawed defensively. i don’t think one is hugely better or worse than the other on defense individually but the contexts are so different. warriors of course have had guys like draymond, iggy who are outright elite defenders but i think as important is that klay gave the warriors a guy immediately next to steph who could really play D whereas the blazers put two sieves next to each other and could never get it right. utah kinda has the same issue with conley & mitchell at least it pertains to the playoffs tho it’s all slipping now for them. the hawks have paired trae with bogdan, huerter etc types who don’t bring any defense next to trae which i think is one of their main issues. not sure you can win at a major level if your point of attack defenders are complete matadors
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 6 April 2022 17:22 (two years ago) link
steph is just a flat out good (sound) defender tho, soooo much better than dame!
agree trae should emulate him. i remember an article way back about his defense and all the principles he was trying to live by on that end + some stuff he picked up from iggy.
found it!https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/12648764/how-stephen-curry-developed-top-flight-defender
― jammin on the dud (Spottie), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 17:27 (two years ago) link
one thing trae has in his favor is that he has a super competitive streak. i've seen him lock in on D and, when he has, he's pretty capable. i have no doubt he'll improve
― Heez, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 17:47 (two years ago) link
im not sure that trae really has a defensive comp hes considerably smaller than everyone whos been mentioned itt, hes smaller than kemba walker, hes basically like a child out there, i mean maybe he should just go on the juice but still his frame is so tiny
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 18:34 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/nhAb4es.png
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 18:35 (two years ago) link
it like hes made out of twigs hes a twig man
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 18:37 (two years ago) link
I'd have arms like those if I went to gym five, maybe six days in a row.
― reassessing life after bookmarking a Will Smith thread (PBKR), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 18:38 (two years ago) link
Not really.
kemba was kinda trae sized when he came into the league and he bulked up maybe trae can too, tho kemba remained a pretty bad defender even while getting bigger working his way to being fundamentally sound, tho he prob did do enough charge taking and stealing to make himself not just a flat out zero on that end, but still its just real hard for the very small guys
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 18:42 (two years ago) link
On the latest injury report, the 76ers list Matisse Thybulle as “ineligible to play” tomorrow’s game in Toronto.— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) April 6, 2022
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 6 April 2022 22:17 (two years ago) link
wow
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 22:44 (two years ago) link
interesting
― jammin on the dud (Spottie), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 22:50 (two years ago) link
Remember, Lakers' first round pick, which is now a lottery pick, goes to the Pelicans (most likely) or Grizzlies.— Shaun Powell (@Powell2daPeople) April 6, 2022
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 22:57 (two years ago) link
there should be more outrage over the knicks wearing black uniforms and having a black court at home
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 6 April 2022 23:45 (two years ago) link
shows heavy disrespect for the game
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 7 April 2022 00:06 (two years ago) link
Matisse Thybulle was the last Sixer I imagined was unvaccinated. What a fucking dumbass.
― reassessing life after bookmarking a Will Smith thread (PBKR), Thursday, 7 April 2022 01:27 (two years ago) link
interesting the sixers didnt cover for him with a fake injury
― lag∞n, Thursday, 7 April 2022 01:30 (two years ago) link
knicks just lost a 17 point lead to the nets in like four minutes lol
― lag∞n, Thursday, 7 April 2022 01:42 (two years ago) link
I was ok with it at the time, but it's increasingly looking like the Sixers should have kept Curry and traded Thybulle.
― reassessing life after bookmarking a Will Smith thread (PBKR), Thursday, 7 April 2022 01:43 (two years ago) link
yeah currys better but wouldve been a pretty rough defensive fit next to harden
― lag∞n, Thursday, 7 April 2022 01:54 (two years ago) link
Yeah, my concern was taking the two best perimeter defenders off last season's playoff team.
― reassessing life after bookmarking a Will Smith thread (PBKR), Thursday, 7 April 2022 01:55 (two years ago) link
― reassessing life after bookmarking a Will Smith thread (PBKR), Wednesday, April 6, 2022 9:27 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
yeah well…
― k3vin k., Thursday, 7 April 2022 04:12 (two years ago) link
pretty cool:
First ever points in the NBA scored by a Danish person. pic.twitter.com/JtTyCiECoW— Mike Vigil (@protectedpick) April 7, 2022
― jammin on the dud (Spottie), Thursday, 7 April 2022 05:08 (two years ago) link
this was the other night when lundberg got his first minutes:
Yes, I'm a mess.No, I don't care. pic.twitter.com/L2EUsQBkR2— Morten Stig Jensen (@msjnba) April 4, 2022
― jammin on the dud (Spottie), Thursday, 7 April 2022 05:12 (two years ago) link
i have no evidence to back this up but i feel like the australian national basketball team might be a place where you could get indoctrinated against vaccines
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 April 2022 05:31 (two years ago) link
Lol bogut
― jammin on the dud (Spottie), Thursday, 7 April 2022 05:32 (two years ago) link
yeah i would love to hear aron baynes and matthew delavadova’s thoughts on vaccines
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 April 2022 06:29 (two years ago) link
I think I was over reliant on the fact that his name was Matisse.
― reassessing life after bookmarking a Will Smith thread (PBKR), Thursday, 7 April 2022 11:07 (two years ago) link
on the other hand if you get the 3 youre probably playing the bucks on the road in the second round
when we say the eastern conference is all about matchups, the celtics, sixers, and bucks are all jockeying for 2-4. here’s what’s at stake:2 *may* mean a date with the nets but could be cavs, hawks, or hornets3 is almost definitely the bulls4 is almost definitely the raptors— Michael Pina (@MichaelVPina) April 7, 2022
― lag∞n, Thursday, 7 April 2022 14:07 (two years ago) link
playing the bulls would be pretty nice tho
― lag∞n, Thursday, 7 April 2022 14:09 (two years ago) link
post raid press conference
Quin Snyder does NOT like the narrative that Donovan Mitchell is intentionally not passing the ball to Rudy Gobert. pic.twitter.com/J4X4tFpbBg— Dana Greene (@dana_greene) April 6, 2022
― lag∞n, Thursday, 7 April 2022 14:14 (two years ago) link
yup, just coming off a long shift with the SWAT team
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 7 April 2022 14:24 (two years ago) link
didn't Bogut recently come out and say the Warriors were setting illegal screens all the time? god he seems like such a shitty teammate
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 April 2022 14:30 (two years ago) link
lame guy for sure
― lag∞n, Thursday, 7 April 2022 14:37 (two years ago) link
is Snyder not a good coach?
― Heez, Thursday, 7 April 2022 14:46 (two years ago) link