2017-18 NBA REGULAR SEASON THREAD PART 1 ALL OF AMERICAS FAVORITE TEAMS ARE BACK

coaches always praise Rondo's "knowledge of the game" but uh does he even play anymore haha no seriously i don't know

i literally don't know anyone who wants their kids to play football except for one friend from college whose wife is opposed to football for their son, and he keeps plastering her FB wall with "actually football is very safe and here's why" articles from quacks.

Rondo's on the Pelicans!

according to Reddit Jaylen Brown took calculus

m gasol is def a good one tho id deduct points for not realizing until late in his career (last year) that he shd be scoring more

marc def a top ten smart player

i literally don't know anyone who wants their kids to play football except for one friend from college whose wife is opposed to football for their son, and he keeps plastering her FB wall with "actually football is very safe and here's why" articles from quacks.

― omar little, Friday, November 10, 2017 4:38 PM (forty-three seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah this is the big one imo parents not letting their kids play, also something im surprised hasnt been happening is high schools getting sued by explayers/families and shutting down their programs

according to Reddit Jaylen Brown took calculus

― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, November 10, 2017 4:39 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

kinda a nerd for sure, yet to be seen re basketball smarts, tho i def like his trajectory!

In terms of basketball smarts I might go Kawhi.

my son is doing flag football and im happy that he hates it and we wont be doing it again. so many aggro parents on the sidelines. his coach yells at the kids like theyre in high school (not at my kid, though, cos he's not good enough for the coaches wrath)

any player that excels on defense should be up there. you have to have your mind in it all times. any mental lapse results in an easy bucket.

high school football such a big deal in a large part of the country, I'd be pretty surprised if it went away any time soon. and idk NFL is such a fixture of weekend routines for so many y'know? There needs to be something to give cover to daytime drinkers!

fn insane youth coaches how do these guys not see their own foolishness xp

kawhi shd def be in the conversation, super subtle game + has consistently improved at an unbelievable rate

conley and gasol seem like smart players but i havent actualyl watched a full game of them in like 3 years so idk

shoutout to the gawd Manu too

The Spurs last champinship team was like 90% bball geniuses

and yeah rondo was really smart back in his heyday

he's spent so much time not playing basketball lately that i dunno if he's still got it

The Spurs last champinship team was like 90% bball geniuses

― Spottie, Friday, November 10, 2017 4:49 PM (nine seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that was an amazing run they won with so much less talent than the competition, something no one ever talks about cause they still had name stars but really duncan-manu-parker were half cooked and kawhi wasnt quite there yet

duncan def in the alltime IQ hof, nash too

totally. surgical precision on both ends of the floor. prime boris too.

xp

oh man, Boris *swoons*

Hubie Brown said Jason Williams was the smartest player he ever coached. Learned the entire playbook from every position in a couple days or so.

Who could have guessed putting melo and Russ together would result in the fewest passes of any team

I think Russ is a genuinely smart player though he's just drunk on his own gifts, it's hard to think pass first when you can just nonchalantly blow past anyone in the league even after like a dozen knee surgeries

but everyone falls in love w/3's. they are alluring.

Other players know they’d get benched tho

russ doesnt just take and miss a shitload of threes, he takes bad ones, its shameless

he cld easily shoot 35% if he were more selective

feels like he rushed his shot like he's trying to be quick like curry. his midrange shot looks much more measured and calm (still quick tho)

yeah def he just flings em up there

you folks need to have more appreciation for the hoisting life

i mean we all love to hoist here but some level of propriety must be observed

marcus smart's inability to make a layup is still really frustrating

marcus smarts inability to make anything...

celtics on a roll

Celtics announce Kyrie Irving is out for the remainder of the game and monitored for possible concussion.

— Chris Forsberg (@ESPNForsberg) November 11, 2017

what happenes if everyone on your team gets concussed

they institute "the protocol game"

isn't "he's been the difference in this game" actually a diss if theyre on the team that's behind

faint praise, yes, but if it's meant as a backhanded compliment, it's a pretty well buried one

Tried watching Bulls/Pacers cause feelin guilty for not watching any Bulls this year. Made it thru a quarter, phew that was exhausting. Switching over to Spurs/Bucks.

wow that oop from bled to giannis

P incredible. Bucks in the open court are just deadly.

the celtics won whoa

ugly game

gianns stylin on that dunk

great basketball going on here

DEER NOISES!!!!!

great basketball is not allowed until after the holidays, im logging off immediately