yeah embiid isn't very good
― ciderpress, Friday, 7 February 2020 03:22 (four years ago) link
the way they use embiid is very hard to understand. there's just no concept to their offense.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 7 February 2020 03:25 (four years ago) link
It’s the same offense they had when they were tanking.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 7 February 2020 04:27 (four years ago) link
Can't believe warriors took on Wiggins. Turns out Bob Myers is as dumb as he looks.
― Fetchboy, Friday, 7 February 2020 04:27 (four years ago) link
what's the reason for not firing brown at this point
― Clay, Friday, 7 February 2020 04:37 (four years ago) link
inertia
― majority whip, majority nae nae (m bison), Friday, 7 February 2020 04:41 (four years ago) link
Glad I have company on the Embiid is trash club
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 7 February 2020 05:06 (four years ago) link
i dunno if he's trash, he still probably cracks top 5 centers
― ciderpress, Friday, 7 February 2020 05:25 (four years ago) link
ummm i kind of love this rockets team
― J0rdan S., Friday, 7 February 2020 05:53 (four years ago) link
MODS
― Fetchboy, Friday, 7 February 2020 05:54 (four years ago) link
having 4 shooters on the floor is good for russell
― J0rdan S., Friday, 7 February 2020 05:55 (four years ago) link
i'm into the d'antoni/morey YOLO narrative
their line up is very well honed for crunch time of playoff games now
― J0rdan S., Friday, 7 February 2020 05:57 (four years ago) link
𝙇𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣, 𝙬𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢. pic.twitter.com/8vqpq10Jxq— Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) February 7, 2020
._.
― J0rdan S., Friday, 7 February 2020 06:01 (four years ago) link
most talented low post scorer since hakeem
*spits out coffee*
― k3vin k., Friday, 7 February 2020 12:23 (four years ago) link
I can see the Sixers not realizing they need to trade one of Embiid/Simmons until they basically have no value left relative to their contracts and no one wants them. What is shocking to me is how invested the Philly media is in defending these guys? Latest take is that Embiid had a booboo. I expect that out of some small-market media, like Milwaukee or something, not from Philly.
― We're jumping on the road with @Nickelback this summer! (PBKR), Friday, 7 February 2020 14:45 (four years ago) link
― k3vin k., Friday, February 7, 2020 7:23 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
dont think this is such an outrageous thing to say if were talking about talent, embiid started playing basketball late and still wldve been the #1 pick if not for injury, he hasnt improved since he came into the league which suggests hes not working very hard yet hes still good for 23-12, if you dont work hard but are still really good at something thats gotta be talent, and the post is where hes most effective, tho not sure if he knows that
― lag∞n, Friday, 7 February 2020 14:56 (four years ago) link
Lots of debate about whether the rockets are fun to watch. For me the reason they aren’t fun is that it’s just year 5 of the same thing. Part of the fun of basketball is watching teams change their offense for new players.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 7 February 2020 15:33 (four years ago) link
agree but i thought they were actually fun to watch last night and dont understand bills outrage and that game being the final straw. its the same thing but with a twist now that capella is out.
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 7 February 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
I thought for sure gallinari would get traded to a team that would be happy to extend his contract but I guess he’s gonna he one of the top free agents this summer now? Having another great season
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 7 February 2020 15:56 (four years ago) link
harden is kinda interesting to watch if from a technical stand point but fun idk
― lag∞n, Friday, 7 February 2020 15:58 (four years ago) link
rox have changed from a mix of p&r and iso to an almost pure iso team lol
― lag∞n, Friday, 7 February 2020 15:59 (four years ago) link
i was more interested in what they would do on defense and they looked engaged last night
Next trip down, we get, for my money, HOU's best defensive possession of the night.-PJ blows up the spot-timely gamble by Russ-FANTASTIC rotation & recovery by Harden-RoCo cuts off Alex Caruso's path + recovers-RoCo comes back over with the block on the Brow fadewhew. pic.twitter.com/INslV65gdD— ahhhhhh (dats me yellin) (@NekiasNBA) February 7, 2020
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 7 February 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link
btw russ cut his 3pt attempts in half for the last ~month and has been much better since think part of the capela trade was to get him more room to operate hes been posting a bunch which is an interesting counter to the d laying off his shot
― lag∞n, Friday, 7 February 2020 16:20 (four years ago) link
Rockets are infuriating to watch sometimes but I like that there's a team whose gameplan is so much different than everyone else, it's like that one year in the NFL where the Dolphins randomly did the Wildcat a bunch
― frogbs, Friday, 7 February 2020 16:25 (four years ago) link
Harden started playing bad and Russ started playing great
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 7 February 2020 16:25 (four years ago) link
― lag∞n, Friday, February 7, 2020 11:20 AM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
yeah they've basically turned russ into a center.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 7 February 2020 16:36 (four years ago) link
Harden and Russ have yet to figure out how to play good at the same time. I don’t think it can happen really
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 7 February 2020 16:37 (four years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Friday, February 7, 2020 bookmarkflaglink
this is why i am intrigued by the rockets. they are willing to go all in on the biggest strengths of their roster. the 76ers could learn something from it.
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 7 February 2020 16:52 (four years ago) link
xp to lagoon and matt I feel like the obvious answer is shaq. came into the league dominant and ended up a top 10 player of all time. put some respect on the man’s name
I used to be a rockets defender and I still like harden and pj tucker, but what matt said is true, they have been basically running the same offense for like 4 or 5 years now and it’s getting old
― k3vin k., Friday, 7 February 2020 19:13 (four years ago) link
rockets offense changed entirely 2 years ago when they got cp3
― ciderpress, Friday, 7 February 2020 19:14 (four years ago) link
yeah otm re shaq but can we at least say joel is one of the very mostest talented post players of modern nba
― lag∞n, Friday, 7 February 2020 19:15 (four years ago) link
I’m happy gazelle didn’t get traded because the thunder are hella fun
― k3vin k., Friday, 7 February 2020 19:19 (four years ago) link
they already have so many draft picks i don think it wld be the end of the world for them to not tank
― lag∞n, Friday, 7 February 2020 19:20 (four years ago) link
ya best of both worlds baby
― k3vin k., Friday, 7 February 2020 19:21 (four years ago) link
showing competence is a good strategy as well.
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 7 February 2020 19:22 (four years ago) link
want to keep shai happy too
― lag∞n, Friday, 7 February 2020 19:23 (four years ago) link
Probably the biggest thing that drives me nuts about Embiid is how slow he is in his decision making. I haven't looked into it, but it seems like teams are double-teaming him even more than in the past. So often he gets the ball 10ft from the basket and should see the second defender hedging toward him for a double team. Instead of reacting right away and decisively attacking his defender before the double team can get there (or passing it right away to the open man if the second defender is already committed), he takes 2+ exaggeratedly slow dribbles before he tries to go to the basket, allowing the second defender to come over and block the path to the basket or strip the ball. I know he was a late bloomer, but it seems like maybe his feel for the game was always intuitive and he hasn't learned much since.
― We're jumping on the road with @Nickelback this summer! (PBKR), Friday, 7 February 2020 20:30 (four years ago) link
it just seems like he hasnt worked on his game at all since coming into the league
― lag∞n, Friday, 7 February 2020 20:39 (four years ago) link
too busy working on his persona
― ciderpress, Friday, 7 February 2020 20:39 (four years ago) link
Bron dont be caring sometimes pic.twitter.com/XEOwB6TyCk— drew. (@NBAYoungDrew) February 7, 2020
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 7 February 2020 20:54 (four years ago) link
lol wow. russ didnt move at all either.
― micah, Friday, 7 February 2020 21:00 (four years ago) link
Last 2 min in close game wtf
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 7 February 2020 21:58 (four years ago) link
they cancel each other out
― lag∞n, Friday, 7 February 2020 22:04 (four years ago) link
load management
― ciderpress, Friday, 7 February 2020 22:22 (four years ago) link
duh
Steve Kerr on D’Angelo Russell: “To be blunt, the fit was questionable when we signed him (from a positional standpoint).” Full quote. pic.twitter.com/eKs89GSLQr— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) February 7, 2020
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 7 February 2020 22:35 (four years ago) link
not exactly showering him with praise on the wag out.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 7 February 2020 22:47 (four years ago) link
when Bron's wife is mad at him does she give him the "load management" excuse in the br?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 7 February 2020 22:48 (four years ago) link
i knew dlo was out after this
Pretty sure Draymond was REALLY MAD at D'Angelo for not sprinting back to prevent this Nuggets dunk ... pic.twitter.com/iGj75Sll5D— Drew Shiller (@DrewShiller) January 17, 2020
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 7 February 2020 22:51 (four years ago) link
btw thats literally the fastest i ever saw him run the whole season. that may be his top speed
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 7 February 2020 22:52 (four years ago) link