Regular Degular Redux - 2019-20 NBA Season thread 2

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they can only try to steal some of sugarfree drew's try hard

I wonder if winning every game of 1-on-1 ever distorts their meter for professional accomplishment.

Sorry, I was confusing. I meant that Simmons is better than Brown straight up. Hayward might be better than Horford at this point, but not enough to make me want to trade Simmons.

I would probably trade Embiid before I traded Simmons. Simmons wants to be better and has worked on his game in subtle ways (not saying he doesn't need to work on some not so subtle things as well). Embiid is great, but is immature. I'm not sure he actually likes basketball.

Another issue I see with simmons and embiid being your stars is that they both belong in the post. And unless Phil Jackson is coming back there’s not really a coach out there who knows how to make that work.

What makes you think Simmons doesn't like basketball? I've never gotten that vibe from him.

some serious galaxy-braining going on with the pro-lou williams takes

Horf was legitimately very good in the playoffs vs. the Bucks a couple years ago, that probably factored into it

it’s really just a question of resource allocation... there’s no other team in the NBA paying $60m in salary to two centers (with good reason). they’re both good players but that’s not really the point.

its too bad we never really got to see the boogie/brow pairing in full health and in the playoffs.

there are pro-lou williams takes? like it should not be a big deal that he went into a club to order food during the pandemic?

you should get a pass if its a place that has a dish named after you

come get the "can you believe this dipshit" wings while they last!

What makes you think Simmons doesn't like basketball? I've never gotten that vibe from him.

Simmons is a reserved guy. I don't think that means he doesn't care. I might agree he cares more about perception of himself than the team, but that doesn't mean he doesn't like basketball.

he seems pretty aloof which is maybe not that great for team sports but who knows thats just what he looks like on tv

i think the aussie guys in general put themselves at a little bit of a remove but i don't think it really matters much.

i have not followed any insider gossip re ben simmons

aron baynes wears his heart on his huge sleeve mate

ya and patty mils is always like, game day bala and yelling and shit

that sixers team is def a case of 2k-itis

simmons was regarded as putting himself at a remove from the other australians, partly because hes not very aussie

they are a very racialist folk tbf

When simmons was in college he treated those games like tech demos

Anyway, very impressed by Jonathan Isaac in these scrimmages

He was having a great season before the injury.

watching the grizzlies/heat scrimmage from earlier today. man, i love how the grizz play on offense. such a young team but they really move the ball and play with rhythm and tempo. super unselfish. with so many athletes sharing the ball it's a very fun style to watch. and ja is amazing which helps.

Michael porter jr is an antivaxer and coronavirus conspiracy therorist?

he was homeschooled

everyones picking the lakers now even tho they only have two players and milwaukee has been destroying the league all season +11 point diff! https://www.theringer.com/nba/2020/7/29/21345882/nba-power-rankings-contenders-lakers-clippers-bucks

AND the lakers have to get by the clippers

Porter claims he’s never been vaccinated in his life. Apparently his family has strange religious beliefs and there’s lots of theories about how he and his brother’s injuries were caused by the advice of some weird physical therapist

Forgot he was also the pray for the cops guy after the George Floyd murder

Bucks still unproven in the playoffs, last two years their gameplan fell apart as they got eliminated by less talented teams

imagine being super christian home schooled then in the nba a year later with all satans pleasures at your fingertips lol

anyway nba is gonna be on all day every day in a few days something im thinking about

porter family is pretty weird and that was clear from before he even started college

frogbs
Posted: July 29, 2020 at 12:53:23 PM
Bucks still unproven in the playoffs, last two years their gameplan fell apart as they got eliminated by less talented teams

they were so much better this year tho but yeah coach bud doesnt have a great playoff record

Let’s not get into the hawks thing again plz

Didn’t porter’s dad get hired as an assistant coach at mizzou or something sketchy like that?

did we do a hawks thing lol

he has 9 siblings, the family is super religious & obv you can see from his college experience that his father has a huge role in his life... he basically grew up in a cult

recall watching a hs interview w him where he said all we do is praise god and get buckets lol

they were so much better this year tho but yeah coach bud doesnt have a great playoff record

their regular season stats were pretty fucking good last year too. fwiw they were a double OT game away from being up 3-0 on the Raps last year and I am pretty sure they would have beaten the hobbled Warriors in the finals. I think they've got a good shot at it this year but I can see why people are skeptical. Bud seems bad in a series, both Boston in '18 and the Raps in '19 were able to disrupt their key strategies and he had no recourse. then again he's clearly the best coach the Bucks have had since I've started watching them so who knows. he's had a long time to think about this.

to me you can make a case for the bucks being a vulnerable no 1 seed w/o even bringing up bud. they still have to prove they can score enough in the halfcourt in the fourth quarter of playoff games & that's a personnel issue not a coaching one imo. the bucks played better this year and the continuity has to count for something but the roster around giannis hasn't changed from last year (arguably has gotten worse w/o brogdon). when teams start walling off the paint against giannis in the final 5 mins of games and there's no more transition, middleton, bledsoe, and brook are gonna have to step up and make plays.... george hill and divencenzo are going to have to hit shots. the bucks placed their bets on these guys. it's all been gravy in the regular season but we shall see... is george hill a 50% three point shooter? can middleton take over a crucial game if giannis can't get to the rim? can bledsoe contribute anything? these are open questions on all the players

bucks are still clearly the favorite bcuz every other team in the east is flawed but i think they're way closer to toronto, boston, philly and miami in a playoff scenario than the season long point differential indicates

playoff bledsoe is the problem

they just seem like theyve got the stuff this year, theyve been together where a bunch of teams in their way are on overhauled rosters, theyve come close before and have steadily improved, tho obvs the layoff and the bubble are huge wildcards

if middleton can maintain his level of play i think theyve got it hes been so good this year, and thatll allow bledsoe et al to do less be the role players they are

*personally* i think a 1-4 bucks-heat match up would be mighty interesting.... giannis only averaged 21 points in two games vs the heat this year (both losses) and i think the heat have the no 1 giannis defender in the east (bam), plus they're crazy deep at wing defender now after the memphis trade. ultimately the heat can't score enough to win that series but they'd put the bucks to the test imo in a real way especially in the scenarios i'm describing above.

lakers have a lot of good vibes but i still have no clue what their best 5 looks like. rondo and bradley are out and thats two playable vets.

clippers have much more depth and paul george finally got to let his shoulder heal.