NBA Regular Season & Playoffs 2018-19 Thread

ButtersSuki

Anyone going to the London Game?

kmart6

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I’d rather watch Steph do it like that than Harden score 30+ with 2 made field goals.....as he did recently.

Steph is a career 90%+ FT shooter, if he went hunting for fouls he’d be scoring at a higher rate.

Same here!

ButtersSuki

Watching the Boston game from last night. Boston took a time out 29seconds into the game. Can’t recall a team ever taking a time out that early into a game before.

Osmosis Jones

I think Pop had like a 16 second timeout last season

Gregk961

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

I think Pop had like a 16 second timeout last season

Yeah Pop calls a very early timeout quite often. I remember that one last year, somebody dropped an uncontested 3 on the spurs on the first possession and pop called a timeout straight away. Nobody on the team even looked suprised.

Seen Kerr do it a few times too actually.

ButtersSuki

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

I think Pop had like a 16 second timeout last season

Gregk961 wrote: »

Yeah Pop calls a very early timeout quite often. I remember that one last year, somebody dropped an uncontested 3 on the spurs on the first possession and pop called a timeout straight away. Nobody on the team even looked suprised.

Seen Kerr do it a few times too actually.

I remember Pop once getting a T deliberately in the first minute and early time outs, but can't recall him calling a time oput that early - but not doubting it either. Will take your word(s) for it.

ButtersSuki

GS laying down a marker last night against Denver with 51 in the first quarter (NBA record) and 10 3s in that period alone.

Philly beat the crap out of Minny - I'm a little surprised at the scoreline tbh given how well the Twolves have been playing recently. Butler must be in their heads still.

OKC ONCE AGAIN in a game that could really help their seeding lose to a team they should beat, this time aginast Atlanta. If they had won the important games they had in the last 3 weeks alone they'd be the 1 seed now. SMH.

DaveyDave

Completely missed the Hornets v Spurs game the other night. Went to check Reddit to see if Rudy Gay is available for tonights game only to see they lost the other night! 6-4 in the last 10 but slowly dropping, currently 7th in the league.

Hopefully Spurs can win against the Mavericks tonight. 3 losses in a row would be bad. They seem to do ok when a player is out and have definitely gotten comfortable together since their string of losses in November but they need to get these off nights in control. It's ok if they have an off night then smash a win the next day but they can't afford losing streaks right now.

damowill

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Dennis Smith Jr looks like he's on his way out of Dallas, supposed to be their PG of the future but I guess they never expected to draft Doncic (well done, Atlanta and Sacramento) and they don't look too good together.

Rumour that Orlando and Phoenix are the teams interested which makes sense considering both have needed a PG for ages. With Dallas not happy with DeAndre Jordan I wouldn't be at all surprised if they tried to swap Smith Jr for Mo Bamba straight up.

DSJ looked good last year so surprised Dallas are giving up on him already. He is only 21 so obviously is gonna improve. Doncic will be their main man for sure but they could build a team around them. Mo Bamba isnt getting much minutes cos Vuc has been pretty healthy all year. DJ Agustin is decent but they need an upgrade at the point and DSJ could be that guy.

Osmosis Jones

DaveyDave wrote: »

Completely missed the Hornets v Spurs game the other night. Went to check Reddit to see if Rudy Gay is available for tonights game only to see they lost the other night! 6-4 in the last 10 but slowly dropping, currently 7th in the league.

Hopefully Spurs can win against the Mavericks tonight. 3 losses in a row would be bad. They seem to do ok when a player is out and have definitely gotten comfortable together since their string of losses in November but they need to get these off nights in control. It's ok if they have an off night then smash a win the next day but they can't afford losing streaks right now.

Great stat from the Hornets Spurs game, Tony Parker now has a winning record against every team in the NBA.

Gregk961

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I remember Pop once getting a T deliberately in the first minute and early time outs, but can't recall him calling a time oput that early - but not doubting it either. Will take your word(s) for it.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/fivethirtyeight.com/features/its-never-too-early-for-gregg-popovich-to-call-a-timeout/amp/

Good article on the topic!

ButtersSuki

Gregk961 wrote: »

https://www.google.com/amp/s/fivethirtyeight.com/features/its-never-too-early-for-gregg-popovich-to-call-a-timeout/amp/

Good article on the topic!

Cheers for that, interesting read!

DaveyDave

Spurs playing the Mavericks now. If someone wants to sneak into the locker room and use the app on Doncic's phone to loosen his self lacing shoes I would be ok with that. We need a win :pac:

kmart6

Nets came back out of nowhere there to snatch it from the Rockets in OT. Harden with 58 and 23 FTA :rolleyes: 2 misses coming in the last few minutes and then OT. 5-19 from 3 too. Really think his inefficiencies are being completely overlooked on the run, FTs really masking a lot.

Steph going full Steph in the 3rd, 23 points with 7-8 from 3, crazy!

Pelicans/Warriors was a really entertaining game from start to finish.

irishguitarlad

kmart6 wrote: »

Nets came back out of nowhere there to snatch it from the Rockets in OT. Harden with 58 and 23 FTA :rolleyes: 2 misses coming in the last few minutes and then OT. 5-19 from 3 too. Really think his inefficiencies are being completely overlooked on the run, FTs really masking a lot.

Steph going full Steph in the 3rd, 23 points with 7-8 from 3, crazy!

Pelicans/Warriors was a really entertaining game from start to finish.

Did you see where the rockets took a record breaking 70 threes? Spencer dinwiddie was on fire, that last three was crazy. Irving was unreal for the celtics last night as well, career high 18 assists with 27 points.

Paully D

https://twitter.com/sam_amick/status/1085743256095285248?s=21

Wilt, ****ing hell! :eek:

Osmosis Jones

With Calepa out too Harden is going to have to go for 50+ every night just to make the playoffs, that was a Kemba game last night, he's gonna completely burn out by the post season. They were playing 6'5 PJ Tucker at center, Jarret Allen had 24 rebounds!

ButtersSuki

Paully D wrote: »

https://twitter.com/sam_amick/status/1085743256095285248?s=21

Wilt, ****ing hell! :eek:

Only mentioned Wilt recently on here. Really people should appreciate what Wilt did more.

ButtersSuki

kmart6 wrote: »

Nets came back out of nowhere there to snatch it from the Rockets in OT. Harden with 58 and 23 FTA :rolleyes: 2 misses coming in the last few minutes and then OT. 5-19 from 3 too. Really think his inefficiencies are being completely overlooked on the run, FTs really masking a lot.

Steph going full Steph in the 3rd, 23 points with 7-8 from 3, crazy!

Pelicans/Warriors was a really entertaining game from start to finish.

Steph’s 48 against Dallas was better imo, he hit one crazy lay up in particular as well as some deeeeeep 3s. Huge game against Denver too (when he was in the game - he got pulled early as they kicked their asses).

ButtersSuki

I’m one of those very rare people who really appreciates FT shooting - %’s are one of the first thing I look at for seasons, careers etc. as it’s a real marker for elite shooting.

I also love 3s.


But I hate watching Harden.

Osmosis Jones

Harden has more iso possessions this season than any other entire team, what he's doing is good for his numbers but it's neither winning nor entertaining basketball.

kmart6

Such a variance in Green's +/- figure over the last two games for pretty similar stat lines but with higher scoring last night. I really don't see the purpose of +/-

@Denver

V Pelicans

nerd69

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

I think Pop had like a 16 second timeout last season

Didn't pop get someone to foul Shaq to start the game before

ButtersSuki

nerd69 wrote: »

Didn't pop get someone to foul Shaq to start the game before

Sure did. First play, at the half court circle.

Osmosis Jones

Might want to try that with Lonzo when they play next, shooting 41% from the line, the worst FT% of any starter in the league and he's a guard!

ButtersSuki

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Might want to try that with Lonzo when they play next, shooting 41% from the line, the worst FT% of any starter in the league and he's a guard!

For me that's unforgivable. With shooting coaches and shot doctors etc. all over the states just pay someone to break down your fundamentals and build it up from scratch.

ButtersSuki

nerd69 wrote: »

Didn't pop get someone to foul Shaq to start the game before

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Sure did. First play, at the half court circle.

Closer to the 3 point line.,....apologies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2LRDO4jiBo

Gotta love Pop, I especially love the one from 2:05 on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcegYF_Ti78

There's loads of these types of clips out there.

Osmosis Jones

ButtersSuki wrote: »

For me that's unforgivable. With shooting coaches and shot doctors etc. all over the states just pay someone to break down your fundamentals and build it up from scratch.

It's unreal, that's lower than Shaq's worst FT% season, it's lower than Steph's 3pt%

rushfan

ButtersSuki wrote:

There's loads of these types of clips out there.

Total entertainment. He's absolutely class, in every sense.

ButtersSuki

rushfan wrote: »

Total entertainment. He's absolutely class, in every sense.

As I've said every year, he should be Coach of the Year every year. Every other winner is just the best runner up.

Look at this year even. They're largely playing different basketball from the rest of the league (largely), but winning again at Play Off pace after a rough start to figure out the new personnel/systems etc. And remember no one gave them a chance when DeJonte Murray went down. This is a team that since last year has lost Manu, Parker, Murray and Kawhi. It's crazy when you think about it.