2018 Around the NBA - November

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  1. swish3

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    No. Swish3 is just a favorite term for 3 point shots, which are becoming increasingly important for wins. For some of us, this term along with dunk2s and free1s are useful.
     
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    Funny, I've never heard any other user prefer those terms. I'll have to do an Internet search.
     
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  5. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Hey dammit, I trademarked dunk2s and free1s to compliment swish3s. Try and keep up!

    BNM
     
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  6. KingSpeed

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    Bill Simmons discussed All NBA teams for the first 20 games. There are some decisions to make. Who are your starting forwards? In case you don’t know, your choices are LeBron, Kawhi, Durant, Giannis (and Aminu). Tough tough call. For guards, they focused on Oladipo, Kemba, Butler, and Dame. Embiid as first team C and Anthony Davis as second team.

    What do you guys think? As of right now, if the season ended today, what would be your All NBA teams?

    Mine would be

    Kemba/Dame/Durant/Giannis/Embiid
    Oladipo/Butler/LeBron/Kawhi/Davis
    Conley/PG13/Tobias/Griffin/Gasol

    I leave out Curry and Westbrook who missed too many games. Harden leads league in scoring but has his team at 14th in the West.

    Looking forward to your replies.
     
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    20(ish) games into the season, who had the following?

    • Blazers 1.5 games behind the Conference leading...........Clippers?
    • Last year's doormat Mavericks in the #8 spot in the Playoff race?
    • The Thunder 1 game out of first place after beginning 0-4 to start?
    • The Timberwolves playing so much better without Jimmy Butler?
    • The Rockets being thankful the sorry Suns are an NBA franchise?
    • The Sacramento Kings being 1/2 game out of the #8 Playoff spot?

    Weird season so far.
     
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    The West is in the closest thing to parity I can remember. Except the Warriors and Suns, of course.
     
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    But it use to be that there were 10+ good teams in the West, and somehow we've suddenly become Eastern Conference-lite - the mediocrity is astounding!
     
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    There no easy wins this year especially against a west team.
     
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    If by "mediocre" you mean being at about median performance, that's kind of the definition of parity. I think all of the teams in the West, except Phoenix, are pretty good. If you're playing teams that are all pretty equal in terms of talent level though, their records are going to trend towards .500. That said, only the top 3 teams in the East have winning records against the West.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    As a whole, the East is 45-68 against the west so far.
     
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    You rang FAMS? Nailed all my predictions so far! #40Wins
     
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    And 18 of the 45 wins were posted by the Raptors (7-1), Bucks (7-4), and Sixers (4-1).
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    So they are still the (L)east.
     
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    That's cool. I found out last week that it was International Men's Day. It's on the same day as National Toilet Day. National Toilet Day is probably taken more seriously.
     
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    It is the place real men do their best thinking.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    A man's home is his castle. So, it seems appropriate that International Men's Day should occur on the same day we honor his throne.

    BNM
     
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