OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD- March 2021

BOTH of them?

 

I wasn't saying that it's new. But, this far along in the season, it's possible that they don't make the playoffs, which was inconceivable before the Klay injury.

 

“I will occasionally take a player out (for FBO), especially a young player,” Kerr said. “I’m not taking Draymond Green or Steph (Curry) out if they miss a box-out, I’ll be perfectly honest. I’ll tell them at the next timeout, ‘Hey, let’s make sure we box out,’ and they usually know when they miss one. But a young guy, a Jordan Poole, Mike Mulder, Nico Mannion, Juan — if Juan were to miss one — sure. It’s a good way to remind them, ‘Hey, if you want to play, you gotta do this every time.’ I wouldn’t hesitate to take one of those guys out.”

FBO is "failure to box out".

 

Paul’s arrival has brought balance to Booker’s game. This season, Booker has possessed the ball for only 4.1 minutes per game, which is tied for 53rd in the league and is a new low for him since the 2016-17 season, according to NBA Advanced Stats. Now he is receiving more simple shots off the catch. Paul possesses the ball 46 percent of the time he’s in the game, per BBall-Index. That’s more frequently than all but just four players: Luka Doncic, Trae Young, Damian Lillard, and John Wall. Paul runs the show in Phoenix, which allows Booker to pick his spots
This season, 39 percent of Booker’s half-court plays are a result of spotting up from 3, coming off a screen, or using a handoff. That’s up from 32 percent last season with Rubio at point guard, and way up from 26 percent in 2018-19, when Booker had only rookie De’Anthony Melton and 38-year-old Jamal Crawford setting him up. Fair or not, Booker earned comparisons to Klay Thompson as a Kentucky freshman; now he’s reminding people why.

 

Hm. I wonder how Booker feels about that. He had been turned from James Harden into Klay Thompson. The winning's nice, but he's no longer looking like an MVP candidate.

 

No and then they'll win the lottery get the number one pick, push the Wolves out to the number four spot, giving them the first and fourth pick in a loaded draft. They won't use the picks they'll just make huge upgrades to the current roster and possibly even cutting their salary down. These motherfuckers are lucky. I know the injuries don't seem like they've been but somehow they'll come out on top of this situation. Or maybe they'll just crumble into nothing.

 

You waited too late. I already made up something better.

 

where? Is it "Fuckin' box out!"

 

Too uncreative. Try harder to keep up with my intellect.

 

That's impossible.

 

I gotta admit it. You are the second-smartest guy on the board.

 

When Harden asked to be traded and add PDX to his list. If we traded CJ do you think we would have the same record of 21-14 or higher?

 

the descent is too abrupt

 

that suit on that chair deserves some jail time

 

I don't know exactly what the package that included CJ would have been but yes, yes I do think that the actual best back court in the NBA would have had a better record than what we currently do. But who gets injured in this Harden as a Blazer multiverse? All things being equal. If we had traded CJ, young guys and picks for Harden and even if Nurk breaks his wrist, I think we would be on pace to win at least 50 of 72.

 

Yes but with steals or blocks in double figures. Those are the difficult categories.