OFFICIAL Around The NBA Thread...... August

I sooo agree.. I'M not the one holding that up.

I commented on the blurry pic to.. Having some fun. Apparently I insulted him and it was deleted.... yeah....

Fucking funny how pathetic the grudge is if you ask me.

 

A good re-branding campaign is in order. No one has found his woe-is-me, Debbie Downer shtick funny in at least a decade, if ever.

BNM

 

As he held onto his shorts...

BNM

 

Why say something intentionally antagonistic and hypothetical is a false correlation? Of course it is! Although, I can see the relationship just fine. But I'll modify to make it clearer: if NEXT season Zach shoots +/-5% of his numbers LAST season AND averages 14 ppg I will put theoretical cash money down that we are a lottery team. I feel good about this one. Case closed!

 

I think he is saying based on his shooting percentage last year, in order to average 14ppg, he will need the ball and take too many shots in the game, and that will cause us to lose too much.

 

Joking aside, this is true. And I think ZC is going to be great. I don't think he is going to take bad shots, and I think he is going to find his niche. He is mobile and careful with the ball; he can shoot, post, and seems to have that offense rebound gene that guys like Ed Davis have. And that's just offensively.

I'm aghast that he'll likely being sharing the court with 11 or Swanigan, but with passers like Curry and Baldwin and (I guess) ET, I think we'll see an instant uptick in ZC efficiency and all-around numbers. There, I said it.

 

It makes me wonder... What if you gave a 16 big kid HGH or something along those lines?

 

Another prediction of us missing the playoffs........
https://fivethirtyeight.com/feature...ba-projections-can-tell-us-about-next-season/

 

Two are long gone from the game and the third is on the downside of his career. Not exactly strong evidence of what it takes for a big to succeed in today's game.

The game has changed dramatically, but I have a hunch another dominant inside player like Shaq would swing it back at least somewhat.

 

I'll take the under on the T'Wolves winning 52 games. Same on the Jazz winning 54 and the Thunder winning 53. I swear, these things are like the popular kids getting picked at recess.

 

To get that extra 80 mil?

 

So we're 10 games worse off and the Spurs are going to win 7 less games but the Thunder and Wolves each jump up 5 games? I don't buy it.

 

defense is still an asset in the game....people just overlook it for scoring titles more often than not....and by the way..Shaq is long gone from the game as well...

 

Right? Spurs definitely get better IMO. Pups are gonna have inner turmoil.

Thunder???

 

It's getting harder and harder to take FiveThirtyEight seriously. Not (just) because the constantly underrate the Blazers, but because of shit like this:



The Lakers are the most improved team in the league according to our model...

No, that may be your narrative, but it's NOT what your model says. Your model says GSW has improved by +54 Carm-Elo points, vs. a +35 point improvement for LAL. So, either you don't even believe you own model, or your terrible at basic math.

BNM

 

I'm still disappointed at the lack of improvement overall this summer added to the roster but that is because I expected a step up. This team definitely didn't get 10 games worse even if you factor in the injuries to other teams last year. It's possible they are better or the same as last year but win a few less games but not that much less.

 

Thunder trade Carmelo and gain 16 Carm-Elo points.

Literally, addition by subtraction.

BNM