2018 Around the NBA - October

Great post. Hopefully, Durant goes to NYC and Klay goes to LA. That would make things even out for sure.

 

Pretty good.

 

That right-handed hook for the and-1 Simmons had in the 2nd quarter is just further proof to my point that I think he's actually right-hand dominant but (for whatever reason) shoots jumpers with his left hand.

 

I wonder how good Joel Przybilla would've been from the three point line in today's NBA.

 

LA would probably be too good lol.

Durant to NYK would be fun. Cousins to Brooklyn and Draymond to Philadelphia. Butler to Miami. Kawhi stays in Toronto. G.S. would have Steph and Klay but not much else. That'd be so entertaining.

 

Still bad lol.

 

Like WCF good? I think we would be.

 

I think we're WCF good now if everything would break right for us. I fully believe we would've beaten Utah, OKC, SA, and Minnesota in a playoff series last year. NOP was just a bad matchup and Rondo played crazy good. This year, we can still beat those teams and I like our chances against Houston now. Not sure how we match up against Lakers. We'll see on Thursday.

 

Al Horford may be the best glue guy in the NBA. He started the second half with an assist, a made FG, a defensive rebound and a block. Oh, and he's guarding Ben Simmons, too. He may not be a human highlight film, but he does everything well.

BNM

 

He's a Top 10 player in the NBA. I have no doubt.

 

Irving shooting 9% from the field this season. Ouch.

 

I doubt, he’s a very good all around player, but he could not carry a bad team anywhere. He’s the type of player who does a lot of good and when playing his role is great at it. Almost all the ‘top 15ish’ could take a bad team and make them competitive. Giannis, AD, KD, Lebron, Dame, WB (dont care if you hate him), Harden, Jimmy Butler, Steph to name a few, put them on a bad team and they’ll make them good. This isnt disrespect towards Horford, he’s one of the best all round players there is, I just dont see him as a top 10 guy, maybe in that 15-20ish range.

 

Apples and Oranges. Those Lakers teams relied heavily on two guys to carry them. Golden State has four all-stars sharing the load, and a revolving door of guys like Iggy who aren't far removed from that level of play, which vastly minimizes the effect of those consecutive lengthy seasons. Also, they don't have to keep a lumbering big man healthy like Shaq in LA.

 

Hayward looks like a gimpy BRoy. Moving gingerly, falling all over the place, no lift.

 

But Horford DOES carry teams. He carried the Hawks and now he's carrying the Celtics. He wins wherever he goes. I think he's Boston's best player. He could absolutely go to a team like Brooklyn and make them a Top 4 team in the East.

 

Good points. We won't know til June.

 

Yep. It's sad.

 

Why do you people reply to this dudes asinine posts? Just garbage clogging the pages of this forum.

 

He’s the draymond green of those teams, extremely vital piece to have and they may not win (as much)without him but if he was on a team like Brooklyn they wouldnt have the pieces around him for his skillset to be the x-factor he’s capable of being.

 

You actually reply expecting to receive a thought out educated response, but get, “ Kyrie should be in the G-League!” #Sigh