AROUND THE NBA THREAD. NOV 2021 edition

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  1. Minstrel

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    Just goes to show, you shouldn't let LeBron James pick your players. Reports had the Lakers front office interested in Buddy Hield (who wouldn't have cost them Caldwell-Pope). But James wanted his pal and "Hall of Famer" Russell Westbrook so the Lakers pivoted. Hield would have been a far better fit offensively, they would have kept KCP and Hield makes much less so the Lakers probably could have retained Caruso. That would have been a legitimately strong team.

    Instead, they made one of the worst trades in recent NBA history to get Westbrook.
     
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    Maybe we're underestimating Westbrook's effect on winning. Check this out:

    OKC without Westbrook on the court: 0-6
    OKC with Westbrook on the court: 2-0
     
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    This isn't quite fair. Westbrook played damn well for each of those teams in the last third of the season, and the Wiz looked better with him (when he finally played well) than they had in YEARS.
     
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    I would be livid if I was the Denver coach. Not at MPJ (tho really, dunk it)...but at the other players who clearly gave up on the play.
     
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    I'm wondering why there's no news about our 2 way guys going to the G league to get some burn. We don't seem to use the G league very well anymore since we dumped the Stampede
     
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    How far down do you have to go to find a Blazer line-up?
     
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    it looks like Porter injured himself on that play
     
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    oof, the body language of his teammates.
     
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    Russ’ decline matches the eye test.
     
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    Westbrook is 33 and he's always had incredible athleticism be the core of his game. That athletic ability could be dropping rapidly and that's why his numbers are falling so fast
     
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    Double dribble
     
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    where are you seeing a double dribble?
     
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    You didn't see it?

    After he trips up Holiday and moves around Gafford, Beal stops to shoot, and then dribbles again once it's clear Gianni's is coming to guard him.
     
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    Looks like he pulls a CJ fake there, not a stop collection and re-dribble. I think since it's in slow-motion, it looks weird.
     
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    I think Westbrook just chose the wrong sport....he's a football player trying to play basketball..
     
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