AROUND THE NBA THREAD. NOV 2021 edition

Bring on Ben Simmons

 

c'mon now...in 87-88 he was 40 years old

he was the #1 for his first 13 years in the league and started ceding that role to the rookie Magic when Kareem was 34

Not many players are a #1 at 34 or 35 years old, especially not when they aren't ball-handlers. He played till he was 41

 

Per Shams, beginning Dec. 25th, Staples Center will no longer exist. It will be renamed to Crypto.com Arena in a $700M, 20 year naming rights deal.

 

Reggie Jackson has been fairly consistent in providing some big threes in the 4th this season for the Clippers.

Should be on the scouting report.

That’s a big part of why the Clippers while they may not be talked about to win a championship, are still a streaky team.

Can’t leave Reggie or Bledsoe.

 

that number is insane. Moda reportedly paid 40 mil for naming rights in a 10 yr deal in 2013.

great revenue stream, but there's nothing sacred anymore.

 

http://powerrankingsguru.com/nba/strength-of-schedule.php

 

Maybe the best ball movement of a team I’ve ever seen. Wears defenses out trying to chase the ball around all game.

 

But he’d knock down 3’s at a 70% clip against the Blazers. They always do.

PJ Dozier the other day looked like the Rifle Man against us.

 

I keep reading that and think it's a joke headline from The Onion. But it's probably not

fuck I'm old

 

Yeah I was just thinking before I saw this post that the Warriors haven’t really played anyone good this season. Sure, they beat the shit out of the Nets tonight. But the Nets are awful defensively.

 

I didn't say it was negative. But I think if we're talking about a #1 option you'd grade by a player's prime, not when they were past that prime. Dirk wasn't a #1 option for the final 7 years of his career...but he was for 11 years and that's what he'll be remembered for

 

I think that is like 2-3+ games in a row he’s hit back to back 3’s in the last 6 minutes of the game.

Might be a viable strategy, but not one that has worked for teams for many games this year.

Edit: My bad I meant Reggie Jackson on this.​

 

This would be the 2nd arena to have a crypto naming rights deal. American Airlines Arena in Miami was renamed to FTX Arena this year as well.

 

Part of it has to do with their ranking too. Being ranked #1 means you aren’t playing #1 at the least.

It’s the league, honestly 12-2 is impressive regardless of strength of schedule. Warriors have quality wins this season; and their only two losses were 104-101 OT vs Memphis and 106-102 @ Charlotte.

Both those teams scrapped for those wins. Realistically they could be 14-0.

They are legit, it’s not a fluke.

Proved that they are a better team than the nets right now.

I look forward to playing them. I think we still match up well.

 

Oh they are legit. But I’m not sold that they’re some kind of world beaters on pace to win like they did in their championship years. They just have an unselfish team that is buying in to ball movement and defense.

Now if Klay comes back shooting it like he has in years past. Then that’s a whole different story

 

So who counts as good? I think people are underestimating the Warriors by pointing to the schedule without considering that the Warriors have been mostly annihilating the schedule. Pretty much all of their last 10 wins have been blowouts. The Nets were the preseason favorites to win the title--sure, they're missing Irving, but Durant and Harden were the two superstars engines. Irving certainly wouldn't be making their defense any better.

If the Warriors were beating weak teams by 3 and 4 points, yes, I'd agree they look like a team fluking their way through an easy schedule. But they're doing what you'd expect the prime Jordan/Pippen Bulls to do to that sort of schedule (and no, I'm not saying they're the 1996 Bulls--just that their dominance so far has been insane and it's not really abating despite having played some better teams, like the Bulls and Nets).

 

Curry was great last year.

 

He was the number 2 for five of his titles.