AROUND THE NBA THREAD. NOV 2021 edition

Poole emerging has been big. But yes, getting more players that fit their style of play has been the key. Last year, they finished the season on something like a 22-5 tear after Poole improved and they basically removed Oubre and Paschall from the rotation--ball stoppers who didn't know how to move and also couldn't really shoot.

 

Thank you.

 

No one is criticizing Kareem by calling him a #2. It’s just the truth that he won most of his titles as that.

 

Nope. The only thing sacred is payin them bills on time.

 

Have the Warriors blown out 4 WC playoff teams this year? The Blazers have.

 

Sigh

 

So the Warriors are legit, but the Blazers are just even more legit? Would you say the Blazers are the best team in the league or just the conference?

 

I was so wrong about the Nets and Lakers going into the season...looks to me like a Bulls, Warriors championship matchup is more likely

 

Waiting 30 games

 

The only thing stopping a Warriors title is an injury to Steph Curry. Unfortunately for them, that's not entirely unlikely. I expect to see him being rested more as the season goes on (particularly after Klay comes back).

This Warriors team looks a lot like the 73-win pre-KD Warriors. Only there's no peak LeBron who can knock them off in the finals any more.

 

True, and they've done with it just what the 73-win Warriors would've done.

 

Struggling with "would've" I see.

 

this Warriors team is on a pace to win 70 games. Are they that good? of course not

are they good enough, right now, to win 55 games? of course (is Portland?)

are they better, right now, than almost everybody expected? of course

I think it's clear the Warriors are playing extremely well. They are doing exactly what good teams are supposed to do and that's sweeping just about all the games they should win. If the Warriors can get Klay and Wiseman back and stay healthy by avoiding any major injuries; and if Klay just hits about 80% of the player he was, the Warriors will very likely be in the race for top seed

but is that really a surprise? I'd also think it's time, considering how much Steve Kerr was dissed as a HC around here this last off-season, to start giving him more credit

you come up with some of the wackiest gauges. Do you find them in the book of 'Things That Mean Diddly-Squat' ?

do you think those blow-outs mean anything other than 1 win each? Portland beat the Suns when the Suns were playing poorly. They had a chance to prove it wasn't a fluke in a rematch but lost by 10. They beat the Clippers, but lost the two rematches by an average of 19 points. They did beat Memphis by 20, but Memphis is a .500 team. And I'm assuming you're defining the 15 point win over the Lakers, at Moda, when Lebron sat out as the other "blow-out". Their record is 4-5 without Lebron, but 1-2 on the road

using early season blow-outs, one way or the other, as a gauge of anything is kind of loopy. The only thing we know is that some nights Portland plays very well, and those nights have been at The Moda. And other nights, on the road, Portland has stunk up the gym. And the test of a good team has always been the road

 

what does a raging boner do anyway? break furniture and scream at clouds?

 

How can you honestly say the warriors aren’t for real lol

If they’re the 6th seed or worse I’ll drink a cup of spit from someone with the rona

the hawks last year.. now that’s a fluke

 

lots of missing context there. He has been a turnover machine. But he's also been an assist machine. And a rebounding machine for a guard

his turnover rate might also be mitigated if there was a stat like passes+drives+transition/turnovers