OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD - June 2021

What an idiotic move by Carlisle. Why was Boban on the floor like that whole quarter

 

Clips finally showing up and balling. Looking like they are finally going further than that other LA team.

 

Wtf is boban doing back on the floor

 

Ok let’s stick with the west. Dallas lapped us, Memphis lapped us, Utah def lapped us, Phx for sure lapped us, denver lapped us, we still running the same team since LMA left while those other guys said “meh we’ll catch up with the blazers soon”

 

Does Dallas have one more miracle in them...

 

They fouled very early in possessions and stopped the clock. On his second time at the line they were up by 8 with 15 seconds left. He made the first free throw, missed the second (on purpose?) and Embid put it back in and got fouled, turned into a 4 point play. So I disagree. Hack a guy when clock is your friend is not a good idea.

 

Kinda glad we don't have to hear about Doncic again for a while.

 

Oo, oo! I know the answer!

 

Hey, UKRAINEFAN, I learned today that Ukraine is the largest country in Europe - is that true?

 

does the NBA have a MPF award?

(most punchable face)

 

Grayson Allen's got that one locked up for a while, but Luka's definitely in the All-MPF team.

 

Dallas goes up 2-0 on the road closed. Wonder what their board is like?

 

they also haven’t won a playoff series since 2011
And KP was supposed to be their big move..
They’re not happy lol

 

Why? He’s 21 and doing shit that superstars are not doing

 

Of course! And, For centuries, Ukraine has been known as “the breadbasket of Europe.” This title is entirely accurate, given that Ukraine is home to around a quarter of the world’s super-fertile “chernozem” or “black soil.”

 

IM ROOTING FOR PHOENIX NOW!!!

 

The real context to me, that any GM in the league can see is that he was playing with Dame and Dame was going off. It's been very obvious for a very long time that these two guards do not feed off of each other's success in any way and on the contrary one tends to go silent when the other goes off. We saw Dame have some of his lowest numbers in quite some time early this last season when CJ was going crazy. Obviously they also kill each other on defense because they're both poor defenders.

The league knows this shit. They've seen the things CJ does when Dame is out. They know that if they're getting him they're getting a guy that needs to be the lead guard. So in context CJ is valuable... not quite the value of an all star but definitely good enough to be the second scoring option on a contender whose first option is a dominant post and has dominant defense to put around him. Maybe saying he has sub all star value could be inaccurate as well... if a team needs a bucket getter and has a hole at the 1, CJ very well may have all star value to that team. I'm not saying that he would get a spot on the all star team, just that value has a lot to do with what you need to get you to whatever next level you are striving for.

 

Is that where "Chernobyl" gets its name?