OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD -May 2021

Yeah - someone pointed out their record was something like:
Win 3
Lose to Sac
Win 3
Lose to Sac
Win 3
Lose to Sac

What interests me is that the team actually seems to do better when Jalen Brunson is on the floor than when Doncic is. Not to say that the team would even be in the playoffs without Doncic, but I think people perpetually overlook how good and consistent a coach Rick Carlisle is.

 

If only we had kept Carlisle and fired Dunleavy.

 

Consistent? since their ship years ago made it to offs 5 times and knocked from first round, missed it 4 times including last year.

 

Stotts is made for the Wizards as he knows how to coach star guards, and would be a good fit for Beal & Westbrick.

 

Consistant or not, he has had a Mavs team with less talent than the Blazers.....in front of them for a good majority of the season.

 

Eh? We were well ahead of Dallas all season until our skid of dropping 5 games a few weeks back. It's what made me comfortably think Dame would get first team over Luka. Not so much any more

 

compare rosters and I wouldn't say we are much more talented, pretty close really. They are deeper imo.

 

Hope he has a good recovery! Doubtful that he makes it back for the playoffs though.

 

New Orleans blames Zion injury on officials: "I believe he probably suffered the injury over a period of time," Griffin said. "It's a striking injury. It's a blunt force injury. He was being beaten on the hand over and over and over again. For me to tell you one time, I don't think I can do that. I don't think he knows one time."
"I'm really frustrated because this was avoidable. We told the NBA through every means available to us, through sending in film, through speaking to everybody in the officials department and everybody in basketball operations, that the way they were officiating Zion was going to get him injured," Griffin said. "And quite frankly, he's injured because of the open season that there's been on Zion Williamson in the paint.

"He has been absolutely mauled in the paint on a regular basis to the point that other players have said to him, 'I'm going to keep doing this to you because they don't call it.' "
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31406267/zion-williamson-indefinitely-fractured-left-ring-finger

 

What a load of shit. He gets calls all the time.

It's the same crap that Shaq used to complain about. They go into the paint and bully people and then bitch and moan about the other players being physical back.

 

The Pelicans have replaced Zion with WENYEN GABRIEL and are suddenly good enough to beat the Sixers!

 

Yeah, I just can't shake the memory of Shaq literally throwing Sabas out of the way and the refs calling a foul on Sabonis. That shit made me SO mad.

 

History tonight?

 

And there it is......

 

Too bad westbrick isn’t chasing rings.

 

I haven't kept up with the Raptors all season, but why did they basically fall off the map from last season?

 

Like most team....less talent.