OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD: November 2019

He was pretty damn good last season.

 

Do you have an opinion on the tweet I posted right before this one??

 

His body is broken.

 

Myers Leonard continues to burn up the nets. Played 28 minutes in Miami's victory; I think that is the most he has played so far. 5 for 6, 2 for 2 from the three, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, one block. Shooting almost 65% from the three for the season.

 

Fun fact: Myers is shooting higher % from the three than from the free throw line. Also I don't think those stats include today's game so he must be up to 68.4% on threes. But that is on only 19 attempts for the season.

 

I’m at Knicks/Mavs game. MSG has the loudest fans in the league. No question. Knicks suck and it’s like Game 7 of the NBA Finals right now.

 

This is crazy. I can’t ever remember teammates basically being this close while in their prime!
Very interesting. This was as of 5 min ago.

 

That was an outlier because of Porzingis coming back for the first time.

 

Morant is so damn good. Shouldve been the #1 pick.

 

Still not sure how good the jumper is going to be, but man is he fun.

Memphis got a good one.

Hope Jaren gets back on track. Tough start to the year for him.

 

I wouldve probably taken Morant #1. I absolutely understand the hype and freak athleticism of Zion, its a heck of a choice but I think Morant has a Superstar PG career in front of him.

 

In any other draft, yes. In a draft with Zion Williamson, no way in hell.

 

I think theres a higher risk with Zion. The body, is amazing but the basketball skillset is a WIP (of course it is with everyone), but I dont think he’s a particularly good defender, he gets highlights but defense is more than that. He may well be a superstar but injuries, skillsets seem like more risk than Morant. Morants got elite playing making ability, he’s a WIP too. Obviously Im not a professional scout and when they read this it’ll probably cement that from ever happening, but just my opinion, I was real high on Morant and I still am.

 

No, in this draft. Morant > Williamson.

 

Nah. I go to two or three Knicks games every year and it's always electric in there.

 

It's kinda like Lillard vs Davis

 

Thats an interesting comparison. Davis has spent a lot of time injured in his career. I definitely dont want Zion to get hurt, but with that much weight coming down on his knees so often it seems like a great risk. I think davis had more basketball skills coming out of college than Zion does. Though I think Zion’s probably got better vision then Davis.