NBA Thread

[KingPG21 6,584]

Pacers need much better perimeter talent. But trading MT or Damo doesn't make sense for what has worked this year.  Probably not a popular opinion here, but our ceiling with Vic leading the way is making the ECFs. Which isn't awful, but I want a championship

[HoosierAloha 30,068]

Pacers need much better perimeter talent. But trading MT or Damo doesn't make sense for what has worked this year.  Probably not a popular opinion here, but our ceiling with Vic leading the way is making the ECFs. Which isn't awful, but I want a championship

Even without Vic you’d need 2-3 stars to have a higher ceiling. Just the way of the NBA.


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[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,744]

OG listed as Inactive - Personal - Day-to-Day

01.16.19		YTD	W / L	Min.	Pts.	FG's	3's	FT's	Reb	Asst	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	+/-
Tor	OG	33-13	L	Inactive
Wash	TB	18-26
Sac	Yogi	23-21
Sac	Troy	23-21
Hou	EG	25-19	L	21	20	6-11	4-8	4-4	3	2	1	1	0	0	+20
Ind	Vic	29-14
NYK	Noah	10-33
Cha	Cody	20-23
G-League
Raptors	CWat	14-11
WI Herd	RoJo	4-21	L	11	4	2-3	0-1	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	5	-10
Legends	Josh	9-19	W	DNP
Stktn Kings	Troy	15-9	W	29	15	4-12	1-7	6-8	15	1	4	0	2	3	-10

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,744]

11 minutes ago, Joe DeLow said:

76ers interested in getting Noah Vonleh. Would actually put him in a good team. He and Embiid would definitely be a good duo on the boards.
 

I don't have the faintest on how the NBA operates with its salary caps, player contracts etc., but Vonleh's contract with the Knicks just recently became guaranteed.  If you're the Sixer organization is that a good thing, a bad thing or who the hell knows?

[Crimson and Cream 5,812]

Weird seeing a game on at 3 pm, it's the London game between NY (Vonleh) and the Wizards (Bryant).

[KingPG21 6,584]

At the Pacers game tonight!

[KingPG21 6,584]

Vic doesn't have near the explosiveness since he came back from injury

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,744]

Freddie tweeted yesterday that tonight would be his first game with the Moncton Magic.  Hope he can do well.

01.17.19		YTD	W / L	Min.	Pts.	FG's	3's	FT's	Reb	Asst	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	+/-
Tor	OG	34-13	W	Inactive
Wash	TB	19-26	W	16	10	5-7	0-0	0-0	9	0	0	0	1	0	-1
Sac	Yogi	23-22	L	16	5	2-5	1-3	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	1	-10
Sac	Troy	23-22	L	Inactive
Hou	EG	25-19
Ind	Vic	29-15	L	34	15	6-20	3-6	0-0	2	7	3	0	0	1	-23
NYK	Noah	12-34	L	25	13	6-11	0-1	1-2	10	1	0	0	0	0	+6
Cha	Cody	21-23	W	Inactive
G-League
Raptors	CWat	15-11	W	22	13	5-6	3-4	0-0	4	0	0	1	1	1	-4
WI Herd	RoJo	4-21
Legends	Josh	9-19
Stktn Kings	Troy	15-10	L	24	17	8-11	1-3	0-1	1	0	3	0	1	2	-18
Moncton	Freddie	13-7

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,744]

10 hours ago, KingPG21 said:

Vic doesn't have near the explosiveness since he came back from injury

Timely - Vic talks about injury

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nba/pacers/2019/01/17/indiana-pacers-fall-to-philadephia-76-ers-in-test-of-nba-eastern-conference-contenders/2596374002/

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,744]

Unusual night in the NBA as none of our IU guys had a scheduled game but we did have RoJo in G-League and Freddie's debut for the Mocton Magic which I would say was a successful one.

01.18.19		YTD	W / L	Min.	Pts.	FG's	3's	FT's	Reb	Asst	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	+/-
G League / Canada
Raptors	CWat	15-11
WI Herd	RoJo	4-22	L	29	3	1-5	1-3	0-0	3	6	3	2	0	1	-7
Legends	Josh	9-19
Stktn Kings	Troy	15-10
Moncton	Freddie	14-7	W		11	5-8	0-1	1-2	6	1				5

[Hoosier Guy 7,529]

It’s safe to say the Warriors got better with Cousins. No team is beating them in 7 games

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,744]

Vic just moved into the top 10 for field goals made by an IU guy in the NBA moving ahead of Kent Benson.  Really pretty damn remarkable how close the Van Arsdale brothers were at the end of their careers.

 1 Walt Bellamy: 7,914

2 Isiah Thomas: 7,194

3 George McGinnis: 6,381

4 Tom Van Arsdale: 5,505

5 Dick Van Arsdale: 5,413

6 Mike Woodson: 4,368

7 Jon McGlocklin: 4,001

8 Eric Gordon: 3,371

9 Calbert Cheaney: 3,366

10 Vic Oladipo: 2,579

[Brass Cannon 24,801]

Hearing Rumors that Paul George hit a clutch shot. I’m skeptical tbh

[HinnyHoosier 4,982]

Hearing Rumors that Paul George hit a clutch shot. I’m skeptical tbh

Ironically helping the Pacers in the process. Indy and Philly may be neck and neck for playoff seeding at the end of the regular season.


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[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,744]

30-point night for EG; decent night for RoJO and a Newkirk sighting in G-League.  Program note:  Today's game stats will not get posted until sometime late on Monday.  Sorry, can't be helped.

01.19.19		YTD	W / L	Min.	Pts.	FG's	3's	FT's	Reb	Asst	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	+/-
Tor	OG	35-13	W	Inactive
Wash	TB	19-26
Sac	Yogi	23-23	W	6	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-5
Sac	Troy	23-23	W	Inactive
Hou	EG	26-19	W	32	30	7-16	5-10	11-12	5	4	2	0	0	2	+9
Ind	Vic	30-15	W	32	12	4-15	1-4	3-4	8	6	1	3	0	3	+10
NYK	Noah	12-34
Cha	Cody	22-23	W	Inactive
G League / Canada
Raptors	CWat	16-11	W	15	5	2-3	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-12
WI Herd	RoJo	5-22	W	36	10	4-6	2-3	0-0	3	3	1	1	0	1	+30
Legends	Josh	9-20	L	3	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0		1	-2
Stktn Kings	Troy	16-10	W	24	1	4-12	1-3	5-5	5	1	3	1	0	4	-1
Moncton	Freddie	14-7

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,744]

Eric Gordon's 3-pointers highlight Rockets' comeback vs. Lakers

HOUSTON -- On a night when James Harden scored 48 points, which almost qualifies as ho-hum by the standards of the historical tear he's on, Eric Gordon played the hero role for the Houston Rockets.

Gordon scored 16 of his 30 points in the final two minutes of regulation and overtime of Houston's 138-134 comeback win Saturday night over the Los Angeles Lakers.

His double-clutch 3-pointer with two seconds left in the fourth quarter tied the score, giving the Rockets a chance to steal a win in a game they trailed by 21 points in the first half and never led until Gordon swished another 3 on the opening possession of overtime.

"Eric is a big-time player and he makes those shots," Harden said. "Obviously double clutch, the difficult level was pretty high, but he has the confidence and we have the confidence in him to shoot those shots, especially closing games like that."

Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball was carried off the court by two teammates after spraining his left ankle in the third quarter against the Rockets on Saturday night. X-rays were negative, the team announced.

The Lakers, without LeBron James and Rajon Rondo, want to keep Houston's James Harden to under 50 points. He has scored 30-plus points in 18 straight games, including 50 or more in three of them.

If Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni went by the letter of the law, Gordon wouldn't have been in the game to make those big shots due to his minutes restriction after missing eight games because of a right knee contusion.

Gordon, who returned for Wednesday's overtime loss to the Brooklyn Nets, played 32 minutes, exceeding his restriction by eight.

"They didn't explain to me about overtime," D'Antoni said jokingly. "I kept it right in regulation. Caution to the wind, baby. ... He's that good. We need him. Going forward, we'll have to have that."

It was a win the injury-ravaged Rockets desperately needed; Houston had lost four of its previous seven games despite the offensive brilliance of Harden, whose run of 19 straight 30-plus-point performances ranks as the longest in NBA history by any player other than Wilt Chamberlain.

"Hey, during that point, it's winning time," said Gordon, who scored 20 points in 21 minutes in the loss to the Nets. "You've got to do whatever it takes to win, and I've got to listen to my body also. It felt good, and I have no issues right now."

Harden was spectacular again against the Lakers, falling only two points shy of his third 50-point performance in a row. He had 15 points in the fourth quarter, including eight in the final minute of regulation, but the Rockets went to Gordon with the game on the line.

With Josh Hart denying Harden, Austin Rivers inbounded the ball to Gordon just to the right of the top of the arc. Gordon pump-faked, attempting to create some separation from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, before hitting a leaning 3.

"I was just trying to shoot that thing with confidence," said Gordon, who was 7-of-16 from the field and 5-of-10 from 3-point range. "I saw KCP running out to me, and I thought he was going to fly right by me, but he stood right there. So I had to try to shoot it with confidence, and I'm glad it went in."

The Lakers tried to make Harden's life as difficult as possible by defending him tightly every second Houston had the ball. That sometimes meant allowing the Rockets to play 4-on-4 while Harden walked up the floor with a defender in his face.

The Lakers were determined to force other Rockets to try to beat them. That strategy certainly worked in the first half, when Harden scored 16 points on 5-of-12 shooting and the rest of the Rockets scored 30 points on 11-of-37 shooting, as the Lakers took an 18-point halftime lead. But Harden still managed to get an efficient 48 points -- shooting 14-of-30 from the field, 8-of-19 from 3-point range and 12-of-15 from the line -- and Gordon got hot just in time.

"It takes a lot of burden off me," Harden said of having Gordon back in the lineup. "He's so offensively gifted and talented -- being able to shoot the basketball, being able to get to the rim, being able to make plays for others. You get a guy like that on the floor with you, it makes the game easier not only for myself, but for everybody."

[KingPG21 6,584]

This block is just nasty as hell 

 

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,744]

01.21.19		YTD	W / L	Min.	Pts.	FG's	3's	FT's	Reb	Asst	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	+/-
Tor	OG	35-13
Wash	TB	20-26	W	26	11	5-9	0-0	1-2	12	1	2	0	1	3	+10
Sac	Yogi	24-23	L	16	3	1-5	1-1	0-0	3	2	0	2	1	3	-12
Sac	Troy	24-23	L	Inactive
Hou	EG	26-20	L	27	8	2-13	2-7	2-3	4	2	1	0	0	2	-17
Ind	Vic	31-15
NYK	Noah	10-35	L	32	10	3-6	0-1	4-7	5	1	2	1	0	1	-17
Cha	Cody	22-24
G League / Canada
Raptors	CWat	17-11	15	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	+6
WI Herd	RoJo	5-22
Legends	Josh	10-20	L	DNP
Stktn Kings	Troy	16-10
Moncton	Freddie	14-7

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,744]

OG still listed as day-to-day for personal reasons.  Yogi got a lot of minutes for the Kings.  Didn't shoot all that well but he did grab 7 rebounds and dished out 6 assists.  Troy with a big scoring night in G-League.

01.22.19		YTD	W / L	Min.	Pts.	FG's	3's	FT's	Reb	Asst	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	+/-
Tor	OG	36-13		Inactive
Wash	TB	20-26
Sac	Yogi	24-24	L	39	10	4-13	2-5	0-0	7	6	2	2	0	3	-2
Sac	Troy	24-24	L	Inactive
Hou	EG	26-20
Ind	Vic	31-15
NYK	Noah	10-35
Cha	Cody	22-24
G League / Canada
Raptors	CWat	17-11
WI Herd	RoJo	5-22
Legends	Josh	10-20
Stktn Kings	Troy	16-11	L	30	33	14-24	1-6	4-6	12	3	3	0	1	3	+6
Moncton	Freddie	14-7

[HoosierAloha 30,068]

Carmelo Anthony is officially going to the Bulls... to never play a game for them. I thought a few years back he should have went to Chicago. Back during the FA period when the Big 3 in Miami was built to play with Rose, Boozer and Noah. But now he will get waived and likely sign with the Lakers... to probably sit the bench.


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Melo is in the same category as Chris Paul, James Harden, and many others who will never win a title as a primary player. They care more about themselves then winning.


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