NBA Thread

[KingPG21]

The lineup of Hali, Hield, Math, Nesmith, and Turner  has posted crazy good points per 100 possessions numbers. They are currently net +47.2 overall, which is the best mark in the league with a minimum 100 possessions played together. 

[KingPG21]

The return the Hawks want for Collins is hilarious 

[Demo]

Pretty good night for Bryant.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

Jonathan Isaac made his return finally against the Celtics. Played 9 minutes and scored 10 points and grabbed 3 rebounds. Magic ended up beating the Celtics 113-98.

[BtownStrength]

Any predictions for trade deadline deals? 

[HinnyHoosier]

Any predictions for trade deadline deals? 

I couldn’t begin to guess, honestly, but I saw a headline a few days ago OG is supposedly a target for the Pacers.


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[BtownStrength]

1 hour ago, HinnyHoosier said:

 

I couldn’t begin to guess, honestly, but I saw a headline a few days ago OG is supposedly a target for the Pacers.


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I6g the Raps are really going to blow it up, the Pacers would be a GREAT landing spot. They have the draft capital and young talent to make a trade. My worry is Toronto's asking price would be astronomical. 

[HinnyHoosier]

I6g the Raps are really going to blow it up, the Pacers would be a GREAT landing spot. They have the draft capital and young talent to make a trade. My worry is Toronto's asking price would be astronomical. 

I know Hield and Duarte are on the block for now


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[Hovadipo]

Myles gets a short, inexpensive extension. I love it. He’s playing the best basketball of his career and we have no reason to blow up the core right now. 

Now we see what Pritch does to improve the rest of the roster. 

[KingPG21]

Myles signed a two year extension. Pretty great deal for both sides. 

[Demo]

This is a freaking instructional video. Mitchell’s awesome. The way he maintains his knee flex and keeps his weight low and centered with textbook hand discipline while staying quartered against some of the best players on the planet, dude’s as good as it gets. Would guess that Mitchell would have been 1 of those guys RMK would have just gushed about. Could watch this all day. 

[Hovadipo]

2 hours ago, Demo said:

This is a freaking instructional video. Mitchell’s awesome. The way he maintains his knee flex and keeps his weight low and centered with textbook hand discipline while staying quartered against some of the best players on the planet, dude’s as good as it gets. Would guess that Mitchell would have been 1 of those guys RMK would have just gushed about. Could watch this all day. 

The Kings in general are a fun watch right now. I’m pretty deep into NBA betting right now and the Kings are on the card tonight. They share the ball like crazy and run some really fun handoff actions. Guards and wings everywhere cutting and driving. 
 

Edit: this changed drastically in the final 5 minutes. Fox has yet to pass the ball. 

[Demo]

41 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

The Kings in general are a fun watch right now. I’m pretty deep into NBA betting right now and the Kings are on the card tonight. They share the ball like crazy and run some really fun handoff actions. Guards and wings everywhere cutting and driving. 
 

Edit: this changed drastically in the final 5 minutes. Fox has yet to pass the ball. 

Have only watched them a couple of times but they are fun. Can’t remember who it was against, but they were running a 3 man action where Sabonis would set a high ball screen for Fox, but instead of immediately rolling he would reverse pivot and set a pin down for Huerter who would pop to the top and then Sabonis would roll. It was an almost undefendable action because Fox is basically unguardable by any kind of pnr coverage. So he could either drive it, pull up , reverse it to Huerter for the 3 or hit Sabonis on the dive. They ran it over and over and something was always there. The only constraint was Fox making the right decision. 

[Hovadipo]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

Have only watched them a couple of times but they are fun. Can’t remember who it was against, but they were running a 3 man action where Sabonis would set a high ball screen for Fox, but instead of immediately rolling he would reverse pivot and set a pin down for Huerter who would pop to the top and then Sabonis would roll. It was an almost undefendable action because Fox is basically unguardable by any kind of pnr coverage. So he could either drive it, pull up , reverse it to Huerter for the 3 or hit Sabonis on the dive. They ran it over and over and something was always there. The only constraint was Fox making the right decision. 

They ran this for 12-15 minutes straight through regulation and overtime tonight with Sabonis then Lyles when Sabonis fouled out. It was Monk instead of Huerter, but they wore the Wolves out with it. 

[KingPG21]

Super late shout out out to Pacers representing for All Star weekend. Hali with the much deserved All Sfar nod, Math and Nembhard repping us in the rising stars. 

[Demo]

Well, this is a quandry. My “always gonna root for Cuban” meets my “never gonna root for Irving.”

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

Will be interesting how Kyrie play with Luka... Kyrie probably in my Top 10 favorite players in the league but that's gonna be a weird dynamic. 

[Hovadipo]

Kyrie tanking his value into being traded for a 1st 4 years from now and 2 replaceable role players is hilarious. I can’t STAND the Nets. 
 

edit: make that 6 years from now

[Alford Bailey]

1 hour ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Will be interesting how Kyrie play with Luka... Kyrie probably in my Top 10 favorite players in the league but that's gonna be a weird dynamic. 

Can’t see this working 

[KingPG21]

Just gonna drop this here. Not a good look for Ja or the Griz

 

https://theathletic.com/4157284/2023/02/05/pacers-grizzlies-laser-ja-morant-investigation/