NBA Thread

[Hovadipo]

34 minutes ago, Demo said:

https://x.com/JeffPassan/status/1836415704951590983

Woj leaving ESPN to GM an A-10 school. I assume St Bonaventure is his Alma mater. Good for him.

It is. His feed was hilarious because in between 9-figure NBA free agent news, you'd also get a random Bonnie tidbit.

[KingPG21]

NBA season starts in less than a month! Really excited. Wish I didn't have to give money to Bally Sports again, but whatever I suppose. Getting a training camp of Hali/Spicy P should help. Hali was hopefully able to rehab. I love Jarace, hope he gets some consistent run, his body type is the exact one that no one else on the roster really has and having a solid piece there is what they were missing last year. 

 

Do have to shout out the NBA. Found a way to screw the Pacers. They got chosen to be the team the Spurs play twice in Paris. Only team to lose a home game. Spurs aren't gonna be bad either, so not like ypu can argue that. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

2 hours ago, KingPG21 said:

NBA season starts in less than a month! Really excited. Wish I didn't have to give money to Bally Sports again, but whatever I suppose. Getting a training camp of Hali/Spicy P should help. Hali was hopefully able to rehab. I love Jarace, hope he gets some consistent run, his body type is the exact one that no one else on the roster really has and having a solid piece there is what they were missing last year. 

 

Do have to shout out the NBA. Found a way to screw the Pacers. They got chosen to be the team the Spurs play twice in Paris. Only team to lose a home game. Spurs aren't gonna be bad either, so not like ypu can argue that. 

Should be able to beat the Spurs. Outside of Wemby and Castle that roster is put together terribly. But I am sure the NBA will have a hand in it and Wemby will ball out in France.

[KingPG21]

1 hour ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Should be able to beat the Spurs. Outside of Wemby and Castle that roster is put together terribly. But I am sure the NBA will have a hand in it and Wemby will ball out in France.

Vassell is a legitimately good NBA player. Sochan is solid as long as he doesn't play point. CP3 is old but they have a legit point guard out there now. Not to mention they still have Tre Jones. So they'll always have at least solid point guard play. Not saying they'll make some huge leap, but they're a solid team, ala Houston last year 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

3 hours ago, KingPG21 said:

Vassell is a legitimately good NBA player. Sochan is solid as long as he doesn't play point. CP3 is old but they have a legit point guard out there now. Not to mention they still have Tre Jones. So they'll always have at least solid point guard play. Not saying they'll make some huge leap, but they're a solid team, ala Houston last year 

Pops will continue playing Sochan out of position, acting like he's Magic Johnson. Vassell is a positive for opposing teams. Because he will keep the ball away from Wemby.

[KingPG21]

So we don't really have a place to put WNBA stuff, so I think its appropriate to put it here. If not feel free to move this post somewhere more appropriate or whatever, 

 

Why does the WNBA have the worst playoff model in all sports? Whether you prefer series or one and done. This is the worst. A 2-1 where the lower seed gets no guaranteed home game is ridiculous. I don't love the 1-1-1 model, its better though. I'd argue a 1-2 model is better.

 

Its probably my fandom of the Fever but the team with the top attendance not getting a home playoff game is so dumb. Its not even like it was a situation where they just happened to make it because someone had to. Once they got rolling they were a legit good team. 

[J34]

33 minutes ago, KingPG21 said:

So we don't really have a place to put WNBA stuff, so I think its appropriate to put it here. If not feel free to move this post somewhere more appropriate or whatever, 

 

Why does the WNBA have the worst playoff model in all sports? Whether you prefer series or one and done. This is the worst. A 2-1 where the lower seed gets no guaranteed home game is ridiculous. I don't love the 1-1-1 model, its better though. I'd argue a 1-2 model is better.

 

Its probably my fandom of the Fever but the team with the top attendance not getting a home playoff game is so dumb. Its not even like it was a situation where they just happened to make it because someone had to. Once they got rolling they were a legit good team. 

The W needs to address a number of things moving forward. Now that they have a healthy revenue stream, what will they do with it.

The garbage media tried to create a false narrative and division amongst the players. Especially the ROTY discussion, was both sad and laughable. Hell, even the Connecticut crowd sounded like a Fever home game. But you nailed it, it's hard to call it a playoff "series" when one team doesn't have the opportunity to defend their home court.

PS- Aliyah had a monster game last night.

[KingPG21]

58 minutes ago, J34 said:

The W needs to address a number of things moving forward. Now that they have a healthy revenue stream, what will they do with it.

The garbage media tried to create a false narrative and division amongst the players. Especially the ROTY discussion, was both sad and laughable. Hell, even the Connecticut crowd sounded like a Fever home game. But you nailed it, it's hard to call it a playoff "series" when one team doesn't have the opportunity to defend their home court.

PS- Aliyah had a monster game last night.

I have a lot of thoughts and feelings about the narrative/s around CC. Granted I am a fan Basically it came down to I was off put by a lot of media people with their coverage of CC and through that of the Fever. 

[Demo]

So, ESPN is cutting loose Zach Lowe and giving Stephen A Smith 25 mil a year. I really don’t know what to say to that. 

[J34]

9 minutes ago, Demo said:

So, ESPN is cutting loose Zach Lowe and giving Stephen A Smith 25 mil a year. I really don’t know what to say to that. 

Who knows what to say about ESPN anymore 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

So, ESPN is cutting loose Zach Lowe and giving Stephen A Smith 25 mil a year. I really don’t know what to say to that. 

They need to do a clean sweep. The ESPN on-air talent is pathetic.

[Scotty R]

6 hours ago, KingPG21 said:

So we don't really have a place to put WNBA stuff, so I think its appropriate to put it here. If not feel free to move this post somewhere more appropriate or whatever, 

 

Why does the WNBA have the worst playoff model in all sports? Whether you prefer series or one and done. This is the worst. A 2-1 where the lower seed gets no guaranteed home game is ridiculous. I don't love the 1-1-1 model, its better though. I'd argue a 1-2 model is better.

 

Its probably my fandom of the Fever but the team with the top attendance not getting a home playoff game is so dumb. Its not even like it was a situation where they just happened to make it because someone had to. Once they got rolling they were a legit good team. 

They use to do that in the NBA and the first time the Pacers ever made the playoffs they lost 2-0 at Philadelphia 

[TheWatShot]

7 hours ago, KingPG21 said:

So we don't really have a place to put WNBA stuff, so I think its appropriate to put it here. If not feel free to move this post somewhere more appropriate or whatever, 

 

Why does the WNBA have the worst playoff model in all sports? Whether you prefer series or one and done. This is the worst. A 2-1 where the lower seed gets no guaranteed home game is ridiculous. I don't love the 1-1-1 model, its better though. I'd argue a 1-2 model is better.

 

Its probably my fandom of the Fever but the team with the top attendance not getting a home playoff game is so dumb. Its not even like it was a situation where they just happened to make it because someone had to. Once they got rolling they were a legit good team. 

They used to use a 1-2 format. Tamika Catchings' first playoff game was a home win followed by two losses on the road. In 2010, they switched to 1-1-1. I'm not sure when they went to the current format, but it is ridiculous. Not only is a lower seed not hosting a game wrong, but the lower seed potentially hosting the decisive game seems wrong as well. 

[J34]

55 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

They used to use a 1-2 format. Tamika Catchings' first playoff game was a home win followed by two losses on the road. In 2010, they switched to 1-1-1. I'm not sure when they went to the current format, but it is ridiculous. Not only is a lower seed not hosting a game wrong, but the lower seed potentially hosting the decisive game seems wrong as well. 

100%

Either way you slice it, none of it makes sense. 

[Demo]

Prediction: Thibs will cease even bothering to pretend that he doesn’t hate coaching KAT before the end of the calendar year. 

[HinnyHoosier]

12 hours ago, Demo said:

Prediction: Thibs will cease even bothering to pretend that he doesn’t hate coaching KAT before the end of the calendar year. 

One of my buddies was really worried about the trade, fearing this would make the Knicks that much better. I don't think it does. Kat is soft and I don't see him tolerating Thibs or NYC criticism.

[Hovadipo]

6 hours ago, HinnyHoosier said:

One of my buddies was really worried about the trade, fearing this would make the Knicks that much better. I don't think it does. Kat is soft and I don't see him tolerating Thibs or NYC criticism.

Totally. I like KAT the player but I think he gets eaten alive by NYC. He’s played for Thibs before and that team ended up being a disaster. That seemed to be a Jimmy Butler thing, but I’d be curious to know what their relationship is like. Seems like oil and water from the outside. 

[LamarCheeks]

An exceptional big man on the court. 

An even bigger man off the court ... 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

On 9/28/2024 at 5:56 PM, Hovadipo said:

Totally. I like KAT the player but I think he gets eaten alive by NYC. He’s played for Thibs before and that team ended up being a disaster. That seemed to be a Jimmy Butler thing, but I’d be curious to know what their relationship is like. Seems like oil and water from the outside. 

I think the problem is KAT being as soft as Charmin. Which I'm pretty sure was Jimmy's problem with him. Dude is just a 7 foot tall JJ Redick. I'd lose my voice with much ID have to scream because he doesn't want to get on the block, even if Mugsy Bogues was guarding him. Minny now gets a sniper from 3 and a guy in Randle who can play bully ball but is also a 3 level scorer.

[Demo]

On 9/28/2024 at 4:56 PM, Hovadipo said:

Totally. I like KAT the player but I think he gets eaten alive by NYC. He’s played for Thibs before and that team ended up being a disaster. That seemed to be a Jimmy Butler thing, but I’d be curious to know what their relationship is like. Seems like oil and water from the outside. 

Yeah, that feels like a really bad environment for Towns. But, Minny is gonna be must see tv next year when Randle gets in 1of those moods where he just pounds it relentlessly until he can get a shot off while Edwards just stands and stares at him.