2017-18 NBA regular season thread

[Cassano]

Umm.... no Donovan is a fantastic coach.

Nearly every OKC fan wants him sacked.

They shouldn't have let go of Brooks tbh.

 

[Voight]

Nearly every OKC fan wants him sacked.

They shouldn't have let go of Brooks tbh.

Brooks was in trouble after the playoff struggles of 2013 & 2014 where we should have gone to the finals but didn't. In 2015 he did get screwed by KD's injury but at the same time you could tell his time was up and anything short of a finals appearance would have resulted in his termination.

As for Donovan... this is one OKC fan who doesn't want him sacked. Everybody is overreacting, they need to realize managing 3 stars isn't a cake walk.

 

[Aladyyn]

Nearly every OKC fan wants him sacked.

They shouldn't have let go of Brooks tbh.

There's a very vocal contingent of Wiz fans that are convinced Brooks is a horrible coach and we should have kept Randy Wittman

 

[Ivan13]

Brooks was in trouble after the playoff struggles of 2013 & 2014 where we should have gone to the finals but didn't. In 2015 he did get screwed by KD's injury but at the same time you could tell his time was up and anything short of a finals appearance would have resulted in his termination.

As for Donovan... this is one OKC fan who doesn't want him sacked. Everybody is overreacting, they need to realize managing 3 stars isn't a cake walk.

Only in your dream, were those Thunder teams going to get by the Spurs.

 

[Voight]

Only in your dream, were those Thunder teams going to get by the Spurs.

The team was expected to make the finals. That's not to say I thought they would make it past the Spurs, especially with Kawhi emerging as a star, but the expectation was to make it there with two of the leagues best players.

 

[Voight]

 

[Virtanen18]

Cauley Stein is playing out of his mind tonight. Generally playing very well lately.

 

[HockeyThoughts]

So what's the general consensus on Lonzo Ball's play so far?

 

[Terry Yake]

So what's the general consensus on Lonzo Ball's play so far?

passing has been just as advertised

his defense and rebounding have been an extremely pleasant surprise

his shot has been awful. but once he finds it and starts playing with more aggression, watch out

 

[Asiantuntija]

Lonzo is one of the better players from draft. Real deal.

 

[Terry Yake]

derrick rose has left the cavs to evaluate his future in the league

can't think of anyone whose had a sadder story of an NBA career than rose

 

[Jack Straw]

derrick rose has left the cavs to evaluate his future in the league

can't think of anyone whose had a sadder story of an NBA career than rose

The guy was a really exciting player to watch when he was healthy. It’s a shame that that has been such a rare situation.

 

[Voight]

passing has been just as advertised

his defense and rebounding have been an extremely pleasant surprise

his shot has been awful. but once he finds it and starts playing with more aggression, watch out

Shawn Marion lasted a long time with a super weird shot so theres hope if Lonzo can't fix/improve is.

derrick rose has left the cavs to evaluate his future in the league

can't think of anyone whose had a sadder story of an NBA career than rose

The one good thing is the injury happened after he signed his max contract and mega shoe deal, so at least the guy had some financial security.

He's just going down the Brandon Roy path. SO many knee injuries, you get to the point where you know you'll never be a great player again and ask yourself is it really worth it?

 

[Avs_19]

Fired one day after he benched Gasol in the 4th quarter and then Gasol expressed his frustration about it after the game. The 8 straight losses obviously don't help but that's still rough. They've had a bunch of injuries, including Conley. I've followed Fiz for a while because he was with the Heat and he's a good coach.

 

[Alex Jones]

Lonzo's shot is a lot worse than Shawn Marion's.

He's also a lot more reliant on it. Marion was an elite defensive player and athlete that still would have been a star with an even worse shot. Lonzo needs to be able to shoot the ball to be more than an above average PG.

I think he should spend the offseason rebuilding is shot. If Lonzo can shoot at just a below average pace I think he's an all-star level player, everything else about his game is that good.

 

[Terry Yake]

well someone had to be the scapegoat

fizdale is a very good coach. he won't have a hard time finding another head coaching gig

 

[HisIceness]

Terrible by Memphis but also not surprising. They fired Lionel Hollins after he took that franchise to the Conference Finals for the first time ever and won a franchise record 56 games.

 

[Virtanen18]

Curious if this would have happened if they won.

 

[Terry Yake]

holy crap andre drummond is something else this season

 

[Reality Check]

In fairness, one of the weak points for Boston is their ability to rebound. Acquiring Marcus Morris and signing Baynes away from Detroit was going to do little in changing that.

This is measuring stick win for Detroit. Especially after getting throttled by Cleveland. Who, despite their record, are still the team to beat in the East and Detroit was technically playing on a back-to-back.

I had a feeling they would bounce back this year and I'm officially sold at this point. So much that obtaining home court in the 1st round as the 4th seed isn't a stretch.

 

[darko]

holy crap andre drummond is something else this season

Making his free throws. All of a sudden you can't afford to hack him.

 

[Voight]

Inb4 GM LeBron brings Fizdale to the Cavs

 

[Avs_19]

Clippers were likely done already but now we can basically make it official. Now the question is if they'll do what they probably should've done in the offseason and just blow it up.

 

[Virtanen18]

Hasn't Boston become a top rebounding team

 

[Voight]

Clippers were likely done already but now we can basically make it official. Now the question is if they'll do what they probably should've done in the offseason and just blow it up.

GM Rivers was once again, the worst idea.

The only real asset they have to trade is Beverley. Jordan is guaranteed to pot out of his contract, Lou Will is a UFA (likely gone at deadline anyway), then you have big money committed to Danilo & Griffin.