2017-18 NBA regular season thread

[darko]

Jimmy Butler is a bad man.

 

[darko]

The Euro step

Does anyone know which European player in the NBA actually uses that move?

That's not the reason they call it Euro Step.

Marculionis used to do it.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

OT is gonna be fun in Minny.

Or not really...the Wolves look gassed. Too many minutes played by the starters, as per usual from Thibs.

 

[Virtanen18]

Thibs will never learn. Just look at the constant defensive lapses down the stretch from Minny. Does he really think it's cause they don't know the schemes or how to defend? No, it's more likely that they're f***ing exhausted.

KAT looks completely lost more often than not though.

 

[Jack Straw]

Thibs will never learn. Just look at the constant defensive lapses down the stretch from Minny. Does he really think it's cause they don't know the schemes or how to defend? No, it's more likely that they're ****ing exhausted.

KAT looks completely lost more often than not though.

Defensively, he's Okafor.

 

[Voight]

Food for thought before everyone starts the bust talk.

 

[Voight]

neither liangelo or lamelo have what it takes to make the NBA

from what i've seen and heard, liangelo flat out sucks. lamelo will probably sniff the NBA, make a G-league roster while lavar tries to force him to the lakers but i think that's as far as he'll go

LaMelo is actually pretty good, some scouts think hes better than Lonzo. He's ranked 7th for the class of 2019.

LiAngelo does suck tho. UCLA pretty much signed him because of Lonzo and LaMelo, he was going to rid the bench and wasn't even on some NBA teams radars.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

LaMelo is actually pretty good, some scouts think hes better than Lonzo. He's ranked 7th for the class of 2019.

LiAngelo does suck tho. UCLA pretty much signed him because of Lonzo and LaMelo, he was going to rid the bench and wasn't even on some NBA teams radars.

I guess it really does suck to be the middle child.

 

[Virtanen18]

Please stop comparing Lonzo Ball to Steve Nash.

 

[Terry Yake]

anyone calling lonzo a bust hasn't watched him play

his passing has been just as good as advertised. his defense and rebounding have been huge surprises. leads all NBA PG's in blocks

his shooting and lack of aggression have been his only weaknesses

 

[HisIceness]

Down by 26 now. Unreal, but I shouldn't be surprised.

 

[Virtanen18]

Houston is the most fun team to watch.

 

[Virtanen18]

Westbrook 3/17, George 3/13, Melo 4/13

Ugly. OKC isn't even fun to watch. It's just ugly.

 

[Ivan13]

Hezonja finally gets to play, posts a slash line of 35mins/17pts/9rbs/4ast/3blk. Who'da thunk it?

 

[Voight]

anyone calling lonzo a bust hasn't watched him play

his passing has been just as good as advertised. his defense and rebounding have been huge surprises. leads all NBA PG's in blocks

his shooting and lack of aggression have been his only weaknesses

People fail to realize he's a 20 year old kid, playing in a basketball crazed town that's the second largest media market, is playing for his hometown team all while having his father make ridiculous claims/statements about him. Dude has a ton of pressure.

His shooting will improve come next season, give him a summer to work on it away from distractions (like the draft and summer league).

 

[Morozov]

Love the little back and forth with KAT and Embiid. The Process is reinvigorating big men in the NBA. There's a lot of good talent in those positions now to create some great matchups and Embiid stirring the pot is just the ticket.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

anyone calling lonzo a bust hasn't watched him play

his passing has been just as good as advertised. his defense and rebounding have been huge surprises. leads all NBA PG's in blocks

his shooting and lack of aggression have been his only weaknesses

His passing motion is one of the best I've ever seen. Very quick and not telegraphed at all.

 

[Aladyyn]

It's really f***ing hard to play point guard in the NBA. Lonzo is already good at some of the hardest things about the position, just needs to learn how to score.

 

[Voight]

It's really ****ing hard to play point guard in the NBA. Lonzo is already good at some of the hardest things about the position, just needs to learn how to score.

He's not even halfway thru his rookie year and as I noted above, theres two other all time great PG's that took a while to become efficient scorers.

 

[Virtanen18]

There's also PGs who never became (efficient) scorers, in case you didn't know.

 

[Virtanen18]

Embiid is just awesome. His vision is off the charts, understated part of his game. Nasty left hand pass to Covington.

 

[Jack Straw]

This is some game

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Triple OT looming...

 

[Virtanen18]

JvG is gonna have a stroke before this over.

Refs putting away their whistles on final possessions as usual.

 

[Jack Straw]

Westbrook’s face after that dunk... priceless