PHO:Tyson Chandler (back) ruled out Friday MLW:Malcolm Brogdon bumped to the bench Friday MLW:Eric Bledsoe to start in MIL debut on Friday NY:Kristaps Porzingis (elbow) likely to play Fri OKC:Steven Adams suffers a right calf contusion DEN:Emmanuel Mudiay scores 21 points in win DEN:Paul Millsap posts 17/7/5 line with 6 blocks OKC:Russell Westbrook drops to 57.6 FT% on season OKC:Carmelo Anthony scores 28 points in loss SAC:De'Aaron Fox makes game-winning jumper SAC:Willie Cauley-Stein bounces back, scores 15 SAC:Justin Jackson scores career-high 19 points
>lebron starting slow as usual >2 things 1. the big 3 still gelling 2. Melo and/or Russ are cancerous
Carson Reyes
came into the season thinking it was going to be easy, they didnt work as much
other shit teams on the border of being good worked harder.
Henry Ortiz
Lebron starting slow? He's playing great, shooting over 60% and averaging close to a triple double. The problem is they have no talent outside of him and Love.
Owen Turner
>Lebron starting slow as usual Dropping 50 points to win by 8? Playing 40mpg? I hate you retards who don't watch games and just post whatever narrative makes sense to you
Caleb Baker
1. No D 2. You put 3 guys who were 2nd, 3rd, and 11th is iso plays per game last season together of course the offense sucks
Thomas Gray
lebron can average near triple double in his sleep, so that isn't new. I mean with the playcalling regarding the team he has around him. right there's too many guys that need to the ball to succeed, lack of shooters, shit defense, and the fact IT isn't in the line-up while a lot of teams are hot right now.
Zachary Richardson
so what you're saying is that lebron has too many playmakers?
Levi Morgan
clippers vs thunder
or
bledsoes debut vs the spuds?
Josiah Perez
giannis or two teams that can't defend
Justin Hughes
what are you watching then?
Mason Gray
they dont even bother to cover him
Hunter Garcia
he's hitting the rookie wall early since he's soo advanced, he'll be averaging 10 10 6 after the ASB. while other rookies are getting btfo by 3rd stringers in tanking teams, teams like philly and chicago.
Austin Bailey
Damn. Look who's last, and look who's number 1… LMAO
Hunter Wilson
>LAL, TOR, and OKC in the top 10 in defensive clutchness
they stay mad.
Cameron Richardson
By the time Hassan Whiteside retires, how many rings will he have
Julian Myers
24th(Melo) & 25th(a.i)on the all time scoring list Who's the better Scorer?
Nicholas Campbell
Do NBA players respond to their snapchat? I am not asking them a question about their team, just basketball questions because I am having problems with shooting.
Jaxson Sanchez
My favorite part is just after the release. He starts back peddling like he's in rhythm and just stroked a wetty j
Matthew Garcia
that kid is going places in life.
Jaxon Cruz
none, he's a headcase that won't improve now that he got paid.
Wyatt Hernandez
Basketball is a young man's game
Blake Evans
>Do NBA players respond to their snapchat? do you have tits?
Alexander Wilson
definitely A.I. >quicker >better improviser >actually made players around him better, not worse >did more with less talent around him
Robert Cooper
>Basketball is a young man's game
Kobe, Lebron and the championship spurs teams are laughing at you right now. This is an experienced mans game.
Zachary Robinson
Never forget...
Kevin Powell
I can’t wait to see these two go at it
Kevin Torres
Cavs beat the Celtics, Bucks, Wizards and almost beat the Rockets. Very winnable game. Rose has been in and out. Shumpert was out. Tristan is out. Isaiah is out. They still haven't figured out their best lineup. They started Wade in the beginning of the season. JR was in a huge slump. Crowder is a no show so far. .......... This team is gonna be fine. Theyre much better than their record. They'd be fools not to use the pick to improve though. Matter of fact, throw in Crowder to sweeten the deal. An agile big like Noel or an expiring contract on a struggling team like George or Cousins.(those probably arent likely). With the direction that the league has gone, I wouldn't mind trading Love if I was the GM. The defense would instantly improve with a more athletic player. Between Love, the pick, and Crowder....wouldn't be much they can't trade for that they need. A lineup something like IT, Korver, Lebron, Green, Noel is incredibly realistic and would be pretty effective. Or........ In a perfect scenario.....IT, George, Lebron, Green, Noel.......
Ayden Torres
stop bringing logic into the nba thread
Hudson Cook
>Cavs beat the Celtics, Bucks, Wizards and almost beat the Rockets. Very winnable game. >Rose has been in and out. >Shumpert was out. >Tristan is out. >Isaiah is out. >They still haven't figured out their best lineup. >They started Wade in the beginning of the season. >JR was in a huge slump. >Crowder is a no show so far. >.......... >This team is gonna be fine. Theyre much better than their record. >They'd be fools not to use the pick to improve though. Matter of fact, throw in Crowder to sweeten the deal. >An agile big like Noel or an expiring contract on a struggling team like George or Cousins.(those probably arent likely). >With the direction that the league has gone, I wouldn't mind trading Love if I was the GM. The defense would instantly improve with a more athletic player. >Between Love, the pick, and Crowder....wouldn't be much they can't trade for that they need. >A lineup something like >IT, Korver, Lebron, Green, Noel is incredibly realistic and would be pretty effective. >Or........ In a perfect scenario.....IT, George, Lebron, Green, Noel.......
Lincoln King
>Kyrie ded
Chase Anderson
for those lurking this thread
im thinking of making a new general, so that the autistic spammer(s) can have the old one since they destroyed it. Would you guys lurk and bump? Its all basketball except all levels can be discussed, nba, college, high school and international. thoughts
Lincoln Clark
kemba mvp
Aiden Reed
they would swarm that too enjoy this one before they come broski
Angel Rogers
AI no question
Charles Brooks
What's the furthest this nuggets team got?
Oliver Cooper
i think it was the WCF, or the round before.
Aiden Taylor
Explain to me why Boston won't dominate the East for the next decade
Charles Russell
I don't understand the Clippers defense
their overhelping is really stupid and obvious to everyone in the arena
Lucas Nelson
if Marcus "Smart" gets injured, will the C's lose?
Dylan Davis
damn Kyrie STILL getting carried
Xavier Phillips
god dream
Isaac Garcia
>they're much better than their record
Thomas Walker
The only thing that would make this night a whole lot better is if the thunder choke again
Jeremiah Jones
>OKC get another game with terrible officiating Not even against them, this game sucks both ways.
Matthew Edwards
>PHO >MLW It's PHX and MIL you idiot
Jason Myers
Reminder that OKC have to win 3 games in a row just to get to .500 where as the Celtics would have to lose 9 in a row to get to the same
Henry Ross
>The Celtics literally won without ALL 3 of their best players
>implying the Celtics won't lose the next 69 games
Ayden Robinson
wow kyrie mvp hes so necessary for his team to win games
Ryan Howard
...
Logan Thompson
CAN'T TOUCH THIS
Bentley Perez
Did you guys know that Thunder have yet to beat a western conference team
Dominic Jenkins
>all these injuries all at once >still win
I can't tell if the Celtics are cursed or blessed
Nathan Sanchez
>take a long bath followed by a large dump >check on the hornets-celtics game one last time damn how will /nba/ ever recover?
Matthew Reyes
melo is cancer. they aren't rebounding worth a shit. they've had 2 or 3 really good ones but the rest are just shit. Cavs are getting used their number 2 guy being down.
Josiah Baker
this guy is gonna be pop-tier.
Connor Hughes
>pop-tier
Gabriel Nelson
Willie Reed is literally DeAndre Jordan with touch
DeAndre to Cleveland when?
Liam Cook
Wilt would be Deandre Jordan in today's NBA.
Chase Adams
triangled
Austin Kelly
Nah willie reed is not as athletic as deandre. good back up but not DJ.
nice heat run to start half
Ian Harris
>being so shook at losing Kyrie that you hide in a candlelit scented bubble bath for the duration of the game as you cry into the tub and shyly peek at the game score whenever you work up enough courage to do so
Celshits fans, everyone
Jace Lee
lol that's a cute belief you got there.
Jackson Hernandez
are jazz fans the most delusional fans?
John Morgan
Imabine if the best three pl- nevermind imagine if Lebitch gets injured.... The cavs wouldn't win a single game! You faggots have to give it to the Celtics on that regard
For a really smooth, athletic guy his dunks are so hideous and awkward.
Isaac Allen
it just sucks he is too fucking lanky to make it look good. that right there is an impressive dunk
Jonathan Brown
Why didn't no one tell him to fix it when he was younger? Isn't his dad a basketball player?
Liam James
>Lonzo Ball
Henry Gonzalez
>Westbrook: You should have joined us when you had the chance >Griffin: I have everything I could ever need here >Westbrook: *points to rafters*
Jayden Smith
>le has no half court sets man
Josiah Baker
I'm going to love reading the long, in-depth article written three years from now about how the Lakers got swindled by LaVar.
Jack Richardson
>le bust man
Adam Wright
Our best player is Tatum though
Nolan Roberts
Giannis isn't all that, Legod will spank that "Greek" ass in the playoffs.
Robert Brooks
holy shit the refs in the jazz vs heat game are fucking terrible
Jonathan Watson
pgod13
Colton Bennett
Seething
Dylan Mitchell
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Spurs basketball. The play style is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer’s head. There’s also Pop's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these plays, to realise that they’re not just effective- they say something deep aboutLIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Spurs basketball trulyAREidiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the strategy of Pop's existential play: “Wubba Lubba Dub Dub,” which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev’s Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as R.C. Buford's genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them
Joseph Cruz
>Get Jayson fucking Tatum in the draft >pick up a high first round pick in the process
AINGE'D
Chase Cook
How do Lakersfags feel about the Celtics being so good while their team is shit even though they started rebuilding the same year?
Ryder Ramirez
honestly? feels bad man.
Oliver Allen
spurs looking like some old men out there
Robert Rivera
To be fair, the Celtics' rebuild wouldn't have gone so fast or gone so well if the Nets hadn't been dumb as fuck.
David Powell
Meanwhile the Lakers spent hella assets on Dwight and Nash lmaooooooooo
Matthew Hill
mark my WORDS shitters
MY RAPTIES WILL DEFEAT THE CELTICS ON SUNDAY
Jaxson Gray
HOLD UP *gets technical* So you're saying *gets ejected*