NBA 2023-24

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Docs got job security for life and is the ultimate retread. The entire eastern conference welcomes that hire

[gsoda3 3263]

1 minute ago, chainsaw said:

Doc Rivers is a great hire if you never want to accomplish anything in the postseason

i'd trade doc rivers for mike mccarthy straight up.

[chainsaw 9870]

7 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

i'd trade doc rivers for mike mccarthy straight up.

He can at least win a round or two, true.

[Dutchrudder 11141]

They passed on Nick Nurse for that guy too.  The 76ers are doing well with Nurse, no Harden, and are a half game behind the Bucks for #2 in the East.  Going with Rivers would be funny. 

[Pam Cummings 9645]

LOL if they hire Doc.

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

[ztejas 43475]

2 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

Lavine is gettable, because his contract is insane and he sucks.

FIFY

[HornOnTheBayou 8931]

I get all the laughing about hiring Doc, but who else is out there? If you fire your coach mid-season, there are no good options (unless you count the guy you fired eight months ago). Doc really is about as good as you're going to get in January.

Edited January 23 by HornOnTheBayou

[chainsaw 9870]

6 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

I get all the laughing about hiring Doc, but who else is out there? If you fire your coach mid-season, there are no good options (unless you count the guy you fired eight months ago). Doc really is about as good as you're going to get in January.

Don't care; got Jimbo.

[Message Board User 12395]

5 hours ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

Tristan Thompson suspended for 25 games for violation of NBA drug policy.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39370359/cavaliers-tristan-thompson-suspended-nba-25-games

I guess the blue pill is a banned substance…

[aggie08 21505]

What exactly were they expecting defensively? The replaced one of the most versatile perimeter defenders in league history with...Dame Lillard. They had to know that they were going to take a sizeable step back on that end. Their offense, to be expected, is at the top of the league, right there with Indiana.

[ztejas 43475]

56 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

I get all the laughing about hiring Doc, but who else is out there? If you fire your coach mid-season, there are no good options (unless you count the guy you fired eight months ago). Doc really is about as good as you're going to get in January.

Belicheck.

[Underdog 28711]

Phil Jackson is tan, rested and ready. 

[Pam Cummings 9645]

....hire back coach Bud?

[shadow_operative 15932]

anybody else watching the end of this okc game? this is nuts.

[Aqua Buddha 14598]

11 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

anybody else watching the end of this okc game? this is nuts.

Died laughing.  Up one and Billups runs out the court and gets double T’ed and tossed.

[shadow_operative 15932]

10 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Died laughing.  Up one and Billups runs out the court and gets double T’ed and tossed.

never seen that before, lol.

[aggie08 21505]

If I had 5 attempts, I could not have told you which team Chauncey Billups coaches until just now.

[cmontexas 3272]

12 hours ago, aggie08 said:

What exactly were they expecting defensively? The replaced one of the most versatile perimeter defenders in league history with...Dame Lillard. They had to know that they were going to take a sizeable step back on that end. Their offense, to be expected, is at the top of the league, right there with Indiana.

Supposedly Griffin bullied Giannis spare brother including a quote I saw where he said Thanassis was committing insurance fraud by being in the league. Giannis pushed him out

[Aqua Buddha 14598]

 

[ztejas 43475]

2 hours ago, cmontexas said:

Supposedly Griffin bullied Giannis spare brother including a quote I saw where he said Thanassis was committing insurance fraud by being in the league.

[Pam Cummings 9645]

The only outlet reporting Doc to the Bucks is CNN sports, which.....doesn't seem to exist.

[d2o 1602]

4 hours ago, cmontexas said:

Supposedly Griffin bullied Giannis spare brother including a quote I saw where he said Thanassis was committing insurance fraud by being in the league. Giannis pushed him out

Cmon man.  That was fake.

[closetohumping 17449]

Can Thanos actually star on a college team?  No idea

[d2o 1602]

17 hours ago, aggie08 said:

What exactly were they expecting defensively? The replaced one of the most versatile perimeter defenders in league history with...Dame Lillard. They had to know that they were going to take a sizeable step back on that end. Their offense, to be expected, is at the top of the league, right there with Indiana.

CHris Haynes reported that they were expecting to rebuild when they hired Griffin but then they re-signed Brook and got Dame and that changed.   Just a ridiculous lie.   They knew they were gonna do whatever was needed to get Giannis to re-sign and rebuilding was never an option.

[closetohumping 17449]

Griffin has spent twenty years to get to this point and now he’s pretty much ruined.  

[Mitch Cumsteen 18550]

20 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Griffin has spent twenty years to get to this point and now he’s pretty much ruined.  

Ruined? He's going to get $4 million/yr for the next 3.5 years, and will likely get another assistant job. Somebody can ruin me all they want like that.

[Blotto 23559]

1 hour ago, Pam Cummings said:

The only outlet reporting Doc to the Bucks is CNN sports, which.....doesn't seem to exist.

ESPN reporting he's finalizing the deal. Fucking lulz. As mentioned  above, he is the epitome of an NBA retread/spare. He hasnt made it out of the conf semis in his last 10 seasons as HC. 

[Braff Zacklin 13618]

17 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

Somebody can ruin me all they want like that.

[Michael Knight 12988]

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just seems dumb

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Ruined? He's going to get $4 million/yr for the next 3.5 years, and will likely get another assistant job. Somebody can ruin me all they want like that.

Imagine how big of a crab for your bathroom wall you can get for 4 mill per

[d2o 1602]

58 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Griffin has spent twenty years to get to this point and now he’s pretty much ruined.  

He will get another shot.   This isn't a reflection on him.   Screams ineptitude by the Bucks org

[ztejas 43475]

2 minutes ago, d2o said:

Screams ineptitude by the Bucks org

They could be paying Monty Williams $10M to lose 70 games.

[HtownHorn 14724]

Lulz at the Bucks. What a panic move.

[shadow_operative 15932]

1 hour ago, d2o said:

He will get another shot.   This isn't a reflection on him.   Screams ineptitude by the Bucks org

what, you mean the organization that’s currently paying two head coaches *not* to coach them, while also paying Doc Rivers to actually be their coach? nah, those guys are totally on top of shit.

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

[Kermit 3156]

Is Olympic Pool related to Jordan Poole?

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

[Mittens 8286]

 

[Chewbacca 7780]

1 hour ago, shadow_operative said:

 

Good.

[Chewbacca 7780]

Nurk is a flopping bitch

[shadow_operative 15932]

midway thru 2Q:

Dallas 51, Phoenix 36

midway thru 3Q:

Phoenix 82, Dallas 63

[ztejas 43475]

If this Suns team stays healthy the West needs to watch the fuck out. 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Bucks are going the university of texas route. Just paid doc 40M for like 5 years while paying off other failed coaches

[Braff Zacklin 13618]

How about a short stroll down memory lane for some of Chuck's best work:

 

[Chewbacca 7780]

3 hours ago, ztejas said:

If this Suns team stays healthy the West needs to watch the fuck out. 

I'll be shocked if either the Suns or Clippers manages to stay healthy.  They never have before.

[Kermit 3156]

Playoffs this year are going to be so much fun. I can’t remember a season when 1-10 in both conferences were so competitive. Parity in the NBA is weird. I’d say Boston is the favorite, but they shit the bed every fucking postseason.

[Aqua Buddha 14598]

This game was a complete blowout but the 4th quarter of Wemby vs Chet was delicious.  They were really going at it for some reason.

 

[ChiTownDoc 21154]

11 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

I'll be shocked if either the Suns or Clippers manages to stay healthy.  They never have before.

Yes, I'm laughing at the love for both, but definitely harder at the Clippers.  The odds of all of the Clippers 'stars' staying healthy into a conference finals has to be 10% or less.  The Suns, I feel, have a much better chance to get there healthy but they have zero depth so even if they do make it, I don't see them touching Denver and likely lose to MN and OKC as all three of those teams are currently constructed. 

[Aqua Buddha 14598]

Speaking of staying healthy, Zion Williams has played 36 games (out of 44) so far this season.  That's the most games he's played since the 20/21 season.  The means he'll prolly sprain his ankle soon and be out for six months.