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Posted
17 hours ago, MrX said:

Five more years at his current statistical pace and two more titles?  He’d probably end up with 5 MVPs (Russell, Jordan; only behind Kareem) in that scenario. 
 

Hard to see him as the GOAT because of his personality/team market. But at his current pace he may be considered the best offensive player ever, and I think he’s already in the conversation as the best offensive big man ever. 

Yep. I agree with everything you said. I don't see him getting two more titles in Denver though. We'll see.

Posted
7 hours ago, MuellerHorn said:

Yep. I agree with everything you said. I don't see him getting two more titles in Denver though. We'll see.

Probably a three year window to win even one more and they won’t be the favorites in any of them. 

Posted
4 hours ago, Derka said:

 

Are deflections just steals plus plays where the ball is deflected? Like - do blocks count? If so Wemby would be 2nd at least - not sure if there's a GP minimum.

Posted
6 hours ago, ztejas said:

Are deflections just steals plus plays where the ball is deflected? Like - do blocks count? 

A block is an altered shot, a deflection is an altered pass.

1 hour ago, Baboontyme said:

OKC @ Boston tonight 7:40 ET tip. 

I'm fired up for this game.  Hard to believe the Celtics will match the shittiness of that 1st game in OKC.

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Posted
1 hour ago, ztejas said:

OKC and Boston aren't really playing for much though. 

Denver/Minny has a lot more on the line. 

Murray, Jokic and Gordon all on the injury report.  Not great for the Nuggets.  Have to believe Gordon sits for sure.  Not sure on the other 2.

Posted
1 hour ago, Mittens said:

A block is an altered shot, a deflection is an altered pass.

Got it - should have known blocks don't count based on who the top 5 is. 

The NBA definition is:

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The number of times a defensive player or team gets their hand on the ball on a non-shot attempt.

So I'm assuming it counts strip-steals and loose-ball steals in addition to interceptions and non-steal deflections?

Posted

OKC/Boston highly entertaining.  Boston shot 36 three's in the first half.  Jeez.  I think they said the record is 75 or something?

OKC 18-25 on two point shots.

Okie City not playing with the good Jalen Williams, though.  Caruso also out.

Posted (edited)

Man is OKC long. SGA is amazing. No weak link on D to attack. Hoping someone takes them out in the playoffs before the finals. 

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16 minutes ago, Mittens said:

Man is OKC long. SGA is amazing. No weak link on D to attack. Hoping someone takes them out in the playoffs before the finals. 

 

18 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

OKC seems to be a bad matchup for Boston.

Jalen Williams and Caruso didn't even play, either.

This is only the second time I've watched Boston play this season and they seem limited and boring AF.  They just throw the ball around until someone jacks a three.  OKC is a terrible matchup them, to your point.  Everyone on that team is long and can defend.  They can put Dort on Jaylen Brown and let everyone else switch.  Dort has completely shut down Brown in two games so far.

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Not sure about boring - they’re a hell of a lot more exciting when they’re hitting 3’s. 4-26 from 3 in the 2nd half isn’t going to win any games.

It does annoy me that they don’t make more of an effort to get into the paint some other way than ball screen, which makes it so easy to settle for the 3. 

Posted
9 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

This is only the second time I've watched Boston play this season and they seem limited and boring AF.  They just throw the ball around until someone jacks a three.  OKC is a terrible matchup them, to your point.  Everyone on that team is long and can defend.  They can put Dort on Jaylen Brown and let everyone else switch.  Dort has completely shut down Brown in two games so far.

Boston's success in the postseason will hinge on Porzingis' health.

If he's healthy, Boston is probably the favorites.  If not, they will not beat the Cavs or OKC in a 7 game series.

Posted (edited)

I'm not giving OKC a pass to the Finals, fellas. For one I think Minny is a bad matchup.

One of Boston or CLE will assuredly be there barring weird injuries, however. 

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denvers gonna need to start thinking about shelving Jokic before the playoffs and worry less about seeding.

 

I think if you rank the players in this players, obv joker is the best...and Id say the next 4-5 best players are on the Wolves 

Posted

I'm telling everyone in the West that you better watch the fuck out. 

Wouldn't be surprised at all to see Minny in the WCF again. 

Ant may be the 2nd best player in the conference. His leadership and intangibles and the way he has these cats playing is terrifying. Especially if they routinely get this version of Randle. 

Posted (edited)
1 minute ago, ztejas said:

I'm telling everyone in the West that you better watch the fuck out. 

Wouldn't be surprised at all to see Minny in the WCF again. 

Ant may be the 2nd best player in the conference. His leadership and intangibles and the way he has these cats playing is terrifying. Especially if they routinely get this version of Randle. 

thisll be 11 straight wins with Randle in the line up dating back to before he strained his groin a few weeks before the ASB..we were on a 5 game streak when he went down 

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Honestly I wouldn't be surprised to see some jockeying to avoid this team if 2-4 stays as tight as it is. 

Curious to see if GS and MIN can catch HOU who just beat Phoenix tonight but the Suns are awful.

Posted
18 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Honestly I wouldn't be surprised to see some jockeying to avoid this team if 2-4 stays as tight as it is. 

Curious to see if GS and MIN can catch HOU who just beat Phoenix tonight but the Suns are awful.

Wolves have the easiest strength of schedule remaining by far, a lot of these WC playoff teams still have to play each other. we have 1 game @ den and 1 @ memphis left .

 

https://www.tankathon.com/remaining_schedule_strength

Posted
4 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

Wolves have the easiest strength of schedule remaining by far, a lot of these WC playoff teams still have to play each other. we have 1 game @ den and 1 @ memphis left .

 

https://www.tankathon.com/remaining_schedule_strength

Warriors are going to keep winning though. 

This is what I was talking about like a week ago when I said the West standings race down the stretch is fascinating.

I just love your team and I love Ant. I think there is a lot of value in not being reliant on geriatric superstars like LA or GS. And LA is displaying the exact fucking issues right now that I brought up post Luka trade. 

Meanwhile Memphis is getting hot. 

I'm so ready. This is going to be fun. I don't think I've been this in since Durant's last run in '21.

Excited No Way GIF by MLB

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This is kinda funny/annoying. OKC coach pretends to have a sub ready at halfcourt, but doesn't ever sub him in. This forces the refs to try to stop every in-bounds play, and stall Denver from quickly putting the ball into play.  

https://x.com/WorldWideWob/status/1899487716414558675

I think it's pretty shitty on OKC's part. The ball is in the other player's hands after the refs check it, and if the defense isn't paying attention, that's on them. I don't think there is anything wrong with that, and as a fan, I prefer to see the flow of the game move more quickly. One of my biggest pet peeves is how many game time stops there are in the NBA. There are already too many timeouts, free throws are slow, etc etc. Trying to slow down your opponent's inbounds plays is just annoying.  It will be interesting to see if this technique is used in the WCF when they meet. 

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