Official 2017-2018 NBA Thread

[Elzo69Renaissance]

U know in most European soccer leagues the worst teams at the end of the season gets relegated to the B league or lower level league...maybe this needs to happen in the NBA

 

[AZTG]

Yo who said they expected the Suns to over achieve and be better than expected?

That guy you was sonning the shit out of the other day

Oh. That makes perfect sense

 

[Peace_79]

And niggas actin like the Warriors untouchable.

They the favorites, but them niggss can be beat. There’s a lot of talent in the West.

The gap isn’t as wide as it was last year.

Elaborate

Ehh ... This seems pretty straight forward to me.

Were you around for the off season?

Spoiler

CP+Harden Combo, If it works out, is scary explosive - especially with how Paul can accelerate the confidence and execution of the role players on that team. Never mind that Harden lookin like he’s the MVP of the league.

If Russ takes a few steps towards becoming an actual Point Guard, OKC is Top Heavy enough with Talent to have a Puncher’s chance. You’re lying to yourself if you say otherwise. Add to that - Russ is motivated... That nigga would move heaven and earth to destroy KD and Steph in the playoffs. It’s actually plausible now.

The Spurs are the Spurs. And this time as the #1 Option is having LA remember that he used to be an All Star. They would have blown out GS in Game 1 of the Conference Finals had homie not gotten injured.

That team with Kawaih and Pop at the helm can go toe to toe with the champs.

To top it off, the Dubbs lookin lazy, bruh ... like more so than a usual Defending Champion looks.

Sure they have another gear to go in the playoffs, but that gear doesn’t put them far and away ahead of the competition, like it used to. Not this year.

 

[Mister B.]

Chuck ain't walking through that door.

I'm sure he'll go back to being a Sixers fan again now, anyhow....

 

[AZTG]

Man Reggie Miller just said "that was a lava check" after a Harden shot. Time for me turn this game off.

 

[LEMZIMUS_RAMSEY]

The Celtics look like the 2016 Hawks except the serious defense.

Yeah, the defense is fresh and legitly serious.

Defense is the fastest way to try to beat the Warriors... aint it Houston Rockets?

 

[southsil4lil]

https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/931378209261629441
https://twitter.com/InsideHoops/status/931411184930164738

Suns are trash but nice first game back for Cliff

 

[its....JOHN B]

Great win last night, this dude Barkley is going to piss me off he started this agenda against a couple weeks ago now he’s going to keep it going the rest of the year, but a lot of good came out of last night, my favorite was Kyrie getting superstar treatment in the end, the nba knows the worst possible thing that could happen to the league is Cleveland going to the finals no more biased officiating to get Bron in you will see more calls go our way, other than that Brown playing inspired ball and showing that future star potential, Tatum not playing well but coming through in the end, Horford continuing to play some of the best ball of his career, and last but not least Marcus Smart finishing a +15 not only playing impeccable defense but our offense goes from alright to elite when he is on the floor, making winning plays as usual hopefully with the bad shooting we can keep him at a discount and bring back Baynes as well

 

[FedeRICO_Fellini]

That Lil' Midget Bootleg Thomas ain't played yet

D. Rose in & outta' the Lineup

D. Wade is way past Father Prime

J.R. still be high during games

The LeBron Narrative gotta' do everything on the Court

Them young Guns, Giannis, his Left Handed Son, Ben Simmons, coming 4 his head in the East.

Oh & Kyrie is the front runner for MVP

The LeBron Narrative needs more HELP

 

[Ghost of Jaemooms]

I remember back, I think it was 2002 when the Mavericks started the season winning there first 14 games...went 7 games in the first and second round with lesser opponents, eventually got bounced....this season has a familiar feel to it.

Also league office needs to sit down and take a look at the tape...I don’t root for or against Golden State or boston but the discrepancy in calls was a little disturbing, not so much the calls boston got but the calls GS didn’t get. Jaylen Brown block and Marcus Morris block we’re both clear as day.

#NiggazWritingParagraphsOverMeaninglessVictories

#FOH

 

[HustleThaDon]

I remember back, I think it was 2002 when the Mavericks started the season winning there first 14 games...went 7 games in the first and second round with lesser opponents, eventually got bounced....this season has a familiar feel to it.

Also league office needs to sit down and take a look at the tape...I don’t root for or against Golden State or boston but the discrepancy in calls was a little disturbing, not so much the calls boston got but the calls GS didn’t get. Jaylen Brown block and Marcus Morris block we’re both clear as day.

#NiggazWritingParagraphsOverMeaninglessVictories

#FOH

Its a meaningless victory but you just wrote 2 paragraphs about it.

 

[wizedidit]

LET'S GO 14 IN A ROW JAYLEN WITH A HUGE 22 POINTS AND KYRIE AND HORFORD WERE BIG DOWN THE STRETCH. HELD THE HIGHEST SCORING TEAM THAT AVERAGED 119PPG TO 88 MY SQUAD NEEDS RESPECT, NO FEAR AND BACK FROM 17 DOWN. IF THIS CONTINUES THIS SQUAD IS APPROACHING ELITE STATUS. STEVENS A GENIUS FOR MAKING THE WARRIORS PLAY AT OUR PACE GRINDING IT OUT. S/O TO OUR BACKCOURT FORCING STEPH AND KLAY INTO TRASH GAMES, LET'S GO

Your Baltimore County ass would post a Dru Hill gif

Fym they legends bra I'm on druid hills rite now lol

 

[its....JOHN B]

Can’t wait to see how awful a fit IT is going to be in Cleveland and watching him get exposed in the first round on another team

 

[AZTG]

I mean you can realistically say that its still a year or two early for the Celtics and they will lose in the playoffs to either the Cavs or the Warriors and though many will disagree, it will still be a respectable opinion.

However you cant sit and act like the Celtics arent real. The Celtics are an Elite team even with Hayward out and a bunch of kids playing.

Fuck the Celtics just for being the Celtics but you got to give them their just due.

All the props go to Brad Stevens. I honestly thought it would take longer to get Kyrie to play a more controlled offense where he set the pace. I thought for the first year there would be issues with him isoing too much and taking bad shots, but he is actually picking his spots and playing system basketball.

 

[wizedidit]

Last night got ugly and that's what you need to beat gs..our defense is legit I wasn't feeling kyries bad game but he played good D so it made up for it Tatum looked a lil shell shocked which is to be expected 14 in a row

 

[AZTG]

Another thing is everyone in here including me and even the Boston fans were saying that defensively the Celtics will be alright cause they are replacing the worst defensive guard with another almost as bad and since overall they were a good defensive team with IT, they will be good with Kyrie too.

But now we are seeing that Kyrie went from a terrible defender to average and maybe even a bit slightly above average defender in Brads system. He has the 14th best defensive rating of any guard so far this season. If the player who is supposed to be your defensive liability has the 14th best defensive rating for guards, you dont have anything to worry about.

If Kyrie keeps this up all season, it would mean Boston won that trade by miles. If yall remember we were all saying that Kyrie will match ITs offensive output and they would be a wash defensively and the trade was good for the Celtics because they got the younger guard. But now we are seeing that Kyrie in Brads system is a way better overall player than IT was.

Also, kind of the scary to think if Brads system boosted Kyries defensive rating from the 65th best guard last season to the 14th this season, how bad is IT gonna be defensively now that he is not in Brads system?

 

[its....JOHN B]

Another thing is everyone in here including me and even the Boston fans were saying that defensively the Celtics will be alright cause they are replacing the worst defensive guard with another almost as bad and since overall they were a good defensive team with IT, they will be good with Kyrie too.

But now we are seeing that Kyrie went from a terrible defender to average and maybe even a bit slightly above average defender in Brads system. He has the 14th best defensive rating of any guard so far this season. If the player who is supposed to be your defensive liability has the 14th best defensive rating for guards, you dont have anything to worry about.

If Kyrie keeps this up all season, it would mean Boston won that trade by miles. If yall remember we were all saying that Kyrie will match ITs offensive output and they would be a wash defensively and the trade was good for the Celtics because they got the younger guard. But now we are seeing that Kyrie in Brads system is a way better overall player than IT was.

Also, kind of the scary to think if Brads system boosted Kyries defensive rating from the 65th best guard last season to the 14th this season, how bad is IT gonna be defensively now that he is not in Brads system?

throw in a bad hip that even if he’s physically ready mentally he’s not going to want to put more wear and tear on that hip by playing as good of defense as he can possibly play

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

Can’t wait to see how awful a fit IT is going to be in Cleveland and watching him get exposed in the first round on another team

Don't do this bruh, this a whole 180 from 6 months ago

 

[wizedidit]

Another thing is everyone in here including me and even the Boston fans were saying that defensively the Celtics will be alright cause they are replacing the worst defensive guard with another almost as bad and since overall they were a good defensive team with IT, they will be good with Kyrie too.

But now we are seeing that Kyrie went from a terrible defender to average and maybe even a bit slightly above average defender in Brads system. He has the 14th best defensive rating of any guard so far this season. If the player who is supposed to be your defensive liability has the 14th best defensive rating for guards, you dont have anything to worry about.

If Kyrie keeps this up all season, it would mean Boston won that trade by miles. If yall remember we were all saying that Kyrie will match ITs offensive output and they would be a wash defensively and the trade was good for the Celtics because they got the younger guard. But now we are seeing that Kyrie in Brads system is a way better overall player than IT was.

Also, kind of the scary to think if Brads system boosted Kyries defensive rating from the 65th best guard last season to the 14th this season, how bad is IT gonna be defensively now that he is not in Brads system?

throw in a bad hip that even if he’s physically ready mentally he’s not going to want to put more wear and tear on that hip by playing as good of defense as he can possibly play

What u got against it bra? I feel like the cave actually need him he was my man on the c's I ain't going switch up

 

[its....JOHN B]

Can’t wait to see how awful a fit IT is going to be in Cleveland and watching him get exposed in the first round on another team

Don't do this bruh, this a whole 180 from 6 months ago

No it’s not I’m not going to dickride a player just because he played for the Celtics, before he got traded I was saying he needs to be a part time starter part time 6th man depending on matchups if we are ever going to be real contenders and now with Hayward we’re not as offensively deficient without him on the floor, and after the trade I been saying I don’t see him being a good fit in Cleveland even if he does come back 100%, two years in a row he got exposed in the first round facts so tell me what exactly am I doing? Don’t do what?