NBA 2017-2018 thread

[Knicks411]

Pretty fired up for the season. Here are some random topics/questions to debate. I'll bold my picks.

1) Which of these 3 isn't a top 4 east team: Bucks/Wiz/Toronto
2) Who misses the playoffs? Utah/Portland/Denver
3) Who doesn't make first team all NBA? Durant/Kawhi/Lebron
4) Who doesn't make first team all NBA? Harden/Russ/Steph
5) Who wins more games? Knicks/Nets
6) First game for Isaiah Jan 10? Before/After

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Pretty fired up for the season. Here are some random topics/questions to debate. I'll bold my picks.

1) Which of these 3 isn't a top 4 east team: Bucks/Wiz/Toronto
2) Who misses the playoffs? Utah/Portland/Denver
3) Who doesn't make first team all NBA? Durant/Kawhi/Lebron
4) Who doesn't make first team all NBA? Harden/Russ/Steph
5) Who wins more games? Knicks/Nets
6) First game for Isaiah Jan 10? Before/After

Gobert is going to will the Jazz to the playoffs.

 

[Knicks411]

Gobert is going to will the Jazz to the playoffs.

That was a tough one, I just envision all; the Jazz guys getting hurt. I dunno. Gobert is awesome

 

[moqui]

Pretty fired up for the season. Here are some random topics/questions to debate. I'll bold my picks.

1) Which of these 3 isn't a top 4 east team: Bucks/Wiz/Toronto
2) Who misses the playoffs? Utah/Portland/Denver
3) Who doesn't make first team all NBA? Durant/Kawhi/Lebron
4) Who doesn't make first team all NBA? Harden/Russ/Steph
5) Who wins more games? Knicks/Nets
6) First game for Isaiah Jan 10? Before/After

Gobert is going to will the Jazz to the playoffs.

That was a tough one, I just envision all; the Jazz guys getting hurt. I dunno. Gobert is awesome

yeah, but so is jokic. so by process of elimination, the blazers get left out

 

[OttoinGrotto]

That was a tough one, I just envision all; the Jazz guys getting hurt. I dunno. Gobert is awesome

Don't envision that! They've had major players with injury issues all the time, and they've already lost Exum. Again.

The rest of the roster is gonna be healthy, Rubio is going to find his jumper, Hood and Favors will ball out in contract years... it's gonna be nice.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

yeah, but so is jokic. so by process of elimination, the blazers get left out

That's bold, going for the bigs over the guards.

Hard to get a good sense of what Portland really is. I love Lillard. Not sure about the rest of that team though.

 

[moqui]

That's bold, going for the bigs over the guards.

Hard to get a good sense of what Portland really is. I love Lillard. Not sure about the rest of that team though.

i like lillard, too, but i love jokic. who needs guards when you have a point center

 

[Knicks411]

i like lillard, too, but i love jokic. who needs guards when you have a point center

If you could combine the skills of Jokic and Gobert you'd probably have the best player of all time.

 

[Melancer46]

Pretty fired up for the season. Here are some random topics/questions to debate. I'll bold my picks.

1) Which of these 3 isn't a top 4 east team: Bucks/Wiz/Toronto
2) Who misses the playoffs? Utah/Portland/Denver
3) Who doesn't make first team all NBA? Durant/Kawhi/Lebron
4) Who doesn't make first team all NBA? Harden/Russ/Steph
5) Who wins more games? Knicks/Nets
6) First game for Isaiah Jan 10? Before/After

My choices in bold

 

[OttoinGrotto]

i like lillard, too, but i love jokic. who needs guards when you have a point center

It seems like the big man was left for dead not too long ago, but there are a lot of good big guys now.

 

[moqui]

It seems like the big man was left for dead not too long ago, but there are a lot of good big guys now.

and it seems like the bulk of them are coming via europe rather than the ncaa.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Gobert is going to will the Jazz to the playoffs.

I'm actually pretty stoked. I've always gotten League Pass just so I could watch all the Jazz games and it's $199.99. This year the NBA has different options and one of them is that you can get all the games for one team for $119.99. Not sure yet which option I will choose, but I do like the option of saving money.
Choose Your Subscription | NBA.com

 

[Alsacs]

Season picks.
East
1. Boston
2. Cleveland( they will win the East though)
3. Washington
4. Milwaukee
5. Toronto
6. Miami
7. Charlotte
8. Philadelphia

West
1. Golden State
2. Houston
3. San Antonio
4. Oklahoma City
5. Minnesota
6. LA Clippers
7. Denver
8. Portland

Champion: Golden State over Cleveland.
MVP: Steph Curry
DPOY: Kwahi Leonard
ROY: Kyle Kuzma

 

[OrangeDW]

I'm a devout LeBron/Cavs fan, but, man, Pop makes me wanna root for him and his team. I think Pop wants a piece of the SCROTUS.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich: President Trump is a 'soulless coward'

Good thing that most racist people quit watching the NBA way back when Larry Bird retired, otherwise we’d have to listen to all their BS posturing over this.

 

[OrangeDW]

Pretty fired up for the season. Here are some random topics/questions to debate. I'll bold my picks.

1) Which of these 3 isn't a top 4 east team: Bucks/Wiz/Toronto
2) Who misses the playoffs? Utah/Portland/Denver
3) Who doesn't make first team all NBA? Durant/Kawhi/Lebron
4) Who doesn't make first team all NBA? Harden/Russ/Steph
5) Who wins more games? Knicks/Nets
6) First game for Isaiah Jan 10? Before/After

I started to reply and stopped when I realized all my answers were the same as yours. Though I was ready to hedge on #3 and say “whatever one plays the fewest games”. All things being equal though, I’d have to go Kawhi by a hair.

 

[Alsacs]

ESPN player rankings have Jae Crowder 38th.
Is that a little high or what?
Are Thomas, Embiid headed in opposite directions? #NBArank hits the top 50

 

[NineOneSeven]

i like lillard, too, but i love jokic. who needs guards when you have a point center

Jokic and Millsap might be the best passing duo ever

 

[OrangeDW]

https://mobile.twitter.com/shamscharania/status/920417917400944641

That does not sound good at all.

 

[NineOneSeven]

https://mobile.twitter.com/shamscharania/status/920417917400944641

That does not sound good at all.

What the hell??

 

[Knicks411]

I started to reply and stopped when I realized all my answers were the same as yours. Though I was ready to hedge on #3 and say “whatever one plays the fewest games”. All things being equal though, I’d have to go Kawhi by a hair.

When I first came up with the question I was going to say Durant was gonna miss out, and for whatever reason I changed my mind. If he stays healthy and they win close to 70 games, he's prob in. And how can you vote Lebron out?

That said, Kawhi might be my MVP pick! I think I brought this up months ago, but have we ever seen 3 forwards this good at the same time?

 

[NineOneSeven]

When I first came up with the question I was going to say Durant was gonna miss out, and for whatever reason I changed my mind. If he stays healthy and they win close to 70 games, he's prob in. And how can you vote Lebron out?

That said, Kawhi might be my MVP pick! I think I brought this up months ago, but have we ever seen 3 forwards this good at the same time?

Add Giannis who is 22!

 

[Knicks411]

Add Giannis who is 22!

You're right, he definitely has the chance to join them as soon as about this year.

Lebron/Durant/Leonard are right now like 3 of the 7 or 8 best forwards ever? There are some amazing players in the league right now.

 

[OrangeDW]

When I first came up with the question I was going to say Durant was gonna miss out, and for whatever reason I changed my mind. If he stays healthy and they win close to 70 games, he's prob in. And how can you vote Lebron out?

That said, Kawhi might be my MVP pick! I think I brought this up months ago, but have we ever seen 3 forwards this good at the same time?

It’s like all the guys who used to be 6’6 2 guards doing this stuff died out and were replaced by 6’8-6’11 guys doing it. Few good two guards left but an incredible number of forwards with guard skills.

 

[Alsacs]

I am interested to see how much Derrick Rose has left.
I expect Irving will attack Rose and Crowder to play Hayward physical.

 

[OrangeDW]

If you take more than 30 seconds to move onto your starting lineups after announcing the visitors...you’ve lost me. Who the hell wants to watch like 2 minutes of shots of players working out? Get on with it. The 90s Bulls intro’s are the standard...stick closely to that script and you can’t go wrong.