NBA Thread 2022-23 Season

[kirbivore]

The Nuggets have to be so frustrated right now. 0.1 seconds from hosting the Finals at their high altitude.

They'll still beat the Celtics in 6.

 

[kirbivore]

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[kirbivore]

Magic was my favorite player growing up be he really screwed the pooch with that Lonzo pick. I'm no NBA GM but all you had to do was watch that Sweet 16 game where Lonzo got punked by Kentucky to know he wasn't worth the #2 pick. Stay put and pick Tatum or if you really liked the overhyped bum trade down.

 

[kirbivore]

I remember back in the 80s. the Celts and Lakers playing Finals games at 3:30 pm on Memorial Day. Times have changed, and I'm not sure for the better from a fan perspective.

NBC's first year covering the finals in 1991 Game 1 Lakers-Bulls was 3:30 PM on a Sunday.

 

[Fireball Jr.]

 

[SWC75]

Here’s an interesting Quora thread on Chris Jackson/Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf who, the author argues, was “Steph Curry before Steph Curry” and also Colin Kaepernick before Colin Kaepernick:



Who is the most overlooked player in NBA history?

 

[OrangeDW]

Here’s an interesting Quora thread on Chris Jackson/Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf who, the author argues, was “Steph Curry before Steph Curry” and also Colin Kaepernick before Colin Kaepernick:



Who is the most overlooked player in NBA history?

Mark Price >>> Rauf, in the first regard. In my opinion.

But yeah, he was a good player and courageous and important beyond basketball, for sure.

 

[Knicks411]

I don’t know anything about Tony Brothers but I know Foster is widely considered the most disliked official in the league by players and may have been involved with Tim Donaghy stuff.

Little known fact about Scott Foster, apparently no team has ever won a game officiated by Scott Foster. I'm joking, but people love throwing out these tweets with records when official X is involved and then as soon as the game is over it's all forgotten.

Am I bitter because Foster reffed game 6 Miami-Knicks and that meant it was a lock the Knicks won and they didnt? Maybe

I know Simmons is a hated character around here but he did bring up a good point on this morning's podcast. If the Celtics complete this comeback the difference between them and the '04 Red Sox is the NBA equivalent of the 2004 Cardinals is not waiting for the C's. I don't care if they have the homecourt edge Denver should be favored.

The 2004 Cardinals were 105-57. They were really good, right up until they werent. (That said I agree Denver should be favored)

 

[Fireball Jr.]

Mark Price >>> Rauf, in the first regard. In my opinion.

But yeah, he was a good player and courageous and important beyond basketball, for sure.

He still got game.

 

[OrangeDW]

Hot take: Pierce and Garnett have milked that one ring as if they had a 10 year dynasty. And I’m tired of hearing about who does/doesn’t get along with Ray Allen. Nobody cares ya old sensitive, self important weirdos.

 

[Knicks411]

Hot take: Pierce and Garnett have milked that one ring as if they had a 10 year dynasty. And I’m tired of hearing about who does/doesn’t get along with Ray Allen. Nobody cares ya old sensitive, self important weirdos.

Definitely not hot. Very tired of those guys

 

[Melancer46]

I think Boston has a shot against Denver. Somewhere in the 30% range. A lot of experts and people here overrated the Lakers.

I’d probably go closer to 40% but it feels like I’ve been wrong about Boston the whole way so maybe I still am.

 

[Melancer46]

I don’t know anything about Tony Brothers but I know Foster is widely considered the most disliked official in the league by players and may have been involved with Tim Donaghy stuff.

Brothers is one of the most popular refs in the league among the players. I think he may have even been voted #1 in this years player survey.

 

[PoppyHart]

Hot take: Pierce and Garnett have milked that one ring as if they had a 10 year dynasty. And I’m tired of hearing about who does/doesn’t get along with Ray Allen. Nobody cares ya old sensitive, self important weirdos.

Lukewarm take: Doc Rivers would be working his 13th or 14th year with TNT or ESPN if it wasn’t for those trades. Had never won a playoff series prior to 2008, and has been gifted future HOF’ers ever since with little to show for it.

 

[Fireball Jr.]

Amen

 

[Eric15]

Hot take: Pierce and Garnett have milked that one ring as if they had a 10 year dynasty. And I’m tired of hearing about who does/doesn’t get along with Ray Allen. Nobody cares ya old sensitive, self important weirdos.

Garnett is a Top 25 player of all time but his personality always annoyed me. He would always pick fights with players a foot shorter than him his entire career. And the Ray Allen thing is so weird. Its not like KG didn’t seek greener pastures multiple times in his career.

 

[Melancer46]

Amen

I was talking to a friend last night about the state of the league. Feels like both talent wise and game planning wise, the league has never been better. And yet it feels like the on court product is as bad as it’s been in my lifetime (31 years). I think analytics has harmed basketball in a way that it hasn’t really done with any other sport to this point (at least any sport I closely follow) and the BS tactics that the league has allowed to fester (constant flopping, moving screens, the whining, and just the lack of caring about the regular season) has made it so hard to watch in so many ways.

 

[Fireball Jr.]

I was talking to a friend last night about the state of the league. Feels like both talent wise and game planning wise, the league has never been better. And yet it feels like the on court product is as bad as it’s been in my lifetime (31 years). I think analytics has harmed basketball in a way that it hasn’t really done with any other sport to this point (at least any sport I closely follow) and the BS tactics that the league has allowed to fester (constant flopping, moving screens, the whining, and just the lack of caring about the regular season) has made it so hard to watch in so many ways.

I’m a very old head, but, to me, the talent and play have never been better.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

They'll still beat the Celtics in 6.

Will they?

 

[Cusefan0307]

I’d probably go closer to 40% but it feels like I’ve been wrong about Boston the whole way so maybe I still am.

I agree with you, but thought I’d get roasted here. The Brogdon injury is a huge concern though. When healthy he’s Boston’s third best player.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

I agree with you, but thought I’d get roasted here. The Brogdon injury is a huge concern though. When healthy he’s Boston’s third best player.

Offensively….

 

[Cusefan0307]

Offensively….

As an outside observer IMO he’s just as good as Smart defensively.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I was talking to a friend last night about the state of the league. Feels like both talent wise and game planning wise, the league has never been better. And yet it feels like the on court product is as bad as it’s been in my lifetime (31 years). I think analytics has harmed basketball in a way that it hasn’t really done with any other sport to this point (at least any sport I closely follow) and the BS tactics that the league has allowed to fester (constant flopping, moving screens, the whining, and just the lack of caring about the regular season) has made it so hard to watch in so many ways.

I remember an interview with Shane Battier where he said that when he started understanding the analytics that it basically ruined all the creativity he had in his game.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

As an outside observer IMO he’s just as good as Smart defensively.

But not close to White. And Marcus defends bigs much better than Brogdon.

 

[UpstateSM]

Pretty stoned right now but I think healthy Clippers-Nuggets would have been the most fun series of the playoffs