Random NBA Observations 2020 - 2021

[Flex Luger]

The disrespect

 

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[Flex Luger]

 

[FTBS]

If we can have a game, we can have a draft.

 

[CarltonJunior]

Ingram is struggling this year. He’s still an all star caliber player, shouldn’t make it this year but I had a feeling it would take a while/won’t ever work with and Zion.

Yeah, Zion also fukks with the spacing Ingram needs to really operate.

This would be less of a factor if they ran Ingram-Zion PnR more and every other position was shooters, but instead you got Adams down there and Lonzo who is probably better on ball than off ball.

The team isn't built well enough for everyone to succeed.

 

[Flex Luger]

This hating ass shyt. What made the bubble easier for them and not everybody else who couldn’t make it to the Finals?

 

[iamduval]

I just wanna know what team the Heat beat in the playoffs that was considered a fluke.

before the pandemic, the heat owned the bucks and every analyst said that the bucks should want to avoid the heat.

the heat swept the pacers who hadn’t won a first round playoff series under their former head coach.


The Celtics choke in the ECF almost every year


Make it make sense

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

I just wanna know what team the Heat beat in the playoffs that was considered a fluke.

before the pandemic, the heat owned the bucks and every analyst said that the bucks should want to avoid the heat.

the heat swept the pacers who hadn’t won a first round playoff series under their former head coach.


The Celtics choke in the ECF almost every year


Make it make sense

NBA is built on storylines...

The main draw is Bron so most run through him.
The second draw is anyone that opposes him within a particular period who is a draw in their own right..KD, Steph, Kawhi etc
Giannis was what they wanted to sell vs Bron but we saw how that turned out

Even The Cs would have been a better sell due to rivalry & young stars

The Heat weren’t bankable so them winning 14 games in the postseason is dismissed as a fluke. I don’t believe that shyt but that’s how small people think

 

[Flex Luger]

Rest huh

 

[ALonelyDad]

Rest huh

Gotta rest for the draft lottery

 

[AffordableSuplexReviews]

Breh

 

[Flex Luger]

 

[CarltonJunior]

They could probably swing a trade for Vic but idk if it would help them right now. Not sure if they have anything the Wiz would want tho.

If I was the Wiz I'd make a trade myself since it seems like they aren't rebuilding. Double down on the Beal, Westbrook core. Maybe try to acquire a Buddy Hield or someone like that.

 

[jwinfield]

From last season.

Bulls’ Zach LaVine is not thrilled with his analytics department

“I know … ain’t this crazy,’’ LaVine told the Sun-Times on Friday, when asked about his mid-range game being grounded.

According to LaVine, the organization’s numbers department is convinced that his mid-range game has to go away. For how long? LaVine wasn’t sure. Maybe it’s just a preseason thing or maybe it’s just until the new up-tempo offense finds its legs. Either way, LaVine feels like it’s killing an already “lost art.’’

“I mean I grew up being a Michael Jordan, Kobe [Bryant] fan,’’ LaVine said. “I know that some of the greatest scores in NBA history were mid-range, mid-post guys. It’s sad to see it be pushed to the side. I mean Carmelo [Anthony] is one of the greatest scorers ever, but he’s out of the NBA right now somewhat because the analytics don’t want mid-range twos.

“I’ll one-up [the analytics guys] – the best mid-range shooter in all the NBA played for Golden State – Kevin Durant,’’ LaVine said. “Playoff basketball will show … I mean guys like DeMar DeRozan or C.J. McCollum, I mean [McCollum] killed Denver [in the playoffs last year] because he got into his mid-range.

“Playoff basketball [defenses] are eliminating the threes, they become tougher shots, so you want to get to a shot where you know you can make it and you worked on it. I think the mid-range is a lost art now because everyone is moving towards the threes and the analytics. I understand that because how it looks and how it sounds like it makes sense, but sometimes there’s nothing better than putting the ball in your best play-maker’s hands and letting him get the shot he needs rather than the one you want.’’
“I think it takes away a little bit of the skillfulness and it takes away some of the weaponry. But I’ll tell you this, there’s still guys in the NBA – and I think I’m one of them – that can still get it done.’’

 

[Ziggiy]

I just wanna know what team the Heat beat in the playoffs that was considered a fluke.

before the pandemic, the heat owned the bucks and every analyst said that the bucks should want to avoid the heat.

the heat swept the pacers who hadn’t won a first round playoff series under their former head coach.


The Celtics choke in the ECF almost every year


Make it make sense

I read the so called “story” and they didn’t even provide any examples of how the bubble was a fluke for Miami. Sports journalism is fukking trash