Official 2016-2017 NBA Season Thread - NBA rules Chris Bosh has a career ending injury

[JD617]

 

2nd in MVP voting, since I know you love awards

For all you who don't frequent the MLB thread., you're missing out.


*Edited for being a chatty patty*

Also I forgot he won Player of the Week twice and made the All Star Game.

 

[rck3sactown]

Is it too early to start petitioning ESPN and TNT to use Pitbull for their playoffs song?

 

[tommyicerocking]

 

 hbd

THE FREAK!!!

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CALL HIM THE NIGERIAN GOD 

 

[Moheezy]

Am I reading this right? Wizards are expected to give Otto a Max contract??

Sure, he's improved every year and is a solid role player but Max?? $100+ mil? You really don't need to do much to get paid in this league.

 

[Quincy McCall]

Legendary tanking, Injury log this season beyond shady. I just wanted to watch Winslow play this season. Couldn't find more proactive ways to tank? 

All five injured Heat players will not travel on the impending three-game trip (Winslow, Waiters, Richardson, Babbitt and James Johnson).
— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) December 6, 2016

Winslow went from a questionable wrist to damn near 15 DNP's and all the injuries outside of Waiters are lolworthy, c;mon breh

 

[storm2006]

* waits for Steph Curry for Avery Bradley trade proposals * 

 

[Quincy McCall]

damb. lmao

Spo, on P. Jackson saying LeBron had forced his hand on travel issues, "I honeestly think he gets bored and likes to throw stuff out there."
— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) December 6, 2016

 

[ill steelo]

Their defensive BPM are 2.7 and 2.8.

@ that being "better" when if you know anything about defensive BPM, it's skewered TOWARDS rim protectors and he's only .1 higher. Not like it even matters for Dwight since he's so much more negative on offense.

You keep harping on TS% but that's going to happen when there is literally no space and you actually have to create shots which Dwight doesn't do, he just makes spacing worse and shoots at the rim.

Even still Dwight TS% is below his career average only shooting 8 shots a game.

Milsap TS% is still only .22% off of his all star season.


Like I said, it's not even a question or arguable.

You're going off on a tangent when the point was the D has been exceptional and the offensive issues have more to do with guys not making their open shots.

They've gone from 5 jump shooters to 4 and now there's "literally no space"? Now I know you aren't watching these games.

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They're among the league leaders in wide open shots attempted.

And 52 TS is bad any way you try slice it fam. Howard is well above league average, Sap below.. on open shots.

 

[ill steelo]

The simplest way for the Hawks to improve is to stop going to Dwight Howard in the post. A 0.77 PPP is awful for someone that is top 10 in post touches."

"0.77 PPP is like shooting 25.6% from three... Imagine a shooter like that asking for more shots."

i agree there. pnr & o-boards exclusively

 

[hardens beard]

Baazemore's shooting splits with and without Howard are huge though. Horford's passing and gravity are sorely missed

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Kris Dunn's old *** better start playing well soon

 

[AEA18]

im just now seeing this

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Will never not be funny

QFT

 

[starboy]

Kris Dunn's old *** better start playing well soon

What about Mario Hezonja? 

 

[osh kosh bosh]

What about Mario Hezonja? 

he's looking like a bust but is still younger than Kris Dunn.

 

[AEA18]

 

[carver]

Dunn has played pretty well these last 2 games.. let's hope he keeps it up tonight 

 

[dman14]

warriors need to just spot teams 15 points to start the gm



they said he was disgruntle and his production will tail off

 

[rook]

Thing that people don't realize was Klay was still putting up a lot of shots, they just weren't falling. If he wasn't happy like sources were saying he was probably just frustrated at his own shooting woes.

 

[rck3sactown]

 

[jjs07]

Am I reading this right? Wizards are expected to give Otto a Max contract??

Sure, he's improved every year and is a solid role player but Max?? $100+ mil? You really don't need to do much to get paid in this league.

Look at the contracts guys like Bazemore/Matthews/Crabbe/Hayward/Batum/Barnes/etc. got and tell me Otto ain't worth it.

He’s now averaging 14.7 points, 8.1 rebounds per game while shooting 53 percent from the field and 41 percent from deep. The only other player that’s averaging at least 14 & 8 while shooting 50 percent from the field and 40 percent from deep? That’s right, Kevin Durant.

Link

 

[carver]

Pop subbing all 5 players

 

[starboy]

Elfrid Payton having the game of his life

 

[pmatic]

Wizards are a sad bunch.

 

[dland24]

 
There weren't more than 5 players better than Kawhi last year. Period.

Agreed.  Never meant he didnt have a top 5 year.  But at no point last season, this season, whenever should he have been considered a top 5 player in the league.  Kawhi had a better season than LeBron.  He isnt a better player than LeBron.  That's my point.

 

[Moheezy]

Am I reading this right? Wizards are expected to give Otto a Max contract??

Sure, he's improved every year and is a solid role player but Max?? $100+ mil? You really don't need to do much to get paid in this league.

Look at the contracts guys like Bazemore/Matthews/Crabbe/Hayward/Batum/Barnes/etc. got and tell me Otto ain't worth it.

He’s now averaging 14.7 points, 8.1 rebounds per game while shooting 53 percent from the field and 41 percent from deep. The only other player that’s averaging at least 14 & 8 while shooting 50 percent from the field and 40 percent from deep? That’s right, Kevin Durant.

Link

Yeah! Kent, Wes, and Crabbe all got around the $70 mil while Harrison Barnes (the cornerstone of the Mavs for now) got $90+ there is no way Otto is worth over that. Whichever franchise will offer $100+ to him will have a very limited ceiling. + the Wizards being lottery bound does not help his case at all whether it is his fault or not.