Great to see the Celtics are really heating up. So many players capable of scoring double digits, and so many players stepping up lately. The addition of Smart in the starting 5 has made a big difference, imo.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) are here to celebrate rare back-to-back victories for Manchester United! They analyse the late win in the Europa League vs. Rangers and then try and find things to analyse in a pretty dour game vs. Fulham. They also chat about the latest Marcus Rashford news, and look at the latest transfer news.
I don't know what ok means but they've got some decent players, apart from Davis. Better than what LeBron was dragging with him last year, I think.
Very disappointing tbh. The Raps went on an 18-2 run early on to go up 22-9 and that was it. No real runs to get back into it at all. Just kinda threw in the towel. Steph only took 4 shots in the second half and (I think) missed the lot. Too many games like this the last couple of years.
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Ridiculous because no one actually said them.....well no one with any kind of merit, and absolutely minuscule minority.
It means nothing. At the beginning of the season they were 10-0 whenever he played and lost the games he didn’t.
They also had (not sure if it is still the case) a better defensive rating when he was off the floor. I've just noticed a lot of things being said about Kawhi in the media about how well he is playing and how he's made the team better. I am not sure the Raptors are even that much better as a regular season team this year, however. They'll be a better playoff team though.
There was a real debate that he was the best player in the league in those two years, until James made the entire Warriors team his bitch and shut down the debate for good.
Are you referring to the time the Warriors blew a 3-1 lead in the NBA finals?
Im not an expert on basketball and just watch it occasionally this days so can someone explain me how can someone shoot a three from pretty much half court like its nothing and then turn into Shaq at free throw line, baffling. Whole Lakers team is embarrassing from FT line.
I think it has to do with the fact that free throw shooting is a repetitive motion that is supposed to be close to identical every time you step up thus the mechanics should in theory be the same every time. If those mechanics are not identical and it gets into your head that there is a problem the shooter can develop something similar to the "yips" in golf and start missing. Shooting a three point shot is totally different since you are taking the shot from all different parts of the court. Because this is the case I've heard it speculated that your unconscious mind takes over and you just take the shot. In other words by not really overthinking it you've a greater chance of it going in.
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Another pointless season for my Blazers. This time it can actually result in lottery which would be good for the franchise, this team just nowhere near good enough and needs significant changes. We should not be aiming to build a decent team but a great one but it will never work if our front office think CJ and Nurk are superstars and untradeable. There are obviously issues with ownership though which make it hard to make roster moves.
I am slowly falling in love with Kings and Bucks (this one has been for a while) though so they will probably be my flavor of the season like Jazz and Sixers were last year.
I am slowly falling in love with Kings and Bucks (this one has been for a while) though so they will probably be my flavor of the season like Jazz and Sixers were last year.
Not that we can afford him, but what would be suitable compensation for McCollum?
I'd trade him for Jaren Jackson Jr in a heartbeat. Could even dump that Parsons contract if it was needed.
I dont think we would get all that much for him right now. We had a perfect chance to trade him for PG, Kawhi or even Butler but our front office lack balls to do these deals. I truly believe in at least one of these three cases teams would have prefered to receive McCollum than what they got.
PG perhaps when he was at Indiana, though I don’t see the other two trading those players on account of them being playoff rivals in the West.
Not convinced the Lakers could pull of a deal for AD, they just don't have the assets.
I think they do. If you offer them Ingram and Ball for example, that’s a good offer.
Boston obviously have a better offer in theory but then again their picks don’t seem so amazing anymore. Memphis and Sacramento will be close to the playoffs spot, Clippers pick will probably be 18-21 or so, they’d need to offer one of their young talents for the offer to be properly enticing.
Not convinced, reckon they'd want an all star in return for him.
Zero chance they get one though.
Celtics could make it happen. I'm pretty sure lots of teams could make it happen but he's limited the options. What I know is if Ball and Ingram were enough, he'd be in LA right now.
That’s why you should never have two players of the same name on your team. What a mess 
?That’s why you should never have two players of the same name on your team. What a mess
There was going to be a trade between Suns, Wizards and Grizzlies that was supposed to see Washington get Ariza, Memphis get Oubre and Phoenix get Rivers, Selden and Brooks. The problem was that Suns thought they were getting Dillon Brooks and Memphis thought they were giving MarShon Brooks.
The deal is off now.
So they just skipped Memphis and did a trade between themselves. Ariza for Oubre and Rivers.
I feel for Ariza. From one dysfunctional team to another. Also I thought Oubre had at least some value, and Rivers will be out of the league soon.
I feel for Ariza. From one dysfunctional team to another. Also I thought Oubre had at least some value, and Rivers will be out of the league soon.
Maaaaaannnnn!!!
I was enjoying that until it took the turn for the sad. Great story, you can tell Charles is that guy. He's so genuine and real. Ahh man that really was a bittersweet read.Did you want to include Dillon in that package? Selden and MarShon are basically worth nothing to Suns or Wizards so it would have essentially been Dillon for Oubre.
feck no, Dillon is great. It was always Marshon from our end.
There is no reason a SNAFU like this should occur, and Jackson/D Brooks aside, it is a summary of Wallace's time here.
I agree. It doesn’t reflect great on Memphis or Phoenix to have this mix up occur.
Who else is getting properly excited about the Kings? What a turnaround from the miserable years behind them.
They got the best young point guard in the league who has now got the confidence to shoot the ball well (his form was always good) in Fox, a tremendous shooter who is getting better in Hield (a bit of a lame bloomer but perfect fit for the team) and enough big talent to develop (Bagley looks great, Giles could be good and WCS has had a good year), possibly one of the best wing backups in the league in Bogdan as well plus they will have a ton of cap space left. If they can get a wing like Middleton or Harris, they might already be a good playoffs team in 1-2 years. The style they play is amazing too!
They got the best young point guard in the league who has now got the confidence to shoot the ball well (his form was always good) in Fox, a tremendous shooter who is getting better in Hield (a bit of a lame bloomer but perfect fit for the team) and enough big talent to develop (Bagley looks great, Giles could be good and WCS has had a good year), possibly one of the best wing backups in the league in Bogdan as well plus they will have a ton of cap space left. If they can get a wing like Middleton or Harris, they might already be a good playoffs team in 1-2 years. The style they play is amazing too!
I love Fox, and I'm nit picking, but Simmons is the best young PG in the league.
Going to sound controversial but I prefer Fox. Simmons is better passer and obviously a better rebounder but Fox is decent at both while Simmons is beyond useless at shooting.
Simmons is immensely talented but Fox works harder so I expect him to develop better too.
Yes, very controversial indeed. Simmons is already an elite versatile defender, an elite passer, and has elite physical traits.
He doesn't need to shoot to be effective as yet, and I expect that will come with time.
He has to shoot for the team to be at their best though, in modern NBA a complete non-shooter at point guard will hold you back. Because they don’t need to guard him at perimeter it takes away from other players too. I don’t think he will ever learn to shoot either, not even to an extent where he would hit 30% from three. He doesn’t seem to care about it.
The only superstar I can think of that doesn’t shoot respectably is Giannis and he at least tries and has a fairly decent mid-range. Plus he’s a power forward and plays at the rim more frequently.
Fox can be a more athletic Lillard who can defend at a very good level. That’s hell of a player and easier to fit into a great team. You need to cater to Simmons needs, literally have every other piece fit in with him while you can plug Fox in and he will play fine.
Giannis is Shaq at the rim. And he's putting in serious work on improving his jumper. Just a matter of time before defenders will have to respect it
You think a G league standard player gets you Oubre?
Wallace got cold feet and tried to put the blame on the Wizs and the Suns.
Yeah there was no logic in thinking they could get Oubre without including Dillon. Apparently they also sent Phoenix Dillon’s medical records so a total mess up on their side.
I wonder what Oubre does at Phoenix. He’s out of contract in the Summer so he’s basically playing for his next deal and being in that environment could help him as he might be able to rack up big numbers on a bad team. I’m not sure how he will work next to TJ Warren though as they seem to overlap. Maybe Suns will try to flip Warren as his value should be pretty high with his new found three points shot.
I also wonder where this puts Porter in terms of trade availability. He’s someone I wanted on Blazers, I could also see Kings putting a package together to acquire him and address that gap at small forward (Justin Jackson, a couple of 2nd round picks and a couple of expirings should be fine for what is essentially a salary dump of a bad contract).
Flipping TJ to keep Oubre makes no sense.
Oubre will want to get paid at the end of the season whereas TJ is tied up long term on a great contract and TJ is a much better player than Oubre.