I still think the Dubs can get 6th so I didn't mind the Grizzlies win at all. Golden State has 12 games left, 3 against the Pels, 2 against the Thunder, and 1 each against the Rockets, Wolves and Kings. With the up and down season they've been having you can't count on anything but on paper there's some really winnable games there. In addition, they play the Mavs and the Grizz at home and if they win both of those games it gives them the series win for the season over both so they would win any tiebreaker. Unfortunately, they also have games against the Suns and Jazz, but they are both at home and more importantly they are in the last week of the season where one or both may be resting players getting ready for the playoffs. So there's definitely hope.
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Drummond padding his stats again while his team loses yet again.
Can't believe people actually rated him
Can't believe people actually rated him
We calling 6 points and 12 boards stat padding?Drummond padding his stats again while his team loses yet again.
Can't believe people actually rated him
There really aren't many that rate him.Drummond padding his stats again while his team loses yet again.
Can't believe people actually rated him
There's people in this thread who thinks he's a good defender and an offensive threat due to his stats.
On another note, Lakers really need LeBron back asap, their team is dysfunctional without him.
It's stat padding as long as the statline looks better than his actual performance which is basically Drummond's entire career summed up.
How is a 6/12 statline for a center statpadding (in 30 minutes playtime!)? Getting rebounds is his job, he`s a center after all and 6 points is 3 baskets (on 5 attempts). And that statline doesn`t even look great, no one would draw conclusions from 6 points and 12 rebounds.
My point is that his statline makes it look like he had an acceptable game when in reality he was an absolute joke.
Marc Gasol should have more playing time especially down the stretch but somehow Vogel thinks otherwise.
You are just yelling at clouds.
People should really read that Anthony Edwards interview with GQ, it's surreal, I can't tell if it's true or not.
Yes it would also help to get AD back into some form
Blazers seem to have completely fallen apart in April . 3-12 this month and they have a pretty hard schedule left . Could easily finish 9th/10th
Just finished watching the game. I don't understand it myself. On paper, their starting line up is pretty good with Lillard, McCollum, Powell, Nurkic and Covington. Since they also have Carmelo and Kanter off the bench I expected them to be challenging for a top 4 seed instead of (as of right now) fighting to stay in the play in tournament. As you also point out they have a pretty tough schedule left as well so that play in tournament could get even more interesting.
You gotta love basketball you can go from the penthouse to the outhouse and vice-versa really quickly. It really is a great game.
i had them finishing 5-7 (but more likely 5th than 7th).
I did not have them among my top 8 in the West. (To me, even Dame is overrated.) So I was surprised to see them doing so well for three quarters of the season.
Steph is back on a run again. Shooting from the half way line today, so fun to watch though bit of a shitshow in the final quarter
Damn, they nearly did again. Its hard work pulling for this team. Its definitely aging me.
Bit - very generous. Phew!
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The NBA scoring race is going right to the wire. After struggling in his last game, Curry had 37 points today to inch himself closer to Beal.
You're right it's real close right now but its Steph who is slightly in front.
31.26 v. 31.12
Thanks for the correction. I assumed he dropped behind after his struggles in the last game.
For what it's worth, i hope he wins it again. I think the MVP is going to Jokic but Steph has been sensational over the past few months and i hope that his performances this season get recognized.
This whole Curry thing just makes me more annoyed that Durant went there. We could have seen much more of this.
Come the playoffs, Dame isn't enough firepower to outscore everyone else in the West and nobody on their team bothers to play defense properly other than Covington.
they're giving carmelo anthony 25 minutes per game. its too bad they've not been able to build a true contender during lillards prime.
Lillard's stats in the clutch were incredible for much of the season, they were digging out a lot of close wins but he's dropped off lately (I'm not sure he's fully right physically) and so they've started to lose those tight games. Like you I wasn't as high on them as others at the start of the season because they can't guard anyone, I had them as a play-in team which they likely will be but the way they're going to get there (very good for much of the season and very poor right now) wasn't the way I expected them to end up there. They're obviously not a free agent destination but it's a shame they've never put together a team that could properly compete around the superstar they have and which most teams lack.
I like KOC but who actually rated Portland prior to this season? They've basically been tipped as a slightly above .500 team for the last four seasons and have slightly overperformed if anything. Sure there have been a few, like Barkley, suggesting Portland can get to the Finals but general consensus has been that they are a 40-45 win team in a normal season.
The issue is that backcourt has no defense whatsoever and the coach cannot really scheme defense or offense well enough to get the wins. Offense is basically pure iso's, may as well be Lillard/CJ alone on the floor when we attack. Stotts is a good
coach for player development but terrible for in-game management.
The wise thing to do would be to replace Stotts and trade CJ for someone who fits in better, allowing Powell to slide back to backcourt and provide some of the defense that Dame misses. Problem is Dame rules this franchise and he will never approve CJ trade or Stotts' dismissal so we will be stuck where we are for the next 4-5 years, i.e. not bad enough to miss out on the playoffs completely and get a good pick but not good enough to challenge for championship either.
You did, a month before the season you argued they have a stronger roster than the top 2 seeds in the West right now:
I actually still think the roster is close to being as good as them if not better, just the coach is much worse for this team and the fit isn’t perfect. Previous seasons Portland were close to Jazz and personnel hasn’t changed that much, if anything Blazers got stronger this year. Blazers also got the best player of all 3 teams. Jazz and Suns have over performed significantly this season, Blazers are on the opposite end especially over last few weeks.
But it definitely wasn’t consensus among NBA writers that Portland were going to be a top 3/4 team. My expectations for this year were much higher but I underestimated how bad of a fit this team is and how stubborn Stotts can be.
I don't understand coaches sometimes. In tonight's Wizards v Spurs game the Spurs had taken a three point lead with five seconds to go in overtime. The Wizards had the ball and had called a time out. Bradley Beal had already taken 36 shots and had pretty much dominated every possession for the Wizards in OT and was therefore being double teamed. However, he had only taken 4 three pointers on the night and was 0-4. Davis Bertans on the other hand is a career 41% shooter from 3 point range and was 3-5 from downtown for the game. The Wizards needed a 3 so who do you think Scotty Brooks went to?
You got it in one, Bradley Beal... and of course with 2 defenders all over him he missed.
You got it in one, Bradley Beal... and of course with 2 defenders all over him he missed.
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It's Brooks, he's well known for deferring to his star players in crunch time no matter what.
Also well known for being a terrible coach. Pains me to think that we still got close to a championship with him in charge. Just imagine if it had been anyone else.
Back to a 2.5 game lead on the Mavs with this night’s results, goof stuff.
How did the Jazz drop 2 straight games to the timberpups?
The scene is amusing but something is off, hopefully it's not more than petulance.
Brooks is a dreadful coach but on a possession where they are likely to be heavily guarded I'd still trust Beal more than Bertans. Bertans is not really a great shooter off the dribble from what I remember.
I had no problem with the inbounds going to Beal but when they tried to collapse on him, running a play to get it to Bertans for an open look. Or use Beal as a decoy to get Bertans a catch and shoot. Either one! The funny thing was after Beal had missed, the rebound went to Bertans and Beal is stood about five feet away wanting Bertans to pass it to him again so he could brick up another one. Of course time had expired by that point so it didnt matter.
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Well this could be going better. A 25-0 run and not scoring in 8 1/2 minutes. You don't see that every day.
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Warriors getting a treatment of what it felt like playing them in their peak.
The Nets better win this year because the T-Wolves will own the league next year.