2020-21 Around the NBA Thread

[Hoop Head]

I think Millwaukee actually matches up best with them - but I don't expect them to beat them.

Ill give the Bucks credit for stepping up and sweeping Miami. They looked better than they ever have in the playoffs during that series. They just always seem to choke this time of year so I never gave them much of a shot.

 

[JCSunsfan]

I think Dame is finally going to ask out of Portland this summer.

 

[Proximo]

I think Dame is finally going to ask out of Portland this summer.

I don't. He's a loyal guy, and I respect him for that.

 

[GatorAZ]

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[AzStevenCal]

I think Millwaukee actually matches up best with them - but I don't expect them to beat them.

I agree. Adding Holiday and Tucker changes their playoff makeup considerably. They don't have enough to beat a healthy Nets team that's playing well but it wouldn't take much Nets bad luck to put them in a dogfight.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Luka is a man on an island. Reminds of watching the Jordan Bulls pre-Pippen/Pippen’s emergence.

 

[dscher]

Luka/Book/Paul would be ridiculous. I don't know if we would have gone after Paul though with Luka. Hindsight eh?

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

Luka torching the Clippers tonight. 40 points and 12 assists and the 3rd quarter isn't over yet...

 

[dscher]

Luka torching the Clippers tonight. 40 points and 12 assists and the 3rd quarter isn't over yet...

Good or bad...The guy just plays with confidence at all times..love it.

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

Luka/Book/Paul would be ridiculous. I don't know if we would have gone after Paul though with Luka. Hindsight eh?

Wouldn't have needed Paul, though we would still have needed some good veteran leadership from someone. Imagine being forced to always play both Luka and Booker straight up 1 on 1. Doubt the defense would be good, but the offense would be pretty unstoppable.

That being said I am loving where this team is and Ayton still has a lot of room for more growth (especially on offense). The Suns currently look like they will be a good team for quite a while.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Luka torching the Clippers tonight. 40 points and 12 assists and the 3rd quarter isn't over yet...

they literally can’t afford to put him
On the bench for more than two minutes in the fourth.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Wouldn't have needed Paul, though we would still have needed some good veteran leadership from someone. Imagine being forced to always play both Luka and Booker straight up 1 on 1. Doubt the defense would be good, but the offense would be pretty unstoppable.

can you imagine if that off-season was Luka/Bridges/Capella? That team would have been set for a decade of dominance after two or three seasons.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Do the Lakers allow more fans at Staples than the Clippers do?

 

[Cheesebeef]

They have to put Luka back in already.

and there it is.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Luka might end up the greatest offensive player ever. He is so ridiculously good at such a ridiculously young age.

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

Do the Lakers allow more fans at Staples than the Clippers do?

Don't know, but it seems like home/away hasn't mattered one bit in this series. Not one game in this series has been won by the home team.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Don't know, but it seems like home/away hasn't mattered one bit in this series. Not one game in this series has been won by the home team.

it’s weird though. Between the play in game and our series you could see people scattered throughout the lower level for Lakers at Staples but it looks like almost ALL cardboard cut outs in the same seats for the Clippers.

 

[WhyAlwaysMe]

Rondo is such trash.

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

it’s weird though. Between the play in game and our series you could see people scattered throughout the lower level for Lakers at Staples but it looks like almost ALL cardboard cut outs in the same seats for the Clippers.

Can't see any reason why they wouldn't be able to use the same capacity as they are in the same arena. Seems odd.

 

[dscher]

Don't know, but it seems like home/away hasn't mattered one bit in this series. Not one game in this series has been won by the home team.

Odd that both teams seem better away from home.. they both play like different teams on the opponent's court. Happens every now and then in some series.

 

[dscher]

Seems odd

It's California.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Luka has to stop passing to wide open guys. He needs to score or at least try to on every possession because these guys on the court with him are just building houses.

 

[High Stakes]

I don't. He's a loyal guy, and I respect him for that.

he’s been more than loyal to the blazers but that team’s going nowhere quickly. I wouldn’t blame the guy if he demanded a trade in the off-season.

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

he’s been more than loyal to the blazers but that team’s going nowhere quickly. I wouldn’t blame the guy if he demanded a trade in the off-season.

Also loyalty in the past doesn't mean loyalty in the future. At some point they need to put a legit team around him or he's likely going to want to try and find it somewhere else. He's not getting any younger.

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

Luka has to stop passing to wide open guys. He needs to score or at least try to on every possession because these guys on the court with him are just building houses.

He's been missing in this quarter as well to be fair.