2023-24 Around the NBA Thread

[Russ Smith]

One of these years Curry will drop off but not this year.

18 at the half. With him on the bench the Warriors fell down 11 points, Doc Rivers talking about how they have to be better without Steph. He comes back and by halftime they're up 3.

Have to keep saying it DeAaron Fox is unguardable, he can make 3's now, off the dribble even, and you can't guard him, the quickness, the handle, the length. Just a great player.

Vezenkov the Euro the Kings got this year is going to be a huge addition, he can really shoot. Defense not great but not unplayable and he can flat fill it up.

 

[Chaplin]

KLAY Thompson with only 4 points at half isn’t going to do it.

 

[Russ Smith]

Watching the Wemby highlights my goodness, as Pop said every day he does something you've never seen before. Still say they need to get him to cut back on the 3's. 0-6 tonight after a 3-5 opener. I just feel like at this point if it's not a wide open 3 should step in.

 

[Russ Smith]

KLAY Thompson with only 4 points at half isn’t going to do it.

I think one of the interesting things for this year is waiting on Kerr to play Kuminga and Wiggins together. Right now the play is to play Klay at the 4 defensively some depending on the lineup, haven't seen it really yet because Draymond is out. I don't think that's going to work and I think you will eventually see them playing Kuminga and Wiggs together with Wiggs at the 4.

I love Klay and he's better than he's shown but right now you can argue both Payton and Moody are playing better. Klay just isn't close to what he was before the 2 injuries, it's understandable but I don't think he has accepted it yet and it's a problem.

 

[Russ Smith]

Kerr must be reading the board he's got Kuminga and Wiggins in together

 

[GatorAZ]

Curry and Luka were ridiculous tonight:
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[Hoop Head]

One of these years Curry will drop off but not this year.

18 at the half. With him on the bench the Warriors fell down 11 points, Doc Rivers talking about how they have to be better without Steph. He comes back and by halftime they're up 3.

Have to keep saying it DeAaron Fox is unguardable, he can make 3's now, off the dribble even, and you can't guard him, the quickness, the handle, the length. Just a great player.

Vezenkov the Euro the Kings got this year is going to be a huge addition, he can really shoot. Defense not great but not unplayable and he can flat fill it up.

I think Curry has fallen off some because he's not able to have these performances nightly anymore. Even the last couple of years it started scaling back. I guess we'll see how he looks in the next one but I believe he's like Durant now, more than capable of dropping 40+ but probably only once a week at most. I'd be very surprised to see either drop 40+ back to back at this point in their careers.


Regarding Fox, it's funny how it took Haliburton almost pushing him off the ball to the SG spot to really elevate his game. He definitely did and he's better than anyone could have thought he'd be now. Trading Hali for Sabonis was huge also. He needed a mobile big to play off of and Sabonis is the perfect type of a big to compliment a PG like Fox. I'd really like to see them in a series with the Nuggets. They'll be dangerous this year now that they got a taste of the postseason and have everyone of importance back. I know they got outed in the first round but they could be a dark horse finals team. Their taste of the postseason was like the Suns bubble run, just enough to show everyone some real competitive games and they'll be better for having gone through it.

 

[Russ Smith]

I think Curry has fallen off some because he's not able to have these performances nightly anymore. Even the last couple of years it started scaling back. I guess we'll see how he looks in the next one but I believe he's like Durant now, more than capable of dropping 40+ but probably only once a week at most. I'd be very surprised to see either drop 40+ back to back at this point in their careers.


Regarding Fox, it's funny how it took Haliburton almost pushing him off the ball to the SG spot to really elevate his game. He definitely did and he's better than anyone could have thought he'd be now. Trading Hali for Sabonis was huge also. He needed a mobile big to play off of and Sabonis is the perfect type of a big to compliment a PG like Fox. I'd really like to see them in a series with the Nuggets. They'll be dangerous this year now that they got a taste of the postseason and have everyone of importance back. I know they got outed in the first round but they could be a dark horse finals team. Their taste of the postseason was like the Suns bubble run, just enough to show everyone some real competitive games and they'll be better for having gone through it.

If you want 40 a night from Steph yeah not going to happen but even 5 years ago he wasn't getting 40 a night.

The way teams defend him that's not going to happen, the Kings were trapping him as he crossed halfcourt in the 4th quarter.

I really like the kings I think their biggest weakness is clearly defense and it's the same issue they had last year they have no rim protection. McGee can block shots but he's not going to play enough minutes to be a factor. Sabonis is a great player but he's not a rim protector and with the way they defend they really need one.

I think it will be interesting to see if Huerter keeps the starting job or if they eventually move Duarte into that role. He doesn't seem to have his shot back yet he had a really good rookie year, fell off a cliff with injuries last year and seems at least so far to be struggling with his shot this year. Huerter is the shooter but not a good defender, Mitchell is an elite on ball defender but he just doesn't make enough shots to keep defenders honest, sort of a smaller GP2, Duarte is sort of the middle of the road, better offensively than Mitchell, better defensively than Huerter.

 

[Russ Smith]

This just in, he's in Houston now and Dillon Brooks is still a dirty player.

I'm watching the Rockets telecast and they caught him trying to kick Curry after he knocked him out of bounds for his 2nd foul of the first quarter. Even the Rockets guys said there's no place for that in the game.

 

[AzStevenCal]

This just in, he's in Houston now and Dillon Brooks is still a dirty player.

I'm watching the Rockets telecast and they caught him trying to kick Curry after he knocked him out of bounds for his 2nd foul of the first quarter. Even the Rockets guys said there's no place for that in the game.

He's always been an edgy player, I don't know why he went from that to straight out dirty but he has.

 

[Russ Smith]

First look at Amen Thompson, he's raw but my goodness is he athletic. I like his chances he defends very well given his age. Not a shooter yet but has a chance to be a pretty good player. And IIRC he's the lower rated of the twins?

 

[Chaplin]

Bucks are getting EMBARASSED at home by the Hawks tonight.

And GS barely holding it together against the Rockets. That’s with Draymond back and CP3 coming off the bench for the first time in his career.

 

[Russ Smith]

Curry with 10 points midway through the 4th. Brooks guarding him on a screen grabs Looney and pulls him down falls on top of him trying to draw an illegal screen. they call the foul on Brooks, Houston loses the challenge. Brooks is talking crap to Curry after they come back out.

Next 4 times down Curry rips a 3, three of them with Brooks caught on a screen on someone else. On the 4th one he faked Brooks up 3 times before hitting it and then did the Macaulay Culkin Home Alone face at Brooks.

 

[Raindog]

Bucks are getting EMBARASSED at home by the Hawks tonight.

Rooting for both them and Boston to fall on their faces just to clown ESPN (and various other purveyors of so-called sports media).

 

[Hoop Head]

First look at Amen Thompson, he's raw but my goodness is he athletic. I like his chances he defends very well given his age. Not a shooter yet but has a chance to be a pretty good player. And IIRC he's the lower rated of the twins?

Amen is said to be the better offensive player while Ausur the better defensive player. I think they'll both have good careers. They have all the physical tools to succeed.

 

[Proximo]

Rooting for both them and Boston to fall on their faces just to clown ESPN (and various other purveyors of so-called sports media).

Bucks remind me of our team last year.

Giannis and Dame have to do almost everything scoring wise and the bench is unreliable.

 

[Hoop Head]

So the league has decided to push these new courts on us as part of the in season tournament. They all look pretty bad.

NBA debuts In-Season Tournament courts for all 30 teams | NBA.com

The NBA today unveiled the official courts that teams will play on throughout the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament, which tips off on Friday, Nov. 3

www.nba.com

 

[Muggz]

So the league has decided to push these new courts on us as part of the in season tournament. They all look pretty bad.

NBA debuts In-Season Tournament courts for all 30 teams | NBA.com

The NBA today unveiled the official courts that teams will play on throughout the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament, which tips off on Friday, Nov. 3

www.nba.com

Woof! Not a good one in the bunch.
And WTF is El Valle sounds like a French hooker. What was wrong with THE Valley.

 

[Phrazbit]

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Giannis is amazing but the Bucks now in year 5 of wasting a roster spot on his brother is downright comical. Guy has zero business being an NBA player.

Remember when the Suns signed Goran's worthless brother, to appease him, and all it did was make Goran mad because we didn't give his worthless brother playing time?

Fun stuff.

 

[Raindog]

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Giannis is amazing but the Bucks now in year 5 of wasting a roster spot on his brother is downright comical. Guy has zero business being an NBA player.

Remember when the Suns signed Goran's worthless brother, to appease him, and all it did was make Goran mad because we didn't give his worthless brother playing time?

Fun stuff.

It's weird how in basketball more than any other sport, great players' brothers are almost always infinitely inferior in talent, if not downright awful. Certainly, as Suns fans, we have witnessed it up close and personal. I'm not so sure if the rest of the world is as aware of this mysterious phenomenon.

 

[Russ Smith]

First look at Zion this year. He's not fat but once again all those offseason pics of how cut he was aren't real. He's got 19 but really inefficient tonight and he's still nowhere near the rebounder he should be and just a bad defender.

They don't have Ingram tonight so not at full strenght(no Klay or Kuminga for Warriors) and they are off to a nice start this year(2-1 after tonight) but you just gotta wonder is Zion ever going to be more than just potential?

not sure what you do, you probably can't get a great trade for him right now because of his injury history, I guess you just have to hope the light goes on and he realizes if he's in better shape nobody can stop him?

 

[GatorAZ]

Cam out for a bit:
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[Cheesebeef]

I think the Curry/Durant comparison is a little off. Curry is still right at the end of his prime, while Durant is slightly past his.

And if you’re giving me one season, Curry is still better than Book. Curry is still a top 6 player. He’s carried that Warriors team for 3 years. Won a chip two years ago and singlehandedly beat the 2 seed last year and doesn’t look like he’s slowed from last year either.

 

[Dan H]

Harden on the move.

https://x.com/wojespn/status/1719233117100142839

 

[nashman]

Harden on the move.

https://x.com/wojespn/status/1719233117100142839

Hate when’s they break a trade like this but don’t give any details? Harden makes a ton who are they giving up to make room for that contract you can just trade nothing for a guy making 36+ million…