The 2017-2018 Around the NBA thread

[Ronin]

SLAM Magazine‏Verified account@SLAMonline 6m6 minutes ago
The NBA fines Rodney Hood $35K for slapping a phone out of a fan's hand.

 

[Ronin]

CBS Sports NBA‏Verified account@CBSSportsNBA 2m2 minutes ago
Veteran big Marcin Gortat plans to retire soon, hopes to finish career with Magic https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/veteran-big-marcin-gortat-plans-to-retire-soon-hopes-to-finish-career-with-magic/…

 

[JCSunsfan]

CBS Sports NBA‏Verified account@CBSSportsNBA 2m2 minutes ago
Veteran big Marcin Gortat plans to retire soon, hopes to finish career with Magic https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/veteran-big-marcin-gortat-plans-to-retire-soon-hopes-to-finish-career-with-magic/…

Wow. That's a little tough on Washington fans!

 

[Chaplin]

Wow. That's a little tough on Washington fans!

Is it, though? How popular and important a player is Gortat on that team now?

 

[elindholm]

When I hear Bill Walton, I'm always wondering how a former NBA star player can be so ignorant as he is.

He has a lot to think about while he's talking. I don't think he's a very good broadcaster, but I respect him for hanging in there and making it work.

http://billwalton.com/espn-column-archive/stuttering

 

[Phrazbit]

I have a bizarre love of Bill Walton as a broadcaster. Hearing him as a consistent color guy would probably be a bit much, but getting him once or twice a month is just about right. Hearing lines like "That was the worst inbounds pass in the history of LA Clippers basketball" always cracks me up.

 

[Russ Smith]

He has a lot to think about while he's talking. I don't think he's a very good broadcaster, but I respect him for hanging in there and making it work.

http://billwalton.com/espn-column-archive/stuttering

He's not actually ignorant he's very intelligent. The big issue for him on games is he doesn't talk about the game he's working.

I often just turn the sound off when Bill is working a game I figure he's not going to talk about the game anyways. He's calmed back down he really lost it the last year of Howland it was personal for him.

 

[Mainstreet]

He's not actually ignorant he's very intelligent. The big issue for him on games is he doesn't talk about the game he's working.

I often just turn the sound off when Bill is working a game I figure he's not going to talk about the game anyways. He's calmed back down he really lost it the last year of Howland it was personal for him.

This is on target. No wonder Walton drives me crazy.

 

[SirStefan32]

My biggest problem with Walton is his constant over-the-top hyperbole. Shaq is the Grand Canyon, watching Nash was like listening to Mozart, and 5000 other examples just as ridiculous.

 

[JCSunsfan]

My biggest problem with Walton is his constant over-the-top hyperbole. Shaq is the Grand Canyon, watching Nash was like listening to Mozart, and 5000 other examples just as ridiculous.

He really works hard to be an entertainer.

 

[SirStefan32]

There was a season when he called everything "the worst whatever of the franchise history, or someone's career." Then he had a phase when he called everything a "great American tragedy" or some other nonsense.

 

[Cheesebeef]

My biggest problem with Walton is his constant over-the-top hyperbole. Shaq is the Grand Canyon, watching Nash was like listening to Mozart, and 5000 other examples just as ridiculous.

That’s actually why I love listening to him. My favorite example of this was watching a Lakers Blazers game back in early 2000’s. It was a back and forth game, a little sloppy but with three minutes left it was 100-99 Lakers.

The Blazers had a chance to take the lead the next four trips, but couldn’t do it which prompted Walton to say:

“This (re: Blazers) is the worst offensive performance in the history...” then he paused as if trying to get the next words back in his brain, but then said ever so slowly... “of the N...B...A”.

My friends and I lost it.

 

[Cheesebeef]

There was a season when he called everything "the worst whatever of the franchise history, or someone's career." Then he had a phase when he called everything a "great American tragedy" or some other nonsense.

Haha!!! I just posted about one of those “worst” calls.

 

[Ronin]

David Aldridge
@daldridgetnt

Would definitely expect several good/playoff contenders to check on Ramon Sessions, waived today by the Knicks. Just 31 with a lot of good basketball left in him.

 

[elindholm]

David Aldridge
@daldridgetnt

Would definitely expect several good/playoff contenders to check on Ramon Sessions, waived today by the Knicks. Just 31 with a lot of good basketball left in him.

Also, I think Jared Jeffries is still available.

 

[Ronin]

Marc Stein
@TheSteinLine

There are fresh fears in Utah that Thabo Sefolosha’s knee sprain suffered Friday night in Charlotte could be a long-term injury, league sources say. Definitive diagnosis is expected this weekend.

 

[Mainstreet]

Marc Stein
@TheSteinLine

There are fresh fears in Utah that Thabo Sefolosha’s knee sprain suffered Friday night in Charlotte could be a long-term injury, league sources say. Definitive diagnosis is expected this weekend.

So many teams are racing to the bottom.

 

[Russ Smith]

There was a season when he called everything "the worst whatever of the franchise history, or someone's career." Then he had a phase when he called everything a "great American tragedy" or some other nonsense.

In today's Arizona game he said it was the best game he'd ever seen an Oregon player play. Then Dave Pasch said it's the first time you've seen him play right and he said "both statements are true."

 

[Ronin]

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania

Utah Jazz forward Thabo Sefolosha is expected to undergo season-ending surgery on an MCL injury in his right knee, league sources say.

 

[Ronin]

David Aldridge
@daldridgetnt

Lakers win 4th straight w/OT win at Dallas; now have sixth-worst mark (15-27) in the NBA. If that held the rest of the season, L.A.’s 2018 first would convey to Philly (who gets the Lakers’ pick if it’s first overall or between 6-30) rather than Boston (picks 2-5).

 

[elindholm]

Lakers win 4th straight w/OT win at Dallas; now have sixth-worst mark (15-27) in the NBA. If that held the rest of the season, L.A.’s 2018 first would convey to Philly (who gets the Lakers’ pick if it’s first overall or between 6-30) rather than Boston (picks 2-5).

That pick must have one of the strangest trade histories since the NBA was founded.

 

[JCSunsfan]

That pick must have one of the strangest trade histories since the NBA was founded.

This new practice of "slot protection" had been pioneered by Ainge and DAntoni it seems.

 

[Ronin]

ESPN Stats & Info
@ESPNStatsInfo

Lauri Markkanen hit 100 3-pt FG faster than anyone in NBA history.

 

[PDXChris]

ESPN Stats & Info
@ESPNStatsInfo

Lauri Markkanen hit 100 3-pt FG faster than anyone in NBA history.

This team is making the playoffs!

 

[Ronin]

Sam Amick
@sam_amick

Can confirm wild details from Staples Center: Chris Paul, James Harden, Trevor Ariza, Gerald Green going to Clippers locker room with Austin Rivers, Blake Griffin in their sights through backdoor. Security stops it before it happens (with Capela turned away at front door). Geesh.