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Clayton Bigsby · « **Reply #8720 on:** January 13, 2024, 02:37:59 pm »

Due to Jordan/Last Dance but these adults should comport themselves better

Sheer Magnetism · « **Reply #8721 on:** January 23, 2024, 02:24:47 am »

Shit's going crazy tonight, on the 18th birthday of Kobe's 81-point game. Embiid on 66 points with three and a half minutes to go, Karl-Anthony Towns on 44 at half time (!!)

RedG13 · « **Reply #8722 on:** January 23, 2024, 03:39:21 am »

Quote from: Sheer Magnetism on January 23, 2024, 02:24:47 am

Shit's going crazy tonight, on the 18th birthday of Kobe's 81-point game. Embiid on 66 points with three and a half minutes to go, Karl-Anthony Towns on 44 at half time (!!)

Embiid Ended with a Franchise record 70 passing Wilt and KAt ended up with 62. 4th time ever two player scored 60+ on the same night
https://twitter.com/NBAHistory/status/1749636389308637497

TipTopKop · « **Reply #8723 on:** January 24, 2024, 10:09:06 pm »

Rivers is a apparently going to be the Bucks coach.

spartan2785 · « **Reply #8724 on:** January 24, 2024, 10:21:58 pm »

Feels like Rivers is one of the most overrated coaches in NBA history, has one championship where he had the best roster in the league, has underperformed with multiple hall of famers, yet still gets primo jobs.

In the Name of Klopp · « **Reply #8725 on:** January 24, 2024, 10:27:19 pm »

Quote from: TipTopKop on January 24, 2024, 10:09:06 pm

Rivers is a apparently going to be the Bucks coach.

How does this guy keep getting jobs?? He's done jack all since 2008.

Vegeta · « **Reply #8726 on:** January 24, 2024, 10:52:45 pm »

I'm not surprised Rivers got the job Giannis is one of those toxic egomaniac players who wants a yes man as his head coach, it's why Nick Nurse went to The Sixers instead of The Bucks.

RedG13 · « **Reply #8727 on:** January 24, 2024, 11:13:09 pm »

Quote from: In the Name of Klopp on January 24, 2024, 10:27:19 pm

How does this guy keep getting jobs?? He's done jack all since 2008.

Because he a really good Floor Raiser as a coach but is not a good playoff coach.
He better then Griffin

TipTopKop · « **Reply #8728 on:** January 24, 2024, 11:48:26 pm »

Not sure why all the hate for Rivers on here.

As a Laker fan, I quite enjoyed his run with the Clippers and hope he rejoins them at some point

In the Name of Klopp · « **Reply #8729 on:** January 25, 2024, 04:04:55 pm »

Quote from: RedG13 on January 24, 2024, 11:13:09 pm

Because he a really good Floor Raiser as a coach but is not a good playoff coach.
He better then Griffin

Yeah, but the Bucks are built to win a title, and like you said, he isn't a playoff coach.

I was hoping he'd join the clown show in Lakers

Sheer Magnetism · « **Reply #8730 on:** January 27, 2024, 02:38:38 am »

Quote from: RedG13 on January 23, 2024, 03:39:21 am

Embiid Ended with a Franchise record 70 passing Wilt and KAt ended up with 62.

Anything you can do, I can do better...

TipTopKop · « **Reply #8731 on:** February 2, 2024, 06:06:27 pm »

Someone try and workout the Lakers. Win the summer tournament "Ooh this could be good" then crash and plummet in the standings with sub par performances "Oops they're out of it", then last night missing Lebron and AD they go to the Celees -one of the best teams in the league- and they rain 3 pointers on their way to a win

I don't for a minute think they'll go all the way, but it's frustrating not knowing which team will turn up.

RedSince86 · « **Reply #8732 on:** February 2, 2024, 07:19:27 pm »

My Knicks.

Damn.

TipTopKop · « **Reply #8733 on:** February 19, 2024, 09:51:47 pm »

Media taking the NBA to task today for Sunday's All Star game and how nearly 400 combined points were scored.

Basically, the talking point is players just don't care about it, since they're not being paid enough for it.

Due to the nature of the sport, the NBA All Star game has the potential to be close -in terms of intensity- to the real thing (can't really do this with NFL/NHL due to the physical nature and risk of injuries), and yet it still seems to be all about showboating and dunks and people are turned off by it all. Wonder what the future will hold...

GreatEx · « **Reply #8734 on:** February 20, 2024, 10:53:35 am »

I say this every year, but the All Star game is just so embarrassingly bad, the way they just stand aside and let each other dunk. I watched the 10 minute highlights and started surfing the net about 30 seconds in. Like when Jokic and Doncic are just one- touch passing to each other while slowly shuffling down the Court... what the hell? And then the sides firing up 160+ three pointers between them. Imaging paying to watch that... and I imagine the tickets are wildly overpriced. Just fuck it off if players aren't going to try. At least the dunk and 3pt contests are competitive. Bit of a joke that half the dunk field aren't even NBA players, but holy crap that McClung has the most incredible pogo legs.

In the Name of Klopp · « **Reply #8735 on:** February 20, 2024, 03:26:54 pm »

Adam Silver has really destroyed a good league. Stern left him a brilliant one, and now we have this version where everyone is scoring 40/50. There's no defense or fight anymore. Well done, Silver.

TipTopKop · « **Reply #8736 on:** February 20, 2024, 08:05:42 pm »

To be fair, I think the All Star Game isn't exactly a metric for how the actual games are played. The main criticism has been that over the years it's lacked the competitiveness and has now become a bit of a carnival.

Part of it as mentioned has been players not arsed and not getting paid, and I think also another part (perhaps smaller) is how the league has evolved into a shooter league. Big dunkers or that big man up the middle are rare. Everyone is trying to be Steph Curry and shooting from anywhere.

One valid criticism of Silver -for me- is pushing this mid season tournament which I found totally unnecessary. As a Laker fan I could care less they won it and no-one will probably remember it in a few years. The whole thing is a distraction.

Silver offered financial incentives for teams and players and guess what, it was taken seriously. No such offer for the All Star Game and this is the result.

GreatEx · « **Reply #8737 on:** February 20, 2024, 09:47:08 pm »

The thought that being paid would motivate the All Stars is depressing to me. I'd always it was assumed that the likes of Jordan, Bird, Ewing, Magic etc were just naturally uber competitive.

Vegeta · « **Reply #8738 on:** February 20, 2024, 10:07:30 pm »

The league is in a sorry state of affairs and this is probably the least I have been invested in a basketball season nobody plays any defence anymore and any half decent player ends up scoring 60+ points

The regular season is far too long as well, people have short attention span these days and it's hard to be fully invested in an 82 game regular season in 2024.

GreatEx · « **Reply #8739 on:** February 20, 2024, 10:17:23 pm »

I've enjoyed this season because of the introduction of Wemby and Chet, and because SGA is pure silk, but keep in mind that I only watch YouTube highlights. For the same reason, I also "got into" NFL again this season after 25 years away. But I could never watch a full match from either league. If you thought VAR was tedious...

But yeah, the constant barrage of three pointers and easy stats don't impress me much. Can't help but think Jokic would have been eaten alive by Ewing, Hakeem, Kareem, Robinson et al if he'd played in their era.

RedG13 · « **Reply #8740 on:** February 21, 2024, 02:25:33 am »

Quote from: Vegeta on February 20, 2024, 10:07:30 pm

The league is in a sorry state of affairs and this is probably the least I have been invested in a basketball season nobody plays any defence anymore and any half decent player ends up scoring 60+ points

The regular season is far too long as well, people have short attention span these days and it's hard to be fully invested in an 82 game regular season in 2024.

They play Defense it teams have learned to maximize spacing and now everybody can shoot. Teams used just not guard guys because they not a threat. those guys got replaced

Statto Red · « **Reply #8741 on:** February 21, 2024, 03:49:01 am »

Feels like the season only matters for the last dozen or so games, particularly if you're in the playoff/play in hunt, & even then playoff seedings don't matter anymore either

I do think their should be more incentive for the higher seed in the playoffs rather than just 4 home & 3 road, maybe 5 home, 2 road, the NBA could reformat the best of 7 to, 2 home, 2 road, then up to 3 home.

I do find it a struggle to watch a full NBA game, it's only the last few minutes in the 4th when games get interesting.

Statto Red · « **Reply #8742 on:** February 25, 2024, 03:40:16 am »

Mind you US sports are insane with the amount of games some of the leagues play over the regular season, NHL also have an 82 game season, MLB has a 162 game season, does mean that you lose interest until the last month or so of the regular season.

GreatEx · « **Reply #8743 on:** February 25, 2024, 04:47:58 am »

i had no idea NHL was 82 games, I'd have thought the high impact physical nature of the sport would make it a weekly affair like NFL. Crazy.

elsewhere · « **Reply #8744 on:** February 25, 2024, 08:20:20 pm »

Suns-Lakers start in 20 mins, reasonable TV time finally. Could be a good one.

BarryCrocker · « **Reply #8745 on:** March 3, 2024, 08:23:39 am »

LBJ clocked up his 40k point today against the Denver Nuggets. Went from 39k to 40k in 102 days.

The G in Gerrard · « **Reply #8746 on:** March 3, 2024, 10:13:10 pm »

Awful first half by Warriors.

Vegeta · « **Reply #8747 on:** March 3, 2024, 10:51:37 pm »

Quote from: The G in Gerrard on March 3, 2024, 10:13:10 pm

Awful first half by Warriors.

Not surprised the team is washed so any time they play a championship contender especially away from you kinda expect them to get a battering

frag · « **Reply #8748 on:** March 3, 2024, 11:49:55 pm »

Just seen they got beat by 52 points!!! Curry, Thompson & Paul combining for 12 points. Surely this is the last season for this iteration of the warriors. Rebuild needed.

Celtics look fantastic.

TipTopKop · « **Reply #8749 on:** March 3, 2024, 11:53:10 pm »

Unfortunately, it looks as though the Laker highlights are now solely about LBJ's personal achievements. It feels like the last couple of years with Kobe.

Statto Red · « **Reply #8750 on:** April 2, 2024, 02:29:16 am »

I know it's not NBA, but has anyone been following NCAA March Madness, the tournament is up to the final four, UConn massive favourites to win the whole tournament, UConn are thrashing everyone by 15 to 30 points, Northwestern nearest anyone has got to UConn even then that finished 75-58.

Been a few upsets NC State ranked S11 are in the final four, most likely as far as they go, & Purdue finally got past the first couple of rounds, play NC State in the final four.

Boston Bosox · « **Reply #8751 on:** April 14, 2024, 08:40:08 pm »

Play In Tournament

76ers V Heat Thursday 18th April 00.00

Bulls V Hawks Thursday 18th April 02.30

LiverLuke · « **Reply #8752 on:** **Today** at 08:52:09 am »

looking forward to the playoffs now, hoping the pacers can take down the bucks.

amir87 · « **Reply #8753 on:** **Today** at 08:53:23 am »

Quote from: LiverLuke on Today at 08:52:09 am

looking forward to the playoffs now, hoping the pacers can take down the bucks.

Would put them strong favourites if Giannis doesn't recover in time.

LiverLuke · « **Reply #8754 on:** **Today** at 11:11:13 am »

Quote from: amir87 on Today at 08:53:23 am

Would put them strong favourites if Giannis doesn't recover in time.

I hope so but have a feeling he will be fine! Will be interesting after all the needle in the season, don't like each other at all.