NBA 23/24:season

IMO I'd gladly take porzingus + holiday over smart + brogdan + williams

They are a significant upgrade. You can even hear Tatum and Browne talk about how good Porzingus is, andhow it sort of surprised them

Yeah it's time for Chicago to blow it up, they could get a decent haul of picks for DeRozan/Lavine/Caruso/Vuc and they've got almost all of their own FRPs for the next few years.

Genius move by Popovich last night to ask the fans to stop booing Kawhi. He gets the media now to talk about this stunt rather than the Spurs being 3-12 and the worst team in the western conference.

Clippers still not looking good, 3 of their 6 wins are against the Spurs and another against Portland.

This is the healthiest they'll ever be too.

And still half of those wins are against the worst team in the west, they're below .500 with all their stars healthy and I can't see a world in which Kawhi and PG play 70+ games tbh.

I'm not saying I agree with this totally, but Lakers have caved to LeBron on numerous occasions so why not again? And its not like they don't have numerous pieces they can move.

Why not spend big now? They are just out of the WCF, albeit they were beaten by a much better team. If you arent going to spend now, they might as well shift AD too, which they obviously wont.

Re LeBron's performances, I think its been generally regarded hes been playing to a very high level and has carried them through various games, but I agree he can't do it night after night (for instance he was brilliant against Cleveland but fell down against Sixers). He's looking far sharper in comparison to late last season where he was carrying an injury.

I don't know EE, I can't agree with anything you've said there pal. And I don't want to come across like a LeBron SuperFan, but its going against all popular opinion, your post.

It's not like the Lakers need to worry about building through the draft anyway, they're the #1 Free Agent destination in the league

Detroit now 2-16, 15 losses in a row. They've had a worse opening 18 than the 7-59 Bobcats.

Can't imagine them winning too many in the next month either, they could be going into 2024 with <5 Wins.

josh giddey is more like karl malone IMO

Chuck is 100% correct 🤣

The fact they are managing to be worse than the heavily all-in tanking Poole/Kuzma Wizards is just impressive.

Yeah really good contest! Definitely had an edge beyond a normal regular season game in early December. Lakers Defense is looking very solid imo.

Looking forward to the semis and finals this weekend

Pacers / Lakers on Saturday night!

Zion and Ingram combine for 22 points last night. Zion looks so out of shape and we're 2 months into the season at this stage... Not sure he'll ever get in shape.

It's a one off game rather than a best of seven series so it would make sense that there would be more unpredictability in who comes through - the usual big names getting bounced is part of what's making it so enjoyable.

These games also count as part of the regular season so there's no reason for any team to take a night off.

Indiana v Boston had something approaching playoff intensity when the Pacers won; teams definitely seem to be taking it seriously. I don't find it too surprising to have unexpected results in a single elimination game tbh, very good teams will routinely lose 30+ games each season so unpredictability on a given night is to be expected.

Why so salty man?

I dunno, it’s exactly a knockout tournament running parallel to the regular season. The games just double for record.

Honestly, it’s really innovative. Cup competition without extra wear and tear or extending the season.

Finished with 86 in the paint, most of any team this season.

In my opinion the tournament was a success.