2016/17 NBA Regular Season Thread

[buzzy]

as good as a 15 year old lebron, at least

 

[Mexi]

Im derrick rose and give me the max

https://twitter.com/SLAMonline/status/819282777614983170

 

[buzzy]

I too like to ask for a pay raise the day after I don't show up for work

 

[Paulius]

I too like to ask for a pay raise the day after I don't show up for work

 

[bosoxlover12]

According to DRPM, the defensive rankings of point guards. I bolded names that I thought were interesting
 
 
**The Elite**
1. Chris Paul 
2. Patrick Beverley 
3. Marcus Smart 
4. Ricky Rubio 
5. George Hill 
6. Kyle Lowry
7. Jrue Holiday 
8. Tyler Johnson 
9. Matthew Dellavedova 
10. John Wall 
 
**Middle of the Pack**
11. Ish Smith 
12. Elfrid Payton 
13. Jeff Teague 
14. Steph Curry 
15. Russell Westbrook 
16. Mike Conley 
17. Jeremy Lin 
18. Kemba Walker 
19. Rajon Rondo 
20. Eric Bledsoe 
21. Ty Lawson 
22. Deron Williams 
23. Tim Frazier 
24. D’Angelo Russell 
25. James Harden 
26. J.J. Barea 
27. Reggie Jackson 
28. Derrick Rose 
 
**Traffic Cones**
29. Emmanuel Mudiay 
30. Darren Collison 
31. Goran Dragić 
32. Sergio Rodriguez 
33. Kyrie Irving 
34. Lou Williams 
35. Tony Parker 
36. Dennis Schroder 
37. Damian Lillard 
38. Isaiah Thomas 

 

[Rios15]

So Toronto can essentially take any team in the East besides the Cavs and can keep close games with top West teams but just cant close. What frustrates me is only going to 1-2 guys in the 4th quarter... Going away from what is giving us the lead. JV is talented too and he's barely involved when it matters.

 

[bosoxlover12]

So Toronto can essentially take any team in the East besides the Cavs and can keep close games with top West teams but just cant close. What frustrates me is only going to 1-2 guys in the 4th quarter... Going away from what is giving us the lead. JV is talented too and he's barely involved when it matters.

thats the opposite of what happened yesterday though. Boston was killing toronto until they decided to essentially only use lowry and demar. 

 

[Rios15]

Yeah I didn't get to watch the game yesterday but in the Houston game that's what happened. And in many instances against Indiana in the first round last year we'd go to JV and it would work and then go away from him lol. JV is only going to go as far as this team lets him

 

[Foreman]

Horford is pretty soft though

 

[Foreman]

Horford is pretty soft though

 

[BNC]

 
According to DRPM, the defensive rankings of point guards. I bolded names that I thought were interesting
 
 
**The Elite**
1. Chris Paul 
2. Patrick Beverley 
3. Marcus Smart 
4. Ricky Rubio 
5. George Hill 
6. Kyle Lowry
7. Jrue Holiday 
8. Tyler Johnson 
9. Matthew Dellavedova 
10. John Wall 
 
**Middle of the Pack**
11. Ish Smith 
12. Elfrid Payton 
13. Jeff Teague 
14. Steph Curry 
15. Russell Westbrook 
16. Mike Conley 
17. Jeremy Lin 
18. Kemba Walker 
19. Rajon Rondo 
20. Eric Bledsoe 
21. Ty Lawson 
22. Deron Williams 
23. Tim Frazier 
24. D’Angelo Russell 
25. James Harden 
26. J.J. Barea 
27. Reggie Jackson 
28. Derrick Rose 
 
**Traffic Cones**
29. Emmanuel Mudiay 
30. Darren Collison 
31. Goran Dragić 
32. Sergio Rodriguez 
33. Kyrie Irving 
34. Lou Williams 
35. Tony Parker 
36. Dennis Schroder 
37. Damian Lillard 
38. Isaiah Thomas 
 

Wait, so are you telling me Russell Westbrook is not a very good defender? I for one, am shocked

 

[Pugz]

i thought reggie would be lower

 

[Mexi]

Ive been calling out damian forever on here
Hes been bad, always has. But never got made fun of the way harden did. Harden became a meme defensively but damian is awful

 

[Pugz]

Ive been calling out damian forever on here
Hes been bad, always has. But never got made fun of the way harden did. Harden became a meme defensively but damian is awful

because james has stood there and watched his man blow past him and never tried to recover MULTIPLE times. being a bad defender is one thing, being straight up lazy is worse.

 

[bosoxlover12]

Boston's second unit is lowkey so much worse than even expected from the preseason, which wasn't even thought to be strong at all
 
Jerebko is a shooter only that hits below average
Green has the green light when he's double covered in the midrange apparently
Rozier im shocked is even getting minutes. not bad defensively but has almost no offensive value rn
Olynyk is trash. I apologize for hyping him back in 2013. Dude cant even really shoot anymore. At least Sullinger could rebound
 
Our best offensive player in the 2nd unit is Marcus Smart, to put this all into context (although marcus as of late has actually been pretty good offensively)

 

[elcheato]

 

He's a modern day Terry Rozier 

 
 

The best fourth stringer of all time

 
 

hes fairly elite.

 
 

hey watch it, rozier's actually pretty solid now lol

 
https://vine.co/v/5Kr0Y96Max1

 

[elcheato]

Boston's second unit is lowkey so much worse than even expected from the preseason, which wasn't even thought to be strong at all
 
Jerebko is a shooter only that hits below average
Green has the green light when he's double covered in the midrange apparently
Rozier im shocked is even getting minutes. not bad defensively but has almost no offensive value rn
Olynyk is trash. I apologize for hyping him back in 2013. Dude cant even really shoot anymore. At least Sullinger could rebound
 
Our best offensive player in the 2nd unit is Marcus Smart, to put this all into context (although marcus as of late has actually been pretty good offensively)

However, Olynyk has proven to be the only player in the Eastern Conference that can damage the Cavs title hopes 

 

[bosoxlover12]

Smart's hit 38 of his past 41 FT attempts, despite starting the year 30 for 48

 

[bosoxlover12]

rozier was doing well in the preseason and he fell off a cliff once the season started

 

[elcheato]

I have literally never heard of Jordan Mickey.
 
He's certainly no Jonathan Simmons, but might be my favorite Celtic now.