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Post by George Gervin on Dec 9, 2018 14:18:43 GMT
Luka a one man wrecking ball in the last three mins vs. Houston— outscored them 11-2, and buried several clutch shots to best a combined 60 pts from Harden and CP3 and push Dallas’ record to 13-11
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Post by Kevin Hollis on Dec 9, 2018 14:32:02 GMT
He is so good. That step back was fire.
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Post by Brian Scalabrine on Dec 10, 2018 20:21:02 GMT
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Post by Kevin Hollis on Dec 10, 2018 20:47:40 GMT
Or Marc Gasol. No shade on him from that guy, top five is pretty good.
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Post by Jerry West on Dec 10, 2018 20:59:18 GMT
Gasol is low key one of the most underrated defenders of all time even tho he won a DPOY, he is a general on defense.
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Post by Ian Noble on Dec 10, 2018 21:14:27 GMT
JJJ is the new Embiid
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Post by Ian Noble on Dec 10, 2018 21:41:32 GMT
Jaylen is your daddy streamable.com/ih0pvAlso I switched the audio on this awesome set piece by Brad Stevens because I'm a loser
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Post by Alex English on Dec 11, 2018 4:42:27 GMT
Do the bottom five lineups all have Trae Young?
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Post by Allen Iverson on Dec 12, 2018 17:02:22 GMT
Yup, against the Suns
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Post by George Gervin on Dec 12, 2018 17:30:43 GMT
Luka with the near triple double the other night— box score doesn’t do justice how big his impact has been for the Mavs
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Post by Elton Brand on Dec 13, 2018 6:33:46 GMT
Collin and Marvin with 2 great games tonight
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Post by Jeremiah Hill on Dec 13, 2018 16:23:51 GMT
Furkan started last night. Got 18 pts 6 assists 8-14 shooting. Real excited about this kid. Butler didn't play for some reason.
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Post by Mark Price on Dec 13, 2018 18:58:10 GMT
Furkan started last night. Got 18 pts 6 assists 8-14 shooting. Real excited about this kid. Butler didn't play for some reason. Furkan is what us Cavs fans think Cedi is.
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Post by Jeremiah Hill on Dec 13, 2018 19:11:12 GMT
Furkan started last night. Got 18 pts 6 assists 8-14 shooting. Real excited about this kid. Butler didn't play for some reason. Furkan is what us Cavs fans think Cedi is. Furkan is way better as a prospect than Cedi ever was tho.
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Post by Mark Price on Dec 13, 2018 20:49:58 GMT
Furkan is what us Cavs fans think Cedi is. Furkan is way better as a prospect than Cedi ever was tho. He is right now, but the Sixers wouldn't decline their team option on him if they believed in him. He hasn't been given any kind of shot really until recently.
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Post by Alex English on Dec 14, 2018 16:17:52 GMT
Harden got his 4th career (and 13th in NBA history) 50 point triple double!
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Post by Chauncey Billups on Dec 14, 2018 16:32:43 GMT
Over the past 5 games, Jalen Brunson is averaging:
12 pts, 3.4 ast, 1.2 reb, 1.4 stl .... Shooting 60% from the field
Not bad
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Post by Jeremiah Hill on Dec 14, 2018 17:24:55 GMT
Furkan is way better as a prospect than Cedi ever was tho. He is right now, but the Sixers wouldn't decline their team option on him if they believed in him. He hasn't been given any kind of shot really until recently. I didn't even know who Cedi was when I was scouting Korkmaz so I think Korkmaz has been higher profile for a while.
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Post by Jeremiah Hill on Dec 16, 2018 15:25:59 GMT
Luka is going to ruin any hopes of Gervin tanking for a few more players.
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Post by George Gervin on Dec 16, 2018 18:32:19 GMT
Luka is going to ruin any hopes of Gervin tanking for a few more players. Best kind of problem to have when he is performing even above those lofty expectations, and SGA doing very well too
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Post by Shaquille O'Neal on Dec 19, 2018 7:29:58 GMT
JOHN COLLINS double-doubled in nine of his last 11 games and came into this one averaging 23.3 points, 12.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 0.8 blocks and 0.8 3-pointers on 60 percent shooting from the floor in the month of December.
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Post by Kevin Hollis on Dec 21, 2018 16:00:44 GMT
Luka plays like he has been in the league for 5+ years. Kings and Hawks fucked up.
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Post by Brian Scalabrine on Dec 21, 2018 16:36:28 GMT
Luka plays like he has been in the league for 5+ years. Kings and Hawks fucked up. Suns too. JJJ and Luka are clearly the best players in the draft and somehow fell to 4/5. This isn't even hindsight, I'd say most close draft watchers thought so pre-draft. Sometimes I think GMs here would be better running teams than the IRL ones
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Post by George Gervin on Dec 21, 2018 17:08:57 GMT
Luka plays like he has been in the league for 5+ years. Kings and Hawks fucked up. Suns too. JJJ and Luka are clearly the best players in the draft and somehow fell to 4/5. This isn't even hindsight, I'd say most close draft watchers thought so pre-draft. Sometimes I think GMs here would be better running teams than the IRL ones The crazy thing with Luka is he’s putting up 18/6/4 on better than 55% true shooting at 19 years old...what will his stats be when he’s in that 23-26 range with a few more years to in an NBA weight/conditioning program? I’ve seen a lot of recent comps with his start and play to a taller James Harden, and from his play I’m starting to see more and more that could be something he reaches barring injury
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Post by Kevin Hollis on Dec 21, 2018 17:22:37 GMT
Suns too. JJJ and Luka are clearly the best players in the draft and somehow fell to 4/5. This isn't even hindsight, I'd say most close draft watchers thought so pre-draft. Sometimes I think GMs here would be better running teams than the IRL ones The crazy thing with Luka is he’s putting up 18/6/4 on better than 55% true shooting at 19 years old...what will his stats be when he’s in that 23-26 range with a few more years to in an NBA weight/conditioning program? I’ve seen a lot of recent comps with his start and play to a taller James Harden, and from his play I’m starting to see more and more that could be something he reaches barring injury But can he develop the double step-back jumper?
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Post by George Gervin on Dec 21, 2018 17:26:32 GMT
The crazy thing with Luka is he’s putting up 18/6/4 on better than 55% true shooting at 19 years old...what will his stats be when he’s in that 23-26 range with a few more years to in an NBA weight/conditioning program? I’ve seen a lot of recent comps with his start and play to a taller James Harden, and from his play I’m starting to see more and more that could be something he reaches barring injury But can he develop the double step-back jumper? The travel jumper? Sure if the NBA refs keep ignoring that— what he needs to develop from the Harden toolbox is barreling towards the hoop, jump into the defender, and throw his arms up and head back like he’s been shot
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Post by Alex English on Dec 21, 2018 23:01:44 GMT
Suns too. JJJ and Luka are clearly the best players in the draft and somehow fell to 4/5. This isn't even hindsight, I'd say most close draft watchers thought so pre-draft. Sometimes I think GMs here would be better running teams than the IRL ones I'm not sure about this. DeAndre Ayton has an argument for rookie of the year, even though Luka has all the hype. Ayton is putting up 16 and 10 on 59% shooting with better advanced stats than Luka. He also has a higher ceiling than Luka imo. I think both will be stars, but I'd have taken Ayton #1 at the time of the draft and if I had the option to re-draft right now, I'd still take Ayton. I don't see how you lose either way though. It's the Hawks that really fucked up. Trae Young sucks, and that was predictable at the time of the draft.
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Post by James Kay on Dec 22, 2018 0:18:22 GMT
Suns too. JJJ and Luka are clearly the best players in the draft and somehow fell to 4/5. This isn't even hindsight, I'd say most close draft watchers thought so pre-draft. Sometimes I think GMs here would be better running teams than the IRL ones I'm not sure about this. DeAndre Ayton has an argument for rookie of the year, even though Luka has all the hype. Ayton is putting up 16 and 10 on 59% shooting with better advanced stats than Luka. He also has a higher ceiling than Luka imo. I think both will be stars, but I'd have taken Ayton #1 at the time of the draft and if I had the option to re-draft right now, I'd still take Ayton. I don't see how you lose either way though. It's the Hawks that really fucked up. Trae Young sucks, and that was predictable at the time of the draft. I have zero evidence for this but a comment on reddit told me that Ayton's stats are inflated from playing against all the garbage minute lineups that teams put out against the Suns
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Post by Jeremiah Hill on Dec 22, 2018 2:38:11 GMT
Suns too. JJJ and Luka are clearly the best players in the draft and somehow fell to 4/5. This isn't even hindsight, I'd say most close draft watchers thought so pre-draft. Sometimes I think GMs here would be better running teams than the IRL ones I'm not sure about this. DeAndre Ayton has an argument for rookie of the year, even though Luka has all the hype. Ayton is putting up 16 and 10 on 59% shooting with better advanced stats than Luka. He also has a higher ceiling than Luka imo. I think both will be stars, but I'd have taken Ayton #1 at the time of the draft and if I had the option to re-draft right now, I'd still take Ayton. I don't see how you lose either way though. It's the Hawks that really fucked up. Trae Young sucks, and that was predictable at the time of the draft. The Suns have pieces on their team and are absolute dumpster fire. Whereas Luka leads Dallas in minutes and points and they are looking like a playoff team. If Ayton is actually that good then we have to talk about maybe taking Booker and Warren down a bit because clearly they aren't as good as we say.
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Post by Mark Price on Dec 22, 2018 3:01:38 GMT
I'm not sure about this. DeAndre Ayton has an argument for rookie of the year, even though Luka has all the hype. Ayton is putting up 16 and 10 on 59% shooting with better advanced stats than Luka. He also has a higher ceiling than Luka imo. I think both will be stars, but I'd have taken Ayton #1 at the time of the draft and if I had the option to re-draft right now, I'd still take Ayton. I don't see how you lose either way though. It's the Hawks that really fucked up. Trae Young sucks, and that was predictable at the time of the draft. The Suns have pieces on their team and are absolute dumpster fire. Whereas Luka leads Dallas in minutes and points and they are looking like a playoff team. If Ayton is actually that good then we have to talk about maybe taking Booker and Warren down a bit because clearly they aren't as good as we say. Blaming the complete organizational disaster that is the Suns on the guy who's averaging 18.5 ppg with a 57.7% efg probably isn't the right answer. Unstable ownership, believing you don't need a point guard to win, having co-gms with no experience, not being able to draft rotation players in the lottery, botching trades because you can't figure out which player you meant then buying out Rivers even though he has a movable contract teams would want, and the overall dysfunction of that organization probably has a little more to do with it.
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