2017-18 Daily Discussion

[NovU]

Wade played good for the night but looks damn slow footed. Explosiveness is entirely missing now. His plays still isolate the teammates and prefers one on one bball, this wasn't problem when he had athleticism but now with efficiency down in drain, just isn't a good basketball he plays. Not surprising LBJ sent him home packing.

[air gordon]

did he foul simmons on purpose with the game tied?

[[Q]]

Apparently Jimmy Butler had neither a repair nor removal of the meniscus, so maybe it's a "shaving" that has been rumored?

[Andrew]

Could be. Seems they're talking about a return in 4-6 weeks, which would be in time for the Playoffs.

[NovU]

Hope he didnt go for shaving. Will end up like Wade in late career.

[shadowgrin]

Wade already had a meniscus removed during college, so no, the 28 y.o. Butler won’t have an injury record like the 20 y.o. Wade had.

[[Q]]

Usually arthritis in the knee is associated with a removal of the meniscus

[SoF'nAwesome]

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damn this nigga just sealed the MVP with this alone

[NovU]

Wade already had a meniscus removed during college, so no, the 28 y.o. Butler won’t have an injury record like the 20 y.o. Wade had.

Good to hear because...

Butler has the largest on-court/off-court net rating differential among all All-Stars this season: The Wolves outscore their opponents by 7.8 points per 100 possessions when he’s on the floor and are outscored by 8.7 points per 100 possessions when he’s off it. He is only behind the backcourt duo of James Harden and Chris Paul in ESPN’s Real Plus-Minus, a variant of adjusted plus-minus that measures the individual impact of a player on the court. Without Butler, the Wolves play at the capacity of the lottery-bound iterations of the team we’ve seen since the end of the Kevin Garnett era. That is not ideal for a no. 4 seed only three games out of dropping all the way to ninth in the West.

[Andrew]

The league won't be taking any action against Zaza Pachulia. I'm not surprised, but not impressed, either.

[Phil89]

This was pathetic and childish from Clarkson. Chris Webber's reaction was spot on.

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[Andrew]

I mean, it's the unwritten rule and C-Webb has to know that, but he's got a point. Also, it does come across as being petulant on Clarkson's part, much like it was when Lillard slapped the ball out of CP3's hands a few weeks back. You can be in the right, and still end up looking like you're in the wrong.

[Sauru]

if you do not want a team to dunk at the end of the game do not press them at the end of the game

[Andrew]

Good point.

[bowdown]

This whole respect the opponent is such a farce.

[[Q]]

if you do not want a team to dunk at the end of the game do not press them at the end of the game

Exactly, if you keep playing the other team has every right to do so. If you stop playing defense hoping the other team runs the clock out, then it would be a dick move

[I Hate Mondays]

This was pathetic and childish from Clarkson. Chris Webber's reaction was spot on.

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I am not with Clarkson on this, but let's not act out like Saric did the right thing. He had no reason to be hit with a ball but he wasn't really a home boy on this play.
Even Embiid's face was "wtf, not cool dude" after the dunk. Then the ball hit Saric and he had to defend his teammate, but his first reaction tells everything.

[Kevin]

if you do not want a team to dunk at the end of the game do not press them at the end of the game

agree with this. But then again, it's their possession, if you dont want them to score on you then play defense.

[NovU]

Don't we all stat pad till clock runs out in 2k video games? Do not hold Saric on different standard.

[I Hate Mondays]

Don't we all stat pad till clock runs out in 2k video games? Do not hold Saric on different standard.

Lol no, I actually follow the hoops bro code when I play online. Even against the CPU if it’s not MyTeam

[NovU]

You must be one of a kind. Only if you were that fair and square in trade offers you been throwing out around our fantasy league.

[Andrew]

If the Cavs hadn't pressed, Saric and the 76ers probably would've dribbled it out as teams normally do. If you're going to play to the final buzzer, regardless of the score, you can't get upset if the other team does the same. That's not to say it's great judgement on Saric's part, but if the other team isn't raising the white flag, there's no surrender to accept.

[Jackal]

Watching the Cavs vs Nuggets and Jesus, Larry is just murdering Plumlee.

He has 2 surefire highlight dunks already.

[[Q]]

Trump lied about his involvement in China helping out the UCLA players that got caught stealing. no surprise there. what a piece of garbage. he isn't human.

In related news, Lavar Ball joins the NBA on TNT gang:

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[NovU]

I don't find Lavar jokes fun anymore tbh. Too much is made out of this Lavar the nobody. There have been much much worse NBA family influence in the past that went shhh.

Jokes aside, Lavar took his kids to euro lithuanian or some ting, have his kids entered sort of minor pro league for youth. Lamelo seemingly is struggling greatly while Liangelo is decent but shitty on defense. Not sure they're NBA materials at this moment. I am thinking no based on vid I saw.