New Album & The Beginning of Basketball Season

[rblnr]

I can't see it happening as the 3 is the weapon that the team use to beat these big guys

I agree unfortunately. That said, I loved the way they used Gordon to overpower whatever smaller 3 shooting guy was covering him, feeding him down low for easy-ish 2s. And anytime they want to move the 3 line out a bit, separate the really good shooters from the merely adequate ones (guys hitting 35-40% are celebrated -- wtf!), I'm in. But that's a pipe dream too.

 

[rblnr]

we also have to wonder that a healthy Jamal Murray who missed virtually 2 seasons could have gotten them back to back championships

I think this is a good chunk of why the seemed like 'a team on a mission' -- they felt championship bound a couple of years ago.

 

[Steve Williams]

as I see it the league now is built around speed and a montage of 3 point shooters. To have the best player in the league as your center and a great 3 point shooter can't hurt either

 

[Steve Williams]

as I see it the league now is built around speed and a montage of 3 point shooters. To have the best player in the league as your center and a great 3 point shooter can't hurt either

Jokic is a better point guard than LeBron IMO

 

[jadis]

I agree unfortunately. That said, I loved the way they used Gordon to overpower whatever smaller 3 shooting guy was covering him, feeding him down low for easy-ish 2s. And anytime they want to move the 3 line out a bit, separate the really good shooters from the merely adequate ones (guys hitting 35-40% are celebrated -- wtf!), I'm in. But that's a pipe dream too.

I'm in favor of moving the 3 point line farther. And though an even harder pipe dream, I wish the 3 point line is removed altogether. Defense will be the name of the game. And the term 'height is might' will be back in vogue.

 

[Steve Williams]

I'm in favor of moving the 3 point line farther. And though an even harder pipe dream, I wish the 3 point line is removed altogether. Defense will be the name of the game. And the term 'height is might' will be back in vogue.

Agsin I can’t see it happening. If a team lacks 3 point shooters I just can’t see them being a threat. You need a post up guy for the defense to collapse in on and then have him pass it out for the long shot seems to be a winning combination these days

 

[jadis]

Can't wait for free agency and trades. Am hoping CP3 does not end up in Beantown. I like his play but at this stage, he's too old and injury prone.

 

[Steve Williams]

Or better yet have a center who can hit 3’s from anywhere and with great accuracy. Which leads me to ask why Lowry was guarding Jokic

 

[Steve Williams]

Can't wait for free agency and trades. Am hoping CP3 does not end up in Beantown. I like his play but at this stage, he's too old and injury prone.

I’m afraid his star has set and he will likely be cut before the deadline and walk with $15M. I can’t see any team picking up his $60M contract. He’ll make a good color commentator I suppose

 

[Steve Williams]

I’m afraid his star has set and he will likely be cut before the deadline and walk with $15M. I can’t see any team picking up his $60M contract. He’ll make a good color commentator I suppose

I believe even the Lakers learned their lesson on that topic with Westbrook

 

[jadis]

Or better yet have a center who can hit 3’s from anywhere and with great accuracy. Which leads me to ask why Lowry was guarding Jokic

Imo, the zone and double teaming of Miami eventually led to switching to the man closest to the offensive threat. I've seen many times how Joker was bullying the inside with Vincent or Strus. It's part of their defensive strategy since they have smaller players. These same small Heat players were able to steal the ball many times from Jaylen Brown in game 7. Which goes to show too how good a ball handler Jokic is.

 

[rblnr]

Brown would be a whole lot more dangerous w/a post game. He's got a few inches at least on most guys covering him. Not at all looking for him to be Jokic, but he'd need to improve his passing in this scenario as well. Though he needs to do this anyway.

 

[jadis]

Brown would be a whole lot more dangerous w/a post game. He's got a few inches at least on most guys covering him. Not at all looking for him to be Jokic, but he'd need to improve his passing in this scenario as well. Though he needs to do this anyway.

Agree. He and Tatum need to improve on their passing. Strange, when I checked on Tatum's college highlights he did a lot of drive in moves. He suddenly switched to these step back 3s of which he be successfully some nights and fail on other nights. He also loves to be a point forward though he commits a lot of turnovers as such. These 2, if they are maxed out, would be responsible for half a billion dollar in salaries of the Celtics. A bit too much if they are error prone.

 

[rblnr]

Job 1 of the Celts staff is to figure how to make those two more than the sum of their parts.

 

[Steve Williams]

Job 1 of the Celts staff is to figure how to make those two more than the sum of their parts.

These 2, if they are maxed out, would be responsible for half a billion dollar in salaries of the Celtics. A bit too much if they are error prone.

I almost choked on my breakfast cereal reading this

 

[jadis]

I almost choked on my breakfast cereal reading this

Which raises the question if they're worth that much. They haven't won a title yet but got selected as first and second all NBA teams only.

Brown alone can sign a super max of $295m for 5 years. That's $59m a year. Wow.

Tatum will get even more.

 

[jadis]

On the lighter side, seeing Perkins in NBA Today just reminded me that he has struck out twice with his crystal ball this season - Lakers and Heat. 3 times if we count his Celtics prediction in the last Finals. So it's quite safe to bet against him next year. It's more accurate than Vegas.

 

[jadis]

And there are 10 ...

Which NBA teams have never won a championship?

There are now 10 teams awaiting their first championship: Clippers, Grizzlies, Hornets, Jazz, Magic, Nets, Pacers, Pelicans, Suns and Timberwolves.

www.nba.com

 

[jadis]

Perk has to pay up to the 3 colleagues in NBA Today. $500 each to RJ, Malika and Zack if the Heat lost Game 5. They are collecting the 'debt' now.

 

[jadis]

Vegas really has faith in my Celtics. But to me they will get there only if they get an upgrade on Horford and Smart.

Heat is not even on the list.