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Total Members Voted: 3

Voting closed: June 13, 2022, 11:38:11 PM

[kidcarter8]

Vs Cavs

Rivers remains out
Quickley and Smith also will not play
And Burks is questionable

source:  Rotoworld

[facilitatorn]

The Cavs have been passing really well so far. This will be as tough as any of the last 3.

[kidcarter8]

No Love
No Dellavadova
No K Porter
*No Okoro
No Windler

[chipstern]

Lots & Lots Of Injuries

With only, what, a 3 week prep coming into the regular season, no summer league.  Isn't the preseason usually 4-5 weeks. 

We already saw Klay Thompson go down, now Spencer D on the Nyets, Marquisse on the Warriors....

And lots and lots of contuisons and soft tissue and hammies and groins. 

PS: Portland beat the Lakers.  Nurkic [26] & Kanter [22] combined for 22 points, 26 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.  And ZERO turnovers.  Gasol & Harrell 13 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 blocks.  Lilliard, McCollum and Trent combined for 79 points, on 15-32 from trey.  The Maven had projected McCollum coming out on the open market.  We shall see. 

[chipstern]

Trae Young 15-15 from the FT line. 

BoD's squeeze BB with a big game, 5-7 from trey with 5 boards and 5 assists.

Jazz's Conley with 20-10-9.

LUGUENTZ DORT, a sophomore SG for the Thunder with 9-11/5-7.

James Harden with a spectacular, natch, stat line in a loss to the Nuggets: 10-16/5-9, 9-9 FTs, 8 ssists, 6 boards. 

Jokic 19-12-18 [DAMN], and six Nuggets in double figures.  Coach Malone spoke some weeks ago about how Jokic came to camp in spectacular shape.  Would seem so. 

ANDRE DRUMMOND bekcons tonight, with Okoro and Love out amongst others.

The Knicks?

Burks is questionable

Toppin, Rivers, Quickley, Smith, Spellman will not play. 

So....

C: Robinson, Noels

PF: Randle, Knox

SF: Bullock, Brazdeikis

SG: Barrett, Pinson

PG: Payton, Ntilikina, Harper

Be most helpful if Burks could make a go of it. 

PS: Suddenly our depth/logjams seem less concerning. 

PPS: Stay healthy, Julius. 

PPPS: Thibs will be tested tonight.  Let's see how he does with so many significant entries amongst the walking wounded. 

[bodiddley]

I expect ATL to be one of those lower playoff seeds that nobody wants to play.
So far over 120 Points every game.  Yes against weak teams, and we'll get a better sense of the Hawks when they play a two game series v BKY.

Capela and Rondo played in Game 3.
Gallo and Okongwu still out.

Rondo had 12 & 8 in 20 minutes.
I saw an article predicting that he wouldn't finish the season in ATL-- the logic being that Rondo doesn't do regular seasons and ATL isn't anticipating making much of a playoff splash.  But I think this is a terrific situation for Rondo to help Trae with his game, and also mentor the wing pups.   Rondo and Gallo are the key vets there.  Rondo is a sharp cat and likes a challenge.  I think he'll embrace going against 2nd unit talent and helping the yute become better players.  While I think ATL can make a playoff run.  They have the offensive firepower to beat anyone.  They have Covid-proof depth.  And they have some fine defenders in Capela, Hunter and Okongwu.

It's really an interesting balanced team.  Experience is really all that will hold them back.  They have the next-Scurry in Trae Young and wisely decided to build around him in much the same way -- shooters and defenders.  Bogdan x2 and Gallo are premier shooters.  Hunter, Huerter and Collins are getting there.  Collins and Capela are terrific PnR partners and rim runners.  Reddish and Hunter can run the floor.

I'm very interested in seeing how it all comes together.  Last year, they had D issues, but have added Capela and Okongwu.  Hunter and Reddish had some rook growing pains, but seem steadier as sophomores.

v. DET, they had 7 guys in double figures and hit nearly half of their 3's (20-42).
Really looking forward to ATL at full strength with 20+ games under their belt.

[bodiddley]

I was looking forward to seeing Okoro again.
Out with foot troubles.  Missed the last game too.
Okoro played 42 minutes v. DET and didn't score.
That's hard to do.  It was a 2OT game.

I guess with Sextant & Garland chucking, there's not much to go round.
Both of them are shooting 50% or better from everywhere so far.
Garland's 3-Pt % is almost equal to his FT%.

[kidcarter8]

BURKS downgraded to DOUBTFUL.

[lesterluv]

22 wins

The new Negative Nancy... can't stand seeing you feeling so low. Here's a present to cheer you up: https://thumbs.gfycat.com/IdolizedClosedEnglishsetter-mobile.mp4

[Kam]

Negative Nancy is so démodé

Try Critical Karen

[carlos123]

Negative Nancy is so démodé

Try Critical Karen

Critical Kam(s)ter 😁

[facilitatorn]

Uh, that was a good god damn game.

We’ve got a lot of growth and a ton of cleaning up to do, but in a hard fought match we were the better team, almost wire to wire.

They missed shots they should of hit. We missed rebounds, turned it over, and bricked free throws to a maddening extent. We won convincingly. The second quarter gave us an idea of what the Cavs could do and then we shut it down. We created opportunities and got baskets when it mattered. We forced them to play as hard as they could to stay in the game. Beautiful stuff from our boys tonight.

I really like Drummond and McGee together in the Cavs front court. It really brings out the best in both players. Put Okoro out with those two and it will be tough to score regardless of their backcourt deficiencies.

Randle got the trip-dub. And he just missed the quad-dub by a single TO. Decent start to his season so far.

The eight who played tonight are legit. Add three on the mend in Quickley, Toppin, and Burks and that’s  eleven we can trust. Hopefully we can get one more  out of Rivers, Brazdekis, or Spellman, which would be a good bonus.

Tampa swamp lizards, Indy, and Hotlanta are next on the trip.

We do have a road win on throughly unsustainable shooting stats.

[bodiddley]

After a scorching opening night, RJB just 13-47 FG (0-13 on 3's) in the next 3.  Always gives good effort.  Consistency isn't easy to achieve in the NBofA.

I'll try to catch a replay . . .

[kidcarter8]

RJ has been a bit of an afterthought thus far

Not sure if this will change or not

Knicks will be excellent when/if Randle and Barrett are 2/3/4 best player

[bodiddley]

MIL had 12 players make a 3-Pointer.  (all except Giannis).
That has to be a record.
They shot 57% on 3's.
Won by 47.