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Total Members Voted: 3

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

[bodiddley]

Last February, ex-Knick Shane Larkin received Turkish citizenship and is a member of Turkey's national team.

[Jack Straw]

Enes is not amused...

[carlos123]

BoZ, u need one more post to reach 5700.

Go for it!!! 🏋🏽‍♂️

[kidcarter8]

My impression is that BKY is better when only 2 of the Big 3 play.  Maybe they can figure out a semi-credible defensive scheme
as they get more time together.  But do you really expect Nash and D'ant to instill and defense?  And how good can you expect your D to be when you have Kyrie, Harden and often Joe Harris out ther?
They've been an offensive juggernaut when those guys & KD play with Jeff Green at C.  But hemorrhage points. 

Harden at PG was a smart adjustment.  But they're likely going to need to stagger minutes, so the bench unit has Kyrie at PG and sometimes KD with him.
I'd be aiming to have 2/3rds of the Big 3 out there almost all 48 ...

I think your smart play is to stop criticizing the Nets

Though I guess you do get the last laugh if they do not win it all.

[kidcarter8]

So, who is the next Celtics coach going to be?


https://sports.yahoo.com/pelicans-rally-24-down-top-000304076.html

[kidcarter8]

Disaster averted

A little puzzled right now on Rose/Payton.

[Kam]

That 4th was ugly.

[facilitatorn]

That nearly sucked. Definitely not a 4th quarter for the ages.

Alec Burks calmly stepped to the line to salt the game away.

It definitely felt like more of a 90’s Knicks game than it should have.

It’s nice to miss that many bunnies and win the game even against a team as bad as the wolves.

I do like Naz Ried though. He’s a player.

[Kam]

Knix need to re-sign Mitch.   He's scheduled to make just $1.8M next year.  That's peanuts in the NBA for anybody let alone a starter.  We've taken advantage of him being a 2nd rounder long enough. One genuine injury and his career could be over or his earning power largely erased.  He's proven out.  Knix gotta take care of him with significant guaranteed money.  Get some discount for letting him out of his $1.8M next year deal.  While making sure a Boozer situation doesn't occur.

With Taj and Noel playing like this how much do you commit to Mitch?

[bodiddley]

I think your smart play is to stop criticizing the Nets
Though I guess you do get the last laugh if they do not win it all.

You have a abnormal approach/outlook.  The Nets could win the title, so they are beyond criticism?   I have no prediction or investment in their level of success, and don't really care how far they do/don't get.  Obviously they have fire- and star-power combined with defensive flaws.   I'm just trying to analyze/understand what they have/are.
So far this year, imo, a better team with 2 of the Big 3 than all 3 together. 

I like some of their role players, especially Brown and TLC.  And glad they picked up Vonleh even if he's deep backup.  Too bad Dimwiddie is out.

Pelton details how the Nets are imitating D'ant's last year's Rockets, going small (Jeff Green at C) and switching over 40% of PnR's.  Trying to have an active D that does enough to let the explosive O win games. harden already knows this scheme.  KD and Green are very switchable players.  It's interesting how Nets keep becoming more and more Harden's team.  He's now the PG and dominates the ball, they have a switch heavy D scheme imported from HOU, which allows Harden to guard inside where he's solid, instead of the perimeter where he's iffier.  Then again, Harden is the only one suiting up every game.

Overall PHI, MIL, NJ are the prime contenders.  Strong teams with flaws.  Any of them could get hot at the right time, or fade in the playoffs.  BOS, TOR, IND look like good second tier teams.  MIA struggling to get back in the conversation.

[bodiddley]

BoZ, u need one more post to reach 5700.
Go for it!!! 🏋🏽‍♂️

And almost all of my posts are actually about basketball instead of about the other posters here.  Imagine that ...

[lesterluv]

Who's in charge of stickers today, class? Could someone give Bo another smiley face?


***I would do it myself but teacher told me I'm supposed to hand out the sporks at lunch

*****Carlos, we're having a party with cupcakes when I reach my thousandth luvdrop.

*** Looks like we saw Saunders last game. Not surprised. Something didn't seem right there, everybody seemed too happy, smiling & joking even as they squandered their chance to win.

[Kam]

Minnesota did their coach dirty.

[carlos123]

BoZ, u need one more post to reach 5700.
Go for it!!! 🏋🏽‍♂️

And almost all of my posts are actually about basketball instead of about the other posters here.  Imagine that ...

Two posters here keep me very busy: you and Chamaco Cartero, kinda twin souls 👯‍♀️

Les, you truly are my doggie. Who’s a nice boy, my doggie’s a very good boy! 🐶

[bodiddley]

TyH becoming one of my favorite NBAers.
Goes for 14, 3 assists and a steal ... in the 4Q v MIL.
6-8 FG's.  He was scoring inside, out, midrange.

One play Ty starts driving around a screen, gets his defenders behind him on his hip, sees Giannis in front of him, and dribbles backs out and hits a step back 3.  Ouch.
Feeling it after going 5-7, Ty tries a step-back 3 over the bigger Portis.  Bucks push off the miss, and Halibut is stuck defending Portis in the post.  Portis bumps Ty, who then backs off so Portis can't feel him, and as Portis drives right, TyH steps around him and ties him up from the side as Portis turns to shoot.  Crafty D, using his quickness on a larger dude.

TyH finished 23 / 8 / 5 / 2 steals.  Great energy and feel for the game.
Not sure why he doesn't start, but he almost always finishes.
TyH could make the game simpler for Fox.

Kings also trotted out somebody named Daquan Jeffries (6'5") who battled Antetekoumpo nicely.  Terrific effort from an undrafted player from Tulsa.