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Total Members Voted: 2

Voting closed: June 01, 2022, 11:20:06 PM

[kiidcarter8]

NBA  August 6


New Orleans  -4  Sacramento

Indiana  -3  Phoenix

Miami  +8.5  Milwaukee

Dallas +4  Clippers

Portland  -3.5  Denver

Lakers  -1  Houston

[bodiddley]

Bring it to Jerome looked okay in the half I saw.  Aggressive, but one sloppy turnover/bad pass.  Rushed a reverse layup that became an airball.  Canned a nice J.

But I quite liked Troy Brown Jr.  Mofo is fearless.  Just goes at guys.

Edit: just checked and Troy Boy has a pair of 8 assist games in the quartet of restart games.  Nearly a triple-double v. Nets 22 /10 & 8 Assists.
I'd like him as the NYK starting SG.

2nd Edit: The Philyl announcers apparently had never seen Thomas Bryant and came away impressed, saying he'll have a 10 year career, etc.  Seemed odd, since Bryant was the Wiz starting C last year.  A moose with good hands, scores well inside, has a decent J, just needs to improve on D.  Just turned 23 last week.

[bodiddley]

Has there ever been a budding young star, still on a rook contract, who forced his way out?

KZ left because of organizational dysfunction.
Phil thinking that he and his retrograde system was the star of the show.
The crappy way that Melo and Noah were treated.  The coaching carousel.
The antiquated system.  Never got KZ a PG partner.  Etc.

Most teams coddle their star, pay them more than other teams can, keep his trainers and end-of-the-bench friends with the team, etc.
Knix completely and thoroughly blew it.

And then to make matters worse, rushed a trade for useless parts.
Just embarrassing.

[kiidcarter8]

NBA  August 7th


Spurs  +2.5  Jazz

OKC  -3  Memphis

Sacramento  -4  Brooklyn

Orlando  +4.5  Philly

Pelicans  -6  Wizards

Boston  +3  Toronto

[bodiddley]

Utah sat it's main starters.
So Mud got a start.
And Utah played 5 guys I never heard of.
 Seriously, look at the box:
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=401224749
And for those who don't know Georges Niang, a former #50 pick who has played sparingly the past three years, that'd be a half dozen.
For the most part they were scrappy and effortful, but turnover prone along with some miscommunication.   
It was like watching a Summer League game, or according to the announcers a Utah Starz G-League game.

Zach Lowe doesn't think Muddy fits with Utah:

Utah's ninth man problem
Another ripple effect of Bojan Bogdanovic's season-ending injury: The Jazz might not have any good options for their last rotation spot.

Emmanuel Mudiay got the first chance. Mudiay might grow into a solid scoring backup. He loves burrowing for floaters and long 2s, and has hit half his midrange shots this season, per Cleaning The Glass. He has the build to defend both guard positions.

But a dribble-happy type lacking a reliable 3-pointer is about the last thing Utah needs off its bench. Its top eight features four better ball handlers than Mudiay: Mike Conley, Donovan Mitchell, Joe Ingles, and Jordan Clarkson. At least two are usually on the floor. Mudiay provides zero spacing for them.

Quin Snyder pulled the plug in the second half Wednesday against Memphis and gave Rayjon Tucker a chance. I'd give Tucker a few games to earn that ninth spot. If he doesn't, the best and only option might be one Snyder appears not to like: an eight-man rotation. Utah should be able to craft one that doesn't stretch anyone's minutes too far.

Muddy's still only 24.
But if Bogey was there Mud would be 10th man and not in the main rotation.

[kidcarter8]

He's the backup at pg.  Has been all season

Just 30 starting gigs...and more guards entering every year

Veterans get screwed because teams want to play the young cats they draft

[kidcarter8]

Spurs win puts me at 28-14.

[kiidcarter8]

NBA picks  August 8th



Portland  +5.5  Clippers

Denver  +1  Utah

Indiana  +8  Lakers

Miami  -2.5  Phoenix

Milwaukee  -5.5  Dallas

[kiidcarter8]

8/9  NBA


(33-19, 63.5%)


OKC  -9.5  Washington

Memphis  +8  Toronto

San Antonio  +3.5  New Orleans

Boston  even   Orlando

Portland  -2  Philadelphia

Houston  -4.5  Sacramento

Clippers  - no line -    Brooklyn

[kiidcarter8]

8/10 NBA



OKC  +2  Phoenix

Dallas  +2  Utah

Toronto  +5.5  Milwaukee

Indiana  +2.5  Miami

Lakers  -1.5  Denver

[bodiddley]

Been meaning to mention how good the live streaming of NBA games is.
I canceled my Slingbox earlier this season and switched to free streaming

[bodiddley]

Cam Johnson looks nice.
Appears bigger than his listed 6'8" 210.

Was a pretty strong draft in '19.
Zion & Ja up top.
But Cam John @10.
Herro #13.
Thybulle 20
Brandon Clarke 21
Darius Bazley #24 putting together B2B strong games for OKC.

Jax Hayes, Hachimura, PJ Washington.
RJB, DeA Hunter, Culver.
Reddish, Coby White, Garland.

2nd rounders
Bol Bol, Paschall

[kidcarter8]

Hardaway leads...

No Luka, no KP, no problem.

[kiidcarter8]

Cam Johnson looks nice.
Appears bigger than his listed 6'8" 210.

Was a pretty strong draft in '19.
Zion & Ja up top.
But Cam John @10.
Herro #13.
Thybulle 20
Brandon Clarke 21
Darius Bazley #24 putting together B2B strong games for OKC.

Jax Hayes, Hachimura, PJ Washington.
RJB, DeA Hunter, Culver.
Reddish, Coby White, Garland.

2nd rounders
Bol Bol, Paschall

Don't forget Goga.

Stoned LBJ a couple of times at the rim the other night

Sabonis loss felt a little bit less

[bodiddley]

Yeah, I'm sure there are other players too in that draft..
But that's a lot of guys already showing some NBA chops in their rook years.
Take a guy like Thybulle who already looks like one of the better wing defenders in the League.  If he develops some offense ... look out.

(Speaking of a player like that, Roberson has returned after 2 years of injuries, and at least in the PHX game his offense looked pretty dang good, whereas before he had none)

I've been interested in Bitadze since I was out in Georgia last year.  Interesting country.  But haven't seen him yet except I think 2 mins of play.