I think Simmons is a fine player, just extremely limited in a 3p shooting game. To me if they are 100% sold on Maxey then Simmons is a piece you move. So either they're not sold yet or didn't get anything worth biting on. But if I were Philly I'd be surrounding Embiid with shooters.
They never both got 10+ Assists before in the same game. Nurk got it going in the 4th. They needed all of it as SAC shot 60%+ from three for most of the game. Lillard loves playing against the Kings. He's never lost a season series to them. Of course, Dame's highest scoring averages are against LAL and GSW.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
Stray (01-14-2021)
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
Sabonis definitely needs more space to operate.
I've always wanted to see Pritchard given the time (five years for a G.M.) for his vision to show itself from beginning to success. Paul Allen cut him off at the knees and that lesson took years for him to adjust and get another chance. Always believed in his philosophy for winning (moreso than any other Blazer since Bucky Buckwalter, and even moreso than Bucky, I think. Like all plans, they get derailed (Oladipo's unexpected injury) for a little while, but as long as Ownership doesn't get in the way, any good G.M. should have a pattern of forward moves that keeps any major chink from derailing the end results. Pritchard is getting closer to being able to take a riskier move that pushes IND into elite status in the East. See how this year's development plays out, see how much experience they get in the playoffs this May/June and reevaluate after that.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
C.J. and Dame combined for 68 points, 23 Assists and only 1 Turnover.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
I don't know if basketball fans will ever really know how good he is. I remember a Rockets-Celtics game where for the first 2.5 quarters you would have barely known Kyrie was on the court. Suddenly, he flipped a switch, and for the next 8 minutes or so he was completely unstoppable. Then, just like that, he faded into background once again. It was so odd.Not to say he isn't very good because he is, but very good players get replaced all the time in this league.
Here's a funny item: In Basketball-Reference they have one of Kyrie's nicknames listed as "World B. Flat".
M2 (01-14-2021),Revering4Blue (01-14-2021),RichRed (01-14-2021)
Something funny on Harden going to BKN that I stole from twitter. The trio original OKC trio of Westbrook/Durant/Harden has now played via every permutation. Only Durant in GSW has titles to show for it.
OKC - Westbrook/Durant/Harden
OKC - Westbrook/Durant
HOU - Westbrook/Harden
BKN - Durant/Harden
WAS - Westbrook
GSW - Durant
HOU - Harden
Last edited by Griffey012; 01-14-2021 at 08:25 AM.
"Today was the byproduct of us thinking we can come back from anything." - Joey Votto after blowing a 10-1 lead and holding on for the 12-11 win on 8/25/2010.
Who is the the unequivocal #1 guy in the league right now? Is there one? I mean Jordan was in his prime, Lebron was in his prime, and although I thought Kobe was in his prime, I know it was never undisputed. I think we are back in a period of not having an undisputed #1 in the NBA....the guy you would just look silly arguing against. I assume Giannis would get a plurality of the votes, but there would be a few others that would likely get a material amount of support. It will probably be hard for Giannis to ever really hold that title until he wins a championship.
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”― Marcus Aurelius
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”― Marcus Aurelius
Kingspoint (01-14-2021)
Rando thought on Houston trying to move Dipo. Wouldn't a contending team just rather have DeRo?
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
M2 (01-14-2021),Revering4Blue (01-14-2021)
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