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OT: 2017-2018 NBA Season Thread

Re: Kemba, just read that he hurt his wrist a few weeks back. Hadn't realized that, and obviously it goes a long way toward explaining his shooting slump.
 
Matrim55 said:
Re: Kemba, just read that he hurt his wrist a few weeks back. Hadn't realized that, and obviously it goes a long way toward explaining his shooting slump.
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I'm sure.

I'm talking body language and energy. It may be related to the wrist injury but he just doesn't look right to me.
 
This has to be the very last time the Dwight-bola virus infects a team right?!
Kemba definitely deserves to be on a contender and had improved his game the last 2 seasons until this recent swoon. I agree on getting him to Spurs ideal, Cleveland ain't happening - Detroit I suppose is possible and certainly they'll cut their losses on ReggieJ sooner or later.

Celtics would have kept Olynyk, I think its sour grapes to think otherwise - salary wise just wasn't going to work. With Morris out their frontline is incredibly thin, they would love to have him right now and Kelly's crew + other mediocre teams Pacers, Jazz, Bulls are exposing & exploiting that.
 
If only the Knicks played decent on the road, they played great last night with Porzingis playing awful. What a performance by Beasley, clutch play by Frank, and great contributions by KOQ, Kanter (facing 4 years in prison), and Mcbuckets. Knicks played the bench the entire 4th quarter including Ron Baker.
 
GSW v. Cavs. Great game. Get down to final possessions, game tight. LeBron hacked HORRIBLY by Durant - no call. Durant fouled LBJ twice on the second drive. fouled him twice in two trips. Twice. GSW win on free throws. That can't be the ending the NBA wants. Very sad display of officiating. Who wants to watch a game with that ending?
 
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Kemba with maybe his best stretch of the season.

Stripped Draymond Green twice in one possession, dove out of bounds to save the loose ball to Dwight Howard, then banged a 3 on the ensuing possession. Two possessions later banged another 3 then came down and hit a step back elbow jumper in Draymond Green’s face to lead the Hornets to a double digit win @ the Golden State Warriors. Wow.
 
Drew said:
Kemba with maybe his best stretch of the season.

Stripped Draymond Green twice in one possession, dove out of bounds to save the loose ball to Dwight Howard, then banged a 3 on the ensuing possession. Two possessions later banged another 3 then came down and hit a step back elbow jumper in Draymond Green’s face to lead the Hornets to a double digit win @ the Golden State Warriors. Wow.
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The Hornets played as well as they can and the Warriors looked very beatable once they got Batum off Klay and MKG shut him down in the second half. Good things happen when you play hard for 48 minutes.
 
Shabazz is killing it. Got 13/4/5 with a steal and 2(!!!) blocks as the Blazers have a 9-point lead early in the 3rd. He's destroying Schroeder, who's just 2-for-9 w/ 4 points & 5 assists.

His off-the-ball work is sneaky & great:

 
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Shabazz gets subbed out, Schroeder scored 7 points in 53 seconds to give Atlanta the lead.

Sigh.
 
Portland fans thought the team would go winless without Lillard. Instead they go 3-2 – including two road wins, one coming last night in Chicago – as Bazz averages 18/5/5 on 43/36/81 shooting splits, along with more steals per game (2.2) than turnovers (1.8) in starter's minutes (37 mpg).

Lillard's supposed to be back tonight. Whatever happens for the rest of the season, the Blazers (who are hard against the cap) have some serious thinking to do this summer regarding Bazz's future.

FWIW I still think they should trade Lillard for cap space & young assets. They'll get eliminated in the first round with him; they'll get eliminated in the first round without him. Sell high, give Bazz the starting job, and get a few crucial pieces to build a higher upside team in the coming years.
 
On a positive note, D Ham is with the Thunder tonight and playing garbage minutes. Playing well.

Edit: 7 pts 4 assists in 5 minutes.
 
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4 assists in 5 min is a nice ratio. hopefully he gets an extended look next game.
 
Kemba had 41 point tonight in a loss to the Mavs . Hope he can someway get to a contender sooner or later.

Andre had 22-20-5 in 3 quarters while they destroyed the Nets.
 
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CardiacAndre7 said:
Kemba had 41 point tonight in a loss to the Mavs . Hope he can someway get to a contender sooner or later.

Andre had 22-20-5 in 3 quarters while they destroyed the Nets.
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Kemba was spectacular. Wish I had chosen to go to that Nets game. Tickets were $8 or something like that. Would have been fun!
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Kemba had 41 point tonight in a loss to the Mavs . Hope he can someway get to a contender sooner or later.

Andre had 22-20-5 in 3 quarters while they destroyed the Nets.
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Hopefully the Hornets sucking doesn't penalize Kemba from making the all-star game.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Kemba had 41 point tonight in a loss to the Mavs . Hope he can someway get to a contender sooner or later.

Andre had 22-20-5 in 3 quarters while they destroyed the Nets.
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I'm a Hornets fan and I'm so over this team right now. Even though Kemba missed a shot to tie at the end he was great. Too much Kemba though. Nobody played much defense and Batum was useless on both ends of the court. Sad.
 
Scoe said:
Hopefully the Hornets sucking doesn't penalize Kemba from making the all-star game.
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The feeling is that only one player will go from the Hornets and that will be D12.
 
bpear1600 said:
I'm a Hornets fan and I'm so over this team right now. Even though Kemba missed a shot to tie at the end he was great. Too much Kemba though. Nobody played much defense and Batum was useless on both ends of the court. Sad.
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They really need to sell Batum before the deadline, what a horrible contract. Jeremy Lamb has done more in every aspect this season.
 
Kemba429 said:
They really need to sell Batum before the deadline, what a horrible contract. Jeremy Lamb has done more in every aspect this season.
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True but he's not a hot commodity. Pop loves euros and Nic might fit in better with the Spurs but few teams are interested in a passive Frenchman who has some skills but is very soft.
 
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Me, January 11, 2016:

"I also thought the Bulls should take Beasley over Rose.

Let it be known I'm a man who can admit his mistakes."

OT- Curry

I retract my admission.

It only took 9 years, but Michael Beasley IS better! Dude is on fire!
 
nomar said:
Me, January 11, 2016:

"I also thought the Bulls should take Beasley over Rose.

Let it be known I'm a man who can admit his mistakes."

OT- Curry

I retract my admission.

It only took 9 years, but Michael Beasley IS better! Dude is on fire!
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Memory of an elephant. Can't remember what I wrote last week.
 
intlzncster said:
Memory of an elephant. Can't remember what I wrote last week.
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I was really firm in my belief that Beasley was going to be a great player. He was so unstoppable at KSU. And then he stunk. And for years I've pointed to my terrible call of him over Rose as my biggest scouting mistake. All of a sudden he's putting up serious numbers.
 
nomar said:
I was really firm in my belief that Beasley was going to be a great player. He was so unstoppable at KSU. And then he stunk. And for years I've pointed to my terrible call of him over Rose as my biggest scouting mistake. All of a sudden he's putting up serious numbers.
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So what you're saying is you're a goshdarn nostradamus.
 
Matrim55 said:
Would be the perfect replacement for Parker – such similar players.

Honestly though I'm hoping that Kemba & Jeremy both somehow wind up on Detroit.
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Lamb, Kemba, Bradley is a pretty miserable night for opposing backcourts defensively
 
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