Around the League: Week 2 12/28-1/3

[Wally_West]

Are the Kings good or the Nuggets bad?

Yes.

[Indy]

Are the Kings good or the Nuggets bad?

Yes.

really?

[Wally_West]

Honestly, it’s super early. There’s gonna be some weird stuff in the first 15-20 games. Wouldn’t read too much into anything right now, but yeah, the trajectory of both those teams is super curious so far.

[Oatmeal]

Can we convince the Nuggets it's Jokics fault and trade them Ayton for him?

[Indy]

Can we convince the Nuggets it's Jokics fault and trade them Ayton for him?

We can throw in Damien Jones if they push back.

[Oatmeal]

Can we convince the Nuggets it's Jokics fault and trade them Ayton for him?

We can throw in Damien Jones if they push back.

That's probably pushing it..

[Flagrant Fowl]

Honestly, if the Suns keep getting this kind of offensive production from Bridges and the bench, Ayton might actually be a better fit with this team because Jokic is a pretty bad defender. Ayton has shown that he can be really good defensively.

And this is coming from someone who's been shitting on Ayton for the better part of the last year.

[ShelC]

Yea maybe asking Ayton to just focus on defense and work on getting his points in the flow of the game is the way to go. He's never going to be Shaq or Duncan or Ewing. He can be a high level defensive roleplaying big who's more than efficient on offense. Not what you want from a #1 pick necessarily, but let's just pretend he was drafted 6th or something.

[bajanguy008]

Westbrook with three triple doubles in his three games but shooting 41% with 6 turnovers per game. Wizards 0-4 including the game he was rested....
Raptors lose again last night and start 0-3 for his time in 15 years I just read

[AmareIsGod]

[carey]

Lamelo casually makes a couple of wow passes every game. He might actually be good.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Lamelo casually makes a couple of wow passes every game. He might actually be good.

He's never going to be more than just OK if he keeps that shooting form.

[Split T]

Lamelo casually makes a couple of wow passes every game. He might actually be good.

He's never going to be more than just OK if he keeps that shooting form.

He’s shooting it pretty good tonight

[Drewsprocket]

Yea maybe asking Ayton to just focus on defense and work on getting his points in the flow of the game is the way to go. He's never going to be Shaq or Duncan or Ewing. He can be a high level defensive roleplaying big who's more than efficient on offense. Not what you want from a #1 pick necessarily, but let's just pretend he was drafted 6th or something.

Absolutely. If he focuses playing good D, getting boards, just scoring within the flow of the game he will still be a top center in the league without having to be the best on offense (Jokic/KAT) or D (Gobert/Bam). He’s still young, we shall see if he can mature or is just another Dwight Howard.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Lamelo casually makes a couple of wow passes every game. He might actually be good.

He's never going to be more than just OK if he keeps that shooting form.

He’s shooting it pretty good tonight

I know, but he'll never be consistent. That'll prevent him from ever becoming really good.

[ShelC]

Crazy game with BK and ATL, BK won 145-141. Let's hear Coach Nash's thoughts:

[Flagrant Fowl]

I saw about the last 8 minutes of that game and it reminded me of the 7SOL Suns games against Seattle or New Jersey.

[Shabazz]

Hornets dad-dicking Dallas.

[Split T]

Lamelo casually makes a couple of wow passes every game. He might actually be good.

He's never going to be more than just OK if he keeps that shooting form.

He’s shooting it pretty good tonight

I know, but he'll never be consistent. That'll prevent him from ever becoming really good.

You might be right...it looks better than the shot Lonzo came in with to me though. We’ll see, his passing and vision is pretty special.

[Mori Chu]

What a bust he's turning to be! I bet Mavs fans are shitting all over him and saying he sucks, just like Suns fans do every time Ayton has a few bad games. That's how this works, right?