Around the League: Week 2 (10/24-10/30)

[ShelC]

Nationally televised games this week
Tuesday, Oct. 25th
Dallas Mavericks @ New Orleans Pelicans 7:30pm EST on TNT
Golden State Warriors @ Phoenix Suns 10:00pm EST on TNT

Wednesday, Oct. 26th
Brooklyn Nets @ Milwaukee Bucks 7:30pm EST on ESPN
Los Angeles Lakers @ Denver Nuggets 10:00pm EST on ESPN

Friday, Oct. 28th
Indiana Pacers @ Washington Wizards 7:30pm EST on ESPN
New Orleans Pelicans @ Phoenix Suns 10:00pm EST on ESPN

NBA News
NBA Monitoring Potential Tanking More Closely This Season, per Report
https://www.si.com/nba/2022/10/22/nba-m ... his-season

Longtime NBA Referee Tony Brown Dies at 55
https://www.si.com/nba/2022/10/20/longt ... dies-at-55

Jamal Crawford to Paolo Banchero: Inside the miraculous making of the Seattle-to-NBA pipeline
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/348 ... a-pipeline

[carey]

I wish I had cable. Two nationally televised games this week.

[Mori Chu]

Jonas V is low-key pretty good.

[Superbone]

Saucy will tell you he's just a big Jake Voskuhl. Couldn't hit a bunny to save his life.

[Mori Chu]

[Indy]

That means he can't play today or tomorrow, at least. If his evaluations go well, he should be back for Friday's game.

[AmareIsGod]

That means he can't play today or tomorrow, at least. If his evaluations go well, he should be back for Friday's game.

Maybe he can have an evaluation by the Dolphins med staff so he can play today.

[specialsauce]

Saucy will tell you he's just a big Jake Voskuhl. Couldn't hit a bunny to save his life.

Wrong. Jonas is better.
Mr. Expert has spoken.

[INFORMER]

I'm watching Knicks/Magic - surprisingly good game. The Knicks ball movement is really good. I love watching Mitchell Robinson (shout out to In2) - they got him on a great contract and he is the perfect role playing big; I wish Thibs allowed him to explore his 3-point touch that he flashed in his predraft workouts.

I love that a team is finally giving Bol Bol a chance; he was sensational in the first half.

This is the smartest I've seen Julius Randle play in awhile; he is under control, not trying to do too much.

[INFORMER]

It's crazy how different KPJ looks with a haircut.

[Shabazz]

Desmond Bane. Sigh….

[Shabazz]

Wolves roster construction is a joke. How many bigs do they need? They’re also completely lacking any competent crunch time decision makers. They’ll never win in the playoffs with that guard rotation.

[INFORMER]

Desmond Bane. Sigh….

Yep. Stud.

[TOO]

Jalen Smith with another solid game.

[INFORMER]

Looks like Ben Simmons is picking up where he left off in Philly.

[INFORMER]

Wolves roster construction is a joke. How many bigs do they need? They’re also completely lacking any competent crunch time decision makers. They’ll never win in the playoffs with that guard rotation.

D'Angelo Russell is a problem. He has talent, but the final product isn't very good. I also think Jaden McDaniels is an odd fit next to Gobert and Towns in the starting lineup.

But I'm still in a wait and see mode with them. I don't like the Gobert addition, but I am not ready to say what that team can and cannot do.

[INFORMER]

San Antonio being 3-1 is surprising.

[Flagrant Fowl]

I saw something recently about Adam Silver sternly warning teams of consequences for going full tank from the start. We'll see how this stuff looks around the new year.

[Flagrant Fowl]

I'm really impressed with Simons. I thought there was a decent chance that he'd plateau with Dame back, but he's looked better than last year and is still filling out physically.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Eric Gordon looks dead inside.

I don't really blame him. The coaching staff in Houston is pretty bad so it's easy to see stuff like this happening with that many young guys.