Around the League: Week 3 10/29-11/4
Around the League: Week 3 10/29-11/4
Nationally televised games this week
Monday: Los Angeles Minnesota 8:00 PM EST NBATv
Tuesday: Philadelphia @ Toronto 7:30 PM EST NBATv
Wednesday: Indiana @ New York 8:00 PM EST ESPN, San Antonio @ Phoenix 10:30 PM EST ESPN
Thursday: Milwaukee @ Boston 8:00 PM EST TNT, New Orleans @ Portland 10:30 PM EST TNT
Friday: OKC Washington 8:00 PM EST NBATv, Minnesota @ Golden State 10:30 PM EST NBATv
Saturday: Boston @ Indiana 7:00 PM NBATv
Sunday: None
NBA News
Cavaliers fire head coach Tyronn Lue: https://www.fearthesword.com/2018/10/28 ... tyronn-lue
Larry Drew is refusing to take the job for the full season w/o a contract for next season: https://www.fearthesword.com/2018/10/28 ... commitment
How the Boston Celtics became the NBA's best at defending three-pointers: https://www.celticsblog.com/2018/10/25/ ... s-nba-film
Here’s why NBA teams are scoring so many dang points this year: https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2018/10/26 ... iors-bucks
The Timberwolves need to move on from the Jimmy Butler era, because this is embarrassing: https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2018/10/27 ... it-already
New season, same ol’ Washington Wizards: https://www.bulletsforever.com/2018/10/ ... new-season
Pitino hoping to become head coaching candidate: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2511 ... -candidate
Love likely out more than a month: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2511 ... more-month
Can the Nuggets really become the 2nd best team in the West? https://www.si.com/nba/2018/10/26/nugge ... rs-rockets
The Cavs should clear out the rest of the LeBron era: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/10/2 ... -lue-fired
This is the new Blake Griffin we've all been waiting for: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/10/2 ... ly-success
Monday: Los Angeles Minnesota 8:00 PM EST NBATv
Tuesday: Philadelphia @ Toronto 7:30 PM EST NBATv
Wednesday: Indiana @ New York 8:00 PM EST ESPN, San Antonio @ Phoenix 10:30 PM EST ESPN
Thursday: Milwaukee @ Boston 8:00 PM EST TNT, New Orleans @ Portland 10:30 PM EST TNT
Friday: OKC Washington 8:00 PM EST NBATv, Minnesota @ Golden State 10:30 PM EST NBATv
Saturday: Boston @ Indiana 7:00 PM NBATv
Sunday: None
NBA News
Cavaliers fire head coach Tyronn Lue: https://www.fearthesword.com/2018/10/28 ... tyronn-lue
Larry Drew is refusing to take the job for the full season w/o a contract for next season: https://www.fearthesword.com/2018/10/28 ... commitment
How the Boston Celtics became the NBA's best at defending three-pointers: https://www.celticsblog.com/2018/10/25/ ... s-nba-film
Here’s why NBA teams are scoring so many dang points this year: https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2018/10/26 ... iors-bucks
The Timberwolves need to move on from the Jimmy Butler era, because this is embarrassing: https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2018/10/27 ... it-already
New season, same ol’ Washington Wizards: https://www.bulletsforever.com/2018/10/ ... new-season
Pitino hoping to become head coaching candidate: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2511 ... -candidate
Love likely out more than a month: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2511 ... more-month
Can the Nuggets really become the 2nd best team in the West? https://www.si.com/nba/2018/10/26/nugge ... rs-rockets
The Cavs should clear out the rest of the LeBron era: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/10/2 ... -lue-fired
This is the new Blake Griffin we've all been waiting for: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/10/2 ... ly-success
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Re: Around the League: Week 3 10/29-11/4
I still can't understand why the Cavs gave that contract to Love. I thought for sure he was gone for a winning team this season.
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Re: Around the League: Week 3 10/29-11/4
So they can try to compete for the playoffs in the weak East while also keeping the player's value if they decide to rebuild and trade him. Otherwise they are looking at a Jimmy Butler scenario where the player is good but his value is low due to his contract status.
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I think Love's value in a trade is low because of that monster contract.Ring_Wanted wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:58 amSo they can try to compete for the playoffs in the weak East while also keeping the player's value if they decide to rebuild and trade him. Otherwise they are looking at a Jimmy Butler scenario where the player is good but his value is low due to his contract status.
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Re: Around the League: Week 3 10/29-11/4
Isn't he going to making less than Booker? In comparison to Wall's contract, it seems manageable.O_Gardino wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:06 amI think Love's value in a trade is low because of that monster contract.Ring_Wanted wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:58 amSo they can try to compete for the playoffs in the weak East while also keeping the player's value if they decide to rebuild and trade him. Otherwise they are looking at a Jimmy Butler scenario where the player is good but his value is low due to his contract status.
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Re: Around the League: Week 3 10/29-11/4
92 points at halftime for the warriors. 17 3's so far with 10 coming from Klay
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Klay is going for 70
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He now has 52 points with 5 minutes left... in the 3rd....
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Re: Around the League: Week 3 10/29-11/4
14-24 from 3 point range is ridiculous.
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It's the new NBA record for 3s made in a game. Pretty sure he, Curry, and Durant are done for the day. They were up 40+ last time I looked.
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Re: Around the League: Week 3 10/29-11/4
Doncic with 31, 8, 6 and 4 against team with the best HC in the NBA.
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Re: Around the League: Week 3 10/29-11/4
Cool, 8 rebounds. LOL, these stats the internet pump out these days are ridiculous.
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Re: Around the League: Week 3 10/29-11/4
Ayton has been everything I could have hoped for. But I do have to admit that I'm watching a lot of Doncic highlights and wondering about what might have been. I think I would rather be watching Doncic do his thing every night on this team than what I am seeing right now. But I concede that Ayton was probably the right pick and has been quite impressive.
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I watch Doncic but in my case I don't have 'drafter's remorse'. Still, the way PHX is currently constructed won't allow me to just sit and enjoy having Ayton. Every game I find myself cursing at the screen when the handler won't even look at the monster rolling to the basket, or having position under the rim, or wide open for that automatic midrange shot. I don't even ask for a winning team at this point, just a product that makes sense considering the 4-5 good pieces we luckily have in place. Can't have in your rotation four, five, six guys that are a net negative 75% of the time. The extreme TOs are particularly harmful to Ayton, because he clearly is not a good rim to rim center at the momentthis and the TOs force him to keep going up and down the court like games are a big Leger test. Our offense needs to be much more methodical and our wings need to work their asses off to go back after a shot/TO or else our big man, he gets gassed and starts watching too much.Marty [Mori Chu] wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:05 amAyton has been everything I could have hoped for. But I do have to admit that I'm watching a lot of Doncic highlights and wondering about what might have been. I think I would rather be watching Doncic do his thing every night on this team than what I am seeing right now. But I concede that Ayton was probably the right pick and has been quite impressive.
Regarding Doncic, I'll say he is surprising me in two ways:
1.- He is scoring more volume than I thought. Up to this last game vs the Spurs, his %s were right about where I expected in his rookie season, although I believe they will go back to less than average efficiency with a larger sample.
2.- He is not taking care of the ball as well as I thought, posting 4 TOs and 4 assists (low regardless of TOs), especially as he is not directing the offense as much as he could. DAL will tell you this is because his teammates suck, but then again, so do Ayton's, and he is even more dependent on others to get his.
Anyway, in both cases the sky is the limit.
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By the way, I just loooove how MIL is now the last undefeated team. Last season we missed on their pick by one spot as we needed MIL to finish #15 or #16, but they ended up #17. Now they look like a top5 team in the regular season and the pick won't convey this year either. We are looking at a low 1stR in 2020 (it's top7 protected by then). Just great.
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Re: Around the League: Week 3 10/29-11/4
Yes, same here. Doncic is great but I was expecting more assists from him. He creates more for himself which is strange while everyone expected that he would be first of all a primary initiator.
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Re: Around the League: Week 3 10/29-11/4
Well Dallas is playing him at power forward, which may explain the fewer assists and more rebounds. The talk for the Suns was that they would try to turn him into a point guard--who knows how that would have worked out.
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