Around the NBA: Week 12 (1/5 - 1/11)

[SunsRIt]

Didn’t a lesser player get suspended for that a month or so ago?

[ShelC]

Yea can't remember who but the water bottle bounced and hit someone in the face.

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[pickle]

i watched the rockets blazers game. Of course with the rockets down 6 with 15 seconds to go KD makes a careless inbounds pass that was easily intercepted that marked the end of the rockets’ effort to come back.

[Mori Chu]

I think KD has reached a point in his career where, given everything about the way he plays and his contract, he is actually a net negative for a team. He occupies max cap space and you have to run your offense through him, where he's going to hog the ball, over-dribble, chuck, and get stripped and get the ball stolen over and over. He'll get you 25-30 points and have a decent looking box score, but the rest of your team will stagnate and stand around as he pounds the air out of the ball and then gets his pass picked off. I don't think you can win a title with KD on your team. We are so much better off without him.

[ShelC]

Rockets fans are hilarious. Beginning of the season they were invincible, now they're melting down over B2B losses to the Blazers. They're quick to blame everyone else (Ime and Jabari last night) but also are starting to cool a bit on KD I think. And for the first 2 months of the season they kept talking about waiting to get DFS back like he was some missing piece.

And FWIW, the Suns lost B2B against the Blazers last year. Maybe it's a KD thing?

[JJ Slim]

I read this and was like who is Mornat?

[TOO]

Rockets fans are hilarious. Beginning of the season they were invincible, now they're melting down over B2B losses to the Blazers. They're quick to blame everyone else (Ime and Jabari last night) but also are starting to cool a bit on KD I think. And for the first 2 months of the season they kept talking about waiting to get DFS back like he was some missing piece.

And FWIW, the Suns lost B2B against the Blazers last year. Maybe it's a KD thing?

The Rockets weren't broke, they should have left it alone, much like the Suns previously. If this has shown anything, it's that KD isn't the piece to chase to get you from good to great as a team.

[Superbone]

Yea can't remember who but the water bottle bounced and hit someone in the face.

Brandon Ingram.

[Superbone]

Rockets fans are hilarious. Beginning of the season they were invincible, now they're melting down over B2B losses to the Blazers. They're quick to blame everyone else (Ime and Jabari last night) but also are starting to cool a bit on KD I think. And for the first 2 months of the season they kept talking about waiting to get DFS back like he was some missing piece.

And FWIW, the Suns lost B2B against the Blazers last year. Maybe it's a KD thing?

The Rockets weren't broke, they should have left it alone, much like the Suns previously. If this has shown anything, it's that KD isn't the piece to chase to get you from good to great as a team.

Yup. He's the final piece on a ready-made team. See: Warriors. They won before and after he was there.

[Split T]

Ehh, the Rockets are still very good. I think you guys are putting the suns troubles with KD onto the rockets and I don’t think it’s the same. Ya they lost to the Blazers, but they beat us and they are playing without Sengun. They kinda have to play through KD when Sengun is out.

I watched part of the game last night, and it’s hard to win when you have Smith/Thompson/DFS go 1/20 from 3. Rockets still have the 2nd best point differential in the league. I don’t think they will win a championship, but they are not the KD suns at all.

[Superbone]

Ehh, the Rockets are still very good. I think you guys are putting the suns troubles with KD onto the rockets and I don’t think it’s the same. Ya they lost to the Blazers, but they beat us and they are playing without Sengun. They kinda have to play through KD when Sengun is out.

I watched part of the game last night, and it’s hard to win when you have Smith/Thompson/DFS go 1/20 from 3. Rockets still have the 2nd best point differential in the league. I don’t think they will win a championship, but they are not the KD suns at all.

You're no fun, man!

[Split T]

My bad, hate away haha

[Superbone]

My bad, hate away haha

To your point:

[ShelC]

Rockets are a good team, I don't think anyone's taking that away from them. But point differential can be overrated too - they've had a pretty soft schedule, had some wins against some good teams but also blew out the Jazz, Nets (twice), Wizards, Kings (and us twice) along the way which helps skew things.

[Superbone]

Rockets are a good team, I don't think anyone's taking that away from them. But point differential can be overrated too - they've had a pretty soft schedule, had some wins against some good teams but also blew out the Jazz, Nets (twice), Wizards, Kings (and us twice) along the way which helps skew things.

Shel, please tell me you didn't just lump the Suns in with the Jazz, Nets, Wizards, and Kings.

[ShelC]

No I was just making the point that we got blown out twice by the Rockets which helps their point differential.

[LazarusLong]

Rockets fans are hilarious. Beginning of the season they were invincible, now they're melting down over B2B losses to the Blazers. They're quick to blame everyone else (Ime and Jabari last night) but also are starting to cool a bit on KD I think. And for the first 2 months of the season they kept talking about waiting to get DFS back like he was some missing piece.

And FWIW, the Suns lost B2B against the Blazers last year. Maybe it's a KD thing?

Portland has won five in the row and are one of the "warmer" teams in the league.
Not a team to be overlooked at the moment.
Look at the roster and it's like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: "Who are those guys?"

[Wally_West]

Clippers on a hot streak now too. They are gonna be a problem play in team. West is brutal.

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