Around the NBA: Week 10 (12/22 - 12/28)

[Wally_West]

Wemby truly hates Chet. Love it.

Thunder really don’t want that spurs smoke lol

[pickle]

Thunder loses three in a row to the Spurs. Did anyone watch? Was this a whistles issue or matchup problem? Mind boggling.

[Split T]

I watched a good chunk of it. It’s not even a Wemby thing. Spurs just seem to have their number. They defend SGA really well…he seems very average against them.

[pickle]

So … refs swallowed their whistles and allowed the Spurs to defend him?

[Superbone]

Ayton with 2 rebounds today in the Lakers loss. You hate to see it.

[Split T]

So … refs swallowed their whistles and allowed the Spurs to defend him?

I don’t remember any bogus fouls

[SunsRIt]

Jokic with 56 16 and 15 last night. Crazy.

[carey]

Ayton with 2 rebounds today in the Lakers loss. You hate to see it.

You see JJ's quotes after the game about certain players not even knowing the basic plan for the game? I wonder who that could be about.

[ShelC]

Maybe JJ gets the team to respond but I think the Lakers are likely to slide in the standings. Felt like their record's been padded and with James seemingly checked out and the Lakers in a sort of transition around Luka, I think they staring falling apart soon.

[Charlie Smithy!]

Maybe JJ gets the team to respond but I think the Lakers are likely to slide in the standings. Felt like their record's been padded and with James seemingly checked out and the Lakers in a sort of transition around Luka, I think they staring falling apart soon.

But how does this make you feel?

[Wally_West]

lol

[TOO]

Id say LA fans are delusional, but every few years they seem to land a star for their shit buckets.

[Wally_West]

[Wally_West]

Jalen Smith should be a trade target. A true 4 and can play back up C in spots too.

Bulls: Royce, Richards, 2nd round pick


Suns: Jalen Smith, Dalen Terry.

[pickle]

I have a soft spot in my heart for Stix but he’s not a 4 and he’s not worth Royce given the current makeup of the team. I wonder if we could somehow wrangle Vanderbilt from the Lakers. I really wanted Yabusele last year but I’m kind of over that this year too.

[TOO]

Trading O'Neale for players who are worse is definitely a strategy I can't get behind.

[Kryptonic]

Trading O'Neale for players who are worse is definitely a strategy I can't get behind.

Hey, it was in the evening and Wally''s prob had a couple

[specialsauce]

Royce is one of the worst defenders in the league. If his 3 ball is not on he kills us out there

[Mori Chu]

Royce is one of the worst defenders in the league. If his 3 ball is not on he kills us out there

Royce is super hot-and-cold; if his shooting is on, he's an awesome weapon. If he's cold, he feels like a big net negative. But even when he is having an off night shooting-wise, he still draws defenders because you have to respect his 3-point shot. I wish we could upgrade the 4 spot, but I'd be nervous swapping out Royce for anybody who isn't a great 3-point shooter. I wouldn't want to bring in a bigger bruising PF who wants to play inside because I think that would hurt our spacing. Stix is an interesting choice, but I don't think I would give up all three of Royce, Richards, and a 2nd round pick for him.

[specialsauce]

Giving up Richards is literally nothing. It's Royce and a 2nd. That's a no-brainer for me. I don't think he has much value to us or anyone else. As soon as we're healthy, he's going to get minimal playing time

He is a complete traffic cone on the defensive end and the league knows it