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Loving the effort here boys, Mike James and TJ leading the way.

I do not like Booker running ISO, feels like it ends in a turnover half the time. No way this could ever be a PG.

And my point on Russell , way too many shots without anybody else touching the ball. looks good if it goes in but that's not good offense

TheOriginalOriginal wrote:I do not like Booker running ISO, feels like it ends in a turnover half the time. No way this could ever be a PG.

He does fine starting from the wing, FT line extended. It's when he's coming off the dribble from outside the 3-point line that he tends to make poor decisions with the ball.

the way TJ can score in bunches is really impressive, a cool 20pt second half

Going to off of Booker. Not sure I like us putting in Jackson with 40 seconds left. Not the way he has been playing this game.

EDC wrote:

Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:So is the consensus that the Lakers were dumb to trade away D'Angelo Russell? He's really looking good for BKN so far this year.

The league is still enthralled with Magic. So they won't call it that for awhile. They will say he is locker room cancer or any number of other things before just pretending like he was always with the Nets.

They used him to dump Mozgov. Insane.

I don't think it was a bad move. They're trying to clear cap space, plus they got a draft pick from Brooklyn. Russell was/is too immature to handle playing in LA and had already burned too many bridges.

Suns win!

One more on this trip makes it a good one in my eyes.

INFORMER wrote:

EDC wrote:

Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:So is the consensus that the Lakers were dumb to trade away D'Angelo Russell? He's really looking good for BKN so far this year.

The league is still enthralled with Magic. So they won't call it that for awhile. They will say he is locker room cancer or any number of other things before just pretending like he was always with the Nets.

They used him to dump Mozgov. Insane.

I don't think it was a bad move. They're trying to clear cap space, plus they got a draft pick from Brooklyn. Russell was/is too immature to handle playing in LA and had already burned too many bridges.

Yeah, the whole Swaggy/Iggy thing killed him there forever. No way you recover from that in that locker room.

It is quite amusing watching them try to hoist up three point shots over Bender.

Split T wrote:This is the TJ we need

I really feel that for him to be a worthwhile player for us, he either needs to become a strong, consistent rebounder or a serious threat from beyond the arc.

Bender just showed why he's worth playing and holding over Chriss. He forced two terrible shots by guards isolated outside the three point line by himself. Find me another 19 year old 7-footer in the league who can do that.

If only we had had Eric Bledsoe in there to pound the ball for 20 seconds of each possession.....

Rockets play Knicks tmr
https://twitter.com/TheMattPetersen/status/925542688832843776

Interesting win. I thought we were done for. I wish TJ were more consistent but I do enjoy when he goes on his runs.

I'm not sure I'll ever get used to "second leading scorer Mike James."

EDC wrote:It is quite amusing watching them try to hoist up three point shots over Bender.

https://twitter.com/TheMattPetersen/status/925542363765837824

INFORMER wrote:

Split T wrote:This is the TJ we need

I really feel that for him to be a worthwhile player for us, he either needs to become a strong, consistent rebounder or a serious threat from beyond the arc.

Worthwhile is subjective, but I think he's good now. He can go up one more level by adding one of those things you mentioned. I'd prefer it to be the 3 point shot.

I got to see that last 7 minutes, and what a ride it was. I think we were down 98-106 and we go on a 22-8 run to win it. Bender and TJ won this game down the stretch and it was awesome to watch two of my favorite role players play like stars for a short stretch.

The Nets attacked Bender over and over down the stretch, and just couldn't get around or over him. Teams are going to figure out that he's not an easy mismatch to exploit. Plus, he was confident with the ball when he got it, and scored 5 in that stretch.

And TJ with basket after basket, the key rebound, and the key block. That's the Rush Hour we know he can be.

Woah, Bender shot 50% and was +20.

INFORMER wrote:

EDC wrote:

Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:So is the consensus that the Lakers were dumb to trade away D'Angelo Russell? He's really looking good for BKN so far this year.

The league is still enthralled with Magic. So they won't call it that for awhile. They will say he is locker room cancer or any number of other things before just pretending like he was always with the Nets.

They used him to dump Mozgov. Insane.

I don't think it was a bad move. They're trying to clear cap space, plus they got a draft pick from Brooklyn. Russell was/is too immature to handle playing in LA and had already burned too many bridges.

We could learn a lesson about moving players that don't fit BEFORE they publicly demand a trade.