Basketball/NBA

[Gnidrologist]

KP was one of those cases where he is good enough to be best player on a bad team, but not good enough to be best player in a contender.

In the Knicks they treated him as the future and gromed him as such, so when he had to be Luka's sidekick it was an issue.

He had the tools to be a great pick and roll player, but he wanted to be fed in the mid range, but this kills the offensive flow, and Rick Carlisle is the greatest offensive coach the NBA has ever seen (not an exaggeration) so he moved him as 3Pt line to be more catch and shoot.


His failure to learn that P&R has cost him, Luka and the Mavs the chance to be a legit dynasty. That and his health

Yeah, i get that. Not even big fan of his. Just wondering why he hasn't got any certain role in any of the teams he played. He'd be great at some top European teams, but NBA seem to want him still because of his peculiar physique and skills. Will probably always be a role player rather than someone, who can decide matches. Seems to be good in defense so that's already a plus for most coaches, even if attacking potential doesn't get maxed. Weird to see such a tall guy be more of a jack-of-all-trades than certain position and role.

Yeah, I know Davis Bertans well as a fan of San Antonio Spurs and he's very similar to Vezenkov, specialty being the 3PT shots. Many great Euroleague players don't last long in NBA, not because they are not great, but they cannot adapt to the street ball of the league. That trend is in reverse now with more Euro coaches coming to NBA.

He was crucial in our best run at international b-ball recently being a hair away from semis in recent WC. A typical team player, who fills certain role and works hard, but doesn't have any "swag".

 

[iniestaGOAT]

What do you make of my countryman Porzingis? He also seems to be victim of this new trend, where initially would be PF with ability to penetrate or pass around the "box" or whatsitscalled in the b-ball, but instead most of the time i see him roaming around 3-p line. He's good shot from there for a really tall guy, no doubt, but i'm dissapoint that he didn't focus on becoming more of the menace from up close apart from random dunks and put-backs. With his height he could hook the opponents to death, but instead he chooses to be 2.20 Steff wannabe.

He is a fragile human being.
He can't stay inside and hang with the bigs anyway, a part of his body would be breaking every game.

 

[Gnidrologist]

Even though you're mostly full of shit, that much is true. Half of his career he's been injured and pretty much never shown great leadership as a player. Just decent role player.

 

[El Gato]

So only just caught up for the Conference Finals
T-Pups being T-Wolves seems wild
From what I managed to see seems we have two 100+ pts per game every game teams in the east and two opposites on the other side
Interesting

It's interesting being a lapsed NBA fan in this post-GoldenState era

And then you have the Redick-LeBron pod doing awesome media in the run up this entire spring
I think it's genuinely making LeBron the most likeable he's ever been seen as
Kobe levels of recall for anecdotal parts of the game
Editors of that thing are exceptionally underrated

 

[Windhook]

So only just caught up for the Conference Finals
T-Pups being T-Wolves seems wild
From what I managed to see seems we have two 100+ pts per game every game teams in the east and two opposites on the other side
Interesting

It's interesting being a lapsed NBA fan in this post-GoldenState era

And then you have the Redick-LeBron pod doing awesome media in the run up this entire spring
I think it's genuinely making LeBron the most likeable he's ever been seen as
Kobe levels of recall for anecdotal parts of the game
Editors of that thing are exceptionally underrated

I'm following Inside the NBA for Charles Barkley mainly. The guy is gold in humor.

Anthony Edwards is the Ant-Man, the main guy to follow in the play-offs. The reason is he's the next MJ/Kobe according to many. T-Wolves look destined to win the title, if they manage to beat Dallas of Luka Doncic. The Eastern Conference looks weaker with Celtics/Pacers.

 

[El Gato]

Inside the NBA has always been good for light hearted coverage with some basic digestible analysis and the more informal stuff

The Redick-LBJ pod is almost revolutionary in its breakdowns and editing footage with examples in around their conversation
Really the first pod of this magnitude done by an actual legend of the game I can remember that exposes how shit panel shows most people are used to can be
Very much by the nerds for the nerds stuff

 

[Windhook]

Inside the NBA has always been good for light hearted coverage with some basic digestible analysis and the more informal stuff

The Redick-LBJ pod is almost revolutionary in its breakdowns and editing footage with examples in around their conversation
Really the first pod of this magnitude done by an actual legend of the game I can remember that exposes how shit panel shows most people are used to can be
Very much by the nerds for the nerds stuff

There are rumors that Reddick is going to coach Lakers next season without any experience. I'm not a fan of LBJ, but his figure and influence is unmatched in the league. BTW his son, Bronny, is in the draft this summer. We all know where the kid's heading.

 

[Windhook]

Kyrie Irving schooled Anthony Edwards. Took the "give me Kyrie" remarks personally.

 

[jamrock]

I haven't watched a single basketball game, all season, the game has gotten so soft,it's turned me off completely or these games good now?.

 

[CatalinR10]

Iirc , read somewhere around 2-3 years ago that basketball is the 4th most watched sport in NA , have the numbers gone down even more since then ?

 

[Windhook]

Highlights strictly. Not worth watching a full game that lasts up to 3 hours when game time is only 48 minutes. You can imagine the level of excitement watching fat Americans enjoying themselves to shitty hip-hop or old school rock hits for 2 h 12 minutes during time-outs.

Besides that you have to wake up at 3-4am to watch it in Europe. Not worth tormenting, depriving yourself of sleep. I did it a few times earlier this season to watch Sasha Vezenkov, Euroleague MVP play for Sacramento Kings. The fucking coach did not play him more than 15 minutes all rookie season. Probably deserved, because Sasha has mastered the 3pt shooting only. Nothing more to his game. No dribbling, no physicality.

 

[KingLeo10]

Luka and Kyrie cooking the Wolves

 

[khaled_a_d]

4 point total difference is far from cooking. Wolves are very good away from home.
But yeah, best start for Mavs.

 

[KingLeo10]

4 point total difference is far from cooking. Wolves are very good away from home.
But yeah, best start for Mavs.

Cooking not in the sense of blowouts, but when it comes time to close, Kyrie and Luka are a different stratosphere.

Happened again tonight.

 

[El Gato]

There was a stretch of game 2 where Kyrie and Luka would run the same play over and over and over for big part of a quarter cuz Wolves couldn't make a stop. So funny