NBA: *** 2024 NBA thread ***

[WISCY1895]

 

[HFCS]

Pacers starting backcourt beyond efficient.

20 assists
1 turnover
70% fg
45 points

Nuts.

 

[heitclone]

If those Golden State/Houston game stays close, it's going to get chippy.

 

[HFCS]

If those Golden State/Houston game stays close, it's going to get chippy.

Young talented teams tend to ”pay dues” for at least a year or two. Even if Houston survives I think Minnesota went through more of that last year and will be a load for them.

 

[heitclone]

Young talented teams tend to ”pay dues” for at least a year or two. Even if Houston survives I think Minnesota went through more of that last year and will be a load for them.

I think Minnesota will cruise against either team, just too big and athletic. I'm hoping for a Denver/Minn rematch. I don't love KAT but he played Jokic really well last year, while Gobert gets torched by him. Randle seems like a better matchup than KAT for Gordon as well. That trade made Minnesota a better overall team but losing KAT may make Denver a tougher matchup for them than last year.

 

[bpmdu]

hopin on the warriors here, not many years left to see Steph in playoffs and really don’t like Sengun

 

[JP4CY]

Rockets bouncing back a little here.

 

[FerShizzle]

adams fouls so much

 

[FerShizzle]

hopin on the warriors here, not many years left to see Steph in playoffs and really don’t like Sengun

curry helped change the way modern basketball is played. i would love to see him get a couple more chances at a final.

plus he is by all accounts a great dude and teammate.

 

[JP4CY]

Rut roh Houston

 

[FerShizzle]

Rut roh Houston

i think they have one more run in them.

 

[FerShizzle]

Rut roh Houston

GS wins 19 out of 20 times. no way is that right. a GS win feels like 60/40 at best.

 

[JP4CY]

Hield having a game

 

[FerShizzle]

that has to be FTs and the ball to GS.

 

[AuH2O]

Totally different physical skills (Stockton was tougher/meaner, Tyrese is way longer) but they are the same in that they mainly want to control pace and flow of offense and any of their own scoring just comes from that.

You could compare Tyrese to a skinny Magic for a more 1:1 of his style of playmaking and running transition basketball, if Magic had played in a later era he'd have been a better outside shooter, it just wasn't a priority of the era.

I really don’t know of a great comp for Halliburton. About the only recent PG that really made an offense hum like this plus had the ability to shoot has maybe been peak MVP year Steve Nash.

 

[FerShizzle]

steph curry is a bad man

 

[JP4CY]

Rockets are cooked

 

[ABECyguy]

What a final run by the warriors to close it out. Playoff jimmy and Steph with clutch plays

 

[JP4CY]

Rockets pressing down 14 with :12 to play.

 

[Peter]

Houston is gonna be fine. Lots of talent there. Thompson is going to be a menace. Just need to develop some more scoring.