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2021-2022 NBA Regular Season

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Who Will Win the NBA Title This Season?

  • THE CAVS

    Votes: 56 47.9%

  • The Lakers

    Votes: 4 3.4%

  • The Bucks

    Votes: 15 12.8%

  • The Suns

    Votes: 9 7.7%

  • The Hawks

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • The Warriors

    Votes: 17 14.5%

  • The Brooklyn Betas

    Votes: 9 7.7%

  • The Clippers

    Votes: 1 0.9%

  • The Jim Chones

    Votes: 3 2.6%

  • The Timberwolves

    Votes: 3 2.6%
  • Total voters
    117
Rich said:
Lay my marker down now: Phoenix will not sniff the Finals this year, they won't make it out of the 1st round.

Last year was lightning in a bottle with that team. Everything worked all at once AND they caught everyone they played with major, major injuries to all-star players. All of them.

That was one of those things you could see it happening in real time that they were playing with uber confidence in part because the other teams were hobbled.

Quite simply, Chris Paul, while still awesome, is too old to carry a team year after year and Devin Booker Just. Isn't. Good. Enough.
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I would take Booker over any other Cavs player not named Mobley
 
What are the Rockets doing, why don't they just play John Wall? It's gotta be better for the development of their young players to have a veteran point guard running the team rather than a maniac like KPJ trying to do it. This is malpractice. I thought the league is anti-tanking and here the Rockets are, blatantly tanking for the whole world to see.
 
Rich said:
I have to tune into this game.

The Clippers look fucking awful right now.

I get it. They're missing Leonard and Ibaka and that's massive.


But some of these dudes who looked like absolute monsters in the post-season look like shit this year.

Reggie Jackson at the top of that list.
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Tyrone Lue proving once again he’s an awful coach unless he has one of the leagues top 5 players
 
Goldin Brown said:
What are the Rockets doing, why don't they just play John Wall? It's gotta be better for the development of their young players to have a veteran point guard running the team rather than a maniac like KPJ trying to do it. This is malpractice. I thought the league is anti-tanking and here the Rockets are, blatantly tanking for the whole world to see.
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Wall is being paid $44 million to not play by Houston. It’s essentially the same thing the Cavs did last year with Drummond. There just isn’t a big market for players making that much money who get stats, but don’t seem to contribute to winning.
 
No matter how good Jalen Green may become offensively, if he doesn't somehow fix his D, he is going to be a detriment to his team. He is going to be targeted by everyone, especially in the playoffs if he ever reaches it. Players are just taking him straight to the rim like a little kid.
 
Sir'Dom Pointer said:
No matter how good Jalen Green may become offensively, if he doesn't somehow fix his D, he is going to be a detriment to his team. He is going to be targeted by everyone, especially in the playoffs if he ever reaches it. Players are just taking him straight to the rim like a little kid.
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He is a little kid.
 
Cavatt said:
He is a little kid.
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I'm comparing him to other young players that come out of the draft. He is special in that case. I have not seen a SG get attacked like that straight to the rim since forever.. not that I can remember anyways.

If you believe he can pack on considerable pounds on this frame without hurting his athleticism then sure. I'm not. I think he is one of those players who is bound to be skinnier their whole career.
 
Sir'Dom Pointer said:
No matter how good Jalen Green may become offensively, if he doesn't somehow fix his D, he is going to be a detriment to his team. He is going to be targeted by everyone, especially in the playoffs if he ever reaches it. Players are just taking him straight to the rim like a little kid.
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He is a kid man. He's in game 8 and he's 19.
 
Sir'Dom Pointer said:
I'm comparing him to other young players that come out of the draft. He is special in that case. I have not seen a SG get attacked like that straight to the rim since forever.. not that I can remember anyways.

If you believe he can pack on considerable pounds on this frame without hurting his athleticism then sure. I'm not. I think he is one of those players who is bound to be skinnier their whole career.
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He does have a slight frame.
 
Rich said:
He is a kid man. He's in game 8 and he's 19.
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He is a kid, but kids come into the NBA every damn year and they don't look like that defensively. That's basically what i'm saying. If he had a more solid frame then I wouldn't be saying this.
 
Was rooting for Houston last night, Lakers got lucky. Carmelo Anthony is so much better for that team and more conducive to winning than Westbrook is (once again Westbrook, even on a decent shooting night for him, had the worst +/- of their starters). They are so lucky they got Carmelo, the way he plays fits perfectly with their needs and he is shooting the lights out. They are 5-3 despite a total creampuff schedule and I'd say they would be like 3-5 without Carmelo.
 
My early takes while catching up on last nights games:

Bye Bye Herro
The time to capitalize on Herro has passed. He was my preferred trade for Sexton before the season, he and Okpala (still obtainable) and now you see why. He had a skillset overlap where he was pinched between Duncan Robinson's perimeter shooting and Dragic's dribble drive with both of those guys seeking new contracts and Spo just not having patience for Herro last season. Where he benefit most is from Dragic moving on, Duncan getting his payday and Lowry/Tucker being super smart offensive IQ players who are willing to set him up to play to his strengths. Guess who would ALSO produce like this with a ultimate greenlight playing next to smart veterans in Rubio and Love as the first guy off the bench?

Celtics Overlap
Speaking of skillset overlaps... Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum will never work together as long as they are the best two players on the team. Marcus Smart is speaking with the blessing and power of Brad Stevens office, so please don't assume he is available or speaking out of turn. Stevens had a interview yesterday and he spoke glowingly of Smart not just voicing what he did, but also putting in the work to communicate with Tatum and Brown after the interview individually. If Boston could acquire a floor general with enough respect/cache to make Tatum stop pounding the ball (as long as he plays this way, Brown is the better all around player who makes teammates better, but Tatum is unquestionably more talented with a higher ceiling) they can save their season and this Udoke era, however, the overlap between Brown and Tatum will remain. Rubio, John Wall, Ghost of Rondo (limited playing role but more lockerroom/mentor role) are three acquisitions they could make. Schroder is looking for a payday and the language barrier/lack of floor general in his game is exacerbating this.

Fade the Cade
Please visit the Draft thread from last season if you need better context for why I said early and often not to draft Cade Cunningham. I get the excuses about injuries... will not make him quicker, more athletic and NOW taller/longer as he's easily the most misrepresented measurable guy since Isaac Okoro. He looks a good 6'5 to me and with his lack of burst and overall floor game (masked by Scottie Barnes and Moody in HS and masked by lesser talent with the whole offense running through him at OKSt) he's going to have a uphill battle to be better than average/replaceable as a pro on the perimeter. So grateful we didnt get stuck with him. His BEST CASE scenario to me, is if he can mature his body and the game slows down so that he can play like a smaller Steve Smith (post injuries).

I would not trade Sexton for him straight up, I considered it when I thought he was 6'8 and capable of being a slow SG with a solid jumper and above average IQ/passing. Not sure where the conventional thought came from that he was a cant miss. Weaver is now tied to him so he'll have to eventually make moves to highlight his skillset and minimize his limitations. We should keep Detroit on our short call list for the foreseeable future.

Contenders
Miami, Utah, GSW, Chicago, BK, LAL, ATL (Young is starting to adjust to officiating and will be fine by midseason), Knicks (trust me, league is playing Thibs ball)

Borderline, need to make moves
Bucks (replace Tucker), Philly (move Simmons for a PG and/or halfcourt shot creator), Denver (need to infuse toughness before deadline/Murray returns...Gordon doesnt fit), Phoenix (should have paid Ayton, need to upgrade Crowder)

Pretenders, no shot on contending this yr so make moves accordingly
Dallas, Portland, Clips, Boston, Indy, Washington
 
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