NBA Thread

[eastcoastjaysfan]

http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-pm-giannis-antetokounmpo-ready-for-increased-role-new-position-bucks-milwaukee-point-guard/

 

So.... Apparently Giannis is moving to PG? I didn't even know this.

 

lol @ a guy with a 7'5" wingspan being a point guard.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Bruno apparently has hurt his calf. Hopefully he doesn't miss much time. His summer league performance was pretty encouraging.

[43211234]

Anthony Bennett in better shape.

 

[burlingtonbandit]

Bruno apparently has hurt his calf. Hopefully he doesn't miss much time. His summer league performance was pretty encouraging.

 

He's not going to play anyways lol. I guess training camp and the pre season could be good for his development but Ill take Bruno being injured over any of the main 9 guys.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

He's not going to play anyways lol. I guess training camp and the pre season could be good for his development but Ill take Bruno being injured over any of the main 9 guys.

 

He'll be playing in the D League. We need him healthy so he can practice with our top guys during the pre-season as well.

[jays_fever]

From what I read, they don't plan on sending him down the to D League for a single game. It's not their team so they can't really control how he's used down there or if he will even get minutes. DIfferent sets/schemes could also just complicate things for someone very new to the game

[burlingtonbandit]

From what I read, they don't plan on sending him down the to D League for a single game. It's not their team so they can't really control how he's used down there or if he will even get minutes. DIfferent sets/schemes could also just complicate things for someone very new to the game

 

Masai said yesterday when they have a week with a lot of games they will send him to the D league so he is getting playing time since they won't be practicing much.

[jays_fever]

That makes sense

[jays_fever]

Do the Raptors have the best back-court in the NBA right now? While it's comical that Dion Waiters believes that Kyrie and himself are the best duo, I actually took a quick look around the NBA and couldnt find a single tandem that I would take going into next year over Lowry and Derozan. Maybe Bledsoe and Dragic but I think I saw them play maybe once last year so I can't really compare the two

[Dr. Dinger]

Lillard-Batum/Matthews and Wall-Beal are pretty good. Curry-Klay? I guess it depends on who you classify as an SG or an SF.

[GD]

Curry and Klay are probably better, but I was thinking the same thing.

[burlingtonbandit]

For right now I have Lowry/Derozan 2nd behind Curry and Klay. Wall and Beal will probably be better in a year or 2 though. Lowry will start declining soon.

[43211234]

Dragic/Bledsoe is better and Paul/Reddick arguably is.

[Orgfiller]

Dragic/Bledsoe is better and Paul/Reddick arguably is.

 

Reddick pretty much only shoots 3's and FT's well. Paul is on another level but the duo isn't very impressive aside from him.

[burlingtonbandit]

Reddick pretty much only shoots 3's and FT's well. Paul is on another level but the duo isn't very impressive aside from him.

 

Its like the argument of the best 1/2 combo and having Lebron + random dude.

[Orgfiller]

Its like the argument of the best 1/2 combo and having Lebron + random dude.

 

Exactly what I was thinking haha.

[dineke]

Its like the argument of the best 1/2 combo and having Lebron + random dude.

 

Yeah, Paul + pretty much anyone is better than Curry + Klay.

[43211234]

Reddick pretty much only shoots 3's and FT's well. Paul is on another level but the duo isn't very impressive aside from him.

 

I think you're underrating Reddick. He has a career .582 TS% and, despite being white, he's not a defensive liability. I don't get the point about Lebron James. Paul is the best backcourt player in the league and the topic at hand is best backcourts in the league. Is the difference between Paul and Lowry less or greater than the difference between Derozan and Reddick? I think that's a valid discussion.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Basketball is back

 

 

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[eastcoastjaysfan]

Hopefully Bebe gets some minutes tonight. Also important to get Lou Will/JJ involved to get them comfortable.

 

Sucks Bruno is out.

[GD]

Sold out preseason game.

 

f***ing amazing.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

JV and DMC fight tonight.

 

Calling it now.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Amazing crowd.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

BIG LEAGUE MOVE from JV.

[Horses Fart]

BIG LEAGUE MOVE from JV.

 

Love this guy! Maybe a big year from him this year?

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Oh that's lovely. Sessions stomps Ross' ankle.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Louuuuuuuu

[eastcoastjaysfan]

This team is deep as s***. Hopefully Ross is ok.

 

2nd unit might be one of the best in basketball.

[Caper]

They are very deep this year.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Sim Bhullar lmfao