NBA Season 2016/17

[plumdog millionaire]

LeBron with the massive flop lmao

[RiOtChEsS]

Warriors are making a statement

[Jay]

How come D Rose got fined for not showing up but the Cavs didn't? :P

[Mat0369]

I just watched the 6'ers game from yesterday. JoJo was shooting terribly but he played amazingly on the other end. His excellent D lead to some easy buckets on the other end. He was able to work his way to the line consistently fouling out Antetokounmpo.

Saric is another guy that just keeps working his a** off. He takes a few ill advised shots but his hustle and effort is always there.

[Mat0369]

[Hawka]

I havent really gotten into Basketball until last year so i didnt have a team
and after Phillys last year i took an interest in them, even more when they got Simmons
i watch there first game against Oklahoma and they just lost but played well
ive been following them closey and i have been enjoying them even though they have lost alot more then they have won, and simmons will make them even better!
But i think Philly is my team :)

[Mat0369]

Joel Embiid is averaging 38.5 points per 100 possessions, the most by a rookie since 1973-74, the first year that we can measure possessions

3 points more then Jordan  :o

Simmons also posted a pic on instagram of him standing around on the court shortly after it was announced that Bulls/Heat has been bumped as the national game for 6'ers/Rockets. Rumor is that Simmons will debut in that game next week. That will be quite surprising if it is the case but it means we get a look at JoJo and Simmons together on an NBA court. That's going to be insanely fun to watch.

[Mat0369]

So does he win DPOTY on a minutes restriction?

[j959]

I havent really gotten into Basketball until last year so i didnt have a team
and after Phillys last year i took an interest in them, even more when they got Simmons
i watch there first game against Oklahoma and they just lost but played well
ive been following them closey and i have been enjoying them even though they have lost alot more then they have won, and simmons will make them even better!
But i think Philly is my team :)

#bandwagon

just teasing Hawka, if you're just tuning in you won't know the recent history of 'the process' ... (Philly have been off-loading vet contracts and stashing draft picks the last 4-5 yrs (?? that about right peeps?) and tanking while hoping to draft a bunch of superstars (bit like a cr*pshoot though) ...

anyway, better to be a 6ers fan than a long suffering suns one ...  :P   :-X   :'(    ;)

ok, someone please help keep up my Phoenix interest pls ...

so ... Brandon Knight for Jahil Okafor before the trade deadline eh??   ;)

[valkorum]

To the Kings:  PLAY THE FLOWERING KIDS

We aren't gonna finish 8th
Rudy Gay just tore his Achilles (guess he won't be opting out now)

Clear some of the old guys: Tolliver, Barnes & Afflalo and start giving those minutes to Malachi Richardson & Willy Cauley-Stein

[jvalles69]

All-star starting fives are in.  Curry over Westbrook, blurgh!

East
Irving
Derozen
Lebron
Butler
Giannis

West
Curry
Harden
Leonard
Durant
AD

East gone get smashed!

[LaHug]

Irving over Lowry and Thomas is a bit irksome. Curry over Westbrook too. Was hoping that Embiid would get through over Butler but player voting hurt the rook. Still, nobody that made the starters doesn't deserve to play in the All-Star game so, for once, starter selections won't cause a snub from the game itself.

[Gandalf123]

Wowww John Wall

[Hawka]

I havent really gotten into Basketball until last year so i didnt have a team
and after Phillys last year i took an interest in them, even more when they got Simmons
i watch there first game against Oklahoma and they just lost but played well
ive been following them closey and i have been enjoying them even though they have lost alot more then they have won, and simmons will make them even better!
But i think Philly is my team :)

#bandwagon

just teasing Hawka, if you're just tuning in you won't know the recent history of 'the process' ... (Philly have been off-loading vet contracts and stashing draft picks the last 4-5 yrs (?? that about right peeps?) and tanking while hoping to draft a bunch of superstars (bit like a cr*pshoot though) ...

anyway, better to be a 6ers fan than a long suffering suns one ...  :P   :-X   :'(    ;)

ok, someone please help keep up my Phoenix interest pls ...

so ... Brandon Knight for Jahil Okafor before the trade deadline eh??   ;)

i knew they were getting rid of alot of older players recently :P
im not tryning to bandwagon haha i just like them 

[Jay]

Yeah Westbrook should have been an All-Star starter but he missed out because the back-to-back MVP on the best team in basketball got in, which isn't as crazy as everyone is making it out to be. And then Harden > Westbrook is a toss of a coin, but I have no issues with Harden being chosen ahead, his team has played much better than Westbrook's with similar talent around him. The real snub was Lowry, how he wasn't the #1 guard in the east makes absolutely no sense.

Lowry: 23.9 PER, 2nd in Real Plus-Minus, 7.4 Win Shares, 124 offensive rating, 64 TS%
DeRozan: 25.2 PER, 114th in RPM, 5.5 Win Shares, 114 ortg, 55.7 TS%
Irving: 21.3 PER, 75th in RPM, 4.1 Win Shares, 114 ortg, 56.8 TS%

How you can watch the Raptors and think that DeRozan is their best player is just crazy. When Lowry is off the court they have a -3.6 net rating, that's right about where the Kings rank this season. With DeRozan off the court, they are +14.4 which is better than the Warriors.

I love Isaiah, he is 1st in isolation scoring, 9th as the ball handler in PnR and 3rd in pull-up shooting - he's an unbelievable offensive player and should make the all-star team, but even I couldn't make an argument for him to be ahead of Lowry just because IT takes away so much from your team defense whereas Lowry is good on that end. Overall, I don't think it was an awful set of starters, it wasn't perfect but I don't think it ever will be :P