NBA Season - now 24/25
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it's all coming up Lakers in the West. Nuggets, Rockets and Grizzlies have all stalled while the Lakers surge.
T-wolves, Clippers and especially the Suns are falling. Warriors have got themselves above the play-in, and the Blazers are clawing their way up the ladder.
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it's all coming up Lakers in the West. Nuggets, Rockets and Grizzlies have all stalled while the Lakers surge.
T-wolves, Clippers and especially the Suns are falling. Warriors have got themselves above the play-in, and the Blazers are clawing their way up the ladder.
@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
it's all coming up Lakers in the West. Nuggets, Rockets and Grizzlies have all stalled while the Lakers surge.
T-wolves, Clippers and especially the Suns are falling. Warriors have got themselves above the play-in, and the Blazers are clawing their way up the ladder.
The Lakers offence is looking increasingly sharp, but the key is heightened effort on defence. They are still a little small, but no one is going to want to play them in the playoffs. Not sure if they plan to use that center they traded for from SAC. I don't think he's even played since he joined the club
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Karma for Dallas is hitting hard
https://www.espn.com.au/nba/story/_/id/44107102/sources-mavericks-kyrie-irving-torn-acl-rest-season
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The front office and coaching team have a lot to answer for - apparently Kyrie has been playing more minutes than any other player
@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
The front office and coaching team have a lot to answer for - apparently Kyrie has been playing more minutes than any other player
And when I saw him, playing harder because he's trying to make a point. Same as AD. Was all fire and brimstone for 3 quarters before he broke
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Watching Rockets vs OKC at the moment, with the hometown OKC commentators.
It's a quirk of watching the NBA that I love - the rank hometown bias of the commentary (in non-national games). Calling players by first names or nicknames, complaining about virtually every decision that goes against them, no hype at all for great opposition plays...
In rugby we complain about bias home commentary but the NBA shows you what that would actually look like.
@barbarian said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
Watching Rockets vs OKC at the moment, with the hometown OKC commentators.
It's a quirk of watching the NBA that I love - the rank hometown bias of the commentary (in non-national games). Calling players by first names or nicknames, complaining about virtually every decision that goes against them, no hype at all for great opposition plays...
In rugby we complain about bias home commentary but the NBA shows you what that would actually look like.
I quite like that about the home broadcast teams. There’s usually a former player (in OKC’s case it’s former Sonic Michael Cage, as one-eyed as they come) and a commentary man that has been a part of the furniture for eons. Their access to the team is high, some basically travel with the team, so they are just an extension of the franchise because it’s beaming into the home city.
What ESPN International / AUS-NZ does is pay rights for them. I think there must’ve been a multi-year deal on OKC because of the Giddey factor, as we get a lot of their non-national televised games.
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@barbarian said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
Watching Rockets vs OKC at the moment, with the hometown OKC commentators.
It's a quirk of watching the NBA that I love - the rank hometown bias of the commentary (in non-national games). Calling players by first names or nicknames, complaining about virtually every decision that goes against them, no hype at all for great opposition plays...
In rugby we complain about bias home commentary but the NBA shows you what that would actually look like.
I quite like that about the home broadcast teams. There’s usually a former player (in OKC’s case it’s former Sonic Michael Cage, as one-eyed as they come) and a commentary man that has been a part of the furniture for eons. Their access to the team is high, some basically travel with the team, so they are just an extension of the franchise because it’s beaming into the home city.
What ESPN International / AUS-NZ does is pay rights for them. I think there must’ve been a multi-year deal on OKC because of the Giddey factor, as we get a lot of their non-national televised games.
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
@barbarian said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
Watching Rockets vs OKC at the moment, with the hometown OKC commentators.
It's a quirk of watching the NBA that I love - the rank hometown bias of the commentary (in non-national games). Calling players by first names or nicknames, complaining about virtually every decision that goes against them, no hype at all for great opposition plays...
In rugby we complain about bias home commentary but the NBA shows you what that would actually look like.
I quite like that about the home broadcast teams. There’s usually a former player (in OKC’s case it’s former Sonic Michael Cage, as one-eyed as they come) and a commentary man that has been a part of the furniture for eons. Their access to the team is high, some basically travel with the team, so they are just an extension of the franchise because it’s beaming into the home city.
What ESPN International / AUS-NZ does is pay rights for them. I think there must’ve been a multi-year deal on OKC because of the Giddey factor, as we get a lot of their non-national televised games.
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This is frankly ridiculous. And it speaks to just how insanely good Steph Curry is that we sort of just say "oh yeah another Steph highlight"
Off balance spinning fadeaway 3 with two guys in his face from the logo buzzer beater? GTFO Sky Fucker
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Mark Cuban screwed up letting Steve Nash leave years before. And before the Mavs' new ownership let Luka go there was Jalen Brunson.
https://www.espn.com.au/nba/story/_/id/44320045/the-wonder-boy-jalen-brunson-tim-macmahon
Amazing how Cuban never learned his lesson (in the Brunson instance, Luka did not happen on his watch
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Mark Cuban screwed up letting Steve Nash leave years before. And before the Mavs' new ownership let Luka go there was Jalen Brunson.
https://www.espn.com.au/nba/story/_/id/44320045/the-wonder-boy-jalen-brunson-tim-macmahon
Amazing how Cuban never learned his lesson (in the Brunson instance, Luka did not happen on his watch
@canefan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
Mark Cuban screwed up letting Steve Nash leave years before. And before the Mavs' new ownership let Luka go there was Jalen Brunson.
https://www.espn.com.au/nba/story/_/id/44320045/the-wonder-boy-jalen-brunson-tim-macmahon
Amazing how Cuban never learned his lesson (in the Brunson instance, Luka did not happen on his watch
I love reading all these pundits opinions because there’s always some truth in what they say, but purely on the eye test there’s no way they Brunson becomes the player that he has if he we’re still playing with Luka.
Brunson is ball dominant so wasn’t going to be able to settle as a catch and shoot guy or just running the second unit. Plus he’s not Kyrie in the way that Kyrie can play off the ball and that was pivotal in getting to the big show last year.
So in my estimation not paying Brunson paid off because it opened the door for Kyrie.
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Josh Giddey in a real purple patch.
Almost recorded a quadruple double the other night against the Lakers in LA - with both LeBron and Luka playing.
Backed it up today with 26, 8, 9 and the W against the Jokic-less Nuggets
Not only the numbers, but the efficiency and the fact he’s confident in taking the 3 ball despite his funky action.
They will be in the play in so who knows. Big thing is whether the Bulls will pay him because with this run there will be other teams willing to pay him.
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@canefan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
Mark Cuban screwed up letting Steve Nash leave years before. And before the Mavs' new ownership let Luka go there was Jalen Brunson.
https://www.espn.com.au/nba/story/_/id/44320045/the-wonder-boy-jalen-brunson-tim-macmahon
Amazing how Cuban never learned his lesson (in the Brunson instance, Luka did not happen on his watch
I love reading all these pundits opinions because there’s always some truth in what they say, but purely on the eye test there’s no way they Brunson becomes the player that he has if he we’re still playing with Luka.
Brunson is ball dominant so wasn’t going to be able to settle as a catch and shoot guy or just running the second unit. Plus he’s not Kyrie in the way that Kyrie can play off the ball and that was pivotal in getting to the big show last year.
So in my estimation not paying Brunson paid off because it opened the door for Kyrie.
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
@canefan said in NBA Season - now 24/25:
Mark Cuban screwed up letting Steve Nash leave years before. And before the Mavs' new ownership let Luka go there was Jalen Brunson.
https://www.espn.com.au/nba/story/_/id/44320045/the-wonder-boy-jalen-brunson-tim-macmahon
Amazing how Cuban never learned his lesson (in the Brunson instance, Luka did not happen on his watch
I love reading all these pundits opinions because there’s always some truth in what they say, but purely on the eye test there’s no way they Brunson becomes the player that he has if he we’re still playing with Luka.
Brunson is ball dominant so wasn’t going to be able to settle as a catch and shoot guy or just running the second unit. Plus he’s not Kyrie in the way that Kyrie can play off the ball and that was pivotal in getting to the big show last year.
So in my estimation not paying Brunson paid off because it opened the door for Kyrie.
I forgot about Kyrie. That is fair
