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Free Vando damn it!!!!!

 

Vando is very weak now from all the soy he ingested

 

They are being cautious. Embiid missed a month with knee soreness.

 

Old man game. Beal was doing a lot of running in Washington.

 

James Harden playing the same way as he did at 18 years old.

 

Clippers will take as much old talent to not bottom out and make that a top 5 pick.

look for Derozen and Monk to the Clippers or Lavigne and Monk.

they want enough guys to compete and barely get in.

I also wouldn’t rule out an Anthony Davis to the clippers or a trade like a Miles Bridges or a Jerami Grant. They want guys good enough to keep them competitive and are willing to take on bigger salary to do that.

 

The end of the player empowerment era is very simple was Paul George!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

So..this article is rather amusing..the question put forth is...How are the Lakers winning all these games, while shooting so poorly? The author (Dan Woike)doesn't seem to have a clue, methinks it's because, we find a way to score more points than the other team! What say you?

I'm looking forward to see our stat guys around here, come up with the proper explanation.



https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/68...paign=601983&userId=2220976&source=dailyemail

 

Yeah, they just want to stay somewhat relevant so they're still seen as somewhat of a destination in summer 2027 when they have a bunch of cap room. Same thing Miami does.

 

Ya, free him to another team.

 

This

Led by DA in the paint

 

I mean these post Utah reactions are surpising to me as they don't mention the loss of Ayton all that much

With Ayton this team looks night and day from last year, without Ayton we're back to the team that struggled with the Wolves (luka healthier, lebron older, Laravia is solid but lost DFS). Ayton allows Hayes and even Maxi to slide into appropriate roles, give the Lakers playmakers an absolute finisher to make all that PnR action work.

I really like this team if it can only stay healthy and can flip Rui for Smart among the starters
*edit I should say Smart if the only significant change from Ayton from last year's team. He's been great but his impact is limited due to his minutes being restricted so far.

 

What hot starts by Jokic, SGA, Luka, Giannis mean for MVP race

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...s-alexander-giannis-antetokounmpo-luka-doncic

 

Another example of shifting offensive strategies? This time by the Firecrackers




https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/68...rockets-offense-rebounding-nba-cup-standings/

 

yeah, it's weird to have 4 guys all playing at this level right now. hopefully luka can get an mvp, as it means we won a lot this year! but tbh, the only way anyone but jokic gets it is voter fatigue.

 

Which team falls more off the cliff, without one of these 4? That's your MVP.

 

Even more evidence for JJ to run more sets to get guys open looks inside the arc.
I wonder if our coaching staff even tells the players to shoot less threes when they aren’t going in?

 

all of them. if okc has williams, they probably fall off the least. milwaukee and denver finish near the bottom of the league, and we would be firmly out of the playoffs without luka. okc would still make the playoffs minus SGA, imo.