NBA Thread

[shel311]

Imagine a team creating a scheme where there power forward isn't even asked to grab a rebound

Pels do this, and are the 4th best defensive rebounding team in the league.

But 20 year old Zion needs more rebounds

[wdoupis]

Shel defending SVG’s scheme, what an amazing day.

[GeorgesGoons]

Imagine a team creating a scheme where there power forward isn't even asked to grab a rebound

Pels do this, and are the 4th best defensive rebounding team in the league.

But 20 year old Zion needs more rebounds

How's that working out for the Pels? 11th place must be amazing

[GeorgesGoons]

Shel defending SVG’s scheme, what an amazing day.

Who is SVG?

[wdoupis]

Stan Van Gundy

[GeorgesGoons]

Stan Van Gundy

Duh!

[shel311]

How's that working out for the Pels? 11th place must be amazing

Ah yes, the old 20 year old player isn't that good because his team stinks argument.

[shel311]

Shel defending SVG’s scheme, what an amazing day.

There are plenty of things to blame SVG about with regards to scheme, having Zion leak out in transition while still being a top 4 rebounding team would not be one of those things lol.

[GeorgesGoons]

How's that working out for the Pels? 11th place must be amazing

Ah yes, the old 20 year old player isn't that good because his team stinks argument.

Not blaming a 20 year old. You said he's not used by design. My statement was an obvious (so I thought) knock on the coaching staff....but here you are not getting it.

[shel311]

George thinks they're the 11th seed because of defensive rebounding

[GeorgesGoons]

George thinks they're the 11th seed because of defensive rebounding

Who said defensive?

They are in 11th because they aren't good enough to be 10th or better. Your star is a 1 dimensional player and is not a #1 option for a playoff team. He's a #2 option at best right now. Until he can extend a defense to worry about any kind of shot outside of 10' (or get a player that can be the #1 option) they will always be a fringe playoff team

[DRiccio21]

this thread is the new politics thread

[wdoupis]

The Athletic came out with a new top 50 under 25 and Zion came in at #3 behind Tatum and Luka. BUST!!!!!! Shawn Kemp would have been top 2

[ReignOnU]

Imagine a team creating a scheme where there power forward isn't even asked to grab a rebound

Imagine being this out of touch with where the game is right now.

[ReignOnU]

this thread is the new politics thread

As a frequent contributor (polluter?) of both... I'll go with worse over the last week.

[shel311]

this thread is the new politics thread

Seems like wherever George goes is where the shitty threads go.

[GeorgesGoons]

The Athletic came out with a new top 50 under 25 and Zion came in at #3 behind Tatum and Luka. BUST!!!!!! Shawn Kemp would have been top 2

You can build a team around the top two to win a championship. Unless Zion can get on one of these super teams he'll never win anything. It's just the way the game is played now. One of the reasons I cannot get into the NBA. Long gone are the days of Kobe, Duncan, Jordan....etc

[wdoupis]

I don’t know if he will win a championship because it’s really fucking hard to win a championship, especially in that market. The dude is 20 and doing things we’ve never seen before with an amazing and unique skill set. Based on his trajectory he absolutely can be the best guy in a title team down the road.

[shel311]

The dude is 20 and doing things we’ve never seen before with an amazing and unique skill set.

This speaks to the mindset of people, whether they're just happy and can make the most out of things, or just live to complain about shit.

You can choose to appreciate and enjoy seeing a 1 of 1 talent with a skillset we've never seen before. The way Zion plays basketball is really good and also in a way we have legit never seen before in the history of the NBA.

One can choose to just enjoy and appreciate that. Or one can choose to just be cynical with some old man talk like worrying about rebounds and whether he'll win a title during his career....he's 20 years old.

[ajalves]

Imagine a team creating a scheme where there power forward isn't even asked to grab a rebound

imagine still thinking about a basketball team in terms of pigeonholing "positions"

i could be wrong as i dont following the NBA like i did when i was younger, but from my perspective a lot of times its not PG - SG - SF -PF - C anymore

its like "PG" - SF SF SF and then some sort of 'big' to clog the lane on defense