NBA Season 2016/17
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So, Russell Westbrook is going okay this season
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That could never have been mate. OKC got that 12(adams) draft pick because of the Harden trade.
Westbrook cost OKC the game. He didn't relax until he got his last stat in the 7th triple double. Which to me means hes not playing for the team right now. And when he relaxed he took stupid fucken shots instead of being patient and rotating the ball to find a better shot.
Westbrook is a point guard. Traditionally when a point takes a shot and it misses he should head down court to start the defense. But he follows his shot and often he costs them possession contesting rebounds with his own players. Let your $100m centre take care of that shit man. Hes out for the stats.
Adams may not be as good in an open game but Kanter leaked points in the paint with Adams off. Donovan has a habit of making subs based purely on defensive match ups without looking at the flow of the game. He benched his best scorer tonight for most of the 2nd half. Adams was on fire and almost had a first half dubdub. It was weak sauce from both the coach and his star player.
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It's been a surprisingly interesting season so far I reckon.
Sure, a Warriors/Cavs finals series is almost inevitable, but there are plenty of fascinating little sub-plots happening in the chasing pack.
Things I am interested in (in no particular order) are:
- The Wolves inexplicable failure
- The Greek Freak becoming even freakier
- Do the Clips keep ploughing on, or do they finally make a trade?
- The Knicks and Bulls being sort of decent
- Patty Mills having a career year off the bench for the Spurs
- The Lakers being legitimate play-off contenders
- Westbrook and Harden and the race for the MVP
- Utah pushing for a high playoff berth in the West
The Warriors are still the most interesting team to watch IMO, but there is so much else happening.
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The Spurs retired Tim Duncan's number tonight after they beat the Pelicans. What a complete champ.
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Holy shit James Harden makes being awesome at basketball look effortless. He just cruises around killing it
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ESPN currently calculate the odds of the Warriors winning the title at 75%
Hard to see that being inaccurate.
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season 2016/17:
ESPN currently calculate the odds of the Warriors winning the title at 75%
Hard to see that being inaccurate.
Opened the wrong thread and assumed you were just being sarcastic.
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@mariner4life GSW were heavy favourites to win last year too and that went well. There are no guarantees in sport.
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@Bovidae that's why it's not 100%. And last year they didn't have a dude named Durant.
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@Bovidae said in NBA Season 2016/17:
@mariner4life GSW were heavy favourites to win last year too and that went well. There are no guarantees in sport.
You can't underestimate the loss of their best allround player and energy guy being suspended. Momentum in a series is everything.
The Warriors look like world beaters right now when compared to the other "contenders". But I think they have a number of things to fine tune before April. They are trying out a number of different combinations to fill that 5th spot to close out a game. Is it ZaZa, Javale, AI, Livingston? Defensively Durrant has been a big surprise.
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@barbarian said in NBA Season 2016/17:
The Lakers being legitimate play-off contenders
oh shit @barbarian i just saw this. That's a stunning piece of foresight!
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season 2016/17:
@Bovidae that's why it's not 100%. And last year they didn't have a dude named Durant.
Maybe this year Durant will choke in the 4th Q for the Warriors?
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Warriors at OKC is LOUD. Durant booed every time he gets the ball
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Great atmosphere, playoff like. But Thunder never really in the game. Warriors defence too good and then the multiple scoring options just way to much.
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I love how we talk about defense in the NBA, but the losing team still stuck up 114 points.
Durant with 34 points and 9 rebounds to remind the crowd why they are so pissed with him
Spurs drop a game to the fucking Knicks
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season 2016/17:
I love how we talk about defense in the NBA, but the losing team still stuck up 114 points.
Durant with 34 points and 9 rebounds to remind the crowd why they are so pissed with him
Spurs drop a game to the fucking Knicks
IMO causing a high number of turnovers, deflections etc is good D in the NBA.
All teams, even the Nets and Philly, can have good stretches throughout a game scoring points. That's what OKC did, but the damage had been done when it was far too big a margin to get back.
