The thought of Thibs’ Tinder profile got a legit laugh out of me.
“The relationship tells you what to do. You either get married or you learn. Me? I’ve been learning a lot. I’ve learned most women want to do more than just watch basketball all day. Hopefully you’re different.”
Let’s face it, and I don’t say this to overreact to last night, but there’s a large enough sample size to see that this current roster is mediocre, and would be hard-pressed to be a play-in team over a full season. The effort is there but the offensive talent is not. Brunson is constantly being trapped and defended by big wings and there’s not enough out there to take any pressure off. OG will help but I hope everyone realizes how valuable Julius is and that this team won’t approach its ceiling without him playing at a high level. They greatly miss his offensive gravity.
The most disturbing thing about the game was how we were bullied. Sixers grabbed, pushed and hacked, and we didn’t overcome it. Grateful to DDV for finally pushing back
Weird night in the NBA. Heat losing at home to the Wizards. Cavs losing at home to the Nets. You thought the Knicks result was maddening until you saw the results of those other games. Knicks just couldn't shoot last night-Sixers weren't much better. Awful basketball.
Heaven forbid Anunoby plays tomorrow. It's only been since January since he went out with what was supposed to be a "day to day" injury. Why rush back? Never mind that other guys like Hart, Devo, Achiuwa, not to mention Brunson, are busting their butts playing 40 plus minutes seemingly every night-why not take the west coast trip off also just to make sure we're okay? What gets me about this guy is that he's always hurt, yet wants 30 plus million a year, playing well less than 60 games per season on average over the last four seasons. And I don't want to hear about the medical staff needing to clear him-insist on playing Tuesday night-the game is important (Quickley and RJ would play, that's for sure).
Why not try Milton in place of Burks? How much worse could Shake possibly be? Burks is 32 years old, looking like he's going on 42. If he was just simply useless he'd be more helpful than he's been since the trade.
I guess I'm just venting here-tired of losing all these games at home. Split the two game series tomorrow-win at Portland on Thursday, and see what happens.
I’m dying to know what other trades were available to use Fournier’s salary slot. I liked the trade at the time but I think if we gave Leon truth serum a month later, he wouldn’t make it again. Burks has sucked, but Bojan really just doesn’t fit with what we try to do as a team. He doesn’t play hard because he can’t. He’s incredibly soft with the ball. I know this isn’t his optimal role, but honestly it’s not that far off from his optimal role! Regardless of who he’s playing with, he’s going to need to guard, get to loose balls, and make a play at the end of the shot clock.
As is more often than not, if a team shoots poorly from the 3-point line, they lose. In spite of knowing that it'll never happen, 3-point shooting has to be reduced--the game is out of balance. I'm saying this because Mike Breen brought up the notion of widening the court, something I've not heard publicly said before but I've been believing in it for 5 years. Breen said he hated the idea, but didn't say why. I say widen, possibly also extend, the court to reduce the over-reliance on the 3-pointer and bring back the midrange and low post game.
I am not sure that the NY defense was that great so much as Philly missing open shots. I certainly wouldn’t show anyone this game as a NY defensive clinic.
The thought of Thibs’ Tinder profile got a legit laugh out of me.
“The relationship tells you what to do. You either get married or you learn. Me? I’ve been learning a lot. I’ve learned most women want to do more than just watch basketball all day. Hopefully you’re different.”
Let’s face it, and I don’t say this to overreact to last night, but there’s a large enough sample size to see that this current roster is mediocre, and would be hard-pressed to be a play-in team over a full season. The effort is there but the offensive talent is not. Brunson is constantly being trapped and defended by big wings and there’s not enough out there to take any pressure off. OG will help but I hope everyone realizes how valuable Julius is and that this team won’t approach its ceiling without him playing at a high level. They greatly miss his offensive gravity.
The most disturbing thing about the game was how we were bullied. Sixers grabbed, pushed and hacked, and we didn’t overcome it. Grateful to DDV for finally pushing back
I’m putting it down to the negative effects of Daylight Savings Time. It just messes everybody up!
Weird night in the NBA. Heat losing at home to the Wizards. Cavs losing at home to the Nets. You thought the Knicks result was maddening until you saw the results of those other games. Knicks just couldn't shoot last night-Sixers weren't much better. Awful basketball.
Heaven forbid Anunoby plays tomorrow. It's only been since January since he went out with what was supposed to be a "day to day" injury. Why rush back? Never mind that other guys like Hart, Devo, Achiuwa, not to mention Brunson, are busting their butts playing 40 plus minutes seemingly every night-why not take the west coast trip off also just to make sure we're okay? What gets me about this guy is that he's always hurt, yet wants 30 plus million a year, playing well less than 60 games per season on average over the last four seasons. And I don't want to hear about the medical staff needing to clear him-insist on playing Tuesday night-the game is important (Quickley and RJ would play, that's for sure).
Why not try Milton in place of Burks? How much worse could Shake possibly be? Burks is 32 years old, looking like he's going on 42. If he was just simply useless he'd be more helpful than he's been since the trade.
I guess I'm just venting here-tired of losing all these games at home. Split the two game series tomorrow-win at Portland on Thursday, and see what happens.
I missed the game last night, and think I will unplug the TV so I won't accidentally see it on League Pass today.
I’m dying to know what other trades were available to use Fournier’s salary slot. I liked the trade at the time but I think if we gave Leon truth serum a month later, he wouldn’t make it again. Burks has sucked, but Bojan really just doesn’t fit with what we try to do as a team. He doesn’t play hard because he can’t. He’s incredibly soft with the ball. I know this isn’t his optimal role, but honestly it’s not that far off from his optimal role! Regardless of who he’s playing with, he’s going to need to guard, get to loose balls, and make a play at the end of the shot clock.
As is more often than not, if a team shoots poorly from the 3-point line, they lose. In spite of knowing that it'll never happen, 3-point shooting has to be reduced--the game is out of balance. I'm saying this because Mike Breen brought up the notion of widening the court, something I've not heard publicly said before but I've been believing in it for 5 years. Breen said he hated the idea, but didn't say why. I say widen, possibly also extend, the court to reduce the over-reliance on the 3-pointer and bring back the midrange and low post game.
I’m not sure what game you guys are talking about?
I am not sure that the NY defense was that great so much as Philly missing open shots. I certainly wouldn’t show anyone this game as a NY defensive clinic.
Shoutout Ray McCallum, who I don’t remember, at all, from the 2014 Kings