2018-2019 NBA Season Thread : The One Where the Spurs Miss the Playoffs

[kisada]

mavs ahead of rockets in the standings LOL

[Vaspinne]

No Steph or Dray for GS.

Steph is expected back for Saturday vs the Pistons.

Aww that's a shame. Would have liked to see each team go at it at full strength

[Krandor]

mavs ahead of rockets in the standings LOL

Doncic is looking every bit worth the trade up by the Mavs. Already playing like a solid NBA starter and he's still not even 20 yet.

[Andalusian girls]

solid starter might be underselling it he's 19-7-4 on 45% 40% 78% as the #1 option on a Western playoff team and his d isn't as bad as was feared

[Krandor]

The West is fucking crazy right now. Rockets are now second worst team in the conference at 9-11, but only 5 games back from the #1 team (which of course is the Clippers). 5 games back in the East gets you to the #5 seed Pistons.

Suns are the only legit bad team in the west, everyone else is currently in contention.

[Andalusian girls]

every team in the West is closer to the 1-seed than they are too my poor last-seed Suns :(

[kisada]

Doncic is looking every bit worth the trade up by the Mavs. Already playing like a solid NBA starter and he's still not even 20 yet.

meanwhile trae young is shooting horrifically. i think he'll figure it out but man knowing you missed out on luka for him? or JJJ? or carter? this draft is absolutely incredible.

[kisada]

solid starter might be underselling it he's 19-7-4 on 45% 40% 78% as the #1 option on a Western playoff team and his d isn't as bad as was feared

underselling it is an understatement lol

luka is incredible.

[Moss]

every team in the West is closer to the 1-seed than they are too my poor last-seed Suns :(

Watching dook games and dreaming of Zion is about all I have left

meanwhile trae young is shooting horrifically. i think he'll figure it out but man knowing you missed out on luka for him? or JJJ? or carter? this draft is absolutely incredible.

My ONLY solace is that Luka probably would have hurt our chance at Zion (I still hate the trade)

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[Deejay]

hawks gonna have 1st pick and trade down for bol bol so he and trae can take turns chucking 3's

but seriously tho, bol bol would be a better fit considering that trae is easier to get past than a subway turnstile

[Dimmauk]

Watching dook games and dreaming of Zion is about all I have leftMy ONLY solace is that Luka probably would have hurt our chance at Zion (I still hate the trade)

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The Spurs were losing to the Twolves by 48 last night.
Spurs need to show the NBA how the OG tankers do it.

[Moss]

hawks gonna have 1st pick and trade down for bol bol so he and trae can take turns chucking 3's

but seriously tho, bol bol would be a better fit considering that trae is easier to get past than a subway turnstile

If the Hawks passed on Zion I might legit switch fandoms, Luka and Zion in consecutive drafts would break me.

I'd rather take the better talent in Zion and sign a random rim protector like McGee/Dedmon/etc

The Spurs were losing to the Twolves by 48 last night.
Spurs need to show the NBA how the OG tankers do it.

Yeah I'm gonna laugh/cry when one of the near playoff teams like Spurs or Jazz win the lotto. As long as it isn't the fucking Cavs

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[Andalusian girls]

meanwhile trae young is shooting horrifically. i think he'll figure it out but man knowing you missed out on luka for him? or JJJ? or carter? this draft is absolutely incredible.

JJJ is so nice man. a swatty, disruptive, disciplined defender who already converts efficiently at the other end and flashes legit 3-point range. and dude is younger than even Luka.

also it killed me when he credited 2K for getting his block timing right. Grizzles got a good one

[Krandor]

Kevin Durant is good at basketball.

https://streamable.com/iw3q1

[Vaspinne]

With Kawhi all over him too, daaaaaaamn

[Andalusian girls]

Clipps are a lot of fun to watch. think Bridges is going to be a good player but man I wish we had grabbed Shai. and crazy how good Montrezl has become after being a salary match throw in.

[kisada]

SHAIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

SPELLED LIKE SHY BUT ACTUALLY SOUNDS LIKE SHAEEEEEEEE

the more i see him make some super mature moves, the more i realize how special he is. i can't wait to see what kind of player he's going to evolve into. and getting harrell for that cheap was absolute robbery. but i also don't think anyone was thinking he was going to be this good.


i'm really interested in how clips will fare in the playoffs. as much as i'd like it to be, it's not quite like the old pistons team that came out of nowhere because the team's not elite defensively. but they're similar in that it's a bunch of players all contributing their share and doc has got it all working in sync.

now, get rid of the dumpster fire that is bev/bradley and replace them with something legit? then i'll think the team's going places.

[Krandor]

Bradley played well tonight tho didn't he? I'll admit I didn't watch the game but his numbers look solid.

[kisada]

he did yeah but these nights are rare. overall he's awful on that end

[Krandor]

There's a Klay AMA that's gonna be happening on r/nba later today btw. They've already got the thread open, but Klay won't be around til 4 PST