OFFICIAL NBA THREAD

Dort’s +/- is currently -51.

Grizz up 105-51

 

Probably trading points to the grizzlies for 2027 second rounders. Worth it

 

Jarrett Culver is a -3 despite his team being up 50

 

We had a 5 game stretch of competence i really enjoyed

 

Presti going to bed in tears clutching all his future draft picks like teddys.

 

Who is the Knicks color guy?

He fuckin stinks

 

137-67

 

I almost took OKC + 76

 

NBA record for biggest victory ever.

 

Basketball is a game of runs OKC just ran out of time

 

The grizzlies scoring 152 points and only having one player over 20 points might be the most impressive thing about that performance

 

this is all lincoln rileys fault

 

KONCHAR!!!

 

Yeah. Bane only had fucking 2 points.

 

How the fuck?

 

Santi Aldama has the 3rd highest +/- for a game in NBA history with a nice +52

 

What was the record here

 

Franchise record for most points in a game.

 

Walt Clyde Frazier, he’s one of the best in the biz.

 

One of those games where you had a Grizz on your fantasy roster, saw the final score of the game, and expected huge numbers for a couple of guys…and then were wildly disappointed.

 

Not anymore

Stinks now

 

Perhaps, he’s quite old now.

 

that's delicious

 

I’m confident Gonzaga could stay within 70 points of memphis

 

Can someone please post Zack Lowe 10 things article today? Thank you!

 

I don’t want to long cat the thread

you just want the cavs part?

 

Yes that will work for me. Thank you

 

Spoiler

1. Oh, hey, the Cleveland Cavaliers are still here
The Cavs were supposed to be dead. They've faced the league's strongest schedule. Every key player but bench savior Ricky Rubio has missed at least two games. Lauri Markkanen and Kevin Love have both missed about half the season so far. Collin Sextonhas too, and he's not coming back.

And yet: The Cavs are 12-10 with the league's No. 3-ranked defense and ninth-best point differential. If that defense is anything like real, the Cavs will hang in the play-in race.

The only red flag: Their opponents have hit 32.9% on 3s, third lowest overall. But the Cavs haven't allowed many 3s, and they should withstand warmer enemy shooting if they keep attempts down.

They have yielded bundles of shots at the rim, but that may be somewhat by design: Good freaking luck finishing around Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley -- the front-runner (by a hair over Scottie Barnes, who somehow plays with electricity and chill at once) for Rookie of the Year. Even when the Cavs split those two up, they have plenty of length. (One accidental benefit of Sexton's absence is playing Isaac Okoromore at shooting guard instead of small forward.)

Their opponents have hit just 58% at the rim -- second lowest, per Cleaning The Glass. That doesn't feel like a fluke.


They're 21st in scoring efficiency, and it's hard to see them finishing above league average -- or even reaching there. But there are signs of hope. Markkanen's shot is coming around, and they'll need him to help prop up the offense when Darius Garland rests. Cleveland has scored about 110 points per 100 possessions with Garland, but just 95.5 when he sits.

I wrote about Allen's blossoming post game two weeks ago, and he has only gotten nastier since. He's calling for the ball now, and the Cavs look for him.

But Allen is a lob-catcher at heart, and he and Garland are developing special pick-and-roll chemistry. They might become Central Division Trae Young and Clint Capela.

Garland is an expert at changing pace, and his floater is a weapon; he has hit 51% on midrangers. He uses the identical release on layups and lobs, and that disguise keeps defenders guessing until the ball is in midair. The threat of Garland's floater gets Allen alley-oops, and the threat of those alley-oops gets Garland floaters.

Garland is patient and creative:


Kristaps Porzingis to the perimeter. Garland is headed there, but senses an opportunity to cut backdoor -- knowing Love is a willing passer.

Garland has another leap in him, and the possibility of that coming over the next 60 games is the best reason for hope that the Cavs can sustain an average-ish offense.

It's unclear who beyond Garland, Mobley and Allen is a long-term keeper -- I'm more bullish than most on Sexton -- but the Cavs have something cooking.

 

congrats to every #Portland Trail Blazers fan except for that insufferable moron handcuffed

 

glad he was able to bless the Chauncey hiring before he was let go

 

Any implications for Dame? It seems like a new gm may be more inclined to buy time trading him in exchange for an exciting new beginning.

 

He just started an AMA on reddit and this is the top question, hopefully we find out soon

 

hornies

 

I laughed so hard at this

 

Mikal Bridges hurt now. This game is over and just cancel all future games with the Warriors the way key pieces keep getting hurt vs them.

 

Toscano wow