Deleterious Posted January 18, 2024 Author Posted January 18, 2024 Dalton Knecht is the new draft flavor of the week after dinner big scoring games. Quote
Deleterious Posted January 20, 2024 Author Posted January 20, 2024 Since we were talking about the Wizards earlier this week. They have now clinched a sub-50 win season. That is 45 years in a row they have not won 50+ games. Quote
Deleterious Posted January 20, 2024 Author Posted January 20, 2024 Pretty sure the Pistons did the same for Morris when Flint Beecher retired his number. Beecher has some pretty good former athletes, with 5 numbers retired. Carl Banks, Lonnie Young, Morris, Courtney Hawkins, and Roy Marble. Quote
Deleterious Posted January 20, 2024 Author Posted January 20, 2024 18 hours ago, Betrayer said: 2 Pistons on Shaqtin’ a Fool again: I half expected them to show Weaver on the phone working out a trade. 1 Quote
buddha Posted January 20, 2024 Posted January 20, 2024 devin booker puts up 50 again. meanwhile stanley johnson is averaging 13 points a game for the kings. the stockton kings. 1 Quote
Deleterious Posted January 20, 2024 Author Posted January 20, 2024 But Stanley is in Lebron's head. Quote
Deleterious Posted January 21, 2024 Author Posted January 21, 2024 Clippers were down 101-84 in the 4th quarter to Brooklyn. They ended up winning 125-114 including a 22-0 run in the final 6 minutes. Quote
Betrayer Posted January 22, 2024 Posted January 22, 2024 On 1/20/2024 at 3:26 PM, Deleterious said: Wonder how many flops and free throws it took Wilt to get those numbers? Also, 35 ppg is just the new 27 ppg. Historical comparisons of counting stats mean nothing to me anymore. Scoring is at an all-time high and defense is at an all-time low. I expect counting stats to just keep getting blown away until the NBA realizes they shifted too far and starts allowing some defense again. Quote
buddha Posted January 22, 2024 Posted January 22, 2024 7 minutes ago, Deleterious said: shocked. SHOCKED! Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 22, 2024 Posted January 22, 2024 (edited) 6 hours ago, Betrayer said: Wonder how many flops and free throws it took Wilt to get those numbers? Also, 35 ppg is just the new 27 ppg. Historical comparisons of counting stats mean nothing to me anymore. Scoring is at an all-time high and defense is at an all-time low. I expect counting stats to just keep getting blown away until the NBA realizes they shifted too far and starts allowing some defense again. It has gone on long cycles. Scoring increased all through the early days of the league - peaking in the early 1960's at 118 ppg, which is a bit higher than even now (and with no 3pt shot!). Then it started going down - falling to 91.6 in 1999. Then it started back upward to where it is today. I don't think I want to go back to hammer and tongs D like the bad boys - so I don't know where the ideal point is. If it were me I'd widen the court a couple of feet so the 3pt line could be moved out. I think that would open up the mid-range game and add more variety to offenses, but changing the court is probably the one thing that has zero chance of happening. Edited January 22, 2024 by gehringer_2 Quote
Deleterious Posted January 23, 2024 Author Posted January 23, 2024 Embiid had 70 points tonight. It was against the Spurs but the little I watched they did not have Victor guarding Embiid. Quote
Betrayer Posted January 23, 2024 Posted January 23, 2024 18 hours ago, gehringer_2 said: It has gone on long cycles. Scoring increased all through the early days of the league - peaking in the early 1960's at 118 ppg, which is a bit higher than even now (and with no 3pt shot!). Then it started going down - falling to 91.6 in 1999. Then it started back upward to where it is today. I don't think I want to go back to hammer and tongs D like the bad boys - so I don't know where the ideal point is. If it were me I'd widen the court a couple of feet so the 3pt line could be moved out. I think that would open up the mid-range game and add more variety to offenses, but changing the court is probably the one thing that has zero chance of happening. I'd love to see some real changes, like eliminating the corner three, but I doubt we'll see anything like that. Simple changes would be great too, though. Just give the defender as much respect as the offensive player and allow him the right to his space on the court. Eliminate fouls where the offensive player initiated the contact by driving directly into a defender. Also, get rid of the moving, leaning, and grabbing on screens (see Lopez and Giannis on every screen yesterday). Those two things alone would make a world of difference for the ability to defend. The pendulum has simply swung too far in favor of the offense. Sure, we want to see fun basketball, but we also don't want to see free throws all day. Let's not forget that better defense can also lead to more fast breaks, which can be even more fun. 1 Quote
buddha Posted January 23, 2024 Posted January 23, 2024 1 hour ago, Deleterious said: pat riley is ruthless. Quote
Deleterious Posted January 23, 2024 Author Posted January 23, 2024 Milwaukee is playing .698 ball, they have the second best record in the league, and they just fired the head coach they hired this summer. Woj said Doc Rivers is being considered as a replacement. Wild. Quote
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