If I was a Rocket fan, I don't know if there is enough Excedrin left in the world to manage the migraine I'd experience watching Jalen Green. Oof he's terrible.
Boston's starting to expose his lack of handles, attacking him whenever he puts the ball on the floor. Paolo needs to spend time in the lab this summer.
10 points in 9 third quarter minutes. They just don't score enough, which has been their problem all season. Until they figure that out, they'll never be a top 3 team in the East.
Memphis has some tough choices to make this offseason.
JJJ is eligible for an extension this offseason, which would put Memphis way over the cap for the next several years. If he wins DPOY, that extension would be 5 years, $345 million.
But what is the ceiling for a Morant-Bane-JJJ led team?
Morant's game (which relies so much on his athleticism) is also not likely to age very well.
It's just disgusting that OKC (68 win team) has this kind of draft capital for the rest of the decade:
2025:
Oklahoma City first-round pick
Houston or LA first-round pick
Miami lottery-protected first-round pick
Philadelphia top-six protected first-round pick
Atlanta top 31-40 protected second-round pick
2026:
Oklahoma City first-round pick
Oklahoma City second-round pick
Dallas or Philadelphia second-round pick
2027:
Oklahoma City first-round pick
Denver top-five protected first-round pick
LA first-round pick swap
Oklahoma City second-round pick
Houston or Indiana or Miami second-round pick
2028:
Oklahoma City first-round pick
Dallas first-round pick swap
Oklahoma City second-round pick
Milwaukee second-round pick
Utah second-round pick
2029:
Oklahoma City first-round pick
Denver top-five protected first-round pick
Oklahoma City second-round pick
Atlanta second-round pick
Boston second-round pick
Houston second-round pick
Miami second-round pick
I'll be pleasantly surprised, maybe shocked, if the Cavs make it. They've been playing too mediocre-ly over the past 6 weeks for me to feel confident.
If/when the Cavs lose in the playoffs, it'll be because one or both of the two issues that have reared their ugly head for the Cavs over this period:
3 point shooting (particularly from Garland/Mitchell)
Defensive rebounding
Kudos to the Wolves for making the right pick in 2020.
Scanning the mock drafts which are still up on the web and not Chad Ford'd, several mocks had the Wolves taking Lamelo. And Kevin O'Connor had Edwards the #2 overall prospect behind...wait for it...Killian Hayes (though have to give O'Connor credit for ranking Avdija in the top 5).
https://nbadraft.theringer.com/2020/
Lakers just consistently struggling to get good shots against this salty Minnesota D. Nothing easy and its like a crusade just to score a bucket.
As Ant hobbles to the locker room. Uh oh.
Not insecure at all about the coaching change - just that this was so predictable. JBB offesnes were known for standing around, horrible ATOs, and 4th quarter meltdowns.
A 5 second call to start the 4th, then a 24 second call.
7 points in 6 minutes. smh
A JBB coached team will never do anything of note.