Aaron Gordon got a tip in to have the Nuggets go up 118-117. Then Lillard hits a three pointer to make it 120-118 Blazers. And Murray hits a three to have the Nuggets win the game 121-120 in the final second.
How many 40 point quarters do the Celtics get? I'm guessing 2 easy. 3 technicals on the Dubs as the game devolves into a whine fest, as we argue all game with the refs while getting blown out from the get. Our first taste of what we are really up against this year. Bring your own mouthwash.
At least one good thing happening these days is that we are getting greater clarification on who goes in each playoff grouping -- I would suggest it's gonna go like this:
In Playoff Rotation for Significant Minutes: Curry, Klay, Draymond, Looney, Wiggins, Kuminga, DDV, Poole, Lamb
Edge case: Iguodala, who may be a hostage somewhere for all I know. Is he injured or just pensive?
Out of Playoff Rotation Unless They Step Up Somehow in the Next Few Months: Moody, PBJ, Rollins, Jerome, Wiseman, JMG.
Given the likelihood of some injury time off for our core five this might just be a season of riding the bubble and then coming on strong at the end for playoff seeding when lots of teams are coasting or tanking. By then, with Kuminga, DDV and Lamb fully integrated we should be just fine for our next run.
Instead of despair about the Dubs this year, might we note the improved quality of the competition. Seems to me there is a lot better 3-point shooting this year
I was amazed at how Kuminga could switch, help, recover and somehow still be solid everywhere. His BBIQ is improving rapidly and his is just so quick/fast. While he isn't really ready to play the 5, JMG clearly is not either, especially with those horrible fouls on help defense.
IMO, it's time to give Kuminga and Lamb all of those JMG minutes.
The mistake-aversion of the Kerr era might need reexamination. He is slow to let rookies and young guys play significant minutes. I thought Kuminga could have done last year what he did last night. He showed those flashes last year. And my worry is that even now he'll get 20 bench minutes and rarely play when the game is on the line. To me, this guy has earned heavy sixth man minutes, including crunch time. He's not savvier than any of our starters of course but he brings a dimension or two that others can't. His full court on ball pressure no one can match, only GPII tried. His ability to create in the lane with sudden bursts is also a skill few have. I know that if he's played more he'll make mistakes and foul too much. But I think these next three months are the time to give him all the minutes he can eat, because he'll reward that in the playoffs.
This season keeps finding new ways to torment. Last night was truly exquisite. I was almost impressed by the brutality of it, like a captive who begins to feel perverse admiration for the ingenuity of his inquisitor...
On the bright side: Kuminga is a future all-star. Imagine how good he'll be when he can dribble more than once.
Looks like a formal lawsuit has now been filed in the Anthony Lamb situation. Not technically against Lamb (it is being filed against the University of Vermont), however it does reveal the existence and name of his accuser and gives a lot more details on what happened.
Aaron Gordon got a tip in to have the Nuggets go up 118-117. Then Lillard hits a three pointer to make it 120-118 Blazers. And Murray hits a three to have the Nuggets win the game 121-120 in the final second.
Heat beat the Clippers 115-110.
How many 40 point quarters do the Celtics get? I'm guessing 2 easy. 3 technicals on the Dubs as the game devolves into a whine fest, as we argue all game with the refs while getting blown out from the get. Our first taste of what we are really up against this year. Bring your own mouthwash.
Moody or lamb who would you rather have going forward?
More donte over poole unless hes hot, more kuminga less jmg and we are even better then last year imo
Poole has been very Jamal Crawford like this year.
Hey, Marriage for All protected by US law! The Pols read the polls.
At least one good thing happening these days is that we are getting greater clarification on who goes in each playoff grouping -- I would suggest it's gonna go like this:
In Playoff Rotation for Significant Minutes: Curry, Klay, Draymond, Looney, Wiggins, Kuminga, DDV, Poole, Lamb
Edge case: Iguodala, who may be a hostage somewhere for all I know. Is he injured or just pensive?
Out of Playoff Rotation Unless They Step Up Somehow in the Next Few Months: Moody, PBJ, Rollins, Jerome, Wiseman, JMG.
You good with that?
Given the likelihood of some injury time off for our core five this might just be a season of riding the bubble and then coming on strong at the end for playoff seeding when lots of teams are coasting or tanking. By then, with Kuminga, DDV and Lamb fully integrated we should be just fine for our next run.
Instead of despair about the Dubs this year, might we note the improved quality of the competition. Seems to me there is a lot better 3-point shooting this year
I was amazed at how Kuminga could switch, help, recover and somehow still be solid everywhere. His BBIQ is improving rapidly and his is just so quick/fast. While he isn't really ready to play the 5, JMG clearly is not either, especially with those horrible fouls on help defense.
IMO, it's time to give Kuminga and Lamb all of those JMG minutes.
"Hi, it's Bob. Hey, we're kicking the tires on maybe trading JaMychal, and we're wondering if you might want to trade -- hello? Hello? You there?"
The mistake-aversion of the Kerr era might need reexamination. He is slow to let rookies and young guys play significant minutes. I thought Kuminga could have done last year what he did last night. He showed those flashes last year. And my worry is that even now he'll get 20 bench minutes and rarely play when the game is on the line. To me, this guy has earned heavy sixth man minutes, including crunch time. He's not savvier than any of our starters of course but he brings a dimension or two that others can't. His full court on ball pressure no one can match, only GPII tried. His ability to create in the lane with sudden bursts is also a skill few have. I know that if he's played more he'll make mistakes and foul too much. But I think these next three months are the time to give him all the minutes he can eat, because he'll reward that in the playoffs.
This season keeps finding new ways to torment. Last night was truly exquisite. I was almost impressed by the brutality of it, like a captive who begins to feel perverse admiration for the ingenuity of his inquisitor...
On the bright side: Kuminga is a future all-star. Imagine how good he'll be when he can dribble more than once.
OT: WNBA Star Brittney Griner Has Been Freed From a Russian Prison
https://www.kqed.org/news/11934567/wnba-star-brittney-griner-has-been-freed-from-a-russian-prison?fbclid=IwAR2MLDGqw8Sl5R_eninz_mnSg12gxsIfpIK48cuwq8At4SN5OR0ZJUVQ1hY
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/lawsuit-uvm-mishandled-rape-allegation-against-basketball-star-anthony-lamb/Content?oid=37097413&fbclid=IwAR2fgwkUQMAR1EaW-FgdUKa2ofTPTv0fOLMBLqJPblOxvPcvw5FFiu-FEX0
Looks like a formal lawsuit has now been filed in the Anthony Lamb situation. Not technically against Lamb (it is being filed against the University of Vermont), however it does reveal the existence and name of his accuser and gives a lot more details on what happened.