Lee and Bazemore going down to COVID protocol are serious blows. I hope the Warriors are considering a 10 day contract for someone. Saw the name Glenn Robinson III and he'd make a lot of sense imo given that he knows the system already. But perhaps by the time he quarantined, 7 of the 10 days would be over or something.
If this team is going to play small and fast, they need a deeper rotation than they currently have available.
Anyone else see KD liked a comment about Steph being ass? My like for him has been on the wane as his bitterness for GS, for some unknown reason, has become more apparent. Now this? I'm done with that guy.
Sources: Warriors forward Damion Lee is entering the league's health and safety protocols for what's expected to be a 10-14 day absence. Lee has been a huge help lately for an already thin rotation.
Detroit and Orlando tanking hard, resting guys who presumably are able to play. Obviously the Thunder are doing it hard too. For whatever reason the Cavs don't seem to be (yet), but there's a real possibility of Minnesota rising to 5th to last if they keep up their ~.500 pace just because all their competition is tanking so hard while they are trying to win.
Seems like the 6th seed is very unlikely at this point but I still think we can get to 7 or 8 no problem. We SHOULD be able to win 1 out of 2 to get to a series but games like this and out crunch time execution give me concerns about the play in...
It sure does seem like the Dubs have gotten the short shrift of numerous games with friendly home whistles. But I do believe they also commit more than their share of dumb fouls too. So it's not just refs.
It also seems like players hit some crazy good shots at just the wrong time in close games: Dame, Luka, Beal hit some huge ones but so did Dejounte Murray, Terry Rozier, and Terrence Ross.
That said, even if they've gotten unlucky with whistles and with bounces, their execution in close games has been abysmal. They have found ways to lose and I don't really know how or why. I hope it's sort of like turnover ratio in football where it's not super predictive going forward.
Reffing is and will probably always be the thing I hate most about basketball. I feel like it's pretty dialed in baseball, but the NBA is such a different beast: there is arguably a foul occurring on every possession, it's just that most are not called (thank goodness). I'm not sure of a fair way to address it when the refereeing seems imbalanced. I always go back to the idea that you just have to play well enough for it not to matter, but I don't like how a close game has kind of an automatic cloud of randomness because of it. I enjoy watching the Warriors more than the Giants because at their best, they are personifying the absolute beauty of basketball, but when I watch a Giants game, at least I can be reasonably certain that in a close game, they control their own destiny (but don't get me started on the extra innings runner on second thing).
Lee and Bazemore going down to COVID protocol are serious blows. I hope the Warriors are considering a 10 day contract for someone. Saw the name Glenn Robinson III and he'd make a lot of sense imo given that he knows the system already. But perhaps by the time he quarantined, 7 of the 10 days would be over or something.
If this team is going to play small and fast, they need a deeper rotation than they currently have available.
Anyone else see KD liked a comment about Steph being ass? My like for him has been on the wane as his bitterness for GS, for some unknown reason, has become more apparent. Now this? I'm done with that guy.
Hornets are losing to the Bulls but Brad Wanamaker is actually not having too bad of a game with 11 pts & 5 assists with 8 minutes left in the 4th..
PG 14 3-4 0-0 5-5 0 0 0 5 1 0 2 0 -10 11
ugh
> @anthonyVslater
Sources: Warriors forward Damion Lee is entering the league's health and safety protocols for what's expected to be a 10-14 day absence. Lee has been a huge help lately for an already thin rotation.
Detroit and Orlando tanking hard, resting guys who presumably are able to play. Obviously the Thunder are doing it hard too. For whatever reason the Cavs don't seem to be (yet), but there's a real possibility of Minnesota rising to 5th to last if they keep up their ~.500 pace just because all their competition is tanking so hard while they are trying to win.
Seems like the 6th seed is very unlikely at this point but I still think we can get to 7 or 8 no problem. We SHOULD be able to win 1 out of 2 to get to a series but games like this and out crunch time execution give me concerns about the play in...
Mavs (vs Lakers) and Spurs (vs Pistons) - both on B2B. Here is to hoping that they loose games.
It sure does seem like the Dubs have gotten the short shrift of numerous games with friendly home whistles. But I do believe they also commit more than their share of dumb fouls too. So it's not just refs.
It also seems like players hit some crazy good shots at just the wrong time in close games: Dame, Luka, Beal hit some huge ones but so did Dejounte Murray, Terry Rozier, and Terrence Ross.
That said, even if they've gotten unlucky with whistles and with bounces, their execution in close games has been abysmal. They have found ways to lose and I don't really know how or why. I hope it's sort of like turnover ratio in football where it's not super predictive going forward.
James Harden on a rough shooting night:
Shoots a bunch of free throws and gets his stroke back on track by 2nd half
Bradley Beal on a rough shooting night:
Shoots a bunch of free throws and gets his stroke back on track by 2nd half
Giannis on a rough shooting night:
Shoots a bunch of free throws and gets his stroke back on track by 2nd half
Damian Lillard on a rough shooting night:
Shoots a bunch of free throws and gets his stroke back on track by 2nd half
Stephen Curry on a rough shooting night:
Shoots a bunch of free throws *after*the*game* and gets his stroke back on track *for*tomorrow*
Reffing is and will probably always be the thing I hate most about basketball. I feel like it's pretty dialed in baseball, but the NBA is such a different beast: there is arguably a foul occurring on every possession, it's just that most are not called (thank goodness). I'm not sure of a fair way to address it when the refereeing seems imbalanced. I always go back to the idea that you just have to play well enough for it not to matter, but I don't like how a close game has kind of an automatic cloud of randomness because of it. I enjoy watching the Warriors more than the Giants because at their best, they are personifying the absolute beauty of basketball, but when I watch a Giants game, at least I can be reasonably certain that in a close game, they control their own destiny (but don't get me started on the extra innings runner on second thing).