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Post by rjp313jr on Aug 8, 2020 4:39:40 GMT -5
Not sure why you don't want Wannamaker to play, the guys solid. Robert Williams looks very good. He needs ten minutes a night! Minutes for Romeo need to come from somewhere and his seem to make the most sense to me. I’d rather Romeos potential defensive impact and length. |
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Post by philarhody on Aug 8, 2020 7:46:37 GMT -5
Not sure why you don't want Wannamaker to play, the guys solid. Robert Williams looks very good. He needs ten minutes a night! Minutes for Romeo need to come from somewhere and his seem to make the most sense to me. I’d rather Romeos potential defensive impact and length. Agreed. Although if Wanamaker is actually going to make 3’s right now, I say Romeo can wait. |
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Aug 8, 2020 16:50:12 GMT -5
Not sure why you don't want Wannamaker to play, the guys solid. Robert Williams looks very good. He needs ten minutes a night! Minutes for Romeo need to come from somewhere and his seem to make the most sense to me. I’d rather Romeos potential defensive impact and length. The weak link to this team is bench scoring and shooting, which right now Langford doesn't help with. Wannamaker is shooting over 37% from deep for the year. Long-term I 100% agree, but not right now. Heck if you want to replace a guy it should be Grant Williams. |
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Post by Don Caballero on Aug 9, 2020 0:53:18 GMT -5
TJ Warren dropped 39 on the Lakers like it was nothing LMAO.
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Post by rjp313jr on Aug 9, 2020 5:01:59 GMT -5
36-14-19... Luka is a monster
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Post by rjp313jr on Aug 9, 2020 5:11:57 GMT -5
Minutes for Romeo need to come from somewhere and his seem to make the most sense to me. I’d rather Romeos potential defensive impact and length. The weak link to this team is bench scoring and shooting, which right now Langford doesn't help with. Wannamaker is shooting over 37% from deep for the year. Long-term I 100% agree, but not right now. Heck if you want to replace a guy it should be Grant Williams. Grant is part of the Center rotation. I’m not looking to toss Wanamaker out completely, but certain matchups Langford length and defense is more helpful plus if we are lucky enough to play a few games without Hayward, we will need him. Bench scoring is less of an issue in the playoffs. There’s 192 non-center minutes to split up in the playoffs. That leaves about 10-17 minutes a night for anyone not named Walker, Smart, Brown, Tatum and Hayward. Unless he’s hot, Wanamaker shouldn’t get more than 5-10 of those depending how the scaling is. I agree when he’s hot he’s effective. When he’s cold, which he is for extended period (like games at a time) he doesn’t bring too much. |
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Post by philarhody on Aug 9, 2020 8:57:22 GMT -5
I was really expecting that Grizzlies pick to improve and possibly fall back into the late lottery. Then Memphis beats OKC by almost thirty and Dame loses to the Clippers by missing two free throws at the end of the game. I don’t get it.
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Post by rjp313jr on Aug 9, 2020 10:40:50 GMT -5
I was really expecting that Grizzlies pick to improve and possibly fall back into the late lottery. Then Memphis beats OKC by almost thirty and Dame loses to the Clippers by missing two free throws at the end of the game. I don’t get it. There is going to be the play in games no matter what so that’s all that really matters |
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Aug 9, 2020 16:02:03 GMT -5
TJ Warren needs to bottle up and sell whatever he did in quarantine, I want some. I didn't fear the Pacers but wow, that guy is on fire.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Aug 9, 2020 16:07:30 GMT -5
The weak link to this team is bench scoring and shooting, which right now Langford doesn't help with. Wannamaker is shooting over 37% from deep for the year. Long-term I 100% agree, but not right now. Heck if you want to replace a guy it should be Grant Williams. Grant is part of the Center rotation. I’m not looking to toss Wanamaker out completely, but certain matchups Langford length and defense is more helpful plus if we are lucky enough to play a few games without Hayward, we will need him. Bench scoring is less of an issue in the playoffs. There’s 192 non-center minutes to split up in the playoffs. That leaves about 10-17 minutes a night for anyone not named Walker, Smart, Brown, Tatum and Hayward. Unless he’s hot, Wanamaker shouldn’t get more than 5-10 of those depending how the scaling is. I agree when he’s hot he’s effective. When he’s cold, which he is for extended period (like games at a time) he doesn’t bring too much. Well Grant isn't a center, Tatum can guard anyone he can. Robert Williams needs his minutes or heck play Langford. I'm highly disappointed in his game and upside. Heck play Semi at least he's been making some three's this year. I wanted no part of Grant Williams in the draft, yet trusted Danny. I just don't see it. He's a smart guy, yet he's so limited of an athlete and I just don't see a crazy skill level. |
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Post by rjp313jr on Aug 9, 2020 17:33:43 GMT -5
Grant is part of the Center rotation. I’m not looking to toss Wanamaker out completely, but certain matchups Langford length and defense is more helpful plus if we are lucky enough to play a few games without Hayward, we will need him. Bench scoring is less of an issue in the playoffs. There’s 192 non-center minutes to split up in the playoffs. That leaves about 10-17 minutes a night for anyone not named Walker, Smart, Brown, Tatum and Hayward. Unless he’s hot, Wanamaker shouldn’t get more than 5-10 of those depending how the scaling is. I agree when he’s hot he’s effective. When he’s cold, which he is for extended period (like games at a time) he doesn’t bring too much. Well Grant isn't a center, Tatum can guard anyone he can. Robert Williams needs his minutes or heck play Langford. I'm highly disappointed in his game and upside. Heck play Semi at least he's been making some three's this year. I wanted no part of Grant Williams in the draft, yet trusted Danny. I just don't see it. He's a smart guy, yet he's so limited of an athlete and I just don't see a crazy skill level. I feel like Grant Williams will get incrementally better each year because he’s smart and works hard. I don’t see him as a starter in this league tho. He will be a good rotation piece for a long while though - especially, during the regular season. We will see... if he does that it will be a good pick in the 20s but no he’s not going to be a home run... |
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Post by rjp313jr on Aug 9, 2020 18:29:29 GMT -5
Celtics could lose their first game of the season with more than 27 assists...
Also, Tatum is starting to put up bigger assist numbers - which is a big development if real.
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Post by rjp313jr on Aug 9, 2020 18:43:49 GMT -5
Celtics could lose their first game of the season with more than 27 assists... Also, Tatum is starting to put up bigger assist numbers - which is a big development if real. I’d like to now point out, I carefully crafted that first sentence so I wouldn’t be jinxing the team. I will take credit for the win. |
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Post by wcp3 on Aug 9, 2020 18:52:18 GMT -5
That game may have been meaningless from a seeding perspective, but that’s a really nice win. After that Toronto win, dropping this game to a depleted Orlando team would have been frustrating. But they turned it on when they needed to, and Tatum just took over down the stretch like a Star should.
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Post by Don Caballero on Aug 9, 2020 21:21:00 GMT -5
That game may have been meaningless from a seeding perspective, but that’s a really nice win. After that Toronto win, dropping this game to a depleted Orlando team would have been frustrating. But they turned it on when they needed to, and Tatum just took over down the stretch like a Star should. Crazy last minute of regulation, dude just refused to let us lose. Closer and closer to that superstar status. And bubble Gordon Hayward has low key been our best player. Dude looks ready and loose. |
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Aug 9, 2020 23:32:08 GMT -5
Robert taking Grant's minutes changes things. If he keeps this up, teams will take notice, something no team has said about Grant Williams. Very positive stuff. He's made a massive jump from year one to year two. If he just didn't get injured and miss so much time.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Aug 10, 2020 8:55:52 GMT -5
Memphis and Portland now have the same amount of wins, with Portland having one extra loss. So our next game is huge because who knows what the Bucks do in that last game.
Yet if you were Memphis would you even want to make the playoffs now? It might sound crazy, yet they look crazy bad having gone 1-5 and don't have Jackson now. Portland vs the Lakers is a much better matchup for the NBA.
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Post by rjp313jr on Aug 10, 2020 12:01:20 GMT -5
Memphis and Portland now have the same amount of wins, with Portland having one extra loss. So our next game is huge because who knows what the Bucks do in that last game. Yet if you were Memphis would you even want to make the playoffs now? It might sound crazy, yet they look crazy bad having gone 1-5 and don't have Jackson now. Portland vs the Lakers is a much better matchup for the NBA. Yes, you want to make the playoffs - you probably don’t get your pick this year and you probably don’t want it if that means not having it next year. So there’s no downside to making the playoffs. I wanted to add playoff experiment for Ja and the younger players is important but does it count this year in the bubble with no crowd? |
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Aug 10, 2020 14:30:16 GMT -5
That's the thing there is no crowd and there is very limited media. It won't feel like playoff basketball. Then you have the downside of that team who played so well for so long going 1-11 to close out the year and getting abused for four games. Normally it's a no brainier, of course you take the playoff experience. This year it's not so clear for that team.
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Post by rjp313jr on Aug 10, 2020 14:43:49 GMT -5
I get it, I just don’t see the downside and you want your guys to compete hard not set a tone of giving up.
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Post by rjp313jr on Aug 10, 2020 14:45:24 GMT -5
Also, if they make the playoffs it’s because they won a playin game against a good team going all out to beat them so that’s something and they’d be better than 1-11... possibly 2–10! Lol
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Post by Don Caballero on Aug 10, 2020 17:09:07 GMT -5
Should be interesting to see how the Suns fare against the 76ers tomorrow. Phoenix has been playing lights out, but it's the second night of a B2B and the 76ers should be motivated to climb the standings.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Aug 10, 2020 17:32:31 GMT -5
Should be interesting to see how the Suns fare against the 76ers tomorrow. Phoenix has been playing lights out, but it's the second night of a B2B and the 76ers should be motivated to climb the standings. Oh how good the Sun's could be if they had that third guy, say a TJ Warren who they traded for just money lol. |
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Post by rjp313jr on Aug 10, 2020 18:05:59 GMT -5
Should be interesting to see how the Suns fare against the 76ers tomorrow. Phoenix has been playing lights out, but it's the second night of a B2B and the 76ers should be motivated to climb the standings. Oh how good the Sun's could be if they had that third guy, say a TJ Warren who they traded for just money lol. I don’t get the Warren thing... all of it... his season - the trade - how he’s played since the trade... not even going to bother trying to figure it out |
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Aug 11, 2020 18:33:15 GMT -5
Robert Williams looking good again. Loved seeing Hayward with a strong two handed dunk.
We did our part now the Blazers need to win!
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