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Sports NBA Thread: 2023-2024 Season
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did you know about the trade in advance that would leave the raptors short handed lol
gg pistons, enjoy the wingstop
Yall are talented fellas
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Banned deucer.
Rev up those fryers, we 3-29 mfers
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Steph Curry revolutionized the game, the 3 pointer is the most important aspect of most basketball games, who makes more threes or at least if you're not shooting a lot you have to be shooting a better percent.
That ultimately depends on your team's 3-point defense as much as their ability to make them. The Lakers and Bucks for example are teams that won championships by the strength of 3-point defense.
Edit: I actually kinda want to add more context because I think the importance of the three point line today is an underrated topic.
Curry and Klay are the most prolific 3-point scoring combo in history. The math game is insanely off the charts in effiency thanks to their pace and passing with Draymond. It is almost entirely indefensible save for the Thunder the year they had one of the best defensive frontcourts in Ibaka, Durant, and Roberson and LeBron with 3 & D wings. Oh, and we can't forget the Raptprs. Kawhi, Ibaka, Gasol, and Lowry is as good as it gets defensively together along with a high IQ coach. Other than that, no other team in the league is able to stop those two without both athletic gifted wings and big men.
The formula after Golden State put the NBA in immediate parity. They'd win again, but there's been a different champion since Durant's departure. Lakers and Bucks share a focus on 3-point defense in two similar ways.
Bucks had Lopez in the paint, Giannis as free safety, Holidae at the point of contact, and Middleton is simply an additional plus-defender who can score from outside. They were challenged offensively at times, but their ability to defend three-point shooting together was championship stuff.
Lakers had AD who is already known for his outstanding paint defense, along with LeBron as a free safety with his IQ, Caruso at the point of attack, and Caldwell-Pope played the plus-defender who can shoot role similar to Middleton. Again, this team was extremely offensively challenged at times, but they had a great combination of IQ, length, and hustle to defend the perimeter at a high level. You don't beat the Rockets with Harden that year any other way.
The league has trended in a direction where there's high variance around the three-point line. Will we ever get another repeat? Denver might be who you may want to bet on since it's similar to the passing, flowing, and shooting of Golden State simply from a different position. Instead of the guard being a scoring and assist machine, it's your center.
Edit: I actually kinda want to add more context because I think the importance of the three point line today is an underrated topic.
Curry and Klay are the most prolific 3-point scoring combo in history. The math game is insanely off the charts in effiency thanks to their pace and passing with Draymond. It is almost entirely indefensible save for the Thunder the year they had one of the best defensive frontcourts in Ibaka, Durant, and Roberson and LeBron with 3 & D wings. Oh, and we can't forget the Raptprs. Kawhi, Ibaka, Gasol, and Lowry is as good as it gets defensively together along with a high IQ coach. Other than that, no other team in the league is able to stop those two without both athletic gifted wings and big men.
The formula after Golden State put the NBA in immediate parity. They'd win again, but there's been a different champion since Durant's departure. Lakers and Bucks share a focus on 3-point defense in two similar ways.
Bucks had Lopez in the paint, Giannis as free safety, Holidae at the point of contact, and Middleton is simply an additional plus-defender who can score from outside. They were challenged offensively at times, but their ability to defend three-point shooting together was championship stuff.
Lakers had AD who is already known for his outstanding paint defense, along with LeBron as a free safety with his IQ, Caruso at the point of attack, and Caldwell-Pope played the plus-defender who can shoot role similar to Middleton. Again, this team was extremely offensively challenged at times, but they had a great combination of IQ, length, and hustle to defend the perimeter at a high level. You don't beat the Rockets with Harden that year any other way.
The league has trended in a direction where there's high variance around the three-point line. Will we ever get another repeat? Denver might be who you may want to bet on since it's similar to the passing, flowing, and shooting of Golden State simply from a different position. Instead of the guard being a scoring and assist machine, it's your center.
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I did not expect the Lakers to be this bad after their last playoff season. Seems like they played with fool's gold.
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Banned deucer.
Darvin Ham can’t coach for shit & his rotations are ass
But I’m seriously impressed with the Heat. Juan Wick (JJJ) is him
Neither could Mike Brown
Or Luke Walton
Or Frank Vogel
Or David Blatt.
I wonder where the common denominator is in all this bad coaching.
Don't I love yet another trainwreck Lakers year....
And Jesus Christ offense today... 150 points Indiana, and almost every team that wins now is 115+ points.
And Jesus Christ offense today... 150 points Indiana, and almost every team that wins now is 115+ points.
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Banned deucer.
https://theathletic.com/5189601/2024/01/09/celtics-pacers-controversial-call-jaylen-brown/?amp=1
Gonna have to agree with JB on this one, that call was mega sus
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I'm not gonna say it was rigged because the refs called it on both ends so the refs would've known that the coach was going to challenge a call like that and win but insane ending and I don't think it was a foul on both ends personally.https://theathletic.com/5189601/2024/01/09/celtics-pacers-controversial-call-jaylen-brown/?amp=1
Gonna have to agree with JB on this one, that call was mega sus
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Damn the Trailblazers got decimated yesterday. After 3 quarters they only scored 56 points lmfao
Unfortunate does not even begin to describe that franchise rip
Unfortunate does not even begin to describe that franchise rip
Breaking News: The Los Angeles Lakers are trading D'Angelo Russell, LeBron's dry cleaning, and a bag of chips for Zach Lavine from the Chicago Bulls
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They’re on track to repeating, don’t need to be the 1 seed to win it all. Jokic is busted
blazers have a better record than the pistons, spurs and wizards can you believe that ???
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Banned deucer.
Clearly they’re doing something right!
I’d move to a different state if I was a Pistons fan. Maybe this time they drop 30 games in a row
I saw this and coach brown has a point the referees have been awful this season with calls and a lot of the people are calling some of the games rigged