2021 NBA Off and Regular season

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Man, the Nuggets are fun to watch.

 

[Splendid Splinter]

Jokic doesn't horsefeathers around! Pretty sure this isn't his first incident either. Players in the NBA should know better by now than to mess him. He might not start it, but he will definitely end it! He's going to get suspended a decent amount of games, but the NBA should also suspend Morris for 3 games or so as well. He was legit looking to start something or hurt him. Didn't even attempt to go after the ball or anything. Just ran and threw his shoulder/elbow right at Jokic.

 

Also LOL at Butler trying to act all hard like a minute after the fact at Jokic while he's on the bench just chilling.

[squally1313]

Counterpoint, Jokic is an incredible player who is also an horsefeathers with serious temper problems and probably should have gotten this figured out a while ago.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Send a message: don't even suspend Jokic, just Morris. That was such a punk ass move it should not be tolerated. Even though it sucks that Jokic hit him in the back like that.

[imb]

Morris has been dirty for more than a decade. I mean it's fine, a lot of players are dirty, but if you do that horsefeathers to a 7 FOOT TALL SERBIAN, you have to know revenge is coming. Jokic should get like one game

[soccer10k]

Jokic doesn't horsefeathers around! Pretty sure this isn't his first incident either. Players in the NBA should know better by now than to mess him. He might not start it, but he will definitely end it! He's going to get suspended a decent amount of games, but the NBA should also suspend Morris for 3 games or so as well. He was legit looking to start something or hurt him. Didn't even attempt to go after the ball or anything. Just ran and threw his shoulder/elbow right at Jokic.

 

Also LOL at Butler trying to act all hard like a minute after the fact at Jokic while he's on the bench just chilling.

 

Don’t think it was intentional but Morris also went knee to the side of Jokic’s knee also. He got what he deserved for that cheap shot.

 

As for Jimmy, I’m not sure he wants to invite Jokic (and presumably his brothers) into the back for a fight.

 

Also, I hoped this account is really them.

 

[tweet]https://twitter.com/JokicBrothers/status/1458086587187798030[/tweet]

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

He shoulder bumped him in the back after he absorbed a late-game cheap shot from one of the more chippy players in the game. I don't see the issue. I thought Morris milking it was hillarious. On a level of 1 to Bill Laimbeer, this is a 2.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Jokic got a game

Morris 50K

Jimmy 30K

[soccer10k]

Morris should have gotten a game also. This wasn't a hard foul that Jokic overreacted to. It was a cheap shot that caused Jokic's reaction.

 

Glad they didn't overreact and give Jokic a longer suspension at least.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

The commitment is amazing.

 

[NOLA]

[raw]

The commitment is amazing.

 

 

Hate Mushmouth Perkins. He's terrible. I used to watch him argue with Max Kellerman just because I could feel that one day he would call Max an MF'er or say the N-word on TV (trust me, Perkins uses this word a LOT, based on several factors). I did hear him say "God damnit" on the air once with no repercussions.

[soccer10k]

Why the fuck is Russell Westbrook taking a 3 at the buzzer to win the game? Why the fuck do you even put the ball in his hands, Frank Vogel? What the fuck do you think he's going to do? He's going to do what every other player does which is shoot a long shot except the difference is he fucking sucks at it.

 

I just don't fucking understand.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Why the fuck is Russell Westbrook taking a 3 at the buzzer to win the game? Why the fuck do you even put the ball in his hands, Frank Vogel? What the fuck do you think he's going to do? He's going to do what every other player does which is shoot a long shot except the difference is he fucking sucks at it.

 

I just don't fucking understand.

538's weird basketball WAR thingy pegs him as the 3rd worst player in the league thus far this year.

[soccer10k]

Why the fuck is Russell Westbrook taking a 3 at the buzzer to win the game? Why the fuck do you even put the ball in his hands, Frank Vogel? What the fuck do you think he's going to do? He's going to do what every other player does which is shoot a long shot except the difference is he fucking sucks at it.

 

I just don't fucking understand.

538's weird basketball WAR thingy pegs him as the 3rd worst player in the league thus far this year.

 

He had another game last week against the Thunder where he left his man Dort) wide open for a dunk to try to chase after SGA to foul him even though two other Lakers were closer to SGA. Then Russ missed a game tying 3 at the buzzer.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Suns took down the Warriors, actually holding them under 100 pts, even while losing Booker after 15 minutes on the court. Suns started the season 1-3 and now match the Warriors at 18-3 for best records in the league. Steph went 4-21 and was -17.

[Old Style]

How did the Suns start 1-3???????????

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

How did the Suns start 1-3???????????

I think it revolved around losing three of their first 4 games.

[jersey cubs fan]

How did the Suns start 1-3???????????

I think it revolved around losing three of their first 4 games.

had to be done

[Cubswin11]

Suns took down the Warriors, actually holding them under 100 pts, even while losing Booker after 15 minutes on the court. Suns started the season 1-3 and now match the Warriors at 18-3 for best records in the league. Steph went 4-21 and was -17.

Bridges played amazing defense on Steph

[We Got The Whole 9]

Grizzlies are about to beat the Thunder by 75 points

 

I don't think I've seen this since the OG Dream Team

 

150-75

[soccer10k]

Grizzlies beat the Thunder by 73 today. It’s the largest margin of victory in NBA history.

[Derwood]

Grizzlies beat the Thunder by 73 today. It’s the largest margin of victory in NBA history.

 

And Grizzlies are missing their best player.

 

Box score:

 

https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401360154

[soccer10k]

Grizzlies beat the Thunder by 73 today. It’s the largest margin of victory in NBA history.

 

And Grizzlies are missing their best player.

 

Box score:

 

https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401360154

 

The best +/- in the game for the Thunder was -18. The worst was -56 in only 24 minutes.

[bukie]

ELO projections for the final NBA regular season standings after 6 weeks:

 

West:

1. Suns 62-20

2. Warriors 58-24

3. Jazz 55-27

4. Nuggets 45-37

5. Mavs 41-41

6. Grizzlies 41-41

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7. Blazers 40-42

8. Clippers 39-43

9. Spurs 39-43

10. Wolves 39-43

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11. Lakers 38-44

12. Kings 34-48

13. Pelicans 31-51

14. Rockets 24-58

15. Thunder 21-61

 

East:

1. Bucks 53-29

2. Nets 52-30

3. Bulls 50-32

4. 76ers 48-34

5. Hawks 46-36

6. Heat 46-36

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7. Celtics 45-37

8. Cavs 43-39

9. Hornets 43-39

10. Wizards 42-40

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11. Knicks 39-43

12. Raptors 38-44

13. Pacers 37-45

14. Pistons 22-60

15. Magic 21-61

 

Takeaways:

- The West is 3 teams and then awful. You may think "There's no way only 4 teams finish over .500 in the league" and then look and see there are already currently only 4 teams over .500 in the league, and most of the teams near .500 have played easy schedules to this point that will only get tougher.

- The East is wide open for the most part, with just 8 games projected to separate the top seed from the 7 seed and a play in. Also just 6 games separating the 8 seed from the 13 seed, with plenty of teams hanging around playoff positioning (except really the Pacers, who have good metrics but have lost a lot of close games and have a tough record already)