sixers are trash. might as well tune out until the trade deadline, this roster is straight garbage.

Hope this happens, it will increase the chances of a championship for teams in the NBA! 

Lol. They just won’t play him except in trash time if he disrupts their offense (which he probably will with his streaky shooting and one trick pony having self)

I can hear the screams of tampering from the small teams.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25587459/small-market-gms-upset-lebron-james-pitch-anthony-davis

those GMs are right. either have a rule or dont have a rule, but enforce the rule if you have one.

i personally think players should be able to say whatever they want about any player, but certainly teams should not be able to unsettle and tamper

Really entertaining Christmas Day games so far. Great stuff. Kyrie is just so fun to watch.

Yeah. Kareem, Shaq, and Zubac.

same story, different day.

the sixers have 3 players on the roster that know how to capably defend, and none of them are guards. the bench is a dumpster fire. i have no expectations for the rest of this season unless our GM magically converts a few of our shit players (chandler, muscala) into capable 2 way players.

this summer is huge.

Refs be like:

RIP Jamal Murray Ankles.

his ankles? he took his soul. jokic looking at murray like a disappointed father in the stands.

btw, the rockets are 9-0 against denver since jokic has become their starting center. he's just not a good matchup for the switching the rockets cause on offense. and capela can outrun him down the court in transition. he didn't play that much if at all in the 4th quarter either. mvp candidate my ass.

Styles make fights bro. Nugs are 28-12, the second best record in the league. Even if the Rockets have their number thus far because of the reasons you mentioned, it only means they are particularly built to negate Jokic’s strengths. And not by design, but by accident. It happens. They have an advantage over almost every other team because of what Jokic is able to do every night. The man is an absolute behemoth in the paint.

Pretty down about the Celtics season so far. Lower 3-pt conversion from Brown, Hayward, (Tatum to an extent) has dented their confidence in every aspect of the game: ability to drive to the paint, to convert when there, to get back on defense, to shoot from the arc with conviction, to assume leadership for comebacks etc. Now starting to feel a level of anxiety that Irving may want a fresh start by the end of the season, while AD's courtship by the Lakers is so much more pronounced than any other suitor.

It looked oh so beautiful at the start of the season.

On the other hand, well done to Bucks, Mavs, Nuggets, Kings and Nets on the strides those teams have made at the halfway mark.

flobaba wrote:

Inability to connect from 3 should have no effect on their defensive identity though. They are going through some serious growing pains is what it looks like. Their success last year surprised everyone and dare I say came a bit too soon. The young players all understood their roles, and expectations without Kyrie weren’t so high. Just goes to show how little changes in team composition can throw off the balance and chemistry of the team. Brad Stevens was basically being hailed then as the Guardiola of basketball. Now he’s gotta earn all those plaudits all over again and find a way to turn it around come playoff time.

Hey flobaba, I think we're talking about more or less the same thing, and the central difference being huge established expectations and how several are dealing with pressure. Expectations built not only from growth of the squad last season, but the return of the two big stars. Stevens engineered the best season of his tenure last year but that defensive identity and team mentality has been on a constant growth curve for 3-4 seasons now. Pretty sure he's a top tier coach (not just an ATO specialist) , but I agree earning it when you've got all the ingredients is a different test.

I just don't know which way its going to go. I'm done staying up for the games and zombiing into work for the time being.

Broke Kobe's streak of 16 straight 30 point games. What a way to break that streak. With Capella out, he's gonna avg 40+ ppg lol 

Ridiculously talented player. Still don’t understand how OKC broke that monstar trio up. For Ibaka.

Harden is obviously an amazingly gifted offensive player, but I just don't like watching Harden and the Rockets. Iso ball to the extreme, and I can't get excited seeing Harden or CP3 going 1 v 1 over and over.

Knicks traded Three 6 Latvia to the Mavs.

Initially thought Mavs robbed the Knicks, but with the news that KP would only sign a QO with the Mavs and become a free agent in 2020, the Knicks might be able come out better with their newfound cap space for 2 superstars and a very high draft pick that could be Zion.

Meatwad wrote:

Knicks traded Three 6 Latvia

You mean DJ Paulzingis

or Kripsta Knicca

DeAndre Jordan, Wes Matthews and Dennis Smith will improve the Knicks though, which will be a blow to their plans of tanking to get Zion. Unless they make further trades they may end up better than bottom 3, which at this point seems pretty damn stupid.

arsedoc md wrote:

Possible NBA finals matchup tonight 1030 pm eastern

Was a good game. The warriors aren’t the same team without Klay Thompson. Like Charles Barkley correctly observed he is instrumental to the spacing of the team, and forces opposing defences to commit to guarding the 3, thereby creating space on the inside for runners and cuts. Excellent performance by the 76ers. Not a great shooting night but quite balanced in their approach, defended well and they took advantage of their size advantage. I enjoyed it.

Rex wrote:

DeAndre Jordan, Wes Matthews and Dennis Smith will improve the Knicks though, which will be a blow to their plans of tanking to get Zion. Unless they make further trades they may end up better than bottom 3, which at this point seems pretty damn stupid.

They are most likely going to buyout Jordan and Matthews to keep that tank alive lol 

Well then

arsedoc md wrote:

What a punk.

So who you gonna give up for AD, bryant? Fuck Magic if he gives up our boy Kuzzz

I think my preferred offer would be mostly everyone + picks besides keeping one (Kuz or Lonzo). 

Apparently, Demps has rejected 5 trade proposals (that included kuzi) from Magic as he thinks the Celtics' offer will be the best one. I don't think anyone wants to trade with the Lakers. 

AD is at least doing his part in helping push a trade to us: