(01-29-2022, 12:50 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: https://twitter.com/ReggieBullock35/status/1487130217693028356?cxt=HHwWiIC9hbnDrKMpAAAA

(01-29-2022, 01:43 PM)fifteenth Wrote: What's Reggie responding to?

(01-29-2022, 02:04 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Nothing he just tweeted that. Found it odd.

(01-28-2022, 04:18 PM)burekemde Wrote: I am not convinced Ja had better October-December - Luka was injured for a long stretch and Luka has better overall stats as a player., contributing to more facets of the game. Given how NBA is set up, January is more important than earlier months and being at your best just prior to playoffs counts more. I can see the point of chosing Ja over Luka, it can be debated, and especially as its a popularity contest, Ja is way more athletic and flashy, while Luka is all about bbIQ and skill, although Ja has major skills as well, but fans like to see dunks. The media likes to make something more of Lukas injury than it was, like as some fans do. But Luka is having a fantastic season. He showed, when it mattered in January, he is a level better player than Ja, Ja just couldn't play at that level of Luka. I agree Steph is a better player, and Luka needs to win championships to compare to him.

P.S. Regarding Booker, this is different. They have the top record, and deserve their best player as starter. I think given NBA is positionless more and more, I would like to see Steph, Luka and Booker. I see no business there for Ja and Wiggins, they are not the level of Steph, Luka and Booker.

(01-30-2022, 04:28 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: Wilt has records that will never be broken. He was that dominant.

(01-31-2022, 12:28 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: KOC goes on and mentions Dallas has always had interest in John Collins. Bill then chimed in and threw around a potential 3-teamer with Smart to ATL, Collins to Dallas, and Brunson to Boston given that ATL was poking around a trade for Smart earlier in the season. 

(01-30-2022, 04:48 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Cato comments on Green in his post-Pacers piece today:


Green plays like no one I’ve ever seen before. I tweeted about this and received these descriptions of his game:

• 150 percent version of Shane Larkin
• Shorter but hyperathletic Boris Diaw
• Halfway between Russell Westbrook and Patrick Beverley
• Poor man’s A.C. Green (I’m not sure about this one)
• Frog (because he jumps so much)
• 100 miles per hour
• From Jeff Wade, Andre Iguodala

It’s funny, right? Name another player quite like him. He doesn’t have Westbrook’s athleticism, of course, but he sometimes has the Westbrook-esque ability to make these elite athletes he’s playing against look like they’re average dudes. 

But he doesn’t live at the rim like Westbrookian athletes. He’s fast, but only in direct lines. He soars, but he doesn’t have side-to-side shiftiness or the ballhandling to consistently beat man defenses. He still compensates for his subpar jump shot by slashing and quickly attacking closeout defenders. He has an absurd understanding of the court’s geometry and the passing skills to pull off ridiculous dimes, but his finishing — an area where he’s clearly developed since being drafted — still isn’t good enough to make him a consistent driving threat. 

He’s an active defender who sometimes does too much, although he’s consistently been more of a positive force on that end this season, at least in my view.

I’m intrigued to keep watching him. He’s a baffling player to try to comprehend because his skill set is so unique to this sport, but he’s clearly earned more minutes in Hardaway’s absence.