This probably isn’t fair, but…

 

Thybulle stinks.  

We need a 3 and D wing 

1 hour ago, Dave Moss said:

Wtf…

 

I long for December when I would tune into the Cs YouTube post game show and absorb the meltdown of loss after loss and they wanted to trade Brown for Ben.  Those were the ol good days.  I hate that they're good now.  It makes it hard for me to enjoy the season. 

9 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Honestly better off being 4th. Play the bulls. Whoever is the 1 or 2 seed is likely gonna draw the nets. I’m hoping Boston gets the 1 seed and faces the nets round one. That said Boston also has at Toronto, Miami, pacers, Washington, at bulls, at bucks and  at grizzlies coming up. 

Been saying this for a while....but my contention was that the best way to get the 4th seed was to play Bassey and Reed, let them get experience, see if either would be better than Jordan for the playoffs.  I mean honestly, putting a big plant in the middle of the lane would be better than Jordan but Doc is going to Doc and ultimately when we lose, hopefully he will be gone.  He isn't a bad coach, he is just way too stubborn, doesn't play the young guys and yes, the bench is a weakness but damn, he doesn't even try to find a solution!

9 hours ago, Dave Moss said:

This probably isn’t fair, but…

 

Nah.

Maxey had an off shooting night till the 4th quarter.  He helped get them back in the game. 

Anyway,  you can look at his stats in his second season compared to Booker in his second season.  Maxey is better across the board. 

Bigger issue was Harden who didn't do much all night.  And Harris who started hot and then did absolutely nothing. 

And refs. Major home cooking. 

9 hours ago, Dave Moss said:

This probably isn’t fair, but…

 

That’s one game. Maxey is still a 41.6% three point shooter this season. Booker is at 37.8%. Seth Curry is at 42.4% (since your previous post mentioned him). So not really that big of a gap between Curry and Maxey’s shooting. 

1 hour ago, nipples said:

That’s one game. Maxey is still a 41.6% three point shooter this season. Booker is at 37.8%. Seth Curry is at 42.4% (since your previous post mentioned him). So not really that big of a gap between Curry and Maxey’s shooting. 

Seth is a career 44% 3P shooter, Maxey isn't on his level of shooting. 

Bill Simmons gave a perfect analogy with Harden in that when he got traded it was like starting a new diet on January 1st. He started out with all this energy and vigor and by the 10th he is ordering pizza. 

 

2 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Seth is a career 44% 3P shooter, Maxey isn't on his level of shooting. 

Ok… doesn’t have anything to do with this season. Fact is for this year, curry is only about 1% better than Maxey. So basically for every 100 three pointers they attempt, Curry makes one more. It’s only Maxey’s second season also, so he could very well bump that percentage even further in year 3. 

Robert Williams of the Celts tore his meniscus. Out for at least a few weeks, if not more. Pretty big loss for them.

1 minute ago, nipples said:

Ok… doesn’t have anything to do with this season. Fact is for this year, curry is only about 1% better than Maxey. So basically for every 100 three pointers they attempt, Curry makes one more. It’s only Maxey’s second season also, so he could very well bump that percentage even further in year 3. 

And Curry is shooting 48.5% with the Nets since being traded on 6.5 attempts. 

Heck, Steph is only shooting 38% on 3 this year so crap maybe Maxey will be a better 3P shooter than both Curry brothers soon.

Or Maxey could increase his volume higher to 7 or more 3P shots and his average will go down to 37-38%. It's just a goofy argument to make based off one year when Curry has proven tobe a consistent 3P shooter. 

12 minutes ago, nipples said:

Ok… doesn’t have anything to do with this season. Fact is for this year, curry is only about 1% better than Maxey. So basically for every 100 three pointers they attempt, Curry makes one more. It’s only Maxey’s second season also, so he could very well bump that percentage even further in year 3. 

maxey is a better overall player than curry, imo. the only thing curry might be better at is shooting threes. 

anyway, harden looks turrible. i hope it's the hammy because if it's not, dude is washed & shouldn't get anything near the max. 

1 hour ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Bill Simmons gave a perfect analogy with Harden in that when he got traded it was like starting a new diet on January 1st. He started out with all this energy and vigor and by the 10th he is ordering pizza. 

 

The test will come in the post season.  May as well rest him a LOT now until the real stuff starts.

1 hour ago, mr_hunt said:

maxey is a better overall player than curry, imo. the only thing curry might be better at is shooting threes. 

anyway, harden looks turrible. i hope it's the hammy because if it's not, dude is washed & shouldn't get anything near the max. 

I do think the hamstring is an issue. You could see him grabbing it last night while he was just standing around off ball. They really need to just rest him up for the playoffs and hope that’s enough time for it to heal. Because they aren’t doing much damage in the postseason with him hobbled like this. 
 

They’re going to finish with a top 4 seed either way, they can get that done with Harden sitting out until the playoffs. 

We have to forget about Houston Harden and realize that numbers are what they are.  This season he is shooting 41.4% FG and 33.6% 3pt; that's in the ballpark of AI type efficiency. Against the Clippers Harden shot above average.  Yesterday he was well below average against the Suns and it was sort of predictable.  Likely he'll have another Clipper-like game against the Bucks or Pistons this week to even out his season average.  Harden is just not a very efficient shooter so we have to hope that the other things he brings to the table balances that.

Likewise, this is why I never get too concerned about Tobias' shooting slumps.  In this supposed down year he's having he's shooting 48.2% FG and 35.6% 3pt.  What frustrates me about Tobias is not the contract but that he won't shoot more.   He's too efficient and our depth is too shallow for him not to shoot more.  He's our Joe Johnson.  He needs to shoot that thang. 

 

It was the last game of a west coast road trip, and they were playing the best team in the league. And hung with them for 3.5 quarters. 

Why is the sky falling?

Just now, vikas83 said:

It was the last game of a west coast road trip, and they were playing the best team in the league. And hung with them for 3.5 quarters. 

Why is the sky falling?

It's Philly, bro  

13 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

It's Philly, bro  

The correct answer.

33 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

It was the last game of a west coast road trip, and they were playing the best team in the league. And hung with them for 3.5 quarters. 

Why is the sky falling?

Because is that 0.5 of a quarter, Suns are playing on another absolutely level. Their clutch numbers are outlandish 31-6, #1 in offensive rating and #2 in defensive. Sixers had a chance to change some narrative but Suns proved they are just better than everyone. 

2 hours ago, mr_hunt said:

maxey is a better overall player than curry, imo. the only thing curry might be better at is shooting threes. 

anyway, harden looks turrible. i hope it's the hammy because if it's not, dude is washed & shouldn't get anything near the max. 

Yeah but he ran up and down the steps after a loss! 

5 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Because is that 0.5 of a quarter, Suns are playing on another absolutely level. Their clutch numbers are outlandish 31-6, #1 in offensive rating and #2 in defensive. Sixers had a chance to change some narrative but Suns proved they are just better than everyone. 

The Suns aren't just a talented and deep team, but also one that has been built to be a very balanced team.  The players games fit together perfectly.  It's one of the best FO jobs I can recall in the NBA when it comes to getting great young talent and then putting quality complementary pieces around them.

2 hours ago, Shepard Wong said:

The Suns aren't just a talented and deep team, but also one that has been built to be a very balanced team.  The players games fit together perfectly.  It's one of the best FO jobs I can recall in the NBA when it comes to getting great young talent and then putting quality complementary pieces around them.

The key is that they are now winning without Chris Paul. 

 

It’s pretty clear they aren’t winning anything this year.  Harden is not what he used to be and they have absolutely no depth. They may make it to the second round but I think that’s about it.

Easy remaining schedule after tomorrow.