Quickley’s regression this season is really alarming, he’s literally forgotten how to shoot a basketball

One reason can be that he’s thinking too much, normally he’d shoot the ball the moment he sees an opening, and now he thinks about it, but then he holds the ball to keep searching for a better play or shot. I don’t think this is working, he’s a pure shooter like a Jamal Crawford, let him shoot right away and live with the results. If he’s feeling it, keep him in, if not, take him out. Still projects as a 6th man type, the end of last season good PG play probably was in part the competition not being fully committed to stop him, with some teams tanking and others already thinking about the playoffs.

I think Hart has been pretty good, overall, but he really doesn’t seem like he’s a guy who’s going to make a leap, ya know? This seems sort of who he is, for good or for bad (and in general, it’s been good).

Of course if he’s putting up a reasonably efficient 20/10 the Knicks won’t move him unless the team has totally collapsed.

That’s an amusing problem. If he ever plays well enough to be traded, they’ll never trade him.

Walker Kessler 6-6 tonight but a -11. His stat line is quite gaudy so far. Like insanely good.

And Ben in Indiana is mathurin nicely

I’m officially buying Lauri Markannen stocks, he has been playing so well. This whole Jazz team is fun to watch especially because all the players who were dumped in the trades so that the Jazz could tank seem so pissed about it, like they all have a huge collective chip on their shoulders because they were thrown away to match salaries.

The thing about Ainge is that he’s so stubborn that he wasn’t going to ever tank for the sake of tanking. He’d only tank if people gave him value for the players he wanted to deal. He’s obsessed with getting value for his assets. And if they win instead, that’s just what he’ll do. He’s kind of fascinating that way. We saw the same exact thing play out with Rondo. He only traded him when he got a great deal from Dallas, even though his strong first half pushed the Celtics to 40-42 and a first round exit in what looked to be a great draft.

That Bucks game was insane.