Comments on: 2022-2023 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Nuggets

By: Max

Max — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 10:21:42 +0000

Golden State has lost 11 consecutive road games? Ouch!

By: DRed

DRed — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 04:05:32 +0000

Jaylen Brown outplaying Tatum as the Celtics fall apart down the stretch is a tremendous NBA subplot for me.

By: JK47

JK47 — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 03:36:09 +0000

I figured Brunson would be good, but never in my wildest imagination did I think he’d be 4 BPM good. I thought Josh Hart would be a nice pickup but I didn’t expect him to play like a more low usage, high efficiency version of Scottie Pippen. I didn’t see the return of 4 BPM Julius Randle coming, and I thought if anybody was likely to have a breakout it was RJ, which is the one positive development that didn’t happen.

By: Z--man

Z--man — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 02:46:23 +0000

“Never in doubt Z-man”

not nice to pick on the elderly like that…

By: deeefense

deeefense — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 02:29:42 +0000

RJ has been annoying the hell out of me all year, but if he can at least keep up this efficiency going to the basket and drawing fouls, we have something to work with. He just has to tone down the volume of 3s and stick with just the very best ones and his overall efficiency will be tolerable. And of course, he’s got to play consistent defense too. Whether he can keep himself under control is another matter, but there’s a glimmer of hope that heading into the playoffs he’s not going to be single handedly shooting us out games and doing all sorts dumb stuff. We can worry about what he can for next year later.

By: DRed

DRed — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 02:28:18 +0000

It is really crazy how bad the warriors are on the road.

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 02:15:16 +0000

Never in doubt Z-man

By: Z--man

Z--man — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 02:12:06 +0000

Looks like the Bulls are gonna hang on…Heat loss will be huge for us!

By: deeefense

deeefense — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 02:11:39 +0000

The Bulls made a REALLY good move picking up Patrick Beverley (one of my favorite defense first pests). He looked a bit washed in LA, but they were a mess at the time. He’s showing he still has game and he’s exactly what they needed to replace Lonzo. He’s helping defensively and can make some plays. They might finish up the season well and be a tough out in the play-in.

By: deeefense

deeefense — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 02:02:08 +0000

No victory laps, but what we’ve done has obviously worked well. Rose, Thibs and the rest of the coaches and management team put us in a position where we are a relatively young 45+ win team with internal upside and enough assets in reserve to improve beyond that via trade or draft. That’s all you can really ask for.

We did it with a combination of draft picks, free agency, and trades.

Sure, we’ve made some mistakes, especially in the lottery portion of the draft, but we’ve found some bargains in the draft also.

Sure, some of trades may have given up a hair of present value for the future, but it was with something else in mind.

Sure, we signed some suspect free agents, but none were terminal and some probably helped with the development and mentoring of the young players that are doing so well now.

I think it should be understood that no plan comes without some mistakes unless it’s accompanied by extreme luck. Even the very best managements make some mistakes.

As long as we don’t have any catastrophic injuries or make a huge blunder from here, we should be able to look forward to very good basketball for quite a few years.