Posted by ashamael on 8/12/2020 4:12:00 PM (view original):
I hadn't heard Zeke from Cabin Creek either! Nice!

Posted by jhsukow on 8/12/2020 4:46:00 PM (view original):
Adidas put Dames shoes on sale for $61 today. Unfortunately, all they have left is size 19 or bigger.

Posted by tarheel1991 on 8/12/2020 4:41:00 PM (view original):
Good stuff cmcafeeky. To be clear, i knew the other nicknames, just not the Zeke one.

Posted by ashamael on 8/11/2020 9:29:00 PM (view original):

Posted by robusk on 8/11/2020 8:37:00 PM (view original):
I would never intentionally besmirch ben, he is a legend and a great guy. His team is indeed stacked.

But let's not pretend he was playing four dimensional chess in this draft. Except for maybe Deron Williams (who I am not saying was the wrong pick), he took the most obvious person at every slot. The draft just played out perfectly for him and those of us hip to it were powerless to stop it.

I think the Bobby Jones pick was especially good. Based on where he went last draft, it was early, but Kinoa got arguably the biggest steal in the whole draft there. I wonder what things would have looked like had I gone Bobby J instead of Elton Brand last season.

The Danny Green thing is just exhausting to me. I know he doesn't have very many assists, but there are several guys who drafted big time assist point guards (Stockton, Kidd, Magic, Nash, cp3... those guys with consistent 30%+ ast% seasons) who should have taken a swing on him late round 3 / early round 4 IMO. I had him on my radar and would have taken him in round 4 if I had taken Draymond in round 3 like I almost did.

I just know that talent pool + ben's coaching = bad for the rest of us.

Posted by robusk on 8/12/2020 4:54:00 PM (view original):

Posted by ashamael on 8/11/2020 9:29:00 PM (view original):

Posted by robusk on 8/11/2020 8:37:00 PM (view original):
I would never intentionally besmirch ben, he is a legend and a great guy. His team is indeed stacked.

But let's not pretend he was playing four dimensional chess in this draft. Except for maybe Deron Williams (who I am not saying was the wrong pick), he took the most obvious person at every slot. The draft just played out perfectly for him and those of us hip to it were powerless to stop it.

I think the Bobby Jones pick was especially good. Based on where he went last draft, it was early, but Kinoa got arguably the biggest steal in the whole draft there. I wonder what things would have looked like had I gone Bobby J instead of Elton Brand last season.

The Danny Green thing is just exhausting to me. I know he doesn't have very many assists, but there are several guys who drafted big time assist point guards (Stockton, Kidd, Magic, Nash, cp3... those guys with consistent 30%+ ast% seasons) who should have taken a swing on him late round 3 / early round 4 IMO. I had him on my radar and would have taken him in round 4 if I had taken Draymond in round 3 like I almost did.

I just know that talent pool + ben's coaching = bad for the rest of us.

Resurrecting an old-ish post, but when I saw Jones was still available where he was, I had buyer's remorse on the Durant pick.

Posted by jcred5 on 8/12/2020 8:28:00 AM (view original):

Posted by robusk on 8/11/2020 9:24:00 PM (view original):
It has been so amazing living here for the bulk of his career, being a season ticket holder and watching him grow into this. He is a great dude too. A lifelong basketball fan and this is the closest I’ve ever felt to a player. So many amazing playoff games and the bubble has just been such a showcase of how awesome he is.

I was watching him v the Mavs last night and saw something I'm not sure I've seen/noticed. At about 30 feet from the basket Lillard went right off a screen. His defender, maybe Luka, went what you would think you should do for him and went over the screen forcing him towards the basket. Lillard steps into a 24 footer in rhythm and buries. He's become so deadly from 30 he's forcing defenders to go over screens at 30 feet from the basket which in turn allow him to step into shorter 3's. Nuts. I guess the off ball defender of the screener should drop, but then Lillard probably just leans into him as he's moving, chucks something up and then takes 3 free throws (which the nba needs to fix). Don't recall having seen someone so effective at 30 that you're probably better off going under screens so you're not giving him an easier 24 footer. I guess Steph would be, but I'm not sure he takes as many 30 foot 3's as Lillard is.