General NBA thread

[Roadgeekteen]

Celtics lost. Spoiled Brown's great day.

[JayhawkCO]

And my Nugs got some vengeance against the Suns.  Shocking what happens when you actually have some healthy guards.

Chris

[Roadgeekteen]

And my Nugs got some vengeance against the Suns.  Shocking what happens when you actually have some healthy guards.

Chris

Nuggets gonna be scary when Jamal Murry comes back.

[JayhawkCO]

And my Nugs got some vengeance against the Suns.  Shocking what happens when you actually have some healthy guards.

Chris

Nuggets gonna be scary when Jamal Murry comes back.

Yeah.  Not a lot of people have a four headed monster like Jokic, Murray, MPJ, and Aaron Gordon.

Chris

[plain]

Guess what everyone?

Draymond Green just took a knee to the n×ts!
EDIT: he's ok now, but still..

[ET21]

Hey look, Bulls aren't hot garbage so far. In fact, they are fun to watch!!

[Henry]

Hey look, Bulls aren't hot garbage so far. In fact, they are fun to watch!!

I concur! Hoping they get that elusive seventh ring sooner than later...

[CoreySamson]

The Rockets went from absolutely disastrous to the hottest team in the NBA over the past couple weeks. After starting 1-16, they've rattled off 7 straight wins. They are the only team in NBA history to have a 15 game losing streak and a 7 game winning streak in the same season (let alone back-to-back). And remarkably, they are only 4 games behind for a potential playoff spot in a weak Western conference. I don't usually care for basketball, but this Rockets team looks like it could make some noise in a couple years.

[Roadgeekteen]

WTF Celtics

[Rothman]

WTF Celtics

No kidding.

[Alps]

WTG Knicks

[Billy F 1988]

If any Brooklyn Nets player gets caught with the COVID omicron virus and had close contact with Kyrie, it will fall on Kyrie, not the GM, the president, ownership group, the fans, or broadcasters. If he wishes to continue this anti-vax charade, good for him. Keep him out of Barclay Center for the rest of the NBA season and put him on the trade block. Brooklyn has enough headaches already on their own. They didn't need him in preseason, they don't need him now. Though, they got their backs against the wall with three more players contracting this stupid ass COVID bug. So, good luck not contracting the bug from a petty no-vax-for-me goober, Nets fans, and to coach Steve Nash.

[DeaconG]

OMG, the Orlando Magic won 3 games out of 4...oh...they're spoiling the tank...MY HEART! AGGHHH!

[ET21]

Bulls are so injured but still doing good. This team has been great to watch

[Henry]

Bulls are so injured but still doing good. This team has been great to watch

Too bad I missed out on watching them in person during their two championship runs in the 90s, but it's fun seeing them play well again. And that's something I haven't said about Chicago since 2011, when they were the top seed in the East and lost to Miami in the conference finals.

[webny99]

I guess this is more or less the official NBA thread on this forum, so I'll drop FiveThirtyEight's 2021-22 NBA predictions here:

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-nba-predictions/

I understand why they use ELO ratings, but they are based too much on previous years.

Underrated: Nuggets, Warriors, Lakers, Heat
Overrated: Clippers, Celtics, Timberwolves

On that note, I haven't listened to this week's sports podcast from FiveThirtyEight yet, but there's presumably some discussion of your point, given that it's titled Why Our Model (Still) Hates The Lakers 

Maybe the model was right to be skeptical of the Lakers after all. They were officially eliminated last night, with the Suns ending their season for the 2nd year in a row.

[JayhawkCO]

I had some hits and misses.

Hits:
Warriors, Heat, Clippers

Misses:
Lakers, Celtics, Timberwolves

Neutral:
Nuggets

Injuries obviously play quite a role in all of it, but the Lakers just suck minus LeBron who actually played great this year.

[Roadgeekteen]

As the Celtics rose the Lakers crashed and burned 

[webny99]

More Lakers analysis: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/this-lakers-season-was-a-trainwreck-and-theres-no-easy-way-to-get-back-on-track/

[Roadgeekteen]

Celtics will be the 2 seed in the playoffs, very happy with the turnaround.

[jgb191]

For the second year in a row, my Houston Rockets are guaranteed to get one of the top four picks in the NBA Draft Lottery next month.  Also now would be a good time to consider getting Frank Vogel to try to steer our ship in a better direction.  Kenny Smith would also make a good coach in the NBA.

[Roadgeekteen]

For the second year in a row, my Houston Rockets are guaranteed to get one of the top four picks in the NBA Draft Lottery next month.  Also now would be a good time to consider getting Frank Vogel to try to steer our ship in a better direction.  Kenny Smith would also make a good coach in the NBA.

Is Stephen Silas not a good coach?

[jgb191]

^  Not saying we need to get rid of Stephen (maybe move him down to assistant coach), just that now would be a good time to consider someone else as head coach.  But also let's see who we pick up in the draft; the Rockets will need to upgrade just about everywhere, talentwise and healthwise.

[Roadgeekteen]

^  Not saying we need to get rid of Stephen (maybe move him down to assistant coach), just that now would be a good time to consider someone else as head coach.  But also let's see who we pick up in the draft; the Rockets will need to upgrade just about everywhere, talentwise and healthwise.

Has any head coach ever been demoted? Doesn't seem like it would work.

[JayhawkCO]

^  Not saying we need to get rid of Stephen (maybe move him down to assistant coach), just that now would be a good time to consider someone else as head coach.  But also let's see who we pick up in the draft; the Rockets will need to upgrade just about everywhere, talentwise and healthwise.

Has any head coach ever been demoted? Doesn't seem like it would work.

They're not making Alvin Gentry the permanent coach of the Kings, but offering him a job instead in the front office, per reports. That's about the closest I can think of.