This season is a massive success no matter the outcome. My expectation, as well as pretty much every educated NBA fan outside of this fanbase, was that we would make the play-in. Guys we're competing for home court advantage now. The playoffs are a totally different game and this will be this squads first time. Don't be upset or surprised if (when) we get brutally fucked in the first round. It's the experience that matters
Right now he like if you combined a less explosive Clippers Blake Griffin with the best aspects of Detroit Blake Griffin. At his best I can see him being a Carmelo 2.0
The copium is wild. Paolo is the #1 option on a winning team and one of the best defenses in the league (when healthy). Scottie played 2nd/3rd fiddle on a 12-seed up until the Pascal trade and there's been a noticeable dip in his production since.
Wemby has by far the highest potential followed by Paolo and then Chet. Wemby is the clear ROTY and is going to be both an MVP candidate and DPOY candidate for at least six seasons at his peak. He has the handle of someone who's 6'7 and actually knows how to use his body in the NBA. Paolo at his best is also going to be an MVP candidate for a few seasons but a pretty good defender. Chet is a great player and a DPOY candidate, but as someone who watches the Thunder a lot, the success of that team has slightly overrated Chet. They were in desparate need of a frontcourt presence taller than 6'10 and if Wemby was on that team the ROY race wouldn't even be close. And honestly I could say the same if Paolo was on the Thunder too.
Tyus for Fultz (and a first) is the most realistic option. Wash gets a hometown player that can facilitate an offense to let Kuz and Poole play hero ball and we get a "veteran" (he's only 27) that can give us a good 15ppg on 35-40% shooting from deep
We lost by 12 and I predicted 15 assuming we were actually healthy so I'm not upset about it all things considered. I would like to see a game where Franz is playing and where JI isn't fresh off an injury. Paolo's been carrying the load on offense without Franz and it's pretty clear that he needs help. Suggs didn't play well with Chuma/Houstan but that'll change over time. I want to see Goga and Suggs playing a consistent 25+mpg. AB's role on this team is very awkward right now but in a Thunder matchup if he just sticks to what he's good he'll be fine. Shai was getting all of the calls in the world but we need to stop expecting that for us and just finish through contact, especially Paolo. The great news is that we held Shai to 0-4 from deep. A lot of people are worried about our lack of perimeter shooting but we should be worrying about our FTs first.
Truly awful game on pretty much all fronts. Chuma and Caleb were pretty hot in the first half but our transition play was absolutely awful. We couldn't out rebound Miami even though they're a much smaller team. Paolo wasn't getting any help from his teammates which is why he was 10-26 tonight. Nobody except Moe could make their free throws and there were points throughout that game where we played like the 2022 Magic.
For me I have to painfully pick Anthony Black. I think his rookie season has been slightly worse than we're making it out to be. We drafted him 6th and he looks like maybe the 20th best player in the class right now. For every night that he looks great there are four others where he does nothing at all and he might as well just come off the bench and play 10 minutes per game. I want him to prove me wrong because he still has a good ceiling, but I just don't see anything great so far.
hi i’m a cavs fan. do you guys actually like Mo Wagner? cos to us he’s the biggest piece of shit on the planet
He's a Pat Bev type. Love him when he's on your team and hate him when you play against him.
Yep we're boned
It's also this squads first playoff game. We'll have a much better evaluation of where this team is at once this series is over
You da goat
Yeaaaah we might get swept and its okay
Thanasis seems like a great guy, he just really sucks at basketball
Guys i think we just made the playoffs
Refs with the shitty calls as usual (shout out Bobby Portis)
Isaac with 3 blocks already
Y'all do realize we drafted Bamba AFTER the Mavs grabbed Trae right? (Talking to the commenters that are mad we "didn't draft him over Mo")
Very easy games to lose coming up. We might slip into the play in.
I hope Mosley calls them out in the post game press shitty energy all around
This was like 35% Mose's fault
And a 12.5% chance at the 2 seed. (We'd have to go 6-0 for the rest of the season but its still exciting)
Hot take the Bucks. Our team needs to face a contender to get a taste of what playoff basketball is really like
This season is a massive success no matter the outcome. My expectation, as well as pretty much every educated NBA fan outside of this fanbase, was that we would make the play-in. Guys we're competing for home court advantage now. The playoffs are a totally different game and this will be this squads first time. Don't be upset or surprised if (when) we get brutally fucked in the first round. It's the experience that matters
Right now he like if you combined a less explosive Clippers Blake Griffin with the best aspects of Detroit Blake Griffin. At his best I can see him being a Carmelo 2.0
I'm very cool with this
https://giphy.com/gifs/UrKBlr9SJv8K4qqD2X
We lost that series
The copium is wild. Paolo is the #1 option on a winning team and one of the best defenses in the league (when healthy). Scottie played 2nd/3rd fiddle on a 12-seed up until the Pascal trade and there's been a noticeable dip in his production since.
Honestly there’s something about Banchero that just doesn’t scream star to me
Is it the all-star selection?
Also, 90 percent of Americans aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed.
Stick to hockey
This subreddit is so damn stupid
Wemby has by far the highest potential followed by Paolo and then Chet. Wemby is the clear ROTY and is going to be both an MVP candidate and DPOY candidate for at least six seasons at his peak. He has the handle of someone who's 6'7 and actually knows how to use his body in the NBA. Paolo at his best is also going to be an MVP candidate for a few seasons but a pretty good defender. Chet is a great player and a DPOY candidate, but as someone who watches the Thunder a lot, the success of that team has slightly overrated Chet. They were in desparate need of a frontcourt presence taller than 6'10 and if Wemby was on that team the ROY race wouldn't even be close. And honestly I could say the same if Paolo was on the Thunder too.
Tyus for Fultz (and a first) is the most realistic option. Wash gets a hometown player that can facilitate an offense to let Kuz and Poole play hero ball and we get a "veteran" (he's only 27) that can give us a good 15ppg on 35-40% shooting from deep
Thoughts after one?
We lost by 12 and I predicted 15 assuming we were actually healthy so I'm not upset about it all things considered. I would like to see a game where Franz is playing and where JI isn't fresh off an injury. Paolo's been carrying the load on offense without Franz and it's pretty clear that he needs help. Suggs didn't play well with Chuma/Houstan but that'll change over time. I want to see Goga and Suggs playing a consistent 25+mpg. AB's role on this team is very awkward right now but in a Thunder matchup if he just sticks to what he's good he'll be fine. Shai was getting all of the calls in the world but we need to stop expecting that for us and just finish through contact, especially Paolo. The great news is that we held Shai to 0-4 from deep. A lot of people are worried about our lack of perimeter shooting but we should be worrying about our FTs first.
Truly awful game on pretty much all fronts. Chuma and Caleb were pretty hot in the first half but our transition play was absolutely awful. We couldn't out rebound Miami even though they're a much smaller team. Paolo wasn't getting any help from his teammates which is why he was 10-26 tonight. Nobody except Moe could make their free throws and there were points throughout that game where we played like the 2022 Magic.
Tyus Motherfucking Jones
For me I have to painfully pick Anthony Black. I think his rookie season has been slightly worse than we're making it out to be. We drafted him 6th and he looks like maybe the 20th best player in the class right now. For every night that he looks great there are four others where he does nothing at all and he might as well just come off the bench and play 10 minutes per game. I want him to prove me wrong because he still has a good ceiling, but I just don't see anything great so far.