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I like the team this year. TP looks kind of bad and theres something about Lapravittola that I don't like, but everyone else seems to be fitting in really well. And JSimms is a highlight factory. He came within a fraction of an inch of a dunk against Miami that would have ended the franchise.

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I like the team as well. If Lee and Dedmon keep playing the way they are I think the bench is much stronger than last year. I agree with you about TP but not Laprovittola. He will probably never be a star but I think he will be a steady player and fill a role.

On Lap..., it's not his game that I don't like but there's something about his demeanor/body language that seems a bit off. Maybe it'll go away as he finds his role.

Nice matchup with the Jazz tonight, should be a good game. It'll be nice to keep tabs on Bobo and GHill

As of right now. Kawhi leads the league in PER at 38.15 which is unreal. Even though the numbers might be skewed from it being early in the season.

Bertans is out tonight.

Wish Boris was playing

Apparently the Jazz have decided they aren't gonna miss tonight. Good lord they're on fire!

West Texan said:

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Apparently the Jazz have decided they aren't gonna miss tonight. Good lord they're on fire!

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71%

Ganondorf said:

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West Texan said:

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Apparently the Jazz have decided they aren't gonna miss tonight. Good lord they're on fire!

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Good news: they can't keep that up

Bad news: it might not matter if they don't start missing soon

I like a whole lot that I've seen from Dedmon, but he's a horrible finisher around the rim.

As I type this we pass up 4 wide open shots trying to be too unselfish and get called for 3 seconds... One of those nights

West Texan said:

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Ganondorf said:

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West Texan said:

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Apparently the Jazz have decided they aren't gonna miss tonight. Good lord they're on fire!

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Good news: they can't keep that up

Bad news: it might not matter if they don't start missing soon

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The latter didn't come to fruition. After the Jazz went up 47-31 with 9 left, the Spurs go on a 15-0 run and Utah doesn't score for about 6 minutes to make it a game again.

Down 54-50 at half. We were able to survive the barrage and make a run. Need the defense to be better the second half, still gave up way too many open looks.

Looking much better now

Are we really about to lose this game?

Not awesome defense. Gotta play better than that to blame it on a hot shooting night.

Yea 3 point defense was really bad. Still not playing great defense yet this year. Hopefully it comes.

On defense, TP gets high on one shoulder of the ball handler not to stop him but to make him predictable for the help. All of our guards do that, he's just more obvious about. Pau and Dedmon are still a bit slow recognizing that and getting in position. They also aren't quite there on using their length to neutralize areas of the court. That tends to pin them to the weak side sticking with their man with the lane open.

Last, the team as a whole is still rotating with the ball instead of with the previous rotation. For example, player A is defending player X. Player A rotates off. Player B should see that and rotate to replace him immediately, but that second rotation doesn't happen until the ball is already on the way. Kyle Anderson is the worst offender. He does understand controlling space, but he's playing guards with Green out right now so when he sags in the offense just kicks it around the perimeter to the shooter and he's too slow to recover. He really needs to play as a switching 3/4 where his instincts work better.

All of that is fixable. Leonard/Green/Simmons make up a ferocious, versatile defensive trio. Gasol is smart enough to backstop those monsters once he's in sync, Aldridge gets it, and Dedmon is getting there. Just early season work in progress with lots of new guys.

What's the timeline on Green? Is he expected to miss significant time? If he can regain his 3pt shot Spurs are going to be tough to beat.

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What's the timeline on Green? Is he expected to miss significant time? If he can regain his 3pt shot Spurs are going to be tough to beat.

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His injury was announced a few days before the season and estimated at three weeks. That would put him at November 11th return but obviously could be sooner or later.

Also crazy that Kyle Anderson has never scored a point in any basketball league he has played in (NBA, college, high school).. incredible statistic

210Aggie14 said:

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Also crazy that Kyle Anderson has never scored a point in any basketball league he has played in (NBA, college, high school).. incredible statistic

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Um, wut?

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210Aggie14 said:

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Also crazy that Kyle Anderson has never scored a point in any basketball league he has played in (NBA, college, high school).. incredible statistic

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Um, wut?

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Just making fun at how bad his ability to make a basket is.

you must have not watched him play at all last year

Unfortunately I did

Anyone using league pass on mobile with success? It seems like the app is just sucking.

Just reporting league pass working and...

How funny Kawhi said he didn't workout with Kobe and he didn't know where that came from?

Please beat the **** out of the Warriors in May

thunder getting smoked

azulAg said:

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thunder getting smoked

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What did you expect?

westbrook would go off

Need Durant to break a leg tonight. Literally. Smug trash out in GS.

You are my friend

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Need Durant to break a leg tonight. Literally. Smug trash out in GS.

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Is that you, Brecklynn?

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thunder getting smoked

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Westbrook will rack up stats this year but he cannot carry a team by himself and the Thunder will get smoked by most of the good teams in the west on a regular basis.

thought it was kind of dumb for them to pay olidapo so much