champ11 Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, braylon said: Question for you.. If you needed to make as deep of a run as possible in the playoffs this year who are you choosing to lead your roster? AD or Harden? Harden pretty easily for me. I didn't feel like digging into NBA stats so this was the most recent version of this stat I found in a quick twitter search although Harden is in a horrible slump right now lol Edited March 11, 2020 by champ11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 29 minutes ago, J-ALL-DAY said: Durant is going to still a killer next year. His size and skill set for his size is what makes him special and that's not going to change. Will be athletic enough. Jokic won't be better than KD next year. Steph is going to be Steph. Jokic is going to be in the 6-10 range. And let's see the type of jump a guy like Tatum can take. Coming off an achilles KD isn't going to be KD immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-ALL-DAY Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 52 minutes ago, Bullet Club said: Coming off an achilles KD isn't going to be KD immediately. He will be close to the level he was at before his injury. Again, still be a 7 foot sniper and doesn't rely on athleticism nearly as much as other scorers. He will have been 16 months removed from his Achilles injury by the time the season starts next season. This isn't the case of KD during after 9 or 10 months, instead he will have damn year a year in a half to recover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 15 minutes ago, J-ALL-DAY said: He will be close to the level he was at before his injury. Again, still be a 7 foot sniper and doesn't rely on athleticism nearly as much as other scorers. He will have been 16 months removed from his Achilles injury by the time the season starts next season. This isn't the case of KD during after 9 or 10 months, instead he will have damn year a year in a half to recover. Everyone in the NBA relies on athleticism. You don't come back the same after an achilles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agarcia34 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 The Warriors will be the first NBA team to play with no fans in attendance. Game will happen against the Nets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-ALL-DAY Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 34 minutes ago, Bullet Club said: Everyone in the NBA relies on athleticism. You don't come back the same after an achilles. When did I say he doesn't rely on athleticism? I said he doesn't rely on it as much as other scorers...Which is a fact. And how many players in their prime come back after 16 months? Again, he's not coming back this season. If he was to return late this season and you would say he won't be the same THIS season, I could get behind that. But that's not the case at all. Durant will be averaging his usual 26-28 PPG on near 50/38/88 shooting splits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Just now, J-ALL-DAY said: When did I say he doesn't rely on athleticism? I said he doesn't rely on it as much as other scorers...Which is a fact. And how many players in their prime come back after 16 months? Again, he's not coming back this season. If he was to return late this season and you would say he won't be the same THIS season, I could get behind that. But that's not the case at all. Durant will be averaging his usual 26-28 PPG on near 50/38/88 shooting splits. He can post those numbers and still be a worse overall player. He's going to have rust and achilles injuries are deadly. Taking more time off doesn't really matter if it's also more time away from the game. Kobe went from a superstar to a scrub the rest of his career. You can expect him to be a top 5 guy when he comes back but you'll likely be very disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-ALL-DAY Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 14 minutes ago, Bullet Club said: He can post those numbers and still be a worse overall player. He's going to have rust and achilles injuries are deadly. Taking more time off doesn't really matter if it's also more time away from the game. Kobe went from a superstar to a scrub the rest of his career. You can expect him to be a top 5 guy when he comes back but you'll likely be very disappointed. Kobe Bryant was coming from an Achilles injury in his 17th season with much more mileage on his body than Durant. And even Kobe, he relied on athleticism more than Durant, despite being extremely skilled himself. And taking more time absolutely helps him. You can point to rust, but coming back after 16 months opposed to 9 months doesn't make a difference? In what world does that not make a difference? That's damn near a year of more recovery time for him to strengthen his Achilles. But anyways, I am confident Durant will be seen as a better player than Jokic next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, J-ALL-DAY said: Kobe Bryant was coming from an Achilles injury in his 17th season with much more mileage on his body than Durant. And even Kobe, he relied on athleticism more than Durant, despite being extremely skilled himself. And taking more time absolutely helps him. You can point to rust, but coming back after 16 months opposed to 9 months doesn't make a difference? In what world does that not make a difference? That's damn near a year of more recovery time for him to strengthen his Achilles. But anyways, I am confident Durant will be seen as a better player than Jokic next season. Agree to disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 48 minutes ago, agarcia34 said: The Warriors will be the first NBA team to play with no fans in attendance. Game will happen against the Nets This is huge. If things continue to get worse, more teams might follow suit. If it still gets worse, this will go into the playoffs, which happen next month. I get this is very important and I'm not trying to put it down, I'm just talking from purely a basketball standpoint. All season the Lakers and Bucks have been the #1 seed in their respective conferences. What was it for if fans are not allowed in the arena during the playoffs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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seminoles1 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 30 minutes ago, 11sanchez11 said: If he has the coronavirus (obviously very unlikely), then he should be fined for that ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminoles1 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 2 hours ago, agarcia34 said: The Warriors will be the first NBA team to play with no fans in attendance. Game will happen against the Nets That's going to be so weird for the players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11sanchez11 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 china has screwed the nba this year, gonna lose a lot of money. lebron's contract gonna go over the luxury by itself lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-ALL-DAY Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Wow, probably the right decision but does this go into the playoffs? If so, home court doesn't mean a damn thing...Sorry LAL/MIL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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