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[Coolbreeze44]

I know this idea will get killed, but I could see value for both teams in a Gorgui Dieng for Thaddeus Young swap after December 14th restriction.

:(,

[Q12543 [enjin:6621299]]

Miami is up over Houston by 32 points, in only the first quarter. Miami looks really good with Butler, Adebayo, Nunn and a really deep bench. We are the only team to beat them this year, sans Butler.

Will be interesting to see what Houston is like in a couple of weeks/months. Right now, it seems very much like a work in progress. They're playing much faster with Westbrook than previously when everything was funneled through Harden. And it seems like it's affecting Harden most.

35.7 ppg
But only 37% from the field.
And 22% on threes (2.8 - 13.2 per game!!)
... BUT... 95.8% from the line on a whopping 15.2 - 15.8 per game.

Oh, and let's not forget 5.7 TOs per game, too.

Harden's TS% of .583 is better than Larry Bird's and Michael Jordan's career TS%...

Houston/Harden has sort of destroyed how we used to look at NBA statistics.

It's just a different standard nowadays for what is considered efficient since the analytics movement has taken hold. "Back in the day", a TS% of 54 or 55% was pretty damn good. Now it's just OK-ish.

[kekgeek]

It's early but the Suns might be for real. They have now beaten the Sixers and clippers

[Camden [enjin:6601484]]

Watching Portland and I had a thought. This year's Wolves team would have been the right one for Anthony Tolliver to be on. Wasted him a bit last year.

[thedoper]

I know this idea will get killed, but I could see value for both teams in a Gorgui Dieng for Thaddeus Young swap after December 14th restriction.

I was pretty anti Thad his first go here but he'd be a better fit next to Towns than what he was asked to do on those past teams.

[KG4Ever]

The Suns are playoff contenders. Ayton is suspended for now, but they will be real good when he's back. In the mean time, Booker is healthy and Oubre is a budding star and Ricky is a good fit. The Suns were smart signing Ricky over DLO at roughly half the price.

[Lipoli390]

The Wolves without KAT were crushed tonight by a far superior team. But here's what I liked in NBA tonight:

1. I loved that the Suns best the Sixers, my least favorite team after the Lakers.

2. I like that the guy who would have been my top pick in the 2019 draft, Ja Morant hade a breakout game tonight.

4. I like that the Wizards soundly defeated the Pistons, which combined with the Nets won tonight tells us that the Wolves wins haven't come against complete patsies.

5. I like that Wiggins appears to have played well tonight - at least as reflected in the box score. (I'm out of town and didn't watch the game).

[BizarroJerry [enjin:6592520]]

The Suns are playoff contenders. Ayton is suspended for now, but they will be real good when he's back. In the mean time, Booker is healthy and Oubre is a budding star and Ricky is a good fit. The Suns were smart signing Ricky over DLO at roughly half the price.

And I'm sure the ladies like watching those 3 on the court together.

[kekgeek]

Anthony Davis was quoted he might play for the Bulls next year

[Coolbreeze44]

Anthony Davis was quoted he might play for the Bulls next year

That would be almost too good.