Around the NBA (non-Wolves talk)

[Camden [enjin:6601484]]

Jimmy Butler and Karl-Anthony Towns made the All-Star roster. Shouldn't surprise anyone here, but I'm glad our guys didn't get robbed.

[Monster]

Jimmy Butler and Karl-Anthony Towns made the All-Star roster. Shouldn't surprise anyone here, but I'm glad our guys didn't get robbed.

Maybe I will watch the game this year.

[kekgeek]

Jimmy Butler and Karl-Anthony Towns made the All-Star roster. Shouldn't surprise anyone here, but I'm glad our guys didn't get robbed.

I'm happy for Kat but downside is now he can make more on his max

[Lipoli390]

The allstar news is good. But otherwise a double-bummer tonight with the Spurs beating the Cavs and the Thunder pulling out a 1-point win over the Nets.

The Spurs are amazing. They're tied with us for the 3rd best record in the West playing pretty much the entire season without their best player and starting the season without Tony Parker. Two years ago they drafted a guy named Dejounte Murray near the bottom of the first round. He had 19 points, 10 rebounds and 7 steals tonight. Of course, as we all know, Parker was drafted at the bottom of the 1st round while Manu was drafted at the bottom of the 2nd. The made a draft day trade for K. Leonard who no analysts predicted would be nearly as good as he's become. The Spurs organization obviously has a great eye for talent.

Maybe Justin Patton, MGH or Anthony Brown will become a really good NBA player. Maybe two or even three of them will. I like what we've seen so fare from MGH. Anthony Brown has been consistently very good so far in the G-League. And Patton seems to be getting on track recently. It will be a while before we can reliably evaluate Thibs as a talent evaluator. He loved Dunn and although Murray looks like he was clearly the better pick, Dunn seems to be coming around with the Bulls this season.

[Lipoli390]

The Lakers do have a lot of nice young talent, even without Lonzo Ball on the court.

[Monster]

The allstar news is good. But otherwise a double-bummer tonight with the Spurs beating the Cavs and the Thunder pulling out a 1-point win over the Nets.

The Spurs are amazing. They're tied with us for the 3rd best record in the West playing pretty much the entire season without their best player and starting the season without Tony Parker. Two years ago they drafted a guy named Dejounte Murray near the bottom of the first round. He had 19 points, 10 rebounds and 7 steals tonight. Of course, as we all know, Parker was drafted at the bottom of the 1st round while Manu was drafted at the bottom of the 2nd. The made a draft day trade for K. Leonard who no analysts predicted would be nearly as good as he's become. The Spurs organization obviously has a great eye for talent.

Maybe Justin Patton, MGH or Anthony Brown will become a really good NBA player. Maybe two or even three of them will. I like what we've seen so fare from MGH. Anthony Brown has been consistently very good so far in the G-League. And Patton seems to be getting on track recently. It will be a while before we can reliably evaluate Thibs as a talent evaluator. He loved Dunn and although Murray looks like he was clearly the better pick, Dunn seems to be coming around with the Bulls this season.

Dejounte Murray was a guy that plenty of fans knew about so other teams only have themselves to blame if they didn't take him. That was a bit of a weird draft some teams probably should have taken him or someone else. Skal went one pick before Murray and he looks quite a bit better than some guys picked before him. The Spurs are great and selecting and developing guys but you can end up with good players with those later picks.

[AbeVigodaLive]

The Spurs are amazing. They're tied with us for the 3rd best record in the West playing pretty much the entire season without their best player and starting the season without Tony Parker. Two years ago they drafted a guy named Dejounte Murray near the bottom of the first round. He had 19 points, 10 rebounds and 7 steals tonight. Of course, as we all know, Parker was drafted at the bottom of the 1st round while Manu was drafted at the bottom of the 2nd. The made a draft day trade for K. Leonard who no analysts predicted would be nearly as good as he's become. The Spurs organization obviously has a great eye for talent.

Patty Mills is 2nd on the Spurs in minutes played.
Bryn Forbes is 5th.
Kawhi Leonard is 14th.

Amazing, indeed.



[Note: Spurs now 27 - 14 without Leonard in uniform.]

[Lipoli390]

John Collins had 16 rebounds, 4 blocks and 13 points in only 26 minutes last night. He did that in the NBA, not the G-League. :) Zach LaVine had 21 points and 7 rebounds in only 24 minutes last night. Nice to see him doing well. Looks like Dunn is still out after his crash landing.

[Monster]

John Collins had 16 rebounds, 4 blocks and 13 points in only 26 minutes last night. He did that in the NBA, not the G-League. :) Zach LaVine had 21 points and 7 rebounds in only 24 minutes last night. Nice to see him doing well. Looks like Dunn is still out after his crash landing.

John Collins take over 80% of his shots inside of 10 feet of the rim. He shoots 73% at the rim...outside of that it's bad. Will his game progress or will he become the next Fariid type? It's worthwhile question and I like him and he is still plenty young.

Lavine has largely looked. Pretty good since returning from injury and last night was a pretty good stat line for a full game and it was in limited minutes. Cam and i keep saying and said all along he is getting the Max.

I heard J Grant has had some struggles at times with Dunn out and the Bulls are actually considering moving him to give Cameron Payne minutes. He isn't a perfect player but I think he could be a decent versatile BACKUP for some team.

[crazy-canuck [enjin:18955461]]

Okc is one scary team, I'd want to avoid them at all costs in the 1st round.