NBA: ***Official 2017-2018 Regular Season Thread***
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The NBA has be thrilled with their up and coming stars. Giannis was an absolute terror last night and he's only 22 friggin' years old. Scary to think what his ceiling is.
Oh, I had to think about it for a second. I forgot about the Nets pick already. Yeah, if Isaiah Thomas comes back healthy then that trade just keeps looking better and better for them.
Idk about extremely overrated, but I agree he does have some questionable tendencies no doubt.
OKC's new superteam makes their season debut tonight with the Knicks coming to town. I don't know if OKC will be fun to watch, but they'll certainly be interesting. To me, it all comes down to Paul George. I think he's built to be the ultimate sidekick - reliable second scorer, knockdown shooter, lockdown defender at multiple positions - he just has to embrace that role. We know Russ isn't going to change or throttle back who he is, so it's on PG to adjust.
Throw in my late preseason pick for ROTY to De'Aaron Fox. That guy is exciting.
Yeah, fun to watch. In terms of sheer athleticism he's right there with Dennis Smith Jr.
Made Lonzo Ball (and everyone else) look silly in the Sweet 16
Bet Melo enjoys being on the good side of a game involving the knicks. If Olympic Melo shows up this season OKC will be a dangerous team.
Lonzo is going to have a big target on his back every game. Especially when Daddy makes a post game comment ( why is he still a thing?) saying " who is Patrick Beverley" after they lost to the Clippers lol
Lonzo looked about how I thought he would look. PG in the NBA is a loaded position and things aren't going to be easy for him. He struggled against Fox last year because of Fox's athleticism and quickness and the NBA is filled with athletic PGs. I think he will still be good this year distributing but I don't see him being an effective scorer yet in the league. Kind of ridiculous how much pressure is on him to, a lot of it put on by his Dad's big mouth.
It doesn't help him any that he was so hyped up and a lot of people got a little too excited about the Lakers. They're still really, really young and really, really bad. They're at Phoenix tonight. I'll be curious to see how they bounce back. Phoenix is trash, too.
