25-26 NBA Regular Season thread.

[spurs50fan]

Originally Posted by ninjacookies

My early december difficulties envisioning a future for Castle as a shooting guard in the MNBA that can't actually....shoot - still remain. He's very fortunate to be hidden within that system.

I've given up because I'm convinced he's not making those decisions. Watching him play, he either has the most confidence than any NBA player ever...Or the coaching staff is encouraging him to take those shots. And to force passes. And initiate activity in a tight paint. I'm leaning towards the latter because any other player in that org would sit games for some of the decisions.

I love the aggression and toughness. I even like the decisiveness, just not the result. But he's a second year player imma roll with him

[jcardstore]

but I got flamed when I said his best case was Jrue Holiday lol

[gomiamigo]

Originally Posted by Chryghst

Brings me no joy to say this, but Houston is not a legitimate contender. They just give too many wins away. They were up 2 w/57 seconds left 4Q and had one of the worst turnovers I’ve seen there. KD failed entry pass to Sengun. Has happened multiple times this year. Fun team to watch but just won’t be able to win this way 4/7 times against good teams.

That Adams injury was a killer for them.

Embiid with a triple double last night, 2nd year anniversary of him dropping 70 on the Spurs and Wemby.

Great, well played game last night btw the two teams.

[gomiamigo]

Kevin Durant now 6th on the alltime scoring list after passing Wilt and Dirk, will pass MJ for 5th by year's end unless he gets injured.

Assuming healthy, he'll pass Kobe next season. 80 more games at 25ppg.

[spurs50fan]

Originally Posted by jcardstore

but I got flamed when I said his best case was Jrue Holiday lol

I mean, we're not talking unfixable defects. His second year lines are more in comparable with Westbrook tbh. If he reigns back on the TOs, that would be the first step towards that next step. But 17/5/7 for a second year guard is promising. Shooting is mehhh but have you watched the team lately lol

I do feel it's development and he'll move over bc why even have Fox or Harper for the future?

[jcardstore]

Originally Posted by spurs50fan

I mean, we're not talking unfixable defects. His second year lines are more in comparable with Westbrook tbh. If he reigns back on the TOs, that would be the first step towards that next step. But 17/5/7 for a second year guard is promising. Shooting is mehhh but have you watched the team lately lol

I do feel it's development and he'll move over bc why even have Fox or Harper for the future?

To be clear (and I said this in the other thread also) I think he can be a really good 2 way player. Maybe even the 2/3 on a contender type guy. I also said the outlook on him changes if he starts to shoot 3s efficiently.

As long as he’s shooting sub 30% from 3 and turning the ball over 3-4 times a game he’s just going to be really limited in terms of impact

[tjforce]

Originally Posted by spurs50fan

I've given up because I'm convinced he's not making those decisions. Watching him play, he either has the most confidence than any NBA player ever...Or the coaching staff is encouraging him to take those shots. And to force passes. And initiate activity in a tight paint. I'm leaning towards the latter because any other player in that org would sit games for some of the decisions.

I love the aggression and toughness. I even like the decisiveness, just not the result. But he's a second year player imma roll with him

Originally Posted by jcardstore

To be clear (and I said this in the other thread also) I think he can be a really good 2 way player. Maybe even the 2/3 on a contender type guy. I also said the outlook on him changes if he starts to shoot 3s efficiently.

As long as he’s shooting sub 30% from 3 and turning the ball over 3-4 times a game he’s just going to be really limited in terms of impact

In a related story:

A non-rookie, non-auto, non-1 of 1 Stephon Castle card sold for $78k yesterday in Fanatics Premier.

[jcardstore]

Originally Posted by tjforce

In a related story:

A non-rookie, non-auto, non-1 of 1 Stephon Castle card sold for $78k yesterday in Fanatics Premier.

Any Stephon Castle card for 5 figures is vomit worthy. I just don't understand what the thought process is there. You're never going to make money on that even in the absolute best case outcome. Unless it's some weird tax loss strategy? I just don't get it.

[yiguiri2002]

Originally Posted by jcardstore

To be clear (and I said this in the other thread also) I think he can be a really good 2 way player. Maybe even the 2/3 on a contender type guy. I also said the outlook on him changes if he starts to shoot 3s efficiently.

As long as he’s shooting sub 30% from 3 and turning the ball over 3-4 times a game he’s just going to be really limited in terms of impact

LOL that was literally Jrue Holiday for years

Originally Posted by tjforce

In a related story:

A non-rookie, non-auto, non-1 of 1 Stephon Castle card sold for $78k yesterday in Fanatics Premier.

I can't think of any card that fits the description that is worth 10% of that. How much of it is Chrome being Chrome? Tons of crazy prices going around

[jcardstore]

Originally Posted by yiguiri2002

LOL that was literally Jrue Holiday for years

If nothing else, at least I am consistent

[drobfan8]

Lol.

MPJ is hilarious

[blackvodka]

The Pistons struggled on offense tonight. Harris and Duncan had bad games and Cade struggled tonight. I don't think he's fully healthy but when he was doubled he was just off with his decision making the whole night.

It's hard to imagine that the FO isn't going to attempt to add shooting before the deadline.

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[blackvodka]

Originally Posted by drobfan8

Lol.

MPJ is hilarious

A three point lead with 3 seconds left? Obviously you give them a wide open three, right? MPJ literally ran away from him

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[drobfan8]

Originally Posted by blackvodka

A three point lead with 3 seconds left? Obviously you give them a wide open three, right? MPJ literally ran away from him

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Just baffling that he went to pick up.Brown in the middle of the keyway and left his guy wide open.

Wild

[ninjacookies]

Originally Posted by spurs50fan

I've given up because I'm convinced he's not making those decisions. Watching him play, he either has the most confidence than any NBA player ever...Or the coaching staff is encouraging him to take those shots. And to force passes. And initiate activity in a tight paint. I'm leaning towards the latter because any other player in that org would sit games for some of the decisions.

I love the aggression and toughness. I even like the decisiveness, just not the result. But he's a second year player imma roll with him

What's crazy is age 37 Westbrook is putting up better shooting splits. I like Castle because he's always a full effort guy especially on the defensive end. But seeing as ft% is typically a good leading indicator of future shooting potential, I'm not particularly bullish on his long term prospects.

You're right, they're giving him freedom this year because they want to see exactly what they have and how he fits/doesn't fit into their future plans. This coincides with the fact they exercised their club option next season which may spell doom for his time with SA unless he can get his shot and TO's figured out.

I'll also admit that the Harper pick was odd to me at the time. His college scouting profile reads very similar in that he's a slash/pash guard that struggles with shooting consistency. But I guess all of this is slightly moot when you have a dude as good as Wemby holding everything together.

[ninjacookies]

Yikes. Denver just can't shake the ER bug. A recurring hammy is never good for a big man. AG might not make it to see the playoffs.

[coltsnsox07]

Bucks were 7.5 point favorites at home vs all the Nuggets no one has ever heard of. Hey they only lost by 2 though.

[spurs50fan]

That was interesting lol

[ninjacookies]

Dbook, Yannis, AG, Jalen Green all added to the Vietnam Memorial tonight.

This year has been a medical practitioner's dream.

[blackvodka]

Originally Posted by coltsnsox07

Bucks were 7.5 point favorites at home vs all the Nuggets no one has ever heard of. Hey they only lost by 2 though.

Maybe if they played better the first three quarters? They should try it sometime.

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[Chris P]

Giannis out 4-6 weeks with a calf strain

[Bosoxfan5990]

Originally Posted by drobfan8

Lol.

MPJ is hilarious

Glad the Celtics pulled that out. Would've been an embarrassing loss. Still embarrassing they got taken to Double OT.

[tjforce]

Originally Posted by rhigh2390

Going to be a long 4 weeks for Denver lol

Originally Posted by rhigh2390

They won't have the offense either. Teams will just double Murray and Denver doesn't have other consistent offensive players. I imagine they'll be #6 or 7 when Joker comes back.

Originally Posted by tjforce

They'll keep beating their share of bad teams.... Heck, they already beat the Raptors on the road and took Cleveland to the brink.

Nets, Hawnks, Bucks, Pels, Mavericks, Wizards, Hornets, Lakers, Wizards, Bucks, Grizzlies are all teams that they play between now and Jan 25.

If Murray can go hero mode for a month and the rest of the team keeps playing defense like they did yesterday, they'll keep afloat.

Okay folks, were almost at Jan 25 and Denver is 8-4 since i posted this.

Any more discussion about how terrible the team is without Jokic, or are we going to start giving Jamal Murray his flowers?

[jcardstore]

Originally Posted by tjforce

Okay folks, were almost at Jan 25 and Denver is 8-4 since i posted this.

Any more discussion about how terrible the team is without Jokic, or are we going to start giving Jamal Murray his flowers?

No because he’s not an “all-star”

[tjforce]

Originally Posted by jcardstore

No because he’s not an “all-star”

Will be this year.