Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
Gobert is decimating the Bulls frontcourt. He is moving at a pace that has overwhelmed Andre Drummond and Vucevic.
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2022-23 NBA Thread: Sacramento season ticket holder unsure what to do with playoff ticket invoice (12 Viewers)
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Alex P Keaton
Footballguy
Warriors now 0-22 this year in games where they trail going into the 4th quarter.
Frostillicus
Bad Manager
That's what they tell me.
Nathan R. Jessep
Footballguy
Played a decent game. Lost to a contested 30-footer at the buzzer. Probably done for the year. FML. How you go from being the best in the conference to can't tie a damn shoe? 
Capella
CAPELLODINHO
I don’t hate it at all, watch plenty of it. I just can’t believe there are people who prefer this to the NBA. It’s inferior basketball propped up by brackets, upsets and buzzer beaters. Which is fine, it makes for a fun weekend.
Craig_MiamiFL
Footballguy
Derozan 49 Lavine 39. Bulls beat the lowly Wolves.
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
What a shot, Maxi!!
Yo Mama
Footballguy
I like to think I’m pretty dead inside at this point, but this loss hurt me, Mr. Brown.
Craig_MiamiFL
Footballguy
Tough break. I don't get how one misses 11 weeks (and counting) with a hamstring injury (even with an aggravation)Played a decent game. Lost to a contested 30-footer at the buzzer. Probably done for the year. FML. How you go from being the best in the conference to can't tie a damn shoe?
They aren't finding a better individual player but 114 games played over 4 NBA seasons and his rookie contract is silly.
Imagine this if he played in a major market. He'd be getting destroyed
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AAABatteries
Footballguy
Played a decent game. Lost to a contested 30-footer at the buzzer. Probably done for the year. FML. How you go from being the best in the conference to can't tie a damn shoe?
I don’t follow the NBA or this thread too closely but just came in to ask about this. 11 games over .500 and now going to miss the playoffs?? What’s the story?
Instinctive
Footballguy
Love Maxi Kleber so much.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I do. It’s much so more exciting to me. There’s so much more effort expelled and the players seem to care so much more. I get that’s the nature of the beast though.
Obviously the NBA is much better basketball (the worst NBA team would win every Tournament game by 30) - but college basketball is the better overall product, imo. To me the “imperfection” makes the games even more exciting.
Honestly not sure why one distracts from the other or why anyone would care which “game” other people preferred.
msudaisy26
Footballguy
I think the reason it is so difficult to like both is because they are different games. I understand they are both basketball, but the way they are coached and played is so different it makes it difficult to enjoy both. I compare it to girls softball and boys baseball.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Yeah, not really imo but you’re entitled to your opinion of course. If anything college is played more like “real basketball” - I don’t say that to disparage the NBA at all, just in the context of this conversation.
Anyway if you don’t like college basketball I’m not sure why one needs to disparage it to build up the NBA.
msudaisy26
Footballguy
What is real basketball? No one is disparaging college to make the NBA better. The NBA is better. If the worst NBA team went up against the best college team and didn't let up, they win by 60.
Nathan R. Jessep
Footballguy
Super inconsistent the second half of this season. I'm more inclined to believe that this is just who this team is. This is basically the same team that made that run (sans Zion). Same coach, same general gameplan.Played a decent game. Lost to a contested 30-footer at the buzzer. Probably done for the year. FML. How you go from being the best in the conference to can't tie a damn shoe?
I don’t follow the NBA or this thread too closely but just came in to ask about this. 11 games over .500 and now going to miss the playoffs?? What’s the story?
And @Craig_MiamiFL yeah he's getting destroyed pretty well already. Idk. It was "will be evaluated in two weeks" then "a setback" then "evaluated in two weeks." Just ****ty luck. You hear about NFL running backs taking all season to get back to 100% from a hammy. I personally wonder about our medical staff. Brandon Ingram missed like a month from some "little tweak." Which takes me back to my first point. Not making excuses. Everyone has injuries. But that said, you play half the season without your 2 best players, and though some of the backups can pull weight here and there in spot duty, backups are backups for a reason, and I guess inconsistency is to be expected.
Still very frustrating. Idk the stats, but this has to be one of the worst collapses in NBA history. (first in conference to likely not even making the play-in)
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
No kidding I said basically the same - that doesn’t mean it’s “better” to watch. Same can be said for college v. Pro football, but plenty of people like the college game better
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Capella
CAPELLODINHO
I don’t care at all, I watch plenty of it. I just think it’s kind of silly to compare, which plenty of people have over the years.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
queue Floppo saying "wrong thread"
Desert_Power
Footballguy
queue Floppo saying "wrong thread"
Got lost
Deamon
Footballguy
I guess it depends "why" you like it better. Two separate discussions, one is what is better basketball, one is what's more exciting.
I do think the college game is more of a true style of basketball, but obviously the NBA has evolved a lot and is exciting and the players are just SO much better.
I might find an NBA game more exciting than a regular season college game, but March Madness is a whole different ballgame. NBA not even close to as exciting as following the tourney, filling out a bracket, watching the close finishes.
Capella
CAPELLODINHO
Right but that’s just manufactured. It doesn’t make it good. If the NBA did a 32-team one game knockout bracket it would be amazing (and a stupid way to decide a title).
The NBA can’t match a small school pulling a big upset, that’s for sure.
Deamon
Footballguy
Define "good".
Capella
CAPELLODINHO
NBA basketball
Capella
CAPELLODINHO
Brunell4MVP
Footballguy
College basketball is far more like what normal people relate to. To me that is the draw. It's sloppier, less refined, and the ability to throw zones and odd defenses at players make the strategy interesting. Anyone can win if they execute a strategy well. Which is why experienced guards matter so much in crunch time.
The NBA game is a game only a select few can play. NBA is about the 3-4 ridiculously talented and athletic players on each team. It's rare to be able to knock down 25 footers with ease. Or get off a set play in under 24 seconds. Or dunk with ease. Or rebound above the rim. Or be 6'8" and be able to cover any position.
College basketball is simply more relatable and strategic.
The NBA game is a game only a select few can play. NBA is about the 3-4 ridiculously talented and athletic players on each team. It's rare to be able to knock down 25 footers with ease. Or get off a set play in under 24 seconds. Or dunk with ease. Or rebound above the rim. Or be 6'8" and be able to cover any position.
College basketball is simply more relatable and strategic.
Frostillicus
Bad Manager
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
Things continuing to go well for the wolves, as Ant is out indefinitely
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
Between house seemingly not understanding that it’s about the contracts now (not when they were signed), simmons including this year’s salary, and Wos not knowing the no -guarantees, it was .. something.
Though overall still not a bad list.
Frostillicus
Bad Manager
With two glaring exceptions. Also, if you listen to Simmons he's obsessed with the idea of the Wolves trading KAT and is convinced it's soon. It's the dumbest take of all his takes. Among a bunch of other reasons they won't trade him, the #1 is that if you trade a billion picks to create a group you know will need time to figure out how to play together you're not going to give up after 21 games (that's what KAT, Towns, and Ant had together this year). Making the Gobert trade and then following it up a year later with a KAT trade would be the definition of GM insantiy and for a guy who has built a career off of making fun of bad GMs it's hilarious he's on the other side here.
Capella
CAPELLODINHO
I definitely agree. Wolves are all-in with this team for the next 3-5 year and have to hope for the best.
Frostillicus
Bad Manager
1-3 titles imo
Frostillicus
Bad Manager
By the way I took my dumb son (12) to the Globetrotters today and paid the extra $25 for a half hour on the court session to meet the players beforehand 
flex: :money. Both I would highly, highly recommend to anyone with kids who dig hoops. We've gone 3 years in a row now and it's a ****ing blast every time.
flex: :money. Both I would highly, highly recommend to anyone with kids who dig hoops. We've gone 3 years in a row now and it's a ****ing blast every time.
Frostillicus
Bad Manager
msudaisy26
Footballguy
Play-in titles?
Frostillicus
Bad Manager
No the real ones!
Kev4029
Footballguy
I think there is a few things. They had a big win a couple weeks ago against the grizzlies that all but locked up the 1-seed baring a catastrophic collapse (hi!) so their effort level had dipped. Jamal Murray has not been playing well. The two new acquisitions (Reggie Jackson and Thomas Bryant have been awful. Aaron Gordon's should is hurt and he just isn't playing the same because of it. Teams have been attacking Jokic differently and his defense effort has been a bit lacking. Malone's rotations have been confounding.
Most of their issues are short term because there isn't much to play for and are injury related (Jamal's knee and Gordon's shoulder). Some of them are real and we might (emphasis on might) be seeing the collapse of this current group of Nuggets.
Alex P Keaton
Footballguy
Man. This is awesome. Definitely doing this with my son, great suggestion!By the way I took my dumb son (12) to the Globetrotters today and paid the extra $25 for a half hour on the court session to meet the players beforehand
Capella
CAPELLODINHO
Summer Wheat
Footballguy
I watch a lot of Golden State games and have come to the conclusion that if Draymond Green had been drafted by a crappy team and not been surrounded with talent he would be the 9th-10th guy off the bench or a guy who bounces around from team to team.
Boy, when he was Ben Simmons before Ben Simmons, I would’ve wagered a heavy amount of money that he’d never be playing like he is this year. Kudos to him for putting in the work, continuing to grind, and most significantly, getting his mind right and confidence back.
BassNBrew
IBL Representative
Didn't we have the conversation about college/NFL football a couple of years ago and you were on the college side?
Living in NC far more people are college hoops fans than NBA. I've finally gotten over people preferring inferior product. Of course the NFL dominating year round pushing NASCAR and Carolina/Duke/State crap talk off the radio has made it easier.
Personally part of the enjoyment of both the NBA and NFL is the draft and FA. Probably like that for many people around here based on the number of posts during those windoews. College sports just can't compete with that.
Capella
CAPELLODINHO
No?
I’ve often said the atmosphere at a college game is far superior to the NFL but the quality of play isn’t close. CFB did use to offer some fun variations of offense which made it more unique, but that’s in the past. Most teams are just running the same thing now.
BassNBrew
IBL Representative
Must have been someone else. I remember people touting how great the college game was and then counter posting how 80% of the "top 25 games" where decide by 20 or more points.
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
The Bulls shockingly beat Denver in Denver last week. What stood out offensively for the Bulls was Vucevic nowhere the post but instead taking nothing but mid-range jumpers, and making Jokic chase him all around the court. That seemed to wear on Jokic as the game progressed--he shot below 50% and had a bunch of turnovers.
I haven't seen how other teams have played him since, but the Bulls were so effective with this tactic, it makes sense to keep trying it until Jokic adjusts.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
I think that's a given. He was very fortunate to get drafted to the same team as two of the greatest shooters ever. Role players are important, and he has done his job well over the years (and also hurt them at times as well), but the way he pounds his chest like he is right behind Steph when on the Warriors dynastic importance scale is hilarious. I suspect most can see through it.
Craig_MiamiFL
Footballguy
Thunder beat Suns and move to 8th in West. Hope they make the play in. Fun to watch.
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