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This Wemby guy is billed as the 2nd coming.
He looks more like the 2nd coming of Sean Bradley to me.
He looks more like the 2nd coming of Sean Bradley to me.
What an awful take.
8-35 and Embid beat the crap out of him.
He is a big stick who will get posterized a lot and broken in half possibly.
I get what you're saying, but guys change a lot. Look at Giannis today vs. his rookie season.
You're judging a 19 year old going up against the reigning 29 year old MVP lol
Agree to disagree.
Derozen took the shot and his hands followed thru making mild contact with Allen who was in his space.
I have never seen that called as an offensive foul. It was called as a foul by Allen by the ref. I could
Live with play on but no way that is on Demarr.
I get what you're saying, but guys change a lot. Look at Giannis today vs. his rookie season.
Different body type. No way this wemby guy can add much bulk.
These big stick guys never make it long. I dont think his body will hold up.
Derozan grabbed Allen with his left (non-shooting) hand. It was very clearly deliberate and not a follow through of his natural shooting motion. I’m guessing you watched the Bulls’ broadcast, but the Phoenix broadcast has an angle that the Bulls broadcast did not have that shows this pretty clearly (1:35:20 mark of the Suns broadcast if you have League Pass).
JR thinks a teenage rookie averaging 20, 10 and 3 in the NBA is trash because he's skinny. Imagine what he would have thought of Garnett's rookie season averaging barely 10 and 6. Giannis averaged 6.8 and 4.4 his rookie season — JR would have cut his skinny ass.
I don’t follow the eastern Conf closely - why would the Bucks fire the coach when they’re 30-13?
Yea I was watching Bulls broadcast.
Makes no sense for Demarr to do that after ball left his hand .
Have ever seen that call with the shooters hand before?
Has to be Giannis/ lillard not liking the direction of the team...stars run the teams in NBA.
Griffin changed the Bucks’ defensive scheme and it does not fit their personnel. They tried to stay patient and let him learn on the job, but a 6-5 record and 27th in the NBA in defensive rating over the last 11 games apparently was enough to conclude that he wasn’t going to be able to right the ship. Giannis has been pretty frustrated (even publicly on occasion, but apparently behind the scenes as well) with Griffin’s performance.
I haven’t seen that called before, but also can’t recall ever seeing an offensive player do something like that lol. Demar has a lot of little tricks to draw fouls - that one fooled the refs live, but was a bit too obvious on replay.
2nd coach Giannis has fired in under a year. They completely overreacted last year in firing Bud after getting upset by the Heat
You think a teenager averaging 20/10/3 against NBA men isn't impressive? How about the 38 he had against the Suns? He's played 42 total games and you're ready to label him a bust based on his body type. That's ridiculous.
Remind me of the other big stick players. I mean 7' + and under 250 who have dominated.
Chuck Nevitt?
Have you bothered to seriously watch the NBA in the past decade? The fact that you came out of the gate comparing Wembanyama to Bradley shows you're not to be taken seriously. Just admit you posted a hot take that was wildly uninformed and take your loss.
Tell me you haven't watched many Spurs games without telling me you haven't watched many Spurs games.
I'm not sure what your point is? Embiid was like 30 games under .500 the first year he played. Not to mention you rip wemby for the possibility of getting hurt yet embiid was actually out his first two seasons
Not even sure why I'm taking the bait.. asinine stance to take
That's because he's surrounded by trash. He has a couple of teammates who, are their best day, is stunting his improvement.
I don't get the Doc hire. He's one of the biggest chokers in playoff history.
Is he an upgrade from Budenholzer? Uh no.
I think the Lillard acquisition was a mistake and Holiday gave them better D and a better mix.
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The Bucks went 15-67 in Giannis first season. The Sonics were 20-62 in Durant's rookie season. Sixers were terrible with Embiid the first season. Same with the Pelicans and A. Davis. Wolves were 30 games under .500 in Garnett's rookie season...
Spurs are far from contending, but Victor Wembanyama’s defense is on a rapid ascent
"Wembanyama is shooting 51 percent from the floor since mid-December, including 34 percent on 3s. His assist-turnover ratio is 1.24.
But the Spurs’ defense also has picked up, dramatically. They were tied for 28th in the league in defensive rating (120.5) in November. They were 21st in the league (118.6) in December. Through 11 games in January, they’re 15th (115.6). Wembanyama is blocking 3.5 shots per game in that stretch. And their net rating is down to minus-5.9 from minus-13.1.
Of course, the Spurs are still one of the worst teams in the league. But they’re also the youngest. And their defensive numbers overall are moving, pretty significantly, in the right direction. It’s a start."
"Wembanyama is shooting 51 percent from the floor since mid-December, including 34 percent on 3s. His assist-turnover ratio is 1.24.
But the Spurs’ defense also has picked up, dramatically. They were tied for 28th in the league in defensive rating (120.5) in November. They were 21st in the league (118.6) in December. Through 11 games in January, they’re 15th (115.6). Wembanyama is blocking 3.5 shots per game in that stretch. And their net rating is down to minus-5.9 from minus-13.1.
Of course, the Spurs are still one of the worst teams in the league. But they’re also the youngest. And their defensive numbers overall are moving, pretty significantly, in the right direction. It’s a start."
You mentioning that got me to looking at other players first year, which lead me to LeBrons first season (the Cavs weren't horrible). Not LBJ, but the league itself was "interesting". 2 teams that season averaged 100ppg...Dallas and Sacramento. 5 teams averaged under 90ppg. The league scoring average was 93.4. That's putrid.
