2016-2017 NBA Season Thread [ARCHIVED] Basketball • Page 270

Most teams probably have a whiteboard somewhere that has their offseason priorities listed.

 

Yeah, but most teams don't have those whiteboards readily available for the public to see haha.

 

I wouldn't call that "readily available to the public". They were signing a guy at their facility and someone took an ill advised picture. Now, I don't know why you'd have a player sign a contract in the room where you have potential trades listed, but it definitely doesn't look like it's in a spot where just anyone can see it.

 

The "readily available" happens when different websites pick it up and it gets shared around other websites and social media. I'm sure some talk radio shows will mention it too. However you want to slice it though, it's not a good look for a team struggling to find it's footing and direction.

 

I dunno, it's definitely not a good look, but I feel like this could have happened to a lot of teams.

 

I agree with your last point to a degree, but it happened to Orlando and it kind of makes sense. It's at the least not a total shock. But you do a basic Google search or Twitter search and it's there pretty visibly. There are now articles about people trying to get player reactions that are on the board.

 

Jason Kidd getting cotm is really funny.

 

Given the Cavs recent struggles and their general lack of focus throughout this season, I could totally see the Cavs losing tonight at home vs Orlando while overlooking this game for tomorrow's Boston game. This is a classic trap game.

 

Orlando are a sneaky bad team. They have just enough talent to catch you sleeping if you overlook them. They suck, but they're good at being a nuisance.

 

Kyle Korver supposed to play tonight. That's pretty cool. Really interested in how the Cavs navigate tonight and tomorrow.

 

Beautiful pass from Lebron to JR. Need a replay of that.

 

That whole third quarter was like Cavs highlight after Cavs highlight

 

He's back lol

 

I get dribbling it out would have been the classier thing to do, but them getting heated over two points when they are losing by 15 anyways seems a bit drastic.

 

Yeah, both sides in the wrong there. Lance just needs to dribble into their territory so they don't get the 8 second call and let the clock expire. Raptors should not have made a big deal about until their postgames and just make a note that they did not appreciate the late basket.

 

This last week is shaping up to be pretty fun. Cavs Celtics battling for #1 tomorrow night. Denver & Portland bothing going all out for that last spot in the west and seemingly everyone still in playoff contention in the east.

 

Tristan Thompson didn't travel to Boston (at least, not yet) and had X-rays on his thump, which were negative.

 

Celtics look likely to be missing Crowder, so it probably won't matter.

 

There's a few ways this could happen, but I would love to see the Hawks have a playoff road that includes the Wizards and Celtics. They've been playing like garbage lately (lost to the Nets twice), but I feel like anything could happen in a series with those teams involved. Plus I'm hoping "Playoff Dwight" is an actual thing.

 

I haven't been able to watch any of the games really: why have they been imploding so hard? Like what changed?

 

Paul Milsap being injured.

 

Mainly injuries. Millsap, Bazemore and Sefolosha have all missed a good chunk the past few weeks. They had been starting Ilyasova and Taurean Prince (who I like a good bit, but should definitely not be starting), and Jose Calderon was getting heavy minutes for some reason. They can be sneaky good when healthy, but depth is certainly an issue with them.

 

I gotta be honest, as a Cavs fan, the Hawks probably scare me the least out of the 9 teams in playoff contention. I've seen the Cavs blow the doors off a 60-win Hawks team with home court advantage so this team certainly doesn't scare me whatsoever.

That said, I hope the Hawks beat Boston tomorrow :)

 

This team is oddly better equipped to go against the Cavs than that 60 win team was. Al Horford was annihilated on the glass (have fun with that, Boston), Carroll was playing hurt and Sefolosha had his leg shattered by NYPD. No way in hell they'd win a series, but Hawks could definitely avoid the sweep like the two previous times they met in the playoffs.

 

Very interesting idea to clean up crunch time in basketball. I actually really like it.