[NBA] Comments that don't warrant a thread (OCT/NOV)
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I don't know the context other than what appears in the clip either and I get that Doris Burke asking if "contact needs to take place for a possible flagrant to be enforced" on the surface seems like a preposterous comment. Also I guess it's en vogue to hate on Luka for flopping for fouls now so there is a tendency to assume he's guilty until proven innocent...
My comment was meant to say, in her defense, that I believe the statement she was trying to make is that Nurk may have swung his elbows in a violent enough motion near a defender to warrant an offensive foul call. There is a specific NBA rule against that. And if Nurk had connected with Luka's face, Luka would have been on the ground bleeding and probably would have needed stitches so a flagrant foul may have been assessed just from the result of the play even if no intent to harm was there.
I'm not intending to litigate this any further -- it was just a casual comment that I don't think Doris was crazy to ask that question. Or at least I think I understand what her line of thinking was.
My comment was meant to say, in her defense, that I believe the statement she was trying to make is that Nurk may have swung his elbows in a violent enough motion near a defender to warrant an offensive foul call. There is a specific NBA rule against that. And if Nurk had connected with Luka's face, Luka would have been on the ground bleeding and probably would have needed stitches so a flagrant foul may have been assessed just from the result of the play even if no intent to harm was there.
I'm not intending to litigate this any further -- it was just a casual comment that I don't think Doris was crazy to ask that question. Or at least I think I understand what her line of thinking was.
Portland is currently 4 for 39 (10.3%) from three and losing by 40 to a Memphis team that's missing Ja Morant and Desmond Bane. I guess we didn't have to wait long for our 3 for 26 performance against the Clippers to get topped. There could be a lot of similar shooting nights this season with the way teams are letting it fly.
EDIT: As I was typing this they launched (and missed) 3 more times. 4 for 42 from three!
EDIT: As I was typing this they launched (and missed) 3 more times. 4 for 42 from three!
The Deni trade made absolutely no sense for the Blazers at the time and makes even less sense now that we know they might be the worst team in the league. Trading players and picks for a low usage defense-first wing makes sense when you’re a contender or a playoff team looking to complete your roster but it’s not a move a team with Jerami Grant as its first option should be making.
West is just stupid. Denver was supposed to fall off- nope. Warriors got thumped by the Kings in the play-in and added role players, should fall off right?- nope. Lakers are old in and did nothing. Fall off?- nope. Memphis is good. Kings are good. Wolves are good. Rockets are good. Okc is great. Clippers are solid and could be really good with Klaw. Great for competitive league but oof tough on the diehard fans nightly.
Chet added to the list now. I remember praising sports science and the long way it has come in reducing player injuries but with a sport with so much vertical, lateral, horizontal and angle shifting the hips, feet and knees we just never know when these things can occur. Overtraining can be an issue with some of these players too, we don't know how frequently they practice, train, etc.
I'm rather curious to see what win/loss records look like across both conferences after 82 games are in the books. Right now, things are looking pretty dire out East, and the West somehow looks like an even bigger bloodbath than it was last season.
I was expecting the East to be better balanced this season, with NY loading up, Philly snagging PG, a bounce back year from Milwaukee, some of the younger teams like the Pacers and Magic taking a leap, etc. But with somewhere between 9 and 11 games played, there are only two teams currently with winning records!! That's... insanity. How is the East so bad?! Injuries/availability play a role, but I still can't believe how awful that conference has been to open the season, outside of Cleveland's and Boston's excellence.
By contrast, there's currently only four teams out West with losing records! The Kings are sitting at .600 right now and are tied for the 9th seed. It's way too early to sweat the standings, but there's a really strong chance that the Kings still won't finish above the play-in break this season, despite being a better team with the addition of DDR, simply because of how monumentally brutal the Western Conference is...
I was expecting the East to be better balanced this season, with NY loading up, Philly snagging PG, a bounce back year from Milwaukee, some of the younger teams like the Pacers and Magic taking a leap, etc. But with somewhere between 9 and 11 games played, there are only two teams currently with winning records!! That's... insanity. How is the East so bad?! Injuries/availability play a role, but I still can't believe how awful that conference has been to open the season, outside of Cleveland's and Boston's excellence.
By contrast, there's currently only four teams out West with losing records! The Kings are sitting at .600 right now and are tied for the 9th seed. It's way too early to sweat the standings, but there's a really strong chance that the Kings still won't finish above the play-in break this season, despite being a better team with the addition of DDR, simply because of how monumentally brutal the Western Conference is...
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