[NBA] Comments that don't warrant a thread (APR)

Remember when the Pacers had a bad start to the season and a bunch of people had fun kicking down on Tyrese Haliburton for some reason?
 
Mr. S£im Citrus said:
Jaren Jackson, Jr. has played twenty-eight minutes and has more three-pointers than rebounds. He's six foot-ten.

I'm disgusted. I'll hate the three point shot to my dying day.
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While the sheer level of vitriol you reserve for the three point shot is perhaps a bit unusual, fortunately it's no longer a fringe position to say that this era of NBA basketball has become homogenous and boring. Few accuse critics of being "dinosaurs" anymore. I think we reached critical mass when teams started averaging over 40 3PA per game. When the usable real estate on the court shrinks so dramatically, it just makes the game less dynamic and interesting.

That said, if the MLB can claw its way out of the doldrums that "moneyball" inadvertently foisted on its league, then surely the far more progressive NBA can find a way out, as well. I'm guessing the NBA is taking a long, hard look at how to reinvigorate and diversify their brand of basketball. Change may not happen overnight, but as the sun slowly sets on Steph Curry's career, I'm sure Adam Silver and co. don't want a bunch of lesser talents shooting over 40% of the league's field goal attempts at a 36% clip. That's an awful lot of misses to justify the simple math of 3 > 2.

And honestly, it's impressive that three point volume has increased so dramatically across the league and accuracy has stayed pretty flat, somewhere between 35% and 36% in the last twenty years. But when the game gets boiled down to crossing the half court line, having a pick set, curling around it, catching a single pass, and hoisting a three, all in the first 10-12 seconds of the shot clock... that's not a particularly engaging viewing experience when it's repeated ad nauseum. Again, it results in an awful lot of misses.
 
Most likely an Ike Diogu end of season show out

but Marcus Bagley might have an NBA job next season while I’m sure Marvin will be in the g league if not Mexico
 

so like do the Spurs actually have a plan or not because they’re just throwing their hat into the ring for every single vet who wants off their current team
 

Man already got the Mile Brown special.
 
Kyle Kuzma started the game for Milwaukee, and came out for the third quarter in street clothes. Healthy scratch, only played twelve minutes.

I'm not even mad at it: quiet as kept, I wish they had made Giannis and Cade do the same thing.
 
Forty-three for Connaughton. Plus, they had the wildest graphic on the screen near the end of the game:

Players [Bucks franchise history] with 40+ points, 10+ rebounds and 5+ assists in a game

Giannis Antetokounmpo (28 times)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (20 times)
Khris Middleton (1 time)
Pat Connaughton (1 time)
 

Dumars finally getting the chance to ruin a third franchise!
 
 
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