Yikes at thought of Thunder in lottery.
if Thunder is in the lottery, Silver will have a sophie's choice between hooking up Lakers or them.
I've heard stories about Cory Joseph being unstoppable in high school. Some dude on reddit claimed he played against Cojo (and his brother?) and he would sometimes just pull up from half court and drain shots regularly, drop 45 points, etc. I guess you've really got to be on another level just to make it to the NBAI actually played against Telfair when I was a freshman in High School(I've mentioned it here before), he deserved all the hype back then, tbh..
To be fair, I played against Cory Joseph, too, and he dropped 29 on our team without breaking a sweat
Nobody has a clear path to the Finals. One injury could change/crush any teams chances, including the Spurs. I'd be more worried about all these back-to-backs the Spurs gotta deal with. The scheduling is terrible or us over the next 3 weeks.
I played Div 1 for about a month, and I regularly play rec ball with Canadian prospects(NBA, college, overseas), and the level the overseas players are at is ridiculous, let alone NBA guys..
It's not necessarily the skills aspect, it's more about the body/athleticism..Joseph looks slow and just an average athlete on an NBA court, but against regular players like us, he was getting into the lane at will, faster than everybody, and jumped higher than everybody..
Our SG would eventually start for the best university team in Canada a year later, he was a defensive specialist, and Joseph completely torched him with minimal effort
I called that yesterday. Dude already losing his composure.
Spurs 1st seed vs a full health OKC 8th seed in the first round ?
Better chance we play New Orleans or Phoenix or Portland. OKC will rise.
well good news for them is their scrubs will be forced to develop. They'll probably have other options when KD and Russ come back.
This is the truth. Dallas will not be easy either, nor will LAC. The West is very tough. If OKC gets healthy as well you know they won't be easy, there is no clear path.
According to JA Adande:
Russell Westbrook left the arena without talking to media. Brooks says he has small fracture in right hand.
He'll be out at least 4 weeks then. Thunder are in pretty deep .
J.A. Adande @jadande
So, small fracture in second metacarpal in Russell Westbrook's right hand, per Scott Brooks.
Russ got picked one slot before me in fantasy. Wanted him badly. Melo looks like a better pick for a while, though.
Probably at least 4 weeks IMO..
Virtually a lock for a bottom playoffs seed and no HCA if that's the case..
I have Westbrook in fantasy, and I have Jose Calderon on the same team..thankfully I got Brandon Knight yesterday, but still, assists are going to be depleted, sadly..
I got Lillard and Burke as my PGs. Gotta hope Damien doesn't continue to suck, although I kinda want him to so Aldridge will bolt.
Damn Durant and Westbrook both injured. That sucks. Horrible luck for OKC thus far.
On the bright side for him though, I fractured my non-shooting hand a few years ago playing ball and was able to play again in 3 weeks so he might return sooner than expected tbh. I know it's his right hand but still. He's young and will heal quickly imo.
Clippers won't be legit contenders this year. A healthy OKC will be tough but still hampered by a ty coach. By the end of the season Dallas will be the biggest threat.
It's a LONG season
Biggest threat will continue to be Meth, and possibly Houston. Spurs still match up pretty well with Dallas; might go 6 but in the end Dallas is garbage defensively.
Like Ibaka
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