NBA: Official 2021 NBA Offseason and 2021-2022 NBA Season Thread

[lefty]

so the Grizz have been better without Morant all season long

[Killakobe81]

Passing wise I can see the comp for Bird with Jokic …
Bird was more fluid than him to me.
Being able to use footwork is similar but I think Bird was underrated as an athlete
Especially for a white guy in the 80s
He wasn’t fast or quick but his ability to read the game made him seem faster much faster than Jokic.
Jokic kills you more surgically and methodically but what a beast in the block mid or high post.
His bag of moves and counters are superior to Bird’s … bird didn’t use as many moves but you could not stop his best two or three

[baseline bum]

Wow I would have not seen both LA teams missing the playoffs this season

And not getting to keep their lottery picks either

[Robz4000]

Well, nothing has changed over here, I see right off. You're still lamenting the officiating.

I got no dog in this fight, just calling it as I see it. Officials these days are awful compared to years ago.

[Thread]

And not getting to keep their lottery picks either

Though we copped that le not 2 years ago (seems like a lifetime though), bum.

That's the saving grace.

[baseline bum]

Though we copped that le not 2 years ago (seems like a lifetime though), bum.

That's the saving grace.

It was a proud moment, LeBron rang with Black Lives Matter written on the court and on the jerseys.

[baseline bum]

I got no dog in this fight, just calling it as I see it. Officials these days are awful compared to years ago.

Mike Mathis and Knick Bavetta were just as bad.

[Robz4000]

Mike Mathis and Knick Bavetta were just as bad.

There were awful refs back in the day too, but it seems all the officials these days suck.

[Thread]

It was a proud moment, LeBron rang with Black Lives Matter written on the court and on the jerseys.

So true, but nobody has more.

[Neo.]

There were awful refs back in the day too, but it seems all the officials these days suck.

officiating in the NBA is just beyond pathetic. and i dont know if its necessarily that the refs themselves are incapable of making proper calls, as opposed to being given entirely too much leeway on their interpretation of rule enforcement. the inconsistency is whats most maddening imo. a team that is more physical shouldn't be given any more slack than a team that generally avoids physicality. luka getting techs every time he drops an f-bomb or less, while draymond clearly drops 5 or 6 during a screaming tirade and gets no tech is beyond me.

the other aspect is the rules needs to be readjusted. some of the issues really arent the refs fault, the rules are just written in a way that allows players to find loopholes too easily (swingthrough and unnatural motion fouls) or are stupidly inconsistent (continuation - it makes no sense that you can get fouled on what clearly was not intended to be a shot, but a player can then take an extra free two steps and shoot it and either it turns into FTs or an and-1; but then its not allowed when a player does the same things at the 3pt line? its completely stupid and needs to be adjusted imo). also i definitely agree with JVG that intentional fouls to stop fast breaks need to be more heavily penalized (1 FT and the ball)

[lefty]

The Celtics Nets 1st half was pretty good tbh

[Texas_Ranger]

Celtics vs Nets should be the best 1st round matchup... hope it goes 7.

[lefty]

Tatum ting on KD

Nets iso ball

[lefty]

Kyrie >>>> Boston fans

[Texas_Ranger]

If only the Nets would know how to run anything other than an iso for durant and irving

[lefty]

lol KD ruining Kyrie’s momentum

[lefty]

Ramadan Kyrie holy

[timtonymanu]

Nyets

[lefty]

[MultiTroll]

Nets final O possession. 0/10

Nets final D: 0/10 by Kyrie. Check it out as play develops to the spin and turn bucket by Tatum.
Staring into the other side of the court and standing flat footed when he could have easily D'd up on Tatum.

[lefty]

Good composure by whoever passed the ball to Tatum

[lefty]

[baseline bum]

What a pass from Smart. If that 's any lower no way Tatum gets that shot off in time.

[lefty]

What a pass from Smart. If that 's any lower no way Tatum gets that shot off in time.

Great composure by Smart tbh

[MultiTroll]

Irvings D

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=33757596