The Official Offseason 2016-17 NBA Thread: Waiting for Preseason

Just because a team is winless doesn’t mean they’re an easy win. The Pelicans play hard, and they really could have had 3 wins by now.

The Hawks are pretty decent defensively, they always lacked a big man to protect the paint and Dwight gives them all of that.

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/796056762780708864

Gonna miss Vine.

As I hoped after all this, Barnes is now shooting with a lot more confidence. I’m happy for him and the team. Except that Dirk’s achilles is still an issue. -_-

Mavs had enough with all that Laker nonsense, Lakers went back to not playing defense too

https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/796258910617370624

Oh the irony in that tweet

I fucking love Embiid

Sixers should start looking decent soon. It’s tough to win when Ben, Bayless, and Noel are all hurt. Okafor is still recovering from surgery and Embiid is on a minutes restriction. They really need another shooter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AFvQlp9FS4

I love Spurs commercials.

While the Sixers losses have been frustrating, watching Embiid fills me with hope. That dude has such a strong presence on the floor at both ends; something that’s been missing from the Sixers for quite awhile. We’ll see how they do against the Pacers tonight. Really hoping they can get their first win.

Embiid isn’t playing, so probably not.

Celtics offense is still trash. Only scoring 8 in the first quarter?

3 of these so called elite teams in the East are anything but that right now.

Hamilton was the best pickup for the Nets this offseason. Thanks for letting him walk, Riley.

Hamilton, much like James Ennis, is another guy who the Heat develop, don’t give minutes to, and then trade them only so that they can flourish elsewhere.

According to ESPN, this is the greatest moment in MSG history:

Westbrook bailed the Raptors out in the fourth with those turnovers and long missed 3s. But overall, the team played well without Ross and JV. And DeRozan continues to play… :o

Sloppy play and outrebounded. Just like last year. Oh miami will be tomorrow already? Gonna be interesting. Any tribute video for dwayne?

Them Rockets.

Even though the Sixers lost tonight, the effort was there. They play the Pacers again on Friday at home. Hopefully we’ll get a win then.