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

https://youtu.be/BUrla6uwNMc

Hassan with 25+ in 3 of the last 4 games. He waited 2 years to have plays run for him and he’s getting better with the role.

His games this season are like Joe Johnson’s a couple years ago - he’ll put up numbers, but they don’t come in any meaningful, game changing way. While he continues to play alongside KD and Steph, he’s being wasted - especially when their bench sucks.

WTF? LOL. This dude is just thumbing his nose at the league now.

Westbrook getting quadruple doubles now with turnovers. Dude so bored of just getting triple doubles he’s giving the ball to the other team to pad his stats.

Clippers small forward woes continue. Pierce is effectively done and Wesley Johnson can’t score.

I’d actually play Griffin as SF and get a David West kinda 4

Nah Griffin would struggle at SF, it wouldn’t be a good fit.

Dammit Matt!

Matt Barnes always in some shit

Raptors vs Cavs for 1st in the East tonight.

I don’t expect a fair game, already getting angry at the ref assist.

It’s all gonna come down to Defense…Cavs better get their shit together after that loss to the Bulls…

On paper Raptors have a better defensive net rating than Cavs. They also currently have the second best offensive net rating in the history of the NBA (best ever is this year’s Warriors). Despite all that I still doubt they’re good enough to win 5v8.

But I did look at the ref assignments for tonight’s game. No Scott Foster or Ed Malloy, so there’s a chance.

GG Lebron lol

Edit: Raptors with the court assist. Lebron almost injured himself and now JR Smith gone rofl. Nice strat

J.R. Smith is a goof, but I never like seeing players go down like that.

https://twitter.com/FredKatz/status/805944729850482689

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2016/12/5/13843934/rajon-rondo-suspended-bulls-conduct-detrimental-why

It has begun.

Lol silly rondo.

Also anybody hearing about this mess:

Wolves: Deng (Tibs favorite can’t trade until Dec)
Lakers: Gay (Walton’s Offense + cap relief)
Kings: Rubio (Paired with Collison)

Westbrook 6 straight games with a triple double

Hawks 7 straight losses.

Still too early to write the book on any team. Anybody can turn it around with a small winning streak. But this team looks awful. Dennis is too talented to be so passive. Dwight is a role player now.

80 points at halftime. Warriors just making a mockery of some of these teams.