NBA Opening Week Game Thread

[Chronz]

A lot of it was luck and timing.
Minnesota picked Jonny friggin’ Flynn.
If Curry didn’t have injury problems, he would have cost more.
Draymond was a second round steal (most every team gets a Diamond in the rough, but not a DPOY point forward that fit perfectly in the system).
Kerr reneging on his word to Phil.
Kyrie & Love being injured during the first Finals.
That GD mf-ing cap jump.


Would’ve been interesting to see if they would still have been champs without those injuries and the cap jump.

Dont forget them giving Milwaukee the choice between Curry and Monta, even tho that was the prior regime its still luck

[zn23]

The one big takeaway I got from the Christmas day games was that the NBA really is a 3 team league. I suppose it's always been that way. But the blowout wins yesterday confirmed to me that the Lakers, Clippers and Nets are Finals bound and unless they suffer an injury, no one's going to impede them.

[NYKnickFanatic]

I like coaches not wearing suits. anyone else?

[More-Than-Most]

i wonder if ewing is watching ben lock down barrett... his defense is ****ing amazing

[NYKnickFanatic]

i wonder if ewing is watching ben lock down barrett... his defense is ****ing amazing

I never knew how good of a defender he was.

[Saddletramp]

Dont forget them giving Milwaukee the choice between Curry and Monta, even tho that was the prior regime its still luck

That, too.

[Vee-Rex]

JaVale McGee is so underrated it's funny lol

[Vee-Rex]

Isaac Okoro has a bright future in this league, man.

[NBA all the way]

Isaac Okoro has a bright future in this league, man.

Too bad Love looks completely done now.

[LionsFan..LOL]

Detroit spots man. Just the worst.

[76erEaglePhils]

The Knicks are a god awful team they suck at just about everything. RJ Barrett was an abomination tonight he should have been benched he made a real fool of himself tonight.

[Kobe1016]

RW back to back triple doubles and the Wizards are 0-2.

[Kobe1016]

The Bulls should blow it up now and trade LaVine and Markanen to 76ers LOL.

[mightybosstone]

RW back to back triple doubles and the Wizards are 0-2.

Averaging 21 points on 22 shots per night, shooting 41% from the floor, 0-6 from 3 and 60% from the free throw line with 11 combined turnovers. Anybody who thought Westbrook would make the Wizards a significantly better basketball team didn't watch him play much in the bubble. He was just a total minus from the floor for the Rockets for most of the season last year.

Bottom line, I think you can expect to see more of the same with Washington this season. A lot of Westbrook triple doubles and a lot of losses.

[mightybosstone]

Say what you will about Harden, but he's playing hard tonight. He looks pissed. His shot is off, but he's got 6 points and 8 assists in the first quarter. Wood looks great offensively, but Nurkic has abused him on a few possessions on defense. Love the movement in Silas' offense, but too many offensive rebounds given up already; hoping that problem gets solved this season.