Recent content by HermanG

I wonder what has happened to the big-to-big passing that was great in the first few games of this season? It feels like the great chemistry between Walker, Lauri and Flip has sort of disappeared... but I'm not really able to pinpoint whether its movement, vision or decission making that has...

Austin was asked ia dumb long-winded question of whether we would resort to similar shenanigans than last season to get a better pick and he said very bluntly "No. There will be none of that".

Also if you believe in conspiracies and rigged drafts you should believe that finishing 9th is the best we can do to ensure rigging goes our way. OKC is a small market team who already won a chip and is looking like a future powerhouse. That role belongs to the Celtics, Lakers etc... so NBA...

Unfortunately there is no leverage to make that deal since Presti wont buy for a hot second that someone else would compete for Cody's services. Only thing we can do is hold him hostage by opting in on the team options, which just delays the inevitable if OKC wants to unite him with Jalen in...

I laughed at that when I saw it, and laughed now again after you reminded me about it.

Also worth noting that teams that play like the Blazers last year (hard nosed super aggressive defense) often also die by the sword if the refs are whistle-happy. I dont know anything about any NBA refs, so would not know if the crew in our game against them is of that type.

Guys who have good theoretical measureables usually get a longer lease even when they come out looking horrible. Without those measureables declining his option would be a forgone conclusion. If they keep Cody I seriously hope he is doing something in the practice facility that is more...

Statistical gimmie would be to say that they should win the TO battle and FB points and we are gonna win OREB and 2CP columns.. If the margins are similar on those areas then this comes down more to which team scores more efficiently in regular half-court offense, and there advantage should be...

Last season we split both home and away series against them, Two losses came by 2 points, and one win came in OT while the outlier was us blowing them out by 42 points. So I expect a close game. I haven't watched Blazers much this year but at least in theory Yang provides them with some extra...

You are likely crowned the 2025 October Champion of basketball predictions. Lets see how your takes hold up, but for now you do deserve some flowers.

Yeah one of the oldest was hyperbole based on a fact check (we were middle of the pack), but our top 4 players that year in terms of winning impact were probaly Lauri, KO, JC and Conley. You could argue Sexton over JC, but that year JC was really good. So not at all comparable. If these guys in...

Keyontes low 3p% is not a problem at his volumes, until defenders start going under screens or leaving him open. Somehow that hasnt happened despite all the advanced analytics and math based scoring models teams use.

That happened with one of the oldest rosters in the NBA with near zero prospects for the long term. Implying these situations are somehow similar is more than foolish.

Is he the new Fontecchio? A guy who Hardy fits into a great role thus giving him a real NBA career instead of them becoming perennial end-of-bench / back-to-Europe players. Tech has a bigger role in his NT, but Svi is also 17+ PPG guy for Ukraine in last 3 events they played in (2022...

In 2022-23 Danny Ainge had a choice of direction in January. He could have given that scrappy .500 team reinforcements to get them in playoffs which may have also sabotaged Minny (we could have finished above them and not give them help with Conley). There are signs that similar choices may be...