NBA has come out and said teams and their players are not allowed to violate local health rules.
Most Eastern Conference 1st round series are going to be a lot more interesting than in normal years.
How is the nba going to stop them? Lol. What will they do? Fine them? Exactly. Either way, Brooklyn will get kyrie in the playoffs some way or another. Even if it’s as simple as the mandate being lifted.
I don't think the Nets are going to fight the NBA on that.
If KD decided he was going to play in a kilt instead of basketball shorts, or just play with no pants at all, Adam Silver and the NBA could keep him from playing. Unless the law changes, they aren't going to let Kyrie play in Barclays Center.
Well he can slash also, but yes...he does do those two things at an elite level. Or at least he did, who knows where the heck he is at now.He must be one hell of a distributor and defender then to be an all star with zero other abilities ?
kyrie will be playing come playoff time. Even if the nets just end up paying the fines for him to play in Brooklyn at that point
imagine the nets end up the 7 or 8 seed…think Philly or Milwaukee will be excited to have to play them in the first round(assuming they are the top 2 seeds). This season could be one where it’s better to NOT be a top 2 seed lol
You described Westbrook more than Simmons imo with your first paragraph. I don't disagree except that even on raw talent alone, what Simmons brings to the table holds a lot of value. And that's worse case scenario. Yes, being afraid to attack the rim because of foul shooting and being afraid to shoot outside the paint is bad. But hopefully for them, Nash is a good enough coach to use him in the offense in a more effective way (not sure he is).
The Heat probably have the most well-rounded team in the East. Milwaukee has the superstar advantage over Miami, though Jimmy is having an individual superstar season, the knock on him is he's missed a lot of games. Heat at the moment are the only team in the East Top 10 in O & D as Milwaukee's defense has been slacking lately and they've fallen out of the top 10.
Nope, not really. Unless something unexpected happens.
From what I gathered, Simmons hated what Doc and Embiid said in post game interviews after losing G7. He may or may not have also realized that Philly was going to hate him after G7 and thus all of that made him feel not wanted in Philly and wanted out. I don't think he's ever stated he wants to be the primary man.
That makes sense. He's going to have a hard life if he decides to just run from hate. I don't know that he's going to find much love from Jersey unless he wins the championship because now the trade was probably a wash personnelwise and they lost 2 first rounders for it. Which of course are low first round but still. Essentially trading one disgruntled guy for another disgruntled guy hoping that they won't be disgruntled anymore. Just odd to me, I hope they both implode.
There is barely time to even create championship level chemistry.
Philly has to be in win now mode anyway. As you said, Embiid has issues staying healthy on his own and they've only got so much time with him as a superstar level player before that window slams shut. If it fails with Harden and he bolts, it is what it is, they can say they tried. To me, it looks worse if they didn't make a trade at all than trading for Harden. They were so insistent on getting a superstar for Simmons and they actually succeeded. Not really sure how it looks bad for them actually.
Harden's highly efficienct shooting, 22pts, 8 reb, 10 ast is a lot better than Seth's 15 and 4 ast.
If Memphis can get someone else paired with Morant, they could be something in the future.
Simmons and Drummond on the court at the same time is a recipe for terrible offense. Dre clogs the lane for Ben. At least Embiid was able to play a little bit off the three point line.
