Around the League -All Star Game

[Gant]

A couple things I noticed about Boston, Jrue is basically playing 36 minutes a night in games that are remotely competitive. The other is that either very early in the season or maybe it was during preseason I said I thought Horford's O/U on minutes this season would be 1600 and he is on page to smash that. HIs MPG is right around where I expected it to be but I thought he'd play somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-65 games while right now he's on pace to play 70-75 games.

I don't think the Jrue part is a big deal, if he struggles in the postseason again I think it'll be for the same reason, bad shot selection and defensive hubris and not losing his legs. But Horford basically fell off a cliff midway through the playoffs last year and he seems to be playing okay thus far this season, but with how many games he's played this season thus far that would worry me about repeating itself.

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I'm not right very often, but when I am I become very petty and boastful. You said 1500-1600 not 1600 being O/U. As I predicted, they are going to run Horford into the ground not because they want to but because they have to. One of him or KP will be a non-factor in the playoffs due to an injury or fatigue.

(Let me have this one, please. It's been a long week at work )

Horford's out tonight vs the Magic, resting on the second night of a back to back. Also, Porzingis is doubtful (calf), and Kornet is out too (adductor). Likely the only center available for the Celtics will be two way player Neemias Queta.

https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2023/12/celtics-injury-report-4-rotation-players-listed-vs-magic-friday.html

[MickeyDavis]

Magic/Celtics would be a good ESPN game tonight but we get Lakers/Spurs. Come on man. They just played 2 nights ago.

[Frank Nova]

Magic/Celtics would be a good ESPN game tonight but we get Lakers/Spurs. Come on man. They just played 2 nights ago.

Celtics have regularly struggled vs Orlando over the past 2/3 seasons, ESPN can’t dare risk making a national market look bad to a small market team. Lakers beating on Wemby is the best of both worlds. They can suck off LAL and Lebron all night as title contenders and also suck off Wemby as a cornerstone future face of the league. Win win for the casual moron and Laker faithful weirdos that flood the comment sections on bleacher report and instagram.

[Neuromancer56]

Hear me out. Gsw goes on a huge losing streak, dg is on a 20 game suspension, klay looks washed. Does Steph and the warriors look each other in the eye and say "we had a good faithful marriage, but we both need some strange". Curry gets traded to a contender, warriors shed all the tax money, Kerr replaces pop in the offseason

Change it to Kerr replaces Griff in the off season and I'll allow it.

[Neuromancer56]

25 game suspension and one more incident after that and kick him out of the league. Guy is a loud mouth clown and has gotten much worse as time has gone on. I would love to see Giannis spear him like Goldberg into a wall of spikes! Now if that wouldn't get viewers I don't know what would!

I would like to see him compete in a contest in which he is given a slight lead and is then pursued individually by a cadre of ex-athletes, meatheads, bouncers - basically, your garden variety bad dudes. If Draymond emerges unscathed, congrats! He'll be able to suit up against the Wizards tonight. Lose and he'll face a fate worse than the IR. (Hint: it's being dead)

Also: the pursuers are wearing capes and masks and all sorts of ridiculous get-ups.

You could televise it! Suggested name: Catch Me If You Can If You Can't There's a Good Chance I Will Quote Accidentally End Quote Strike You in the Genitals.

As long as the estate allows it, get an AI version of Rich Dawson to host.

That's it.

Nah the league should just make it legal for any player to kick Draymond in the nuts as long as it's in the flow of the game.

[Ron Swanson]

Can easily see a scenario where we're the 1-seed two weeks from now with how Boston's schedule looks. They've got Orlando twice in the next three days, then a pretty brutal West Coast road trip (@GS, @SAC, @LAL, @LAC).

[Turk Nowitzki]

Not a great last hour for the Cavs.

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[Matches Malone]

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[StickeeFingaz]

The Lowe Post might as well be a full-time Warriors/Draymond podcast.

[Ron Swanson]

Masai is not a serious GM.

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Edit: Allegedly from a fake source.

[blazza18]

Cavs are a weird team to me. Injuries couldn't come at a worse time for them.

[Plossum]

Ugh I think Suggs just busted his arm.

[Prez]

I swear like every other game I check on how Embiid/the Sixers are doing, they’re playing a total bottom feeder team lol.

Edit: just checked, 9 out of 21 games Embiid’s played this year are vs bottom 5 teams in their conference. They’ve played the Wizards and Pistons each 3 times lol

[pifhluk23]

I swear like every other game I check on how Embiid/the Sixers are doing, they’re playing a total bottom feeder team lol.

Edit: just checked, 9 out of 21 games Embiid’s played this year are vs bottom 5 teams in their conference. They’ve played the Wizards and Pistons each 3 times lol

They are still 18th SOS. We dropped to 28, 30 by end of this weekend? It's crazy how we've only played Philly, Miami and Boston once, The Mavs, Knicks and Pacers a couple times and that's its for above .500 teams.

[soxperry]

I just watched Sam Hauser very effectively defend Cole Anthony and force him into a terrible shot...

if people were wondering what the difference between AJ Green and Sam Hauser are, that's the biggest factor imo. Obviously taller, but also much more fluid and seemingly a much better defender.

[tonyreyes123]

Spurs play the dumbest brand of basketball. I thought Pop was an ATG coach

[MickeyDavis]

Pacers stomped by Washington. That's a shame.

[AussieBuck]

Pacers stomped by Washington. That's a shame.

They can outgun anyone and they can also get lit up by anyone

[soxperry]

after much ado.. it kinda seems like the Pacers are just the Hawks, but even moreso.

[Be Here Now]

Austin Reaves is really **** good. Just seeing him a few times this year and I feel like he is already a top 40 player in the league.