NBA 2024-25

The Murphinator said:
Going to have to move MPJ at some point. Maybe Jimmy Butler if a big name. If just complementary players would need to be a really good 3 &D wing.
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Jimmy butler is not a good three pt shooter. As underachieving as Porter is, he is one of the few 3pt snipers on the team.  If you trade him you have to get a shooter back. 
 

In spite of a horrible start and Murray and Gordon missing multiple games, the team is 7-3.  Keys for nuggets will be for Watson and Strawther to continue to develop into trustworthy rotation guys. And they have to find a big that can spell Jokic.  He can’t play 40 minutes a night all year. Saric has been next level awful.  
 

biggest wild card is Jamal Murray.  If he’s healthy and playing well, they’re a threat. If not, they ain’t. 

 
Jason Sitoke said:
Jimmy butler is not a good three pt shooter. As underachieving as Porter is, he is one of the few 3pt snipers on the team.  If you trade him you have to get a shooter back. 
 

In spite of a horrible start and Murray and Gordon missing multiple games, the team is 7-3.  Keys for nuggets will be for Watson and Strawther to continue to develop into trustworthy rotation guys. And they have to find a big that can spell Jokic.  He can’t play 40 minutes a night all year. Saric has been next level awful.  
 

biggest wild card is Jamal Murray.  If he’s healthy and playing well, they’re a threat. If not, they ain’t. 
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Four years ago it felt like Jamal Murray had entered the NBA Elite. Part of it was health, obviously, but he also ended up having more off games or role-playing games than an elite player should have. So yeah, if Murray gets his swagger back that's a huge difference. But like every dynasty or mini-dynasty, the trick is having one or more of those sparkplug  guys who come off the bench and take the heat off the superstars. A Jimmy Butler makes sense for everything he can do --- he'd work great with Jokic -- but you also grab one of those hot-shooting sparkplug guys at a fraction of the price. Seems like they are always out there, operating under the radar until they torch your team. 

It's certainly an interesting season so far for my Golden State Warriors, trying to play 12 deep rather than the two/three superstar approach. 

 
Guy Chamberlin said:
Four years ago it felt like Jamal Murray had entered the NBA Elite. Part of it was health, obviously, but he also ended up having more off games or role-playing games than an elite player should have. So yeah, if Murray gets his swagger back that's a huge difference. But like every dynasty or mini-dynasty, the trick is having one or more of those sparkplug  guys who come off the bench and take the heat off the superstars. A Jimmy Butler makes sense for everything he can do --- he'd work great with Jokic -- but you also grab one of those hot-shooting sparkplug guys at a fraction of the price. Seems like they are always out there, operating under the radar until they torch your team. 

It's certainly an interesting season so far for my Golden State Warriors, trying to play 12 deep rather than the two/three superstar approach. 
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I was convinced 3 games in that the Nugs were toast. Which has led to a more enjoyable early watching experience for me. I don’t think anyone expects them to rep the west in the finals this year. They have clear weaknesses, young players, and their backup point guard is one of the most polarizing players in the league.  It’s going to be an up and down year. We’ll see how things end up. 
 

Warriors will go as far as Steph’s health, Draymond’s brain, and Wiggins resurgence will take them IMO

 
Jason Sitoke said:
Warriors will go as far as Steph’s health, Draymond’s brain, and Wiggins resurgence will take them IMO
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Those are the three Warriors most other NBA fans can name, but the faithful are really excited about the other 9 players getting heavy rotation.

For years we talked about the "non-Steph minutes" hoping the team could at least hold serve while he was on the bench. But now there are line-ups without Steph or Draymond or Wiggins that are terrifically entertaining to watch. Highly competitive for minutes, and if you aren't matching up defensively you will get pulled. 

 
Guy Chamberlin said:
Those are the three Warriors most other NBA fans can name, but the faithful are really excited about the other 9 players getting heavy rotation.

For years we talked about the "non-Steph minutes" hoping the team could at least hold serve while he was on the bench. But now there are line-ups without Steph or Draymond or Wiggins that are terrifically entertaining to watch. Highly competitive for minutes, and if you aren't matching up defensively you will get pulled. 
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Kuminga is always a guy I know warriors fans were hoping would pop. And hield seemed like a natural fit.  Off to a good start. We’ll see how it plays out 

 
Jason Sitoke said:
@Guy Chamberlin how you feeling about tonight's game?  Your Warriors have come down to Earth a bit, and my Nuggets are still trying to figure out if they care enough to leave the ground floor.
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Not feeling as upbeat as I was a couple weeks ago. My Warriors are really deep in talented and scrappy players, but for all the talk about selflessness I think some of them are getting frustrated with their limited minutes and the difficulty finding a rhythm. Honestly, there have been several games where they just went cold. Shots they were normally making weren't going in. 

If they get their chemistry back, they match up pretty well against Denver --- conceding Jokic his stats and hopefully shutting down the support staff. But between the Huskers, the 49ers, and the Warriors four game losing streak, I'm stuck in bad sports mojo and can't predict a win. 

 
Guy Chamberlin said:
Not feeling as upbeat as I was a couple weeks ago. My Warriors are really deep in talented and scrappy players, but for all the talk about selflessness I think some of them are getting frustrated with their limited minutes and the difficulty finding a rhythm. Honestly, there have been several games where they just went cold. Shots they were normally making weren't going in. 

If they get their chemistry back, they match up pretty well against Denver --- conceding Jokic his stats and hopefully shutting down the support staff. But between the Huskers, the 49ers, and the Warriors four game losing streak, I'm stuck in bad sports mojo and can't predict a win. 
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We’ll see whose mojo is worse.  I’ve got Huskers, Nuggets, Saints. Nuggets perimeter defense and screen navigation is laughably bad…all things that are required to be up to par when facing the dubs. If warriors shoot well from three, could get ugly. 

 
Jason Sitoke said:
We’ll see whose mojo is worse.  I’ve got Huskers, Nuggets, Saints. Nuggets perimeter defense and screen navigation is laughably bad…all things that are required to be up to par when facing the dubs. If warriors shoot well from three, could get ugly. 
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s#!t. Looks like Draymond might be out for this game. 

 
Guy Chamberlin said:
Close game. Pretty well played on both sides. But hard to survive a scoreless two and a half minutes to end the game. 

My sad sports weeks goes into Week 2. 
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Murray's strip of Kaminga was huge.  If he finishes that, it's over.  I felt absolutely certain that game was a loss until 20 seconds remaining.

 
Jason Sitoke said:
Murray's strip of Kaminga was huge.  If he finishes that, it's over.  I felt absolutely certain that game was a loss until 20 seconds remaining.
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It's funny how the most loyal fans have the least faith in their own team.  I need a 20 point cushion with under five minutes to start relaxing. 

 
Guy Chamberlin said:
It's funny how the most loyal fans have the least faith in their own team.  I need a 20 point cushion with under five minutes to start relaxing. 
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Yeah, well your team has blown some leads as of late, so understandable.  My team on the other hand has been saving me time by getting off to rough starts.  If they go down by 10+ in the 1st and Jokic goes to the bench…Netflix time.  Because the nuggets are in fact the worst team in NBA history without Jokic on the floor. Wish I was exaggerating 

 
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