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Kyle Lowry in 18 games this season: 9.7 points, 4 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 1.3 steals and 46/46/89 shooting (alien.top)
 

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Due to his contract and gradual decline in production, Kyle Lowry’s tenure in Miami will probably be remembered with mixed emotions. However, I think he should be getting some more recognition for his role in the team’s recent success.

At age 38 you can’t expect him to be GROAT Lowry anymore, but he’s been a reliable playmaker, takes and hits enough shots to keep opposing defenses honest, and makes hustle plays that don’t always show up in the stat sheet.

[Highlight] Bam Adebayo defends Damian Lillard in isolation on the perimeter, and finishes the play with a strong rejection. in c/nba@nba.space
[–] lopea182@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

I’d honestly settle for him making All-Defense 1st team.

He was 1 vote shy of tying JJJ for the last spot on the 2022 1st team (and would have probably gotten more votes had he not missed 25 games with a thumb injury)

[Vertsberger] Immanuel Quickley playing himself into a huge contract -- and possibly off the Knicks in c/nba@nba.space
[–] lopea182@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Unless bird rights are no longer a thing, I think it’s pretty safe to say he will be a Knick for the foreseeable future.

[Charania] The Chicago Bulls are expected to covet Austin Reaves in any trade scenario involving Zach LaVine. in c/nba@nba.space
[–] lopea182@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Aw geez. Sorry, Bulls fans.

Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid are averaging more assists than James Harden in c/nba@nba.space
[–] lopea182@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (7 children)

James Harden’s unrestricted free agency this upcoming offseason ought to be one hell of a wake up call for him.

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What’s your favorite type(s) of NBA media member(s) and what in particular do you enjoy about their coverage of the NBA? (alien.top)
 

The Newsbreakers (Shams, Woj, Stein)

The Non-News-breaking National Reporters (Sam Amick, David Aldridge, Brian Windhorst)

The Beat Writers (Tim Bontemps, Anthony Slater, Will Guillory)

The “VORPs and SCHNORPs” guys (Zach Lowe, Seth Partnow, Ben Taylor)

The Capologists (Bobby Marks, Eric Pincus)

The Draft Experts (Jay Bilas, Jonathan Givony, Sam Vecenie)

The Sports Business Analysts (Nate Duncan, Danny Leroux, Baxter Holmes)

The Retired NBA [Player/Coach/GM] Turned Analyst (Perkins, The Van Gundys, Bob Meyers)

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[Ruiz] “The trade for Bryce Young was a Tepper call. Paying Matt Rhule…was a Tepper call…they’re screwed if Bryce Young doesn’t figure it out…there is no fix for a meddlesome owner.” (alien.top)
 

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“The trade for Bryce Young was a Tepper call. Paying Matt Rhule…was a Tepper call…they’re screwed if Bryce Young doesn’t figure it out…there is no fix for a meddlesome owner.”

@MichaelRyanRuiz, @Stugotz790, and the crew react to the firing of Frank Reich.

I’m letting a randomizer choose what team I will be a fan of. in c/nba@nba.space
[–] lopea182@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Pick the Thunder. I heard there’s a youth movement down there.

[Kuzma] Special moments fam! Always love matching up against you too my brother❤️❤️❤️❤️ in c/nba@nba.space
[–] lopea182@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Miles Bridges must be the most charismatic Motherfucker alive

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Heat rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. with a new career high of 22 points on 7/10 shooting (4/4 from three) off the bench in tonight’s win vs the Cavaliers (alien.top)
 

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JJJ also grabbed 8 rebounds and was a +16 off the Heat bench.

Sorry, r/nba. The Jaime Jaquez Jr. posts will continue until morale improves.

Who’s the best NBA player you legit forgot existed? in c/nba@nba.space
[–] lopea182@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I sometimes forget about Eddie Jones.

When I do remember him, I think of him fondly.

Jimmy Butler with more trolling postgame:“I'm in a 3-point shooting slump right now. So I gotta go to what I know, which is the skyhook.”“I just be out there doing stuff, but I’m more disappointed in c/nba@nba.space
[–] lopea182@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Jimmy saw Duncan Robinson passed him for the team lead in 3-point shooting efficiency and now it’s personal.

Duncan Robinson in the last 6 games as a starter: 20.0/3.5/3.7 on 50/49/94 shooting splits. in c/nba@nba.space
[–] lopea182@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Probably won’t happen, but I’d love him to get in the mix for Most Improved Player if he keeps this production up.

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What young player who hasn’t cracked the starting lineup do you think could break out if his team traded away the guy in front of him? (alien.top)
 

Past example: Bam Adebayo (became an All Star immediately after Hassan Whiteside was traded away)

My guess: I am convinced that Onyeka Okongwu is the next great NBA center, and we are one Clint Capela trade away from setting him loose on the NBA, and his recently-inked extension (4-yr, $62 million) will be a steal.

[Durant] When I get ya paid, u don’t DM me and send a small percentage to my cashapp but when them parlays don’t hit, I’m every name in the book. Yall ain’t real in c/nba@nba.space
[–] lopea182@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (20 children)

I have no qualms about the legality or morality of sports betting itself.

However, sports media getting more and more sports betting-centric over the last few years has been so fucking annoying.

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[Stein] Chicago's Zach LaVine, if we're being realistic, is unlikely to be traded before January ... if he's even moved at all. (alien.top)
 

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Chicago's Zach LaVine, if we're being realistic, is unlikely to be traded before January ... if he's even moved at all.

A trade involving a contract as substantial as LaVine's is tricky to construct in the best of times and a far more significant undertaking before Dec. 15, for starters, when roughly 25% of the league's nearly 450 players on standard contracts is still ineligible to be traded.

The Chicago Bulls have scored exactly 33 points in the first half in consecutive games against the Magic in c/nba@nba.space
[–] lopea182@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

The Iowa football of the NBA

[John Jablonka] The Evolution of Duncan Robinson - From Specialist to a Hooper - Miami Heat Beat in c/nba@nba.space
[–] lopea182@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

The thing about Duncan is he is very self aware, and that has been a good and bad thing to him over the course of his career:

The Bad: He’s talked in the past about challenges overcoming his impostor syndrome, which was concerning: shooters go hot and cold all the time, and you gotta have irrational confidence to get out of a shooting slump. For whatever reason, it basically took him 2 seasons to get out of a slump after he signed his contract.

The Good: due to this prolonged slump, Duncan realized he can’t continue to succeed to be just a 3-point specialist and worked on other areas of his game to get back into the rotation.

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Jimmy Butler in his first 4 regular seasons with the Miami Heat: 26.6% from 3 on 1.9 attempts per game. Butler in the first 10 games of this season: 47.8% from 3 on 2.3 attempts per game (alien.top)
 

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Jimmy’s taken a slightly larger volume of threes to start the 2023-2024 NBA season and has made them at a high clip so far.

Bernie Lee, Jimmy’s agent, poked fun at the fact that Jimmy knew in real time that his first 3 pointer made in last night’s game brought his season average back to 50%.

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[Moorhead] The Heat are 8-4, No. 3 in the East, and are also one of three teams in the league without a double-digit victory. (alien.top)
 

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The Heat are 8-4, No. 3 in the East, and are also one of three teams in the league without a double-digit victory.

They do have, however, a positive point differential now (+5).

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Jaime Jaquez Jr. during the Heat’s current 6-game winning streak: 12.8 points, 4 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.3 steals with 56/33/87 shooting splits (alien.top)
 

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It’s only 11 NBA games into his rookie campaign, but the early returns for Jaime Jaquez Jr. have been very encouraging.

With Tyler Herro sidelined by an ankle injury, Jaquez Jr. has been able to get more minutes and showcase the NBA-ready skillset that swayed the Heat to draft him with the 18th pick.

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Bam Adebayo in tonight’s win vs the Hawks: 26 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals & 2 blocks (alien.top)
 

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Efficient shooting night (9-12 from the field, 8-8 from the line), superb defense, and got the win in a game where the Heat were missing Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro.

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What’s a random but vivid memory that you have from your early days following the NBA? (alien.top)
 

With the James Harden trade to the Clippers in the news, I’ve recently looked back on the first time Harden was traded in his career in 2012:

When Harden was traded to the Rockets, it was pretty clear he was a good player that would be a starting guard on almost any NBA team.

However, it became clear very quickly that his offensive ceiling was a lot higher than people expected when he dropped 37 points then 45 in his first two games as a Rocket.

I just remember the excitement of those first few games where it was apparent this guy had a level to his game that not many could have foreseen based on his time in OKC.

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Micky Arison, owner of the Miami Heat: “No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.” — Mark Twain (alien.top)
 

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“No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.” — Mark Twain

There has been some speculation recently that Jimmy Butler is frustrated behind the scenes about Heat ownership’s unwillingness to go all-in on the Heat’s current window. While there was likely no pathway to a Lillard deal, a recent Bradley Beal interview revealed ownership nixed the team’s pursuit to trade for him.

One might wonder if this is a passive aggressive response from the owner to his star player.

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