***Thee Official 2019-2020 NBA Thread***

"phinswolverinesrockets wrote:

Honestly, it seems like PJ Tucker is the alpha, but I don't care who the alpha is as long as we win. Harden is still averaging 30+ ppg. Westbrook is still averaging a triple double. Hopefully, it continues to lead to winning.

I just like seeing those 2 together again. The west is gonna be must watch in the playoffs.

I love what Westbrook said after the game...Stevens is a real good friend, but on the court the only friend he has is Spalding.

The Dolphins went 0-7 to a the same night the Pelicans went 0-4. I'm lots of sad.

Tyler Herro needs to make his free throws.. he needs to be an 87% guy on the stripe.. them misses are brutal

"Vertical Limit wrote:

Tyler Herro needs to make his free throws.. he needs to be an 87% guy on the stripe.. them misses are brutal

He does have 24 points tho. This Heat team is nuts.

Hey remember when I said Tyler Herro was good around draft time when Heat fans were in a panic....you’re welcome.

The Heat may wind up in ECF this year. So deep.

The Hawks close out defense on the perimeter was quite pathetic tonight to say the least. So many shooting fouls behind the line. I wanted to see us play a full game against Trae to see how we fared. Looks like we arent going to see that on Thursday as Trae will be out with an ankle sprain for a few games

"Boik14 wrote:

Hey remember when I said Tyler Herro was good around draft time when Heat fans were in a panic....you’re welcome.

I was wondering when you were gonna hit us with that! Lol. I was one of those haters but then I went and watched his HS tape and fell in love with his game.

Dragic is so important to this team, thank God that trade didn’t go through.

We already know Herro is a HOF lock but I’m wondering how good Nunn can be. I’m thinking very.

"BevoPhin wrote:

I was wondering when you were gonna hit us with that! Lol. I was one of those haters but then I went and watched his HS tape and fell in love with his game.

Lol probably won’t be the last time #SorryNotSorry :tongue2:

He can shoot it and with good coaching he could be an all star eventually imo.

"Vertical Limit wrote:

The Hawks close out defense on the perimeter was quite pathetic tonight to say the least. So many shooting fouls behind the line. I wanted to see us play a full game against Trae to see how we fared. Looks like we arent going to see that on Thursday as Trae will be out with an ankle sprain for a few games

I'll take these early season wins.. If every superstar was injured before Heat games I'd be happy

"BevoPhin wrote:

Dragic is so important to this team, thank God that trade didn’t go through.

We already know Herro is a HOF lock but I’m wondering how good Nunn can be. I’m thinking very.

Nunn has a little bit of that Wade swagger.

He can finish and he can shoot. Now he needs to be more careful with the ball and his intensity needs to pick up on defense. I saw him slacking a few times on defense and he also made a few lazy passes. Spo will beat that mentality in to him so I'm not worried.

Imagine waking up today a Knicks or Bulls fan. Years of ineptitude and Miami pulls of someone like Nunn again and Herro looks like the real deal. It's almost comical.

"BevoPhin wrote:

Dragic is so important to this team, thank God that trade didn’t go through.

We already know Herro is a HOF lock but I’m wondering how good Nunn can be. I’m thinking very.

I think it's impressive how Nunn never struggles for very long. Like he might have an off half but he's going to be hitting shots in the second half, and he's going to keep trying. It was that way in Summer League and Preseason as well.

"Bumrush wrote:

Nunn has a little bit of that Wade swagger.

He can finish and he can shoot. Now he needs to be more careful with the ball and his intensity needs to pick up on defense. I saw him slacking a few times on defense and he also made a few lazy passes. Spo will beat that mentality in to him so I'm not worried.

I think he's especially good ball handling in the open, in transition, dealing with aggressive defenders.

When he tries to penetrate the paint when it's full of bodies and arms, that's where he can get into trouble with turnovers. He needs to watch for that because he's just not very big.

As for the passing thing, that seemed systemic as even guys like Butler and Dragic were struggling with it, while the Hawks had gone to trap defense. Basically it was the first time the Heat had seen that sort of defense this year, and they handled it very poorly all the way around. Let's see what happens after 30 more games, though.

I'm glad to be watching the Heat again after laying off the last 4 or 5 years. This team reminds me a bit of the Wade rookie 2003 team.

"ckparrothead wrote:

I think it's impressive how Nunn never struggles for very long. Like he might have an off half but he's going to be hitting shots in the second half, and he's going to keep trying. It was that way in Summer League and Preseason as well.

I’ts almost as if he isn’t a rookie. I’m never too nervous with him on the floor.

You gotta also love what you’re seeing out of your boy Silva.

I wish the Heat scouts could drive over to Davie and scout for the dolphins.

"BevoPhin wrote:

I wish the Heat scouts could drive over to Davie and scout for the dolphins.

LMAO.. Riley may have better results with the Dolphins than Grier :D

Man how lucky are we that we didnt pull off a dumb trade for Russ or CP3... we would have given up a lot of our young talent just to pair those guys with Jimmy..

"Vertical Limit wrote:

Man how lucky are we that we didnt pull off a dumb trade for Russ or CP3... we would have given up a lot of our young talent just to pair those guys with Jimmy..

Was just thinking this exact same thing today.. For a fraction of the cost..

"BevoPhin wrote:

I wish the Heat scouts could drive over to Davie and scout for the dolphins.

If nothing else we would have good TEs and DEs for the next few decades

The clippers better manage Kawhis minutes well because if he goes down, they don’t look too hot.

Looking through Miami’s schedule for the rest of the year trying to project our record, and of course putting personal biases aside, I see no way they don’t go 81-1.