Everything NBA 2020-21

[Kagemusha]

A better coach already did "fix" almost all of Giannis' flaws, when the Bucks swapped out Jason Kidd for Bud. Voila.... 2 regular season MVPs. Giannis is about as 'system optimized' as a player can possibly get in the NBA. No coach or system can give him a reliable jump shot & shot creation ability in crunch time..... that requires skill+talent+work and it's all on him to improve that.

Bud isn't THE better choice.

[planetmars]

He's the guy I kind of wanted as a vet big for next season. Give him a bit of a trial run this year?

[A.I]

Not a bad pickup, Raptors are required to fill in a roster spot, so he is it.

[ebrian]

Is this for real or is it just another one of those "oh he's Canadian therefore he's probably going to the raptors" thing?

[A.I]

Losing to Raptors is going to be their biggest "what if" i feel. that was their year

Same for the Sixers. I don't think they'll ever get better than that year with Jimmy, Embiid, Simmons, Harris and Redick.

[MixxAOR]

Is this for real or is it just another one of those "oh he's Canadian therefore he's probably going to the raptors" thing?

closer to it being real

[Puffer]

To early for an "Everything Khem Birch" thread"?

[Jclaw]

To early for an "Everything Khem Birch" thread"?

Too early for that but not to early to hear about Baynes talking about how he feels like he's "plan D".

[ebrian]

Too early for that but not to early to hear about Baynes talking about how he feels like he's "plan D".

Baynes is plan "T". T for Tank. Every time I see him on the floor I'm thinking someone is forcing Nurse to play him.

[A.I]

I assume if we get Birch, it means Baynes likely won't be back next season.

[saints91]

I hope he’s not... he’s been absolutely awful.

Birch would be a nice pick up, I’m still hoping we address that position better in the off-season. Birch would be great off the bench next year.

[Puffer]

At least Nurse is familiar with Birch and should know what he is capable of and what he CAN do. He has coached him after all. Maybe he can squeeze a little more out of him. Between Birch and Gillespie, there should be a few more rebounds getting collected. Just hate it when a team shoots the ball 8=12 more times than the Raptors just because somebody doesn't box out.

[GOLDBLUM]

I assume if we get Birch, it means Baynes likely won't be back next season.

I assume even if Aron is the last basketball player in the world, Baynes likely won't be back next season.

[The Great One]

LaVine 39 points in the 1st half. Holy crap.

[TheWaterboy]

LaVine 39 points in the 1st half. Holy crap.

Psh, where's the 19 rebounds to go along with that?

(... yes, I'm not being serious when I say that.)