***Official 2024-2025 NBA Thread***

[KC_Connection]

Season starts tonight with Knicks and Celtics followed by Lakers and TWolves.

Will history be made early in the 2nd game?

[DJ's left nut]

So it looks like they're gonna hang on.

But if I'm LA I come out of this game DAMN nervous.

Way too many things had to go well in that 1st 15 minutes or so that they just can't count on going well every night, especially on the road.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Pepe Silvia

It's more about the Lakers, they don't want competition for them.

Not sure there's anything the NBA can do to make LeBron 5 years younger.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

So it looks like they're gonna hang on.

But if I'm LA I come out of this game DAMN nervous.

Way too many things had to go well in that 1st 15 minutes or so that they just can't count on going well every night, especially on the road.

Half court offense still needs to be better. Defensive intensity was there today though.

[Pepe Silvia]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Not sure there's anything the NBA can do to make LeBron 5 years younger.

Sure they can, he just needs to drink blood.

[DJ's left nut]

Goddamn that was as ugly a win as you'll see, especially at home. From a betting favorite.

Back to the drawing board, JJ -- you've got work to do.

[KC_Connection]

I like what Vincent is giving them btw, I'd consider playing him more on the road. I'd probably also stop starting/playing Hayes completely.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Pepe Silvia

Sure they can, he just needs to drink blood.

How do you know he's not?

[Pepe Silvia]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

How do you know he's not?

Excuse me Avocado Ice Cream.

[DJ's left nut]

So from what I can tell, Luka and LeBron scored or assisted on 33 of the 34 made baskets in that game.

I'm sorry, that's asking too much of those guys with the defense that Minnesota was running. That was seeing a square peg and a round hole and just finding a bigger ****ing hammer.

Never saw any adjustments from Reddick at all.

There's a reason they only scored 60 points in the last 3 quarters of that game. Minnesota adjusted and LA just didn't adjust back at all.

[KC_Connection]

Amazing defense by LeBron & the Lakers tonight.

Offensively though, different story. Horrendous. No creativity at all.

I'll take the win but LA should've won this game by 25.

— Barry (@BarryOnHere) April 23, 2025

[DJ's left nut]

Found it -- DFS assisted on Vincent's 3 pointer at the end of the 1st quarter.

That's it. For the rest of the game, James and Luka scored or assisted on every single basket.

That's just awful man. That's a little kid spamming plays in Madden. Wow.

[KC_Connection]

Suspend McDaniels for that Draymond-level trip.

[DJ's left nut]

Chuck setting in on the Lakers offensive creativity right now.

Glad these guys are seeing the same thing I was. I really am floored by how shitty they ran that offense in that game.

I haven't seen anything like that from them all year. Almost like they got the big lead and then tried to play prevent; an Andy Reid game. They didn't want to show anything in a short series so they just didn't DO anything for the rest of that game.

Just hideous, hideous offense.

[KC_Connection]

Redick lying about them playing good offense and he knows it.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Redick lying about them playing good offense and he knows it.

Yeah, I heard that but I think what he was saying (in the context of his answer) was that "We played a good offense tonight..."

Because he went on to talk about how they felt a run coming from Minnesota.

I dunno -- I can't imagine he was trying to say they played good offense themselves.

That entire presser was...odd. He was awfully strident for a guy who's team just played like shattered ass.