Hoosierhoopster

You guys may well be right, as of now. As mentioned, he needs to show more shooting — that would go a long way — and he has to finish over his off shoulder and hand more, he has but not consistently. He’s not a 5 in the NBA, he’s a 4. It’s not just usage though he gets the other team’s best each night knowing it’s going to him an he’s dominating with high efficiency- I see him as going in the 20s if he continues to grow in those areas this season 

1 hour ago, BGleas said:

Ugh, Tatum out 10-14 days for Covid protocols. The Celtics are already missing Thompson, Rob Williams and Grant Williams for the same, as well as Kemba and Langford due to injuries. 

Kemba started practicing so that is good, but going to be a tough stretch here. 

Sucks. Such a unique season 

1 hour ago, KoB2011 said:

@Hoosierhoopster you may not want to watch this one: https://streamable.com/gfmh42

Lol PG was 9-13 for 25, 7 assists. Rib away though lol 

5 hours ago, KoB2011 said:

Chef Curry cooked tonight. It's obviously early, but pretty impressive to see the Dubs playing this way without Klay. If they can manage to win about 45 game Steph may mess around and win another MVP. 

They did, but this is their second game against the Clips this week, Chef Curry went 5-17 last game in their loss. Doubt he’ll be in the mvp conversation, but he looked great last night 

1 minute ago, IU Scott said:

You know the NBA doesn't draft on college stats, just look at Luka Garza.  Garza came back this year because he was told he wouldn't be drafted high.

I know what the NBA drafts on Lol. He’s a future first round pick. 

56 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

Didn't want to start a new thread on this.  But, at this point in the season, these are TJD's national rankings in some stats. 

1st - 2 point FG attempts

2nd - 2 point FGs made (to Garza)

2nd in FTs made (to Marcus Carr)

2nd in FTs attempted (Jalen Moore of Oakland)

9th in Minutes played

6th in defensive rebounds

8th in total rebounds

4th in total points

8th in Defensive Win Shares

7th in Total Win Shares

I know some think he doesn't get enough touches, but these numbers indicate otherwise.

2020-21 Leaders | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com (sports-reference.com)

 

 

 

 

 

 

And some don't think he's likely to be drafted in the first round? 

Dude is killing it. He has some weaknesses to work on for the next level -- has to be better about going over his weak shoulder and putting it up with his off hand. Needs to take and show the ability to knock down more outside shots (those he's taken imo have mostly looked in good form). Has to show more consistent effort on both ends (definitely not talking about the Wiscy game here), no taking time off in getting back on D. But he's obviously playing at the top of the pool, and nationally. 

1 hour ago, IU Scott said:

If you are going to mock me at least be accurate.  It is the 80's and 90's that were better

you know I'm just having fun with you Scott!

2 hours ago, KoB2011 said:

I haven't actually checked but I would assume those three, yes. 

That's right

And OG is at 13, he'll be at 15 soon

2 hours ago, KoB2011 said:

Fun fact: only 6 colleges currently have 3 or more players in the NBA averaging over 15 PPG and Indiana is one of them. 

I don't care, I can't see how anyone can like the NBA brand of basketball. It was OK back in the 70s. The players were so much better then. The officiating is the worst IN ALL SPORTS.

Sincerely,

Scott

1 hour ago, IU Scott said:

I have watched the NBA since the late 70's and have always thought they were the worst officials in sports.

Hmm. OK, I know how you prefer college basketball to pro basketball, but honestly, it's really hard to grasp how you could reach the opinion that NBA refs are worse than college refs. I mean, there's just not much room for that view Scott, college officiating is (though not always) rife with awful and often clearly biased officiating. How many ridiculous games of Hightower et al have you watched? How can you ignore the incredibly poor officiating of college ball? Pro refs generally get it right Scott, they really do.

1 hour ago, rico said:

You got me curious so I looked it up.  All-time(from what I found) the Gophers are 856-331 at the Barn.  Translates to a .721 winning %.

That's pretty crazy when you think about it. 

1 minute ago, KoB2011 said:

Have you watched a college basketball game before? 

Copy that. College officiating is horrendous and absolutely worse than in the NBA.

1 hour ago, mrflynn03 said:

I had a little snow in Christmas day down here in the Southern part of Indiana.  First time since I was a kid. That's historical. 

In Houston area, we almost never see any snow. One Christmas Eve and Christmas, when my kids were all under 10, out of nowhere, it snowed. The kids woke up on Christmas and ran outside to build a snowman. Historical or not, one of the most memorable days in my life.

3 hours ago, IU Scott said:

I am sorry but the NBA officials are the worst officials in Sports

But the Pacers still won and hit 39 percent of their threes... 😀

Going to have to say don’t discuss politics but this sickening, disgusting, treasonous, blatant attack on democracy is utterly horrible to see here in our country. 

On 12/24/2020 at 3:11 PM, Lostin76 said:

We’ve fostered and adopted out four kittens in the last couple of months, which feels really good. We just sent our latest Christopher the cat off yesterday and now the adoption agency just asked us if we could foster Christopher’s brother Kringle. 

Attaching a photo of Christopher. He was my buddy, slept on my shoulder all night and was always in my lap.

We are suckers, so we said yes to his brother Kringle and he is being dropped off in an hour or so at our place. Ho, ho, ho!

Does he have some Abyssinian in him?

I had the coolest cat, an Abyssinian, as a kid. Long, tall cat, super smart. Figured out the exact length of my neighbor’s retractable dog leash running from the porch to middle of the lawn. He would go sit in the middle of the lawn when the dog wasn’t looking. The the dog would see him and go racing across the lawn at him. The whole time my cat, Tigger, would just sit there looking at him. Then the dog in full run would hit the end of the leash and his legs would fly out, all within a foot of tigger sitting there, I swear, grinning. 🤣

Clips, without PG, down 63-44 to Spurs.

PG averaging 25, 5.7, and 5 assists 

4 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1215 said:

Ugh Izzo is such a whiner...he’s worse than Bo Ryan...and I didn’t think that was possible..

Wholeheartedly agree 

1 minute ago, southsidehoosier said:

2-9 now

So, improvement!

9 hours ago, rico said:

Love this one 

54 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

Did you play in the youth leagues in Indianapolis?

Bloomington -- the Indy teams weren't that good, but Indy South was always a fight. As in fighting. We'd win like 7-1, but they'd all be smiling as they left the ice because they just beat us up. Best teams at the time were Carmel and Culver Military Academy. We played Culver and lost in the state championship game in high school.

2 minutes ago, rico said:

LMFAO!!!!!!  "No, Son.  Football is dangerous.  Why don't you play hockey.  It is a lot safer."  

I would rather play football, it is safer!

It really is / was funny. Even as a little kid I was like, uh, ok Mom. 

I could post a pic of myself  (no, I won't, lol). Nose re-built 3 times, front incisor tooth pushed back (slapshot to the face), right shoulder lower and slightly forward as body formed over years to hockey stance), right hand knuckle bent and pushed back from a punch I threw against a face mask.... 

Quick funny story that sums up hockey on that punch --

Bench clearance after our team 'enforcer' squared off to fight a guy -- we all jump the boards and every player squares off.

My gloves are off (had taken them off on the bench), I throw a roundhouse and punch the guy I'm squared off with, directly into his face mask, my hand breaks.

I yell. He says -- oh man are you alright?

I say S__ I broke my hand. 

He says damn, I'll get someone else!

Lol -- that's hockey. We weren't really fighting --it was part of the game!

21 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

 

 

Thanks...she was a bit of a lost soul...Very rebellious when she was young. We had an adversarial relationship that lasted into middle age (mostly dealing with her lack of responsibility and parenting...basically making our parents raise her 3 kids...) but we had reconciled at about 50 or so...She had been a CPA for Columbia House Records, but was made to retire because she was declared legally blind, got screwed on her 401k, and was living alone in Terre Haute on about 2K a month social security disability...her kids lived there too, but they didn't give her much time...

Her nurse called me about a month before she passed away and asked me if I was aware of how she was going through 2 weeks worth of morphine in 4 days, and that the Dr just kept writing refills...I had noticed that my sister would call me a lot, and tell me some wild tales about people tapping her phone and whatnot, but, to be honest, I probably should have been more engaged...

One of those see/hear something, do something lessons in life...

Over-medicating/over-prescribing has been such an issue for so many, again, very sorry for your loss. 

3 hours ago, rico said:

How many here played a lot of football in their youth?  I swear all my aches and pains are due to all the hits I took in HS.  Can I sue the IHSAA?  LOL

You should have tried hockey. 

True story -- my mom didn't want me playing running back/football, so she put me in hockey. 😆 I still haven't figured that one out.

I've broken virtually every bone in my body, put guys through and over the boards, put guys in the hospital, been put in the hospital, knocked people out, and it was all a blast at the time.... But now I'm older ....

3 hours ago, IUFLA said:

Hats off to you, brother...Glad you've persevered...

I'll second the knee replacement thought...not from personal experience but close...My sister (15 months older than me) had it back in 2016...They prescribed her morphine for the pain, and she never go off of it...She was abusing it toward the end...Took her in her sleep 3 years ago January 3rd (they think she passed on New Years morning but they didn't find her til the 3rd)...Accidental OD

Sorry for your loss, that's hard.