NBA Preseason Reaction: Lakers-Suns, Nuggets-Wolves, Warriors first impressions | Hoops Tonight
Jason reacts to the first slate of NBA Preseason games including the Minnesota Timberwolves vs Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Lakers vs Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers, and breaks down the Golden State Warriors preseason debut.
Timeline:
00:00 Start
03:40 Timberwolves vs Nuggets
17:35 Lakers vs Suns
33:23 Warriors First Impression
41:11 Knicks vs Sixers
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Wolves 7 wins in the last 7 games against Nuggets(2 PO, 4 regular season, 1 preseason). You're going to stop sleeping on the Wolves? Nuggets are not getting past Ant in the PO's…stop sleeping.
Awesome full breadown of the Suns too! A+ 👌🏼
The wolves looked like they seriously upgraded from three.
Denver does not take the preseason seriously at all they barely and I mean barely played their starters and it's early they really don't these are looked at as scrimmages they're like a scrimmage the other teams take it serious Minnesota acts like they're trying to play for the championship it's barely preseason for God's sake Denver doesn't really care they've been like that for years these are like a scrimmage they will take it more serious once the season comes definitely and then it's not the same you can't use that as a barometer
Jason one of the main reasons Moses' shot and overall game dipped so precipitously was due to the fact that he had a severe injury where he couldn't even grab the ball, he was basically shooting with 4 fingers and ended up getting surgery this summer. Moody shot 48.3 percent from the field, including 40 percent from distance before the injury in March. After the injury, his percentages dipped to 38.5 overall and 31.1 from beyond the arc.
MAILBAG:
Hey Jason, during Media Day JB Bickerstaff said the Pistons will double down on pushing the pace/scoring off turnovers to generate easy offense – a formula that should work even better with a healthy Ivey & Ausar. While this will make us a great League Pass team, what killed us in the playoffs was our atrocious half court offense (especially when Cade didn't have the ball). History shows that these run and gun teams have a hard ceiling when it comes to the postseason & I believe Detroit should no longer be judged on regular season wins. My question is, if you were coaching Detroit would you instead dedicate the season to running half court offense even if it results in a lower win total? You'd essentially be building reps/muscle memory with a direct focus on playoff-style basketball (similar to what you described with the Knicks de-emphasizing Brunson) & it can potentially help decide which players should stay around Cade long-term given Ivey/Duren are extension eligible. Thanks as always for your content
This dude just be saying anything the wolves have been beating the nuggets for literally over a year now but he says he'll pick the nuggets over the wolves in a playoff match up 😂😂😂😂
Moody tailed off on his shot at the end of last season because he had a hand injury which was operated on in the off-season.
MAILBAG: Jason when you were giving your take on the Atlantic division you said cleveland as the only competition to the knicks, i believe if everything works out really well for Atlanta and they are healthy, they really match up well with the Knicks, but at the same time Cleveland matchup well against Atlanta but not the knicks what is your take on this…